P065 RCRA waste code Explosive detonator compound, toxic & reactive.
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P065, Mercury fulminate — an explosive compound.
Acute hazardousP-listed waste
Mercury fulminate — an explosive compound
P-list unused product.
ComplyOnSiteIs P065 hazardous waste?
Yes, when the listing applies. P065 covers unused mercury fulminate that is thrown away, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is a P-listed waste, so it is acute hazardous waste and the stricter acute quantities apply even for small amounts.
On a required hazardous waste manifest, put P065 in Item 13. For VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers, follow the linked rules.
What does P065 cover?
Unused mercury fulminate is included when thrown away as pure or technical grade, or as the only active ingredient in a formulation. That includes off-specification batches, residues in non-empty containers and spill cleanup residues. Inactive ingredients don't change this.
- CAS
- 628-86-4
- Table entries
- Fulminic acid, mercury(2 + ) salt (R,T); Mercury fulminate (R,T)
- Hazard codes in the record
- H (acute hazardous), R (reactive), T (toxic)
- Rule
- 40 CFR 261.33(e)
Is waste mercury fulminate always P065?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| P065 | The unused chemical is thrown away pure, as technical grade or as the only active ingredient. Residues from that product fit too. |
| Characteristic waste (D001–D043) | A used chemical or a different formulation meets a hazardous-waste characteristic. Check any process listings too. |
A listed unused product can also show a characteristic, so both rows can fit together. A manufacturing waste that merely contains this chemical is not P065. Match the waste's origin, formulation and use history. Mixing listed waste with solid waste, or treating it, usually doesn't remove the listing. Only an exclusion, exception or approved delisting does.
Which codes sit beside P065?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| P060 | Isodrin — an insecticide |
| P062 | Hexaethyl tetraphosphate |
| P063 | Hydrogen cyanide |
| P064 | Methyl isocyanate |
| P066 | Methomyl — a carbamate insecticide |
| P067 | 1,2-Propylenimine |
| P068 | Methyl hydrazine |
| P069 | 2-Methyllactonitrile |
Sources
- 40 CFR 261.33 — Discarded commercial chemical products, off-specification species, container residues, and spill residues thereof
- 40 CFR 261.3 — Definition of hazardous waste
- 40 CFR 261.7 — Residues of hazardous waste in empty containers
- 40 CFR 260.10 — Definitions
- 40 CFR 262.14 — Conditions for exemption for a very small quantity generator
- 40 CFR 262.20 — General requirements
- 40 CFR 266.507 — Residues of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in empty containers
- Hazardous Waste Manifest Instructions