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P074 RCRA waste code Plating salt holding cyanide & the metal, discarded unused.

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P074, Nickel cyanide.

  • Acute hazardousP-listed waste

    Nickel cyanide

P-list unused product.

Acute hazardous P-listed waste for unused nickel cyanide, a toxic salt used in electroplating. Only unused product takes P074.

Is P074 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. P074 covers unused nickel cyanide 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 P074 in Item 13. For VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers, follow the linked rules.

What does P074 cover?

Unused nickel cyanide 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
557-19-7
Table entries
Nickel cyanide; Nickel cyanide Ni(CN)2
Hazard codes in the record
H (acute hazardous)

Is waste nickel cyanide always P074?

CodeWhen it fits
P074The 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 P074. 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.