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U050 RCRA waste code Coal tar compound found in soot & asphalt, a carcinogen.

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U050, Chrysene.

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    Chrysene

U-list unused product.

U-listed hazardous waste for unused chrysene, a carcinogenic coal tar compound found in soot & asphalt.

Is U050 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. U050 covers chrysene thrown away unused, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is a U-listed waste, not an acute P-listed one. The listing depends on the product and how it is discarded, not on a TCLP result alone.

U050 is nonacute hazardous waste. On a required hazardous waste manifest, put U050 in Item 13. VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers still apply.

What does U050 cover?

This covers chrysene discarded unused, either pure or technical grade or as the only active ingredient in a formulation. It also covers off-specification batches, residues in nonempty containers and spill cleanup residues of those products. Inactive ingredients in the formulation don't affect this.

CAS
218-01-9
Table entries
Chrysene
Hazard codes in the record
T (toxic)

Is waste chrysene always U050?

CodeWhen it fits
U050The unused chemical is thrown away, pure or technical grade or as the sole active ingredient. Residues from those products count too.
Characteristic waste (D001–D043)A used chemical or a different formulation shows a hazardous characteristic. Process listings can apply too.

A listed unused product can also have a characteristic, so more than one row can apply. Merely finding this chemical in a manufacturing waste doesn't make it U050. Match the waste's origin, formulation and use history. Mixing listed waste with solid waste, or treating it, generally doesn't remove the listing. That takes an exclusion, an exception or an approved delisting.