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RCRA waste codes for treated wood Pressure-treated timber, posts & decking past their use.

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Treated wood waste: 6 codes.

Treated wood waste

  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    Arsenic

    Arsenic leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D004
  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    o-Cresol

    o-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D023
  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    m-Cresol

    m-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D024
  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    p-Cresol

    p-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D025
  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    Cresol

    Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D026
  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    Pentachlorophenol

    Pentachlorophenol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D037
Takes D004 for arsenic, D023 to D026 for cresols & D037 for pentachlorophenol when they leach.

Which RCRA codes can apply to treated wood waste?

CodeWhen it applies
D004Arsenic leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit
D023o-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit
D024m-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit
D025p-Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit
D026Cresol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit
D037Pentachlorophenol leaching from treated wood waste reaches the TCLP limit

What evidence decides treated wood waste?

The person discarding the wood must have used it for its intended end use.

The wood must fail only D004–D017.

The exclusion doesn't cover treater waste, a seller's unused stock, another hazardous property, D023–D026 or D037.

Is there an exclusion for treated wood waste?

The arsenical-treated-wood exclusion covers only intended end use and D004–D017.