Texas form code 117 Pure quicksilver from broken gauges, thermometers & switches.
- Free, no account
- Based on Texas Appendix 3 and TCEQ RG-022
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Find a Texas waste code
117, Liquid mercury.
Inorganic liquids
Liquid mercury
Waste elemental mercury in liquid form.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Texas form code 117 go in the Texas waste code?
In characters 5–7. The 8-character code is a 4-character stream sequence, then the 3-digit form 117, then a class character. Form 117 describes a stream in the inorganic liquids category.
The form doesn't give a hazard status. The stream's makeup, source and properties decide the class character after it.
For a hazardous or Class 1 shipment on a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, enter the full Texas code in Item 13, across 2 blocks on paper. Put any EPA waste codes beside it. The 3 form digits alone are not enough.
The generator sets the class from exclusions, federal hazardous-waste listings and characteristics, then Texas industrial-waste criteria. H means hazardous, and 1, 2 and 3 are nonhazardous industrial classes. Process knowledge or testing backs the decision. Picking a form doesn't set the class.
What does Texas form code 117 cover?
Waste elemental mercury, where the discarded material is itself liquid mercury. A different waste that is only contaminated with mercury, or equipment that contains mercury, doesn't fit.
- Category
- inorganic liquids
- Official wording
- Appendix 3, form 117
- Coding guidance
- RG-022, Chapter 5 and Appendix F
Is mercury waste Texas form code 117 or 319?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| 117 | The discarded material is itself liquid elemental mercury. |
| 319 | Mercury contaminates an inorganic solid and no named inorganic-solid form fits. |
| 119 | An inorganic liquid is not liquid elemental mercury and fits no named liquid form. |
Elemental mercury is the metal itself, not a mercury compound. Mercury-containing equipment follows its own management route.
Which wastes take Texas form code 117?
| Waste | When it’s 117 |
|---|---|
| Waste liquid mercury | Free liquid mercury. Mercury-containing debris or equipment needs a solid form. |