Texas form code 397 Old transformers & capacitors with a heavy PCB load.

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Based on Texas Appendix 3 and TCEQ RG-022
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Inorganic solids
PCB inorganic devices, 500 ppm or more

Nonhazardous inorganic electrical equipment with at least 500 ppm PCBs.

Nonhazardous inorganic electrical equipment with 500 ppm PCBs or more. Below 500 ppm it takes a different form.

Where does Texas form code 397 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 397, then a class character. Form 397 describes the stream in the inorganic solids category. This form needs nonhazardous waste. Industrial waste with PCBs at 50 ppm or more is Class 1 when it isn't RCRA hazardous, and the PCB form doesn't decide that. The class character depends on what the stream is made of, where it came from and its properties.

For a hazardous or Class 1 shipment that needs a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, enter the full Texas code in Item 13, across 2 blocks on paper. Add any EPA waste codes. The 3 form digits alone are not enough.

The generator sets the class. Work through the exclusions, then the federal hazardous-waste listings and characteristics, then the Texas industrial-waste criteria. H means hazardous. 1, 2 and 3 are nonhazardous industrial classes. Process knowledge or testing backs the class. Choosing a form doesn't set it.

What does Texas form code 397 cover?

Nonhazardous electrical equipment in the inorganic category with at least 500 ppm PCBs. Equipment stays a separate form from loose PCB solids and soil.

Category: inorganic solids
Official wording: Appendix 3, form 397
Coding guidance: RG-022, Chapter 5 and Appendix F

Is nonhazardous PCB electrical equipment Texas form code 397 or 396?

Code	When it fits
397	Nonhazardous inorganic electrical equipment with PCBs at 500 ppm or more.
396	Nonhazardous inorganic electrical equipment with PCBs at 50 to under 500 ppm.
395	Nonhazardous inorganic solid with PCBs at 500 ppm or more.
399	Nonhazardous inorganic soil with PCBs at 500 ppm or more.

Record the material, its inorganic composition, the nonhazardous determination and the PCB result separately. Hazardous waste doesn't fit this form, but that alone doesn't make it an organic-category form.

Which wastes take Texas form code 397?

Waste	When it’s 397
PCB waste	Nonhazardous inorganic electrical equipment in the upper PCB band.

Which codes sit beside Texas form code 397?

Code	What it is
388	Empty or crushed glass containers
389	Nonhazardous inorganic sandblasting waste
390	Nonhazardous concrete or construction debris
391	Nonhazardous dewatered wastewater sludge
392	Nonhazardous dewatered air-control sludge
393	Catalyst (reaction aid), inorganic solid
394	PCB inorganic solids, 50 to under 500 ppm
398	PCB inorganic soil, 50 to under 500 ppm