Texas form code 398 Nonhazardous dirt with a light PCB load.

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Inorganic solids
PCB inorganic soil, 50 to under 500 ppm

Nonhazardous inorganic soil with 50 ppm to under 500 ppm PCBs.

Nonhazardous inorganic soil with 50 ppm to under 500 ppm PCBs. At 500 ppm or more it takes a different form.

Where does Texas form code 398 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 398, then a class character. Form 398 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 398 cover?

Nonhazardous soil in the inorganic category with PCBs at 50 ppm or more but below 500 ppm. Soil has its own entry beside general solids and electrical equipment. The material type and the concentration pick the form.

Category: inorganic solids
Official wording: Appendix 3, form 398
Coding guidance: RG-022, Chapter 5 and Appendix F

Is nonhazardous PCB-contaminated soil Texas form code 398 or 399?

Code	When it fits
398	Nonhazardous inorganic soil with PCBs at 50 to under 500 ppm.
399	Nonhazardous inorganic soil with PCBs at 500 ppm or more.
498	Organic soil with PCBs at 50 to under 500 ppm.
394	Nonhazardous inorganic solid with PCBs at 50 to under 500 ppm.

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 398?

Waste	When it’s 398
Contaminated soil	Nonhazardous inorganic soil with PCBs in the lower band.

Which codes sit beside Texas form code 398?

Code	What it is
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
395	PCB inorganic solids, 500 ppm or more
396	PCB inorganic devices, 50 to under 500 ppm
397	PCB inorganic devices, 500 ppm or more