Texas form code 399 Nonhazardous dirt with a heavy PCB load.

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Inorganic solids
PCB inorganic soil, 500 ppm or more

Nonhazardous inorganic soil with at least 500 ppm PCBs.

Nonhazardous inorganic soil with 500 ppm PCBs or more, in the inorganic solids group. Below 500 ppm it takes a different form.

Where does Texas form code 399 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 399, then a class character. Form 399 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 399 cover?

Nonhazardous soil in the inorganic category with PCBs at 500 ppm or more. Organic soil has its own form in the same concentration band, and general solid and equipment entries exist too.

Category: inorganic solids
Official wording: Appendix 3, form 399
Coding guidance: RG-022, Chapter 5 and Appendix F

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

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

Waste	When it’s 399
Contaminated soil	Nonhazardous inorganic soil with PCBs in the upper band.

Which codes sit beside Texas form code 399?

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
394	PCB inorganic solids, 50 to under 500 ppm
396	PCB inorganic devices, 50 to under 500 ppm
397	PCB inorganic devices, 500 ppm or more