Texas form code 499 Organic soil in the top PCB band.

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Organic solids
PCB organic soil, 500 ppm or more

Organic soil with at least 500 ppm PCBs.

Organic-contaminated soil with 500 ppm PCBs or more. Equipment and loose solids have other forms. Soil is the defining form.

Where does Texas form code 499 go in the Texas waste code?

In characters 5–7. The 8-character code is a 4-character stream sequence, the 3-digit form 499 and a final class character. Form 499 puts the stream in the organic solids category.

These PCB bands don't replace the hazardous-waste determination. If the waste isn't RCRA hazardous, industrial waste with at least 50 ppm PCBs is Class 1.

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 alongside 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. 1, 2 and 3 are the nonhazardous industrial classes. Testing or process knowledge supports that call, and picking a form doesn't set the class.

What does Texas form code 499 cover?

This form covers soil that is mostly organic and holds PCBs at 500 ppm or more. The soil matrix separates it from other organic solids and electrical equipment in the same upper band.

Category: organic solids
Official wording: Appendix 3, form 499
Coding guidance: RG-022, Chapter 5 and Appendix F

Is PCB-contaminated soil in the upper band Texas form code 499?

Code	When it fits
499	The organic soil has PCBs at 500 ppm or more.
498	The organic soil has PCBs at 50 to under 500 ppm.
399	The nonhazardous inorganic soil has PCBs at 500 ppm or more.
495	The organic solid has PCBs at 500 ppm or more.

Record the material, its organic makeup and the PCB concentration. The form digits don't encode the class. Nonhazardous industrial waste with PCBs at 50 ppm or more is Class 1.

Which wastes take Texas form code 499?

Waste	When it’s 499
Contaminated soil	Organic soil in the upper PCB band, subject to the PCB form-selection rules.

Which codes sit beside Texas form code 499?

Code	What it is
489	Petroleum-contaminated solids
490	Organic sandblasting waste
491	Dewatered biological-treatment sludge
492	Dewatered sewage/untreated biological sludge
493	Catalyst (reaction aid), organic solid
494	PCB organic solids, 50 to under 500 ppm
496	PCB organic devices, 50 to under 500 ppm
497	PCB organic devices, 500 ppm or more