Frequent Questions
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Hazardous Waste Identification
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Are alcoholic beverages regulated as hazardous waste when they exhibit the characteristic of ignitability?
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Are chemotherapy drugs listed as hazardous waste?
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Are clothing and gloves used as personal protective equipment (PPE) during hazardous waste management activities regulated as hazardous waste?
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Are listed hazardous wastes that meet applicable LDR treatment standards subject to Subpart CC regulations?
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Are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) regulated under RCRA as a hazardous waste?
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Are residues from treatment of listed wastes that result in new treatability groups considered a new point of generation?
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Are underlying hazardous constituents as defined in Section 268.2(i) considered "contaminants subject to treatment" for debris contaminated with characteristic hazardous waste?
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At what point does an unused commercial chemical product become a solid waste?
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Can a hazardous waste that meets a listing description for a certain waste code be managed as nonhazardous waste if the waste does not contain any of the hazardous constituents listed in 40 CFR Part 261, Appendix VII?
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Can debris which exhibits a characteristic of hazardous waste, and is then treated using an immobilization technology, be sent to a Subtitle D landfill?
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Do hazardous waste listings apply to wastes disposed of prior to their effective date? What circumstances would cause these previously disposed wastes to be subject to RCRA Subtitle C controls?
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Do the regulations allow dilution of an ignitable or characteristic waste to remove the characteristic?
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Do the spent solvent listings in §261.31 apply to solvent constituents used as ingredients in the formulation of a commercial chemical product (CCP)?
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Does the F006 listing apply to copper electroplating?
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Does the U223 hazardous waste code apply to virgin toluene diisocyanate (TDI) that has been neutralized to remove the reactivity characteristic?
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Does a decharacterized waste have to meet the land disposal restrictions?
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Does a waste derived from a hazardous waste listed solely for exhibiting a characteristic of ignitability, corrosivity, and/or reactivity remain a hazardous waste when it no longer exhibits a hazardous waste characteristic?
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How are spent filters that have been used in reclaiming spent chlorofluorocarbon filters regulated?
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How can waste generators demonstrate that their dyes and pigment wastes are not hazardous?
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Does the waste code for a waste listed solely for the characteristic of ignitability, corrosivity, and/or reactivity apply if the waste does not exhibit any hazardous waste characteristics at the point of generation?
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For the purposes of determining whether a waste meets the characteristic of ignitability, how does EPA define an ignitable compressed gas or an oxidizer?
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How did EPA determine that the proposed listing amendment change for F019 wastewater treatment sludges is fully protective of human health and the environment?
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How is a corrosive solid defined in the hazardous waste regulations?
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How does the final rule compare to the 1999 HWIR proposal?
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How is contaminated environmental media regulated under the contained-in policy?
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How is the dyes and pigments listing implemented?
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How may I get health effects information on a particular chemical or hazardous waste?
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How should paint be disposed? Is it a hazardous waste?
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How were the constituents of concern selected in the dyes and pigments listing?
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If a facility generates F001-F005 solvent wastes containing carbon disulfide, cyclohexanone, and methanol, along with other constituents of concern, must it only treat these three constituents when they are in wastewaters?
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