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 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 is contaminated environmental media regulated under the contained-in policy?
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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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If a hazardous waste is to be reclaimed, when is it no longer regulated?
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If a prohibited waste is both listed under 40 CFR Part 261, Subpart D, and exhibits a characteristic under Part 261, Subpart C, does the waste need to meet the Part 268 land disposal restrictions (LDR) treatment standards for both the listed and character
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If you generate hazardous soil and move it to another place at the same site, is that considered disposal? Would you have to meet applicable treatment standards before placement?
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Importers of hazardous waste are subject to the generator requirements in Part 262. However, when more then one person is involved in the importation of hazardous waste who must comply with the generator responsibilities?
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Is a discarded freon cylinder regulated as hazardous waste?
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Is a non-listed commercial chemical product treated the same as a listed commercial product listed in 40 CFR Section 261.33 when it is reclaimed? Specifically, if a non-listed chemical product is reclaimed, is it also not a solid waste pursuant to Section
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