Statutes and rules for determining a hazardous waste status: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 USC 6903, and regulations at 40 CFR 260 and 40 CFR 261
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Download NowDefinition of solid waste: RCRA, 42 USC 6903(27) and 40 CFR 261.2
"Abandoned" materials: 40 CFR 261.2(b)
"Inherently waste-like" materials: 40 CFR 261.2(d)
"Recycled" materials: 40 CFR 261.2(c), 40 CFR 261.2(e), and 40 CFR 261.2(f)
Materials excluded from solid waste definition: 40 CFR 261.4(a)
Conditional exclusion for cathode-ray tubes (CRTs):
Overview: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22) and 40 CFR 261.39 to 261.41
Definitions: 40 CFR 260.10
Applicability: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22)
Exclusion for used, intact CRTs: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22)(i) to (ii) and 40 CFR 261.40
Exclusion for used, broken CRTs prior to processing: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22)(iii) and 40 CFR 261.39(a)
Exclusion for used, broken CRTs undergoing processing: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22)(iii) and 40 CFR 261.39(b)
Exclusion for processed CRT glass undergoing recycling: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22)(iv) and 40 CFR 261.39(c)
Exclusions from the definition of hazardous waste:
Solid wastes excluded from hazardous waste definition: 40 CFR 261.4(b)
Exclusion from raw material, product, and process unit wastes: 40 CFR 261.4(c)
Waste characterization sample exclusion: 40 CFR 261.4(d)
Treatability study sample exclusion: 40 CFR 261.4(e) to (f)
Determining hazardous waste status:
Statutory definition of hazardous: RCRA, 42 USC 6903(5)
Regulatory definition of hazardous: 40 CFR 261.3
Listed wastes:
Listing criteria: 40 CFR 261.11 and Appendices to 40 CFR 261
U, P, K, and F wastes: 40 CFR 261.31, 40 CFR 261.32, and 261.33(e) to (f)
Waste numbers and hazard codes: 40 CFR 261.30 and 40 CFR 261.35
Characteristic wastes:
Four characteristics: 40 CFR ...