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
Determining solid waste status:
"Solid waste" defined: RCRA 42 USC 6903(27) and 40 CFR 261.2
Other key definitions: 40 CFR 260.43, 40 CFR 261.2(g), and 40 CFR 261.1(c)(8)
Materials excluded from being solid wastes: 40 CFR 261.4(a)
Conditional solid waste exclusions for cathode-ray tubes (CRTs): 40 CFR 260.10, 40 CFR 261.4(a)(22), and 40 CFR 261.39 to 261.41
Conditional solid waste exclusion for laundered solvent-contaminated wipes: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(26) and 40 CFR 260.10
Conditional solid waste transfer-based exclusion for hazardous secondary material (HSM): 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24) and 40 CFR 261.400 to 261.420
Conditional solid waste transfer-based export exclusion for HSM: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(25)
Conditional solid waste exclusion for remanufacturing solvents: 40 CFR 261.4(a)(27), 40 CFR 261.170 to 261.200, and 40 CFR 261.1030 to 261.1089
Determining hazardous waste status:
Definitions of "hazardous": RCRA 42 USC 6903(5) and 40 CFR 261.3
Solid wastes excluded from being hazardous wastes: 40 CFR 261.4(b) to 261.4(f)
Raw material, product, and process unit wastes: 40 CFR 261.4(c)
Sample and treatability study hazardous waste exclusions: 40 CFR 261.4(d) to 261.4(f)
Dredged material hazardous waste exclusion: 40 CFR 261.4(g)
Conditional hazardous waste exclusion for carbon dioxide (CO2) streams: 40 CFR 261.4(h)
Conditional hazardous waste exclusion for disposal of solvent-contaminated wipes: 40 CFR 261.4(b)(18) and 40 CFR 260.10
Listed hazardous wastes:
Listing criteria: 40 CFR 261.11 and Appendices to 40 CFR 261
Generator knowledge: 40 CFR 261.11(c)
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State Requirements
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Checklists | Washington Waste Designation Checklist (Pub. No. 16-04-028) |
Forms | Waste Classification Request Form & Instructions (HWM-009) |