US EPA hazardous waste code (RCRA waste code)
ID us_epa_hazardous_waste_code
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EPA hazardous waste number of a waste regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (40 CFR part 261), written on hazardous waste manifests and in RCRA reports. It is a letter and three digits: D001 to D003 for the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity and reactivity and D004 to D043 for toxicity characteristic contaminants; F001 to F039 for wastes from non-specific sources; K001 to K181 for wastes from specific industries; P001 to P205 for discarded commercial chemical products that are acute hazardous wastes and U001 to U411 for other discarded chemical products. Not every number in these ranges is used. State-only waste codes are not covered.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Chemistry
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:D0(?:0[1-9]|[1-3]\d|4[0-3])|F0(?:0[1-9]|[1-3]\d)|K(?:0(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]\d)|1(?:[0-7]\d|8[01]))|P(?:0(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]\d)|1\d\d|20[0-5])|U(?:0(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]\d)|[1-3]\d\d|40\d|41[01]))$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| D001 | Ignitable waste; 40 CFR 261.21 |
| F001 | Spent halogenated solvents used in degreasing; 40 CFR 261.31 |
| K001 | Bottom sediment sludge from wood preserving wastewater treatment; 40 CFR 261.32 |
| P001 | Warfarin and salts above 0.3 percent; 40 CFR 261.33(e) |
| U001 | Acetaldehyde; 40 CFR 261.33(f) |
| D044 invalid | The toxicity characteristic codes end at D043 |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Код опасных отходов EPA США (код RCRA) | Номер опасных отходов по закону RCRA (40 CFR 261) — буква D, F, K, P или U и три цифры, например D001 для легковоспламеняющихся отходов. |
Sources
- doc: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-261
- doc: https://www.epa.gov/hw/defining-hazardous-waste-listed-characteristic-and-mixed-radiological-wastes
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_epa_hazardous_waste_code - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/US/environment/us_epa_hazardous_waste_code.yamlon GitHub