What is a listed waste?

2019-10-27

What is a listed waste?

Listed wastes are wastes from common manufacturing and industrial processes, specific industries and can be generated from discarded commercial products. Characteristic wastes are wastes that exhibit any one or more of the following characteristic properties: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity.

What are examples of ignitable?

Examples include: Pyrophoric metals such as sodium. Cyanide wastes. Ethers….Hazardous waste that is classified as ignitable includes the following:

  • Liquids with a flashpoint of less than 60o C / 140o F.
  • Solids that burn spontaneously.
  • Flammable compressed gas.
  • Oxidizers.

What are the examples of special waste?

Examples of special waste include:

  • Non-hazardous industrial waste;
  • Municipal and domestic water and wastewater treatment plant sludges;
  • Septic tank pumpings;
  • Grease and grit trap wastes;
  • Dead animals;
  • Contaminated foods, or contaminated beverages (other than those contained in normal household waste);

What is an unlisted hazardous substance?

(b) Unlisted hazardous substances. Unlisted hazardous substances designated by 40 CFR 302.4 (b) have the reportable quantity of 100 pounds, except for those unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24.

What is the reportable quantity of unlisted hazardous waste?

Unlisted hazardous substances designated by 40 CFR 302.4 (b) have the reportable quantity of 100 pounds, except for those unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit toxicity identified in 40 CFR 261.24.

What is an unlisted Procedure Code?

Unlisted procedure codes are to be used when no other HCPCS/CPT code exists to reflect the procedure or service the provider wants to submit for reimbursement. It may be a variation of a current service provided, but