Classification and Coding of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes

1. TCEQ Environmental Trade FairAustin Convention CenterMay 6, 2014KEITH WITTERWaste Permits Division • Classification and Coding of Industrialand Hazardous Wastes

2. Today’s Presentation Covers 4 Topics: Process Knowledge Sampling Documentation Waste Classification Laboratory Accreditation

3. What is Process Knowledge? • Title 30 TAC § 335.511 provides for the use of process knowledge to classify a generator’s waste. • A full description of the generator’s manufacturing process, and comprehensive list of chemicals involved in the • process

4. Documenting Process Knowledge Literature about the chemicals used in industry processes Manufacturers’ Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

5. Process Knowledge vs. Testing • Does process knowledge eliminate the generator’s responsibility for testing? • In some cases it may, most often it only limits the type(s) of testing that is required.

6. RG-22 Checklisthttp://www.tceq.texas.gov/publications/rg/rg-022.html • The waste classification checklist found in RG-22 may be useful in developing a generator’s demonstration of process knowledge.

7. Sampling Plans • Develop a sampling plan for the required analytical testing. • Contract laboratory provides information regarding type/volume of sample containers, required preservation methods, etc.

8. Sample Planning • Sampling plans should include all required sampling tools: • Ice/coolers • Jars/plastic containers • Chain-of-custody and custody seals • Sampling spoons, calawasas, etc.

9. Sample Collection • Sampling plans should also indicate how a representative sample is collected and how a unique sample identification number will be assigned.

10. Value of Sampling Plans • Prevents sampling mistakes • Provides demonstration for representative sampling • Ensures delivery to lab for valid and legally defensible results

11. Waste Classification Hazardous Waste Categories Listed Hazardous Wastes (40 CFR Part 261, Subpart D) Characteristically Hazardous Wastes (40 CFR Part 261, Subpart C)

12. Where to start with a Hazardous Waste Determination? Cameo Chemicals http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/search/simple NIOSH http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgdcas.html

13. Types of Listed Wastes • F Listed • K Listed • U Listed • P Listed

14. F Listed Wastes from Non-Specific Sources F listings are generally assigned to organic solvent waste streams. There are 8 different categories of F Listings. • (40 CFR §261.31) F Series

15. (1) F001,F002,F004, F005 • Solvents under these listings are greater than 10% individually or collectively; • Must be used for their solvent properties; and • These codes are not from products or manufactured materials (ex. solvent found in paint).

16. (2) F003 Combined Solvents • F003 solvents contain pure grade solvent from the F003 list or any F003 solvent plus 10% or more of solvent found on the F001,F002,F004, F005 list.

17. (3) F006-F012 & F019 • F006-F009 apply to wastes from electroplating operations (ex., tin, zinc and aluminum plating of steel), • F010-F012 apply to wastes from metal heat treatment operations (ex. quench baths where cyanides are used); and • F019 applies only to wastewater sludge from the chemical conversion coating of aluminum.

18. (4) F020-F023 & F026-F028 • All of these listings are for wastes that are or readily decompose to dioxins (ex. chlorophenol and chlorobenzene derivatives).

19. (5) F024 & F025 • Wastes derived from production of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons • (ex. perchloroethylene & trichloroethylene).

20. (6) F032, F034 & F035 • Waste streams derived from production of wood preserving chemicals. (ex. cresols and pentachlorophenols.

21. (7) F037 & F038 • Wastes derived from petroleum refining operations involving wastewater treatment sludge.

22. (8) F039 • Multi-source leachate that accumulates at the bottom of hazardous waste landfills where listed wastes have been disposed .

23. K Listed Wastes from Industry-Specific Sources Examples: Untreated wastewater from the production of 2,4-D (K099) and emission control dust/sludge from the primary production of steel in electric arc furnaces (K061) • (40 CFR §261.32) K Series

24. P & U Listed Wastes • (40 CFR §261.33) P and U Series Unused commercial chemical products Discarded, off-specification, container residues, and spill residues of the substances found in 40 CFR §261.33 Sole active ingredient

25. Characteristically Hazardous Wastes • D001 Ignitable Wastes • D002 Corrosive Wastes • D003 Reactive Wastes • D004-D043 Toxic Wastes • (40 CFR §§ 261.21, 261.22, 261.23, 261.24)

26. (D001) Characteristically Ignitable • Liquids with a flash point < 140 ° F • Non-liquids that at standard temperature and pressure, cause fire through friction, etc. and when ignited, burn vigorously and persistently • Ignitable compressed gas

27. (D002) Characteristically Corrosive Aqueous liquids with pH ≤ 2.0 or pH ≥ 12.5 As a liquid, corrodes SAE 1020 steel at a rate of 0.25 inches or more per year

28. (D003) Characteristically Reactive • Generates toxic gases • Reacts violently with water • Explodes or detonates • Forms explosive mixtures with water

29. (D004-D043) Characteristically Toxic When subjected to Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), constituent leaches at or above the maximum concentration levels: exceeds concentrations found in Table I at Title 40 CFR Section 261.24.

30. Non-hazardous Waste • Only industrial generators have a classification scheme for non-hazardous wastes. • Municipal generators do not classify their non-hazardous waste streams.

31. Class 1 Industrial Wastes Any non-hazardous or characteristically hazardous toxic waste stream that leach the levels for substances found in 30 TAC Chapter 335, Subchapter R, Appendix 1, Table 1 when subjected to TCLP.

32. Class 1 Industrial Waste Examples • Contain polychlorobiphenyls(PCBs) > 50 ppm • Contain total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) > 1,500 ppm • Significant amounts of regulated asbestos containing materials (RACM)

33. Class I Industrial Waste Examples • Liquids with a flash point ≥ 140 °F and less than 150°F • Solids or semi-solids that when mixed with an equivalent amount of ASTM water, produce a solution with a pH ≤ 2.0 or ≥ 12.5

34. Class II Industrial Wastes Any industrial waste that is neither hazardous nor Class 1 industrial waste

35. Class III Industrial Wastes • Not a hazardous or Class 1 waste • Chemically inert • Cannot be a liquid • Does not decompose • Essentially insoluble {See 30 TAC §335.507(4)}

36. Submittal of Analytical Test Results to TCEQ • Analytical test results with corresponding quality assurance/quality control data • Chain of custody documentation • Description of sampling location • Sampling plan

37. National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) • Only NELAC laboratory data accepted • Each lab identified with a list of certified analytes and methods • Effective June 30, 2008

38. NELAP (cont’d) • www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/compliance_support/qa/env_lab_accreditation.html • Contacts • Alice Colt, (512) 239-3927 • Frank Jamison, (512) 239-3754

39. How to Contact Us • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality • Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section, • MC-130 • P. O. Box 13087 • Austin, TX 78711-3087 • Phone: 512-239-6412 • Fax: 512-239-6383 • E-Mail: IHWPER@tceq.state.tx.us

40. Questions • Keith Witter • Chemist • Industrial & Hazardous Waste • Waste Permits Division • (512) 239-6863