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EPA SOURCE CODES
CLEANING AND DEGREASING
A01 STRIPPING
A02 ACID CLEANING
A03 CAUSTIC (ALKALI) CLEANING
A04 FLUSH RINSING
A05 DIP RINSING
A06 SPRAY RINSING
A07 VAPOR DEGREASING
A08 PHYSICAL SCRAPING & REMOVAL
A09 CLEAN OUT PROCESS EQUIPMENT
A19 OTHER CLEANING AND DEGREASING
SURFACE PREPARATION AND FINISHING
A21 PAINTING
A22 ELECTROPLATING
A23 ELECTROLESS PLATING
A24 PHOSPHATING
A25 HEAT TREATING
A26 PICKLING
A27 ETCHING
A29 OTHER SURFACE COATING/PREPARATION (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS
PROCESSES OTHER THAN SURFACE PREPARATION
A31 PRODUCT RINSING
A32 PRODUCT FILTERING
A33 PRODUCT DISTILLATION
A34 PRODUCT SOLVENT EXTRACTION
A35 BY-PRODUCT PROCESSING
A36 SPENT CATALYST REMOVAL
A37 SPENT PROCESS LIQUIDS REMOVAL
A38 TANK SLUDGE REMOVAL
A39 SLAG REMOVAL
A40 METAL FORMING
A41 PLASTICS FORMING
A49 OTHER PROCESSES OTHER THAN SURFACE PREPARATION (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
PRODUCTION OR SERVICE DERIVED ONE-TIME AND INTERMITTENT PROCESSES
A51 LEAK COLLECTION
A53 CLEANUP OF SPILL RESIDUES
A54 OIL CHANGES
A55 FILTER/BATTERY REPLACEMENT
A56 DISCONTINUE USE OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT
A57 DISCARDING OFF-SPEC MATERIAL
A58 DISCARDING OUT-OF-DATE PRODUCTS OR CHEMICALS
A59 OTHER PRODUCTION-DERIVED ONE-TIME INTERMITTENT PROCESSES
A60 SLUDGE REMOVAL
REMEDIATION DERIVED WASTE
A61 SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTION
A62 SUPERFUND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
A63 RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION AT SOLID WASTE MGMT UNIT
A64 RCRA CLOSURE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT
A65 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CLEANUP
A69 OTHER REMEDIATION (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
POLLUTION CONTROL OR WASTE TREATMENT PROCESSES
A71 FILTERING/SCREENING
A72 METALS RECOVERY
A73 SOLVENTS RECOVERY
A74 INCINERATION/THERMAL TREATMENT
A75 WASTEWATER TREATMENT
A76 SLUDGE DEWATERING
A77 STABILIZATION
A78 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES
A79 LEACHATE COLLECTION
A89 OTHER POLLUTION CONTROL OR WASTE TREATMENT (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
OTHER PROCESSES
A91 CLOTHING AND PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
A92 ROUTINE CLEANUP WASTES (EG FLOOR SWEEPINGS)
A93 CLOSURE OF MGMT UNIT(S) OR EQUIP OTHER THAN REMEDIATION SPECIFIED IN CODES A61-A69
A94 LABORATORY WASTES
A99 OTHER (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
EPA FORM CODES
LAB PACKS--Lab packs of mixed wastes, chemicals, lab wastes
B001 LAB PACKS OF OLD CHEMICALS ONLY
B002 LAB PACKS OF DEBRIS ONLY
B003 MIXED LAB PACKS
B004 LAB PACKS CONTAINING ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTES
B009 OTHER LAB PACK (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
INORGANIC LIQUIDS--Waste that is primarily inorganic and highly fluid (e.g., aqueous), with low suspended inorganic solids and low organic content
B101 AQUEOUS WASTE WITH LOW SOLVENTS
B102 AQUEOUS WASTE WITH LOW OTHER TOXIC ORGANICS
B103 SPENT ACID WITH METALS
B104 SPENT ACID WITHOUT METALS
B105 ACIDIC AQUEOUS WASTE
B106 CAUSTIC SOLUTION WITH METALS BUT NO CYANIDES
B107 CAUSTIC SOLUTION WITH METALS AND CYANIDES
B108 CAUSTIC SOLUTION WITH CYANIDES BUT NO METALS
B109 SPENT CAUSTIC
B110 CAUSTIC AQUEOUS WASTE
B111 AQUEOUS WASTE WITH REACTIVE SULFIDES
B112 AQUEOUS WASTE WITH OTHER REACTIVES (EG EXPLOSIVES)
B113 OTHER AQUEOUS WASTE WITH HIGH DISSOLVED SOLIDS
B114 OTHER AQUEOUS WASTE WITH LOW DISSOLVED SOLIDS
B115 SCRUBBER WATER
B116 LEACHATE
B117 WASTE LIQUID MERCURY
B119 OTHER INORGANIC LIQUIDS (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
ORGANIC LIQUIDS--Waste that is primarily organic and is highly fluid, with low inorganic solids content and low-to-moderate water content
B201 CONCENTRATED SOLVENT-WATER SOLUTION
B202 HALOGENATED (EG CHLORINATED) SOLVENT
B203 NON-HALOGENATED SOLVENT
B204 HALOGENATED/NON-HALOGENATED SOLVENT MIXTURE
B205 OIL-WATER EMULSION OR MIXTURE
B206 WASTE OIL
B207 CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF OTHER ORGANICS
B208 CONCENTRATED PHENOLICS
B209 ORGANIC PAINT INK LACQUER OR VARNISH
B210 ADHESIVES OR EPOXIES
B211 PAINT THINNER OR PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
B212 REACTIVE OR POLYMERIZABLE ORGANIC LIQUID
B219 OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
INORGANIC SOLIDS--Waste that is primarily inorganic and solid, with low organic content and low-to-moderate water content; not pumpable
B301 SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH ORGANICS
B302 SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH INORGANICS ONLY
B303 ASH SLAG OR OTHER RESIDUE FROM INCINERATION WASTES
B304 OTHER "DRY" ASH SLAG OR THERMAL RESIDUE
B305 "DRY" LIME OR METAL HYDROXIDE SOLIDS CHEMICAL FIX
B306 "DRY" LIME OR METAL HYDROXIDE SOLIDS NOT "FIXED"
B307 METAL SCALE FILINGS OR SCRAP
B308 EMPTY OR CRUSHED METAL DRUMS OR CONTAINERS
B309 BATTERIES OR BATTERY PARTS CASINGS CORES
B310 SPENT SOLID FILTERS OR ABSORBENTS
B311 ASBESTOS SOLIDS AND DEBRIS
B312 METAL-CYANIDE SALTS/CHEMICALS
B313 REACTIVE CYANIDE SALTS/CHEMICALS
B314 REACTIVE SULFIDE SALTS/CHEMICALS
B315 OTHER REACTIVE SALTS/CHEMICALS
B316 OTHER METAL SALTS/CHEMICALS
B319 OTHER WASTE INORGANIC SOLIDS (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
ORGANIC SOLIDS--Waste that is primarily organic and solid, with low-to-moderate inorganic content and water content; not pumpable
B401 HALOGENATED PESTICIDE SOLID
B402 NON-HALOGENATED PESTICIDE SOLID
B403 SOLID RESINS OR POLYMERIZED ORGANICS
B404 SPENT CARBON
B405 REACTIVE ORGANIC SOLID
B406 EMPTY FIBER OR PLASTIC CONTAINERS
B407 OTHER HALOGENATED ORGANIC SOLIDS SPECIFY COMMENTS
B409 OTHER NON-HALOGENATED ORGANIC SOLIDS
INORGANIC SLUDGES--Waste that is primarily inorganic, with moderate-to-high water content and low organic content; pumpable
B501 LIME SLUDGE WITHOUT METALS
B502 LIME SLUDGE WITH METALS/METAL HYDROXIDE SLUDGE
B503 WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGE WITH TOXIC ORGANICS
B504 OTHER WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGE
B505 UNTREATED PLATING SLUDGE WITHOUT CYANIDES
B506 UNTREATED PLATING SLUDGE WITH CYANIDES
B507 OTHER SLUDGE WITH CYANIDES
B508 SLUDGE WITH REACTIVE SULFIDES
B509 SLUDGE WITH OTHER REACTIVES
B510 DEGREASING SLUDGE WLITH METAL SCALE OR FILINGS
B511 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE SLUDGE (EG FLY ASH)
B512 SEDIMENT OR LAGOON DRAGOUT CONTAM WITH ORGANICS
B513 SEDIMENT OR LAGOON DRAGOUT CONTAM WITH INORGANICS
B514 DRILLING MUD
B515 ASBESTOS SLURRY OR SLUDGE
B516 CHLORIDE OR OTHER BRINE SLUDGE
B519 OTHER INORGANIC SLUDGES (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
ORGANIC SLUDGES--Waste that is primarily organic with low-to-moderate inorganic solids content and water content; pumpable
B601 STILL BOTTOMS OF HALOGENATED (CHLORINATED) SOLVENT OR OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS
B602 STILL BOTTOMS OF NON-HALOGENATED SOLVENTS OR OTHER ORGANIC LIQUIDS
B603 OILY SLUDGE
B604 ORGANIC PAINT OR INK SLUDGE
B605 REACTIVE OR POLYMERIZABLE ORGANICS
B606 RESINS TARS OR TARRY SLUDGE
B607 BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SLUDGE
B608 SEWAGE OR OTHER UNTREATED BIOLOGICAL SLUDGE
B609 OTHER ORGANIC SLUDGES (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
INORGANIC GASES--Waste that is primarily inorganic with a low organic content and is a gas at atmospheric pressure
B701 INORGANIC GASES
ORGANIC GASES--Waste that is primarily organic with low-to-moderate inorganic content and is a gas at atmospheric pressure
B801ORGANIC GASES
EPA SYSTEM TYPE CODES
METALS RECOVERY (FOR REUSE)
M011 HIGH TEMPERATURE METALS RECOVERY
M012 RETORTING
M013 SECONDARY SMELTING
M014 OTHER METALS RECOVERY FOR REUSE EG ION EXCHANGE, REVERSE OSMOSIS, ACID LEACHING (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M019 METALS RECOVERY-TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
SOLVENTS RECOVERY
M021 FRACTIONATION/DISTILLATION
M022 THIN FILM EVAPORATION
M023 SOLVENT EXTRACTION
M024 OTHER SOLVENT RECOVERY (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M029 SOLVENTS RECOVERY-TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
OTHER RECOVERY
M031 ACID REGENERATION
M032 OTHER RECOVERY EG WASTE OIL RECOVERY, NONSOLVENT ORGANICS RECOVERY (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M039 OTHER RECOVERY-TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
INCINERATION
M041 INCINERATION LIQUIDS
M042 INCINERATION SLUDGES
M043 INCINERATION SOLIDS
M044 INCINERATION GASES
M049 INCINERATION TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
ENERGY RECOVERY (REUSE AS FUEL)
M051 ENERGY RECOVERY LIQUIDS
M052 ENERGY RECOVERY SLUDGES
M053 ENERGY RECOVERY SOLIDS
M059 ENERGY RECOVERY TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
FUEL BLENDING
M061 FUEL BLENDING
AQUEOUS INORGANIC TREATMENT
M071 CHROME REDUCTION FOLLOWED BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION
M072 CYANIDE DESTRUCTION FOLLOWED BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION
M073 CYANIDE DESTRUCTION ONLY
M074 CHEMICAL OXIDATION FOLLOWED BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION
M075 CHEMICAL OXIDATION ONLY
M076 WET AIR OXIDATION
M077 CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION
M078 OTHER AQUEOUS INORGANIC TREATMENT EG ION EXCHANGE, REVERSE OSMOSIS (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M079 AQUEOUS INORGANIC TREATMENT TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
AQUEOUS ORGANIC TREATMENT
M081 BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
M082 CARBON ADSORPTION
M083 AIR/STEAM STRIPPING
M084 WET AIR OXIDATION
M085 OTHER AQUEOUS ORGANIC TREATMENT (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M089 AQUEOUS ORGANIC TREATMENT TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
AQUEOUS ORGANIC AND INORGANIC TREATMENT
M091 CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION IN COMBINATION WITH BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
M092 CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION IN COMBINATION WITH CARBON ADSORPTION
M093 WET AIR OXIDATION
M094 OTHER ORGANIC/INORGANIC TREATMENT (SPECIFY COMMENTS)
M099 AQUEOUS ORGANIC AND INORGANIC TREATMENT TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
SLUDGE TREATMENT
M101 SLUDGE DEWATERING
M102 ADDITION OF EXCESS LIME
M103 ABSORPTION/ADSORPTION
M104 SOLVENT EXTRACTION
M109SLUDGE TREATMENT TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
STABILIZATION
M111 STABILIZATION/CHEMICAL FIXATION USING CEMENTITIOUS AND/OR POZZOLANIC MATERIALS
M112 OTHER STABILIZATION (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M119 STABILIZATION-TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
OTHER TREATMENT
M121 NEUTRALIZATION ONLY
M122 EVAPORATION ONLY
M123 SETTLING/CLARIFICATION ONLY
M124 PHASE SEPARATION EG EMULSION BREAKING FILTRATION
M125 OTHER TREATMENT (SPECIFY IN COMMENTS)
M129 OTHER TREATMENT TYPE UNKNOWN (EXPLAIN IN COMMENTS)
DISPOSAL
M131 LAND TREATMENT/APPLICATION/FARMING
M132 LANDFILL
M133 SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT TO BE CLOSED AS A LANDFILL
M134 DEEPWELL/UNDERGROUND INJECTION
M135 DIRECT DISCHARGE TO SEWER/POTW
M136 DIRECT DISCHARGE TO SURFACE WATER UNDER NPDES
M137 OTHER DISPOSAL SPECIFY IN COMMENTS
TRANSFER FACILITY STORAGE
M141 TRANSFER FACILITY STORAGE --WASTE WAS SHIPPED OFF SITE WITHOUT ANY ON-SITE TREATMENT, DISPOSAL, OR RECYCLING ACTIVITY
EPA DISPOSAL CODES
D79 UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL
D80 LANDFILL
D81 LAND APPLICATION/LAND TREATMENT
D82 OCEAN DISPOSAL
D83 SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT
D84 SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT (TO BE CLOSED AS A LANDFILL)
D99 OTHER DISPOSAL (SPECIFY)
EPA STORAGE CODES
S01 CONTAINER (BARREL DRUM ETC)
S02 TANK
S03 WASTE PILE
S04 SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT
S05 DRIP PAD
S06 CONTAINMENT BUILDING (STORAGE)
S99 OTHER STORAGE (SPECIFY DETAILS)
EPA THERMAL TREATMENT CODES
T06 LIQUID INJECTION INCINERATOR
T07 ROTARY KILN INCINERATOR
T08 FLUIDIZED BED INCINERATOR
T09 MULTIPLE HEARTH INCINERATOR
T10 INFRARED FURNACE INCINERATOR
T11 MOLTEN SALT DESTRUCTOR
T12 PYROLYSIS
T13 WET AIR OXIDATION
T14 CALCINATION
T15 MICROWAVE DISCHARGE
T16 CEMENT KILN
T17 LIME KILN
T18 OTHER (SPECIFY DETAILS)
T80 BOILER
T81 CEMENT KILN
T82 LIME KILN
T83 AGGREGATE KILN
T84 PHOSPHATE KILN
T85 COKE OVEN
T86 BLAST FURNACE
T87 SMELTING, MELTING OR REFINING FURNACE
T88 TITANIUM DIOXIDE CHLORIDE PROCESS OXIDATION
T89 METHANE REFORMING FURNACE
T90 PULPING LIQUOR RECOVERY FURNACE
T91 COMBUSTION DEVICE USED IN THE RECOVERY OF SULFUR
T92 HALOGEN ACID FURNACES
T93 OTHER INDUSTRIAL FURNACES LISTED IN 40 CFR 260.10
T94 CONTAINMENT BUILDING (TREATMENT)
EPA CHEMICAL TREATMENT CODES
T19 ABSORPTION MOUND
T20 ABSORPTION FIELD
T21 CHEMICAL FIXATION
T22 CHEMICAL OXIDATION
T23 CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION
T24 CHEMICAL REDUCTION
T25 CHLORINATION
T26 CHLORINOLYSIS
T27 CYANIDE DESTRUCTION
T28 DEGRADATION
T29 DETOXIFICATION
T30 ION EXCHANGE
T31 NEUTRALIZATION
T32 OZONATION
T33 PHOTOLYSIS
T34 OTHER (SPECIFY DETAILS)
EPA PHYSICAL TREATMENT CODES
T35 CENTRIFUGATION
T36 CLARIFICATION
T37 COAGULATION
T38 DECANTING
T39 ENCAPSULATION
T40 FILTRATION
T41 FLOCCULATION
T42 FLOTATION
T43 FOAMING
T44 SEDIMENTATION
T45 THICKENING
T46 ULTRAFILTRATION
T47 OTHER (SPECIFY DETAILS)
T48 ABSORPTION MOLECULAR SIEVE
T49 ACTIVATED CARBON
T50 BLENDING
T51 CATALYSIS
T52 CRYSTALLIZATION
T53 DIALYSIS
T54 DISTILLATION
T55 ELECTRODIALYSIS
T56 ELECTROLYSIS
T57 EVAPORATION
T58 HIGH GRADIENT MAGNETIC SEPARATION
T59 LEACHING
T60 LIQUID ION EXCHANGE
T61 LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION
T62 REVERSE OSMOSIS
T63 SOLVENT RECOVERY
T64 STRIPPING
T65 SAND FILTER
T66 OTHER (SPECIFY DETAILS)
T67 ACTIVATED SLUDGE
T68 AEROBIC LAGOON
T69 AEROBIC TANK
T70 ANAEROBIC LAGOON
T71 COMPOSTING
T72 SEPTIC TANK
T73 SPRAY IRRIGATION
T74 THICKENING FILTER
T75 TRICKLING FILTER
T76 WASTE STABILIZATION POND
T77 OTHER (SPECIFY DETAILS)
EPA MISC (SUBPART X) CODES
X01 OPEN BURNING/OPEN DETONATION
X02 MECHANICAL PROCESSING
X03 THERMAL UNIT
X04 GEOLOGICL REPOSITORY
X99 OTHER SUBPART X (SPECIFY)
NEW YORK STATE METHOD CODES
B INCINERATION OR HEAT RECOVERY
L LANDFILL
R RECYCLED(75% TOTAL RECOVERY)
T CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
ILLINOIS STATE METHOD CODES
01 METALS RECOVERY
02 SOLVENT RECOVERY
03 OTHER RECOVERY
04 INCINERATION-LIQUIDS
05 INCINERATION-SOLIDS/SLUDGES
06 ENERGY RECOVERY
07 AQUEOUS INORGANIC TREATMENT
08 AQUEOUS ORGANIC TREATMENT
09 OTHER TREATMENT
10 SLUDGE TREATMENT
11 STABILIZATION
12 LAND TREATMENT
13 LANDFILL
14 DEEP-WELL INJECTION
15 OTHER DISPOSAL
16 FUEL BLENDING
17 TRANSFER STATION
18 STORAGE IN CONTAINERS
19 STORAGE TANKS
21 STORAGE IN SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT
22 WASTE STORED ON-SITE > 90 DAYS
23 OTHER
ILLINOIS NON-HAZARDOUS METHOD CODES
01 METALS RECOVERY
02 SOLVENT RECOVERY
03 OTHER RECOVERY
04 INCINERATION
05 ENERGY RECOVERY
06 FUEL BLENDING
07 TREATMENT
08 LAND TREATMENT, APPLICATION
09 LANDFILL
10 TRANSFER STATION
11 STORAGE
12 OTHER
CANADIAN CODES
C OFF-SITE - SAME COMPANY
D ON-SITE - DUST SUPPRESSION
F ON-SITE - WASTE DERIVED FUEL
K ON-SITE - STORAGE
L ON-SITE - LANDFILL
N ON-SITE - LAND FARMING
O ON-SITE - OWRA FACILITY
P OFF-SITE - PUBLIC
S ON-SITE - SANITARY SEWER
T ON-SITE - INCINERATOR
V ON-SITE - PART V FACILITY
0 NOT REGISTERED
001 LANDFILL
002 PRIVATE LANDFILL & SLUDGE FARMS
011 INCINERATION
020 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT
030 TRANSFER STATION
035 TRANSFER STATION - PROCESSING
040 SHIPPED OUT OF PROVINCE
050 RECLAIM
055 DUST CONTROL
060 MISCELLANEOUS