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The EPA has identified more than 700 specific wastes which are hazardous and assigned each an EPA Hazardous Waste Number.
This section applies to any person offering or transporting hazardous waste.
EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers appear in lists such as the F-list (non-specific source wastes), K-list (source-specific wastes), and the P-list and U-list (discarded commercial chemical products). However, other wastes not listed by EPA may still exhibit one or more of the hazardous characteristics. If your waste is not an EPA-listed hazardous waste, it is important to sample and analyze the waste, or identify the waste based on process knowledge to determine if it exhibits a hazardous characteristic.
There are four characteristic classifications for all hazardous wastes and specific testing procedures are prescribed for determination of classification by the generator. The four characteristics are:
It is the responsibility of the generator to identify the hazardous waste on a properly prepared waste manifest. Transporters are not permitted to accept a shipment of hazardous waste unless the manifest has been properly completed and signed by the generator.
Any carrier engaged in the transportation of any hazardous waste must obtain an EPA identification number.