Code |
Description |
H010 |
Metals recovery including retorting, smelting, chemical, etc. |
H011 |
Mercury recovery (includes mercury retorting, bulb/lamp crushing and mercury vapor recovery, thermostat recovery, mercury from medical equipment recovery, mercury car switch recovery, etc.) |
H015 |
Deployment/deactivation of airbag waste followed by metals recovery |
H020 |
Solvents recovery |
H039 |
Other recovery or reclamation for reuse including acid regeneration, organics recovery, etc. |
H050 |
Energy recovery at this site; used as fuel (includes on-site fuel blending before energy recovery) |
H061 |
Fuel blending prior to energy recovery at another site (waste generated on-site or received from off-site) |
Code |
Description |
H040 |
Incineration; thermal destruction other than use as a fuel |
H041 |
Open burning/open detonation (should be permitted under Subpart X with process code X01) |
H042 | Thermal desorption to remove organic contaminants from soil, sludge, or sediment by heating them in a unit called a "thermal desorber" to separate the contaminants |
H070 |
Chemical treatment (reduction / destruction / oxidation / precipitation) |
H081 |
Biological treatment |
H090 |
Polymerization (LDR standard as treatment method) |
H100 |
Physical treatment only (adsorption / absorption / separation / stripping / dewatering) |
H110 |
Stabilization prior to land disposal at another site (encapsulation / stabilization / fixation) |
H113 | Stabilization to remove hazardous waste characteristics or to achieve delisting levels |
H120 |
Combination of chemical, biological and/or physical treatment |
H121 |
Neutralization only |
H122 |
Evaporation |
H129 |
Other treatment that does not include on-site disposal |
Code |
Description |
H130 |
Surface impoundment that will be closed as a landfill (with prior treatment and/or stabilization meeting LDR treatment standard) |
H131 |
Land treatment or application (with any prior treatment and/or stabilization) |
H132 |
Landfill (with prior treatment and/or stabilization) |
H134 |
Deepwell or underground injection (with or without treatment) |
H136 | Discharge to sewer/POTW (with prior storage - with or without treatment) |
H137 | Discharge to NPDES permit (with prior storage - with or without treatment) |
Code |
Description |
H141 |
Storage and Transfer -The site receiving this waste stored/bulked and transferred the waste with no reclamation, recovery, destruction, treatment, or disposal at that site |
Code |
Description |
H071 |
Chemical reduction with or without precipitation |
H073 |
Cyanide destruction with or without precipitation |
H075 |
Chemical oxidation |
H076 |
Wet air oxidation |
H077 |
Other chemical precipitation with or without pre-treatment |
H082 |
Adsorption |
H083 |
Air or steam stripping |
H101 |
Sludge treatment and/or dewatering |
H103 |
Absorption |
H111 |
Stabilization or chemical fixation prior to disposal at another site |
H112 |
Macro-encapsulation prior to disposal at another site |
H123 |
Settling or clarification |
H124 |
Phase separation |
Code |
Description |
H135 | Discharge to sewer/POTW or NPDES (storage or transported prior to discharge to POTW or by NPDES) |
H139 |
Other Disposal |