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RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)

What is the RCRA waste code for Pickle Liquor & Steel Pickling Waste?

Spent metal pickling solutions and sludges are K-listed wastes from iron and steel production. The specific K-code depends on whether the material is from blast furnace, steelmaking, or rolled steel operations.

Also searched as: pickling acid, steel pickling waste, acid dip liquor, pickling bath

Have a K062 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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Medium recoveryHigh temperature metals recovery
Medium recoveryIn-process reclamation
Low recoveryStabilization & controlled disposal
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Which Code Applies?

RCRA classifies waste by source, process, and characteristics — not just material. Pick the row that matches how your pickle liquor & steel pickling waste arises; each coded row links to the full waste code definition under 40 CFR Part 261.

K062 K List

Spent pickling liquor (steel mills)

Spent pickle liquor generated by steel finishing operations of facilities within the iron and steel industry (SIC Codes 331 and 332)

No code

Sludges from pickling operations

Classified as K-listed industrial waste

Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste

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Pickle Liquor & Steel Pickling Waste

With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.

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An engineer replies within 1 business day. That reply confirms what is needed to run the dossier and when it can follow. A route the engine does not cover yet is reported as not yet evaluable, with the evidence that would change that.

See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.

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Source: 40 CFR Part 261

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