RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)
Clean excavated soil and stone is not a federal hazardous waste under RCRA. They are inert materials recovered for fill, landscaping, or landfilled under state/local rules.
Also searched as: excavated soil, subsoil, spoil, muckaway
No federal hazardous waste code
Soil & Stones does not carry a federal RCRA hazardous waste code. It is regulated as solid waste under state and local rules, and specifics depend on your state environmental agency.
Not being federally hazardous does not mean it has no value — clean soil & stones is often a recovered commodity with active buyers.
RCRA classifies waste by source, process, and characteristics — not just material. Pick the row that matches how your soil & stones arises; each coded row links to the full waste code definition under 40 CFR Part 261.
Clean excavation soil
Inert material — not RCRA hazardous
Contaminated soil (petroleum, hazardous substance)
The contaminant code governs
Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
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See the EWC code for soil & stones.
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