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RCRA Hazardous Waste Number

K022

Distillation bottom tars from the production of phenol/acetone from cumene

Official source: 40 CFR Part 261 (eCFR)

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Medium recoveryIn-process reclamation
Medium recoveryFuel blending & energy recovery
Low recoveryTreatment to LDR standard, then disposal
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Hazard Basis

Listed - toxic

Industry Source

Organic chemicals

Regulation

40 CFR Part 261

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Classification

See the full K list

Source-specific wastes from 13 named industries, including petroleum refining, wood preservation, pesticide manufacturing and iron and steel production. Each K code names both the industry and the exact process residue.

How K022 is handled

01

K codes apply only to the named industry and the named process residue.

02

Many K wastes have established recovery paths inside their industry (e.g. metals reclamation from refinery and steel residues).

03

Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR Part 268) set treatment standards before disposal.

Where can a K022 stream go?

Recognized recovery routes for this waste family, ranked by typical recovery tier. Which route fits depends on your specific stream — composition, volume and region.

In-process reclamation

Medium recovery

Process residues that still carry recoverable product or feedstock value can be reclaimed — processed to recover a usable material or regenerated for reuse — inside or outside the generating industry.

40 CFR 261.1(c)(4) — reclamation

Fuel blending & energy recovery

Medium recovery

Organic-bearing streams with usable fuel value can be blended and burned for energy recovery in permitted boilers and industrial furnaces instead of being incinerated as pure disposal.

40 CFR Part 266 Subpart H — burning for energy recovery

Treatment to LDR standard, then disposal

Low recovery

Where no recovery route fits the stream, land disposal restriction treatment standards define the required treatment before landfill — the compliance floor, not a recovery outcome.

40 CFR 268.40 — LDR treatment standards

These are the typical routes for the K list. Your stream's actual options depend on its composition and where it sits.

See how this gets validated

Simulate your K022 stream

Distillation bottom tars from the production of phenol/acetone from cumene

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.

What do you need?

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.