United States

Environmental Protection

Agency

[INSERT MONTH 2012

2013 Hazardous

Waste Report

Instructions and Form

EPA Form 8700‐13 A/B

(OMB #2050‐0024; Expires 12/31/2014)

   
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR)

(5303P)

Washington, DC 20460

2013 Hazardous Waste Report

Instructions and Form

This is an ongoing information collection from hazardous waste generators and hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal

facilities.  This collection is done on a two‐year cycle as required by Sections 3002 and 3004 of the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA).  The information is collected via a mechanism known as the Hazardous Waste Report for the required

reporting year [EPA Form 8700‐13 A/B] (also known as the Biennial Report).  Both RCRA Sections 3002 and 3004 require EPA to

establish standards for recordkeeping and reporting of hazardous waste.  Section 3002 applies to hazardous waste generators

and Section 3004 applies to hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.    The implementing regulations are

found at 40 CFR Parts 262.40(b) and (d); 262.41(a)(1)‐(5), (a)(8), and (b); 264.75(a)‐(e) and (j); 265.75(a)‐(e) and (j); and

270.30(1)(9).  This is mandatory reporting by the respondents.

The respondents’ submissions (reports) describe each generated hazardous waste, the activity by which they generated the

wastes, and the waste quantity; the reports also list the management method by which each waste is treated, recycled, or

disposed and the quantity managed.  There are a number of uses of Biennial Report data.  EPA uses Biennial Report data for

planning and developing regulations, compliance monitoring, and enforcement.  Also, Biennial Report data allows the Agency

to determine whether its regulations are having the desired effect on the generation and management of hazardous waste.  For

example, Biennial Report data provides information on whether waste management has shifted from one method of disposal to

another.    Some State uses of Report data include support of planning, fee assessment, compliance monitoring, and

enforcement.

Some businesses consider some of their hazardous waste information to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).  A business

may, if it desires, protect its Biennial Report information from public disclosure by asserting a claim of confidentiality covering

all or part of its information.   When a claim is made, EPA will treat the information in accordance with the confidentiality

regulations in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B.  EPA also ensures that the information collection procedures comply with the Privacy

Act of 1974 and OMB Circular 108.

Estimated Burden:  The annual reporting burden for the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report is estimated to average 17 hours per

respondent, and includes time for reviewing instructions, gathering data, completing and reviewing the forms, and submitting

the report.  The recordkeeping requirement is estimated to average 4 hours per response and includes the time for filing and

storing the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report submission for three years.

To comment on the Agency’s need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested

methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public

docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number 0976.15, which is available for public viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA Docket

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.  The EPA Docket Center Public Reading

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.  The telephone number for the

Reading Room is (202) 566‐1744 and the telephone number for the RCRA Docket is (202) 566‐0270.  An electronic version of

the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/regulations.htm.

Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access

those documents in the public docket that are available electronically.   Once in the system, select “search,” then key in the

docket ID number identified above.  Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention:  Desk Office for EPA.  Please include the EPA

Docket ID Number 0976.15 and OMB Control Number 2050‐0024 in any correspondence.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE 2011 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT.......................................................................................................................7

Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................7

What’s New ...............................................................................................................................................................8

WHO MUST FILE THE 2011 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT .................................................................................... 9

Sites Required to File the Hazardous Waste Report..................................................................................................9

Sites that should not File the Hazardous Waste Report..........................................................................................10

State‐specific Requirements....................................................................................................................................10

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING THE 2011 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT ...................................................................11

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................11

Authority..................................................................................................................................................................11

Overview of the 2011 Hazardous Waste Report .....................................................................................................11

When and Where to Send Your Completed Report ................................................................................................11

Which Forms to Submit and What to Report ..........................................................................................................12

Filling Out the Forms ...............................................................................................................................................13

Contacts for Assistance............................................................................................................................................13

Copies of Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms...................................................................................14

Documents Helpful in Filling Out the Forms............................................................................................................14

Code Lists.................................................................................................................................................................14

Alphanumeric Fields................................................................................................................................................14

Right Justification of Quantities...............................................................................................................................15

Comments Section of Forms....................................................................................................................................15

Page Numbering of Forms.......................................................................................................................................15

Photocopies of Forms..............................................................................................................................................16

Electronic Reporting ................................................................................................................................................16

Confidential Business Information (CBI)..................................................................................................................16
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE RCRA SUBTITLE C SITE IDENTIFICATION (SITE ID) FORM............................17

Who Must Submit this Form....................................................................................................................................17

Purpose of this Form ...............................................................................................................................................17

How to Fill Out this Form.........................................................................................................................................17

Item‐By‐Item Instructions........................................................................................................................................18

Item 1 – Reason for Submittal.................................................................................................................................18

Item 2 – Site EPA Id Number ...................................................................................................................................20

Item 3 and 4 – Site Name and Location...................................................................................................................20

Item 5 – Site Land Type ...........................................................................................................................................21

Item 6 – North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) ..............................................................21

Item 7 – Site Mailing Address..................................................................................................................................21

Item 8 – Site Contact Person ...................................................................................................................................22

Item 9 – Legal Owner and Operator of the Site.......................................................................................................22

Item 10 – Type of Regulated Waste Activity............................................................................................................24

Item 11 – Description of Hazardous Wastes ...........................................................................................................31

Item 12 – Notification of Hazardous Secondary Material (HSM) Activity ...............................................................32

Item 13 – Comments ...............................................................................................................................................33

Item 14 – Certification.............................................................................................................................................33

ADDENDUM TO THE SITE IDENTIFICATION FORM:  NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL

ACTIVITY...........................................................................................................................................................34

You Must Fill Out this Section if:..............................................................................................................................34

Item 1 – Indicate Reason for Notification (include dates where requested) ..........................................................35

Item 2 – Description of Excluded Hazardous Secondary Material (HSM) Activity...................................................36

Item 3 – Facility has Financial Assurance Pursuant to 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24)(vi) .......................................................39

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE GM FORM – WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT...........................40

Who Must Submit this Form....................................................................................................................................40

Purpose of this Form ...............................................................................................................................................40
How to Fill Out this Form.........................................................................................................................................40

Wastes to be Reported............................................................................................................................................41

Wastes not to be Reported .....................................................................................................................................42

How to Report Similar Wastes on the GM Form.....................................................................................................43

Item‐By‐Item Instructions........................................................................................................................................44

Section 1 – Waste Characteristics............................................................................................................................44

Item A – Waste Description.....................................................................................................................................44

Item B – EPA Hazardous Waste Code(s) ..................................................................................................................44

Item C – State Hazardous Waste Code(s) ................................................................................................................45

Item D – Source Code and Management Method Code for Source Code G25........................................................45

Item E – Form Code .................................................................................................................................................46

Item F – Quantity Generated in 2011 / UOM and Density ......................................................................................46

Section 2 – On‐site Generation and Management of Hazardous Waste During 2011 ............................................47

Was any of this wAste that was generated at this facility treated, disposed, and/or recycled on‐site? ................47

On‐Site Management Method Code .......................................................................................................................48

Quantity Treated, Disposed, or Recycled On‐site in 2011.......................................................................................49

Section 3 – Off‐site Shipment of Hazardous Waste.................................................................................................49

Item A – Was any of this Waste Shipped Off‐site in 2011 for Treatment, Disposal, or Recycling?.........................49

Item B – EPA ID Number of Facility to which Waste was Shipped ..........................................................................50

Item C – Off‐site Management Method Code Shipped To ......................................................................................50

Item D – Total Quantity Shipped in 2011 ................................................................................................................50

Comments ...............................................................................................................................................................50

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE WR FORM – RECEIVED FROM OFF‐SITE ....................................................52

Who Must Submit this Form....................................................................................................................................52

Purpose of this Form ...............................................................................................................................................52

How to Fill Out this Form.........................................................................................................................................52

Item‐By‐Item Instructions........................................................................................................................................53
Item A – Waste Description.....................................................................................................................................53

Item B – EPA Hazardous Waste Code(s) ..................................................................................................................53

Item C – State Hazardous Waste Code(s) ................................................................................................................54

Item D – Off‐site Handler EPA Identification Number.............................................................................................54

Item E – Quantity Received in 2011.........................................................................................................................54

Item F – UOM and Density ......................................................................................................................................55

Item G – Form Code.................................................................................................................................................55

Item H – Management Method Code......................................................................................................................56

Comments ...............................................................................................................................................................56

OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION AND CODE LISTS

Excluded Wastes...............................................................................................................................................58

Definitions........................................................................................................................................................59

Special Instructions...........................................................................................................................................69

EPA Hazardous Waste Codes.............................................................................................................................72

HSM Facility Codes............................................................................................................................................73

HSM Land‐Based Unit Codes .............................................................................................................................74

Source Codes ....................................................................................................................................................75

Form Codes.......................................................................................................................................................77

Management Method Codes.............................................................................................................................79

Waste Minimization Codes................................................................................................................................81
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THE 2013 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mission to protect human health and the

environment includes the responsibility to effectively manage, with the States, the nation’s hazardous

waste.    As part of this task, the EPA and the States collect and maintain information about the

generation, management, and final disposition of the nation’s hazardous waste regulated by the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

The EPA prepared this booklet for hazardous waste generators and for facilities that treat, store, or

dispose hazardous waste to report their hazardous waste activities for calendar year 2013.    The

information collected will:

• Provide the EPA and the States with an understanding of hazardous waste generation and

management in the United States.

  

• Help the EPA measure the quality of the environment, such as monitoring industry compliance

with the regulations and evaluating waste minimization efforts taken by industry.

• Be summarized and communicated to the public, primarily through publication of the 2013

National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report.

The data you provide will be entered into a computer database by the State or the EPA Regional Office

to which you return your Hazardous Waste Report.  After review, to ensure the quality of the data, EPA

will create a national database for this information.    Your efforts in carefully filling out all the report

forms are appreciated.

IMPORTANT

Before completing the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report forms, please carefully read the instructions in this

booklet.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE

To obtain assistance in filling out the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report forms, please contact your State

Office.  Some States’ reporting requirements differ from the Federal requirements.  The list of State and

EPA Regional Office addresses, contact names, telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses is located at:

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.
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WHAT’S NEW

Below is a list of changes to the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms.

CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT METHOD CODES  

Some management method codes have been consolidated in order to ease reporting. For example,

previous codes H071 (chemical reduction), H073 (cyanide destruction), H075 (chemical oxidation), H076

(wet air oxidation) and H077 (other chemical precipitation) have all been consolidated under the new

management method code H070 (chemical treatment). The management method codes for this 2013

reporting year have been mapped to the management method codes used for previous years in order to

assist filers with the transition.  

REVISED WASTE MINIMIZATION CODES

The waste minimization codes have been revised in order to assist filers with reporting their waste

minimization activities. The new waste minimization codes identify when waste minimization activities

occurred (whether initiated prior to the reporting year or during the reporting year) and also provide

examples of types of waste minimization activities.  

REVISED LANGUAGE FOR SOME SOURCE CODE DESCRIPTIONS

Editorial changes were made to the description of some source codes in order to improve clarity for

filers. For example, G25 was changed from “hazardous waste management” to “treatment, disposal, or

recycling of hazardous waste” in order to better communicate the meaning of this code.  
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WHO MUST FILE THE 2013 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

SITES REQUIRED TO FILE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

You are required by Federal statute (mandatory reporting) to complete and file the 2013 Hazardous

Waste Report (also known as the “Biennial Report”) or your State’s equivalent hazardous waste report if

your site:

• Met the definition (see box below) of a RCRA Large Quantity Generator (LQG) during 2013; or

  

• Treated, stored, or disposed of RCRA hazardous wastes on‐site during 2013.

If you are required to report, see WHICH FORMS TO SUBMIT AND WHAT TO REPORT to determine

which forms you must submit.

DEFINITION OF A RCRA LARGE QUANTITY GENERATOR

WHO MUST REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2013

A site is a RCRA Large Quantity Generator (LQG) for 2013 if the site met any of the following criteria:

a. The site generated, in any single calendar month, 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) or more of RCRA non‐

acute hazardous waste; or

  

b. The site generated, in an single calendar month, or accumulated at any time, more than 1 kg

(2.2 lbs.) of RCRA acute hazardous waste; or   

c. The site generated, in any single calendar month, or accumulated at any time, more than

100 kg (220 lbs.) of spill cleanup material contaminated with RCRA acute hazardous waste.

Note:  You will report your current Hazardous Waste Generator status as of the date of submitting your

2013 Hazardous Waste Report on the Site ID Form in Item 10.A.1 – Generator of Hazardous Waste.  Your

current status may be different from the status during the report year that requires you to file the

Hazardous Waste Report.

Note:  Hazardous waste imported from a foreign country in 2013 must be counted in determining your

generator status if your site is the U.S. Importer.  This waste must be reported on the GM Form or the

WR Form in your 2013 Hazardous Waste Report.

Note:  Some States, as a matter of state law, require other categories of generators to report as well.

See the discussion under “State‐specific Requirements” on page 11.
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SITES THAT SHOULD NOT FILE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

Do not file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report if, during 2013, your site was not a RCRA Large Quantity

Generator (your site did not meet any of the LQG criteria) and your site did not treat, store, or dispose

of RCRA hazardous wastes on‐site in waste management units subject to a RCRA operating permit.  

Exception:  File the report if your State has more stringent reporting requirements.  See “State‐specific

Requirements” below.

If you are not required to report, you should notify us if your hazardous waste generator status has

changed; please fill out the RCRA Subtitle C Site Identification Form and submit it to your State Office.   

See the Item‐by‐Item Instructions for information on filling out the Site Identification Form.  Place an “X”

in the box for Subsequent Notification in Item 1 – Reason for Submittal.

Unless required by your State, do not file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report if, during 2013, all of your

hazardous waste was exported directly out of the United States to a foreign country.    Facilities that

export hazardous waste must file a separate Annual Report under 40 CFR 262.56.  (This Annual Report

will be in addition to the Hazardous Waste Report, if your State requires you to submit a Hazardous

Waste Report.)  

STATE‐SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

States may impose reporting requirements above and beyond the Federal requirements.  If your State

does so, it will attach information to (or delete information from) this booklet.    Alternatively, some

States use a modified version of this report or their own instructions and forms to fulfill their reporting

requirements.  Please contact your State office about State‐specific requirements.  See the contacts list

at:  http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING THE 2013 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

INTRODUCTION

The instructions and forms for the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report are prepared by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for generators and for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

(TSDFs) to report their hazardous waste activities for 2013.    Additionally, facilities may use this

Hazardous Waste Report to notify their regulatory authority that they are managing hazardous

secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25) (these facilities would

notify using the RCRA Subtitle C Site Identification Form and Addendum to the Site Identification Form).

AUTHORITY

The authority for the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report is contained in Sections 3002 and 3004 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments of 1984 (HSWA).  Section 3002 requires hazardous waste generators to report to the EPA

or the authorized States, at least every two years, the quantities, nature, and disposition of generated

hazardous waste.    Under the authority of Section 3004, the EPA requires reporting by treatment,

storage, and disposal facilities for the wastes they receive.

OVERVIEW OF THE 2013 HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT

To determine if you are required to file the Hazardous Waste Report, read WHO MUST FILE THE 2013

HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT.

Which Forms to Submit and What to Report describes circumstances and situations under which each

of the forms should be completed.

Filling out the Forms provides general guidelines for filling out the Hazardous Waste Report forms.  This

includes where to find the telephone number for the State Contacts, which you can call with questions

about completing the Hazardous Waste Report.

WHEN AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR COMPLETED REPORT

The 2013 Hazardous Waste Report is due to your State or EPA Regional Office by March 1, 2014 or next

business day.  Return your completed Hazardous Waste Report to the address listed for your State or

Regional contact.  See the additional information sent to you with this booklet.  An updated listing of

State and EPA Regional mailing addresses, contact names, telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses is

maintained at:  http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.
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Detailed instructions for filling out each of the forms are provided.   Other reference information and

code lists are provided, including:  a list of excluded wastes; definitions of key terms; special instructions

that explains how to report certain types of wastes (e.g., lab packs, PCBs); a list of hazardous waste

codes, HSM facility codes, HSM land‐based unit codes, source codes, form codes, management method

codes, and waste minimization codes.

WHICH FORMS TO SUBMIT AND WHAT TO REPORT

The 2013 Hazardous Waste Report contains the following four forms:

SITE ID FORM

A site required to file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report MUST submit the RCRA Subtitle C Site

Identification Form (Site ID Form) as a component of the Report.

You will report that you are submitting the Site ID form as part of the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report in

Item 1 – Reason for Submittal.  Mark “As a component of the Hazardous Waste Report (If marked, see

sub‐bullet below)” and mark the sub‐bullet, if the status is applicable to you during the 2013 reporting

year.

You will fill out the Site ID form by reporting all information current as of the date of submitting your

2013 Hazardous Waste Report.  This includes reporting your current Hazardous Waste Generator status

in Item 10.A.1 (Generator of Hazardous Waste), which may have changed since 2013.

Facilities that will begin managing, are managing, or will stop managing hazardous secondary material

under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25) must submit the Site Identification

Addendum as a component of the Report pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42.  These regulations exclude certain

hazardous secondary material(s) being reclaimed from the RCRA Subtitle C definition of solid waste

provided certain requirements and conditions are met.

GM FORM  

A site required to file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report must submit Waste Generation and

Management (GM) Form(s) for all hazardous waste that was used to determine the site’s generator

status.  Hazardous waste must be reported if it was:

• Generated and accumulated on‐site and subsequently managed on‐site or shipped off‐site in

2013; or

  

• Generated and accumulated on‐site in 2013 but not managed on‐site or shipped off‐site until

after 2013; or

• Generated and accumulated on‐site prior to 2013 but either managed on‐site or shipped off‐site

in 2013; or
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• Imported from a foreign country in 2013.

Examples of RCRA hazardous wastes to be reported include those that were:

• Generated on‐site from a production process, service activity, or routine cleanup;

• Generated from equipment decommissioning, spill cleanup, or remedial cleanup activity;

• Shipped off‐site, including hazardous waste that was received from off‐site (reported on the

Waste Received From Off‐site Form [WR Form]) and subsequently shipped off‐site without being

treated or recycled on‐site;

• Removed from on‐site storage for treating, recycling, or disposing on‐site or shipped off‐site;

• Derived from the management of non‐hazardous waste; or

• Derived from the on‐site treatment (including reclamation), disposal, or recycling of previously

existing hazardous waste (as a residual).

Unless required by your state, DO NOT submit a GM Form for any hazardous waste shipped directly to a

foreign country.   Facilities that export hazardous waste must file a separate Annual Report under 40

CFR 262.56.    (This Annual Report will be in addition to the Hazardous Waste Report, if your State

requires you to submit a Hazardous Waste Report.)

WR FORM

A site required to file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report must submit Waste Received From Off‐site

(WR) Form(s) if, during 2013, it received RCRA hazardous waste from off‐site and managed the waste

on‐site (including subsequent transfer off‐site).

OI FORM

A site must complete Off‐site Identification (OI) Form(s) only if the site’s State requires it.  Instructions

for OI Forms are on the back of the form.  For a list of State contacts go to:

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.

FILLING OUT THE FORMS

CONTACTS FOR ASSISTANCE

To obtain assistance in filling out the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report forms, please contact your State or

EPA Regional Office.  States’ reporting requirements or forms may differ from the Federal requirements.  

The list of contact addresses, contact names, telephone numbers, and e‐mail addresses is located at:  

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.
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COPIES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS

If your State uses the EPA’s version of the instructions and forms, you can download the booklet from:  

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/biennialreport/index.htm.

DOCUMENTS HELPFUL IN FILLING OUT THE FORMS

To prepare the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report, you should consult your records on quantities and types

of hazardous waste that your site generated, managed, shipped, or received in 2013.  Some records that

may be helpful are:

• Hazardous waste manifest forms;

• Hazardous Waste Report forms submitted in previous years;

• Records of quantities of hazardous waste generated or accumulated on‐site;

• Results of laboratory analyses of your waste;

• Contracts or agreements with off‐site facilities managing your wastes; and

• Copies of permits for on‐site waste management systems.

CODE LISTS

LIST

The LIST symbol denotes references to relevant code lists.  Please use only the codes included in the

instructions or in the lists of codes provided.

SKIP INSTRUCTIONS

The        symbol denotes directions to skip to the next appropriate section or item to be completed,

given certain responses to some questions.  

EXPLANATIONS  

The NOTE symbol denotes explanatory text of definitions of terms used in the instructions.

ALPHANUMERIC FIELDS

Valid characters for alphanumeric fields are limited to:

`~!@#$%^&*()_‐+={}[]|\:;’”,.?/1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Invalid characters for alphanumeric fields include:
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<>

If the “<” or “>” symbols are used to indicate less than or greater than, it is recommended that these

symbols be replaced with “LT” or “GT”.

RIGHT JUSTIFICATION OF QUANTITIES

Right justify all quantities reported on the forms.  For example, enter a quantity of 12,000 tons on the

form as:

    1 2 0 0 0 . 0

Enter a quantity of 29,599.5 tons as:

    2 9 5 9 9 . 5

COMMENTS SECTION OF FORMS

Use the Comments section at the bottom of the forms to clarify or continue any entry.    For each

comment, reference the section number and item letter of the entry that is being continued.    For

example, if a hazardous waste generated on‐site has seven EPA hazardous waste codes, enter the first

six in Section 1 ‐ Item B of the GM Form.  Enter the seventh waste code in the Comments section and

cross‐reference Section 1 ‐ Item B.  For example, you would write: “Sec. 1, Item B, continued: D007.”

PAGE NUMBERING OF FORMS

When you have filled out all the appropriate forms in your Hazardous Waste Report submission, number

the pages (each piece of paper is a page) consecutively throughout your submission.  Do not number

each set of forms separately, but rather number each page sequentially.  The individual page number

and the total number of pages in your submission should appear at the bottom of each page (e.g., Page

1 of 7, Page 2 of 7).

If it is necessary to continue information from one form onto another page, make additional copies of

the form and number the additional pages with the same page number as the first page, followed by a

letter (e.g., page 27, page 27a;, page 28, page 28a, 28b).    When continuing information on a

supplemental page, enter only the information that is being continued.
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PHOTOCOPIES OF FORMS

A single copy of each form is included in this booklet.    Photocopy as many forms as you need to

complete your Hazardous Waste Report.  Make copies after you have written your site name and EPA

Identification Number in the top left‐hand corner of the form, but before you begin filling out the form.

After you have finished filling out the forms, photocopy the entire Hazardous Waste Report and keep a

copy for a period of at least three years from the due date of the report as required by 40 CFR 262.40(b).

ELECTRONIC REPORTING

The EPA encourages electronic reporting of Hazardous Waste Reports.  To obtain instructions on how to

file electronically, contact your State or EPA Regional Office.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION (CBI)

You may not withhold information from the Administrator of the EPA because it is confidential.  

However, when the Administrator is requested to consider information confidential, it must be treated

according to the EPA regulations contained in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.  These regulations provide that

a business may, if it desires, assert a claim of business confidentiality covering all or part of the

information furnished to the EPA.  40 CFR 2.203(b) explains how to assert a claim.

The EPA will treat information covered by such a claim in accordance with the procedures set forth in

Subpart B.  If someone requests release of information covered by a claim of confidentiality, or if the

EPA otherwise decides to make a determination as to whether such information is entitled to

confidential treatment, the EPA will notify the business.    The EPA will not disclose information as to

when a claim of confidentiality has been made except to the extent of and in accordance with 40 CFR

Part 2, Subpart B.    However, if the business does not claim confidentiality when it furnishes the

information, the EPA may make the information available to the public without notice to the business.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE

To obtain assistance in filling out the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report forms, please contact your State or

EPA Regional Office.  States’ reporting requirements or forms may differ from the Federal requirements.

The list of State and EPA Regional Office addresses, contact names, telephone numbers, and e‐mail

addresses is located at:  http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.

This booklet and other related information can be found at:  

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/biennialreport/index.htm.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE RCRA SUBTITLE C SITE IDENTIFICATION

(SITE ID) FORM

WHO MUST SUBMIT THIS FORM

All sites required to submit any of the following must submit the RCRA Subtitle C Site Identification (Site

ID) Form:

• Initial Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

• Subsequent Notification of Regulated Waste Activity

• First RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application

• Revised RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application

• Hazardous Waste Report

• Notification for eligible academic entities opting into or withdrawing from managing laboratory

hazardous wastes pursuant to 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K (if in an eligible State)

• Notification for facilities managing hazardous secondary material pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42 (if

in an eligible State)

Some States have requirements in addition to, or that are different from the Federal requirements.  To

obtain the appropriate forms or ask questions, refer to a list of contacts at:  

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/form8700/contact.pdf.   

The list will tell you whether the Federal form or a State form is used, who to contact, and where to mail

the completed form.

PURPOSE OF THIS FORM

The Site ID Form provides site‐specific information about your facility and is used to obtain an EPA

Identification Number.  The Site ID form also provides updated information for items that have changed

at your site and verifies the information for those items that remain unchanged.

HOW TO FILL OUT THIS FORM

Complete the following Site ID Form items, as applicable to your facility:

• Item 1 ‐   your reason for submitting the form

• Item 2 ‐   your site’s EPA Identification Number

• Item 3 ‐   the name of your site

• Item 4 ‐   the physical location of your site

• Item 5 ‐   the land type of your site
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• Item 6 ‐   the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code(s) for your site

• Item 7 ‐   the mailing address for your site

• Item 8 ‐   name, title, address, phone number, fax, and e‐mail of a contact person at your site

• Item 9 ‐   name, address, and phone number of the legal owner(s) and name of the operator(s)

of your site

• Item 10 ‐  your site’s regulated waste activities (enter all that apply)

• Item 11 ‐  the description of hazardous waste

• Item 12 ‐  your site’s hazardous secondary material activity, if you manage any

• Item 13 ‐  additional comments on Items 1 – 12

• Item 14 ‐  certification that the information you provided throughout the form is truthful,

accurate, and complete

• Addendum to the Site Identification Form – notification of hazardous secondary material activity

Type or print, in blank ink, all items except the Signature box in Item 14.    In Item 14, provide the

required ink signatures.    Signatures must be original.    Stamped or photocopied signatures are not

acceptable.  Enter your site’s EPA Identification Number in the top left‐hand corner on all pages of the

form; for an Initial Notification for this site, leave the EPA identification Number blank.  Use Item 13 –

Comments to clarify or provide additional information for any entry.  When entering information in the

comments section, enter the item number and box letter to which the comment refers.  If you must use

additional sheets for comments, enter your site’s EPA Identification Number in the top left‐hand corner

of each sheet.  

ITEM‐BY‐ITEM INSTRUCTIONS

ITEM 1 – REASON FOR SUBMITTAL

Place an “X” in the appropriate box(es) to indicate whether this form is your Initial Notification (i.e., this

is your first time submitting site identification information / to obtain an EPA Identification Number for

this location); a Subsequent Notification (to update your site identification information); a component of

a First or a Revised Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application; or a component of the Hazardous Waste

Report.

TO PROVIDE AN INITIAL NOTIFICATION (FIRST TIME SUBMITTING SITE IDENTIFICATION

INFORMATION / TO OBTAIN AN EPA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THIS LOCATION)

• If your waste activity is regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) and the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act (specifically 40 CFR Parts 260‐299),

you must submit this form to notify the appropriate State or EPA Regional Office of your

regulated waste activities and obtain an EPA Identification Number.

• If you are an eligible academic entity opting into 40 CFR 262 Subpart K for managing laboratory

hazardous wastes AND you have never before submitted site identification information, you

must submit this form to notify the appropriate State or EPA Regional Office of your activities.  

Note:    You must check with your State to determine if you are eligible to manage laboratory

hazardous waste pursuant to 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K in order for you to notify.
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• If you will begin managing hazardous secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR

261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25) AND you have never before submitted site identification information,

you must submit this form, pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42, to notify the appropriate State or EPA

Regional Office of your activities.  Note:  You must check with your State to determine if you are

eligible to manage hazardous secondary material under these exclusions in order for you to

notify.

TO PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT NOTIFICATION (TO UPDATE SITE IDENTIFICATION

INFORMATION FOR THIS LOCATION)

• You must use this form to submit a subsequent notification if your site already has an EPA

Identification Number and you wish to change information (e.g., generator status, new site

contact person, new owner, new mailing address, new regulated waste activity, etc.).

• If you have previously submitted site identification information and are an eligible academic

entity opting into or withdrawing from 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K for managing laboratory

hazardous wastes, you must use this form.  Note:  You must check with your State to determine

if you are eligible to manage laboratory hazardous waste pursuant to 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K

in order for you to notify.

  

• If you have previously submitted site identification information and are notifying (or re‐

notifying) that you will begin managing, are managing, or have stopped managing hazardous

secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25), you must

submit this form, pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42, to notify the appropriate State or Regional Office

of your activities.   Note:    You must check with your State to determine if you are eligible to

manage hazardous secondary material under these exclusions in order for you to notify.

AS A COMPONENT OF A FIRST RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE PART A PERMIT APPLICATION

If your site is planning to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste on‐site in a unit that is not exempt

from obtaining a hazardous waste permit, you must submit this form as part of the Part A Permit

Application.   Also, if the activity at this site (treatment, storage, or disposal) became newly regulated

under RCRA Subtitle C and the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act (specifically 40 CFR Parts 260‐299),

you must submit this form as part of the Part A Permit Application.

AS A COMPONENT OF A REVISED RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE PART A PERMIT APPLICATION

If you must submit a revised Part A Permit Application to reflect changes that have occurred at your site,

you must submit this form as part of your revised Part A Permit Application.  Examples of site changes

requiring a revised Part A Permit Application include managing new wastes not identified in the first

submission of the form or changes to existing waste treatment processes.  When submitting a revised

Part A Permit Application, please include the Amendment Number in the appropriate space.
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AS A COMPONENT OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT (IF MARKED, SEE SUB‐BULLET

BELOW)

If you are required to submit a Hazardous Waste Report indicating the amount of hazardous waste you

generate, treat, recycle, dispose, ship off‐site, or receive from off‐site, you must fill out this form.  A Site

ID Form submitted with a Hazardous Waste Report is equivalent to a Subsequent Notification.

SITE WAS A TSD FACILITY AND/OR GENERATOR OF ≥ 1,000 KG OF HAZARDOUS

WASTE, > 1 KG OF ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTE, OR > 100 KG OF ACUTE HAZARDOUS

WASTE SPILL CLEANUP IN ONE OR MORE MONTHS OF THE REPORT YEAR (OR STATE

EQUIVALENT LQG REGULATIONS)

The purpose of this check box is to distinguish between sites that meet the criteria and are

required to file a report versus those who file voluntarily or by State‐only requirement but were

not a TSD facility or a Large Quantity Generator (LQG) during the report year.  Sites required to

file the report should place an “X” in this box while non‐LQG/TSD sites should not.  For more

information about who must file a report, refer to Who Must File the Hazardous Waste Report.

ITEM 2 – SITE EPA ID NUMBER

Provide your EPA Identification Number in Item 2 for this site.  The first two characters of the EPA ID

Number must be a valid state postal code.  Be sure to include your EPA Identification number at the top

of all pages of the form (as well as on any attachments to the Site ID Form).

NOTE If this is your Initial Notification for this site, leave the EPA Identification Number blank and

proceed to Item 3.

ITEM 3 AND 4 – SITE NAME AND LOCATION

Provide the legal name of your site and a complete location address.  Please note that the address you

give for Item 4, Site Location, must be a physical address, not a post office box or route number.  Only

foreign hazardous waste transporters, with their headquarters located outside the U.S., may provide a

Site Location Country outside of the U.S.

NOTE A new EPA Identification Number is required if you change the location of your site.
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ITEM 5 – SITE LAND TYPE

Place an “X’ in the box that best describes the land type of your site.  Select only one type:  Private,

County, District, Federal, Tribal (see below), Municipal, State, or Other.  If your site’s Land Type could be

described as Municipal and another Land Type, such as County, District, or Tribal, do not place an “X” in

Municipal.  Instead, choose the other appropriate Land Type.  (For example, if your site’s Land Type is

both Municipal and County, you would place an “X” in the box for County.)  You may explain this in Item

13 – Comments.

Tribal ‐ A member of one of the tribes/entities on the list of federally recognized American Indian tribes

and Alaskan Native entities located at: http://www.epa.gov/tribal/whereyoulive/tribes‐a‐z.htm.

ITEM 6 – NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE(S)

Box A must be completed.  Completing Boxes B‐D is recommended, if applicable.

BOX A

Provide the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code that best describes your site’s

primary business production process for your products or services.  Referencing the latest NAICS codes,

use the 6‐digit code (most specific description) if available for your business; if not, use the 5‐digit code;

do not enter any four (4) or less digit codes.

BOXES B – D

List other NAICS codes that describe the other business production processes for your site.  Referencing

the latest NAICS codes, use the 6‐digit code (most specific description) if available for your business; if

not, use the 5‐digit code; do not enter any four (4) or less digit codes.

Check with your accounting or business staff to determine your NAICS code(s); the NAICS code is used in

tax reporting and other business reports.  You can obtain additional information about NAICS codes at

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics.

ITEM 7 – SITE MAILING ADDRESS

Please enter the Site Mailing Address.  If the Mailing Address and the Location of Site (Item 4) are the

same, you can enter “Same as Item 4” in the box for Item 7.

   
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ITEM 8 – SITE CONTACT PERSON

Enter the name, title, business address, telephone number, extension, fax number, and e‐mail address

of the individual who should be contacted regarding the information submitted in the Site ID Form.  A

Subsequent Notification is recommended when the Site Contact Person changes.  Do not enter other

contact persons here; if there are other persons, who may be contacted about this submission, list them

and their other contact information in Item 13.  If the person completing the Hazardous Waste Report is

not the primary site RCRA hazardous waste contact, enter the primary site RCRA hazardous waste

contact here and add the contact information for the person completing the Hazardous Waste Report in

Item 13 – Comments.

NOTE This is NOT the Facility Permit Contact information.   The Facility Permit Contact information

should be entered on the RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application.

ITEM 9 – LEGAL OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SITE

This section should be used to indicate all owners and operators of this site.

A. NAME OF SITE’S LEGAL OWNER  

Provide the name of your site’s legal owner(s).    This includes owner(s) of the building(s) and land.  

Please review these definitions:

Owner – The person who owns a RCRA site or part of a RCRA site.  Note:  This includes the owner(s) of

the building(s) and/or land.  This may be an individual, company, or business name.  See Person.

Person – An individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, Federal Agency, corporation (including a

government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision

of a State, or any interstate body.

DATE BECAME AN OWNER

Indicate the date on which the above entity became the owner of your site.    Enter dates as in this

example:  For April 22, 2013, enter 04/22/2013.  This is a required field and a date must be reported.

OWNER TYPE

Place an “X’ in the box that best describes the owner type for your site.  Select only one type:  Private,

County, District, Federal, Tribal (see below), Municipal, State, or Other.  If your site’s Owner Type could

be described as Municipal and another Owner Type, such as County, District, or Tribal, do not place an

“X” in Municipal.  Instead, choose the other appropriate Owner Type.  (For example, if your site’s Owner

Type is both Municipal and County, you would place an “X” in the box for County.)  You may explain this

in Item 13 – Comments.
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Tribal ‐ A member of one of the tribes/entities on the list of federally recognized American Indian tribes

and Alaskan Native entities located at: http://www.epa.gov/tribal/whereyoulive/tribes‐a‐z.htm.

LEGAL OWNER ADDRESS

Enter the address of the legal owner.  If the address and the Location of Site (Item 4) are the same, you

can enter “Same as Item 4” in the box for Item 9.

Use the Comments section in Item 13 to list any additional owners, their names, the dates they became

owners, owner type, mailing address, and which owner(s), if any, are no longer owners since your last

submission of this form.  If necessary, attach a separate sheet of paper.  Remember to enter your site’s

EPA Identification Number in the top left‐hand corner of each sheet.

B. NAME OF SITE’S OPERATOR   

Provide the name of your site’s operator.  Please review these definitions:

Operator – The person responsible for the overall operation of a RCRA site.  Note:  This is the legal entity

which controls the RCRA site operation rather than the plant or site manager.  This is usually a company

or business name, but may be an individual.  See Person.

Person – An individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, Federal Agency, corporation (including a

government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision

of a State, or any interstate body.

DATE BECAME AN OPERATOR

Indicate the date on which the above entity became the operator of your site.  Enter dates as in this

example:  For April 22, 2013, enter 04/22/2013.  This is a required field and a date must be reported.

OPERATOR TYPE

Place an “X’ in the box that best describes the operator type for your site.  Select only one type:  Private,

County, District, Federal, Tribal (see below), Municipal, State, or Other.    If your site’s Operator Type

could be described as Municipal and another Operator Type, such as County, District, or Tribal, do not

place an “X” in Municipal.  Instead, choose the other appropriate Operator Type.  (For example, if your

site’s Operator Type is both Municipal and County, you would place an “X” in the box for County.)  You

may explain this in Item 13 – Comments.

Tribal ‐ A member of one of the tribes/entities on the list of federally recognized American Indian tribes

and Alaskan Native entities located at: http://www.epa.gov/tribal/whereyoulive/tribes‐a‐z.htm.

Use the Comments section in Item 13 to list any additional operators, their names, the dates they

became operators, operator type, mailing address, and which operator(s), if any, are no longer

operators since your last submission of this form.    If necessary, attach a separate sheet of paper.  

Remember to enter your site’s EPA Identification Number in the top left‐hand corner of each sheet.
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NOTE

A subsequent notification is recommended when the owner or operator of a site changes.

Because an EPA Identification Number is site‐specific, the new owner will keep the existing EPA

Identification Number for that location.  If your business moves to another location, the owner

or operator must notify the State or EPA Regional Office of this change.  Since your business

has changed locations, a new EPA Identification Number will be assigned.

ITEM 10 – TYPE OF REGULATED WASTE ACTIVITY

Mark box “Yes” or box “No” as appropriate for all current activities (as of the date submitting the

form) at this site; complete any additional boxes as instructed.  Current activities mean activities that

are in effect when the form is submitted or those that the site plans to begin after EPA Identification

Number assignment.  The information you provide in Item 10 will be considered current as of the date

you certify the form.  If the site is no longer a generator as of the date you certify the form, you should

mark the “No” (not a generator) box for Generator of Hazardous Waste.

NOTE

You must report your current regulated waste activities as of the date of submitting the Site ID

Form.  For the Hazardous Waste Report, your current status may be different than the status

requiring the report during the calendar year.

A. HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITIES (COMPLETE ALL PARTS 1 THROUGH 10)

NOTE

Listed below are the Federal generator status definitions.  If, however, the State where your

site is located has definitions different from the Federal definitions, you must use the State

definitions.

1. GENERATOR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (AT YOUR SITE):

If you generate a hazardous waste that is listed in 40 CFR 261.31 through 261.33 or identified by one or

more hazardous waste characteristic(s) contained in 40 CFR 261.21 through 261.24, place an “X” in the

appropriate box for the quantity of hazardous waste that is generated per calendar month.  The

regulations for hazardous waste generators are found in 40 CFR Part 262.  Consult these regulations and

your State for details about how the regulations apply to your situation.  Below is a brief description of

the three types of hazardous waste generators.

   
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If “Yes”, place an “X” in only one of the following – a, b, or c.

a. LQG: Large Quantity Generator

This site is a Large Quantity Generator if the site meets any of the following criteria:

(i) Generates, in any calendar month, 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) or more of non‐acute RCRA hazardous

waste; or

(ii) Generates, in any calendar month, or accumulates at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.) of RCRA

acute hazardous waste; or

(iii) Generates, in any calendar month, or accumulates at any time, more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of

spill cleanup material contaminated with RCRA acute hazardous waste.

NOTE

If, in addition to being an LQG, you recycle hazardous wastes at your site, mark both this box

and Item 10.A.4.

Hazardous secondary material managed under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24),

or (25) DOES NOT count towards your generator status.  However, you must check with your

State to determine if you are eligible to manage hazardous secondary material under these

exclusions.

b. SQG: Small Quantity Generator

This site is a Small Quantity Generator if the site meets all of the following criteria:

(i) Generates, in any calendar month, 100 kg (220 lbs.) but less than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA  

hazardous waste; and

(ii) Does not generate, in any calendar month, or accumulate at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.)

of acute hazardous waste; and

(iii) Does not generate more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of material from the cleanup of a spill of acute

hazardous waste.

OR, the site is a Small Quantity Generator if the site:

(i) Meets (i) and (iii) of the Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator criteria (see below), but

(ii) Is storing more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste on‐site.    If the site

accumulates, at any time, more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste, the site

must apply for an EPA ID Number using this form.

c. CESQG: Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator

This site is a CESQG if the site does all of the following:

(i) Generates no more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste in any calendar month; and

(ii) Does not accumulate, at any time, more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste;

and

(iii) Does not generate, in any calendar month, or accumulate at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.)

of acute hazardous waste and no more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of material from the cleanup of a

spill of acute hazardous waste.
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NOTE If you generate acute hazardous wastes listed in 40 CFR 261.31, 261.32, or 261.33(e), please

refer to 40 CFR 261.5(e) to determine the circumstances under which you must notify the EPA.

If you marked “Yes” above, indicate your other generator activities.  Mark “Yes” or “No” for the other

hazardous waste activities listed below that may occur at this site.  Complete all parts 2‐10.

2. SHORT‐TERM GENERATORS

Mark “Yes” if the site is currently generating hazardous waste only as the result of a one‐time, non‐

recurring, temporary event that is not related to normal production processes.  In other words, short‐

term generators produce hazardous waste from a particular activity for a limited time and then cease

conducting that activity.  Short‐term generators would not be considered episodic generators because

episodic generators have the potential to generate on a regular basis (for example, a facility that

fluctuates from SQG to LQG in one month is not a short‐term generator).    Examples of short‐term

generators include:    1) one‐time highway bridge waste generation; 2) underground storage tank

removals; 3) generation of off‐spec or out‐of‐date chemicals at a site that normally doesn’t generate

hazardous waste; 4) remediation or spill clean‐up at sites with no previous RCRA ID; and 5) site or

production process decommissions by a new operator.    If you mark “Yes”, you must provide an

explanation of your short‐term generation event in Item 13 – Comments.

3. UNITED STATES IMPORTER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

Mark “Yes” if you import hazardous waste from a foreign country into the United States.  Refer to 40

CFR 262.60 for additional information.

4. MIXED WASTE GENERATOR

Mark “Yes” if you are a generator of mixed waste (waste that is both hazardous and radioactive).  RCRA

defines “mixed waste” as waste that contains both hazardous waste and source, special nuclear, or by‐

product material subject to the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), RCRA Section 1004(41), 42 U.S.C. 6903 (63 FR

17414; April 9, 1998).  See the Definitions section.

5. TRANSPORTER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

a. Transporter

You transport hazardous waste within the United States.    The Federal regulations for hazardous

waste transporters are found in 40 CFR Part 263.

b. Transfer Facility (at your site)

You are a hazardous waste transfer facility, at your site, if you hold manifested hazardous waste(s)

at your site for a period of ten (10) days or less while the waste is in transit.  The Federal regulations

for hazardous waste transfer facilities are found in 40 CFR Part 263.12.

   
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6. TREATER, STORER, OR DISPOSER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (AT YOUR SITE)

If you treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste, mark “Yes”.  A RCRA Hazardous Waste Part B Permit is

required for this activity.    Contact the appropriate office for your State for more information.    The

Federal regulations for owners and operators of permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

(TSDFs) are found in 40 CFR Parts 264, 265, 266, and 270.

Mark “No” if any of the following conditions are true for your facility:

• This facility does not receive hazardous waste from other generators and ships all waste off‐site

for management within the regulatory timeframe.

• This facility is only involved with on‐going post‐closure activities, corrective actions under

HSWA, or a consent order under a non‐traditional permit or without a RCRA permit being

required.

• Receives waste from off‐site but does not store greater than 10 days before re‐shipping (i.e.,

transfer facility).

NOTE

If your site is a destination facility for universal wastes in addition to being a treatment,

storage, or disposal facility for other RCRA hazardous wastes, mark “Yes” for both this box and

Item 10.B.2.

7. RECYCLER OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (AT YOUR SITE)

If you recycle regulated hazardous wastes (recyclable materials) at your site, mark “Yes”.  The Federal

regulations for owners and operators of sites that recycle hazardous waste are found in 40 CFR 261.6.  

You also may be subject to other Federal and State regulations; in some cases a permit is required.

NOTE

If your site, in addition to being a recycling site for hazardous waste, is a treater, storer, or

disposer of hazardous waste, mark “Yes” for both this box and Item 10.A.6.  If your site is a

destination facility for universal wastes in addition to being a recycling site for other RCRA

hazardous wastes, mark “Yes” for both this box and Item 10.B.2.

8. EXEMPT BOILER AND/OR INDUSTRIAL FURNACE (AT YOUR SITE)

If “Yes”, place an “X” in all that apply.

a. Small Quantity On‐Site Burner Exemption

You burn small quantities of hazardous waste in an on‐site boiler or industrial furnace in accordance

with the conditions in 40 CFR 266.108, place an “X” in the box to indicate that you qualify for the

Small Quantity On‐Site Burner Exemption.

   
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b. Smelting, Melting, and Refining Furnace Exemption

You process hazardous wastes in a smelting, melting, or refining furnace solely for metals recovery,

as described in 40 CFR 266.100(d), or to recover economically significant amounts of precious

metals, as described in 40 CFR 266.100(g), or if you process hazardous wastes in a lead recovery

furnace to recover lead, as described in 40 CFR 266.100(h), place an “X’ in the box to indicate that

you qualify for the Smelting, Melting, and Refining Furnace Exemption.

9. UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (AT YOU SITE)

If you generate, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste and place the waste or its residuals into an

underground injection well (e.g., a Class I well) located at your site, mark “Yes”.  The Federal regulations

for owners and operators of underground injection wells are found in 40 CFR Part 148.

10. RECEIVES HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM OFF‐SITE (AT YOUR SITE)

If you received hazardous waste from another site, whether this waste was received as a commercial

transaction or waste received from a restricted group of off‐site generators, mark “Yes”.

In addition to the above, mark “Yes” or “No” for the other regulated waste activities listed below that

may occur at this site.  Complete Items B, C, and D as appropriate.

B. UNIVERSAL WASTE ACTIVITIES (AT YOUR SITE)

Refer to your State‐specific requirements and definitions for universal waste.  Also, refer to 40 CFR 261.9

and 40 CFR Part 273 for the Federal regulations covering universal waste.  Complete parts 1 and 2.

1. LARGE QUANTITY HANDLER OF UNIVERSAL WASTE (LQHUW)

You are an LQHUW if you accumulate a total of 5,000 kg or more total of universal wastes (batteries,

pesticides, mercury‐containing equipment, or lamps – calculated collectively) at any time.    This

designation is retained through the end of the calendar year in which the 5,000 kg limit is met or

exceeded.  If “Yes”, place an “X” in the appropriate box(es) to indicate the type(s) of universal wastes

managed at your site.   If your State has other additional universal wastes, indicate what they are by

placing an “X’ in the corresponding box(es) (10.B.1.e, f, or g).

2. DESTINATION FACILITY FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE

Mark “Yes” if you treat, dispose, or recycle universal wastes on‐site.    A hazardous waste permit is

required if you treat or dispose of universal wastes; a permit may be required if you recycle universal

wastes.

NOTE

If your site, in addition to being a destination facility for universal wastes, is also a treatment,

storage, or disposal facility for RCRA hazardous wastes, mark “Yes” for both this box and Item

10.A.6.  In addition, if your site recycles RCRA hazardous wastes, mark “Yes” for both this box

and Item 10.A.7.
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C. USED OIL ACTIVITIES

Mark the appropriate box(es) to indicate which used oil management activities are taking place at this

site.  The Federal regulations for used oil management are found in 40 CFR Part 279.  Complete all parts

1 through 4.

1. USED OIL TRANSPORTER

If “Yes”, place an “X” in all that apply.

a. Transporter

You transport used oil within the United States.  The Federal regulations for used oil transporters

are found in 40 CFR Part 279.40‐47.

b. Transfer Facility (at your site)

You own or operate a used oil transfer facility.  The Federal regulations for used oil transfer facilities

are found in 40 CFR Part 279.40‐47.

2. USED OIL PROCESSOR AND/OR RE‐REFINER (AT YOUR SITE)

If “Yes”, place an “X” in all that apply.

a. Processor

You process used oil.  The Federal regulations for processors of used oil are found in 40 CFR Part

279.50‐59.

b. Re‐refiner

You refine used oil.    The Federal regulations for re‐refiner of used oil are found in 40 CFR Part

279.50‐59.

3. OFF‐SPECIFICATION USED OIL BURNER (AT YOUR SITE)

You burn off‐specification used oil fuel.  Mark “Yes” to indicate this used oil management activity.

4. USED OIL FUEL MARKETER (AT YOUR SITE)

If “Yes”, place an “X” in all that apply.

   
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a. Marketer Who Directs Shipment of Off‐Specification Used Oil to Off‐Specification Used Oil Burners

You are a marketer who directs shipment of off‐specification used oil to off‐specification used oil

burners.  The Federal regulations for off‐specification used oil are found in 40 CFR Part 279.70‐75.

b. Marketer Who First Claims the Used Oil Meets the Specification

You are the first to claim that used oil meets the used oil specification established in 40 CFR 279.11.

NOTE

If either of these boxes is marked, you must also notify (or have previously notified) as a used

oil transporter (10.C.1), used oil processor/re‐refiner (10.C.2), or off‐specification used oil fuel

burner (10.C.3), unless you are a used oil generator.  (Used oil generators are not required to

notify.)

D. ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITIES WITH LABORATORIES – NOTIFICATION FOR OPTING INTO

OR WITHDRAWING FROM MANAGING LABORATORY HAZARDOUS WASTES PURSUANT

TO 40 CFR PART 262 SUBPART K

Note:  Fill out Box D ONLY if you are at least one of the following:  a college or university; a teaching

hospital that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university; or a

non‐profit research institute that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a

college or university; AND you have checked with your State to determine if 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K is

effective in your state and for any state‐specific requirements.  See EPA’s website for more information

about these regulations: http://www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/generation/labwaste/implementation.htm.

Subpart K is an optional alternative set of requirements for eligible academic entities with laboratories.  

Certain generators (i.e., eligible academic entities defined under (1) below) are eligible to operate under

Subpart K for management of their hazardous wastes in laboratories in lieu of 40 CFR 262.34(c) (or 40

CFR 261.5 for CESQGs).  Eligible academic entities with laboratories that generate hazardous waste that

elect to opt into Subpart K, are currently operating under Subpart K, or subsequently withdraw from

Subpart K must complete this section to meet the notification requirements of this Subpart.  Refer to 40

CFR 262.203 and 262.204.

NOTE

Eligible academic entities with laboratories must complete a separate Site ID Form for each site

(i.e., EPA ID number) that is managing hazardous waste under Subpart K.  All laboratories with

the same EPA ID number will be regulated under this Subpart.  If eligible academic entities with

laboratories withdraw from Subpart K, all laboratories with the same EPA ID number

associated with the withdrawal from Subpart K will be regulated under 40 CFR 262.34(c)

requirements (or 40 CFR 261.5 for CESQGs).
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1. OPTING INTO OR CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER 40 CFR PART 262 SUBPART K FOR THE

MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN LABORATORIES

Mark “Yes” for this box if you are an eligible academic entity and you elect to opt into or are currently

operating under 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K for the hazardous wastes generated in your laboratories.  If

you mark “Yes” for this box, you must place an “X” in at least one of the following to indicate your type

of eligible academic entity.  Place an “X” in all that apply:

a. College or University

You are an eligible college or university if you are a private or public, post‐secondary, degree‐

granting, academic institution, that is accredited by an accrediting agency listed annually by the U.S.

Department of Education.

b. Teaching Hospital that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or

university

You are an eligible teaching hospital if you are a hospital that trains students to become physicians,

nurses, or other health personnel and is either: (1) owned by a college or university, or (2) has a

master affiliation agreement and program letter of agreement, as defined by the Accreditation

Council for Graduate Medical Education, with an accredited medical program or medical school.

c. Non‐profit Institute that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college

or university

You are an eligible non‐profit institute if you are an organization that conducts research as its

primary function and files as a non‐profit organization under the tax code of 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and

is either:  (1) owned by a college or university, or (2) has a formal written affiliation agreement with

a college or university that establishes a relationship between institutions for the purposes of

research and/or education and is signed by authorized representatives from each institution.    A

relationship on a project‐by‐project or grant‐by‐grant basis is not considered a formal written

affiliation agreement.

2. WITHDRAWING FROM 40 CFR PART 262 SUBPART K FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF

HAZARDOUS WASTES IN LABORATORIES

Mark “Yes” for this box if you have previously elected to opt into 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K and are now

withdrawing from participation in this optional set of alternative requirements for hazardous waste

generation in laboratories.  Withdrawing generators will automatically revert to regulation under 40 CFR

262.34(c) requirements (or 40 CFR 261.5 for CESQGs).    If marking “Yes” for this box, please include

comments in Section 13 that explain your reasons for withdrawing from Subpart K.

ITEM 11 – DESCRIPTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

Complete this item if you marked “Yes” for any activity 1 (a‐c), 6, 7, or 8 in Item 10.A.  You will need to

refer to 40 CFR Part 261 to complete this item.  Part 261 identifies those solid wastes which the EPA

defines as hazardous and regulates under RCRA.    If you need help completing this section, please

contact your State Office.
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A. WASTE CODES FOR FEDERALLY REGULATED HAZARDOUS WASTES

Please list the waste codes of the Federal hazardous wastes (described in 40 CFR Part 261) handled at

your site.    List them in the order they are presented in the regulations using the appropriate 4‐digit

code(s) (e.g., D001, D003, F007, U112).

NOTE

If you handle more hazardous wastes than will fit under 11.A, please continue under Item 13 –

Comments or on an extra sheet.  Remember to include your EPA Identification Number on the

top of each page.  If you handle a large number of codes, you may copy the list in this booklet

and mark the ones that you handle.    Attach any additional sheets to the Site ID Form.

Remember to include your EPA Identification Number on the top of each page.

B. WASTE CODES FOR STATE‐REGULATED (I.E., NON‐FEDERAL) HAZARDOUS WASTES

If you manage State‐regulated hazardous wastes that have a State waste code, enter the appropriate

code(s) in the box(es) provided.   Please list the waste codes of the State‐regulated hazardous wastes

handled at your site in the order they are presented in the regulations.

NOTE

If you handle more hazardous wastes than will fit under Item 11.B, please continue under Item

13 – Comments or on an extra sheet.  Remember to include your EPA Identification Number on

the top of each page.

ITEM 12 – NOTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL (HSM) ACTIVITY

Mark “Yes” if you are notifying under 40 CFR 260.42 that you will begin managing, are still managing, or

will stop managing hazardous secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24),

or (25).  Mark “No” if you are not notifying under 40 CFR 260.42.  Note:  You must check with your State

to determine if you are eligible to manage hazardous secondary material under these regulations.

NOTE If you mark “Yes”, you must fill out the Addendum to the Site ID Form: Notification of

Hazardous Secondary Material Activity.  See instructions for this Addendum after Item 14.

   
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ITEM 13 – COMMENTS

Use this section as needed to provide additional information for Items 1 through 12.  Include the item

number and box letter (if any) for each comment you make.    You may attach additional sheets if

needed.  Remember to include your EPA Identification Number on the top of each page.

ITEM 14 – CERTIFICATION

This certification must be signed and dated by the owner(s), operator(s), responsible official(s), or

authorized representative(s) of the site.    See 40 CFR 270.11 for more information on signatories in

general.  See also 40 CFR 270.10(b) for additional Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application signatory

specifics.  An “authorized representative” is a person responsible for the overall operation of the site

(i.e., a plant manager or superintendent, or a person of equal responsibility).

NOTE All Site ID Form submissions must include this certification to be complete.
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ADDENDUM TO THE SITE IDENTIFICATION FORM:  NOTIFICATION OF

HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL ACTIVITY

YOU MUST FILL OUT THIS SECTION IF:

• You are located in a State that allows you to manage excluded hazardous secondary material

under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25).  See

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/dsw/statespf.htm for a list of eligible states; AND

  

• You will begin managing, are still managing, or will stop managing excluded hazardous

secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25) and must

notify the appropriate State or Regional Office of your  activities, pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42.  

These regulations exclude certain hazardous secondary material being reclaimed from the RCRA

Subtitle C definition of solid waste provided certain requirements and conditions are met.  See

EPA’s website for more information about these regulations:  

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/dsw/rulemaking.htm#2008.

Complete all parts 1 – 3.

NOTE

You must be managing excluded hazardous secondary material in compliance with 40 CFR

261.2(a)(2)(ii), 261.4(a)(23), (24), and/or (25) (or state equivalent).    Do not include any

information regarding your hazardous wastes in this section.    See 73 FR 64668 or

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/dsw/impresource.htm for more information on these

exclusions.

You must submit a completed Site ID Form, including this Addendum, prior to operating under

the exclusion(s) and by March 1 of each even‐numbered year thereafter to your regulatory

authority using the Site ID Form as pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42.  Persons who must satisfy this

notification requirement can submit this information at the same time as their Biennial Report

(which is also due by March 1 of each even‐numbered year).

If you stop managing hazardous secondary material in accordance with the exclusion(s) and do

not expect to manage any amount of hazardous secondary material under the exclusion(s) for

at least one year, you must also submit a completed Site ID Form, including this Addendum,

within thirty (30) days pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42.

Remember to include your EPA Identification Number on the top of each page.
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ITEM 1 – INDICATE REASON FOR NOTIFICATION (INCLUDE DATES WHERE REQUESTED)

Place an “X” in the box for the reason that applies to you:

FACILITY WILL BEGIN MANAGING EXCLUDED HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL AS OF

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Place an “X’ in this box if you are notifying that you will begin managing hazardous secondary material

under the exclusion(s).

• Facilities must notify prior to operating under the exclusion(s).

• If placing an “X’ in this box, list the date (mm/dd/yyyy) when you will begin managing hazardous

secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25).  Note:  If the

facility had previously notified that it will stop managing hazardous secondary material in the

past but will now begin anew, list the next planned start date.

FACILITY IS STILL MANAGING EXCLUDED HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL/RE‐

NOTIFYING AS REQUIRED BY MARCH 1 OF EACH EVEN‐NUMBERED YEAR

Place an “X” in this box if you are re‐notifying that you are still managing hazardous secondary material

under the exclusion(s).   Note:  You must have previously notified that you began managing hazardous

secondary material in order to check this box.

• Facilities must notify by March 1st of each even‐numbered year.

• If placing an “X” in this box, you do not have to list a date.

FACILITY HAS STOPPED MANAGING EXCLUDED HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL AS OF

(MM/DD/YYYY) AND IS NOTIFYING AS REQUIRED

Place an “X” in this box, if you are notifying that you have stopped managing hazardous secondary

material under the exclusion(s) and do not expect to manage any amount of hazardous secondary

material for at least one year (pursuant to 40 CFR 260.42(b)).  List the date when you stopped managing

hazardous secondary material.  Enter the date in “mm/dd/yyyy” format.

• Facilities must notify within 30 days of when they stopped managing hazardous secondary

material.  You are considered to have stopped managing hazardous secondary material if: 1) you

stop managing hazardous secondary material completely (e.g., you cease operations); 2) you

choose to manage the hazardous secondary material as hazardous waste; 3) you undergo

closure and request release from financial assurance per 40 CFR 261.143(h); or 4) you

temporarily suspend management of hazardous secondary material for at least one year.

• Only place an “X” in this box if you have stopped managing all hazardous secondary material

under the exclusion(s).    For example, if your facility only stopped managing one hazardous

secondary material, but continued to manage another hazardous secondary material, you would
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leave this box blank since your facility continues to manage some amount of hazardous

secondary material.

• If you submit a notification that you have stopped managing hazardous secondary material, you

do not need to renotify (unless you choose to manage hazardous secondary material again, in

which case you would have to submit a notification prior to managing).  After submitting a stop

notification, you can leave the Addendum blank for subsequent submissions, including any

subsequent biennial report submissions.

ITEM 2 – DESCRIPTION OF EXCLUDED HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL (HSM) ACTIVITY

In the table provided on the Addendum to the Site ID Form, list your appropriate facility code, each

waste code for the hazardous secondary material you manage, the estimated and actual quantities in

short tons for each hazardous secondary material, and the appropriate land‐based code for how you

manage the hazardous secondary material.  Do not include any information regarding your hazardous

wastes in this section.  See examples below on how to answer this question.

a. Facility Code

Using the facility codes, found in the Code List section of these instructions, enter the appropriate 2‐

digit code(s) that correctly describes your facility.    If more than one code applies to your facility,

enter each 2‐digit code on a separate row.  Each hazardous secondary material should be reported

by facility code.

b. Waste Code(s) for HSM

Use the box provided to enter the appropriate 4‐digit hazardous waste code(s) that would apply to

your hazardous secondary material if you managed it as hazardous waste (i.e., the waste code(s)

that would apply if you did not manage your material in accordance with 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40

CFR 261.4(a)(23), (24), or (25)).

NOTE

If you list more codes or manage more hazardous secondary material than will fit in the table

under Item 2, please continue under Item 13 – Comments, or on an extra sheet.  Remember to

include your EPA ID number on the top of each page.

c. Estimate Short Tons of Excluded HSM to be Managed Annually

In the box provided, enter your estimated tonnage (using short tons) of hazardous secondary

material you expect to manage annually.  Convert all physical quantities (e.g., gallons, cubic yards,

kilograms, metric tons, etc.) to short tons (1 short ton = 2,000 pounds) and round to the nearest ton

(no decimals).    Note:    Your estimated tonnage should be for the entire amount of hazardous

secondary material to be reclaimed NOT just the quantity of constituent or product reclaimed.

   
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d. Actual Short Tons of Excluded HSM Managed During the Most Recent Odd‐Numbered Year

Report the tonnage (using short tons) of each hazardous secondary material you actually managed

during the most recent odd‐numbered year.  For example, if you are submitting this notification on

February 20, 2012, enter the amount you actually managed during 2013 (i.e., the tonnage you

managed from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013).  Convert all physical quantities (e.g., gallons,

cubic yards, kilograms, metric tons, etc.) to short tons (1 short ton = 2,000 pounds) and round to the

nearest ton (no decimals).  Note:  Your actual tonnage should be for the entire amount of hazardous

secondary material that was sent for reclamation NOT just the quantity of constituent or product

reclaimed.  If this is your initial notification, enter “0”.

e. Land‐based Unit Code

Using the land‐based unit codes, found in the Code List section of these instructions, enter in the 2‐

digit code that best describes the land‐based unit you use or will use to manage the hazardous

secondary material.  If you do not use any land‐based units, enter “NA”.  If you use the code “OT”

(Other), please describe your land‐based unit in Item 13 – Comments.  If more than one land‐based

unit code applies to a hazardous secondary material, list it separately using another row.

EXAMPLES FOR REPORTING HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL ACTIVITY

EXAMPLE 1

A pharmaceutical manufacturer generates spent solvents that are characteristic for ignitability (D001).  

The manufacturer plans to manage spent solvents under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) and 261.4(a)(24) by

sending some amount to a reclaimer within its own company and the rest off‐site to a reclamation

facility within the United States.  The manufacturer will not manage any spent solvents in a land‐based

unit.  Following the regulations, the manufacturer submits an initial notification prior to managing its

spent solvents under the exclusions.  The facility would report its hazardous secondary material activity

as follows:

a. Facility code (answer

using codes listed in

the Code List section of

the instructions)

b. Waste Code(s) for

hazardous secondary

material (HSM)

c. Estimated short tons

of HSM to be

managed annually

d. Actual short tons of

HSM that was

managed during the

most recent odd‐

numbered year

e. Land‐based unit code

(answer using codes

listed in the Code List

section of the

instructions)

02 D001 15 0 NA

06 D001 40 0 NA

EXAMPLE 2

A steel manufacturer generates electric arc furnace dust and spent pickle liquor from one of its steel

operations.    The manufacturer sends electric arc furnace dust (K061) off‐site to a reclamation facility

within the U.S. and reclaims spent pickle liquor (K062) on‐site.  Neither hazardous secondary material is

managed in a land‐based unit.  The steel manufacturer has managed both hazardous secondary material

under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) and 261.4(a)(24) for a number of years and it is now time to re‐notify.  The

facility would report its hazardous secondary material activity as follows:

   
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a. Facility code (answer

using codes listed in

the Code List section of

the instructions)

b. Waste Code(s) for

hazardous secondary

material (HSM)

c. Estimated short tons

of HSM to be

managed annually

d. Actual short tons of

HSM that was

managed during the

most recent odd‐

numbered year

e. Land‐based unit code

(answer using codes

listed in the Code List

section of the

instructions)

01 K062 60 52 NA

06 K061 20,000 22,468 NA

EXAMPLE 3

A reclamation facility has been receiving and reclaiming spent solvents under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) and

261.4(a)(24) for a number of years.    The facility receives and reclaims spent solvents from multiple

hazardous secondary material generators, some of which are within the same company.    No spent

solvents are managed in a land‐based unit.    It is now time to re‐notify.    The facility would report its

hazardous secondary material activity as follows:

a. Facility code (answer

using codes listed in

the Code List section of

the instructions)

b. Waste Code(s) for

hazardous secondary

material (HSM)

c. Estimated short tons

of HSM to be

managed annually

d. Actual short tons of

HSM that was

managed during the

most recent odd‐

numbered year

e. Land‐based unit code

(answer using codes

listed in the Code List

section of the

instructions)

03 D001; F002; F003; F005 6,000 7,533 NA

03 D001; D035; F002; F003 1,500 918 NA

07 D001; F002; F003; F005 3,000 3,509 NA

07 D001; D038; F002; F003 1,000 523 NA

EXAMPLE 4

A smelting operation generates furnace bricks that are characteristic for chromium (D007) and sends

them off‐site for reclamation.  Before shipping the bricks off‐site, the facility manages some of the bricks

in a containment building and the rest in a pile on the land.  The facility has been managing the bricks

under 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24) for a number of years and must now re‐notify.  The facility would report its

activity as follows:

a. Facility code (answer

using codes listed in

the Code List section of

the instructions)

b. Waste Code(s) for

hazardous secondary

material (HSM)

c. Estimated short tons

of HSM to be

managed annually

d. Actual short tons of

HSM that was

managed during the

most recent odd‐

numbered year

e. Land‐based unit code

(answer using codes

listed in the Code List

section of the

instructions)

06 D007 200 235 NA

06 D007 115 126 PL

EXAMPLE 5

An intermediate facility has been managing wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating

operations (F006) for the past seven years but, due to company consolidation, it will soon shut down.  In

accordance with 40 CFR 260.42, the facility notifies that it will stop managing hazardous secondary

material.  The facility would report its activity as follows:

a. Facility code (answer

using codes listed in

the Code List section of

the instructions)

b. Waste Code(s) for

hazardous secondary

material (HSM)

c. Estimated short tons

of HSM to be

managed annually

d. Actual short tons of

HSM that was

managed during the

most recent odd‐

numbered year

e. Land‐based unit code

(answer using codes

listed in the Code List

section of the

instructions)

08 F005 0 5,034 NA
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ITEM 3 – FACILITY HAS FINANCIAL ASSURANCE PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24)(vi)

Financial assurance is required for reclaimers (07, 11) and intermediate (08) facilities managing

hazardous secondary material under 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24) and (25).    See EPA’s website for more

information about these regulations:  http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/dsw/impresource.htm.

• Mark “Yes”, if you have financial assurance pursuant to 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24)(vi) AND you use at

least one facility code that is 07, 08, or 11 in Item 2.a above.    For example, the facilities in

Examples 3 and 5 above are required to have financial assurance because the facility codes are

07 and 08, respectively.

  

• Mark “No”, if you do NOT have financial assurance pursuant to 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24)(vi).  Note:  

Reclaimers (07, 11) and intermediate (08) facilities must have financial assurance in order to

manage hazardous secondary material under 40 CFR 261.4(a)(24) and (25).  Answering “No” to

this question may mean you are in violation of these regulations if you report facility codes 07,

08, or 11.  For example, the facilities in Examples 1, 2, and 4 above are not required to have

financial assurance because these facilities did not report facility codes of 07, 08, or 11.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE GM FORM –                                  

WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT

WHO MUST SUBMIT THIS FORM

A site required to file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report must submit a GM Form if the site generated

RCRA hazardous waste that, in 2013, was accumulated on‐site; managed on‐site in a treatment, storage,

or disposal unit; and/or shipped off‐site for management, consistent with the criteria below.    (See

WASTES TO BE REPORTED, below, for specific instructions on generated RCRA hazardous wastes that

should be reported on the GM Form.  See WASTES NOT TO BE REPORTED, below, for any exclusions or

exemptions from the GM Form reporting requirements under the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report.)

PURPOSE OF THIS FORM

The GM Form is for reporting on‐site hazardous waste generation and management in 2013.  The GM

Form is divided into three sections that document 1) the source, characteristics, and quantity of

hazardous waste generated; 2) the quantity of hazardous waste managed on‐site along with the

management method used; and 3) the quantity of hazardous waste shipped off‐site for treatment,

disposal, or recycling along with the off‐site management method used.

HOW TO FILL OUT THIS FORM

Make and submit a photocopy of the GM Form for each generated RCRA hazardous waste that should

be reported, consistent with the criteria discussed below.  Prior to photocopying, place the pre‐printed

site identification label in the top left‐hand corner of the form or, if you did not receive pre‐printed

labels, enter the site name and EPA Identification Number in this space.   

Use the Comments section at the end of the form to clarify any entry (e.g., “Other” responses) or to

continue any entry.  When entering information in the Comments section, cross‐reference the section

number and item letter to which the comment refers.

NOTE

Please review your previous cycle’s GM source, form, and management method codes to see if

they are still applicable.  If applicable, use those same codes for consistency.

Refer to the Special Instructions for reporting lab packs, asbestos, PCBs, waste oils,

groundwater contaminated by hazardous waste, RCRA‐radioactive mixed wastes, and

laboratory clean‐out wastes.
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WASTES TO BE REPORTED

In general, each generated RCRA hazardous waste that is used to determine the site’s generator status

should be reported on the GM Form.  (See WASTES NOT TO BE REPORTED, below, for any exclusions or

exemptions from the GM Form reporting requirements under the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report.  See

also Biennial Reporting: Reportable and Non‐Reportable Wastes at

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/biennialreport/index.htm.

A GM Form must be submitted for each generated RCRA hazardous waste.  Hazardous waste must be

reported if it was:

• Generated and accumulated on‐site and subsequently managed on‐site or shipped off‐site in

2013; or

  

• Generated and accumulated on‐site in 2013 but not managed on‐site or shipped off‐site until

after 2013; or

• Generated and accumulated on‐site prior to 2013 but either managed on‐site or shipped off‐site

in 2013; or

• Imported from a foreign country in 2013.

Examples of RCRA hazardous wastes to be reported include those that were:

• Generated on‐site from a production process, service activity, or routine cleanup.

  

• Generated from equipment decommissioning, spill cleanup, or remedial cleanup activity.

• Removed from on‐site storage.

• Derived from the management of non‐hazardous waste.

• Derived from the on‐site treatment (including reclamation), disposal, or recycling of previously

existing hazardous waste (as a residual).

• Shipped off‐site, including hazardous waste that was received from off‐site (reported on the

Waste Received From Off‐site Form [WR Form]) and subsequently shipped off‐site without being

treated or recycled on‐site.

• Radioactive wastes mixed with RCRA hazardous wastes should also be reported; be sure to mark

“Yes” on the Site Identification Form in Item 10.A.4.    See the definitions and the special

instructions regarding this waste.

• Hazardous wastes regulated only by your State should be reported if required by your State.
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WASTES NOT TO BE REPORTED

RCRA hazardous wastes exported directly to a foreign country should not be reported on the GM Form

(unless required by your State).    Facilities that export hazardous waste must file a separate Annual

Report under 40 CFR 262.56.  (This Annual Report will be in addition to the Hazardous Waste Report, if

your State requires you to submit a Hazardous Waste Report.)

In addition, materials and wastes identified at 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) and 261.4(a) and (b) and 261.5(c)

should not be reported on the GM Form.  Section 261.4(a) and (b) identify materials and solid wastes

that do not qualify as solid or hazardous wastes, respectively.    Section 261.5(c) identifies hazardous

wastes that should not be included in a site’s generator status determination, even if these hazardous

wastes were generated at the site.

Following are the materials and wastes addressed under 40 CFR 261.4(a) and (b) and 261.5(c), which

should not be reported on the GM Form:

• Materials which are excluded from being a solid waste, e.g., any mixture of domestic sewage

and other wastes that passes through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works

(unless they are stored or treated in regulated units prior to being discharged).    (40 CFR

261.4(a))

  

• Solid wastes that are excluded from being hazardous waste, e.g., petroleum‐contaminated

media and debris that fail the test for toxicity characteristic (waste codes D018 through D043

only) and are subject to the corrective action regulations under 40 CFR Part 280.    (40 CFR

261.4(b))

• Waste exempt from regulation because the waste has not exited the raw material storage or

production unit yet, as specified in 261.4(c).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• Hazardous waste that has been collected as a sample(s) for the purpose of determining its

characteristic or composition, as specified in 261.4(d).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• Sample(s) undergoing treatability studies, as specified in 261.4(e).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• Sample(s) undergoing treatability studies at the laboratory or testing facility, as specified in

261.4(f).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• Hazardous waste that is a specified recyclable material such as ethyl alcohol or scrap metal, as

specified in 261.6(a)(3).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• A residue of hazardous waste in an empty container or in an inner liner removed from an empty

container, as specified in 261.7(a)(1).  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))

• PCB wastes regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act, as specified in 261.8, unless mixed

with a hazardous waste.  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(1))
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• Wastes managed immediately upon generation only in on‐site elementary neutralization units,

wastewater treatment units, or totally enclosed treatment facilities as defined in 40 CFR 260.10.  

(40 CFR 261.5(c)(2))  Any hazardous waste residues generated from these units, however,

must be reported on the GM Form.  (For additional information, see the reference document

“Biennial Report:  Reportable and Non‐Reportable Wastes” at

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/data/biennialreport/index.htm.)

• Wastes recycled, without prior storage, only in an on‐site process subject to regulation under 40

CFR 261.6(c)(2).    (40 CFR 261.5(c)(3))    Any hazardous waste residues generated from these

units, however, must be reported on the GM Form.

• Used oil that is recycled and is also a hazardous waste solely because it exhibits a hazardous

waste characteristic and is managed under 40 CFR Part 279.  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(4))

• Spent lead‐acid batteries managed under the requirements of 40 CFR Part 266, Subpart G, which

includes persons who reclaim spent lead‐acid batteries that are recyclable materials; persons

who generate, transport, or collect spent batteries; persons who regenerate spent batteries; or

persons who store them (other than spent batteries that are to be regenerated).    (40 CFR

261.5(c)(5))  Any hazardous wastes generated during battery reclamation, however, must be

reported on the GM Form.

• Universal wastes managed under 40 CFR 261.9 and 40 CFR Part 273.  (40 CFR 261.5(c)(6))  Any

hazardous waste residues generated from these units, however, must be reported on the GM

Form.

• Unless required by your State, hazardous wastes that were, during 2013, all exported directly

out of the United States to a foreign country.  An Annual Report must be filed in this case as

required under 40 CFR 262.56.  (This Annual Report will be in addition to the Hazardous Waste

Report, if your State requires you to submit a Hazardous Waste Report.)

HOW TO REPORT SIMILAR WASTES ON THE GM FORM

Generally, a GM Form should be completed for each generated RCRA hazardous waste.  Contact your

State about combining and reporting similar hazardous wastes on the GM Form.

   
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ITEM‐BY‐ITEM INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 1 – WASTE CHARACTERISTICS

Section 1 requests information on each RCRA hazardous waste that, in 2013, was generated and

accumulated on‐site; managed on‐site; and/or shipped off‐site.

All items in this section are mandatory.  Note:  Either Item B and/or Item C must be provided for each

waste stream.

ITEM A – WASTE DESCRIPTION

Provide a short narrative description of the waste, such as:

• General type;

• Source;

• Type of hazard; and

• Generic chemical name or primary hazardous constituents.

EXAMPLE

“Ignitable spent solvent from degreasing operation in tool production; mixture of mineral spirits and

kerosene.”

In the example, note that the general type (spent solvent), source (degreasing operation in tool

production), type of hazard (ignitability), and generic chemical names (mineral spirits and kerosene)

have all been cited.

ITEM B – EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE CODE(S)

Enter the four‐character EPA hazardous waste code(s) that applies to the waste reported in Section 1 ‐ 

Item A.  EPA hazardous waste codes are provided in the “Other Reference Information and Code Lists”

section of this booklet.  If you need room for additional codes, list the codes in the Comments section

and cross‐reference Section 1  ‐  Item B.    If fewer than six EPA hazardous waste codes are applicable,

leave the remaining spaces blank.  If the waste is regulated only by your State, leave Item B blank and

report the State hazardous waste codes in Item C.

LIST For a list of EPA Hazardous Waste Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code

Lists” section of this booklet.
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ITEM C – STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE CODE(S)

Enter the State hazardous waste code(s) that applies to the waste reported in Section 1 ‐ Item A, if:

• Your State regulates hazardous wastes not regulated as RCRA hazardous waste and requires

these wastes to be reported in the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report; or

  

• Your State uses a hazardous waste code system other than the EPA hazardous waste codes that

applies to the waste describe in Section 1 ‐ Item A.

Otherwise, leave Section 1 ‐ Item C blank.  If you need space for additional State hazardous waste codes,

list the codes in the Comments section and cross‐reference Section 1 ‐ Item C.

ITEM D – SOURCE CODE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD CODE FOR SOURCE CODE G25

Enter the Source Code that best describes how the hazardous waste reported in Section 1  ‐  Item A

originated.  If the hazardous waste was mixed with other non‐hazardous materials, report the Source

Code for only the hazardous waste portion.

If your site is a U.S. Importer, provide the appropriate Source Code for hazardous waste imported from a

foreign country.    Also, mark “Yes” on the Site ID Form, Item 10.A.3 – United States Importer of

Hazardous Waste.  Review the Special Instructions for wastes received from foreign countries.

LIST For a list of Source and Management Method Codes, see the ”Other Reference Information

and Code Lists” section of this booklet.

NOTE

• If reporting Source Code G25 (Hazardous Waste Management), you also need to provide

the Management Method Code.    Source Code G25 indicates that this waste was

generated from a hazardous waste management system described on a separate GM

Form or WR Form.    Enter the same Management Method Code that is listed on the

matching GM Form – Section 2, or on the matching WR Form – Item H, linking this waste

with the on‐site process that created it.  Do not report H141 in Section 1 – Item D.

  

• If reporting Source Code G61 (Hazardous waste received from off‐site for storage/bulking

and transfer off‐site for treatment or disposal), the generation amount must be zero (0)

in Section 1 – Item F.
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NOTE

• Source Code G17 (Subpart K laboratory waste clean‐out) is for facilities that have opted

into the Subpart K Academic Laboratory Waste Rule to report the amount of laboratory

waste shipped or managed during clean‐out.  The generation amount must be zero (0) in

Section 1 – Item F for this source code.    See the Special Instructions in the “Other

Reference Information and Code Lists” for additional information.

ITEM E – FORM CODE

Review the Form Codes and enter the code that best corresponds to the physical form or chemical

composition of the hazardous waste reported in Section 1 – Item A.

LIST For a list of Form Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code Lists” section of

this booklet.

ITEM F – QUANTITY GENERATED IN 2013 / UOM AND DENSITY

Enter the total quantity of the hazardous waste described in Section 1 – Item A that was generated

during 2013.  Right justify the quantity entry.

Enter the Unit of Measure (UOM) code for the quantity you reported in Section 1 – Item F.  Report the

quantity in one of the units of measure listed below.  If you select a volumetric measure (gallons, liters,

or cubic yards), you must also report the density of the waste.

Code Unit of Measure Weight and Volume Conversions

1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2046 pounds (lb)

1 short ton = 2,000 lb

1 metric ton = 1,000 kg

1 metric ton = 1.1023 short tons

1 cubic meter (m) = 1.3079 cubic yards

1 cubic yard (yd) = 27 cubic feet (ft)

1 liter (l) = 0.2642 gallons (gal)

1 Pounds

2 Short tons (2,000 pounds)

3 Kilograms

4 Metric tons (1,000 kilograms)

5 Gallons

6 Liters

7 Cubic yards

   
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    Skip to Section 1 – Item G if you selected code 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Continue to Density if you selected code 5, 6, or 7.

Report the density only if you entered code 5, 6, or 7 for the unit of measure.  Provide the density in

either pounds per gal (lbs/gal) or specific gravity (sg) and place an “X” in the appropriate box to indicate

which measure was used.

SECTION 2 – ON‐SITE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE DURING

2013

Answering “Yes” or “No” to this question is mandatory.   If you answer “Yes”, for each on‐site RCRA‐

regulated management system, you must report the management method and quantity treated,

disposed, or recycled on‐site during 2013.

WAS ANY OF THIS WASTE THAT WAS GENERATED AT THIS FACILITY TREATED, DISPOSED,

AND/OR RECYCLED ON‐SITE?

Mark “Yes” or “No” to this question to indicate if the site did any of the following to the waste reported

in Section 1 – Item A:  treat on‐site; dispose on‐site; recycle on‐site.  If you marked “Yes,” complete the

blocks for On‐site Process Systems below.  If you marked “No,” skip to Section 3.

EXAMPLE 1

Facility A generates spent solvents that it recycles on‐site in a distillation column.    This facility would

mark “Yes” in Section 2 and would fill out the on‐site process system box accordingly.

EXAMPLE 2

Facility B receives spent solvents from off‐site and blends the solvents into fuel.  The facility then sends

the fuels off‐site to be burned for energy recovery.    Facility B would report on its GM Form the new

waste generated in Section 1 – Item D as Source Code G25 (Hazardous Waste Management) with the

management method code of H061 (Fuel Blending).  Facility B would mark “No” in Section 2 because it

did not manage any of the newly generated fuels on‐site.  This facility would report the off‐site shipment

in Section 3 and would report the Management Method Code H050 (Energy Recovery).

   
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ON‐SITE MANAGEMENT METHOD CODE

Classify the process system (see definition) with a Management Method Code that best identifies the

last substantive purpose/operation performed at your site.    Space is provided to report up to two

different (non‐sequential) Management Methods.  If you did not use a second on‐site process system to

manage the waste, leave the Management Method Code under On‐site Process System 2 blank.  Do not

report H141 in Section 2.

LIST For a list of Management Method Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code

Lists” section of this booklet.

The space provided for the second on‐site process system should be used only in the special case of

management of the same waste on‐site by more than one process system during 2013.   Use the second

on‐site process system only when:

• A waste is managed in one process system for a part of a year and in another process system for

the rest of the year; or

  

• A waste is managed by two different process systems at the same time (i.e., management of the

waste is split between parallel process systems).

EXAMPLE OF NON‐SEQUENTIAL (PARALLEL) PROCESSES

A firm generated 100 tons of F002 solvent waste in 2013.  80 tons were recycled for reuse in a batch

distillation process system, generating 5 tons of still bottoms.  The remaining 20 tons were burned in an

industrial boiler.  Under On‐site Process System 1, the site enters the Management Method Code H020

(Distillation) and a quantity of 80 tons.    Under On‐site Process System 2, the site enters the

Management Method Code H050 (Energy Recovery) and a quantity of 20 tons.    The 5 tons of still

bottoms should be reported on a separate GM Form.

If more than two on‐site process systems meet one of the above conditions, you need not complete the

entire form again.  Simply attach a second copy of the GM Form with the EPA ID number and Site Name.  

Leave all the other fields blank, except Section 2 for on‐site process systems.  Note in the Comments

section of each page: “Section 2, On‐site Process System Type continued on supplemental page.”  (Refer

to instructions on page numbering of supplemental pages.)

The space provided for the second on‐site process system should not be used to report the following:

• The on‐site management of the treatment residual generated from management of the waste

by the first management method (on‐site management of treatment residuals should be

reported on a separate GM Form); or

  
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• To report treatment in a series of process units (see definition in the “Other Reference

Information and Code Lists” section).  Report only process systems, not process units.

EXAMPLE OF SEQUENTIAL PROCESSES

A firm generated 100 tons of D002 and D007 plating waste in 2013.  100 tons were neutralized, stored

on‐site, and then chemically batch‐treated to remove the D007 (Chromium).  90 tons of wastewater and

10 tons of D007 and F006 sludge were shipped off‐site for eventual disposal.   Under On‐site Process

System 1, the site enters the last substantive on‐site Management Method Code H070 (Chemical

Treatment) and a quantity of 100 tons.  The site reports the residual 10 tons of sludge on a separate GM

Form with Section 1 – Item D Management Method Code H070 (Chemical Treatment).  (If there was no

storage and the wastewater had been allowed to go into the POTW or NPDES, this page would not be

reported, only the D007 and F006 sludge – with a source code of G23.)

QUANTITY TREATED, DISPOSED, OR RECYCLED ON‐SITE IN 2013

Enter the quantity of hazardous waste described in Section 1 that was treated, disposed, or recycled by

the reported on‐site process management method during 2013.  Enter the quantity in the same unit of

measure reported in Section 1 – Item F (Quantity Generated in 2013).

SECTION 3 – OFF‐SITE SHIPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

This section requests information on the off‐site shipment of hazardous waste.  Answering “Yes” or “No”

to this question is mandatory.  If you answer “Yes”, all items in this section are mandatory.  Do report

shipments of previously generated hazardous wastes stored until 2013.   Do report waste shipped via

transfer facility.  Do not report shipments of de‐characterized wastes.

Space is provided to report shipments of the waste to three different off‐site facilities.  If the waste you

reported in Section 1 was shipped to more than three off‐site facilities during 2013, you need not

complete the entire form again.  Simply attach a second copy of the GM Form, leaving blank all entries

except Section 3 – Items B, C, and D.  Note in the Comments section of each page:  “Section 3 ‐ Item B

continued on supplemental page.”  (Refer to instructions on page numbering of supplemental pages.)

ITEM A – WAS ANY OF THIS WASTE SHIPPED OFF‐SITE IN 2013 FOR TREATMENT, DISPOSAL,

OR RECYCLING?

Mark “Yes” or “No” to indicate if any of the waste described in Section 1 was shipped off‐site for

treatment, disposal, or recycling during 2013.

   
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    This GM Form is complete if you marked “No” in Item A.

Continue to Section 3 – Item B if you marked “Yes” in Item A.

ITEM B – EPA ID NUMBER OF FACILITY TO WHICH WASTE WAS SHIPPED

The 12‐digit EPA Identification Number of the facility to which the waste was shipped.  Do not create a

GM Form for hazardous waste shipped directly to a foreign country from this site (unless required by

your State).  You must complete an Annual Report as required under 40 CFR 262.56, no later than March

1 of each year.

ITEM C – OFF‐SITE MANAGEMENT METHOD CODE SHIPPED TO

Review the Management Method Codes in the ”Other Reference Information and Code Lists”

section of this booklet.  Enter the Management Method Code that best describes the way in which the

waste was managed at the initial receiving facility reported in Section 3 – Item B.

LIST For a list of Management Method Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code

Lists” section of this booklet.

ITEM D – TOTAL QUANTITY SHIPPED IN 2013

Enter the total quantity of the waste shipped to the off‐site facility during 2013.  Report the quantity in

the same unit of measure entered in Section 1 – Item F.  Shipment quantities should equal the total

quantity recorded on Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests for this site during 2013, unless there were

rejections or other complications.    The quantity shipped may not necessarily equal the quantity

generated (e.g., because some waste is still on‐site at the end of the year or waste was removed from

storage from a previous year’s generation).

COMMENTS

Use this section as needed to explain anything contained in the form including any waste minimization

efforts.    The comments may help make determinations of data validity if questions arise during the
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review of the report.  If there are special circumstances surrounding the waste described on the form,

please  note this here, especially if you are filing the report due to a one‐time event.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE WR FORM –                                  

RECEIVED FROM OFF‐SITE

WHO MUST SUBMIT THIS FORM

A site required to file the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report must submit this form if, during 2013, it

received RCRA hazardous waste from off‐site.

PURPOSE OF THIS FORM

The WR Form identifies hazardous wastes that were received from other hazardous waste sites and the

method(s) used to manage them.  The WR Form is divided into three identical parts (i.e., waste blocks),

labeled Waste 1, Waste 2, and Waste 3, that collect information on the quantities and characteristics of

each hazardous waste received from an off‐site source during 2013 and managed on‐site.

HOW TO FILL OUT THIS FORM

You may report waste received from more than one off‐site handler on the same page of the form.  A

separate waste block must be filled out for each hazardous waste received from each off‐site handler.  

Hazardous waste from the same off‐site handler may be aggregated as long as a single form code

describes the physical form or chemical composition, and all of the waste is managed in a single process

system (i.e., same management method code).

If your site received more than three RCRA hazardous wastes from off‐site handlers during 2013,

photocopy and fill out additional copies of this form.  Prior to photocopying, place the pre‐printed site

identification label in the top left‐hand corner of the form or, if you did not receive pre‐printed labels,

enter the site name and EPA Identification Number in the space provided.

Use the Comments section at the end of the form to clarify any entry (e.g., “Other” responses) or to

continue any entry.   When entering information in the Comments section, cross‐reference the waste

block and item letter to which the comment refers.
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ITEM‐BY‐ITEM INSTRUCTIONS

All items in this section are mandatory for each waste reported.  Note:  Either Item B and/or Item C must

be provided for each reported waste.

ITEM A – WASTE DESCRIPTION

Provide a short narrative description of the waste, such as:

• General type;

• Source;

• Type of hazard; and

• Generic chemical name or primary hazardous constituents.

EXAMPLE

“Ignitable spent solvent from degreasing operation in tool production; mixture of mineral spirits and

kerosene.”

In the example, note that the general type (spent solvent), source (degreasing operation in tool

production), type of hazard (ignitability), and generic chemical names (mineral spirits and kerosene)

have all been cited.

ITEM B – EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE CODE(S)

Enter the four‐character EPA hazardous waste code(s) that applies to the waste reported in Item A.  EPA

hazardous waste codes are provided in the “Other Reference Information and Code Lists” section of

this booklet.  If you need room for additional codes, list the codes in the Comments section and cross‐

reference the applicable waste block number (e.g., Waste 1) and Item B.    If fewer than four EPA

hazardous waste codes are applicable, leave the remaining spaces blank.  If the waste is regulated only

by your State, leave Item B blank and report the State hazardous waste codes in Item C.

LIST For a list of EPA Hazardous Waste Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code

Lists” section of this booklet.

   
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ITEM C – STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE CODE(S)

Enter the State hazardous waste code(s) that applies to the waste reported in Item A, if:

• Your State regulates hazardous wastes not regulated as RCRA hazardous waste and requires

these wastes to be reported in the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report; or

  

• Your State uses a hazardous waste code system other than the EPA hazardous waste codes that

applies to the waste describe in  Item A.

Otherwise, leave Item C blank.  If you need space for additional State hazardous waste codes, list the

codes in the Comments section and cross‐reference the applicable waste block number (e.g., Waste 1)

and Item C.

ITEM D – OFF‐SITE HANDLER EPA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Enter the 12‐digit EPA Identification Number of the off‐site handler from which the waste was received.  

If the site does not have an EPA Identification Number, it may be a CESQG or foreign country.  Refer to

the Special Instructions in this booklet for instructions on how to complete Item D for these off‐site

handlers.

If the waste reported under Waste 2 is received from the same off‐site handler as the waste reported

under Waste 1, put “Same as above” to indicate that the EPA Identification Number is the same as the

one reported in Waste 1; if Waste 3 is received from the same off‐site handler as Waste 2, put “Same as

above” to indicate that the EPA Identification Number is the same as the one reported under Waste 2.

NOTE Refer to the Special Instructions for reporting wastes received from CESQGs and for reporting

wastes received from foreign countries.

ITEM E – QUANTITY RECEIVED IN 2013

Report the total quantity of hazardous waste reported in Item A that was received from the off‐site

handler reported in Item D during 2013.  If more than one shipment of this waste was received from the

same off‐site handler, add the quantities and report only the sum.

  

   
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ITEM F – UOM AND DENSITY

Enter the Unit of Measure (UOM) code for the quantity you reported in Item E.  Report the quantity in

one of the units of measure listed below.  If you select a volumetric measure (gallons, liters, or cubic

yards), you must also report the density of the waste.

Code Unit of Measure Weight and Volume Conversions

1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2046 pounds (lb)

1 short ton = 2,000 lb

1 metric ton = 1,000 kg

1 metric ton = 1.1023 short tons

1 cubic meter (m) = 1.3079 cubic yards

1 cubic yard (yd) = 27 cubic feet (ft)

1 liter (l) = 0.2642 gallons (gal)

1 Pounds

2 Short tons (2,000 pounds)

3 Kilograms

4 Metric tons (1,000 kilograms)

5 Gallons

6 Liters

7 Cubic yards

    Skip to Item G if you selected code 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Continue to Density if you selected code 5, 6, or 7.

Report the density only if you entered code 5, 6, or 7 for the unit of measure.  Provide the density in

either pounds per gal (lbs/gal) or specific gravity (sg) and place an “X” in the appropriate box to indicate

which measure was used.

ITEM G – FORM CODE

Review the Form Codes and enter the code that best corresponds to the physical form or chemical

composition of the hazardous waste reported in Item A.

LIST For a list of Form Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code Lists” section of

this booklet.

   
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ITEM H – MANAGEMENT METHOD CODE

Enter the code that describes the type of process system (see definition) in which the waste was

managed.

LIST For a list of Management Method Codes, see the “Other Reference Information and Code

Lists” section of this booklet.

COMMENTS

Use this section as needed to explain anything contained in the form.  The comments may help make

determinations of data validity if questions arise during the review of the report.  If there are special

circumstances surrounding the waste described on the form, please note this here.
2013 Hazardous Waste

Report

OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION

AND

CODE LISTS
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EXCLUDED WASTES

This section presents a partial list of excluded materials and wastes.  This list includes materials excluded from the

definition of solid waste in 40 CFR 261.4(a) and solid wastes excluded from the definition of hazardous waste in 40

CFR 261.4(b).   In addition, it also includes specific solid waste samples that are excluded from the definition of

hazardous waste in 40 CFR 261.4(d)‐(f).  Finally, this list includes specific hazardous wastes, as described in 40 CFR

261.4(c), that are exempted from certain RCRA Subtitle C regulations.

Agricultural Waste Fertilizer

§261.4(b)(2)

Analytical Samples

§261.4(d)

Arsenic Treated Wood and Wood

Products

§261.4(b)(9)

Cement Kiln Dust

§261.4(b)(8)

Coking By‐products

§261.4(a)(10)

Comparable/Syn gas Fuels  

§261.4(a)(16)

Domestic Sewage

§261.4(a)(1)

Dredged Material

§261.4(g)

Drilling Fluid

§261.4(b)(5)

Excluded Scrap Metal Being Recycled

§261.4(a)(13)

Exported Wastes

§262.56

Fossil Fuel Emission Control Waste

§261.4(b)(4)

Hazardous Secondary Material

Generated and Reclaimed Under the

Control of the Generator  

40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii)

40 CFR 261.4(a)(23)  

Hazardous Secondary Material

Transferred Off‐site for Reclamation

40 CFR 261.4(a)(24)

40 CFR 261.4(a)(25)

Household Waste

§261.4(b)(1)(i)‐(ii)

HTMR Condenser Residue

§261.4(a)(11)

In situ Mining Materials

§261.4(a)(5)

Irrigation Return Flows

§261.4(a)(3)

Kraft Mill Steam Stripper Condensates  

§261.4(a)(15)

Leachate

§261.4(b)(15)

Mining and Mineral Process Wastes

§261.4(b)(7)

Mining Overburden

§261.4(b)(3)

Nuclear Material

§261.4(a)(4)

Oil Filters

§261.4(b)(13)

Petrochemical Recovered Oil

§261.4(a)(18)

Petroleum‐contaminated Media and

Debris

§261.4(b)(10)

Petroleum Refining

§261.4(a)(12)

Pulping Liquor

§261.4(a)(6)

Refrigerants

§261.4(b)(12)

Secondary  Material Returned to

Original Process

§261.4(a)(8)

Secondary  Material from Mineral

Processing

§261.4(a)(17)

Shredded Circuit Boards Being Recycled

§261.4(a)(14)

Spent Caustics from Petroleum Refining

§261.4(a)(19)

Spent Wood Preserving Solutions and

Wastewaters

§261.4(a)(9)

Sulfuric Acid

§261.4(a)(7)

Treatability Study Samples

§261.4(e)

Treatability Studies at Laboratories and

Testing Facilities

§261.4(f)

Trivalent Chromium Waste

§261.4(b)(6)

Used Oil Distillation Bottoms

§261.4(b)(14)

Wastes Generated in Storage Tanks,

Transport Vehicles, Pipelines, or

Manufacturing Process Units

§261.4(c)

Wastewater Point Source Discharge

§261.4(a)(2)
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DEFINITIONS

This section contains definitions of terms helpful for completing the form.  For terms defined in the Code

of Federal Regulations (CFR), the appropriate citation is provided.

ACCUMULATION – A site that does not hold RCRA Interim Status or a RCRA permit may accumulate

hazardous waste for a short period of time before shipping it off‐site.    The waste must be

accumulated in either tanks or containers; it may not be accumulated in surface impoundments.

Generators of more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) of hazardous waste per month may accumulate their

waste for up to 90 days before shipping it off‐site.  Generators of 100 kg (220 lbs) to 1,000 kg (2,200

lbs) of hazardous waste per month may accumulate their waste for up to 180 days before shipping it

off‐site.  If the nearest treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling facility to which they can send their

waste is more than 200 miles away, they may accumulate their waste for 270 days.    See 40 CFR

262.34.

ACT OR RCRA – The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. Section

6901 et seq.  

ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTE – Any hazardous waste with an EPA hazardous waste code beginning with the

letter “P” (40 CFR 261.33(e)) or any of the following “F” codes:  F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, and

F027 (40 CFR 261.31).  These wastes are subject to stringent quantity standards for accumulation

and generation (40 CFR 261.5(e)).

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE – The person responsible for the overall operation of the site or an

operational unit (i.e., part of a site), e.g., superintendent or plant manager, or person of equivalent

responsibility.

AUTHORIZED STATE – A State that has obtained authorization from the EPA to direct its own RCRA

program.

BOILER – An enclosed device using controlled flame combustion and having the following characteristics:

• The unit has physical provisions for recovering and exporting energy in the form of steam,

heated fluids, or heated gases;

• The unit’s combustion chamber and primary energy recovery section(s) are of integral design

(i.e., they are physically formed into one manufactured or assembled unit);

• The unit continuously maintains an energy recovery efficiency of at least 60 percent, calculated

in terms of the recovered energy compared with the thermal value of the fuel;

• The unit exports and utilizes at least 75 percent of the recovered energy, calculated on an

annual basis (excluding recovered heat used internally in the same unit, for example, to preheat

fuel or combustion air or drive fans or feedwater pumps); or

• The unit is one which the Regional Administrator has determined, on a case‐by‐case basis, to be

a boiler, after considering the standards in 40 CFR 260.32.

BY‐PRODUCT MATERIAL – A by‐product material is (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear

material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of

producing or utilizing special nuclear material; and (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the
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extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source

material content (defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954).

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) – Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the

Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.  The Code

is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation.    Each title is

divided into chapters that usually bear the name of the issuing agency.    Each chapter is further

subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas.  The CFR title applicable for the Hazardous

Waste Report is “40,” as in “40 CFR 262.34.”

CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR (CESQG) OF HAZARDOUS WASTE – A generator that meets

the following criteria:

In every month during the year, the site did all of the following:

1. Generates no more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste in any calendar month; and

2. Did not accumulate, at any time, more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste; and

3. Did not generate, in any calendar month, or accumulate at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.) of

acute hazardous waste, and no more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of material from the cleanup of a

spill of acute hazardous waste.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION (CBI) – Information a facility does not wish to make available to the

general public for competitive business reasons.    Confidential Business Information (CBI) may be

claimed for certain information in your submittal.  A claim may be made in accordance with 40 CFR

Part 2, Subpart B.

DELISTED WASTE – Site‐specific wastes excluded from regulation under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22.    A

waste at a particular generating site may be excluded by petitioning the EPA Administrator for a

regulatory amendment.  These wastes are listed in Appendix IX of 40 CFR Part 261.

DISPOSAL – The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or

hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any

constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any

waters, including groundwaters.

ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITY – A college or university, or a non‐profit research institute that is owned by or

has a formal written affiliation with a college or university, or a teaching hospital that is owned by or

has a formal written affiliation with a college or university pursuant to 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K

(See 40 CFR 262.200).

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) – EPA, also called U.S. EPA, means the United States

Environmental Protection Agency.    Some State environmental authorities may be called the EPA

also, as in “Illinois EPA.”

EPA IDENTIFICATION (ID) NUMBER – The number assigned by the EPA to each hazardous waste generator,

hazardous waste transporter, and treatment, storage, or disposal facility; United States importer of

hazardous waste; mixed waste (hazardous and radioactive) generator; recycler of hazardous waste;

exempt boiler and/or industrial furnace burning or processing hazardous waste; large quantity

handler of or destination facility for universal wastes; disposer of hazardous waste with an
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underground injection permit; used oil transporter, used oil processor/re‐refiner, off‐specification

used oil fuel burner, used oil fuel marketer; eligible academic entity managing laboratory hazardous

waste under Subpart K; or site undergoing corrective action.  Additionally, facilities that must notify

using the Site ID Form and Addendum to the Site ID Form that they are managing hazardous

secondary material will also be assigned an EPA ID number.

EXCLUDED WASTES – Wastes excluded from the definition of solid or hazardous waste under 40 CFR 261.3

and 261.4.  For a partial listing, see the “Other Reference Information” section of this booklet.

GM FORM – Waste Generation and Management Form.

HAZARDOUS WASTE – A hazardous waste as defined in 40 CFR 261.3.

HAZARDOUS SECONDARY MATERIAL (HSM) – A secondary material (e.g., spent material, by‐product, or

sludge) that, when discarded, would be identified as hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261.  

Facilities managing hazardous secondary material under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii), 40 CFR 261.4(a)(23),

(24), or (25) must complete the Addendum to the Site Identification Form:    Notification for

Managing Hazardous Secondary Material.  You must check with your State to determine if you are

eligible to manage hazardous secondary material under these exclusions (see also

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/dsw/statespf.htm).

HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR – Any person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste

identified or listed in 40 CFR Part 261.

HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER OR CODE, EPA – The number (or code) assigned by the EPA to each hazardous

waste listed in 40 CFR Part 261, Subpart D and to each characteristic identified in 40 CFR Part 261,

Subpart C.  The codes consist of one letter (D, F, P, U, or K) and three numbers.  For a list of EPA

hazardous waste codes see the “Other Reference Information” section of this booklet.

HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER OR CODE, STATE – The number (or code) assigned by the State to each

hazardous waste listed in the State regulations.  Obtain a list of the States waste codes from your

State.

HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE – The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, at the end of which

the hazardous waste is treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY – Refer to “Transfer Facility” definition.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER – Refer to “Transporter” definition.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT – Any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to

change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as

to neutralize such hazardous waste, or so as to recover energy or material resources from the

hazardous waste, or so as to render such hazardous waste nonhazardous, or less hazardous; safer to

transport, store, or dispose of; or amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in

volume.    Such term includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or

composition of hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
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INCINERATION – Burning of certain types of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials; or a treatment technology

involving destruction of waste by controlled burning at high temperatures (e.g., burning sludge to

remove the water and reduce the remaining residues to a safe, non‐burnable ash that can be

disposed safely on land, in some waters, or in underground locations).

INDUSTRIAL FURNACE – Any of the following enclosed devices that are integral components of

manufacturing processes and that use thermal treatment to accomplish recovery of materials or

energy:    cement kilns; lime kilns; aggregate kilns; phosphate kilns; coke ovens; blast furnaces;

smelting, melting, and refining furnaces; titanium dioxide chloride process oxidation reactors;

methane reforming furnaces; pulping liquor recovery furnaces; combustion devices used in the

recovery of sulfur values from spent sulfuric acid; halogen acid furnaces, as defined under industrial

furnace in 40 CFR 260.10; and such other devices as the Administrator may add to this list.

INTERIM (PERMIT) STATUS – Period during which the owner/operator of an existing TSD facility is treated as

having been issued a RCRA permit even though he/she has not yet received a final determination.  

An existing facility should have automatically qualified for interim status if the owner/operator filed

both timely “notification” and the first part (Part A) of the RCRA permit application.  Interim status

continues until a final determination is made to issue or deny the permit.  Owner/operator of new

facilities cannot by definition qualify for interim status; rather, they need a RCRA permit prior to

beginning construction of a hazardous waste management facility.

LARGE QUANTITY GENERATOR (LQG) OF HAZARDOUS WASTE – A generator that meets any of the following

criteria:

1. Generates, in a calendar month, 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) or more of non‐acute RCRA hazardous

waste; or

2. Generates, in a calendar month, or accumulates at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.) of RCRA

acute hazardous waste; or

3. Generates, in a calendar month, or accumulates at any time, more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of spill

cleanup material contaminated with RCRA acute hazardous waste.

LARGE QUANTITY HANDLER OF UNIVERSAL WASTE (LQHUW) – A universal waste handler (as defined in 40 CFR

273.9) who accumulates 5,000 kg or more total of universal wastes (batteries, pesticides, mercury‐

containing equipment, or lamps – calculated collectively) at any time.  This designation is retained

through the end of the calendar year in which the 5,000 kg limit is met or exceeded.

MANAGEMENT, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT – Systematic control of the collection, source

separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, or disposal of hazardous waste

(40 CFR 260.10).

MANIFEST, UNIFORM HAZARDOUS WASTE – The shipment document EPA Form 8700‐22 and, if necessary,

Form 8700‐22A, originated and signed by a generator in accordance with the instructions included in

the appendix to 40 CFR Part 262.  The “cradle‐to‐grave” paperwork must accompany a shipment of

hazardous waste as it moves from the generator to the transporter and eventually to the hazardous

waste management facility.
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MIXED WASTE – Waste that contains both hazardous and source, special nuclear, or by‐product material

subject to the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), RCRA section 1004(41), 42 U.S.C. 6903 (63 FR 17414; April 9,

1998).

MUNICIPALITY – A city, village, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, Indian tribe or

authorized Indian tribal organization, designated and approved management agency under Section

208 of the Clean Water Act, or any other public body created by or under State law and having

jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes.

OFF‐SITE FACILITY – A hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling area located at a place

away from the generating site.

OI FORM – Off‐site Identification Form.

OFF‐SPECIFICATION USED OIL BURNER – A site where used oil not meeting the specification requirements in

40 CFR 279.11 (off‐specification used oil) is burned for energy recovery in devices identified in

Section 279.61(a).

OFF‐SPECIFICATION USED OIL FUEL – Used oil fuel that does not meet the specification provided under 40

CFR 279.11.

ON‐SITE FACILITY – A hazardous waste treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling area located on the

generating site.

ON‐SPECIFICATION USED OIL FUEL – Used oil fuel that meets the specification provided under 40 CFR

279.11.

OPERATOR – The person responsible for the overall operation of a RCRA site.   Note:    This is the legal

entity which controls the RCRA site operation rather than the plant or site manager.  This is usually a

company or business name, not an individual.  See Person.

OWNER – The person who owns a RCRA site or part of a RCRA site.  Note:  This includes the owner(s) of

the building(s) and/or land.  This may be an individual, company, or business name.  See Person.

PERSON – An individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, Federal Agency, corporation (including a

government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political

subdivision of a State, or any interstate body.

PROCESS SYSTEM – For purposes of the Hazardous Waste Report, a process system refers to one or more

units used together to treat, recover, or dispose of a hazardous waste.  The process system begins at

the unit where the hazardous waste first enters and consists of all other treatment, recovery, or

disposal units downstream from the point of entry.  Note that storage is not considered a process

system, except for storage at a bulking and re‐shipping facility (H141).

Classify each process system with a Management Method code that best identifies the last

substantive purpose/operation it performs.    For example, a process system to remove dissolved

metals from wastewater prior to shipping the sludge off‐site typically includes equalization, pH
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adjustment, chemical precipitation, flocculation, clarification/settling, and dewatering of the sludge

removed from the bottom of the clarifier.  The chemical precipitation process best identifies the last

purpose of this treatment system – to remove metals from the wastewater.    If this wastewater

treatment system is RCRA‐regulated, it would be reported as H077 (Chemical Precipitation).  If the

sludge will be disposed at the reporting site in a landfill, the code will be H132 (Landfill) and will

need to be reported on a separate GM Form because it is a residual from a treatment process.  

However, this process is exempt if the treated water flows to a POTW or a NPDES outfall with no

RCRA‐regulated storage or treatment units in the system, and should not be reported.  A listing of

Management Method codes may be found further down in the “Other Reference Information

and Code Lists” section of this booklet.

PROCESS UNIT – For purposes of the Hazardous Waste Report, a process unit refers to a single type of

treatment (e.g., tank, distillation column, surface impoundment) in which hazardous waste is

treated, disposed, or recycled.

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) – The Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (40 CFR 270.2).    It is the Federal statute that

regulates the generation, treatment, storage, disposal, recycling, and/or transportation of solid and

hazardous waste.

RCRA INTERIM (PERMIT) STATUS – Refer to “Interim (Permit) Status” definition.

RCRA PERMIT – A complete RCRA permit is comprised of an operating permit for hazardous waste

treatment, storage, and disposal, and a corrective action permit addressing releases from solid

waste management unit (SWMUs).    To apply for a permit, a site must file a two‐part application

(Part A and Part B).  A facility is not considered to have a complete RCRA permit until both parts

have been issued.

RCRA SUBTITLE C SITE (RCRA SITE OR SITE) – The physical plant or location at which one or more of the

following regulated waste activities occurs:  the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, or

disposal of hazardous wastes; recycling of hazardous wastes; United States importer of hazardous

waste; mixed waste (hazardous and radioactive) generator; exempt boiler and/or industrial furnace

burning or processing hazardous waste; large quantity handler of or destination facility for universal

wastes; disposing hazardous waste with an underground injection permit; the transportation (and

temporary storage during transportation), processing/re‐refining, burning, or marketing of used oil;

eligible academic entity managing laboratory hazardous waste under Subpart K; facility managing

hazardous secondary material being reclaimed that must comply with certain requirements and

conditions; or undergoing corrective action.

A site may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units.  For entities that only

transport regulated wastes, the term site refers to the headquarters of that entity’s operations.

RECYCLING – Use, reuse, or reclamation of a material (40 CFR 261.1(c)(7)).    “Reclamation” is the

processing or regeneration of a material to recover a usable product (e.g., recovery of lead values

from spent batteries, regeneration of spent solvents) (40 CFR 261.1(c)(4)).  A material is “used or

reused” if it is either:    (1) employed as an ingredient (including use as an intermediate) in an

industrial process to make a product (e.g., distillation bottoms from one process used as feedstock
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in another process) (40 CFR 261.1(c)(5)).  However, a material will not satisfy this condition if distinct

components of the material are recovered as separate end products (as when metals are recovered

from metal‐containing secondary material); or (2) a commercial product (e.g., spent pickle liquor

used as phosphorous precipitant and sludge conditioner in wastewater treatment).

RESIDUAL – A hazardous waste derived from the treatment, disposal, or recycling of a previously existing

hazardous waste (e.g., the sludge remaining after initial wastewater treatment).

SHORT‐TERM GENERATOR – A generator whose generator status is the result of a one‐time, non‐recurring,

temporary event that is not related to normal production processes.    In other words, short‐term

generators produce hazardous waste from a particular activity for a limited time and then cease

conducting that activity.    Short‐term generators would not be considered episodic generators

because episodic generators have the potential to generate on a regular basis.  Examples of short‐

term generators include:    one‐time highway bridge waste generation, underground storage tank

removals, generation of off‐spec or out‐of‐date chemicals at a site that normally doesn’t generate

hazardous waste, remediate or spill clean‐up sites with no previous RCRA ID, and site or production

process decommissions by a new operator.

SLUDGE – Any solid, semi‐solid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial

wastewater treatment plan, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility exclusive

of the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant (40 CFR 260.10).

SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR (SQG) OF HAZARDOUS WASTE – A generator that meets all the following criteria:

1. Generates, in any calendar month, more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) but less than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.)

of RCRA hazardous waste; and

2. Does not generate, in any calendar month, or accumulates at any time, more than 1 kg (2.2 lbs.)

of acute hazardous waste; and

3. Does not generate more than 100 kg (220 lbs.) of material from the cleanup of a spill of acute

hazardous waste.

OR, a site is a Small Quantity Generator if the site:

1. Meets 1) and 3) of the Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator criteria (see definition),

but

2. Is storing more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste on‐site.    If the site

accumulates, at any time, more than 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs.) of RCRA hazardous waste, the site

must apply for an EPA ID Number using this form.

SMALL QUANTITY ON‐SITE BURNER EXEMPTION – The persons who burn small quantity of hazardous waste in

an on‐site boiler or industrial furnace, in accordance with 40 CFR 266.108, are conditionally exempt

from regulation for that activity.

SMELTING, MELTING, AND REFINING FURNACE EXEMPTION – Under 40 CFR 266.100(c), owners or operators of

smelting, melting, and refining furnaces that process hazardous wastes solely for metals recovery

are conditionally exempt from regulation, except for 40 CFR 266.101 and 266.112, provided they

comply with limited requirements set forth in Section 266.100(c).    Similarly, 40 CFR 266.100(f)

provides that owners or operators of smelting, melting, and refining furnaces that process

hazardous wastes for the recovery of precious metals are conditionally exempt from regulation,
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except for 40 CFR 266.112, provided they comply with limited requirements specified in Section

266.100(f).

SOLID WASTE – Any garbage, refuse, or sludge, or other materials not excluded under 40 CFR 261.4(a).  

Exclusions include, for example, domestic sewage and any mixture of other wastes that pass

through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works (POTWs); industrial wastewater

discharges that are point source discharges subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act;

irrigation return flows; nuclear materials defined by the Atomic Energy Act; and in situ mining

materials (see the “Other Reference Information” section of this booklet).    Wastewaters being

collected, stored, or treated before discharge and sludges generated by wastewater treatment are

not excluded.  The EPA defines hazardous waste as a subset of solid waste.

SOURCE MATERIAL – As defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954:  (1) Uranium, thorium, or any other

material determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section

2091 of this title to be source material; or (2) ores containing one or more of the foregoing materials

in such concentration as the Commission may by regulation determine from time to time.

SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL – As defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954:    (1) plutonium, uranium

enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, and any other material which the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2071 of this title, determines to be

special nuclear material, but does not include source material; or (2) any material artificially

enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material.

SUBPART K – An alternative set of generator requirements for managing laboratory hazardous waste at

eligible academic entities.  Generators that are eligible academic entities with laboratories may elect

to opt into 40 CFR 262 Subpart K and manage their laboratory hazardous waste under Subpart K in

lieu of 40 CFR 262.34(c) (or 40 CFR 261.5 for CESQGs).  In order for eligible academic entities (see

definition) to opt into Subpart K or subsequently withdraw from Subpart K, they must use the Site ID

Form to notify the appropriate State or EPA Regional Office.  Refer to 40 CFR 262.203 and 262.204.  

Note:    You must check with your State to determine if you are eligible to manage laboratory

hazardous waste pursuant to 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K and for any state‐specific requirements.

SUPERFUND – The program operated under the legislative authority of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA) that funds and carries out the solid waste emergency response and long‐

term remedial activities of the EPA.

SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT – A natural topographic depression, man‐made excavation, or diked area formed

primarily from earthen materials (though it may be lined with man‐made materials) that is designed

to accumulate liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids, and that is not an injection well (40

CFR 260.10).

TOLLING – Tolling arrangements describe a particular type of recycling contract between two companies.  

Specifically, the “tolling” company certifies that it has a contract with a manufacturer to produce a

product, and that manufacturing process generates a residual material that can be recycled by the

tolling company.  If the tolling company certifies that the contract specifies that the tolling company

owns and has responsibility for the recyclable material once it is generated, and the material is
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returned to the tolling company for reclamation, and subsequently recycled, the material is

excluded from regulation (under 40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) or 261.4(a)(23)), provided certain

requirements are met.

TRANSFER FACILITY – Any transportation‐related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage

areas, and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held for 10 days or less

during the normal course of transportation (40 CFR 260.10 and 40 CFR 263.12).

TRANSPORTER – A person engaged in the off‐site transportation of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway,

or water.

UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL – The subsurface emplacement of fluids through a bored, drilled or

driven well; or through a dug well, where the depth of the dug well is greater than the largest

surface dimension.  Underground injection wells are regulated under both the Safe Drinking Water

Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (see 40 CFR Part 148).

UNIT – Refer to “Process Unit definition.

UNITED STATES IMPORTER – Any person who imports hazardous waste from a foreign country into the

United States.    This does not include hazardous waste shipped from a foreign Department of

Defense site, Maquiladora, United States territory or protectorate.

UNIVERSAL WASTE – Any of the following hazardous wastes that are managed under the universal waste

requirements of 40 CFR Part 273:  batteries, pesticides, mercury‐containing equipment, and lamps.  

Some States may have State‐specific universal wastes defined as well.

USED OIL – Any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used, and as a

result of such use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.

USED OIL FUEL MARKETER – Any person who conducts either of the following activities:

1. Directs a shipment of off‐specification used oil from their site to an off‐specification used oil

burner; or

2. First claims that used oil that is to be burned for energy recovery meets the used oil fuel

specifications set forth in 40 CFR 279.11.

USED OIL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES – For the purposes of the Site ID Form, includes used oil transportation;

used oil processing and re‐refining; burning off‐specification used oil fuel; and used oil fuel

marketing.

USED OIL PROCESSING – Chemical or physical operations designed to produce from used oil, or to make

used oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils, lubricants, or other used oil‐derived products.  

Processing includes, but is not limited to:  blending used oil with virgin petroleum products, blending

used oils to meet the fuel specification, filtration, simple distillation, chemical or physical separation,

and re‐refining.

USED OIL PROCESSOR – A site that processes on‐specification or off‐specification used oil.
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USED OIL RE‐REFINER – A site that produces lubricating oils and greases, industrial fuel, asphalt extender,

gasoline, and other products from on‐specification or off‐specification used oil.

USED OIL TRANSFER FACILITY – Any transportation‐related facility, including loading docks, parking areas,

storage areas, and other areas where shipments of used oil are held for more than 24 hours during

the normal course of transportation and not longer than 35 days.  Transfer facilities that store used

oil for more than 35 days are subject to regulation under 40 CFR Part 279, Subpart F.

USED OIL TRANSPORTER – Any person who transports used oil, any person who collects used oil from more

than one generator and transports the collected oil, and owners and operators of used oil transfer

facilities.    Used oil transporters may consolidate or aggregate loads of used oil for purposes of

transportation but, with the following exception, may not process used oil.  Used oil transporters

may conduct incidental processing operations that occur in the normal course of used oil

transportation (e.g., settling and water separation), but that are not designed to produce (or make

more amenable for production of) used oil‐derived products or used oil fuel.

WASTE MINIMIZATION – The reduction, to the extent feasible, of hazardous waste that is generated or

subsequently treated, stored, or disposed.    It includes any source reduction or recycling activity

undertaken by a generator that results in:    (1) the reduction of total volume or quantity of

hazardous waste; (2) the reduction of toxicity of hazardous waste; or (3) both, as long as the

reduction is consistent with the goal of minimizing present and future threats to human health and

the environment.

WASTE OIL (BIENNIAL REPORT ONLY) – Any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that

has been used, and as a result of such use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities and is

managed as a hazardous waste.

WR FORM – Waste Received From Off‐site Form.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

These instructions explain how to complete the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report for wastes and sites with

unique regulatory or reporting requirements.

ASBESTOS, PCBS, WASTE OILS – In most cases, do not report asbestos, PCBs, and waste oils.  However, you

must report them if any of the following conditions exist:

   

(1) If your State specifically requires that these wastes be reported;

  

(2) If a listed RCRA hazardous waste (i.e., EPA hazardous waste code that begins with “F”, “K”, “P”,

or “U”) is mixed with asbestos, PCBs, or waste oil, in which case the entire mixture is a

hazardous waste; or  

(3) If the waste possesses one or more of the characteristics that result in assigning EPA hazardous

waste code beginning with “D”.  (This does not apply to used oil that is recycled as explained

below.)

Do not report “used oil that is recycled and is also a hazardous waste solely because it exhibits a

hazardous characteristic (criterion 3 above).   Used oil that is recycled includes any used oil which is

reused, following its original use, for any purpose (including the purpose for which the oil was

originally used).   Such term includes, but is not limited to, oil which is re‐refined, reclaimed, burned

for energy recovery, or reprocessed.”  (40 CFR 261.6(a)(4))

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATED BY HAZARDOUS WASTE – Groundwater contaminated by RCRA hazardous

waste is not considered a solid waste and is, therefore, not classified as a hazardous waste.  

However, because hazardous waste is “contained in” the groundwater, it must be treated “as if” it

were a RCRA hazardous waste if it is removed for treatment, storage, or disposal.1

  When reporting

groundwater contaminated by hazardous waste in the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report, observe the

following conventions:

(1) Enter “0” in the GM Form, Section 1 – Item F (Quantity).  Explain in the Comments section that it

is groundwater, not a hazardous waste that was generated on‐site.

  

(2) Report quantities managed on‐site (GM Form, Section 2, On‐site Process Systems 1 and 2);

quantities shipped off‐site for management (GM Form, Section 3); and quantities received from

off‐site and managed on‐site (WR Form, Item E).

                                                               

1 To determine if the contaminated media must be reported at all (generated OR treated):  If the contamination is due to a characteristic waste,

then it is the generator’s responsibility to determine if the contaminated groundwater is a hazardous waste.  Once the characteristics are

eliminated, the media is no longer considered to “contain” hazardous waste.  If a facility has first removed groundwater and is claiming that the

groundwater is contaminated with a listed hazardous waste or “contains” listed hazardous waste, EPA Regions or Authorized States should

make a site‐specific determination of whether the media is a RCRA Waste.  Please see:  “Management of Remediation Waste Under RCRA,”

EPA530‐F‐98‐026, October 14, 1998.  RCRA Online Document No. 14291.  Available online at:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/0c994248c239947e85256d09007115f/d9e61a0505db4b6885256817006e32b8!OpenDocument.
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LAB PACKS – The following rules apply to the reporting of lab pack wastes in the 2013 Hazardous Waste

Report:

(1) You may aggregate lab pack wastes if they have the same Form Code.    However, you must

report them as separate wastes under the following conditions:

• If they contain RCRA acute hazardous wastes (i.e., EPA hazardous waste codes F020,

F021, F022, F023, F026, F027, and all “P” waste codes).    Report separately from lab

packs containing other RCRA hazardous wastes (all other EPA hazardous waste codes).

  

• If they are managed differently from each other.  For example, report lab packs shipped

to landfills separately from those incinerated.

  

(2) Enter a Form Code indicating lab packs (i.e., W001 or W004) on the GM Form, in Section 1 –

Item E or on the WR Form in Item G.    These Form Codes are to be used with any lab pack,

whether the wastes are gaseous, liquid, solid, or sludge.

  

(3) It is not necessary to report every EPA hazardous waste code included in a batch of lab packs.  

Record one, or a few predominant, EPA hazardous waste codes in Section 1 – Item B of the GM

Form, or Item B of the WR Form.  If there are many EPA hazardous waste codes associated with

the batch of lab packs, enter “LABP” in the first four‐character field in Section 1 – Item B of the

GM Form, or Item B of the WR Form; then enter “NA” in the remaining spaces for the EPA

hazardous waste codes.

(4) When reporting quantities for lab packs:

• Include the weight of the containers if they are disposed (e.g., landfilled) or treated

(e.g., incinerated) with the waste.

• Exclude the weight of the containers if the waste is removed from the containers before

treatment or disposal.

RCRA‐RADIOACTIVE MIXED WASTES – By themselves, source material, special nuclear material, or by‐

product materials (see DEFINITIONS section), as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and

amended by 42 U.S.C. 2011 et. Seq., are not classified as hazardous wastes under RCRA.  However, if

these materials are mixed with a RCRA hazardous waste, the material is controlled under RCRA

regulation, as well as under the Atomic Energy Act (DOE, NRC, and EPA) regulations, and is to be

reported in the 2013 Hazardous Waste Report.

SUBPART K LABORATORY WASTE CLEAN‐OUT – A Subpart K laboratory clean‐out conducted in accordance

with 40 CFR 262.213(a), is defined as: once per 12 months per laboratory, a laboratory will have 30

days to conduct a clean‐out and will not have to count the hazardous waste that consists of unused

commercial chemical products (either listed or characteristic) generated during those 30 days

towards the eligible academic entity’s generator status for the purposes of on‐site accumulation.  

See 40 CFR 262.213(a)(1‐4) for other Subpart K laboratory clean‐out requirements.
Special Instructions

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The waste generated from this clean‐out should be reported on the GM Form with a source code of

“G17 – Subpart K Laboratory Waste Clean‐out” with a generation amount of zero (0) (Section 1 –

Item F).  The amount shipped off‐site or managed on‐site will be reported in Sections 2 or 3 of the

GM Form as appropriate.

Laboratory waste that is generated during routine operations (e.g., spent solvents or spent

acids/bases) should be reported separately from Subpart K laboratory clean‐out wastes.  Routinely

generated laboratory waste should be reported with source code(s) other than G17.

WASTES RECEIVED FROM CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS (CESQGS) – Waste management

facilities sometimes receive hazardous waste from large numbers of Conditionally Exempt Small

Quantity Generators (CESQGs) or other sites that do not have RCRA EPA Identification Numbers.  To

minimize the response burden for filling out the WR Form for these wastes, you may aggregate the

wastes across generating sites, in accordance with these guidelines:

(1) All the wastes must have the same EPA hazardous waste code (Item B), State hazardous waste

code (Item C), Form code (Item G), and Management Method code (Item H).

  

(2) Wastes received from different States must be reported separately.  For the off‐site handler EPA

Identification Number (Item D), the entry should include the two‐letter postal code of the

originating State, followed by the letters “CESQG”.

For example, wastes received from several CESQGs in the State of Alaska (AK) that share a common

EPA hazardous waste code, State hazardous waste code, Form code, and Management Method code

could be aggregated in a single waste block of the WR Form (e.g., Waste 1).  In Item D, the off‐site

handler EPA ID number is entered as “AKCESQG”.  Note:  This method of completing Item D can also

be used for CESQG waste that is not aggregated.

WASTES RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES – Reporting on the GM Form – If your site was the generator of

record and was the U.S. Importer for hazardous waste received from a foreign country (other than a

foreign Department of Defense site, Maquiladora, U.S. territory or protectorate), complete a GM

Form.  Enter the appropriate code in Section 1 – Item D (Source Code) from the list of codes G63

through G75 (Hazardous waste received from [name of foreign country]).    Include the Import

Notification and other foreign generator information in the Comments.  Also, mark “Yes” on the Site

ID Form, Item 10.A.3 – United States Importer of Hazardous Waste.    Report on the OI Form the

name and address of all foreign generators if this form is required by your State.

Report on the WR Form – If your site received hazardous waste directly from a generator in a

foreign country (other than a foreign Department of Defense site, Maquiladora, U.S. territory or

protectorate), complete a WR Form for the waste treated, recovered, or disposed at your site.  This

waste was not shipped to your site by a U.S. Importer.  Report the code “FC” followed by the name

of the foreign country in Item D – Off‐site Handler EPA ID number.  Include the Import Notification

and other foreign generator information in the Comments.  Report on the OI Form the name and

address of all foreign generators if this form is required by your State.
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EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE CODES

A list of all the hazardous waste codes is shown below.  See the regulations for details.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE (SEE 40 CFR

261.24) – DXXX

HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM NON‐SPECIFIC SOURCES (SEE 40

CFR 261.31) – FXXX

HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM SPECIFIC SOURCES (SEE 40 CFR

261.32) ‐ KXXX

DISCARDED COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, OFF‐

SPECIFICATION SPECIES, CONTAINER RESIDUALS, AND SPILL

RESIDUES THEREOF – ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTE (SEE 40

CFR 261.33) – PXXX

DISCARDED COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, OFF‐

SPECIFICATION SPECIES, CONTAINER RESIDUES, AND SPILL

RESIDUES THEREOF – TOXIC WASTES (SEE 40 CFR 261.33) –

UXXX

D001

D002

D003

D004

D005

D006

D007

D008

D009

D010

D011

D012

D013

D014

D015

D016

D017

D018

D019

D020

D021

D022

D023

D024

D025

D026

D027

D028

D029

D030

D031

D032

D033

D034

D035

D036

D037

D038

D039

D040

D041

D042

D043

F001

F002

F003

F004

F005

F006

F007

F008

F009

F010

F011

F012

F019

F020

F021

F022

F023

F024

F025

F026

F027

F028

F032

F034

F035

F037

F038

F039

K001

K002

K003

K004

K005

K006

K007

K008

K009

K010

K011

K013

K014

K015

K016

K017

K018

K019

K020

K021

K022

K023

K024

K025

K026

K027

K028

K029

K030

K031

K032

K033

K034

K035

K036

K037

K038

K039

K040

K041

K042

K043

K044

K045

K046

K047

K048

K049

K050

K051

K052

K060

K061

K062

K069

K071

K073

K083

K084

K085

K086

K087

K088

K093

K094

K095

K096

K097

K098

K099

K100

K100

K101

K102

K103

K104

K105

K106

K107

K108

K109

K110

K111

K112

K113

K114

K115

K116

K117

K118

K123

K124

K125

K126

K131

K132

K136

K141

K142

K143

K144

K145

K147

K148

K149

K150

K151

K156

K157

K158

K159

K161

K169

K170

K171

K172

K174

K175

K176

K177

K178

K181

P001

P002

P003

P004

P005

P006

P007

P008

P009

P010

P011

P012

P013

P014

P015

P016

P017

P018

P020

P021

P022

P023

P024

P026

P027

P028

P029

P030

P031

P033

P034

P036

P037

P038

P039

P040

P041

P042

P043

P044

P045

P046

P047

P048

P049

P050

P051

P054

P056

P057

P058

P059

P060

P062

P063

P064

P065

P066

P067

P068

P069

P070

P071

P072

P073

P074

P075

P076

P077

P078

P081

P082

P084

P085

P087

P088

P089

P092

P093

P094

P095

P096

P097

P098

P099

P101

P102

P103

P104

P105

P106

P108

P109

P110

P111

P112

P113

P114

P115

P116

P118

P119

P120

P121

P122

P123

P127

P128

P185

P188

P189

P190

P191

P192

P194

P196

P197

P198

P199

P201

P202

P203

P204

P205

U001

U002

U003

U004

U005

U006

U007

U008

U009

U010

U011

U012

U014

U015

U016

U017

U018

U019

U020

U021

U022

U023

U024

U025

U026

U027

U028

U029

U030

U031

U032

U033

U034

U035

U036

U037

U038

U039

U041

U042

U043

U044

U045

U046

U047

U048

U049

U050

U051

U052

U053

U055

U056

U057

U058

U059

U060

U061

U062

U063

U064

U066

U067

U068

U069

U070

U071

U072

U073

U074

U075

U076

U077

U078

U079

U080

U081

U082

U083

U084

U085

U086

U087

U088

U089

U090

U091

U092

U093

U094

U095

U096

U097

U098

U099

U101

U102

U103

U105

U106

U107

U108

U109

U110

U111

U112

U113

U114

U115

U116

U117

U118

U119

U120

U121

U122

U123

U124

U125

U126

U127

U128

U129

U130

U131

U132

U133

U134

U135

U136

U137

U138

U140

U141

U142

U143

U144

U145

U146

U147

U148

U149

U150

U151

U152

U153

U154

U155

U156

U157

U158

U159

U160

U161

U162

U163

U164

U165

U166

U167

U168

U169

U170

U171

U172

U173

U174

U176

U177

U178

U179

U180

U181

U182

U183

U184

U185

U186

U187

U188

U189

U190

U191

U192

U193

U194

U196

U197

U200

U201

U202

U203

U204

U205

U206

U207

U208

U209

U210

U211

U213

U214

U215

U216

U217

U218

U219

U220

U221

U222

U223

U225

U226

U227

U228

U234

U235

U236

U237

U238

U239

U240

U243

U244

U246

U247

U248

U249

U271

U278

U279

U280

U328

U353

U359

U364

U367

U372

U373

U387

U389

U394

U395

U404

U409

U410

U411

   
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HSM FACILITY CODES

Facility codes describe the specific regulation a facility uses to manage its hazardous secondary material

(HSM) and the type of activity the facility performs under the regulation (e.g., generator, reclaimer).  

Review the groups and pick the appropriate code.  If more than one facility code applies to you, enter

each code on a separate row under Item 2 of the Addendum to the Site ID Form.

Under Control of the Generator Exclusion (40 CFR 261.2(a)(2)(ii) or 261.4(a)(23))

Code Facility Code Description

01 HSM Generator reclaiming HSM “on‐site”:    This code applies if you generate and reclaim hazardous secondary

material at your generating facility.  See also paragraph (1) in the Federal definition of “Hazardous secondary material

generated and reclaimed under the control of the generator” in 40 CFR Part 260.10.

02 HSM Generator transferring HSM to reclaimer within the “same company”:    This code applies if you generate

hazardous secondary material and send the material for reclamation to a different facility that is either controlled by

you or controlled by the same person that controls your generating facility.    See also paragraph (2) in the Federal

definition of “Hazardous secondary material generated and reclaimed under the control of the generator” in 40 CFR

Part 260.10.

03 Reclaimer receiving HSM from HSM generator within the “same company”:    This code applies if you receive and

reclaim hazardous secondary material from a different facility that either controls you or is controlled by the same

person that controls you.  See also paragraph (2) in the Federal definition of “Hazardous secondary material generated

and reclaimed under the control of the generator” in 40 CFR Part 260.10.

04 Tolling Contractor reclaiming HSM pursuant to a tolling contract:  This code applies if you are a tolling contractor that

reclaims hazardous secondary material pursuant to a written contract with a toll manufacturer.  See also paragraph (3)

in the Federal definition of “Hazardous secondary material generated and reclaimed under the control of the

generator” in 40 CFR Part 260.10.

05 Toll Manufacturer managing HSM pursuant to a tolling contract:    This code applies if you generate and send

hazardous secondary material for reclamation to a tolling contractor pursuant to a written contract.    See also

paragraph (3) in the Federal definition of “Hazardous secondary material generated and reclaimed under the control of

the generator” in 40 CFR Part 260.10.

Transfer‐based Exclusion (40 CFR 261.4(a)(24))

Code Facility Code Description

06 HSM Generator transferring HSM off‐site to a domestic reclamation facility:  This code applies if you generate and

send hazardous secondary material for reclamation to an off‐site domestic reclamation facility.

07 Reclaimer receiving HSM from off‐site:  This code applies if you reclaim hazardous secondary material received from

an off‐site domestic hazardous secondary material generator or other domestic facility.

08 Intermediate facility:    This code applies if you receive hazardous secondary material from an off‐site domestic

hazardous secondary material generator or another domestic facility and you store it for more than ten days.   This

code does not apply if you generate or reclaim the hazardous secondary material.

Imports/Exports (40 CFR 261.4(a)(24) or (25))

Code Facility Code Description

09 HSM Generator exporting HSM off‐site to a foreign reclamation facility:  This code applies if you generate and export

hazardous secondary material for reclamation to a foreign reclamation facility.

10 HSM Generator importing HSM from a foreign entity to send to another domestic reclamation facility:  This code

applies if you import hazardous secondary material from a foreign entity and send the material for reclamation to a

domestic reclamation facility.

11 HSM Generator AND Reclaimer of imported HSM:  This code applies if you import hazardous secondary material from

a foreign entity and reclaim the material at your facility.

   
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HSM LAND‐BASED UNIT CODES

A 2‐digit code that best describes the land‐based unit you use or will use to manage the hazardous

secondary material.

Code Land‐based Unit Code Description

NA Do not use land‐based units to manage hazardous secondary material.

SI Use surface impoundment(s) to manage hazardous secondary material.    A surface

impoundment is a natural topographic depression, man‐made excavation or diked area formed

primarily of earthen materials (although it may be lined with man‐made materials), which is

designed to hold an accumulation of liquid hazardous secondary materials or materials

containing free liquids and which is not an injection well.

PL Use pile(s) to manage hazardous secondary material.    Pile means any non‐containerized

accumulation of solid, non‐flowing hazardous secondary material that is used for storage and is

not a containment building.

OT Use other land‐based unit(s) to manage hazardous secondary material.
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SOURCE CODES

Source codes describe the type of process or activity (i.e., source) from which a hazardous waste was

generated.  Review the groups and pick the appropriate code.

Wastes From On‐going Production and Service Processes (waste from general day to day manufacturing,

production, or maintenance activities)

Code Source Code Description

G01 Dip, flush or spray rinsing (using solvents to clean or prepare parts or assemblies for further processing – i.e. painting

or assembly)

G02 Stripping and acid or caustic cleaning (using caustics to remove coatings or layers from parts or assemblies)

G03 Plating and phosphating (electro‐ or non‐electroplating or phosphating)

G04 Etching (using caustics or other methods to remove layers or partial layers)

G05 Metal forming and treatment (pickling, heat treating, punching, bending, annealing, grinding, hardening, etc.)

G06 Painting and coating (manufacturing, building, or maintenance)

G07 Product and by‐product processing (direct flow of wastes from chemical manufacturing or processing, etc.)

G08 Removal of spent process liquids or catalysts (bulk removal of wastes from chemical manufacturing or processing,

etc.)

G09 Other production or service‐related processes from which the waste is a direct outflow or result (specify in

comments)

Wastes From Other Intermittent Events or Processes

Code Source Code Description

G11 Discarding off‐specification, out‐of‐date, and/or unused chemicals or products

G12 Lagoon or sediment dragout and leachate collection (large scale operations in open pits, ponds, or lagoons)

G13 Cleaning out process equipment (periodic sludge or residual removal from enclosed processes including internal

scrubbing or cleaning)

G14 Removal of tank sludge, sediments, or slag (periodic sludge or residual removal from storage tanks including internal

scrubbing or cleaning)

G15 Process equipment change‐out or discontinuation of equipment use (final materials and residuals removal including

cleaning)

G16 Oil changes and filter or battery replacement (automotive, machinery, etc.)

G17 Subpart K laboratory waste clean‐out (facility must have opted into the Subpart K rule to use this source code)

G19 Other one‐time or intermittent processes (specify in comments)

Residuals From Pollution Control and Waste Management Processes

Code Source Code Description

G21 Air pollution control devices (e.g., baghouse dust ash, etc. from stack scrubbers or precipitators; vapor collection,

etc.)

G22 Laboratory analytical wastes (e.g., used chemicals from laboratory operations)

G23 Wastewater treatment (e.g., sludge, filter cake, etc., including wastes from treatment before discharge by NPDES or

POTW or by UIC disposal)

G24 Solvent or product distillation as part of a production process (including totally enclosed treatment systems).  Does

not include batch treatment in a separate process.

G25 Treatment, disposal, or recycling of hazardous wastes – indicate in Item H the management method (enter the

related H code) that produced the residuals  

G26   Leachate collection (from landfill operations or other land units)

G27 Treatment or recovery of universal waste
Source Codes

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Wastes From Spills and Accidental Releases

Code Source Code Description

G31 Accidental contamination of products, materials, or containers (other than G11)

G32 Cleanup of spill residues (infrequent, not routine)

G33 Leak collection and floor sweeping (on‐going, routine)

G39 Other cleanup of current contamination (specify in comments)

Wastes From Remediation of Past Contamination

Code Source Code Description

G41 Closure of hazardous waste management unit under RCRA

G42 Corrective action at a solid waste management unit under RCRA

G43 Remedial action or emergency response under Superfund

G44 Cleanup under State or voluntary program

G45 Cleanup of underground storage tank  

G49 Other remediation (specify in comments)

Wastes Not Physically Generated On‐site

Code Source Code Description

G61 Hazardous waste received from off‐site for storage/bulking and transfer off‐site for treatment or disposal

For

codes

G63‐

G75

Hazardous waste received from a foreign country (other than a foreign Department of Defense site, Maquiladora,

U.S. territory or protectorate).  This site was the generator of record and is the U.S. Importer.

Enter the appropriate code from the list below ‐  

G63 Hazardous waste received from Antarctica

G64 Hazardous waste received from Aruba

G65 Hazardous waste received from Bahamas

G66 Hazardous waste received from Belgium

G67 Hazardous waste received from Brazil

G68 Hazardous waste received from Canada

G69 Hazardous waste received from Holland

G70 Hazardous waste received from Malaysia

G71 Hazardous waste received from Mexico

G72 Hazardous waste received from New Zealand

G73 Hazardous waste received from Taiwan

G74 Hazardous waste received from Venezuela

G75 Hazardous waste received from other foreign country – see Comments for country name
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FORM CODES

Form codes describe the general physical and chemical characteristics of a hazardous waste.  Review the

groups and pick the appropriate code.

Mixed Media/Debris/Devices – Waste that is a mixture of organic and inorganic wastes, liquid and solid wastes, or

devices that are not easily categorized

Code Form Code Description

W001 Lab packs from any source not containing acute hazardous waste

W002 Contaminated debris (see definition at 40 CFR 268.2(g) and requirements at 40 CFR 268.45); for example, certain

paper, clothing, rags, wood, empty fiber or plastic containers, glass, piping, or other solids

W004 Lab packs from any source containing acute hazardous waste

W005 Waste pharmaceuticals managed as hazardous waste

W301 Contaminated soil (usually from spill cleanup, demolition, or remediation); see also W512

W309 Batteries, battery parts, cores, casings (lead‐acid or other types)

W310 Filters, solid adsorbents, ion exchange resins and spent carbon (usually from production, intermittent processes, or

remediation)

W320 Electrical devices (lamps, fluorescent lamps, or thermostats usually containing mercury; CRTs containing lead; etc.)

W512 Sediment or lagoon dragout, drilling or other muds (wet or muddy soils); see also W301

W801 Compressed gases of any type

Inorganic Liquids – Waste that is primarily inorganic and highly fluid (e.g., aqueous), with low suspended inorganic

solids and low organic content

Code Form Code Description

W101 Very dilute aqueous waste containing more than 99% water (land disposal restriction defined wastewater that is not

exempt under NPDES or POTW discharge)

W103 Spent concentrated acid (5% or more)

W105 Acidic aqueous wastes less than 5% acid (diluted but pH <2)

W107 Aqueous waste containing cyanides (generally caustic)

W110 Caustic aqueous waste without cyanides (pH >12.5)

W113 Other aqueous waste or wastewaters (fluid but not sludge)

W117 Waste liquid mercury (metallic)

W119 Other inorganic liquid (specify in comments)

Organic Liquids – Waste that is primarily organic and is highly fluid, with low inorganic solids contents and low‐to‐

moderate water content

Code Form Code Description

W200 Still bottoms in liquid form (fluid but not sludge)

W202 Concentrated halogenated (e.g., chlorinated) solvent

W203 Concentrated non‐halogenated (e.g., non‐chlorinated) solvent

W204 Concentrated halogenated/non‐halogenated solvent mixture

W205 Oil‐water emulsion or mixture (fluid but not sludge)

W206 Waste oil managed as hazardous waste

W209 Paint, ink, lacquer, or varnish (fluid – not dried out or sludge)

W210 Reactive or polymerizable organic liquids and adhesives (fluid but not sludge)

W211 Paint thinner or petroleum distillates

W219 Other organic liquid (specify in comments)
Form Codes

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Inorganic Solids – Waste that is primarily inorganic and solid, with low organic content and low‐to‐moderate water

content; not pumpable

Code Form Code Description

W303 Ash (from any type of burning of hazardous waste)

W304 Slags, drosses, and other solid thermal residues

W307 Metal scale, filings and scrap (including metal drums)

W312 Cyanide or metal cyanide bearing solids, salts or chemicals

W316 Metal salts or chemicals not containing cyanides

W319 Other inorganic solids (specify in comments)

Organic Solids – Waste that is primarily organic and solid, with low‐to‐moderate inorganic content and water

content; not pumpable

Code Form Code Description

W401 Pesticide solids (used or discarded – not contaminated soils – W301)

W403 Solid resins, plastics or polymerized organics

W405 Explosives or reactive organic solids

W406 Dried paint (paint chips, filters, air filters, other)

W409 Other organic solids (specify in comments)

Inorganic Sludges – Waste that is primarily inorganic, with moderate‐to‐high water content and low organic

content; mostly pumpable

Code Form Code Description

W501 Lime and/or metal hydroxide sludges and solids with no cyanides (not contaminated muds – W512)

W503 Gypsum sludges from wastewater treatment or air pollution control

W504 Other sludges from wastewater treatment or air pollution control

W505 Metal bearing sludges (including plating sludge) not containing cyanides

W506 Cyanide‐bearing sludges (not contaminated soils – W512)

W519 Other inorganic sludges (not contaminated muds – W512; specify in comments)

Organic Sludges – Waste that is primarily organic with low‐to‐moderate inorganic solids content and water

content; pumpable

Code Form Code Description

W603 Oily sludge (not contaminated muds – W512)

W604 Paint or ink sludges, still bottoms in sludge form (not contaminated muds – W512)

W606 Resins, tars, polymer or tarry sludge (not contaminated muds – W512)

W609 Other organic sludge (specify in comments)
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MANAGEMENT METHOD CODES

Management method codes describe the type of hazardous waste management system used to treat,

recover, or dispose a hazardous waste.  Select the final substantive method used.  Review the groups

and pick the appropriate code.

Reclamation and Recovery

Code Management Method Code Description

H010 Metals recovery including retorting, smelting, chemical, etc.

H020 Solvents recovery (distillation, extraction, etc.)

H039 Other recovery or reclamation for reuse including acid regeneration, organics recovery, etc. (specify in comments)

H050 Energy recovery at this site – used as fuel (includes on‐site fuel blending before energy recovery; report only this

code)

H061 Fuel blending prior to energy recovery at another site (waste generated on‐site or received from off‐site)

Destruction or Treatment Prior to Disposal at Another Site

Code Management Method Code Description Comparison to previous 2011

Codes

H040 Incineration – thermal destruction other than use as a fuel (includes any

preparation prior to burning)

[No change]

H070 Chemical treatment (reduction/destruction/oxidation/precipitation); do not

include immediate treatment in an exempt wastewater treatment unit with

discharge to a NPDES‐POTW (unless required by state)  

Includes previous H071, H073,

H075, H076, and H077

H081 Biological treatment; do not include immediate treatment in an exempted

wastewater treatment unit with discharge to a NPDES‐POTW (unless required by

state)  

[No change]

H100 Physical treatment only

(adsorption/absorption/separation/stripping/dewatering); do not include

immediate treatment in an exempted wastewater treatment unit with discharge

to a NPDES‐POTW (unless required by state)  

Includes previous H082, H083,

H101, H103, H123, and H124

H110 Stabilization prior to land disposal at another site  

(encapsulation/stabilization/fixation)

Includes previous H111 and

H112

H120 Combination of chemical, biological, and/or physical treatment; do not include

immediate treatment in an exempted wastewater treatment unit with discharge

to a NPDES‐POTW (unless required by state)

New code

H121 Neutralization only (no other treatment) [No change]

H122 Evaporation (as the major component of treatment; not reportable as H070,

H081, H100 or H120)

[No change]

H129 Other treatment that does not include onsite disposal (specify in comments) [No change]

Disposal

Code Management Method Code Description

H131 Land treatment or application (to include any prior treatment and/or stabilization)

H132 Landfill or surface impoundment that will be closed as landfill (to include prior treatment and/or stabilization)

H134 Deepwell or underground injection (with or without treatment; this waste was counted as hazardous waste)

H135 Discharge to sewer/POTW or NPDES(with prior storage – with or without treatment)
Management Method Codes

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Transfer Off‐site

Code Management Method Code Description

H141 The site receiving this waste stored/bulked and transferred the waste with no treatment or recovery (H010‐H129),

fuel blending (H061), or disposal (H131‐H135) at that receiving site.  Do not use this code on GM Form in Section 1 –

Item D or in Section 2.
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WASTE MINIMIZATION CODES

The following codes provide a description of existing or new waste minimization efforts undertaken to

reduce the volume and/or toxicity of hazardous waste generated at the facility.

You may provide in the Comments section any additional information (including toxicity and quantity

reductions to the extent that data are available) that will help EPA and the states understand your

efforts to prevent pollution, minimize waste, or recycle in regards to this waste stream. Additionally, you

may explain in the Comments section why your efforts were either successful or unsuccessful or why

you did not implement waste minimization efforts for this reporting year.

The facility initiated waste minimization efforts prior to 2013 and continued these efforts during the 2013

reporting year for this hazardous waste  

Code Description Examples

A Continued initiatives to reduce quantity and/or toxicity

of this waste

• Improved production/synthesis processes, e.g.,

increased efficiency in product usage/product

formulation, used less toxic or non‐hazardous

ingredients, modified product composition, or

implemented technology conversion.

• Modified equipment, layout, and/or piping, e.g., longer

auto bath analyzers, wastewater treatment system

upgraded.

• Undertook inventory control/waste management

processes or safety/good operating practices, e.g.,

materials shelf‐life control, clearinghouse for materials

exchange, better labeling procedures, improved

maintenance scheduling/record keeping/procedures,

control production schedule to minimize equipment

and feedstock changeovers, bulk systems that replace

drums, improved storage, spill/leak/accident

prevention, cleaning/degreasing, etc.

B Continued initiatives to recycle the waste either on‐site

or off‐site

The waste was used, reused, or reclaimed as a result of a

change in the product formulation, product’s chemical

ingredients, or equipment; materials management

process with a goal of sustainable use of materials, etc.

The facility initiated waste minimization efforts during the 2013 reporting year for this hazardous waste

C Implemented new initiatives to reduce quantity and/or

toxicity of this waste

See examples above for Code A.

D Implemented new initiatives to recycle the waste either

on‐site or off‐site

See examples above for Code B.

The facility examined or attempted waste minimization efforts for this hazardous waste, but determined it was

impracticable to implement these efforts; or the facility did not attempt waste minimization efforts for this

waste

N Waste minimization efforts found to be economically or

technically impracticable

Economic constraints or not economically feasible;

technical limitations of manufacturing operations,

problems preventing or halting efforts (e.g., concern of

declined product quality); not appearing to be feasible

due to regulatory issues (e.g., permitting requirements

or burdens); lack of available technology, etc.

X No waste minimization efforts were implemented for

this waste

The waste was received from off‐site and was not

generated at this location; the waste is infrequently

generated.
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