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Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (SOR/2021-25)

Regulations are current to 2024-10-14 and last amended on 2021-10-31. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 12(Clause 78(1)(a)(iii)(I) and Schedules 3 and 4)

PART 1

Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material from Non-Specific Sources

Column 1Column 2
ItemCodeDescription of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material
1F001The following spent halogenated solvents used in degreasing: tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride, 1,1,1 trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride and chlorinated fluorocarbons; all spent solvent mixtures and blends used in degreasing containing, before use, a total of 10% or more (by volume) of one or more of the above halogenated solvents or those solvents listed as F002, F004 or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of those spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures.
2F002The following spent halogenated solvents: tetrachloroethylene, methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, 1,1,1 trichloroethane, chlorobenzene, 1,1,2 trichloro 1,2,2 trifluoroethane, ortho dichlorobenzene, trichlorofluoromethane and 1,1,2-trichloroethane; all spent solvent mixtures and blends containing, before use, a total of 10% or more (by volume) of one or more of the above halogenated solvents or those listed as F001, F004 or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of those spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures.
3F003The following spent non-halogenated solvents: xylenes, acetone, ethyl acetate, ethyl benzene, ethyl ether, methyl isobutyl ketone, n butyl alcohol, cyclohexanone and methanol; all spent solvent mixtures and blends containing, before use, only the above spent non-halogenated solvents; and all spent solvent mixtures and blends containing, before use, one or more of the above spent non-halogenated solvents, and a total of 10% or more (by volume) of one or more of those solvents listed as F001, F002, F004 or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of those spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures.
4F004The following spent non-halogenated solvents: cresols, cresylic acid and nitrobenzene; all spent solvent mixtures and blends containing, before use, a total of 10% or more (by volume) of one or more of the above spent non-halogenated solvents or those solvents listed as F001, F002 or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of those spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures.
5F005The following spent non-halogenated solvents: toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, carbon disulphide, isobutanol, pyridine, benzene, 2-ethoxyethanol and 2-nitropropane; all spent solvent mixtures and blends containing, before use, a total of 10% or more (by volume) of one or more of the above spent non-halogenated solvents or those solvents listed as F001, F002 or F004; and still bottoms from the recovery of those spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures.
6F006Wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating operations except for the following processes: (1) sulphuric acid anodizing of aluminum; (2) tin plating on carbon steel; (3) zinc plating (on a segregated basis) on carbon steel; (4) aluminum or aluminum zinc plating on carbon steel; (5) cleaning or stripping associated with tin, zinc or aluminum plating on carbon steel; and (6) chemical etching and milling of aluminum.
7F007Spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating operations.
8F008Plating bath sludge from the bottom of plating baths from electroplating operations if cyanides are used in the process.
9F009Spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating operations if cyanides are used in the process.
10F010Quenching bath sludge from oil baths from metal heat treating operations if cyanides are used in the process.
11F011Spent cyanide solutions from salt bath pot cleaning from metal heat treating operations.
12F012Quenching wastewater treatment sludge from metal heat treating operations if cyanides are used in the process.
13F019Wastewater treatment sludge from the chemical conversion coating of aluminum except from zirconium phosphating in aluminum can washing if the phosphating is an exclusive conversion coating process.
14F020Waste from the production or manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical intermediate or component in a formulating process) of tri- or tetrachlorophenol or of intermediates used to produce their pesticide derivatives, excluding wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride purification and waste from the production of hexachlorophene from highly purified 2,4,5-trichlorophenol.
15F021Waste from the production or manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical intermediate or component in a formulating process) of pentachlorophenol or of intermediates used to produce its derivatives, excluding wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride purification.
16F022Waste from the manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical intermediate or component in a formulating process) of tetra-, penta- or hexachlorobenzenes under alkaline conditions, excluding wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride purification.
17F023Waste from the production of material on equipment previously used for the production or manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical intermediate or component in a formulating process) of tri- and tetrachlorophenols, excluding wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride purification and waste from equipment used only for the production or use of hexachlorophene from highly purified 2,4,5-trichlorophenol.
18F024Process waste, including distillation residues, heavy ends, tars and reactor clean-out waste from the production of certain chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by free radical catalyzed processes, the chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons being those having carbon chain lengths ranging from 1 to 5, with varying amounts and positions of chlorine substitution, and excluding wastewaters, wastewater treatment sludge, spent catalysts and waste set out in this Schedule.
19F025Condensed light ends, spent filters and filter aids, and spent desiccant waste from the production of certain chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, by free radical catalyzed processes, the chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons being those having carbon chain lengths ranging from 1 to 5, with varying amounts and positions of chlorine substitution.
20F026Waste from the production of material on equipment previously used for the manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical intermediate or component in a formulating process) of tetra-, penta- or hexachlorobenzene under alkaline conditions, excluding wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride purification.
21F027Discarded unused formulations containing tri-, tetra- or pentachlorophenol or discarded unused formulations containing compounds derived from those chlorophenols, excluding formulations containing hexachlorophene synthesized from prepurified 2,4,5-trichlorophenol as the sole component.
22F028Residues resulting from incineration or treatment of soil contaminated with waste listed as F020, F021, F022, F023, F026 or F027.
23F032Wastewaters, spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at plants that currently use or have previously used chlorophenolic formulations, process residuals and preservative drippage, except wastewaters that have not come into contact with process contaminants, spent formulations that potentially cross-contaminated waste from wood preserving processes at plants that do not resume or initiate use of chlorophenolic preservatives, and bottom sediment sludge listed in Part 2 as K001.
24F034Wastewaters, process residuals, preservative drippage and spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at plants that use creosote formulations, excluding bottom sediment sludge listed in Part 2 as K001 and wastewaters that have not come into contact with process contaminants.
25F035Wastewaters, process residuals, preservative drippage and spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at plants that use inorganic preservatives containing arsenic or chromium, excluding bottom sediment sludge listed in Part 2 as K001 and wastewaters that have not come into contact with process contaminants.
26F037Petroleum refinery primary oil, water and solids separation sludge; sludge generated from the gravitational separation of oil, water and solids during the storage or treatment of process wastewaters and oil cooling wastewaters from petroleum refineries, including those generated in oil, water and solids separators, tanks and impoundments, ditches and other conveyances, sumps and stormwater units receiving dry weather flow; sludge generated in stormwater units that do not receive dry weather flow; sludge generated from non-contact once-through cooling waters segregated for treatment from other processes or oily cooling waters; sludge generated in biological treatment units that employ one of the following treatment methods: activated sludge, trickling filter, rotating biological contactor for the continuous accelerated biological oxidation of wastewaters, or high-rate aeration (including sludge generated in one or more additional units after wastewaters have been treated in biological treatment units). Waste listed in Part 2 as K051 is excluded.
27F038Petroleum refinery secondary (emulsified) oil, water and solids separation sludge; sludge or float generated from the physical or chemical separation of oil, water and solids in process wastewaters and oily cooling wastewaters from petroleum refineries, including sludge and floats generated in induced air flotation (IAF) units, tanks and impoundments, and in dissolved air flotation (DAF) units; sludge generated in stormwater units that do not receive dry weather flow; sludge generated from non-contact once-through cooling waters segregated for treatment from other processes or oily cooling water; sludge and float generated in biological treatment units that employ one of the following treatment methods: activated sludge, trickling filter, rotating biological contactor for the continuous accelerated biological oxidation of wastewaters, or high-rate aeration (including sludge and float generated in one or more additional units after wastewaters have been treated in a biological treatment unit). Waste listed as F037, or in Part 2 as K048 or K051, is excluded.
28F039Leachate (liquids that percolated through land disposed waste) resulting from the disposal of more than one waste classified as a hazardous waste by being included in this Schedule.

PART 2

Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material from Specific Sources

Column 1Column 2
ItemCodeDescription of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material
Wood Preservation
1K001Bottom sediment sludge from the treatment of wastewaters from wood preserving processes that use creosote or pentachlorophenol or both.
Inorganic Pigments
2K002Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chrome yellow and orange pigments.
3K003Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of molybdate orange pigments.
4K004Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of zinc yellow pigments.
5K005Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chrome green pigments.
6K006Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chromeoxide green pigments (anhydrous and hydrated).
7K007Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of iron blue pigments.
8K008Oven residue from the production of chromeoxide green pigments.
Organic Chemicals
9K009Distillation bottoms from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene.
10K010Distillation side cuts from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene.
11K011Bottom stream from the wastewater stripper in the production of acrylonitrile.
12K013Bottom stream from the acetonitrile column in the production of acrylonitrile.
13K014Bottoms from the acetonitrile purification column in the production of acrylonitrile.
14K015Still bottoms from the distillation of benzylchloride.
15K016Heavy ends or distillation residues from the production of carbon tetrachloride.
16K017Heavy ends (still bottoms) from the purification column in the production of epichlorohydrin.
17K018Heavy ends from the fractionation column in ethyl chloride production.
18K019Heavy ends from the distillation of ethylene dichloride in ethylene dichloride production.
19K020Heavy ends from the distillation of vinyl chloride in vinyl chloride monomer production.
20K021Aqueous spent antimony catalyst waste from fluoromethanes production.
21K022Distillation bottom tars from the production of phenol and acetone from cumene.
22K023Distillation light ends from the production of phthalic anhydride from naphthalene.
23K024Distillation bottoms from the production of phthalic anhydride from naphthalene.
24K025Distillation bottoms from the production of nitrobenzene by the nitration of benzene.
25K026Stripping still tails from the production of methyl ethyl pyridines.
26K027Centrifuge and distillation residues from toluene diisocyanate production.
27K028Spent catalyst from the hydrochlorinator reactor in the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane.
28K029Waste from the product stream stripper in the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane.
29K030Column bottoms or heavy ends from the combined production of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene.
30K083Distillation bottoms from aniline production.
31K085Distillation or fractionating column bottoms from the production of chlorobenzenes.
32K093Distillation light ends from the production of phthalic anhydride from ortho-xylene.
33K094Distillation bottoms from the production of phthalic anhydride from ortho-xylene.
34K095Distillation bottoms from the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane.
35K096Heavy ends from the heavy ends columns from the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane.
36K103Process residues from aniline extraction from the production of aniline.
37K104Combined wastewater streams from nitrobenzene and aniline production.
38K105Separated aqueous stream from the reactor product washing step in the production of chlorobenzene.
39K107Column bottoms from product separation from the production of 1,1-dimethyl-hydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazines.
40K108Condensed column overheads from product separation and condensed reactor vent gases from the production of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides.
41K109Spent filter cartridges from product purification from the production of 1,1- dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides.
42K110Condensed column overheads from intermediate separation from the production of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides.
43K111Product washwaters from the production of dinitrotoluene via nitration of toluene.
44K112Reaction by-product water from the drying column in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene.
45K113Condensed liquid light ends from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene.
46K114Vicinals from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene.
47K115Heavy ends from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene.
48K116Organic condensate from the solvent recovery column in the production of toluene diisocyanate via phosgenation of toluenediamine.
49K117Wastewater from the reactor vent gas scrubber in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene.
50K118Spent adsorbent solids from the purification of ethylene dibromide in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene.
51K136Still bottoms from the purification of ethylene dibromide in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene.
52K140Floor sweepings, off-specification product and spent filter media from the production of 2,4,6-tribromophenol.
53K149Distillation bottoms from the production of alpha- (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring- chlorinated toluenes, benzoyl chlorides and compounds with mixtures of those functional groups, excluding still bottoms from the distillation of benzyl chloride.
54K150Organic residuals, excluding spent carbon adsorbent, from the spent chlorine gas and hydrochloric acid recovery processes associated with the production of alpha- (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring-chlorinated toluenes, benzoyl chlorides and compounds with mixtures of those functional groups.
55K151Wastewater treatment sludge generated during the treatment of wastewaters from the production of alpha- (or methyl-) chlorinated toluenes, ring-chlorinated toluenes, benzoyl chlorides and compounds with mixtures of those functional groups, excluding neutralization and biological sludge.
56K156Organic waste (including heavy ends, still bottoms, light ends, spent solvents, filtrates and decantates) from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, excluding waste generated from the manufacture of 3-iodo-2-propynyl n-butylcarbamate.
57K157Wastewaters (including scrubber waters, condenser waters, washwaters and separation waters) from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, excluding waste generated from the manufacture of 3-iodo-2-propynyl n-butylcarbamate.
58K158Bag house dusts and filter or separation solids from the production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes, excluding waste generated from the manufacture of 3-iodo-2-propynyl n-butylcarbamate.
59K159Organics from the treatment of thiocarbamate waste.
60K161Purification solids (including filtration, evaporation and centrifugation solids), bag house dust and floor sweepings from the production of dithiocarbamate acids and their salts, excluding substances listed as K125 or K126.
Inorganic chemicals
61K071Brine purification sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production if separately prepurified brine is not used.
62K073Chlorinated hydrocarbon waste from the purification step of the diaphragm cell process using graphite anodes in chlorine production.
63K106Wastewater treatment sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production.
Pesticides
64K031By-product salts generated in the production of monosodium acid methanearsonate (MSMA) and cacodylic acid.
65K032Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chlordane.
66K033Wastewater and scrub water from the chlorination of cyclopentadiene in the production of chlordane.
67K034Filter solids from the filtration of hexachlorocyclopentadiene in the production of chlordane.
68K035Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of creosote.
69K036Still bottoms from toluene reclamation distillation in the production of disulfoton.
70K037Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of disulfoton.
71K038Wastewater from the washing and stripping of phorate production.
72K039Filter cake from the filtration of diethylphosphorodithioic acid in the production of phorate.
73K040Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of phorate.
74K041Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of toxaphene.
75K042Heavy ends or distillation residues from the distillation of tetrachlorobenzene in the production of 2,4,5 T.
76K0432,6 Dichlorophenol waste from the production of 2,4 D.
77K097Vacuum stripper discharge from the chlordane chlorinator in the production of chlordane.
78K098Untreated process wastewater from the production of toxaphene.
79K099Untreated wastewater from the production of 2,4 D.
80K123Process wastewater, including supernates, filtrates and washwaters, from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts.
81K124Reactor vent scrubber water from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts.
82K125Filtration, evaporation and centrifugation solids from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts.
83K126Baghouse dust and floor sweepings in milling and packaging operations from the production or formulation of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts.
84K131Wastewater from the reactor and spent sulfuric acid from the acid dryer from the production of methyl bromide.
85K132Spent absorbent and wastewater separator solids from the production of methyl bromide.
Explosives
86K044Wastewater treatment sludge from the manufacturing and processing of explosives.
87K045Spent carbon from the treatment of wastewater containing explosives.
88K046Wastewater treatment sludge from the manufacturing, formulation and loading of lead based initiating compounds.
89K047Pink and red water from the production of TNT.
Petroleum refining
90K048Dissolved air flotation (DAF) float from the petroleum refining industry.
91K049Slop oil emulsion solids from the petroleum refining industry.
92K050Heat exchanger bundle cleaning sludge from the petroleum refining industry.
93K051American Petroleum Institute (API) separator sludge from the petroleum refining industry.
94K052Tanks bottoms (leaded) from the petroleum refining industry.
95K169Crude oil storage tank sediment from refining petroleum.
96K170Clarified slurry oil tank sediment and in-line filter or separation solids from refining petroleum.
97K171Spent hydrotreating catalyst from refining petroleum, including guard beds used to desulfurize feeds to other catalytic reactors, excluding inert support media.
98K172Spent hydrorefining catalyst from refining petroleum, including guard beds used to desulfurize feeds to other catalytic reactors, excluding inert support media.
Iron and steel
99K061Emission control dust and sludge from the primary production of steel in electric furnaces.
100K062Spent pickle liquor from steel finishing operations of facilities within the iron and steel industry at steel works, blast furnaces (including coke ovens), rolling mills, iron and steel foundries, gray and ductile iron foundries, malleable iron foundries, steel investment foundries or other miscellaneous steel foundries, or at facilities in the electrometallurgical products (except steel) industry, steel wiredrawing and steel nails and spikes industry, coldrolled steel sheet, strip and bars industry or steel pipes and tubes industry.
Primary copper
101K064Acid plant blowdown slurry and sludge resulting from the thickening of blowdown slurry from primary copper production.
Primary lead
102K065Surface impoundment solids contained in and dredged from surface impoundments at primary lead smelting facilities.
Primary zinc
103K066Sludge from treatment of process wastewater and acid plant blowdown from primary zinc production.
Primary aluminum
104K088Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction.
Ferroalloys
105K090Emission control dust or sludge from ferrochromiumsilicon production.
106K091Emission control dust or sludge from ferrochromium production.
Secondary lead
107K069Emission control dust and sludge from secondary lead smelting.
108K100Waste leaching solution from acid leaching of emission control dust and sludge from secondary lead smelting.
Veterinary pharmaceuticals
109K084Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds.
110K101Distillation tar residues from the distillation of aniline based compounds in the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds.
111K102Residue from the use of activated carbon for decolourization in the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds.
Ink formulation
112K086Solvent washes and sludge, caustic washes and sludge or water washes and sludge from cleaning tubs and equipment used in the formulation of ink from pigments, driers, soaps and stabilizers containing chromium and lead.
Coking
113K060Ammonia still lime sludge from coking operations.
114K087Decanter tank tar sludge from coking operations.
115K141Process residues from the recovery of coal tar, including collecting sump residues from the production of coke from coal and the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal, excluding waste listed as K087.
116K142Tar storage tank residues from the production of coke from coal or from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal.
117K143Process residues from the recovery of light oil, including those generated in stills, decanters and wash oil recovery units from the recovery of coke by- products produced from coal.
118K144Wastewater sump residues from light oil refining, including intercepting or contamination sump sludge from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal.
119K145Residues from naphthalene collection and recovery operations from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal.
120K147Tar storage tank residues from coal tar refining.
121K148Residues from coal tar distillation, including still bottoms.
 

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