Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (SOR/2021-25)
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Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 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 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | Description of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material |
| 1 | F001 | The 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. |
| 2 | F002 | The 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. |
| 3 | F003 | The 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. |
| 4 | F004 | The 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. |
| 5 | F005 | The 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. |
| 6 | F006 | Wastewater 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. |
| 7 | F007 | Spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating operations. |
| 8 | F008 | Plating bath sludge from the bottom of plating baths from electroplating operations if cyanides are used in the process. |
| 9 | F009 | Spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating operations if cyanides are used in the process. |
| 10 | F010 | Quenching bath sludge from oil baths from metal heat treating operations if cyanides are used in the process. |
| 11 | F011 | Spent cyanide solutions from salt bath pot cleaning from metal heat treating operations. |
| 12 | F012 | Quenching wastewater treatment sludge from metal heat treating operations if cyanides are used in the process. |
| 13 | F019 | Wastewater 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. |
| 14 | F020 | Waste 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. |
| 15 | F021 | Waste 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. |
| 16 | F022 | Waste 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. |
| 17 | F023 | Waste 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. |
| 18 | F024 | Process 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. |
| 19 | F025 | Condensed 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. |
| 20 | F026 | Waste 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. |
| 21 | F027 | Discarded 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. |
| 22 | F028 | Residues resulting from incineration or treatment of soil contaminated with waste listed as F020, F021, F022, F023, F026 or F027. |
| 23 | F032 | Wastewaters, 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. |
| 24 | F034 | Wastewaters, 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. |
| 25 | F035 | Wastewaters, 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. |
| 26 | F037 | Petroleum 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. |
| 27 | F038 | Petroleum 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. |
| 28 | F039 | Leachate (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 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | Description of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material |
| Wood Preservation | ||
| 1 | K001 | Bottom sediment sludge from the treatment of wastewaters from wood preserving processes that use creosote or pentachlorophenol or both. |
| Inorganic Pigments | ||
| 2 | K002 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chrome yellow and orange pigments. |
| 3 | K003 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of molybdate orange pigments. |
| 4 | K004 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of zinc yellow pigments. |
| 5 | K005 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chrome green pigments. |
| 6 | K006 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chromeoxide green pigments (anhydrous and hydrated). |
| 7 | K007 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of iron blue pigments. |
| 8 | K008 | Oven residue from the production of chromeoxide green pigments. |
| Organic Chemicals | ||
| 9 | K009 | Distillation bottoms from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene. |
| 10 | K010 | Distillation side cuts from the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene. |
| 11 | K011 | Bottom stream from the wastewater stripper in the production of acrylonitrile. |
| 12 | K013 | Bottom stream from the acetonitrile column in the production of acrylonitrile. |
| 13 | K014 | Bottoms from the acetonitrile purification column in the production of acrylonitrile. |
| 14 | K015 | Still bottoms from the distillation of benzylchloride. |
| 15 | K016 | Heavy ends or distillation residues from the production of carbon tetrachloride. |
| 16 | K017 | Heavy ends (still bottoms) from the purification column in the production of epichlorohydrin. |
| 17 | K018 | Heavy ends from the fractionation column in ethyl chloride production. |
| 18 | K019 | Heavy ends from the distillation of ethylene dichloride in ethylene dichloride production. |
| 19 | K020 | Heavy ends from the distillation of vinyl chloride in vinyl chloride monomer production. |
| 20 | K021 | Aqueous spent antimony catalyst waste from fluoromethanes production. |
| 21 | K022 | Distillation bottom tars from the production of phenol and acetone from cumene. |
| 22 | K023 | Distillation light ends from the production of phthalic anhydride from naphthalene. |
| 23 | K024 | Distillation bottoms from the production of phthalic anhydride from naphthalene. |
| 24 | K025 | Distillation bottoms from the production of nitrobenzene by the nitration of benzene. |
| 25 | K026 | Stripping still tails from the production of methyl ethyl pyridines. |
| 26 | K027 | Centrifuge and distillation residues from toluene diisocyanate production. |
| 27 | K028 | Spent catalyst from the hydrochlorinator reactor in the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane. |
| 28 | K029 | Waste from the product stream stripper in the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane. |
| 29 | K030 | Column bottoms or heavy ends from the combined production of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene. |
| 30 | K083 | Distillation bottoms from aniline production. |
| 31 | K085 | Distillation or fractionating column bottoms from the production of chlorobenzenes. |
| 32 | K093 | Distillation light ends from the production of phthalic anhydride from ortho-xylene. |
| 33 | K094 | Distillation bottoms from the production of phthalic anhydride from ortho-xylene. |
| 34 | K095 | Distillation bottoms from the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane. |
| 35 | K096 | Heavy ends from the heavy ends columns from the production of 1,1,1 trichloroethane. |
| 36 | K103 | Process residues from aniline extraction from the production of aniline. |
| 37 | K104 | Combined wastewater streams from nitrobenzene and aniline production. |
| 38 | K105 | Separated aqueous stream from the reactor product washing step in the production of chlorobenzene. |
| 39 | K107 | Column bottoms from product separation from the production of 1,1-dimethyl-hydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazines. |
| 40 | K108 | Condensed column overheads from product separation and condensed reactor vent gases from the production of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides. |
| 41 | K109 | Spent filter cartridges from product purification from the production of 1,1- dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides. |
| 42 | K110 | Condensed column overheads from intermediate separation from the production of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) from carboxylic acid hydrazides. |
| 43 | K111 | Product washwaters from the production of dinitrotoluene via nitration of toluene. |
| 44 | K112 | Reaction by-product water from the drying column in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene. |
| 45 | K113 | Condensed liquid light ends from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene. |
| 46 | K114 | Vicinals from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene. |
| 47 | K115 | Heavy ends from the purification of toluenediamine in the production of toluenediamine via hydrogenation of dinitrotoluene. |
| 48 | K116 | Organic condensate from the solvent recovery column in the production of toluene diisocyanate via phosgenation of toluenediamine. |
| 49 | K117 | Wastewater from the reactor vent gas scrubber in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene. |
| 50 | K118 | Spent adsorbent solids from the purification of ethylene dibromide in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene. |
| 51 | K136 | Still bottoms from the purification of ethylene dibromide in the production of ethylene dibromide via bromination of ethene. |
| 52 | K140 | Floor sweepings, off-specification product and spent filter media from the production of 2,4,6-tribromophenol. |
| 53 | K149 | Distillation 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. |
| 54 | K150 | Organic 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. |
| 55 | K151 | Wastewater 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. |
| 56 | K156 | Organic 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. |
| 57 | K157 | Wastewaters (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. |
| 58 | K158 | Bag 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. |
| 59 | K159 | Organics from the treatment of thiocarbamate waste. |
| 60 | K161 | Purification 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 | ||
| 61 | K071 | Brine purification sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production if separately prepurified brine is not used. |
| 62 | K073 | Chlorinated hydrocarbon waste from the purification step of the diaphragm cell process using graphite anodes in chlorine production. |
| 63 | K106 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production. |
| Pesticides | ||
| 64 | K031 | By-product salts generated in the production of monosodium acid methanearsonate (MSMA) and cacodylic acid. |
| 65 | K032 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of chlordane. |
| 66 | K033 | Wastewater and scrub water from the chlorination of cyclopentadiene in the production of chlordane. |
| 67 | K034 | Filter solids from the filtration of hexachlorocyclopentadiene in the production of chlordane. |
| 68 | K035 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of creosote. |
| 69 | K036 | Still bottoms from toluene reclamation distillation in the production of disulfoton. |
| 70 | K037 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of disulfoton. |
| 71 | K038 | Wastewater from the washing and stripping of phorate production. |
| 72 | K039 | Filter cake from the filtration of diethylphosphorodithioic acid in the production of phorate. |
| 73 | K040 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of phorate. |
| 74 | K041 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of toxaphene. |
| 75 | K042 | Heavy ends or distillation residues from the distillation of tetrachlorobenzene in the production of 2,4,5 T. |
| 76 | K043 | 2,6 Dichlorophenol waste from the production of 2,4 D. |
| 77 | K097 | Vacuum stripper discharge from the chlordane chlorinator in the production of chlordane. |
| 78 | K098 | Untreated process wastewater from the production of toxaphene. |
| 79 | K099 | Untreated wastewater from the production of 2,4 D. |
| 80 | K123 | Process wastewater, including supernates, filtrates and washwaters, from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts. |
| 81 | K124 | Reactor vent scrubber water from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts. |
| 82 | K125 | Filtration, evaporation and centrifugation solids from the production of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts. |
| 83 | K126 | Baghouse dust and floor sweepings in milling and packaging operations from the production or formulation of ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts. |
| 84 | K131 | Wastewater from the reactor and spent sulfuric acid from the acid dryer from the production of methyl bromide. |
| 85 | K132 | Spent absorbent and wastewater separator solids from the production of methyl bromide. |
| Explosives | ||
| 86 | K044 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the manufacturing and processing of explosives. |
| 87 | K045 | Spent carbon from the treatment of wastewater containing explosives. |
| 88 | K046 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the manufacturing, formulation and loading of lead based initiating compounds. |
| 89 | K047 | Pink and red water from the production of TNT. |
| Petroleum refining | ||
| 90 | K048 | Dissolved air flotation (DAF) float from the petroleum refining industry. |
| 91 | K049 | Slop oil emulsion solids from the petroleum refining industry. |
| 92 | K050 | Heat exchanger bundle cleaning sludge from the petroleum refining industry. |
| 93 | K051 | American Petroleum Institute (API) separator sludge from the petroleum refining industry. |
| 94 | K052 | Tanks bottoms (leaded) from the petroleum refining industry. |
| 95 | K169 | Crude oil storage tank sediment from refining petroleum. |
| 96 | K170 | Clarified slurry oil tank sediment and in-line filter or separation solids from refining petroleum. |
| 97 | K171 | Spent hydrotreating catalyst from refining petroleum, including guard beds used to desulfurize feeds to other catalytic reactors, excluding inert support media. |
| 98 | K172 | Spent hydrorefining catalyst from refining petroleum, including guard beds used to desulfurize feeds to other catalytic reactors, excluding inert support media. |
| Iron and steel | ||
| 99 | K061 | Emission control dust and sludge from the primary production of steel in electric furnaces. |
| 100 | K062 | Spent 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 | ||
| 101 | K064 | Acid plant blowdown slurry and sludge resulting from the thickening of blowdown slurry from primary copper production. |
| Primary lead | ||
| 102 | K065 | Surface impoundment solids contained in and dredged from surface impoundments at primary lead smelting facilities. |
| Primary zinc | ||
| 103 | K066 | Sludge from treatment of process wastewater and acid plant blowdown from primary zinc production. |
| Primary aluminum | ||
| 104 | K088 | Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction. |
| Ferroalloys | ||
| 105 | K090 | Emission control dust or sludge from ferrochromiumsilicon production. |
| 106 | K091 | Emission control dust or sludge from ferrochromium production. |
| Secondary lead | ||
| 107 | K069 | Emission control dust and sludge from secondary lead smelting. |
| 108 | K100 | Waste leaching solution from acid leaching of emission control dust and sludge from secondary lead smelting. |
| Veterinary pharmaceuticals | ||
| 109 | K084 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds. |
| 110 | K101 | Distillation tar residues from the distillation of aniline based compounds in the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds. |
| 111 | K102 | Residue from the use of activated carbon for decolourization in the production of veterinary pharmaceuticals from arsenic or organo arsenic compounds. |
| Ink formulation | ||
| 112 | K086 | Solvent 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 | ||
| 113 | K060 | Ammonia still lime sludge from coking operations. |
| 114 | K087 | Decanter tank tar sludge from coking operations. |
| 115 | K141 | Process 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. |
| 116 | K142 | Tar storage tank residues from the production of coke from coal or from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal. |
| 117 | K143 | Process 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. |
| 118 | K144 | Wastewater sump residues from light oil refining, including intercepting or contamination sump sludge from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal. |
| 119 | K145 | Residues from naphthalene collection and recovery operations from the recovery of coke by-products produced from coal. |
| 120 | K147 | Tar storage tank residues from coal tar refining. |
| 121 | K148 | Residues from coal tar distillation, including still bottoms. |
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