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How do I identify a dangerous waste stream?

A waste stream can be thought of as a single waste or group of similar types of waste from one or more processes. You will need to fill out a GM or WR Form for each fully regulated waste stream you generate or receive.

Possible characteristics of a single waste stream are:

• It may only have State waste codes, for example WT02 and/or WP02.
• It may only have EPA waste codes, for example D001 and/or F003.
• It may be a combination of  EPA and State waste codes, for example D001, F003 and WT02.
• It designates either as DW or EHW, not both. Report a waste stream that is sometimes EHW and sometimes DW as two separate waste streams on separate GM or WR Forms.
  • When the waste stream is D001, F003, and WT02 it is one waste stream, and
  • When the waste stream is D001, F003, and WT01 it is a different waste stream.
• Either is a mixed radioactive waste or is not.  Do not combine mixed radioactive waste (see Definitions) with non-radioactive waste in the same waste stream.  Report them on different GM or WR Forms.
• It has only one Source Code, Form Code, and Origin Code.

Follow the guidelines listed above and use your best judgment to decide what an individual waste stream is.  In certain instances, the available reporting codes may not allow you to describe your waste as well as you would like.