               Potential Hazardous Waste Determination Template
                   Draft Guidance for Making Determinations

                               List of Questions
                                Solid Waste #1
                                Solid Waste #2
                                Solid Waste #3 
                                Solid Waste #4 
Description of Material
                             Electroplating sludge
                                 Spent solvent
                                 Spent solvent
                             Production byproduct
                          Source of waste generation
                               Plating operation
                                   Printing
                               Auto body repair
                            Chemical manufacturing
Hazardous chemicals used in process? 
                                      Yes
                                      Yes
                                      Yes
                                      Yes
SDS for chemicals?
                                      Yes
                                      Yes
                                      No
                                      Yes
Potential for fire, reactivity, give off toxic vapors, corrosive?
                                      No
                                  Yes - fire
                                   Yes -fire
                               Yes- Toxic vapors
                       Is a chemical reaction involved?
                                      Yes
                                      No
                                      No
                                      Yes
Type of secondary material
                         Waste water treatment Sludge
                                Spent material
                                Spent material
                           Characteristic byproduct
Production process or materials fit any of the listing descriptions in §§ 261.31- 261.32, §261.33 (e) or (f)?
                                      Yes
                                      No
                                      No
                                      No
Process used to make HW determination
                     Knowledge of hazardous waste listing
                                    Testing
                                   Knowledge
                                    Testing
        If knowledge used, what was key reason in making determination
                       Review of hazardous waste listing
                                      N/A
                            Review of product label
                                      N/A
                   If testing used, was SW-846 method used?
                       If so, what was specific method?
                        Test results in operating file?
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                      N/A
                                      Yes
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                 Insert Method
                                       
                                      Yes
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                      N/A
                                       
                                      N/A
                                      Yes
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                 Insert Method
                                       
                                      Yes
                           Hazardous or solid waste?
                                Hazardous waste
                                  Solid waste
                                Hazardous waste
                                Hazardous waste
                       If HW, what is RCRA waste code? 
                                     F006
                                      N/A
                                     D001
                                      ??
                                       
