Md. Code Regs. 26.13.02.14 - Toxicity Characteristic

A. A solid waste, except manufactured gas plant waste, exhibits the characteristic of toxicity if, using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, Test Method 1311 in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", EPA Publication SW-846, which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.13.01.05 o A(4), the extract from a representative sample of the waste contains any of the contaminants listed in Table 1 at the concentration equal to or greater than the respective value given in that table. When the waste contains less than 0.5 percent filterable solids, the waste itself, after filtering using the methodology outlined in Test Method 1311, is considered to be the extract for the purpose of this section.

B. A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of toxicity has the EPA hazardous waste number specified in the following Table 1, which corresponds to the toxic contaminant causing it to be hazardous:

EPAHW No.1	Contaminant	CAS No.2	Regulatory Level (milligrams per liter)
D004	Arsenic	7440-38-2	5.0
D005	Barium	7440-39-3	100.0
D018	Benzene	71-43-2	0.5
D006	Cadmium	7440-43-9	1.0
D019	Carbon tetrachloride	56-23-5	0.5
D020	Chlordane	57-74-9	0.03
D021	Chlorobenzene	108-90-7	100.0
D022	Chloroform	67-66-3	6.0
D007	Chromium	7440-47-3	5.0
D023	o-Cresol	95-48-7	200.04
D024	m-Cresol	108-39-4	200.04
D025	p-Cresol	106-44-5	200.04
D026	Cresol	200.04
D016	2,4-D	94-75-7	10.0
D027	1,4-Dichlorobenzene	106-46-7	7.5
D028	1,2-Dichloroethane	107-06-2	0.5
D029	1,1-Dichloroethylene	75-35-4	0.7
D030	2,4-Dinitrotoluene	121-14-2	0.133
D012	Endrin	72-20-8	0.02
D031	Heptachlor (and its epoxide)	76-44-8	0.008
D032	Hexachlorobenzene	118-74-1	0.133
D033	Hexachlorobutadiene	87-68-3	0.5
D034	Hexachloroethane	67-72-1	3.0
D008	Lead	7439-92-1	5.0
D013	Lindane	58-89-9	0.4
D009	Mercury	7439-97-6	0.2
D014	Methoxychlor	72-43-5	10.0
D035	Methylethylketone	78-93-3	200.0
D036	Nitrobenzene	98-95-3	2.0
D037	Pentachlorophenol	87-86-5	100.0
D038	Pyridine	110-86-1	5.03
D010	Selenium	7782-49-2	1.0
D011	Silver	7440-22-4	5.0
D039	Tetrachloroethylene	127-18-4	0.7
D015	Toxaphene	8001-35-2	0.5
D040	Trichloroethylene	79-01-6	0.5
D041	2,4,5-Trichlorophenol	95-95-4	400.0
D042	2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	88-06-2	2.0
D017	2,4,5-TP (Silvex)	93-72-1	1.0
D043	Vinyl chloride	75-01-4	0.2

¹ Hazardous waste number.

² Chemical Abstracts Service number.

³ Quantitation limit is greater than the calculated regulatory level. The quantitation limit, therefore, becomes the regulatory level.

⁴ If o-, m-, and p-cresol concentrations cannot be differentiated, the total cresol (D026) concentration is used. The regulatory level of total cresol is 200 milligrams per liter.

C. Clarification Concerning Manufactured Gas Plant Waste. Manufactured gas plant waste that would exhibit the characteristic of toxicity in the absence of the exception provided in §A of this regulation may not be managed in a landfill that is permitted, licensed, or registered to manage municipal solid waste.

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 26.13.02.14

Regulations .14 adopted as an emergency provision effective November 18, 1980 (7:25 Md. R. S-1); adopted permanently effective April 3, 1981 (8:7 Md. R. 642)
Regulation .14E amended effective April 18, 1988 (15:8 Md. R. 1009)
Regulation .14 repealed and new Regulation .14 adopted effective December 23, 1991 (18:25 Md. R. 2759)
Regulation .14 amended effective May 1, 2008 (35:8 Md. R. 809)