Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1007 - Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
6 CCR 1007-3 - HAZARDOUS WASTE
Part 261 - HAZARDOUS WASTE - IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Subpart C - Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
Section 6 CCR 1007-3-261.23 - Characteristic of reactivity

Universal Citation: 1000 CO Code Regs 6 CCR 1007-3-261.23

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

(a) A solid waste exhibits the characteristic of reactivity if a representative sample of the waste has any of the following properties:

(1) It is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating.

(2) It reacts violently with water.

(3) It forms potentially explosive mixtures with water.

(4) When mixed with water, it generates toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.

(5) It is a cyanide or sulfide bearing waste which, when exposed to pH conditions between 2 and 12.5 can generate toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.

(6) It is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected to a strong initiating source or if heated under confinement.

(7) It is readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition or reaction at standard temperature and pressure.

(8) It is a forbidden explosive as defined in 49 CFR § 173.54, or is a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive as defined in 49 CFR § 173.50 and § 173.53.

(b) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of reactivity, has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number of D003.

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