What Waste Code
01 05 06*aNote a. Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

EWC Code 01 05 06*: Wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals, drilling muds and other drilling wastes, drilling muds and other drilling wastes containing hazardous substances

Also known as

Bentonite MudDrilling FluidDrilling MudDrilling Muds Water BasedExploration WasteHazardous Drilling WasteMining WasteMud WasteOilfield WasteQuarry WasteWater Based Mud

When this code is usually used

Use EWC code 01 05 06* when the waste stream matches this description in practice: drilling muds and other drilling wastes, drilling muds and other drilling wastes containing hazardous substances.This is an absolute hazardous entry, so there is no paired mirror code to review. Producers may also describe this waste as Bentonite Mud, Drilling Fluid, Drilling Mud, Drilling Muds Water Based.

Note reference

Note a

Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

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Related Codes in This Subchapter

These sibling codes share the same 01 05 subchapter.

01 05 04ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

drilling muds and other drilling wastes, freshwater drilling muds and wastes

01 05 05*AHAbsolute HazardousaNote a. Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

drilling muds and other drilling wastes, oil-containing drilling muds and wastes

01 05 07MNMirror Non-HazardousaNote a. Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

barite-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06

01 05 08MNMirror Non-HazardousaNote a. Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

chloride-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06

01 05 99MNMirror Non-HazardousaNote a. Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs

and physical and chemical treatment of minerals, drilling muds and other drilling wastes, wastes not otherwise specified