Hazardous industrial waste secondary materials

Like other industrial waste, secondary wastes from chemical agent disposal facilities are either hazardous or nonlrazardous. A particttlar waste is classified into one or the other of these categories by laboratory analysis or by generator knowledge of the material s source, use, and history of exposure. 

The U.S. Army s chemical agent disposal facilities, like many industrial facilities, produce wastes in the course of plant operations. For the purposes of this report, secondary waste is defined as any waste associated with the storage or destruction of chemical agent. Like other industrial waste, these wastes are either hazardous or nonhazardous. A particular waste is classified into one or the other of these categories by either laboratory analysis or generator knowledge of material source, use, and exposure (Box 1-1). The wastes discussed in this report are called secondary wastes to distinguish them from the chemical munitions that are... 

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