Bearing Materials That May Be Processed In Exempt Lead Smelters  


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  • A. Exempt Lead-Bearing Materials When Generated or Originally Produced By Lead-Associated Industries 1
    Acid dump/fill solids
    Sump mud
    Materials from laboratory analyses
    Acid filters
    Baghouse bags
    Clothing (e.g., coveralls, aprons, shoes, hats, gloves)
    Sweepings
    Air filter bags and cartridges
    Respiratory cartridge filters
    Shop abrasives
    Stacking boards
    Waste shipping containers (e.g., cartons, bags, drums, cardboard)
    Paper hand towels
    Wiping rags and sponges
    Contaminated pallets
    Water treatment sludges, filter cakes, residues, and solids
    Emission control dusts, sludges, filter cakes, residues, and
    solids from lead-associated industries (e.g., K069 and D008 wastes)
    Spent grids, posts, and separators
    Spent batteries
    Lead oxide and lead oxide residues
    Lead plates and groups
    Spent battery cases, covers, and vents
    Pasting belts
    Water filter media
    Cheesecloth from pasting rollers
    Pasting additive bags
    Asphalt paving materials
    1 Lead-associated industries are lead smelters, lead-acid battery
    manufacturing, and lead chemical manufacturing (e.g., manufacturing of lead oxide or other lead compounds).
    B. Exempt Lead-Bearing Materials When
    Generated or Originally Produced By Any Industry
    Charging jumpers and clips
    Platen abrasive
    Fluff from lead wire and cable casings
    Lead-based pigments and compounding pigment dust