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2007 NAICS Definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating treatment and/or disposal facilities for hazardous waste or (2) the combined activity of collecting and/or hauling of hazardous waste materials within a local area and operating treatment or disposal facilities for hazardous waste.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Operating landfills for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562212, Solid Waste Landfill;
• Operating combustors and incinerators for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste--are classified in U.S. Industry 562213, Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators;
• Collecting, treating, and disposing waste through sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities--are classified in Industry 221320, Sewage Treatment Facilities; and
• Operating nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities (except landfills, combustors, incinerators, and sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities)--are classified in U.S. Industry 562219, Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Acid waste disposal facilities
• Acid waste treatment facilities
• Combustors, hazardous waste
• Hazardous waste disposal facilities
• Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste
• Hazardous waste material disposal facilities
• Hazardous waste material treatment facilities
• Hazardous waste treatment facilities
• Hazardous waste treatment facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste
• Incinerators, hazardous waste, operating
• Radioactive waste collecting and/or local hauling in combination with disposal and/or treatment facilities
• Radioactive waste disposal facilities
• Radioactive waste treatment facilities
• Waste disposal facilities, hazardous
• Waste treatment facilities, hazardous
• Waste treatment plants, hazardous