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Auto Recycling Plain Language Guide to Regulations
Solid/Hazardous Waste Management
WHAT DO YOU MEASURE TO DETERMINE YOUR GENERATOR CATEGORY?
DO Measure:
All quantities of listed and characteristic hazardous wastes that
are:
- Accumulated
on the property for any period of time before disposal or recycling.
(Dry cleaners, for example, must count any residue removed from
machines, as well as spent cartridge filters.)
- Packaged
and transported away from your business.
- Placed
directly in a regulated treatment or disposal unit at your place
of business.
- Generated
as still bottoms or sludges and removed from product storage tanks.
DO NOT
Measure:
Wastes that:
- Are
specifically exempted from counting. Examples include lead-acid
batteries that will be reclaimed, scrap metal that will be recycled,
used oil managed under the used oil provisions of 40 CFR 279,
and universal wastes (e.g., batteries, pesticides, and thermostats)
managed under 40 CFR 273.
- Might
be left in the bottom of containers that have been thoroughly
emptied through conventional means such as pouring or pumping.
- Are
left as residue in the bottom of tanks storing products, if the
residue is not removed from the product tank.
- Are
reclaimed continuously on site without storing prior to reclamation,
such as drycleaning solvents.
- Are
managed in an "elementary neutralization unit," a "totally enclosed
treatment unit," or a "wastewater treatment unit," without being
stored first. (See definitions at the end of this document for
an explanation of these types of units.)
- Are
discharged directly to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)
without being stored or accumulated first. This discharge to a
POTW must comply with the Clean Water Act. POTWs are public utilities,
usually owned by the city, county, or state, that treat industrial
and domestic sewage for disposal.
- Have
already been counted once during the calendar month, and are treated
on site or reclaimed in some manner, and used again.
- Are
regulated under the universal waste rule or have other special
requirements. The federal regulations contain special, limited
requirements for managing certain commonly generated wastes. These
wastes can be managed following the less burdensome requirements
listed below instead of the usual hazardous waste requirements.
Check with your state agency to determine if your state has similar
regulations
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