Universal Waste

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Universal Waste Don Gansert Managing
Consultant October 16, 2008

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Used Oil Regulations

• Category of hazardous waste that is exempt from
  hazardous waste requirements if specified
  handling and recycling practices are followed
• Title 128, Chapter 7, Sections 009
• EPA regulations 40 CFR 279, 40 CFR 261.4(b)(13)
• NDEQ Environmental Guidance Document No. 00-058,
  dated May 2000
• Refer to NDEQ handout
• EPA Guidance Document No. RO 14183
• Refer to EPA handout

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Definition of Used Oil

• Used oil means any oil that has been refined from
  crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been
  used and as a result of such use is contaminated
  by physical or chemical impurities
• Title 128, Chapter 1, Section 139

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Management of Used Oil

• Containers and aboveground tanks used to store
  used oil
• In good condition
• No severe rusting, apparent structural defects or
  deterioration
• Not leaking
• No visible leaks
• For containers and aboveground tanks with a
  volume of 25 gallons or greater, be labeled or
  marked clearly with the words Used Oil.
• Land disposal of waste oil is prohibited, Title
  132, Chapter 16, Section 001.05
• Use a reputable oil recycler
• To be included in the threshold determination for
  SPCC applicability

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Spills of Used Oil

• No person shall release, cause to be released or
  allow the release of an oil into or upon the
  waters or land of the state
• Title 126, Chapter 18, Section 001
• Notification requirements for any release or
  suspected release of an oil
• Immediate notification required regardless of the
  quantity of oil released beneath the surface of
  the land or impacts or threatens waters of the
  state or threatens public health and welfare
• Immediate notification required of a release upon
  the surface of the land exceeding 25 gallons
• Within 24 hours, perform all necessary steps to
  stop the release and contain all released
  materials

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Energy Recovery

• Used oil burned for energy recovery is subjected
  to the regulations in Title 128, Chapter 7,
  Section 010

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Terne-Plated Used Oil Filters

• Terne-plated filters are made from a mixture of
  lead and tin
• The filter would fail the TCLP test for lead.
• Lead level 5.0 mg/L
• Terne-plated filters must be disposed as
  hazardous waste or recycled as scrap metal
• Scrap metal exemption 40 CFR 261.6(a)(2)(iv)
• Members of the Filter Manufacturers Council
  agreed to eliminate terne-plate in all filters
  produced after January 1, 1993

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Non-Terne Plated Used Oil Filters

• Non-terne plated oil filters are not constructed
  with lead and tin mixture
• According to Title 128, Chapter 2, Section 009,
  non-terne used oil filters are not hazardous
  waste if not mixed with wastes listed in Chapter
  3, 011 through 016 (F, K, P U listed wastes),
  if these filters are gravity hot-drained.

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Gravity Hot-drained Methods

• Puncturing filter anti-drain back valve or filter
  dome end and hot-draining
• Hot-draining and crushing
• Dismantling and hot-draining
• Any other equivalent hot-draining method which
  will remove used oil

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Definition Hot-drained

• Hot-drained means that the oil filter is drained
  near engine operating temperature and above room
  temperature
• Title 128, Chapter 2, Section 009.12E

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Disposal of Non-terne Plated Used Oil Filters

• Recycling is the recommended option
• Check with DEQ for the directory of used oil
  filter recyclers
• If a recycler cannot be found, crushed oil
  filters or properly drained oil filters may be
  disposed in a permitted solid waste landfill

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Container Examples
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Labeling of Containers

• An example of a type of used oil label

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Examples of Containers of Used Oil
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Summary

• Recycle used oil and used oil filters
• Label containers Used Oil