DTSC Model P2 Shop Program

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DTSC Model P2 Shop Program

• Green Business Creates Profits!
• Become a Model Pollution Prevention Shop
• Gain a Competitive Advantage
• Increase Sales
• Increase Productivity and Efficiency
• Reduce your Regulatory Burden
• www.dtsc.ca.gov/pollutionprevention/vsr

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Vehicle Service and Repair Why it Pays to be
Green
Typical Auto Shop
Green Shop

• Air Quality
• Aqueous partswashers VOC eliminated

Air Quality
Solvent Partswashers 200 lbs VOCs
Hazardous Waste Solvent
eliminated Aerosol cans eliminated Absorbents
eliminated Reusable oil Filters very
little residual waste Alternatives to lead tire
weights no lead waste no lead lost to roads
and storm drains
Hazardous waste
Solvent 300 gal Oil filters
300 lbs Aerosol cans 300 lbs Absorbents 600
lbs Contam. rags 200 lbs Lead tire weights
100 lbs
Recyclable Materials Oil filters Scrap
metal Brakes Tires
Waste Water
Waste Water
Oil water separator maintenance (once yearly)
- 1,500 gal. hazardous waste eliminated Dry
floor (4-Step cleanup) floor cleanup water
eliminated
Oil water separators maintenance (4Xyear) 2000
gal. hazardous waste Floor cleanup 2,400
gal wastewater
Hazardous Waste Reduction 19 tons Cost Savings
per Shop - 9,000
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DTSC P2 Model Shop Certifications

• 2001 1
• 2002 3
• 2003 27
• 2004 25
• 2005 9
• 2006 3

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DTSC Model Shops By Sector

• State Fleets 38
• Municipal Fleets 8
• Private Fleets 3
• Federal fleets 7
• Independent Repair Shops 11

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Resources Development and Distribution
Toolkits in Spanish and English
Workbooks and Video Tapes
16 X 20 Posters
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Helpful Array of BMP Fact Sheets
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Green Business Programs

• Alameda county
• Contra Costa County
• Monterey county
• Santa Cruz county
• San Francisco City and County

• San Diego County
• Napa
• Marin
• Santa Clara
• Sonoma
• Sacramento BERC

http//www.greenbiz.ca.gov/GreenResources.html
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http//www.dhs.ca.gov/
WARNING
DHS warning on n-Hexane health hazards and how to
protect against exposure in vehicle repair shops.
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Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology
Development
Vehicle Service Repair Pollution Prevention
Tyrone Smith OPPTD [phone]
tsmith_at_dtsc.ca.gov John Ison OPPTD [phone]
jison_at_dtsc.ca.gov