A question 09.28.20: Hi Daniel, I have inquired with you in the past and I am hoping you would be willing to help me again. I have 55 gallon oil drums (used oil) in a few locations around my facility.…
Q&A: Is the transport of oil (new and used) subject to USDOT regulations as a HazMat?
A question from a concerned truck driver (01.10.18): I drive lube truck and carry 600 gal go new oil and 400 gal used oil in <<state>> and surrounding states my company told me to remove placards saying not needed. I…
Waste Management in New Jersey
Introduction: A summary of the regulations of New Jersey pertaining to the management of hazardous waste, universal waste, used oil, and non-hazardous waste. Disclaimer: This information is provided as guidance only. I recommend its use as a first step in the determination…
Five RCRA Hazardous Waste Violations You’re Probably Making Right Now — and can fix today!
I don’t mean to scare you, but this is important and I had to get your attention with the title. I’ve provided training and seen businesses all over this country in the past few years and I’ve observed these same…
The Ultimate Tool for Puncturing and Draining Used Oil Filters
Anyone who generates used oil filters should use this tool to ensure the proper removal of used oil from their oil filters prior to disposal or recycling. View a simple and informative YouTube video here: Or, check out the website…
City of Tacoma settles with EPA for violating federal rules on PCBs in used oil
Release Date: 09/30/2013 Contact Information: Suzanne Skadowski, EPA Region 10 Public Affairs, 206-295-4829, skadowski.suzanne@epa.gov (Seattle – September 30, 2013) The City of Tacoma has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal rules on used oil contaminated with toxic polychlorinated…
North Carolina Used Oil Recycling Business and Owner Plead Guilty to Unlawful Handling of PCB-Contaminated Used Oil and Other Crimes
Benjamin Franklin Pass, 60, and P&W Waste Oil Services Inc. of Wilmington, N.C., pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina for violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as well as for making false…
Mixtures of Hazardous Waste and Used Oil
The regulations of the US EPA at 40 CFR 279 allow for the regulation of a waste as a Used Oil provided it is: Petroleum-based or synthetic, Used, and; As a result of its use is contaminated by chemical or…
The Management of Used Oil
If you generate a waste oil as a by-product of your operations (i.e., a generator of Used Oil) you may be able to take advantage of the relaxed regulatory requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and those of…