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Environmental Regulatory Compliance Flashcards

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  1. Under RCRA, used oil that is mixed with a listed hazardous waste becomes subject to which regulation?

    Answer: Full hazardous waste regulations as a listed hazardous waste

    When used oil is mixed with a listed hazardous waste, the mixture is classified as listed hazardous waste and must be managed under full RCRA Subtitle C regulations.

  2. Which EPA regulation specifically governs the management of used oil at automotive recycling facilities and sets standards for storage containers?

    Answer: 40 CFR Part 279

    40 CFR Part 279 establishes the Used Oil Management Standards, including requirements for storage containers, labeling, and record-keeping at generator facilities.

  3. An automotive recycler discovers that a crushed vehicle hull contains residual gasoline in the fuel tank. Under which regulation must this fuel be managed?

    Answer: RCRA hazardous waste regulations if it exhibits ignitability

    Residual gasoline exhibiting the ignitability characteristic (flash point below 140°F) must be managed as a hazardous waste under RCRA Subtitle C.

  4. What is the maximum number of days a Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) can accumulate hazardous waste on-site without a storage permit?

    Answer: There is no time limit for VSQGs

    VSQGs (generating less than 100 kg/month) have no time limit for on-site accumulation as long as they never exceed the 1,000 kg accumulation limit.

  5. Which Clean Water Act permit mechanism controls direct discharges of wastewater from automotive recycling operations to surface waters?

    Answer: NPDES individual or general permit

    Direct discharges of wastewater to surface waters (point source discharges) require an NPDES permit issued under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act.

  6. When airbags in end-of-life vehicles are not deployed, they must be managed as hazardous waste unless the recycler deploys them using which method?

    Answer: Remote in-vehicle deployment before crushing

    Undeployed airbags can be deployed in-vehicle using a remote deployment tool, after which the spent units are no longer hazardous and can be managed as scrap metal.

  7. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313 requires Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting for automotive recyclers that meet which threshold?

    Answer: Facilities with 10 or more full-time employees that manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed chemicals above threshold quantities

    TRI reporting under EPCRA Section 313 applies to facilities with 10+ full-time employees in covered SIC codes that exceed chemical activity thresholds (e.g., 25,000 lbs manufactured/processed or 10,000 lbs otherwise used).