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Environmental Regulatory Compliance Flashcards

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  1. Which federal regulation requires automotive recyclers to notify the EPA when they generate above threshold quantities of extremely hazardous substances and store them on-site?

    Answer: EPCRA Section 302 — Emergency Planning Notification

    EPCRA Section 302 requires facilities that store extremely hazardous substances above threshold planning quantities to notify their State Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Planning Committee.

  2. Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) drained from vehicles at an automotive recycler is NOT regulated as a hazardous waste if it is managed under which condition?

    Answer: It is sent to an antifreeze recycler or managed as used oil under state programs

    Used antifreeze sent to a legitimate antifreeze recycler may qualify for a hazardous waste exemption in many states; otherwise it must be managed as a characteristic hazardous waste (toxicity for ethylene glycol in some states).

  3. An automotive recycling facility that generates hazardous waste must obtain an EPA Identification Number before it can do which of the following?

    Answer: Transport, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste off-site

    An EPA ID number is required before a generator can transport, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste off-site, enabling EPA to track waste movements.

  4. Which type of underground storage tank (UST) containing petroleum products requires compliance with EPA's UST technical standards under 40 CFR Part 280?

    Answer: All USTs holding petroleum or hazardous substances except specifically exempted categories

    40 CFR Part 280 applies to all regulated USTs containing petroleum or CERCLA hazardous substances, with specific exemptions for farm/residential heating oil tanks, septic tanks, and certain other systems.

  5. State environmental agencies may impose requirements on automotive recyclers that are more stringent than federal EPA standards. This relationship is known as what principle?

    Answer: State primacy — states can be delegated authority and enact stricter standards

    Under cooperative federalism and state primacy concepts in environmental law, states may receive EPA authorization to run programs and can set standards more stringent than federal minimums.

  6. When an automotive recycler ships scrap metal to a smelter, the scrap metal is exempt from RCRA hazardous waste regulation under which condition?

    Answer: The scrap is legitimately recycled and meets the definition of solid scrap metal per 40 CFR 261.1(c)(6)

    Solid scrap metal being recycled is exempt from RCRA hazardous waste rules under the scrap metal exemption in 40 CFR 261.1(c)(6), provided it is legitimately recycled.

  7. An automotive recycler that stores used oil in aboveground tanks must inspect those containers for leaks and deterioration at minimum how frequently under 40 CFR Part 279?

    Answer: Weekly visual inspection

    40 CFR 279.22(c) requires used oil generators to inspect containers and aboveground tanks for leaks and deterioration on a weekly basis.