The Florida Branch of Environmental Safeguard has created a place of guidelines and regulations for Car reclamation yards and other companies that save antiquated vehicles to come next. The regulations were developed to lift decrease down on squander and pollution that is created during the recycling or disposal development of vehicles.
New Arrivals
All cars brought to a rescue yard or vehicle recycling yard must be inspected for fluid leaks as soon as doable. Then all fluids from the transmission, radiator, engine, heater core, brake lines, differentials, fuel container, lines and hoses, and still windscreen wiper fluid, must be drained and disposed of properly. Vehicles must be stored in such a hang-up off the ground that its parts can easily be inspected for leaks.
Batteries
Batteries must be removed to be disposed of or recycled. All vehivle batteries should be stored properly on a pallet or elsewhere in a leak evaluation container and should be gone from any Often used areas. Disposal records for used oil, waste gasoline and refrigerant must be maintained at a central location onsite for a minimum of three years. Any liquid spills must be taken care of immediately and any contaminated soils must be removed as soon as possible, then stored in a separate labeled container and properly disposed of.
Tires
Antifreeze, by statute, may be recycled by reuse, which can be done by distillation, filtration or ion modify; this can be done or off purpose. Containers of antifreeze must be in crack action and Testament be inspected for leakage. The duplicate goes for petrol tanks or containers of petrol and they very must be glaring "bully petrol" or "misuse petrol." Any fuel that is reusable may isolated be used in the ease or Worker vehicles.
Storage of Liquids
All drums and other containers must be signal properly with subject. Labels should too combine an accumulation engender hour; the period when the hazardous squander was first stored in the container. Storage areas Testament be inspected to produce trustworthy no fluids retain leaded onto the ground and are exposable to rainwater.
Fuel, Oil and Antifreeze
Antifreeze tanks or containers must be labelled "agreeable antifreeze" or "fritter antifreeze". Used antifreeze must not be accumulated for longer than 180 days.Waste tires must be stored in a central location and must never exceed an inventory of more than 1,500 tires unless permit is issued. No activities involving an open flame may be conducted within 25 feet of a waste tire storage. Mosquitoes and rodents must be controlled in the tire storage area. When stored indoors, tire piles may not be more than 50 feet in width and if piled against a wall, must not exceed 25 feet in width. There must be a clearance of at least 3 feet from the top of the pile to the sprinkler deflectors. There must also be a clearance of at least 3 feet in any direction from unit or space heaters, furnaces or flues.
Vehicle Crushers
Vehicle crushing machines must be situated on a self-contained impervious surface like cement or asphalt and should be under a roof so that it is protected from weather. Before being crushed, vehicles must be drained and containers can be fitted to the machine to help catch any remaining fluids while crushing takes place. Receipts of disposal must be obtained from the crusher operator for any waste generated too as the transport of this waste to off-site disposal locations.
