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7. Hai ou$ Waste Fact Sheet #4.18 Aph11998>> Check with tiie Department of Health Plumbing Program for requirements and recommendations for capping drains. (See page 4 for the phone number.) Prohibit engine and transmission washing in vehicle wash and vehicle repair shops. Sweep up nonhazaidows solids on the floor and dispose of them in the solid waste. Hazardous materials should be collected separately and stored following hazardous waste requiremeats. For more infonnation about hazardous waste storage requirements, request hazardous waste fact sheet # 1.04, Labtl and Store Hcaardous Waste Correctly, from the Business Assistance Unit 6. Use screens in the drain to prevent solids from reaching the trap. Use drip pans to collect fluids. Try first to pick up liquids from the floor using a squeegee and dustpan. Combine recovered liquids with waste of the same type. For example, oil spills recovered with a squeegee and dust pan may be placed in the used oil container. If you cannot collect or recover liquid, use a sorbent material to so^ '< it up. If using sorbent materials, they must be managed in the same way as the waste material they contain. (If they contain used oil, for example, they may be wrung and reused, burned for energy recovery or recycled.) Disposal of sorbent material in the solid waste is not allowed unless it has been shown to be nonhazaidous. 8. Prepare and train for emerj.encies. Have a plan and the necessary equipment in place to quickly clean up a spill before it can escape. 9. Design and implement a plan to reduce the amount of slush and snow/sand/salt carried in on tires before parking indoors. , For more information or help with prevention, conWt the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP). (See page 4 for telephone number). Maintenance Maintenance is second only to prevention in importance. Traps that are not cleaned regularly may allow oils and other chemicals into a septic syslrm, holding tank or sanitary sewer, resulting in disposal • problems and/or environmental damage. Be aware that maintenance of these systems may involve entry into a confined space and require additional employee training and precautions. Waste Management Options If yon have not followed the Best Management Practices (BMPs) on page S, you will need to test the liquid and solid portions to determine whether or not each is hazardous. Test results will determine how to manage each portion. Nonhazardous trap waste may be managed according to the guidance below. Hazardous waste must be managed according to the hazardous waste rules. For more infonnation about hazardous waste management requirements, contact the Hazardous Waste Business Assistance Uni^ If you carefully follow the BMPs, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) allows you to assume the drain and trap wastes are nonhazardous. Here are the options for managing them: • Floating Layer. IfBMPs are carefully followed, little or no floating oily material should accumulate. (If there is a significant floating layer, the MPCA must assume that BMPs were not followed.) If a thin floating layer of oil is present 1. Skim or vacuum it off and recycle it with other used oil. 2. Use an absorbent pad to remove the oil. Wring and reuse the pad or recycle it with other oil-contaminated so^nt materials by laundering, oil-extraction or burning for energy recovery. If these i i