NJDEP-GUIDELINES FOR siting used oil collection tanks

NJDEP-GUIDELINES FOR siting used oil collection tanks:

GUIDELINES FOR SITING USED OIL
COLLECTION TANKS

For
"Do -It- Yourselfer" Recycling
Programs
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Program
Bureau of Recycling and Planning
June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR SITING
USED OIL COLLECTION TANKS
FOR "DO-IT-YOURSELFER" RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Introduction
Many New Jersey residents change their own motor oil in their cars, boats and lawnmowers. Although this oil should be collected and recycled, much of it is disposed of improperly, and eventually finds its way onto our land and into our lakes and streams. Used oil contains toxic substances, (halofgens, organics, PCBs) aand metals (lead, cadmium, chromium, arsenic), which are generated during engine use, and which are contained in oil additives designed to improve engine performance. These contaminants can harm fish and wildlife, and can easily enter the food chain.
Still, many New Jersey residents do not realize that disposing of used oil by pouring it down the drain or in the back yard, or even putting it out with the trash, or using it for dust suppression, is illegal, under the regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-6, and can cause environmental damage. The only acceptable way to dispose of used motor oil is to bring it to a used oil collection site, where it will be transferred to a registered waste transporter, for transport to a recycling facility where it will either be reprocessed for use as boiler fuel or re-refined into "new" lubricating oil.