CAR Environmental Compliance & Sustainability 2

Question 1

Under the Clean Air Act, automotive recyclers must manage refrigerants from vehicle A/C systems by:

Accepted Answer

Recovering them with EPA-certified equipment before crushing

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Venting them directly to the atmosphere

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Neutralizing them with baking soda solution

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Transferring them to landfill-approved containers

Question 2

Which document must accompany a shipment of hazardous waste from an automotive recycling facility?

Accepted Answer

Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest

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Bill of lading

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Material Safety Data Sheet only

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Certificate of Destruction

Question 3

A Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan is required when an automotive recycler stores:

Accepted Answer

More than 1,000 gallons of oil in aboveground containers

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Any amount of used motor oil

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More than 55 gallons of oil indoors

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More than 500 gallons total oil capacity

Question 4

When mercury switches are removed from end-of-life vehicles, the best practice is to:

Accepted Answer

Send them to a mercury recovery program such as the NVMSRP

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Dispose of them in the general trash

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Crush them with the vehicle body to contain mercury

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Store them indefinitely on-site until a recycler is found

Question 5

Which RCRA generator category applies to a recycler that generates between 100 and 1,000 kg of hazardous waste per month?

Accepted Answer

Small Quantity Generator (SQG)

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Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG)

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Large Quantity Generator (LQG)

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Exempt Quantity Generator (EQG)

Question 6

Antifreeze collected from drained vehicles that is NOT recycled on-site must be managed as:

Accepted Answer

Hazardous waste unless tested and confirmed non-hazardous

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Non-hazardous solid waste suitable for drain disposal

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Used oil under 40 CFR Part 279

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Universal waste under 40 CFR Part 273

Question 7

Secondary containment around oil storage tanks at an automotive recycling yard must be capable of holding:

Accepted Answer

110% of the largest single tank's capacity

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10% of the largest tank's volume

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25% of total storage capacity

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50% of all tanks' combined volume