CAR Environmental Compliance & Sustainability 3

Question 1

Which federal law primarily regulates the management and disposal of solid and hazardous waste at automotive recycling facilities?

Accepted Answer

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Answer

Clean Water Act (CWA)

Answer

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

Answer

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Question 2

An automotive recycler discovers a previously unknown underground fuel tank on the property. The FIRST regulatory step should be to:

Accepted Answer

Notify the state UST program and follow required assessment procedures

Answer

Excavate and remove the tank immediately without notification

Answer

Seal the fill pipe and vent and resume normal operations

Answer

Pour concrete over the area to prevent any leak migration

Question 3

Storm water runoff from an automotive recycling yard that drains to a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is regulated under:

Accepted Answer

Clean Water Act NPDES industrial storm water permit

Answer

RCRA Subtitle C

Answer

CERCLA emergency response provisions

Answer

Safe Drinking Water Act UIC program

Question 4

Lead-acid batteries removed from end-of-life vehicles are classified under federal regulations as:

Accepted Answer

Universal waste, allowing simplified management standards

Answer

Hazardous waste requiring manifest and licensed disposal

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Solid waste with no special handling required

Answer

Exempt waste if stored less than 90 days

Question 5

A recycler must retain hazardous waste manifests for a minimum of:

Accepted Answer

3 years

Answer

1 year

Answer

2 years

Answer

5 years

Question 6

Which component of an end-of-life vehicle is classified as a persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) pollutant and requires special handling?

Accepted Answer

Mercury in convenience light switches and ABS sensors

Answer

Engine coolant

Answer

Brake fluid

Answer

Windshield washer fluid

Question 7

The EPA's automotive recycler conditional exemption for used oil filters requires that the filters be:

Accepted Answer

Punctured and hot-drained for 12 hours

Answer

Crushed without draining in a closed container

Answer

Incinerated on-site within 90 days

Answer

Neutralized with solvent and landfilled