Federal regulations promulgated at 40 CFR 260.10 and at 40 CFR 279.1 define “used oil” as “any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.” Oregon’s...
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality formally notified Bullseye Glass Co. and Uroboros Glass yesterday (April 13, 2016) that their furnaces are “continuous furnaces” as that term is interpreted by the USEPA and therefore require Clean Air Act...
Public outcry over poor air quality in the vicinity of Bullseye Glass Co. in SE Portland and Uroboros Glass in N Portland, and the responses of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the two companies implicated, illustrates why we say at Environmental...
State and municipal agencies are increasingly requiring that facilities manage their storm water discharges such that they do not exceed historical flows in duration or amount. Your facility’s last storm water permit limits probably assumed that your site was...
What’s in a name? Did you know that, according to the Department of Ecology, anything you “designate as” a dangerous waste is regulated as a dangerous waste? It has long been the practice of generators of solid waste to label certain wastes as “dangerous” (or...
