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| Procedures
for Testing and Re-distribution Collection |
- Signed collection
contract between parties.
- Customer’s
waste stream sample will be analyzed and certified prior to first
collection.
- Driver will
field test for halogens through use of a hand-held halogen tester
or “Clor-D-Tect”.
- Beginning
and ending tank truck levels are recorded with each collection
and recorded on the manifest.
- All collections
will be manifested.
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| Testing
and Storage |
- A representative
sample is retained as the load is transferred from the collection
truck to one of twelve 6,000 gallon dedicated “dry tanks”.
Sample is analyzed by an outside, independent laboratory for levels
the following used oil contaminants:
| Halogens |
Chromium |
PCB’s |
Water |
| Lead
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FlashPoint |
Arsenic |
Sulfur |
| Cadmium |
Ash |
Gravity
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- Laboratory
parameters and test procedures:
| Parameter |
Test
Procedure |
| PCB’s
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In accordance
with EPA-SW846-8082 |
| Sulfur
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Coulometric
Titration |
Total
Chlorine
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Coulometric
Titration |
Water
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In accordance
with ASTM D-95 |
Flash Point
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In
accordance with ASTM D-93 |
| API
Gravity |
In accordance
with ASTM D-287 or D-4052 |
| Viscosity |
In accordance
with ASTM D-445 |
| Ash
Content |
In accordance
with ASTM D-482 |
| Elemental
Analysis |
By ICP-AES |
| Other
Contaminants |
Screened
by FTIR |
- An additional
retain sample is taken, isolated and kept off site for a period
of three years.
- Once the
sample report details that the referenced batch is free of hazardous
levels of contaminants. The entire “day tank” contents
ate transferred to larger storage tanks for energy recovery.
- Minimal off-spec
product, is allowed to be blended with known on-spec product and
the combination is isolated and re-tested and confirmation is
made before transferring to permanent storage.
- Customer
will receive certification of laboratory test results on their
invoice that will denote the date of sample, date of pick-up and
amount of product collected. All invoice and manifest numbers
are detailed in one simple document. Computer generated annual
collection gallonage reports are available upon request.
- Non-approved
product will be documented and disposed of at a RCRA permitted
facility.
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