Auto shops, print shops and small plants with waste

What hazardous wastes does your shop make?

Free check for shops that make hazardous waste: your generator category, storage time limits, emergency posting and weekly inspections.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • EPA ID and status
  • Nearest fire station
  • Nearest hospital
  • Flood zone

How it works

Generator status and SQG checklist, from one answer

  1. List your wastes and roughly how much each month.
  2. ePlan works out your category and finds your EPA record.
  3. Read the checklist free. Storing over 1,320 gallons of oil? Start an SPCC plan.

What you get

Generator status and SQG checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site door.

The first draft

Generator status and SQG checklist (free)

  1. Wastes and monthly amounts
  2. Generator category
  3. EPA ID and re-notification
  4. Containers, labels and storage time
  5. Weekly accumulation area inspections
  6. Emergency coordinator and posting

Modeled on: 40 CFR 262.16 small quantity generator conditions

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SPCC plan (if you store over 1,320 gallons of oil aboveground)

  1. Oil containers
  2. Containment
  3. Inspections
  4. Spill response

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

100 kg

(220 lb) of hazardous waste in a month is the line above which a shop becomes a small quantity generator, with storage limits and emergency rules
Source: 40 CFR 260.10 definitions, eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft a self-certified SPCC plan for a yard, farm or shop with 10,000 gallons of oil or less. Tanks, drainage and spill steps filled in. Free to read.

SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site →

Questions

Small Quantity Generator Rules: what people ask

Does a small quantity generator need a written contingency plan?

No. EPA says small quantity generators are not required to have detailed, written contingency plans. They must always have an employee available as emergency coordinator and meet the preparedness and prevention requirements.

Source: epa.gov

How long can a small quantity generator store waste?

Up to 180 days without a permit, or 270 days if the waste must travel 200 miles or more for treatment or disposal, and never more than 6,000 kg on site at once. Accumulation areas must be inspected at least weekly.

Source: ecfr.gov

What is a very small quantity generator?

One that generates 100 kg or less of hazardous waste, or 1 kg or less of acutely hazardous waste, per month. It must identify its hazardous waste, keep no more than 1,000 kg on site and send waste only to a facility authorized to manage it.

Source: epa.gov

The rules this door follows