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Environmental Compliance & Technical Assistance for Auto Salvage Yards In RI

Environmental Compliance & Technical Assistance for Auto Salvage Yards In RI. +. =. By: David Aucoin Narragansett Bay Commission Office of Pollution Prevention One Service Road Providence, RI 02905. Who is the Narragansett Bay Commission?

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Environmental Compliance & Technical Assistance for Auto Salvage Yards In RI

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  1. Environmental Compliance & Technical Assistance for Auto Salvage Yards In RI + = By: David Aucoin Narragansett Bay Commission Office of Pollution Prevention One Service Road Providence, RI 02905

  2. Who is the Narragansett Bay Commission? -P2 Program and Wastewater Treatment Facilities (POTWs) • NBC’s Auto Salvage Pollution Prevention Project • Project Partners • NBC’s Primary Goal -Collect Background Data for DEM/URI use • Project Methodology -Internet-based information gathering -Utilizing existing technology • Present and Future Tasks -Data collection/On-going project -Future Workshops for Salvage Yard Owners

  3. The Narragansett Bay CommissionService District Area • 8,000 Businesses • 360,000 People • Industrial Wastewater • Metal Finishing • Textile • Printing • Laundries • Automotive Repair • Food Processing • Storm Water • Run-off • Raw Sewage • 127 SIUs

  4. The Narragansett Bay Commission - NBC Field’s Point - 45 MGD (170.1 MLD) • 8 % Industrial Flow • 951 Permitted Users • 74 SIUs • 2.25 MGD (8.5 MLD) Industrial Flow Bucklin Point - 24 MGD (90.7 MLD) • 11 % Industrial Flow • 483 Permitted Users • 53 SIUs • 2.4 MGD (9 MLD) Industrial Flow

  5. Pollution Prevention Program • Technical Assistance • Non-regulatory, • Free of charge, and • Confidential • Reducethe Generation of Industrial Waste at the Source • Conduct pollution prevention “audits” • Offer assistance with environmental regulatory compliance • Recognition programs • Educational programs • Implement regulatory reform programs

  6. Industrial Pretreatment Program • Environmental RegulatoryAuthority • Control Industrial Wastewater Discharges • Issue permits • Monitor effluent quality • Conduct compliance inspections • Issue enforcement actions • Respond to emergency situations • 1992 and 1998 Recipient of EPA’s Pretreatment Excellence Award

  7. Project Partners: • RIDEM – Office of Technical and Customer Assistance – (401) 222-6822 www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/assist/index.htm • URI Department of Chemical Engineering – (401) 874-2655 www.egr.uri.edu/che • Save The Bay – (401) 272-3540 • www.savethebay.org • RI Economic Development Corporation (401) 222-2601 • www.riedc.com • Auto Recyclers of Rhode Island – (401) 725-1225 • www.arari.org • NEWMOA – (617) 367-8558 • www.newmoa.org/Newmoa/htdocs/prevention

  8. Initial Goal of the Project **Identify and quantify environmental data on auto salvage yards in Rhode Island.

  9. Modified Goal of the Project ** Combine background data with a comprehensive Baseline DataCollection Checklist, to help DEM and URI develop an Environmental Results Program (ERP)

  10. *Environmental Focus Areas Highlighted in the Data Collection Checklist Air Pollution Control Waste Tires Freon/Refrigerant Recovery Used Oils Antifreeze Management Wastewater Discharge Lead Acid Batteries Stormwater Management Fuel/Gasoline Hazardous Waste Mercury Switches Other Fluid Management

  11. Preliminary Information Gathering/Program Methodology www.geocode.com www.epa.gov/enviro/ej www.terraserver-usa.com

  12. Topographic Imagery and GIS Coordinates • www.geocode.com • 100 free searches • Enter address and get coordinates • Images will be combined with URI GIS software to determine sensitive areas

  13. USGS Satellite Imagery • www.terraserver-usa.com • Free search by address OR coordinates • High definition urban photos with zoom option • Aerial photos (older) • Applicable to GIS for sensitive areas

  14. Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool • www.epa.gov/enviro/ej • Free access through EPA website • Enter coordinates to get an Environmental Justice Assessment of high priority criteria within .5 mile radius of location

  15. Establishing Areas of “High Priority” • EPA Environmental Justice Program • EPA “Enviromapper” online software • Rhode Island 2000 Census Data

  16. Educating Auto Recyclers • Proper Methods for Handling Automotive Waste and Parts: • Dismantle • Storage • Recycle • On-Site Reuse *Decrease Stormwater Pollution Runoff!!

  17. Coordination of Web-Based Technology www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/assessment

  18. Reducing and Eliminating Multi-Media Pollution

  19. Future Outlook • Mostly cooperative and willing to comply • Grant extension through 12/31/05 • Future workshops

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