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How to Manage Oil Leaks and Spills <br /> • Take steps to prevent leaks and spills. Keep machinery, equipment containers, <br /> and tanks in good working conditions and be careful when transferring used oil. <br /> • Have sorbent materials available on site <br /> • If a spill or leak occurs, stop the oil from flowing at the source. <br /> • Contain any spilled oil. For example, containment can be accomplished by <br /> erecting sorbent berms or by spreading a sorbent over the oil. <br /> • Clean up the oil and recycle the used oil as you would have before it was spilled. <br /> If recycling is not possible, you first must make sure the used oil is not a <br /> hazardous waste and dispose of it appropriately. <br /> • All used cleanup materials,from rags to sorbent booms, that contain free- <br /> flowing used oil must be handled according to the used oil management <br /> standards. <br /> Remove, repair, or replace the defective container immediately. <br /> Used Oil Filters <br /> California requires used oil filters (UOF) to be managed as hazardous waste unless one <br /> of the following applies: <br /> • The filters are deemed nonhazardous under state Cal/EPA rules or applicable <br /> federal waste characterization procedures. <br /> • The filters are managed and recycled in compliance with the procedures <br /> described in this section. <br /> For purposes of recycling,used oil filters are filters that contain a residue of used oil <br /> and are exempt from regulation as a hazardous waste under the scrap metal provision <br /> found in federal law at 40 CFR 261.6(a)(3)(iv). <br /> Draining of Filters <br /> UOFs must be drained of all free-flowing oil. "Free-flowing oil" is a continuous stream <br /> of oil exiting the filter when the filter is inverted. If the filter has a device that stops the <br /> drainage of used oil from the filter, that device can be manipulated to allow the oil to <br /> leave the filter freely, or the filter may be punctured,crushed, drained, or opened in any <br /> other manner that will allow the used oil to drain from the filter. <br /> Containers <br /> UOFs must be accumulated, stored, and transferred in a closed rainproof container that <br /> is capable of containing any used oil that may separate from the filters placed inside. <br /> Drums of UOFs should be sealed during transfer so that the used oil will not spill out if <br /> 4of6 <br />