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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 14:27 WET From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman) Subject: Re: Residual waters in gas stations (Miguel Chaves)
January 21, 1997
Dear Miguel Chaves,
The uses of separated oily wastes from wastewaters very much depends upon what contaminants can reasonably be expected to be present in the oily wastes and at what levels. If Costa Rica has toxics laws governing the amounts, concentrations, and types of toxic materials that can be present in oily wastes - like the US and Mexico do - then these must be abided by and will be the basis for what you can recycle the eventual product into, or where/how you can dispose of it, and also what technologies that a gas station has access to, should be employed.
I don t want to make any unrealistic suggestions, though; the US and Costa Rica are very different countries. I can supply you with documents from the US on what to do with what specific oily wastes - whether to reuse it for its original use, whether it can become fuel, or whether it has to be otherwise disposed of, only according to US laws. I ll be happy to do so, including Pollution Prevention information and suggestions, if you will send your postal mailing address (not your e-mail address) to the Research Library for RCRA at US EPA-New England: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA. GOV