Auto Recycling and Metal Processing

Contact: Christine Grossman (800) 662-9278

Agency: Environmental Quality

Tracking and understanding all of the state and federal environmental regulations affecting auto recycling and metal processing can be a daunting task. This web site was created to serve as a central repository of environmental resources applicable to auto recyclers and metal processors.

Call the DEQ's Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278 if you need copies of publications or need help in complying with the regulations.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Michigan Guide to Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
• DEQ Offices and Contact Information
• State Recycling Contact and Resource Directory
• Recycled Materials Market Directory

HAZARDOUS WASTE AND LIQUID INDUSTRIAL WASTE

• General - laws/rules, permit/license applications, operational memos, facility directory informat
• Introduction to Hazardous Waste Regulations Recorded Webinars - three free, one hour, recorded, on-demand, webinars that help viewers understand and comply with the hazardous and liquid industrial waste regulations with ease.  Each webinar is delivered by inspection staff and is one hour.  Topics include:
  • waste characterization and generator status determination
  • generator accumulation and storage requirements
  • recordkeeping requirements and what to expect on inspection day
• Generator Guidance - guidance on waste characterization, generator accumulation, manifesting and disposal requirements
• Waste Type Guidance- guidance on antifreeze, batteries, used oil, electric lamps, electronics, and salvage yard wastes, and more
• Inspection/Self Audit Forms- inspection checklists used by DEQ staff for the hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste inspections
• Site Identification Notification- form and instructions for obtaining a Site (EPA) Identification Numbers
• Uniform Manifests - instructions for ordering and completing a uniform manifest for transport and disposal of hazardous waste, liquid industrial waste, used oil, and PCB wastes
• Transporters - laws/rules, permit/registration applications, participating transporters, etc for transport of hazardous waste and liquid industrial waste

SOLID WASTE

• General - laws/rules, permit/license applications, operational memos, facility directory, solid waste planning, etc.
• Recycling Exemption Resources - generic exemption information for recycling materials subject to solid waste regulation

TIRES

• General - collection, transportation, and disposal/recycling/processing, and more
• Registration - registration forms for haulers and collection sites
• Manifest Forms and Instructions - manifest form and instructions for tire transport 

RADIOACTIVE WASTE

• General - Nuclear Regulatory Commission authority, state and federal rules, registration form, radiological protection notices and guidelines, Regulatory laws/rules, permit/license applications, operational memos, facility directory information

POLY CHLORINATED BYPHENOL (PCB) WASTE

• General - laws/rules (see Part 147)
• EPA PCB Information - EPA main page for PCB regulations under the Toxic Substance control Act
• Attorney General Opinion - Michigan Attorney General Opinion on PCB Regulation in Michigan

INDUSTRIAL STORM WATER

• General - permits, forms, checklists, training videos, pollution prevention plans, and sampling
• Regulations - stormwater statute and rules
• Permits Checklists
  • Auto Recycler/Salvage Yard Checklist 
  • Metal Processor Checklist 

SPILLAGE OF POLLUTING MATERIALS/POLLUTION INCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN (PIPP) 

• General- laws/rules
• Guidance 
• Completeness Checklist 
• District Contacts 

AIR 

• General- laws and rules
• Open burning- open burning permits, prohibitions, alternatives, model ordinance language, fire training)
• Permits- air use permits to install, renewable operating permits

PROCESS/ACTIVITY SPECIFIC GUIDANCE 

• Auto Repair/Recycling/Fluid Removal
  • Salvage Yards 
  • Automobile Recycling 
  • Radioactive Scrap Metal 
  • Antifreeze
  • Scrap Metal Bins and Roll Off Boxes
  • Automotive Mechanical Repair 
  • Universal Waste 
  • Used Oil/Spent Filters 

• Degreasing/Metalworking
  • Parts Cleaning/Solvent Degreasing 
  • Paint Stripping 
  • Metalworking Operations 

• Roadway/Sewer Maintenance
  • Catch Basin Cleaning 
  • Guidelines to Selecting Dust Suppression 
  • Managing Fugitive Dust 
  • Deicer Selection 

• Building Maintenance
  • Mobile Power Washing 

OTHER RESOURCES

• Auto Recyclers of Michigan 
• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. 
• Steel Recycling Institute 
• ECAR Website