• Best Management Practices for Vermont Auto Salvage Yards (Updated February 2005) [PDF,463 KB]
• Stormwater Best Management Practices for Automobile Salvage Yards [PDF, 557KB]
• Model SWPPP for the Automobile Salvage Yards - Sector M  [PDF, 1.19 MB] 
• Blank SWPPP form - for hand writing and submitting  [PDF, 502 KB]
• Template SWPPP form - with directions - for viewing  [PDF, 503 KB]
• Mercury Switch Removal Procedure from Vehicle Hood and Trunk Lights [PDF, 1.4 MB]
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• Above Ground Storage Tank (AST) Guidance Document - Coming Soon
• Federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Guidance Document 
• Conditionally Exempt Generator (of Hazardous Waste) Handbook

Fact Sheets

• Waste Motor Vehicle Fuel and System Components [PDF, 75KB]
• Managing Waste Fuel and Fuel/Water Mixtures [PDF, 81 KB]
• Shop Rags [PDF, 63 KB]
• Federal Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation - 40 CFR 112 [PDF, 173 KB]
• Air Bags [PDF, 19 KB]
• Aluminum Sweat Furnaces [PDF, 30 KB]
• Antifreeze [PDF, 85 KB]
• Fluids Management [PDF, 19 KB]
• Hazardous Wastes [PDF, 17 KB]
• Mercury Switches and Relays [PDF, 19 KB]
• Hazardous Waste Storage for Conditionally Exempt Generators (CEGs) [PDF, 19 KB]
• Lead-Acid Batteries [PDF, 79 KB]
• Oil Filters [PDF, 102 KB]
• Oily Wastes [PDF, 92 KB]
• Parts Cleaning Solvents [PDF, 86 KB]
• Aqueous, Parts Cleaning [PDF, 95 KB]
• Recyclable Materials [PDF, 55 KB]
• Air Conditioning Refrigerants [PDF, 97 KB]
• Scrap Metal [PDF, 77 KB]
• Scrap Tires [PDF, 77 KB]
• Spills [PDF, 104 KB]
• Used Oil [PDF, 82 KB]
• Used Oil Burning [PDF, 95 KB]
• Wastewater Discharges [PDF, 20 KB]
• Used Televisions and Computer Monitors [PDF, 120 KB]
• See SBCAP Compliance Resources for Additional Fact Sheets *

Additional Resources

• Marketer's List (Updated February 2005) [PDF, 195 KB]
• Health & Safety Checklist for Auto Salvage Yards [PDF, 17 KB]

EPA Announces Results of First Year Automobile Mercury Switch Recovery Program (09/2007)

EPA issued a report announcing the results of the first year of the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, indicating that, since August 2006, over 635,000 switches have been removed from automobiles before they were sent to scrap recyclers for processing. EPA estimates that these recovered switches contained 1,400 pounds of mercury that was removed before it could become part of the waste stream.  According to EPA, all 50 states and approximately 5,900 companies that dismantle, crush and shred old vehicles are involved in the switch-recovery program. The program was developed by EPA and eight organizations of states (including the Environmental Council of the States), nongovernmental organizations, steelmakers, vehicle manufacturers, auto recyclers and scrap metal recyclers.  For more information - click on the photo below:

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Mercury Switch Removal Video

How to Remove Mercury Switches - The 48 Second Solution from Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality

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