Common Questions About Environmental Topics

New Jersey SPCC Plans
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Does Used Oil Count Toward Federal Spill Rules at New Jersey Businesses?

Visit the New Jersey SPCC Plan Help Center How Used Oil Tanks and Drums at New Jersey Shops, Fleets, and Manufacturers Count Toward Federal SPCC Capacity, Containment, and Inspections If you run an...

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New Jersey SPCC Plans
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Does Your New Jersey Office Building or Warehouse Need an Oil Spill Plan Because of the Generator?

Visit the New Jersey SPCC Plan Help Center How a Diesel Generator Can Turn a New Jersey Office, Warehouse, or Retail Building Into a Regulated Oil Storage Site Most people who own or manage an office...

New Jersey SPCC Plans
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Do New Jersey Farms Need an Oil Spill Plan for Their Fuel Tanks?

Visit the New Jersey SPCC Plan Help Center How Your Farm's Fuel Storage, Spill History, and New Jersey's Own Tank Rules Decide Whether You Need a Spill Plan Almost every working farm in New Jersey...

NJPDES Permits
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How Do I Find Out If My NJ Facility Already Has an NJPDES Permit?

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center A Step-by-Step Guide to Looking Up a New Jersey Stormwater or Discharge Permit in NJDEP DataMiner, DocMiner, Your Own Files, and EPA ECHO...

NJPDES Permits
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Finding Your SIC Code and What It Means for Your New Jersey Stormwater Permit

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center Where to Look Up Your Standard Industrial Classification Code, Why Your Primary Activity Decides It, and How That Four-Digit Number Points...

NJPDES Permits
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Is My New Jersey Business 'Industrial'? How SIC Codes Decide Stormwater Rules

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center How SIC Codes Decide Whether a New Jersey Business Needs an Industrial Stormwater Permit, With Real Examples of Who's Covered and Who Isn't...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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Totes, Barrels, and Portable Tanks: Mobile Oil Containers at Pennsylvania Facilities

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center How Totes, Drums, Skid Tanks, and Fuel Trailers Count Toward Your Oil Storage Total, What Containment They Need, and How to Describe Them in a...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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Your Fuel Supplier Owns the Tank. Who's Responsible for Spills at Your Pennsylvania Site?

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center Supplier-Owned Diesel and Fuel Oil Tanks at Pennsylvania Sites Usually Still Belong in Your Oil Spill Plan. Here's How Responsibility Splits and How to...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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Heating Oil Tanks at Pennsylvania Businesses: When They Bring Federal Spill Rules

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center How Heating Oil Tanks at Pennsylvania Businesses, Churches, and Schools Count Toward Federal SPCC Rules, and Where DEP's Storage Tank Program Fits In...

Pennsylvania NPDES
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How Do You Report Stormwater Results Through PA eDMR?

Visit the Pennsylvania NPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center A Practical Guide to DEP's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report System: Getting Access, Who Should Submit, PAG-03 Due Dates, and the...