UPDATED 02/21/96

 

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

 FOR DRY CLEANING FACILITIES

 

Best management practices can be thought of as using "good

housekeeping" practices.  Listed below are several procedures

to operate your facility and minimize the risk of

contamination to the environment.

        

1.    Storage

                 

      a.    For facilities storing large amounts of chemicals

                 and/or fuels:

           

            1.    All chemical and fuel storage must have secondary

                              containment.  This containment area should be

                              able to hold a 110% of the volume of the largest

                              single tank to be stored in this area.

 

            b.    Hazardous wastes must be stored in DOT approved

                  containers, labeled, and in a safe area where

                 accidental spills are less likely to occur (i.e. away

                 from doors, stairs, ramps, high traffic area, etc.).

            

      c.    Chemical storage areas must be an impervious

                 surface with secondary containment or a bermed and

                  covered area away from drainage structures (e.g.

                 floor drains or storm drains).

 

2.    Waste disposal

 

             a.  Perchloroethylene  (Perc), mineral spirits (with a

                 flash point below 140 degrees Fahrenheit), spent

                 filter cartridges, still bottoms from solvent

                 distillation, lint, condensate water and any

                 absorbents used in cleaning floors and/or cleaning

                 spills, are hazardous materials or wastes.

 

                 1.   Condensate water from dry cleaning unit,

                              spotting table, vacuum machine for presses may

                              be a potential hazardous waste and therefore,

                              need to be disposed off as hazardous unless

                  profiled for alternate disposal methods.

 

      b.    All hazardous waste must be disposed of via a   Dade

                 County permitted hazardous waste transporter and

                 taken to a federally approved hazardous waste

 

                 disposal facility.  Receipts of all waste disposals

                 and hazardous waste manifests must be retained for

                 no less than three (3) years, at the generator's

                 facility, and be available for review.

 

             c.  Waste filters from Exxon DF 2000 can be disposed off

                 at Resource Recovery  They are not allowed to be

                 disposed in the general trash.  Sludged generated by

                 cooking process will need to be profiled to determine

                 proper disposal method.

 

             d.  Any facility generating hazardous waste must obtain

                 an Environmental Protection Agency Identification

                 number by contacting:

 

                 

Notification Coordinator                     

Bureau of Waste Planning and Regulation

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection

Two Towers Office Building Room 471

2600 Blair Stone Road

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400

(904) 488-4805

 

             e.  Florida law requires dry cleaning facilities to

                 register with the Department of Environmental

                  Protection (DEP)             

PHONE (904)488-0190

FAX   (800) 789-4402 "fax on demand"

            

      f.    Florida law also requires dry cleaning facilities to

                 obtain air permits

PHONE: (800)722-7457

 

         

3.    Storm drains

          

      a.    Special attention should  be paid to storm drain

                  locations.  Storm drains are designed to help

                 alleviate  rainwater build-up.  These drains do not

                 discharge to the sanitary sewer system, instead they

                 allow rainwater to drain into the ground and/or

                 groundwater.  Therefore, no discharges, other than

                 rainwater, are allowed to go to these storm drains.

                 Areas nearby storm drains should be kept free of oil

                 and grease and other contaminants so that the

                 rainwater does not wash them into the storm drains.

 

 

 

4.    Other Potential Sources of Contamination

             

      a.    Machinery not properly maintained may allow perc to

                 be discharged directly onto floor and may allow air

                 emissions.  All leaking parts or equipment must

                 be repaired  immediately.  All spills should be

                 collected with absorbent materials.  Contaminated

                 absorbent material must be disposed of via a

                 hazardous waste transporter.  All hazardous waste

                 receipts and manifests must be maintained on site for

                 no less than three (3) years.

             

      b.    Solvent and all other industrial fluids cannot be

                 discharged into septic tanks, sanitary sewers, storm

                 drains, soakage pits and/or onto ground surface.

                 These fluids must be collected and disposed of

                 via a DERM approved hauler.

             

      c.    Residue or wash down from spot remover chemicals

                 cannot be discharged to sinks or floor drains.  They

                 must be collected and disposed of via a hazardous

                 waste transporter.

 

      d.    Containers should be placed underneath release

                 valves to collect any liquid condensate that drips

                 when the valve is opened and pressure is relieved.

             

      e.    When clothes are transferred from machine to machine

                 in a wet system, or for special cleaning all

                 dripping must be collected due to the amount of

                 perc still on the clothing.

             

      f.    Any material or waste from the maintenance of the

                 perc residue tank must be treated as hazardous,

                 therefore, there should be the minimal amount of

                 handling possible. Any rags used in wiping down the

                 muck rod must be disposed of with the hazardous

                 waste.

             

      g.    All water from boiler blowdown should be discharged

                 to the sanitary sewers. No boiler blowdown should be

                 discharged to the ground.

 

      h.    No overflow from the cooling tower should be

                 discharged to the ground.  Condensate water must not

                  be disposed of in this system.

             

      i.    All boiler fuel tanks are required to have secondary

                 containment to prevent discharge of fuel to the floor

                 or the ground.             

      j.    Label all containers with the type of waste and

                 accumulation start

 

          Any questions will answered by the Industrial Facilities

          Section at 372-6600.