Used Oil Dust Suppression and You
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) has adopted regulations for the management of used oil. The following
regulations address the use of used oil as a dust suppressant.
- Used oil may not be used as a dust suppressant on any publicly owned road,
street or alley, or within 200 yards of such roadways.
- Used oil may be used as a dust suppressant only if all the following conditions are
met:
- The used oil must be generated by a household 'do it
yourselfer' or farmer/rancher.
- The used oil may only be used as a dust suppressant
on land owned or leased by the 'do it yourselfer' or
farmer/rancher.
- The land owned by the 'do it yourselfer' or
farmer/rancher must be more than five contiguous
acres.
- The farmer/rancher must generate the used oil
only from their own machinery and the amount of used oil
generated must not exceed an annual average of 25 gallons per
month.
The Department of Environmental
Quality strongly encourages you to recycle your used oil and to use
alternatives to used oil for dust suppression. Please refer to
the Hazardous Waste Lists
of local used oil recyclers, used oil collectors, and alternatives
for dust suppression for more information.
If you need more information, please contact us by telephone at (406) 444-3490.
