Transporting WVO = hazmat?

[HoleshotHolset]

Say you've got a 100 gallon vessel in the bed of your truck...



You go to a WVO source and fill 'er up gratis, of course... no receipts, no monetary exchange.

On the ride home a deer (!@$%) runs out in front of you and you wreck... spilling the WVO all over the place and into wildlife preserve.

Since the WVO wasn't being used as a fuel just yet... the liability normally incurred for just the #2 spilled from your fuel tank has now been extended to include the WVO.



How likely is it that you'd be in trouble for transporting a hazardous material?



Matt

 

[DHayden]

I wouldn't think at all but then I'm no legal type.



Just get a Buckstop or a Road Armor bumper, then buy the recipe from the guy who makes diesel out of dead cats and other carcasses :-laf If a cat makes 2 Quarts a deer ought to be good for 5 or 10 gallons Oo. then you wont worry about the WVO you spilled all over the place :-laf

 

[fox]

The way I understand it is like this.

The WVO is not a hazardous waste.

The spill is a worry. I am trying to find the answer to the same scenario. I will work onit this week.

Were are you getting it Free gratis?!!!!



Have you see ( or worse, walked on ) a spill?

It is really slick. Like snot on ice.

 

[Nate]

Used veggie oil is not hazardous. When I was living in Maine, they used to spray used veggie oil on the 4 wheeler trails and some of the roads to keep the dust down.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

The situation I came up with (above) was/is ficticious... if I had a source for unlimited/free WVO - I'd be on it. Then again, I haven't exactly looked around too much...



If transporting it isn't an issue and Mr. Tax Man doesn't come a knockin' - my only concern now is that my homeowner's policy specifically states that you can't store fuel on the premises. I can get the policy and type out what it says if you guys want to see it.



I know, I know. Ya'all are saying - "What about a gas can for my lawnmower?!". I hear ya, but I read that sentence and it sorta crushed my hopes of making biodiesel at my house...



Matt

 

[Moose Truck]

WVO is a food product, which is not a Haz-mat. Moose00

 

[Headshot zod]

it might not be hazardous but it is considered "yellow grease" and that is a waste product. Hazmat stickers are available for it. I don't think you need a permit unless you are carrying 1000 gallons or so.

 

[Nate]

Why is getting free WVO such an unheard of thing?? That's where the ATV club would get the oil for the trails. The restaurants are more than happy to give it away since they don't have to pay for it to be hauled to the dump. I worked at Tastee Freeze for 4 years, and we went though about 7 gallons of oil every other day.

 

[DieselTim]

According to the State Agriculture dept for Ga. you do not need a permit or any other paperwork to collect or haul cooking oil (new or used). They say it is a non hazard, but if you are talkin about trap grease then that is a whole other ball or wax (grease). All kinds of paperwork is involved in that junk, I wouldn't want it anyway but they do make a big deal out of the difference between them.



Dieseltim

 

[HOBrian]

WVO is a food product, which is not a Haz-mat. Moose00

If it is a "food product" then you maybe able to store, just don't label it as fuel.