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LCD-77-307 1 (1977-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawbf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT FESUME 03711 - [B27740141 Ways the Department of Defense Can Improve Oil Recycling. LCD-77-307; B-166506. September 28, 1977. 16 pF. + 8 appendices (21 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700); Energy: Federal Efforts to Conserve Energy (1602);Environmental Protection Programs: Solid Waste Disposal and Resource hecovery (2206). Contact: Logistics ard Communicaticns Div. Budget Function: National Defense: Lepartment of Defense - military (except procurement & contracts) (051). Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Defense; General Services Administration; Office of Management and Budget; Federal Energy Adwinistration. Congressional Relevance: House Committwe on krmed Services; Senate Committee on Armed Services; Congress. Autbority: Federal water Pollution Control Act Amendments (P.L. 92-500). Energy Policf and Conservation Act of 1975, title II (42 .S.C. 6363 (Supp. V)). Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2795). P.L. 95-91. Federal agemcies must dispose of about 18 million gallons of used lubricating oil anrually, lost of it from Defense installations. The Department of Defense (DOD) has recognized the value of recycling used oil and has assumed the lead role in the Government's procurement, use, and disposal of this resource. Findings/Conclusions: Federal agencies with large automotive fleets are not achieving maximum recovery of the 18 million gallcns of used lubricating oil each year, and some disposal practices damage the environment. There is .-either a focal point among Federal agencies to provide guidance to Federal installations nor a management structure with specific levels of au.hority and responsibility to deal with the problems of used oil conservation and disposal. Because of this, no one knows the total amount genoerated ard its ultimate dispositon. Such information is vital to properly manage used oil. Meanwhile, DOD could take several actions to improve oil recycling by the military services. Recommendations: The Secretary of Defense should: institute standard requirements for segregating and collecting or storing used oil by physical characteristics; and inverttigate the feasibility of making regional agreements with re-refiners to re-refine used lubricating oil into lubricants which have no ;rohibition against re-refined materials, with a view toward including automotive engine oil as soon as such oil can meet the Department's specifications. (Authcr/SW)

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