Management Practices for Dental Offices

Dental offices that adopt these EBMPs are allowed to eliminate end-of-pipe monitoring requirements provided they certify compliance with EBMP guidelines that include: installation and proper operation of an ISO certified Amalgam Separator with a 99 percent or greater amalgam removal efficiency; development and implementation of mercury spill control procedures; a thorough assessment of all existing sink traps and drains; proper maintenance and operation of vacuum pump filters; compliance with specific record keeping requirements; development and implementation of an employee environmental training program; and installation and proper maintenance of chair-side amalgam traps. NBC plans to finalize these EBMPs and distribute them as part of a permitting initiative in early 2004.