Transportation Compliance Plan
MAX Environmental Technologies Yukon Facility
- Approved Truck Routes
- Delivery Requirements
- MAX does not have truck scales at our facility.
- “Safety Zone ”
- Speed Limit
- School Bus Routes and Times
- Good Neighbor Policy
- Public Roadway Conditions
- PENNDOT Roadway Bond
- Plant Roadway Conditions
- Equipment Checks
- Accident/Spill Reporting
- Manifests and Drivers’ Log Book
- Scheduling
- Site Security
- Shipment Receiving
- Personal Protective Equipment
- General Safety
- MAX Safety Training Identification Card
The only approved truck route to MAX Environmental’s Yukon facility is as shown on the enclosed Transporter Map. PA State Route 31 intersects US Route 70 at the West Newton Exit. This is exit 51B if traveling westbound and exit 51A if traveling eastbound on I-70. State Route 3061 (Bell’s Mill Road) also intersects Routes 31 & 10 at that location. Travel approximately 1-6/10ths miles on Bell’s Mill Road to the intersection with PA Route 3059 (Spring Street). Right on Spring Street approximately 5/10ths miles to the plant gate on left.
The only approved truck route from MAX Environmental’s Yukon facility is to turn right out of the facility entrance onto Spring Street to Bell’s Mill Road to I-70, returning to the same route.
All vehicles delivering waste materials to MAX’s disposal facilities must be permitted for operation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All loads must be in a sealed shipping container, dump trailer, dump truck, or roll-off container. All loads must be covered (tarped). All required shipping papers must accompany each load and the driver must have a current logbook, valid commercial drivers license, and proof of having taken MAX’s drivers training. All trucks delivering hazardous waste must have the appropriate placards. All trucks delivering residual waste must have placards for “residual waste”. All deliveries must have been scheduled in advance at (724) 722-3500 and been given a delivery time. All deliveries must arrive at scheduled times. Dispatch hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm (unless specifically designated as other).
Waste shipped to MAX must be properly contained to prevent leaks or spills. Waste transport vehicles must stop before exiting I-70 and check their tank, dump bed, or roll-off container for leaks. If leaking, do not continue to MAX’s Yukon Facility.
If you do not have a shipment weight, certified truck scales are located at the Smithton Exit 49 on I-70. Stop and obtain a weight ticket before proceeding to MAX Yukon. This is a good location to inspect your truck prior to preceding the MAX Yukon. A certified lightweight is also required. Loads without weight tickets will not be accepted.
MAX has designated a section of the approved truck route as an area in which extreme SAFETY is to be exercised. This area has been termed the “SAFETY ZONE”. When approaching the Yukon Facility, the “SAFETY ZONE” begins on Bell’s Mill Road, at the intersection of Bell’s Mill Road and the westbound entrance/ exit ramps of I-70. The beginning of the “SAFETY ZONE” is the “WYANO” road sign. The “SAFETY ZONE” continues for 2.1 miles, through the village of Wyano, to the Yukon Plant.
On the return trip, the “SAFETY ZONE” begins at the Plant and Continues to the intersection with I-70.
Many of our neighbors have horses and ride them along the public roadways in the safety zone designated areas. Extra care and distance should be provided to all horses and riders to assure that your vehicle does not alarm them.
All posted speed limits must be strictly observed and adhered to. The speed limit on Bell’s Mill Road and Spring Street is 35 miles per hour. MAX requires a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour through the area designated as the “SAFETY ZONE”.
School buses routinely travel the approved truck route and school bus stops exist by many homes on these roads. School buses MUST be given the utmost consideration when encountered on the roadways.
All drivers are to yield to school buses at the Bell’s Mill Road and First Street intersection. Particularly in the morning hours, the school bus is to be permitted to collect students prior to a truck passing the bus stops, when possible. The school bus is then to be given double the normal vehicle length to speed distance. In this manner, the school bus can pick up the students prior to the truck passing through the area.
When following a school bus in the afternoon (student drop-off) hours, all drivers must give the school bus triple the normal vehicle length to speed distance.
Yough School District school buses generally run through the Wyano area between 6:30/8:30 am and 2:30 /4:00 pm. School activity buses will run as late as 6:00 pm. During these time periods all drivers will exercise extreme caution while on Bell’s Mill Road and Spring Street.
MAX Environmental is a good neighbor and a member of the local Wyano/Yukon community. MAX is committed to assuring that our operation does not cause harm or undo concern to our community. Transporters delivering material to our facility are also part of this community, if only for brief time, and are required to afford our neighbors the courtesy that one would expect of a good neighbor. This includes providing extra distance when following another motor vehicle, not using the engine decompression or “Jake” Brake when on the pant approach roads, providing sufficient room for oncoming motor vehicles, and reporting all incidents to MAX’s plant personnel. Maintaining a clean vehicle and conducting the required pre and post trip vehicle safety inspection will also help present an image that all involved in our operation are concerned about our endeavors. This can only help maintain a positive attitude with our neighbors.
Route 31 is an improved state two-lane highway. Traffic approaching the plant only travels on Route 31 for a short section after exiting I-70 on 51B, or crosses Route 31 at the US Rout I-70 exit ramp 51A. Along Bell’s Mill Road, approximately 6/10ths miles from Routes 31/70, is the intersection with First Street. Caution should be exercised when approaching this intersection due to the church and the possibility of the other motorists making turns onto or turning out of this intersection or the church parking area.
At approximately 6/10th miles on Bell’s Mill Road is the intersection with Spring Street. Both roads are two lane state routes with no shoulder. Trucks, buses and passenger vehicles constantly utilize these roads. These roadways are a main access for the communities of Wyano and Yukon. The roadways are maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
MAX’s concern with the roadways is that unsafe condition of the road surface, shoulders, guard railing, signage, and bridges be identified by the drivers and reported immediately to MAX. Tracking of mud or dust by others along the access roadways must also be reported. Further, that any accidents, involving MAX’s transporters or not, be reported as quickly as possible to MAX. With the proper information concerning these situations MAX can respond quickly to avert problems.
MAX maintains a roadway maintenance bond with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on the approved truck access routes. The approved truck access roadways have a 10-ton weight limit. In order for a vehicle to legally travel these roadways they must be covered by a roadway maintenance bond. Proof of that coverage must accompany every vehicle, which exceeds the 10 tons weight limit.
Tracking of waste onto the roadway is to be avoided by diligently inspecting your vehicle before leaving a treatment, storage, or disposal unit. Every driver on every delivery regardless of weather conditions or time of day is to exit his vehicle, while still at the unloading area and inspect the tires for mud or waste. Tires and running gear on each vehicle are to be “shoveled cleaned” before leaving any unloading area. NO mud or waste is to be tracked onto the public road. THIS WILL ENDANGER MAX’S PERMIT AND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK FOR MAX!
A daily vehicle condition inspection is to be completed for your vehicle. If you change vehicles during the day a pre-trip inspection of each vehicle is required prior to leaving the waste staging area and again prior to leaving the Yukon Plant. Begin the daily or pre-trip inspection by reviewing the previous days or driver’s vehicle inspection report. The inspection is to be conducted in accordance with a standard vehicle condition report.
Every trailer, etc. is to be inspected to assure that the tailgate is latched and that the electrical and airliners are connected. The lighting is to be checked for proper connection and illumination.
Every roll-off container, dump trailer and dump truck bed are to be inspected to be sure that the tailgate closes tightly and that there is not leakage. Loads are to be inspected to assure that there are not free liquids and that the container is not overfilled for the public roads. Roll-off containers are to have chain binders tightly in lace. All loads are to be tarped to assure that there is not excess moisture getting into the container that no wind dispersal of the contents occurs.
Any loose material on the outside of the roll-off container, dump trailer or dump truck must be removed before leaving the generator’s plant and again leaving the Yukon Plant.
All vehicles that transport hazardous waste are required to have a placard identifying the contents on the three sides of the vehicle. If the proper placard number, matching the US DOT description on your hazardous waste manifest, is not displayed on your vehicle, you and your company will be liable for a fine from the PADEP and the USEPA.
All vehicles transporting residual waste in Pennsylvania are required to have placard, in six-inch high letters, identifying the contents of the vehicle as “residual waste”. If this not on the vehicle, you and your company will be liable for a fine from the PADEP.
All accidents and/or spills must be reported to MAX’s Yukon Plant Management. The transporter is required to take all actions necessary in the event of an accident and/or spill. A transporter’s emergency response plan must be on file with MAX and it must be followed. Information concerning the type of accident, individuals involved, property damage, vehicles involved, and any other particulars about the incident must be reported. Any accident, which a driver witnesses but is not involved in, on the plant access road ways, must also be reported. By having all the information concerning an accident, MAX can be prepared with the appropriate response.
The USEPA, USDOT, and the PADEP require a hazardous manifest accompany each shipment of hazardous waste material. The Commonwealth of PADEP requires a manifest shipping paper accompany each load of non-hazardous (residual) waste material. Sample copies of hazardous and non-hazardous waste manifests are attached. Information required to be placed on hazardous waste manifest is the generated USEPA ID number, non-repeating manifest number, the generator’s name mailing address, and phone number the transporters name, USEPA ID number, hazardous waste license number, and phone number, the designated disposal facility name, site address, USEPA ID number, and phone number a waste name and description, total quantity, special handling instruction, and signatures of the generator, transporter, and disposal facility. In order for a load to be accepted a weight ticket and signed manifest will be required.
Every driver must maintain and carry a driver’s daily log in a form approved by the US DOT, Federal Highway Administration. Logs must be filled in up to the last change of duty status.
All loads must be scheduled by calling (724) 722-3500 at least one day in advance and must arrive within thirty (30) minutes of the scheduled delivery time. In order to assure that MAX is prepared for the acceptance of a shipment it must be scheduled.
Unauthorized individuals are not permitted on MAX’s property. MAX provides security for its Yukon Facility by use of fencing and an electronic gate with an intercom system. If you arrive at the facility at your scheduled time and the gate is closed, use the intercom system or call the office at (724) 722-3500 to alert the plant management that you are at the gate. MAX conducts a 24-hour operation at its Yukon Facility. In addition, Security Guards are on duty during the evening, weekend, and holiday periods.
Once you have entered the main gates you must drive through a radiation detector at the posted speed. If the alarm goes off, you must enter the dispatch office and await further instruction. If the alarm does not go off, park your vehicle near the plant offices and bring your shipping papers to the plant receiving area. Once your papers are accepted, your paper work will be retained in the dispatch office with the exception of the pink copy of the bill of lading, which will be returned to you. This pink copy will accompany you while you are offloading the waste. You will also be given a sample ticket, which is to be given to a plantman at the Solid Waste Solidification and Stabilization (SWSS) pits prior to offloading. Following offloading, your truck will be inspected by a MAX manager to ensure that it is clean. If your truck is clean enough to leave the facility, the remainder of your paperwork will be returned to you and you will be permitted to leave.
Transporters are required to have and use personal protective equipment (PPE) while on MAX property. Long sleeves and long pants are required of all persons entering MAX property. Drivers are responsible for wearing sturdy work shoes or boots. No sneakers or open toe footwear is permitted outside of the employee parking area. Work gloves are a requirement and all drivers must supply their own work gloves.
Drivers are required to clean their own vehicle tires/running gear prior to leaving the unloading area, unless told otherwise.
Personal vehicles are not to be driven inside the Yukon Facility. The parking lot at the Plant Offices is to be used. No one is to wander outside his or her designated work area. Trucks are not to be left unattended on plant property.
Having completed this safety-training course you will be provided with a safety training identification card. This card must be carried with you when you deliver waste to MAX’s Yukon Facility.