Notice to all Occupants

Be Responsible When Dumping Oil
It is illegal to dump hazardous waste such as used motor and cooking oils. Used oil runs off into ditches and can get into groundwater or lakes and streams where it is harmful to plants and animals (including humans). Used oil also contains heavy metals that pose a health risk. By law, the place where you bought the new oil must accept used oil or post a notice of where you can recycle it.
Used Oil damages my house and yard.  Do not dump Used Oil of any type on my property.  If I see evidence of illegal oil dumping going on on any of my properties I will report it to the proper authorities.  If there is a fine you will be responsible to pay it.  If there is a clean up fee you are responsible to pay it.
If you have mistakenly dumped Oil on my property you need to clean it up immediately.  We will start performing inspections looking for illegal dumping immediately.  Anyone dumping oil will be evicted and their deposit will be forfeited.

Used Oil Filters  Used oil filters must be drained of oil before being disposed. All free-flowing oil must be removed from the filter. If the filter is hot drained for 24 hours, punctured and drained until all oil is removed, or crushed and drained, it may be placed in the trash and sent to a sanitary landfill.

North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 42
42-11. Willful destruction by tenant misdemeanor.

If any tenant shall, during his term or after its expiration, willfully and unlawfully demolish,
destroy, deface, injure or damage any tenement house, uninhabited house or other outhouse,
belonging to his landlord or upon his premises by removing parts thereof or by burning, or in any
other manner, or shall unlawfully and willfully burn, destroy, pull down, injure or remove any
fence, wall or other enclosure or any part thereof, built or standing upon the premises of such
landlord, or shall willfully and unlawfully cut down or destroy any timber, fruit, shade or
ornamental tree belonging to said landlord, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Class 1 misdemeanor - maximum punishment is more than six months imprisonment.
Applicable Laws: (G.S. 130A-290(B) and 309.15-24; 15A NCAC 13A.0018)  No person may knowingly:
Collect, transport, store, recycle, use, or dispose of used oil in any manner that endangers the public health or welfare.  Discharge used oil into sewers, drainage systems, septic tanks, surface waters, groundwater, water courses, or marine waters.  Dispose of used oil in any landfill in the State unless such disposal has been approved by the Solid Waste Section of the Division of Solid Waste Management.  Mix used oil with solid waste that is to be disposed of in solid waste landfills.  Mix used oil with hazardous substances that make the used oil unsuitable for recycling or beneficial use.  Used oil shall not be used for road oiling, dust control, weed abatement, or other similar purposes that have the potential to release used oil into the environment.