(d) Operations
This phase involves primarily the disposal of used transportation vehicles and their parts into landfills or open areas that may, the long term, leachates that could surface runoff or groundwater bodies. Also, debris from transportation vehicles using the facility can lead to pollution of nearby water bodies. These can be minimized by adopting policies that control vehicle disposal and prohibition of littering by facility users, among other measures.
(e) Maintenance
From a water resources standpoint the most deleterious aspect of transportation facility maintenance is the use of herbicide to control vegetation in ROWs and other areas. This can be minimized by adopting physical or biological means of vegetation control