Oils and Greases a) There shall be no free or floating layer;
Oils and Greases. Since June 2005 all contractors, Plant Hire Companies or Contractors intending to tender for Environment Agency contracts utilising plant equipment to undertake all or part of the Environment Agency’s projects, schemes or contracts etc. of any type, location or duration have been required without exception to ensure that the hydraulic system of the intended plant is filled only with an environmentally considerate hydraulic fluid. Hydraulic fluids shall be of a suitable synthetic ester or vegetable oil-based derivative. Traditional mineral oils and glycols are not acceptable. The Agency reserves the right to extract a sample(s) of oil from an item of equipment whilst on site for analysis at an independent laboratory. Failure to comply with this mandatory requirement will result in that machine(s) being forbidden to work on the Environment Agency’s contract(s).
Oils and Greases. The Supplier shall define the types of oils and greases and shall give the Purchaser a table of possible equivalents (Mobil, Shell, Cofran, etc.).
