[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR279.50]

[Page 447-448]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 279--STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart F--Standards for Used Oil Processors and Re-Refiners
 
Sec. 279.50  Applicability.


    (a) The requirements of this subpart apply to owners and operators 
of facilities that process used oil. Processing means chemical or 
physical operations designed to produce from used oil, or to make used 
oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils, lubricants, or

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other used oil-derived products. Processing includes, but is not limited 
to: blending used oil with virgin petroleum products, blending used oils 
to meet the fuel specification, filtration, simple distillation, 
chemical or physical separation and re-refining. The requirements of 
this subpart do not apply to:
    (1) Transporters that conduct incidental processing operations that 
occur during the normal course of transportation as provided in 
Sec. 279.41; or
    (2) Burners that conduct incidental processing operations that occur 
during the normal course of used oil management prior to burning as 
provided in Sec. 279.61(b).
    (b) Other applicable provisions. Used oil processors/re-refiners who 
conduct the following activities are also subject to the requirements of 
other applicable provisions of this part as indicated in paragraphs 
(b)(1) through (b)(5) of this section.
    (1) Processors/re-refiners who generate used oil must also comply 
with subpart C of this part;
    (2) Processors/re-refiners who transport used oil must also comply 
with subpart E of this part;
    (3) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(3)(i) and (b)(3)(ii) of 
this section, processors/re-refiners who burn off-specification used oil 
for energy recovery must also comply with subpart G of this part. 
Processor/re-refiners burning used oil for energy recovery under the 
following conditions are not subject to subpart G of this part:
    (i) The used oil is burned in an on-site space heater that meets the 
requirements of Sec. 279.23; or
    (ii) The used oil is burned for purposes of processing used oil, 
which is considered burning incidentally to used oil processing;
    (4) Processors/re-refiners who direct shipments of off-specification 
used oil from their facility to a used oil burner or first claim that 
used oil that is to be burned for energy recovery meets the used oil 
fuel specifications set forth in Sec. 279.11 must also comply with 
subpart H of this part; and
    (5) Processors/re-refiners who dispose of used oil, including the 
use of used oil as a dust suppressant, also must comply with subpart I 
of this part.