[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: 40CFR279.82]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 279--STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL--Table of Contents
 
Subpart I--Standards for Use as a Dust Suppressant and Disposal of Used 
                                   Oil
 
Sec. 279.82  Use as a dust suppressant.

    (a) The use of used oil as a dust suppressant is prohibited, except 
when such activity takes place in one of the states listed in paragraph 
(c) of this section.
    (b) A State may petition (e.g., as part of its authorization 
petition submitted to EPA under Sec. 271.5 of this chapter or by a 
separate submission) EPA to allow the use of used oil (that is not mixed 
with hazardous waste and does not exhibit a characteristic other than 
ignitability) as a dust suppressant. The State must show that it has a 
program in place to prevent the use of used oil/hazardous waste mixtures 
or used oil exhibiting a characteristic other than ignitability as a 
dust suppressant. In

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addition, such programs must minimize the impacts of use as a dust 
suppressant on the environment.
    (c) List of States. [Reserved]