[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR311.1]

[Page 379]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 311_TEST PROCEDURES AND LABELING STANDARDS FOR RECYCLED OIL
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 311.1  Definitions.




Sec.
311.1 Definitions.
311.2 Stayed or invalid parts.
311.3 Preemption.
311.4 Testing.
311.5 Labeling.
311.6 Prohibited acts.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6363(d).

    Source: 60 FR 55421, Oct. 31, 1995, unless otherwise noted.


    As used in this part:
    (a) Manufacturer means any person who re-refines or otherwise 
processes used oil to remove physical or chemical impurities acquired 
through use or who blends such re-refined or otherwise processed used 
oil with new oil or additives.
    (b) New oil means any synthetic oil or oil that has been refined 
from crude oil and which has not been used and may or may not contain 
additives. Such term does not include used oil or recycled oil.
    (c) Processed used oil means re-refined or otherwise processed used 
oil or blend of oil, consisting of such re-refined or otherwise 
processed used oil and new oil or additives.
    (d) Recycled oil means processed used oil that the manufacturer has 
determined, pursuant to section 311.4 of this part, is substantially 
equivalent to new oil for use as engine oil.
    (e) Used oil means any synthetic oil or oil that has been refined 
from crude oil, which has been used and, as a result of such use, has 
been contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.
    (f) Re-refined oil means used oil from which physical and chemical 
contaminants acquired through use have been removed.