[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR279.11]



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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 B_Applicability

 

Sec.  279.11  Used oil specifications.



    Used oil burned for energy recovery, and any fuel produced from used 

oil by processing, blending, or other treatment, is subject to 

regulation under this part unless it is shown not to exceed any of the 

allowable levels of the constituents and properties in the specification 

shown in Table 1. Once used oil that is to be burned for energy recovery 

has been shown not to exceed any specification and the person making 

that showing complies with Sec. Sec.  279.72, 279.73, and 279.74(b), the 

used oil is no longer subject to this part.



 Table 1--Used Oil Not exceeding Any Specification Level Is Not Subject

            to This Part When Burned for Energy Recovery \1\

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           Constituent/property                    Allowable level

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Arsenic...................................  5 ppm maximum.

Cadmium...................................  2 ppm maximum.

Chromium..................................  10 ppm maximum.

Lead......................................  100 ppm maximum.

Flash point...............................  100 [deg]F minimum.

    Total halogens........................  4,000 ppm maximum.\2\



Note: Applicable standards for the burning

of used oil containing PCBs are imposed by

             40 CFR 761.20(e).



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\1\ The specification does not apply to mixtures of used oil and

  hazardous waste that continue to be regulated as hazardous waste (see

  Sec.   279.10(b)).

\2\ Used oil containing more than 1,000 ppm total halogens is presumed

  to be a hazardous waste under the rebuttable presumption provided

  under Sec.   279.10(b)(1). Such used oil is subject to subpart H of

  part 266 of this chapter rather than this part when burned for energy

  recovery unless the presumption of mixing can be successfully

  rebutted.





[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26425, May 3, 1993]