[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: 40CFR279.12]



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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.  279.12  Prohibitions.



    (a) Surface impoundment prohibition. Used oil shall not be managed 

in surface impoundments or waste piles unless the units are subject to 

regulation under parts 264 or 265 of this chapter.

    (b) Use as a dust suppressant. The use of used oil as a dust 

suppressant is prohibited, except when such activity takes place in one 

of the states listed in Sec.  279.82(c).

    (c) Burning in particular units. Off-specification used oil fuel may 

be burned for energy recovery in only the following devices:

    (1) Industrial furnaces identified in Sec.  260.10 of this chapter;

    (2) Boilers, as defined in Sec.  260.10 of this chapter, that are 

identified as follows:

    (i) Industrial boilers located on the site of a facility engaged in 

a manufacturing process where substances are transformed into new 

products, including the component parts of products, by mechanical or 

chemical processes;

    (ii) Utility boilers used to produce electric power, steam, heated 

or cooled air, or other gases or fluids for sale; or

    (iii) Used oil-fired space heaters provided that the burner meets 

the provisions of Sec.  279.23.

    (3) Hazardous waste incinerators subject to regulation under subpart 

O of parts 264 or 265 of this chapter.



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