[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: 40CFR279.50]



[Page 490]

 

                   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 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.