[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: 40CFR279.53]



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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 F_Standards for Used Oil Processors and Re-Refiners

 

Sec.  279.53  Rebuttable presumption for used oil.



    (a) To ensure that used oil managed at a processing/re-refining 

facility is not hazardous waste under the rebuttable presumption of 

Sec.  279.10(b)(1)(ii), the owner or operator of a used oil processing/

re-refining facility must determine whether the total halogen content of 

used oil managed at the facility is above or below 1,000 ppm.

    (b) The owner or operator must make this determination by:

    (1) Testing the used oil; or

    (2) Applying knowledge of the halogen content of the used oil in 

light of the materials or processes used.

    (c) If the used oil contains greater than or equal to 1,000 ppm 

total halogens, it is presumed to be a hazardous waste because it has 

been mixed with halogenated hazardous waste listed in subpart D of part 

261 of this chapter. The owner or operator may rebut the presumption by 

demonstrating that the used oil does not contain hazardous waste (for 

example, by showing that the used oil does not contain significant 

concentrations of halogenated hazardous constituents listed in appendix 

VIII of part 261 of this chapter).

    (1) The rebuttable presumption does not apply to metalworking oils/

fluids containing chlorinated paraffins, if they are processed, through 

a tolling agreement, to reclaim metalworking oils/fluids. The 

presumption does apply to metalworking oils/fluids if such oils/fluids 

are recycled in any other manner, or disposed.

    (2) The rebuttable presumption does not apply to used oils 

contaminated with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) removed from refrigeration 

units where the CFCs are destined for reclamation. The rebuttable 

presumption does apply to used oils contaminated with CFCs that have 

been mixed with used oil from sources other than refrigeration units.



[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 10560, Mar. 4, 1994; 

70 FR 34591, June 14, 2005]