[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR279.11]

[Page 478]
 
                   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 shown in Table 1. 
Once used oil that is to be burned for energy recovery has been shown 
not to exceed any allowable level 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 ALLOWABLE LEVEL SHOWN BELOW IS NOT
         SUBJECT TO THIS PART WHEN BURNED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           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 allowable levels do 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; 71 
FR 40280, July 14, 2006]