[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: 40CFR279.44]

[Page 484]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 279_STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart E_Standards for Used Oil Transporter and Transfer Facilities
 
Sec. 279.44  Rebuttable presumption for used oil.

    (a) To ensure that used oil is not a hazardous waste under the 
rebuttable presumption of Sec. 279.10(b)(1)(ii), the used oil 
transporter must determine whether the total halogen content of used oil 
being transported or stored at a transfer facility is above or below 
1,000 ppm.
    (b) The transporter 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 arrangement as described in Sec. 279.24(c), 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 if 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.
    (d) Record retention. Records of analyses conducted or information 
used to comply with paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section must be 
maintained by the transporter for at least 3 years.

[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 10560, Mar. 4, 1994; 
70 FR 34591, June 14, 2005; 71 FR 40280, July 14, 2006]