New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26A - RECYCLING RULES
Subchapter 6 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL
Section 7:26A-6.3 - Prohibitions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:26A-6.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Used oil shall not be managed in surface impoundments or waste piles unless the units are subject to regulation under 40 C.F.R. Part 264 or 265, as incorporated by reference at N.J.A.C. 7:26G-8 or 9.

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

(c) Off-specification used oil fuel shall not be burned for energy recovery except in the devices specified below, and provided a "Permit to Construct, Install or Alter Control Apparatus or Equipment and Certificate to Operate Control Apparatus or Equipment" or other authorization is obtained for such device prior to burning in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-8 or 22:

1. Industrial furnaces as defined in 7:26-1.4;

2. Boilers, as defined in 7:26-1.4, 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; or

ii. Utility boilers used to produce electric power, steam, heated or cooled air, or other gases or fluids for sale; and

3. Hazardous waste incinerators subject to regulation under 40 C.F.R. Parts 264 or 265, as incorporated by reference at N.J.A.C. 7:26G-8 or 9.

(d) On-specification used oil shall not be directly burned for energy in any residential or Category I institutional device, furnace or boiler defined pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.

(e) The burning of on-specification used oil in oil-fired space heaters is prohibited except if the used oil fired space heaters meet the requirements of 7:26A-6.4(e).

(f) The burning of off-specification used oil in a space heater is prohibited in accordance with 7:27-20.7(a).

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