South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management
Subchapter 61-107.279 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: USED OIL
Subpart C - STANDARDS FOR USED OIL GENERATORS
Section 61-107.279.C.20 - Applicability
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-107.279.C.20
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
a. Except as provided in paragraphs a.
(1) through a. (4)
of this section, this subpart applies to all used oil generators. A used oil
generator is any person, by site, whose act or process produces used oil or
whose act first causes used oil to become subject to regulation.
(1) Household "do-it-yourselfer" used oil
generators are not subject to regulation under this regulation.
(2) Vessels at sea or at port are not subject
to this subpart. For purposes of this subpart, used oil produced on vessels
from normal shipboard operations is considered to be generated at the time it
is transported ashore. The owner or operator of the vessel and the person(s)
removing or accepting used oil from the vessel are co-generators of the used
oil and are both responsible for managing the waste in compliance with this
subpart once the used oil is transported ashore. The co-generators may decide
among them which party will fulfill the requirements of this subpart.
(3) Mixtures of used oil and diesel fuel
mixed by the generator of the used oil for use in the generator's own vehicles
are not subject to this regulation once the used oil and diesel fuel have been
mixed. Prior to mixing, the used oil fuel is subject to the requirements of
this subpart.
(4) Farmers who
generate an average of 25 gallons per month or less of used oil from vehicles
or machinery used on the farm in a calendar year are not subject to the
requirements of this regulation.
b. Used oil generators who conduct the following activities are subject to the requirements of other applicable provisions of this regulation as indicated below.
(1) Generators who transport used oil, except
under the self-transport provisions of 279.24.a. and b. of this regulation,
must also comply with Subpart E: Standards for Used Oil Transporters and
Transfer Facilities of this regulation.
(2) Generators who process or re-refine used
oil must also comply with Subpart F: Standards for Used Oil Processors and
Re-refiners of this regulation.
(3)
Generators who burn off-specification used oil for energy recovery, except
under the on-site space heater provisions of 279.23 of this regulation, must
also comply with Subpart G: Standards for Used Oil Burners who Burn
Off-Specification Used Oil for Energy Recovery of this regulation.
(4) Generators 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 279.11 of this regulation must also comply
with Subpart H: Standards for Used Oil Fuel Marketers of this
regulation.
(5) Generators who
perform the following activities are not processors provided that the used oil
is generated on-site and is not being sent off-site to a burner of on-or
off-specification used oil fuel.
(a)
Filtering, cleaning or otherwise reconditioning used oil before returning it
for reuse by the generator;
(b)
Separating used oil from wastewater generated on-site to make the wastewater
acceptable for discharge or reuse pursuant to section402 or section307(b)(b) of
the Clean Water Act or other applicable Federal or state regulations governing
the management or discharge of wastewaters;
(c) Using oil mist collectors to remove small
droplets of used oil from in-plant air to make plant air suitable for continued
recirculation;
(d) Draining or
otherwise removing used oil from materials containing or otherwise contaminated
with used oil in order to remove excessive oil to the extent possible pursuant
to the regulation, or;
(e)
Filtering, separating or otherwise reconditioning used oil before burning it in
a space heater pursuant to the regulation.
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