Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
a. The requirements
of this subpart apply to owners and operators of facilities that process used
oil. Processing means chemical or physical operations designed to produce from
used oil, or to make used oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils,
lubricants, or other used oil-derived products. Processing includes, but is not
limited to: blending used oil with virgin petroleum products, blending used
oils to meet the fuel specification, filtration, simple distillation, chemical
or physical separation and re-refining. The requirements of this subpart do not
apply to:
(1) Transporters that conduct
incidental processing operations that occur during the normal course of
transportation as provided in 279.41 of this regulation; or
(2) Burners that conduct incidental
processing operations that occur during the normal course of used oil
management prior to burning as provided in 279.61.b.
b. Used oil processors/re-refiners who
conduct the following activities are also subject to the requirements of other
applicable provisions of this regulation as indicated in paragraphs b. (1)
through b. (4) of this section.
(1)
Processors/re-refiners who generate used oil must also comply with Subpart C:
Standards for Used Oil Generators of this regulation;
(2) Processors/re-refiners who transport used
oil must also comply with Subpart E: Standards for Used Oil Transporters and
Transfer Facilities;
(3) Except as
provided in paragraphs b. (3)(a) and b. (3)(b) of this section,
processors/re-refiners who burn off-specification used oil for energy recovery
must also comply with Subpart G : Standards for Used Oil Burners who Burn
Off-Specification Used Oil for Energy Recovery. Processor/re-refiners burning
used oil for energy recovery under the following conditions are not subject to
Subpart G of this regulation:
(a) The used
oil is burned in an on-site space heater that meets the requirements of 279.23;
or
(b) The used oil is burned for
purposes of processing used oil, which is considered burning incidentally to
used oil processing.
(4)
Processors/re-refiners 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 of this
regulation.
