---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s279.57"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 279.57 - Operating record and reporting."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "279.57"section_name: "Operating record and reporting."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "I"subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"part_number: "279"part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Sections 1006, 2002(a), 3001 through 3007, 3010, 3014, and 7004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921 through 6927, 6930, 6934, and 6974); and sections 101(37) and 114(c) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(37) and 9614(c))."regulatory_source: "57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "279"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s279.57
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Environmental Protection Agency
Authority
Sections 1006, 2002(a), 3001 through 3007, 3010, 3014, and 7004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921 through 6927, 6930, 6934, and 6974); and sections 101(37) and... Sections 1006, 2002(a), 3001 through 3007, 3010, 3014, and 7004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921 through 6927, 6930, 6934, and 6974); and sections 101(37) and 114(c) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(37) and 9614(c)).
# 279.57 Operating record and reporting.(a) *Operating record.* (1) The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at the facility.(2) The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;(i) Records and results of used oil analyses performed as described in the analysis plan required under § 279.55; and(ii) Summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementation of the contingency plan as specified in § 279.52(b).(b) *Reporting.* A used oil processor/re-refiner must report to the Regional Administrator, in the form of a letter, on a biennial basis (by March 1 of each even numbered year), the following information concerning used oil activities during the previous calendar year;(1) The EPA identification number, name, and address of the processor/re-refiner;(2) The calendar year covered by the report; and(3) The quantities of used oil accepted for processing/re-refining and the manner in which the used oil is processed/re-refined, including the specific processes employed.[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 71 FR 40280, July 14, 2006]