---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s279.70"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 279.70 - Applicability."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "279.70"section_name: "Applicability."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/s279.70
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)).
# 279.70 Applicability.(a) Any person who conducts either of the following activities is subject to the requirements of this subpart:(1) Directs a shipment of off-specification used oil from their facility to a used oil burner; or(2) First claims that used oil that is to be burned for energy recovery meets the used oil fuel specifications set forth in § 279.11.(b) The following persons are not marketers subject to this subpart:(1) Used oil generators, and transporters who transport used oil received only from generators, unless the generator or transporter directs a shipment of off-specification used oil from their facility to a used oil burner. However, processors/re-refiners who burn some used oil fuel for purposes of processing are considered to be burning incidentally to processing. Thus, generators and transporters who direct shipments of off-specification used oil to processor/re-refiners who incidentally burn used oil are not marketers subject to this Subpart;(2) Persons who direct shipments of on-specification used oil and who are not the first person to claim the oil meets the used oil fuel specifications of § 279.11.(c) Any person subject to the requirements of this Subpart must also comply with one of the following:(1) Subpart C of this part—Standards for Used Oil Generators;(2) Subpart E of this part—Standards for Used Oil Transporters and Transfer Facilities;(3) Subpart F of this part—Standards for Used Oil Processors and Re-refiners; or(4) Subpart G of this part—Standards for Used Oil Burners who Burn Off-Specification Used Oil for Energy Recovery.[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26426, May 3, 1993; 71 FR 40280, July 14, 2006]