40 CFR § 279.75 - Notices.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s279.75"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 279.75 - Notices."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "279.75"
section_name: "Notices."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "279"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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"
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# 279.75 Notices.

(a) *Certification.* Before a used oil generator, transporter, or processor/re-refiner directs the first shipment of off-specification used oil fuel to a burner, he must obtain a one-time written and signed notice from the burner certifying that:

(1) The burner has notified EPA stating the location and general description of used oil management activities; and

(2) The burner will burn the off-specification used oil only in an industrial furnace or boiler identified in § 279.61(a).

(b) *Certification retention.* The certification described in paragraph (a) of this section must be maintained for three years from the date the last shipment of off-specification used oil is shipped to the burner.