Permitted Used Oil Facilities

Permitted Used Oil Facilities:

There are several type of permitted Used Oil Facilites in Utah. They are:

Transporters/Transfer Facilities
Off-Specification Burners
Marketers
Re-refiners and processors

Used Oil Transporters and Transfer Facilities

Used Oil Transporters are companies that pick up used oil from various sources and deliver it to re-refiners, processors, or burners. Transfer facilities include facility where used oil is held for longer than 24 hours, but not longer than 35 days. Examples of transfer facilities are storage tanks, loading docks and parking areas.

Used oil Transporter and Transfer Facilities are required to:

Obtain an EPA ID number and permit from the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Label their containers "Used Oil," and store material safely.
Record each acceptance, analysis, and delivery of used oil shipments and retain records for 3 years.
Limit storage to 35 days at transfer facilities.
Limit storage to 35 days at transfer facilities.
Also be responsible for ensuring the shipment is in fact used oil.
Test waste oil for hazardous characteristics.
Demonstrate financial responsibility for any liability resulting from accidental spill or mishandling of used oil.
Submit an annual report detailing activities during the calendar year.
Submit a closure plan, including a spill containment plan and reclaimation surety.

On-Specifiecation/Off-specification Used Oil Burner

Used oil may be processed for energy recovery, by removing water and particulates so that it can be used as fuel to generate heat or to power industrial operations. This form of recycling of used oil is not as preferable a method as re-refining, because it only enables the oil to be reused once. Nonetheless, valuable energy is provided (about the same as provided by normal heating oil).

Used oil burned for energy recovery, and any fuel produced from used oil by processing, blending, or other treatment, is subject to regulation under Standards for the Management of Used Oil . It may be burned by on-specification burners who have an approval order issued by the Division of Air Quality if it is shown not to exceed any of the allowable, see the Used Oil Specifications.

If the used oil does not exceed any of the specifications, it is not subject to the Standards for Used Oil Burners Who Burn Used Oil for Energy Recovery, (R315-15-6) and may be burned as heating fuel.

An off-specification used oil burner is a facility where used oil not meeting the specification requirements is burned for energy recovery. These facilities include industrial furnaces, boilers, hazardous waste incinerators and some approved used oil-fired space heaters.

Burners of off-specification used oil are required to:

Obtain an EPA ID number and permit from the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Provide each used oil supplier with one time written and signed notice of compliance with regulations.
Record each acceptance, analysis, and delivery of used oil shipments and retain them for 3 years.
Provide oil storage tanks in good condition and labeled with the words "Used Oil".
Provide secondary containment systems to prevent contamination due to leaks and spills.
Determine if the used oil contains above or below 1000 ppm total halogens.
Submit an annual report detailing activities during the calendar year.
Demonstrate financial responsibility for any liability resulting from accidental spill or mishandling of used oil.
Submit a closure plan, including a spill containment plan and reclamation surety.

Marketers

Marketers are handlers who either direct shipments of used oil to be burned as fuel in regulated devices or, claim that EPA and State specifications are met for used oil. By definition, marketers fall into at least one of the following categories:

Transporter,
Processor/refiner, or
Generator.

Used oil marketers are required to:

Obtain and EPA ID number and permit from the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Market off-specification used oil only to permitted burners who have an EPA ID number and burn the used oil in an industrial furnace, boiler, hazardous waste incinerator.
Record each acceptance, and delivery of used oil shipments and retain these records for 3 years.
Keep copies of analysis of used oil use to determine its suitability as fuel for 3 years.
Keep a record of each shipment of off-specification used oil to burners and retain these records for 3 years.
Obtain from the off-specification burner before shipment, a one-time written and signed notice of certification.
Demonstrate financial responsibility for any liability resulting from accidental spill or mishandling of used oil.
Please refer to the Standards for the Management of Used Oil for a complete listing of the requirements regarding closure plans, emergency spill containment plans, and reclamation surety.

Re-refiners and processors

Re-refiners and processors are facilities that blend or remove impurities from used oil so that it can be burned for energy recovery or reused. Included in this category are re-refiners who process used oil so that it can be reused in a new product such as a lubricant. The most common method of recycling is reprocessing. Industrial techniques such as addition of heat and/or chemicals, the evaporation of water content, filtration, sedimentation, centrifuge separation, and vacuum distillation can be applied to used oil to prepare it for blending with virgin oil for use as industrial grade fuel oil. A large portion of used oil in Utah is processed into #2 diesel fuel blend stock. Only small quantities of used oil generated in Utah are re-refined back into base oil lube stock to make new lubricating oil. Used oil, when re-refined, can be recycled over and over again without losing its lubricating quality.

Standards for the Management of Used Oil applies to used oil processors and re-refiners. The most stringent standards apply to used oil processors and re-refiners because they handle the largest quantities of used oil.

Used oill processors and re-refiners are required to:

Obtain an EPA ID number and permit from the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Record each acceptance, delivery, and analysis of used oil shipments and retain records for 3 years.
Record each acceptance, delivery, and analysis of used oil shipments and retain records for 3 years.
Process and store used oil in areas with secondary containment approved by the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board.
Maintain storage tanks and containers in good condition.
Clean up any used oil spills or leaks.
Prepare a plan and schedule testing of used oil for halogen content.
Track incoming used oil and outgoing recycled used oil products, maintain records, and manage used oil safely.
Demonstrate financial responsibility for any liability resulting from accidental spill or mishandling of used oil.
Submit an annual report detailing activities during the calendar year.
Submit a closure plan, including a spill containment plan and reclamation surety.

Contact:

The form for Transporters/Transfer Facilities, Off-Specification Burners, Markerters, and Re-refiners and processors may be viewed on-line in PDF format. You can then print the form directly from the Internet. The completed forms can then be mailed to the:

Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste
P.O. Box 144880 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4880
Attention: Used Oil Program

For more information about the Used Oil Program, please contact Cheryl Prawl at (801)-538-6170 or email her at cprawl@utah.gov.

Put Used Oil in its Place image

You are here: Home >