Criteria for Used Oil Transporters

Used oil transporters are people who do one or both of the following:

• Transport used oil in quantities greater than 55 gallons
• Collect used oil from more than one generator and transport this oil

The RCRA regulations for used oil transporters do not apply to the following types of used oil:

• Used oil that is transported on-site
• Used oil that is transported in volumes totaling 55 gallons or less from the place where it was generated to a used oil collection center
• Used oil that is transported by a generator that transports amounts totaling 55 gallons or less to a used oil aggregation point that is owned and operated by the same generator
• Used oil that is transported by a household do-it-yourselfer to one of the following regulated used oil entities:
  • Generator
  • Collection center
  • Aggregation point
  • Processor or refiner
  • Burner

Transporters must consider other factors when they determine how the used oil that they transport is regulated. For more information, refer to 40 CFR 279.40.

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