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(d) Used oil shall be managed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and any additional applicable
<br /> requirements of Part 279 (commencing with Section 279.1) of Subchapter I of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Code of
<br /> Federal Regulations.
<br /> (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 779, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
<br /> 25250.3. Any virgin oil product or partially refined product, which has not been previously used, which has become
<br /> contaminated with nonhazardous impurities such as dirt or water, and which has been returned to bulk storage by
<br /> the product's manufacturer, transporter, or wholesaler for gravity separation of contaminants, is exempt from this
<br /> article. Any petroleum product which becomes contaminated with any other petroleum product during refining,
<br /> transportation by pipeline, or storage and which remains usable as a refinery feed stock or as a refinery fuel is
<br /> exempt from this article.
<br /> (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 871, Sec. 1.)
<br /> 25250.4. (a) Used oil shall be managed as a hazardous waste in accordance with the requirements of this chapter,
<br /> unless one of the following applies:
<br /> (1) The used oil is excluded from regulation as hazardous waste pursuant to Section 25143.2, and is not subject to
<br /> regulation as hazardous waste under the federal act.
<br /> (2) The used oil has been shown by the generator to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of
<br /> Section 25250.1 or the used oil is recycled oil and meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
<br /> Section 25250.1.
<br /> (b) This section does not apply to dielectric fluid removed from oil-filled electrical equipment that is filtered and
<br /> replaced, onsite, at a restricted access electrical equipment area, or that is removed and filtered at a maintenance
<br /> facility for reuse in electrical equipment and is managed in accordance with the applicable requirements of Part 279
<br /> (commencing with Section 279.1) of Subchapter I of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
<br /> (c) For the purposes of this section:
<br /> (1) "Oil-filled electrical equipment" includes, but is not limited to, transformers, circuit breakers, and capacitators.
<br /> (2) "Restricted access electrical equipment area" means a fenced-off or walled-off restricted access area that is
<br /> covered by a spill prevention control and countermeasure plan prepared in accordance with Part 112 of Title 40 of
<br /> the Code of Federal Regulations and that is used in the transmission or distribution of electrical power, or both.
<br /> (d) For the purposes of subdivision (b), "filtered" means the use of filters assisted by the application of heat and
<br /> suction to remove impurities, including, but not limited to, water, particulates, and trace amounts of dissolved
<br /> gases, by equipment mounted upon or above an impervious surface.
<br /> (e) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the department or a certified unified program agency in the
<br /> event of a spill.
<br /> (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 732, Sec. 2.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
<br /> 25250.5. (a) The disposal of used oil by discharge to sewers, drainage systems, surface water or groundwater,
<br /> watercourses, or marine waters; by incineration or burning as fuel; or by deposit on land, is prohibited, unless
<br /> authorized under other provisions of law.
<br /> (b) The use of used oil or recycled oil as a dust suppressant or insect or weed control agent is prohibited unless
<br /> allowed under another applicable law, but only to the extent that use as a dust suppressant or insect or weed
<br /> control agent is consistent with the federal act.
<br /> (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1154, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
<br /> 25250.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or(c), no person who generates, stores, or transfers used oil
<br /> shall intentionally contaminate used oil with other hazardous waste other than minimal amounts of vehicle fuel.
<br /> (b) A used oil transfer or recycling facility authorized by the department pursuant to Section 25200, 25200.5, or
<br /> 25201.6 may mix used oil with a contaminated petroleum product or with an oily waste other than wastes listed as
<br /> hazardous under the federal act, if all of the following conditions are met:
<br /> (1) If the resultant mixture is subject to regulation as a hazardous waste under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of
<br /> Section 279.10 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, it is managed as a hazardous waste in accordance
<br /> with all applicable hazardous waste regulations.
<br /> (2) The resultant mixture is used to produce recycled oil, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section
<br /> 25250.1, at a used oil recycling facility solely by means of a process that has been specifically authorized by the
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