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The rebuttable presumption works as follows in kilograms of hazardous waste in a month and California: does not accumulate more than 1,000 kilograms ` �. 1. Generators,transporters and used oil collec- of hazardous waste onsite at any time.) tion centers are required to test or apply knowl- 1 -ansportation of Used Oil edge to determine whether a used oil shipment has a total halogen content over or under 1,000 HVZ HAZARDOUS WASTE ppm. If a generator,transporter or used oil col- TRANPORTlNG COMPAHYY lection center chooses to apply knowledge to de- termine that used oil does not contain more than 1,000 ppm total halogens, the application of In general,California law requires that used oil knowledge must be done in accordance with cri- be transported by a registered hazardous waste teria specified in 22 CCR: section transporter. However,there are a few instances 66279.10(a)(1)(B) for generators, section in which the use of a registered hazardous waste 66279.10(a)(3)(B) for transporters and section transporter is not required. These are as follows: 66279.10(a)(6) for used oil collection centers. • Householders and conditionally exempt small 2. Used oil transfer facilities and used oil recy- quantity generators are allowed to transport up cling facilities are required to test each shipment to 20 gallons of used oil per trip to an autho- of used oil for total halogens [22 CCR section rized used oil collection center where a single 66279.90(a)] before accepting the shipment. container does not exceed 5 gallons, if speci- fied conditions are met. Authorized used oil 3. If it is determined that the used oil shipment con- collection centers include: certified used oil • tains greater than 1,000 ppm total halogens,used oil collection centers[Public Resources Code sec- is presumed to have been mixed with halogenated tion 48622],recycle-only household hazardous hazardous waste and must be handled as RCRA haz- waste collection facilities, or collection facili- ardous waste,unless the presumption is rebutted. ties operating pursuant to HSC section 25250.11. 4. In order to rebut the presumption that the used Persons, including householders and condi- oil shipment was mixed with RCRA hazardous tionally exempt small quantity generators are al- waste,the used oil handler must demonstrate that lowed to transport up to 5 gallons of used oil the used oil was not mixed with halogenated per trip to an authorized hazardous waste facil- hazardous waste. Where this demonstration is ice, including a permitted household hazardous successfully made, the used oil is regulated as waste collection facility,if specified conditions used oil. The rebuttable presumption is deemed are met [HSC section 25163(c)]. rebutted for the following types of used oils where specified conditions [22 CCR section Mobile maintenance operations (see below) 66279.10(b)] are met: metalworking oils/flu- may transport up to 55 gallons of used oil in ids containing chlorinated paraffins, refrigera- any one vehicle at any one time from an off-site - tion oils contaminated with chloroflurocarbons, location to a consolidation point. _ and used oil which is exclusively household"do- it-yourselfer"used oil or used oil from a condi- When used oil is transported by a registered haz- tionally exempt small quantity generator. (A ardous waste transporter, either a full hazard- conditionally exempt small quantity generator ous waste manifest or a modified hazardous is a generator who generates no more than 100 waste manifest must be used. When a modified DTSC used Oil and Used Oil Filters Fact Sheet -4-