Section 324.3 - ApplicabilityThe commission incorporates by reference the Applicability and the Exemptions from Applicability requirements in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 279, Subpart B, §279.10 and §279.11. In addition, the commission adds the following clarifications and requirements:
(1) A used oil contaminated with a listed hazardous waste must be handled under Chapter 335 of this title (relating to Industrial Solid Waste and Municipal Hazardous Waste). United States Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Waste Number "F002" must be used on used oil that is listed hazardous due to halogenated contaminants.(2) Used oil can be stored in tanks and containers not meeting 40 CFR Part 264 or 265. The requirement in 40 CFR Part 279 that refers to compliance with 40 CFR Part 264 or 265, Subpart K, on used oil storage applies to used oil stored in surface impoundments. Storage of used oil in lagoons, pits, or surface impoundments is prohibited, unless the generator is storing only wastewater containing de minimis quantities of used oil, or unless the unit is in compliance with 40 CFR Part 264 or 265, Subpart K.(3) Requirements applicable to mixing hazardous waste with used oil are in 40 CFR §279.10(b) (relating to Mixtures of Used Oil and Hazardous Waste). Mixing of hazardous waste with used oil, by other than generators, in tanks and containers within their applicable accumulation time limit, requires a hazardous waste permit per § 335.2 of this title (relating to Permit Required). A waste that is characteristically hazardous for "ignitability only" can be mixed with used oil. However, the resultant mixture cannot exhibit the hazardous ignitability characteristic to manage it under this chapter and 40 CFR Part 279 rather than Chapter 335 of this title. The resultant mixture formed from mixing used oil and a characteristically hazardous waste, other than solely ignitable waste, must be tested for all likely hazardous characteristics. The resultant mixture will be a hazardous waste rather than used oil if it retains a hazardous characteristic, even if the hazardous characteristic is derived from the used oil. Anyone who mixes used oil with another solid waste to produce from used oil, or to make used oil more amenable for production of fuel oils or products is also a processor subject to 40 CFR Part 279, Subpart F (relating to Standards for Used Oil Processors and Re-refiners) and § 324.12 of this title (relating to Processors and Re-refiners).(4) A used oil shall not be regulated until it is a spent material as defined in 40 CFR §261.1(c)(1) and §335.17 of this title (relating to Special Definitions for Recyclable Materials and Nonhazardous Recyclable Materials).(5) Oily water mixtures to be recycled that are contained in waste management units such as tanks, fractionation tanks, and sumps that meet the design requirements of the American Petroleum Institute for oil-water separation or that have been designed for oil-water separation must be managed under this chapter and meet the prohibition requirements found in § 324.4 of this title (relating to Prohibitions) to prevent the discharge of hazardous waste into a sanitary sewer. Management of wastes from other tanks, sumps, and grip trap waste management units that are plumbed directly to a sanitary sewer must comply with the requirements in Chapter 312 of this title (relating to Sludge Use, Disposal, and Transportation) and Chapter 330 of this title (relating to Municipal Solid Waste).30 Tex. Admin. Code § 324.3
The provisions of this §324.3 adopted to be effective March 6, 1996, 21 TexReg 2393; amended to be effective August 8, 1999, 24 TexReg 5882; amended to be effective October 2, 2003, 28 TexReg 8352; amended to be effective February 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 973