Ohio Admin. Code 3745-279-01 - Definitions- used oil management standards
(A) For purposes of Chapter 3745-279 of the
Administrative Code:
(1) "Aboveground tank "
means a tank used to store or process used oil that is not an
" underground storage tank
" as defined in Chapter 1301:7-9 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) "Container " means any
portable device in which a material is stored, transported, treated, disposed
of, or otherwise handled.
(3)
"Do-it-yourselfer used oil collection center " means any site or facility that
accepts/aggregates
accepts or aggregates and stores used oil collected
only from household do-it-yourselfers.
(4) "Existing tank " means a tank that is used
for the storage or processing of used oil and that is in operation, or for
which installation has commenced, on or prior to October 20, 1998. Installation
will be considered to have commenced if the owner or operator has obtained all
federal, state, and local approvals or permits necessary to begin installation
of the tank and if either:
(a) A continuous
on-site installation program has begun,
or
.
(b) The owner or operator has entered into
contractual obligations, which cannot be canceled or modified without
substantial loss, for installation of the tank to be completed within a
reasonable time.
(5)
"Household do-it-yourselfer used oil " means oil that is derived from
households, such as used oil generated by individuals who generate used oil
through the maintenance of their personal
vehicles.
(6) "Household
do-it-yourselfer used oil generator " means an individual who generates
"household do-it-yourselfer used oil ."
(7) "New tank " means a tank
that will be used to store or process used
oil and for which installation has
commenced after October 20, 1998.
(8) "Petroleum refining facility " means an
establishment primarily engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate
fuel oils, residual fuel oils, and lubricants, through fractionation, straight
distillation of crude oil, redistillation of unfinished petroleum derivatives,
cracking, or other processes (i.e., facilities classified as SIC
2911).
(9) "Processing " means
chemical or physical operations designed to produce from used oil , or to make
used oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils, lubricants, or other used
oil -derived product. Processing includes, but is not limited to:
, blending used oil
with virgin petroleum products, blending used oils to meet the fuel
specification, filtration, simple distillation, chemical or physical separation
and re-refining.
(10) "Re-refining
distillation bottoms " means the heavy fraction produced by vacuum distillation
of filtered and dehydrated used oil . The composition of still bottoms varies
with column operation and feedstock.
(11) "Tank " means any stationary device,
designed to contain an accumulation of used oil , which is constructed primarily
of non-earthen materials (e.g., wood, concrete, steel, plastic) that provide
structural support.
(12) "Used oil "
means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that
has been used and, as a result of that use, is contaminated by physical or
chemical impurities.
(13) "Used oil
aggregation point " means any site or facility that accepts, aggregates,
and/or
or
stores used oil collected only from other used oil generation sites owned or
operated by the owner or operator of the aggregation point, from which used oil
is transported to the aggregation point in shipments of no more than fifty-five
gallons. Used oil aggregation points may also accept used oil from household
do-it-yourselfers.
(14) "Used oil
burner " means a facility where used oil that does not meet the specification
requirements in rule
3745-279-11 of the
Administrative Code is burned for energy recovery in devices identified in
paragraph (A) of rule
3745-279-61 of the
Administrative Code.
(15) "Used oil
collection center " means any site or facility that is registered with Ohio EPA
to manage used oil and accepts/aggregates
accepts
or aggregates and stores used oil collected from used oil generators
regulated under rules
3745-279-20 to
3745-279-24 of the
Administrative Code who bring
that brings used oil to the collection center in
shipments of no more than fifty-five gallons under the provisions of rule
3745-279-24 of the
Administrative Code. Used oil collection centers may also accept used oil from
household do-it-yourselfers.
(16)
"Used oil fuel marketer " means any person who conducts either of the following
activities:
(a) Directs a shipment of
off-specification used oil from their
the facility to a used oil burner
; or
.
(b) First claims that used oil that is to be
burned for energy recovery meets the used oil fuel specifications
set forth in rule
3745-279-11 of the
Administrative Code.
(17) "Used oil generator " means any person ,
by site, whose act or process produces used oil or whose act first causes used
oil to become subject to regulation.
(18) "Used oil processor/re-refiner
processor or re-refiner
" means a facility that
processes used oil .
(19) "Used oil
transfer facility " means any transportation related facility including loading
docks, parking areas, storage areas, and other areas where shipments of used
oil are held for more than twenty-four hours and not longer than thirty-five
days during the normal course of transportation or prior to an activity
performed pursuant to paragraph (B)(2) of rule
3745-279-20 of the
Administrative Code. Transfer facilities that store used oil for more than
thirty-five days are subject to regulation under rules
3745-279-50 to
3745-279-59 of the
Administrative Code.
(20) "Used oil
transporter " means any person who transports used oil , any person who collects
used oil from more than one generator and transports the collected oil, and
owners and operators of used oil transfer facilities. Used oil transporters may
consolidate or aggregate loads of used oil for purposes of transportation but,
with the following exception, may not process used oil . Transporters may
conduct incidental processing operations that occur in the normal course of
used oil transportation (e.g., settling and water separation), but that are not
designed to produce (or make more amenable for production of) used oil derived
products or used oil fuel.
(B)
[ Reserved.]
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
Prior Effective Dates: 10/20/1998, 12/07/2000, 03/13/2002, 05/13/2007, 09/05/2010
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