Prohibited Practices

• Used oil cannot be discharged into sewers or waters of the state, without a permit issued by an appropriate regulatory authority.
• Used oil cannot be incinerated, except at a facility authorized to incinerate hazardous wastes.
  • Burning for energy recovery is not considered incineration. See Who Handles Used Oil?
• Used oil cannot be used as a dust suppressant or contact herbicide.
• Used oil cannot be disposed on land, except in a landfill that has an approved solid waste facility plan (i.e., meets the criterion established in 40 CFR, Parts 257 or 258).
• Used oil cannot be stored in a surface impoundment.

Where Can I Take My Used Oil?

Once used oil is generated, it must be handled in an environmentally responsible manner. A used oil generator has some choices.

• For information concerning what you cannot do, see Prohibited Practices.

• A person who generates used oil from maintaining personal vehicles and equipment (DIYer), must take the used oil to one of the following facilities: a DIY collection center; a household hazardous waste collection center or collection area; a used oil collection center; a used oil marketer; a used oil processor; or a re-refiner. A DIYer may also burn their own used oil, and other DIYers' oil as well, in an on-site, oil-fired space heater.
  • For a description of a DIYer, Where Does Used Oil Come From?
  • For a description of the various collection facilities, see Types of Collection Facilities.
  • For descriptions of used oil marketers, processors/refiners, see Who Handles Used Oil?
  
  
• o If used oil is generated through business activities the business is a regulated generator. A regulated generator may self-transport 55 gallons or less of its own used oil to any of the facilities discussed above, except a DIY collection center. If a regulated generator has more than 55 gallons of used oil, it may have a used oil transporter pick up its used oil or you may burn self-generated used oil in an on-site oil-fired space heater. A regulated generator may burn DIYer used oil as well, but may not burn used oil generated by other regulated generators.
  • For a description of regulated generators, see Where Does Used Oil Come From?
  • For a description of a used oil generator, see Who Handles Used Oil?
  
  
• Transporters/transfer facilities, processors, marketers, and burners must use used oil transporters to pick up used oil from, or deliver used oil to, their facilities.
  • For a description of transporters, processors, marketers and burners, see Who Handles Used Oil?

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