Section 25250.4 Of Article 13. Management Of Used Oil From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 13.
25250.4
. (a) Used oil shall be managed as a hazardous waste in
accordance with the requirements of this chapter, unless one of the
following applies:
(1) The used oil is excluded from regulation as hazardous waste
pursuant to Section 25143.2, and is not subject to regulation as
hazardous waste under the federal act.
(2) The used oil has been shown by the generator to meet the
requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25250.1
or the used oil is recycled oil and meets the requirements of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 25250.1.
(b) This section does not apply to dielectric fluid removed from
oil-filled electrical equipment that is filtered and replaced,
onsite, at a restricted access electrical equipment area, or that is
removed and filtered at a maintenance facility for reuse in
electrical equipment and is managed in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Part 279 (commencing with Section 279.1) of
Subchapter I of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Oil-filled electrical equipment" includes, but is not limited
to, transformers, circuit breakers, and capacitators.
(2) "Restricted access electrical equipment area" means a
fenced-off or walled-off restricted access area that is covered by a
spill prevention control and countermeasure plan prepared in
accordance with Part 112 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and that is used in the transmission or distribution of
electrical power, or both.
(d) For the purposes of subdivision (b), "filtered" means the use
of filters assisted by the application of heat and suction to remove
impurities, including, but not limited to, water, particulates, and
trace amounts of dissolved gases, by equipment mounted upon or above
an impervious surface.
(e) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the
department or a certified unified program agency in the event of a
spill.