[PART
IV.]  USED OIL AND USED OIL FUEL



 



[§342J-51]  Definitions.  Except as
expressly defined in this part, terms that are defined in section 342J-2 have
the same meanings when used in this part.



“Disposal” means the discharge, deposit,
injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any used oil or used oil
fuel into or on any land or water so that the used oil, used oil fuel, or any
constituent thereof may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or
discharged into any waters, including ground waters.



“Facility” means all contiguous land and
structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the
handling of used oil or used oil fuel.



“Generator” means any person, by site, whose
act or process produces used oil or used oil fuel or whose act first causes
used oil or used oil fuel to become subject to regulation.



“Operator” means the person responsible for the
overall operation of a facility as defined in this section.



“Owner” means the person who owns a facility or
part of a facility as defined in this section.



“Permit” means written authorization from the
director for a person to engage in the handling of used oil or used oil fuel.



“Pollution” means pollution by mismanagement or
mishandling of used oil or used oil fuel.



“Specification fuel” means recycled oil which
meets specific standards that are set by the director.  These standards, at a
minimum, shall comply with those set by the federal Environmental Protection
Agency for specification fuel.



“Storage” means the containment of used oil or
used oil fuel, temporarily or for a period of time, in a manner which does not
constitute disposal.



“Transporter” means any person who transports
used oil or used oil fuel, any person who collects used oil or used oil fuel
from more than one generator and transports the collected used oil or used oil
fuel, and owners and operators of used oil or used oil fuel transfer
facilities.



“Treatment” means any method, technique, or
process designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or
composition of any used oil or used oil fuel.



“Used oil” means any oil (regardless of whether
it is a hazardous waste) that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic
oil, that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical
or chemical impurities. [L 1996, c 82, pt of §1]