§342J-52 - Standards for persons who deal with used oil or used oil fuel.
[§342J-52] Standards for persons who dealwith used oil or used oil fuel. (a) The director may establish, by rule,standards applicable to persons who generate, transport, treat, store, dispose,process, re-refine, burn (including burning for purposes of energy recovery),recycle, distribute, market, or otherwise handle used oil or used oil fuel,regardless of whether the used oil or used oil fuel is a hazardous waste.
(b) No new oil, used oil, or recycled oilshall be discharged or caused or allowed to enter into the sewers, drainagesystems, surface or ground waters, watercourse, marine waters, or onto theground. The prohibition shall not apply to inadvertent, normal discharges fromvehicles and equipment, or maintenance and repair activities associated withvehicles; provided that appropriate measures are taken to minimize releases. Appropriate measures include, but are not limited to, use of drip pans,institution of structural catchment systems, use of absorbent materials, andother similar measures. [L 1996, c 82, pt of §1]