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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 131
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Suprefund)
to provide for the recycling and management of used oil and to reduce
emissions of lead into the ambient air, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (Suprefund) to provide for the recycling
and management of used oil and to reduce emissions
of lead into the ambient air, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oil Recycling and Safe
Handling Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL.
(a) DEFINITION OF USED OIL.—Section 1004(36) of
the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(36) The term ‘used oil’ means any oil which
has been—
‘‘(A) refined from crude oil,
‘‘(B) used, and
‘‘(C) as a result of such use or as a result
of spillage or commingling with other wastes,
contaminated by physical or chemical impuri-
ties.’’.
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON USED OIL.—(1) Section 3014
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 3014. MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL.
‘‘(a) MODIFIED LISTING AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE.—
‘‘(1) LISTING
OF
CERTAIN
USED
OIL
AND
PRODUCTS
DERIVED
FROM
USED
OIL.—Not later
than 12 months after the date of enactment of the
National Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Manage-
ment Act, the Administrator shall promulgate regu-
lations under section 3001 listing as a hazardous
waste used oil, and any product derived from used
oil, that fails to meet the specifications set forth in
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) SPECIFICATIONS FOR LISTING—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The specifications re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(i) Flashpoint: 100° F. minimum.
‘‘(ii) Lead: 2 ppm maximum.
‘‘(iii) Arsenic: 2 ppm maximum.
‘‘(iv) Chromium: 2 ppm maximum.
‘‘(v) Cadmium: 2 ppm maximum.
‘‘(vi) Total halogens: 1,000 ppm maxi-
mum.
‘‘(vii) 
Polychlorinated 
biphenyls
(PCBs): 2 ppm maximum.
No used oil shall be listed or identified as a
hazardous waste for purposes of this subtitle if
it meets each of the specifications set forth in
clauses (i) through (vii) above. No product de-
rived from used oil shall be listed or identified
as a hazardous waste for purposes of this sub-
title if it meets each of the specifications set
forth in clauses (i) through (vii) above. Compli-
ance with the specifications set forth in this
subparagraph may not be achieved by blending
used oil with virgin oil or with any other solid
waste or other material.
‘‘(B) MARKETING
OF
FUEL.—Fuel con-
taining used oil which, without treatment,
meets the specifications of subparagraph (A)
(including the requirements relating to blend-
ing) may be marketed as containing ingredients
that never were, and are not now, hazardous
wastes if the used oil is analyzed upon receipt
at, and the used oil-derived fuel is analyzed be-
fore shipment from, the recycling facility to
demonstrate compliance with such specifica-
tions. Records of such analyses shall be re-
tained for at least 3 years.
‘‘(3) USED
OIL
GENERATED
BY
PETROLEUM
REFINING
OR
PRODUCTION
FACILITIES.—Used oil
generated by petroleum refining or production facili-
ties, which is to be refined along with normal proc-
ess streams at a petroleum refining facility, shall be
exempt from the provisions of this subtitle applicable
to hazardous waste if it is inserted into the refining
process or production pipeline.
‘‘(b) EPA REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On the effective date pro-
vided in subsection (i), the provisions of this subtitle
applicable to listed hazardous waste shall apply to
all used oil which fails to meet the specifications set
forth in subsection (a)(2)(A). Simultaneously with
the promulgation of regulations listing used oil as
provided in subsection (a)(1), the Administrator
shall promulgate regulations under paragraph (2) of
this subsection, together with additional regulations
under this section applicable to the generation, col-
lection, transportation, treatment, storage, recycling,
burning and disposal of used oil which is listed as
provided in subsection (a)(1). Such regulations shall
take effect on the effective date provided in sub-
section (i). The Administrator shall ensure that such
regulations protect human health and the environ-
ment and, to the extent consistent with that goal, do
not discourage the recovery or recycling of used oil.
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FROM SUBTITLE C REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
‘‘(A) PERSONS
GENERATING
USED
OIL
WHICH
IS
HOUSEHOLD
WASTE.—Any person
who generates used oil which is household waste
(as defined under regulations of the Adminis-
trator under this subtitle) shall be exempt, with
respect to such used oil, from regulation under
this section or under any other provision of this
subtitle.