California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 8 - Used Oil Recycling Program › Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 18601 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the definitions provided in the Public Resources Code, the following
				  definitions shall apply whenever the terms are used in this Chapter.
(1) "Act" means the California Oil Recycling
				  Enhancement Act as described in Division 30, Part 7, Chapter 4 of the Public
				  Resources Code.
(2) "Anonymously
				  donated" means delivered to a used oil collection center under circumstances
				  which prevent identification of the generator, such as delivery after
				  hours.
(3) "CalRecycle" means the
				  California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(4) "CalRecycle Oil manufacturer registration
				  number" means the registration number provided by CalRecycle or its designee to
				  all oil manufacturers. All oil manufacturers must obtain a registration number
				  from CalRecycle prior to submitting reports to CalRecycle.
(5) "Curbside collection program" means a
				  service which collects or provides collection opportunities for used oil from
				  households on a monthly or more regular basis, and which may collect other
				  recyclable materials, including but not limited to newspaper, glass containers,
				  aluminum cans, and bi-metals.
(6)
				  "Department" means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(7) "Fee" means the $0.24 per gallon fee that
				  oil manufacturers must pay to CalRecycle for each gallon of lubricating oil
				  sold, and the $0.12 per gallon fee that manufacturers pay to CalRecycle for
				  each gallon of rerefined lubricating oil sold, pursuant to Section
				  48650
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(8)
				  "Fiscal Year" means the year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 of each
				  year.
(9) "Generator" means any
				  entity which generates used oil or causes a used oil hauler to transport such
				  oil.
(10) "Generator category"
				  includes:
(A) Collection station (i.e.,
				  service station, shop, garage, recycling center, curbside recycling
				  operation)
(B) Industrial
				  source
(C) Marine source
(D) Agricultural source
(E) Governmental source
(F) Outside California
(G) Other Haulers
(11) "Incentive claim" means the formal
				  request for payment of incentive fees on used lubricating oil transported by a
				  used oil hauler to a certified used oil recycling facility or to an
				  out-of-state facility registered with the U.S. EPA and in compliance with the
				  regulations of the state in which the facility is located. The incentive
				  claim/report is designed to satisfy the report requirements described in Public
				  Resources Code Section
				  48670.
(12) "Industrial oil", as it is defined in
				  Public Resources Code, Section
				  48616,
				  includes, but is not limited to, any compressor, turbine, or bearing oil,
				  hydraulic oil, metal-working oil, or refrigeration oil. Industrial oil does not
				  include dielectric fluids.
(13)
				  "Internal combustion engine" includes engines powered by gasoline, methanol,
				  alcohol fuels, diesel, compressed natural gas, propane or butane.
(14) "Local agency" means a public entity
				  which is a city, county, or district, or any political subdivision but not the
				  State.
(15) "Lubricating oil", as
				  it is defined in Public Resources Code, Section
				  48618,
				  includes any oil which is intended for use in machinery powered by an internal
				  combustion engine. Lubricating oil includes oil intended for use in an internal
				  combustion engine crankcase, transmission, gearbox, or differential in an
				  automobile, bus, truck, vessel, plane, train, heavy equipment, or other
				  machinery powered by an internal combustion engine. Lubricating oil also
				  includes consumer additives which are intended to be mixed with lubricating
				  oils in an internal combustion engine and synthetic lubricating oils.
				  Lubricating oil does not include oil intended for use in a 2-cycle engine where
				  the oil is entirely consumed during usage.
(16) "Lubricating oil seller" means an entity
				  that sells lubricating oil in California.
(17) "Manifest" means a uniform hazardous
				  waste manifest as defined in Section
				  25160
				  of the Health and Safety Code, which is hereby incorporated by
				  reference.
(18) "Manifest Receipt"
				  means the consolidated manifest receipt completed for each generator and
				  attached to the manifest pursuant to 25160.2 of the Health and Safety Code,
				  which is hereby incorporated by reference.
(19) "Must" means a provision is
				  mandatory.
(20) "Oil manufacturer"
				  as it is defined in Section
				  48619
				  of the Public Resources Code, means the first person or entity in California to
				  take title to lubricating or industrial oil for sale, use or transfer in
				  California. For purposes of this chapter a person or entity who first takes
				  title to lubricating or industrial oil from an out-of-state entity, for
				  purposes of sale or distribution, is the oil manufacturer.
(21) "Operator" means the person or entity
				  responsible for the handling and collection of used oil at a certified used oil
				  collection center, curbside collection program, private business, state or
				  local governmental agency, nonprofit organization, or electric
				  utility.
(22) "Patron" means the
				  person or entity delivering used oil to a certified collection center for
				  storage and transportation to a recycling facility.
(23) "Quarter" means a three month period
				  during a calendar year. For each year, the first quarter commences January 1
				  and ends March 31, the second quarter commences April 1 and ends June 30, the
				  third quarter commences July 1 and ends September 30, and the fourth quarter
				  commences October 1 and ends December 31, all inclusive.
(24) "Recycling incentive" means the amount
				  CalRecycle pays for each quart of lubricating oil recycled, to every industrial
				  generator, curbside collection program, or certified used oil collection center
				  pursuant to Sections
				  48651(a) and
				  (b) of the Public Resources Code.
(25) "Regional" means any geographic area
				  which includes two or more local agencies.
(26) "Rerefining Incentive," means the amount
				  CalRecycle pays to a certified rerefining facility for each quart of
				  lubricating oil rerefined pursuant to Section
				  48651.5(a)
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(27)
				  "Used lubricating oil generated by a certified used oil collection center"
				  means used lubricating oil generated on-site by the certified used oil
				  collection center. It does not include used oil generated by an entity other
				  than the center, except used oil delivered by the public in quantities of no
				  more than 20 gallons per person per day.
(28) "Used oil collection program" means a
				  program undertaken by a local agency to encourage the collection, recycling,
				  and proper disposal of used oil generated at households. A used oil collection
				  program includes but is not limited to, integration of used oil collection into
				  an existing curbside collecting program, household hazardous waste program, and
				  a public education and awareness program to promote opportunities for, and to
				  educate the public as to the benefits from, recycling of used oil.
(29) "Used oil storage facility" means a
				  hazardous waste facility which stores used oil, as defined in Section
				  25123.3(a)
				  of the Health and Safety Code.
(30)
				  "Used oil transfer facility" means a hazardous waste transfer facility that
				  either stores used oil for periods greater than 144 hours, or that transfers
				  used oil from one container to another as defined in Section
				  25123.3(c)
				  of the Health and Safety Code.
(31)
				  "U.S. EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
				  Agency.