---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 279.23"
title: "40"
number: "279.23"
heading: "On-site burning in space heaters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/279.23"
---

# §279.23. On-site burning in space heaters.


Generators may burn used oil in used oil-fired space heaters provided that:

- (a) The heater burns only used oil that the owner or operator generates or used oil received from household do-it-yourself used oil generators;
- (b) The heater is designed to have a maximum capacity of not more than 0.5 million Btu per hour; and
- (c) **The combustion gases from the heater are vented to the ambient air.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26425, May 3, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1006, 2002(a), 3001 through 3007, 3010, 3014, and 7004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921 through 6927, 6930, 6934, and 6974); and sections 101(37) and 114(c) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(37) and 9614(c)).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26425, May 3, 1993]