---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 279.24"
title: "40"
number: "279.24"
heading: "Off-site shipments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/279.24"
---

# §279.24. Off-site shipments.


Except as provided in [paragraphs (a) through (c)](#a..c) of this section, generators must ensure that their used oil is transported only by transporters who have obtained EPA identification numbers.

- (a) **Self-transportation of small amounts to approved collection centers.** Generators may transport, without an EPA identification number, used oil that is generated at the generator's site and used oil collected from household do-it-yourselfers to a used oil collection center provided that:
  - (1) The generator transports the used oil in a vehicle owned by the generator or owned by an employee of the generator;
  - (2) The generator transports no more than 55 gallons of used oil at any time; and
  - (3) The generator transports the used oil to a used oil collection center that is registered, licensed, permitted, or recognized by a state/county/municipal government to manage used oil.
- (b) **Self-transportation of small amounts to aggregation points owned by the generator.** Generators may transport, without an EPA identification number, used oil that is generated at the generator's site to an aggregation point provided that:
  - (1) The generator transports the used oil in a vehicle owned by the generator or owned by an employee of the generator;
  - (2) The generator transports no more than 55 gallons of used oil at any time; and
  - (3) The generator transports the used oil to an aggregation point that is owned and/or operated by the same generator.
- (c) **Tolling arrangements.** Used oil generators may arrange for used oil to be transported by a transporter without an EPA identification number if the used oil is reclaimed under a contractual agreement pursuant to which reclaimed oil is returned by the processor/re-refiner to the generator for use as a lubricant, cutting oil, or coolant. The contract (known as a “tolling arrangement”) must indicate:
  - (1) The type of used oil and the frequency of shipments;
  - (2) That the vehicle used to transport the used oil to the processing/re-refining facility and to deliver recycled used oil back to the generator is owned and operated by the used oil processor/re-refiner; and
  - (3) That reclaimed oil will be returned to the generator.

## Notes

### 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.