---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 279.31"
title: "40"
number: "279.31"
heading: "Used oil collection centers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/279.31"
---

# §279.31. Used oil collection centers.

- (a) **Applicability.** This section applies to owners or operators of used oil collection centers. A used oil collection center is any site or facility that accepts/aggregates and stores used oil collected from used oil generators regulated under [subpart C](/cfr/40/subpartC.md) of this part who bring used oil to the collection center in shipments of no more than 55 gallons under the provisions of [§ 279.24(a)](/cfr/40/279.24.md?p=a). Used oil collection centers may also accept used oil from household do-it-yourselfers.
- (b) **Used oil collection center requirements.** Owners or operators of all used oil collection centers must:
  - (1) Comply with the generator standards in subpart C of this part; and
  - (2) **Be registered/licensed/permitted/recognized by a state/county/municipal government to manage used oil.**

## 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.