---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 279.42"
title: "40"
number: "279.42"
heading: "Notification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/279.42"
---

# §279.42. Notification.

- (a) **Identification numbers.** Used oil transporters who have not previously complied with the notification requirements of RCRA [section 3010](/cfr/40/3010.md) must comply with these requirements and obtain an EPA identification number.
- (b) **Mechanics of notification.** A used oil transporter who has not received an EPA identification number may obtain one by notifying the Regional Administrator of their used oil activity by submitting either:
  - (1) A completed EPA Form 8700-12 (To obtain ordering information for EPA Form 8700-12 call RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or 703-920-9810); or
  - (2) **A letter requesting an EPA identification number.**
    - (i) Transporter company name;
    - (ii) Owner of the transporter company;
    - (iii) Mailing address for the transporter;
    - (iv) Name and telephone number for the transporter point of contact;
    - (v) Type of transport activity (i.e., transport only, transport and transfer facility, transfer facility only);
    - (vi) Location of all transfer facilities at which used oil is stored;
    - (vii) **Name and telephone number for a contact at each transfer facility.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26425, May 3, 1993; 58 FR 33342, June 17, 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; 58 FR 33342, June 17, 1993]