---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 279.57"
title: "40"
number: "279.57"
heading: "Operating record and reporting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/279.57"
---

# §279.57. Operating record and reporting.

- (a) **Operating record.**
  - (1) The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at the facility.
  - (2) The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;
    - (i) Records and results of used oil analyses performed as described in the analysis plan required under [§ 279.55](/cfr/40/279.55.md); and
    - (ii) Summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementation of the contingency plan as specified in [§ 279.52(b)](/cfr/40/279.52.md?p=b).
- (b) **Reporting.** A used oil processor/re-refiner must report to the Regional Administrator, in the form of a letter, on a biennial basis (by March 1 of each even numbered year), the following information concerning used oil activities during the previous calendar year;
  - (1) The EPA identification number, name, and address of the processor/re-refiner;
  - (2) The calendar year covered by the report; and
  - (3) The quantities of used oil accepted for processing/re-refining and the manner in which the used oil is processed/re-refined, including the specific processes employed.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 41612, Sept. 10, 1992, as amended at 71 FR 40280, July 14, 2006]

### 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 71 FR 40280, July 14, 2006]