He said he had determined that burning “contaminated waste oil in boilers in urban areas could pose a cancer risk to city residents.” The burning of waste oils as fuel is considered a particularly important problem in large cities such as New York. Rep. Bill Green, a Manhattan Republican, had urged the Environmental Protection Agency to implement controls by this winter. Unlike fuel oil, waste oil can contain many hazardous substances that enter our air during combustion. Sources licensed to burn waste oils must be tested to determine if the oil combustion does not release toxic pollutants into the air and meets federal air quality standards. The improper disposal of waste oils is not only illegal. This is incredibly harmful to the environment. Even the smallest leaks or spills can contaminate entire ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and large oceans. As you can see, burning used engine oil to generate heat can have a long list of benefits for your business. It`s better for the environment and for your results. And at Interstate Energy, we`re ready to provide your business with a state-of-the-art used oil burner.

We`ve been in business since 1986 and over the past 30+ years we`ve helped hundreds, if not thousands, of motor oil companies heat their businesses for free. The Environmental Protection Agency today announced restrictions on the sale and incineration of waste oils containing contaminated waste. He said using oil as a fuel could cause cancer and other diseases. If you operate a used oil furnace illegally, the money you expect in energy savings can quickly be lost. Today`s regulation would prohibit the combustion of waste oils containing more than five parts per million arsenic, two parts per million cadmium, 10 parts per million chromium, 100 parts per million lead or 4,000 parts per million halogens. The ban would also apply if the fuel vapour ignites below 100 degrees, a temperature at which combustion would not destroy many hazardous contaminants. There are many benefits to burning used engine oil, some of which you may not even be familiar with. Most of the time, these are the biggest benefits that a used oil burner can offer to companies that produce used oil.

In accordance with Article XXI § 2107.12, sampling, analysis and testing of equipment to determine compliance with the requirements for the combustion of liquid fuels under this Article shall be carried out in accordance with Chapter 52 of the Allegheny County Source Test Manual. “The EPA`s ban on burning contaminated oil will reduce a major risk to urban health, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, where selling contaminated oil as fuel is a common practice,” he said. Although the incineration of waste oils contaminated with toxic substances has long been recognized as a health hazard, the Toxic Waste Handling and Disposal Act allows for the subsequent use of such waste as fuel additives. Congress banned the practice last year; The rule promulgated today will enact the banning of Congress. 40 CFR Section 279.70(a)(2) defines a merchant as someone who first claims that waste oil to be burned for energy recovery meets the specifications set out in section 279.11 for used oil-based fuels. Waste oil distributors can be divided into two categories: those that market waste oils that do not comply with specifications and those that market oils that comply with specifications. Each class is governed by different rules in accordance with Part 279, Subpart H. The requirements of the waste oil distributor apply to any person, including a producer, transporter, processor or burner of waste oils, who is engaged in marketing activities or claims for the first time that the waste oil meets the specification criteria. Under the current definition of trader, it is impossible for someone to simply be a trader without engaging in other waste oil management practices. For example, a producer of waste oils who first transports a supply of underspecified waste oils to a burner is both a distributor and a producer and must comply with the applicable requirements of Part 279, Subdivision C and Subpart H. Once it has been demonstrated that waste oils to be burned for energy recovery do not exceed any specification and the person demonstrating this compliance meets sections 279.72, 279.73 and 279.74(b) of 40 CFR, the used oil is no longer subject to section 279.11. In addition, once it has been demonstrated that waste oils do not exceed the specification values, the waste oils are not subject to the combustion restrictions set out in Subpart G of Part 279 (Waste Oil Training Module; October 2001, EPA530-K-02-025I).

However, if you also perform additional activities, such as directing a shipment of underspecified waste oils from your facility to a waste oil burner, or initially claiming that the waste oils to be burned for energy recovery meet the specifications for spent fuels set out in section 279.11, you are also subject to regulation as a marketer. unless you meet one of the exclusions in paragraph 279.70(b) (section 279.70(a)). Many manufacturers of waste oil heating systems advertise the savings that can be made by burning their own used oil. It may seem tempting to garages or businesses that produce or receive used oil, but burning it without permission from the Allegheny County Health Department is illegal. Companies caught burning waste oils without the appropriate permit will be ordered to stop incineration immediately and may be fined. It is illegal to burn waste oil in Allegheny County without a permit. The rule, which will take effect in the next two weeks, would prohibit the burning of all such oils that contain more than the indicated amounts of toxic chemicals and metals. Waste oil transfer facilities are transportation-related facilities where deliveries of waste oils are kept for more than 24 hours but not more than 35 days in the normal course of transport or before any activity carried out in accordance with Article 279.20(b)(2).

Used oil transfer facilities include loading docks, parking lots, storage areas and other areas (section 279.1). Waste oil transfer facilities that store used oil for more than 35 days are subject to the standards for processors and refiners of waste oils set out in Subdivision F of Part 279 (sections 279.1 and 279.45(a)). Additional guidance on used oil transfer facilities can be found in the following document: Call Centre Monthly Report Question; February 2004 (CJRR Online #14702) For more information on specific oils that may fall under the CPRR definition of used oil, please refer to our reference table “What are waste oils?”