1. (a) A used oil transporter shall not operate a used oil transfer facility without an EPA identification number for the site.

2. (b) A used oil transporter shall notify the department that it wishes to operate a used oil transfer facility by completing and submitting:

   1. (1) Form HWM-2 “RCRA C Site Identification Form” as amended August 2025; and
   2. (2) The following certification: “I certify, in accordance with Env-Hw 207, under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.”
3. (c) Such notification shall serve as an application for an EPA identification number.
4. (d) If the used oil transporter has not provided all of the information specified in Form HWM-2 “RCRA C Site Identification Form” as amended August 2025, the department shall notify the used oil transporter in writing of each deficiency.
5. (e) If the used oil transporter does not respond to the department’s written notice of deficiencies and correct the deficiencies identified therein within 30 days of such notice, then no EPA identification number shall be assigned and the used oil transporter shall submit a new notification prior to operating the used oil transfer facility.
6. (f) If the used oil transporter's request for an EPA identification number is complete in that it includes all information specified in Form HWM-2 “RCRA Site C Identification Form” as amended August 2025, the department shall assign an EPA identification number for the site.

7. (g) A used oil transporter that owns or operates a used oil transfer facility shall comply with the requirements of Env-Hw 1405.03 and shall equip containers and tanks used to store used oil with a secondary containment system that:

   1. (1) Is impervious to used oil to prevent any used oil released into the containment system from migrating out of the system to the soil, groundwater, or surface water;

   2. (2) Is capable of holding:

      1. a. For container storage, 110% of the volume of the largest container in the storage area or 10% of the total volume of containers, whichever is greater; or
      2. b. For tank storage, 110% of the volume of the largest tank within the storage area; and

   3. (3) Consists of:

      1. a. A combination of dikes, berms, or retaining walls with a floor that covers the entire area within the dikes, berms, or retaining walls, except that the floor need not cover where an existing tank or portions thereof meet(s) the ground; or
      2. b. An equivalent secondary containment system, such as a double-walled tank with a fill gauge and high-level alarm.
8. (h) Pursuant to Env-Hw 1401.02(k), a used oil transfer facility that stores used oil for more than 35 days shall be subject to regulation under Env-Hw 1408 for used oil processors and re-refiners.
9. (i) A used oil transporter shall notify the department within 30 days after ceasing used oil transfer facility operations at a particular site by completing and submitting Form HWM-2 “RCRA C Site Identification Form” as amended August 2025.

10. (j) At closure of a used oil transfer facility, the used oil transporter shall:

    1. (1) Remove all used oil and used oil residues from the site; and
    2. (2) Remove or decontaminate contaminated containment system components, soils, structures, and equipment, and manage such components, soils, structures, and equipment in accordance with Env-Hw 400 and Env-Hw 500, as applicable.

Source. #14282, eff 8-1-25, EXPIRES: 8-1-35