Standards for do-it-yourselfer used oil collection centers and used oil collection centers shall be as in 40 CFR Part 279, Subpart D and as specified herein. All appropriate businesses and government agencies are encouraged to serve as do-it-yourselfer used oil collection centers or used oil collection centers. All collection centers collecting used oil from households will be publicized by the commission.

1. (1) Do-it yourselfer used oil collection center:

   1. (A) must post and maintain a durable and legible sign identifying the site as a household used oil collection center.

   2. (B) registration requirements:

      1. (i) must register biennially, by no later than January 25 following the close of the biennial year, with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Municipal Solid Waste Division, Automotive Waste Management Section, MC 125, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, utilizing a form provided by the commission. Registrations will expire on December 31 in even numbered years. Collection centers that have already registered their used oil activities prior to the effective date of this rule do not need to register again until their registrations have expired on December 1 of an even numbered year. New collection centers shall register within 30 days of initial operation;
      2. (ii) must collect used oil from households during business hours at each location to be exempt from the fee on first sale of automotive oil;
   3. (C) must notify the commission in writing within 30 days following abandonment or closure of the collection center or the cessation of accepting household used oil from private citizens;
   4. (D) shall annually report the amount of household used oil collected by January 25 of each year on a form provided by the commission;
   5. (E) is not subject to the rebuttable presumption.

2. (2) Used Oil Collection Center:

   1. (A) must post and maintain a durable and legible sign identifying the site as a household used oil collection center.

   2. (B) registration requirements:

      1. (i) must register biennially, by no later than January 25 following the close of the biennial year, with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Municipal Solid Waste Division, Automotive Waste Management Section, MC 125, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, utilizing a form provided by the commission. Registrations will expire on December 31 in even numbered years. Collection centers that have already registered their used oil activities prior to the effective date of this rule do not need to register again until their registrations have expired on December 1 of an even numbered year. New collection centers shall register within 30 days of initial operation;
      2. (ii) must collect used oil from households during business hours at each location to be exempt from the fee on first sale of automotive oil;
   3. (C) must notify the commission in writing within 30 days following abandonment or closure of the collection center or the cessation of accepting household used oil from private citizens;
   4. (D) shall report annually the amount of household and non-household used oil collected by January 25 of each year on a form provided by the commission. Mixtures of household used oil and non-household used oil shall be considered non-household used oil;
   5. (E) is not subject to the rebuttable presumption on household used oil if it is not mixed with non-household used oil.

Source Note:The provisions of this §324.7 adopted to be effective March 6, 1996, 21 TexReg 2393.