PUBLIC LAW 96-463—OCT. 15, 1980
94 STAT. 2055
Public Law 96-463 96th Congress An Act To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to further encourage the use of recycled oil.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE
SECTION
1980".
Oct. 15, 1980 [S. 2412]
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Recycling Act of 1980.
1. This Act may be cited as the "Used Oil Recycling Act of 42 USC 69oi °^FINDINGS
SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that— 42 USC 690ia. (1) used oil is a valuable source of increasingly scarce energy and materials; (2) technology exists to re-refine, reprocess, reclaim, and otherwise recycle used oil; (3) used oil constitutes a threat to public health and the environment when reused or disposed of improperly; and that, therefore, it is in the national interest to recycle used oil in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and the environment and which conserves energy and materials. DEFINITIONS
SEC. 3. Section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 42 USC 6903. adding the following new paragraphs at the end thereof: "(36) The term 'used oil' means any oil which has been— "(A) refined from crude oil, "(B) used, and "(C) as a result of such use, contaminated by physical or chemical impurities. "(37) The term 'recycled oil' means any used oil which is reused, following its original use, for any purpose (including the purpose for which the oil was originally used). Such term includes oil which is re-refined, reclaimed, burned, or reprocessed. (38) The term 'lubricating oil' means the fraction of crude oil which is sold for purposes of reducing friction in any industrial or mechanical device. Such term includes re-refined oil. "(39) The term *re-refined oil' means used oil from which the physical and chemical contaminants acquired through previous use have been removed through a refining process.". LABEUNG REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 4. (a) Subtitle B of title II of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting the following new section immediately after section 2004 and by redesignating sections 2005 and 2006 as 2006 and 42 USC 6915, 2007, respectively: 6916.
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