(1)(a) No person may collect, transport, store, recycle, use, or dispose of used oil in any manner which endangers the public health or welfare.
(b) No person may discharge used oil into sewers, drainage systems, septic tanks, surface or ground waters, watercourses, or marine waters.
(c) No person may mix or commingle used oil with solid waste that is to be disposed of in landfills or directly dispose of used oil in landfills in Florida unless approved by the department.
(d) Any person who unknowingly disposes into a landfill any used oil which has not been properly segregated or separated from other solid wastes by the generator is not guilty of a violation under this act.
(e) No person may mix or commingle used oil with hazardous substances that make it unsuitable for recycling or beneficial use.
(2) Used oil shall not be used for road oiling, dust control, weed abatement, or other similar uses that have the potential to release used oil into the environment.
History.—s. 58, ch. 84-338; s. 26, ch. 88-130.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 403 - Environmental Control
Part IV - Resource Recovery and Management (Ss. 403.702-403.7721)
403.702 - Legislative findings; public purpose.
403.7031 - Limitations on definitions adopted by local ordinance.
403.7033 - Departmental analysis of particular recyclable materials.
403.704 - Powers and duties of the department.
403.7043 - Compost standards and applications.
403.7045 - Application of act and integration with other acts.
403.7046 - Regulation of recovered materials.
403.7047 - Regulation of fossil fuel combustion products.
403.7049 - Determination of full cost for solid waste management; local solid waste management fees.
403.705 - State solid waste management program.
403.706 - Local government solid waste responsibilities.
403.70605 - Solid waste collection services in competition with private companies.
403.70611 - Requirements relating to solid waste disposal facility permitting.
403.7063 - Use of private services in solid waste management.
403.7065 - Procurement of products or materials with recycled content.
403.7071 - Management of storm-generated debris.
403.70715 - Research, development, and demonstration permits.
403.708 - Prohibition; penalty.
403.709 - Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste tire fees.
403.7095 - Solid waste management grant program.
403.7125 - Financial assurance.
403.713 - Ownership and control of solid waste and recovered materials.
403.714 - Duties of state agencies.
403.715 - Certification of resource recovery or recycling equipment.
403.716 - Training of operators of solid waste management and other facilities.
403.717 - Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements.
403.7185 - Lead-acid battery fees.
403.71851 - Electronic recycling grants.
403.71852 - Collection of lead-containing products.
403.7186 - Environmentally sound management of mercury-containing devices and lamps.
403.7191 - Toxics in packaging.
403.7192 - Batteries; requirements for consumer, manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.
403.7193 - Environmental representations.
403.72 - Identification, listing, and notification.
403.7215 - Tax on gross receipts of commercial hazardous waste facilities.
403.722 - Permits; hazardous waste disposal, storage, and treatment facilities.
403.7222 - Prohibition of hazardous waste landfills.
403.7223 - Waste elimination and reduction assistance program.
403.7225 - Local hazardous waste management assessments.
403.7226 - Technical assistance by the department.
403.723 - Siting of hazardous waste facilities.
403.7234 - Small quantity generator notification and verification program.
403.7236 - Local government information to be sent to the department.
403.7238 - Expanded local hazardous waste management programs.
403.724 - Financial responsibility.
403.7255 - Placement of signs.
403.726 - Abatement of imminent hazard caused by hazardous substance.
403.7264 - Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes.
403.7265 - Local hazardous waste collection program.
403.727 - Violations; defenses, penalties, and remedies.
403.728 - Qualifications of operation personnel of hazardous waste facilities.
403.74 - Management of hazardous materials by governmental agencies.
403.75 - Definitions relating to used oil.
403.751 - Prohibited actions; used oil.
403.753 - Public educational program about collection and recycling of used oil.
403.7531 - Notice by retail dealer.
403.7545 - Regulation of used oil as hazardous waste.
403.757 - Coordination with other state agencies.
403.758 - Enforcement and penalty.
403.759 - Disposition of fees, fines, and penalties.
403.760 - Public used oil collection centers.
403.763 - Grants to local governments.
403.767 - Certification of used oil transporters.
403.769 - Permits for used oil processing and rerefining facilities.