Used Oil Handling Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC425/92).

The present Regulations enact section 25 of the Environmental Protection Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the handling of used oil. Section 2 establishes that no person shall: a) contaminate used oil with any substance that has a flash-point less than 38 degrees centigrade or a substance listed in column I of Schedule A; b) dispose of used oil at a solid waste management facility; c) place used oil in a container intended for pick up to go to a solid waste management facility; d) dispose of contaminated used oil at a return facility; e) offer for sale, sell, transfer possession or dispose of contaminated used oil without the approval by the Department; f) in any manner, dispose of used oil to any sanitary or storm sewer or to any fixture, catch basin or drain leading to a sanitary or storm sewer; or g) apply or otherwise dispose of used oil on public or private land for any purpose, including dust suppression. The text – consisting of 9 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: used oil analysis, samples, results, disposal, licenses, grant of license, conditions, revocation, violation, offence, records, requirements for return facilities and penalties.