Used Oil Recycling Program: Am I Regulated?

You must register with and/or report to the TCEQ if you are:

• a transporter of more than 55 gallons of your own or other's used oil
• a used oil collection center
• a used oil handler or manager
• a used oil marketer

For more details on who registers with and reports to the TCEQ, please see the Used Oil Recycling Handbook: Guidance for Used Oil Handlers (RG 325).

For additional information about used oil recycling, see the following pages:

• Used Oil Recycling - 30 TAC Chapter 324, Subchapter A
• Used Oil Filter Management and Recycling - 30 TAC Chapter 328, Subchapter D
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 371, Subchapter A
• Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 279: Standards for the Management of Used Oil
• EPA: Managing, Reusing, and Recycling Used Oil

Contact us in one of the following ways:

• Email: wasteval@tceq.texas.gov
• Phone: (512) 239-6413
• Fax: (512) 239-6410
• Mail:
  Used Oil Recycling Program, MC-129
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  PO Box 13087
  Austin, TX 78711-3087