WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 117
Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 117
(Senate Bill 796)

AN ACT concerning

Used Oil - Knowing or Willful Addition of Any Liquid or Solid

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the knowing or willful addition of contamination of used
oil by adding any liquid substance or solid material to the contents of any used oil
before the deposit of the oil for recycling that makes the oil unacceptable for
recycling or disposal.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1401(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1401.

(f) (1) Except as provided under Title 7, Subtitle 2 of the Environment Article
or any other provisions of law, after January 1, 1979, a person may not dispose of or
cause to be disposed of any used oil by discharge, dump, or deposit into sewers,
drainage systems, surface or ground waters, any waters in this State, or by incineration
or as refuse, or onto any public or private land unless such land is designated by the
State or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions as a collection facility for such
disposal, dumping, or deposit and the used oil is placed in a receptacle or container
installed or located on such property.

(2) BEFORE THE DEPOSIT OF ANY USED OIL FOR RECYCLING
OR DISPOSAL, A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWINGLY OR WILLFULLY ADD
CONTAMINATE THE OIL BY ADDING ANY LIQUID SUBSTANCE OR SOLID
MATERIAL TO THE CONTENTS OF THE OIL THAT MAKES THE OIL
UNACCEPTABLE FOR RECYCLING.

[(2)] (3) The provisions of this subsection do not include the application
of used oil to roads for maintenance purposes as authorized by law, or the use of used
oil as a fuel, or the use of used or recycled oil for maintenance or lubrication of
agricultural equipment.

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