1998 Minnesota Statutes

     299F.015 Use of waste oil burner. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For the purposes of this 
 section, the following terms shall have the meanings given:  

    (a) "Waste oil" means a refined oil which has been used for 
 the lubrication of an internal combustion engine or in a similar 
 crankcase application or other applications in connection with 
 motor vehicles and has been contaminated by impurities as a 
 result of that use.  

    (b) "Approved waste oil burner" means a device designed to 
 burn waste oil for heating purposes, which is found by a 
 recognized independent testing laboratory to provide a degree of 
 safety substantially equivalent to other devices approved for 
 similar purposes under the Uniform Fire Code or State Building 
 Code.  

    Subd. 2.    Burner permitted.  Notwithstanding any 
 contrary provision of sections 16B.59 to 16B.73 or 299F.011, or 
 any rule adopted under those sections, the state fire marshal, 
 the state building inspector, and political subdivisions may 
 permit the installation and use of approved waste oil burners in 
 gasoline service stations or commercial garages.  

    Subd. 3.    Limitations.  No person shall burn any waste 
 oil in an approved waste oil burner if the waste oil does not 
 conform with the specifications contained in rules of the 
 pollution control agency adopted under section 116.07.  

    HIST: 1982 c 447 s 1; 1984 c 544 s 89