{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"25250.5","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 25250.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6.5. Hazardous Waste Control [25100. - 25259.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20/chapter-6.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 13. Management of Used Oil [25250. - 25250.30.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20/chapter-6.5/article-13"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1154, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 1995.","effective":"1995-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The disposal of used oil by discharge to sewers, drainage systems, surface water or groundwater, watercourses, or marine waters; by incineration or burning as fuel; or by deposit on land, is prohibited, unless authorized under other provisions of law. </p><p>(b) The use of used oil or recycled oil as a dust suppressant or insect or weed control agent is prohibited unless allowed under another applicable law, but only to the extent that use as a dust suppressant or insect or weed control agent is consistent with the federal act. </p>","text":"(a) The disposal of used oil by discharge to sewers, drainage systems, surface water or groundwater, watercourses, or marine waters; by incineration or burning as fuel; or by deposit on land, is prohibited, unless authorized under other provisions of law. (b) The use of used oil or recycled oil as a dust suppressant or insect or weed control agent is prohibited unless allowed under another applicable law, but only to the extent that use as a dust suppressant or insect or weed control agent is consistent with the federal act.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/management-of-used-oil-25250-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}