N.Y. ENV Law § 23-2301

§ 23-2301. Definitions.\n For the purposes of this title:\n 1. The term "used oil" means all petroleum-based lubricating oils\nwhich have through use been contaminated by physical or chemical\nimpurities which have not been removed by subsequent rerefining;\n 2. The term "rerefined oil" means used oil which has been refined to\nremove the physical and chemical contaminants so that it shall be\nsuitable for lube stock or fuel oil acquired through use, which by\nitself or when blended with new oil or additives is substantially\nequivalent or superior to new oil intended for the same purposes, as\nspecified in the American Petroleum Institute's engine service\nclassifications;\n 3. The term "new oil" means all oil which has been refined from virgin\noil and may or may not contain additives, but has never been used, and\ndoes not include used oil or rerefined oil;\n 4. The term "lubricating oil" means all petroleum-based oil which:\n a. is suitable for use as a lubricant, or\n b. is sold for use as a lubricant, and\n c. is not consumed in normal use;\n 5. The term "fuel oil" means all oil which has been refined,\nrerefined, or otherwise processed for the purpose of being burned to\nproduce heat;\n 6. The term "on-premises oil changing operation" means any\nestablishment that drains or collects used oil and replaces the used oil\nwith new or rerefined lubricating oil;\n 7. The term "service establishment" means every automobile service\nstation including gas only outlets and any other retail outlet and boat\nmarina selling at least five hundred gallons of lubricating oil annually\nand having an on-premises oil changing operation;\n 8. The term "used oil collector" means any waste transporter as\ndefined in title three of article twenty-seven of this chapter who\ncontrols a system which functions to retrieve or collect used oil for\nsale or transfer to oil rerefining facilities, or for other methods of\ndisposal, but shall not include service establishments;\n 9. The term "rerefiner" means any person who rerefines used oil to\nremove its physical and chemical contaminants; and\n 10. The term "disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection,\ndumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any used oil into or on any\nland or water so that such used oil or any related constituent thereof\nmay enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into\nany waters of the state including groundwaters thereof. Disposal shall\ninclude the incineration of used oil and the burning of used oil for the\npurpose of recovering usable energy.\n 11. The term "retail establishment" means every vendor that sells\nlubricating oil at retail in quantities in excess of one thousand\ngallons per year.\n