Cal. Public Resources Code § 3460

(a) As used in this article: (1) “Used oil” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code. (2) “Recycle” means to prepare used oil for reuse as a petroleum product by refining, reclaiming, reprocessing, or other means, in order to attain the standards specified by paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code. “Recycle” does not include the application of used oil to roads for the purpose of dust control or to the ground for the purpose of weed abatement. “Recycle” does not include incineration or burning of used oil as a fuel. (3) “Board” means the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (4) “Person” means any individual, private or public corporation, partnership, limited liability company, cooperative, association, estate, municipality, political or jurisdictional subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. (b) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 1123 of the Statutes of 1987 do not affect the validity of any existing regulations of the Department of Toxic Substances Control relating to the management of used oil blended or diluted with virgin oil or any partially refined oil product as a hazardous waste, and do not affect the authority of the Department of Toxic Substances Control to prohibit blending or diluting used oil with an uncontaminated product to achieve the standards for recycled oil, as specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code.