The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 403
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

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F.S. 403.75

403.75 Definitions relating to used oil.—As used in ss. 403.75-403.769 and s. 526.01, as amended by chapter 84-338, Laws of Florida, the term:

(1) “Public used oil collection center” means:

(a) Automotive service facilities or governmentally sponsored collection facilities, which in the course of business accept for disposal small quantities of used oil from households; and

(b) Facilities which store used oil in aboveground tanks, which are approved by the department, and which in the course of business accept for disposal small quantities of used oil from households.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.

(3) “Person” means any individual, private or public corporation, partnership, cooperative, association, estate, political subdivision, or governmental agency or instrumentality.

(4) “Processing” means chemical or physical operations designed to produce from used oil, or to make used oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils, lubricants, or other used oil-derived products. Processing includes, but is not limited to: blending used oil with virgin petroleum products, blending used oils to meet the fuel specifications, filtration, simple distillation, chemical or physical separation and rerefining.

(5) “Recycling” means to prepare used oil for reuse as a petroleum product by rerefining, reclaiming, reprocessing, or other means or to use used oil in a manner that substitutes for a petroleum product made from new oil.

(6) “Rerefining” means the use of refining processes on used oil to produce high-quality base stocks for lubricants or other petroleum products. Rerefining may include distillation, hydrotreating, or treatments employing acid, caustic, solvent, clay, or other chemicals, or other physical treatments.

(7) “Used oil” means any oil which has been refined from crude oil or synthetic oil and, as a result of use, storage, or handling, has become contaminated and unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of physical or chemical impurities or loss of original properties.

History.—s. 57, ch. 84-338; s. 25, ch. 88-130; s. 46, ch. 93-207; s. 416, ch. 94-356.

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Amendments to 403.75

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 403.75

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 403.75.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In VIOXX PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. To, 802 F. Supp. 2d 740 (E.D. La. 2011)

. . . Fibich, Hampton & Leebron submitted common benefit hours in the amount of 2,021.25, of which 403.75 were . . .

WEIGMANN, v. GLORIOUS FOOD, INC., 169 F.R.D. 280 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

. . . Hedick’s gross earnings for 1993, 1994, and 1995 were $403.75, $323, and $233.75, respectively. . . .

TAYLOR GROUP, INC. v. W. JOHNSON, M. M., 919 F. Supp. 1545 (M.D. Ala. 1996)

. . . plaintiffs facsimile costs total $364.50 ($96.00 + $20.50 + 248.00), and photocopying fees amount to $403.75 . . .

ORIX CREDIT ALLIANCE, INC. v. A. KIM,, 909 F. Supp. 216 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

. . . which the proceeds of the private sale in the amount of $108,876.66 (less the lien search cost of $403.75 . . .

In DAILY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC., 150 B.R. 205 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1992)

. . . Counsel’s time were spent on tasks which did not directly benefit the Bank, resulting in a reduction of $403.75 . . .

In K. P. ENTERPRISE,, 135 B.R. 174 (Bankr. D. Me. 1992)

. . . Costs of aborted auction 9,424.78 CO Repairs and maintenance at KP facility, pending second auction 403.75 . . .

G. FLEMING, v. COUNTY OF KANE R., 686 F. Supp. 1264 (N.D. Ill. 1988)

. . . not asked for a multiplier to be applied to what they characterize as the lodestar amount of $232,-403.75 . . .

WARPAR MANUFACTURING CORP. v. ASHLAND OIL, INC., 606 F. Supp. 852 (N.D. Ohio 1984)

. . . this case, that I have devoted 693.25 hours to this case, and that others in our firm have devoted 403.75 . . .

In BROOKWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, B. McGUIRE, v. A. COHEN,, 338 F.2d 562 (7th Cir. 1964)

. . . December 4, 1961, collateral, including the 28 membership certificates, was sold to Cohen for $50,-403.75 . . .

In STEIN, 17 F. Supp. 587 (E.D. Pa. 1936)

. . . appears that the bankrupt desired to purchase a cash register, the cash selling price of which was $403.75 . . .

PACIFIC TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH CO. v. WHITCOMB, HOME TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH CO. OF SPOKANE v. DENNEY,, 12 F.2d 279 (W.D. Wash. 1926)

. . . Pacific Company’s intrastate property devoted to the public service, as of June 30, 1922, to be $31,425,-403.75 . . .