FAXBACK 12578

OFF-SPECIFICATION JET FUEL BURNED AS KEROSENE FUEL
9441.1986(19)

MAR 8 1986


Mr. Richard Weaver
Aero Sport, Inc.
St. Augustine Airport
P.O. Drawer 1989
St. Augustine, Florida 32085


Dear Mr. Weaver:

Thank you for your letter of February 10, 1986, concerning

the regulatory classification of off-specification jet fuel when

it is burned as kerosene. Under the Environmental Protection

Agency's (EPA) rules (40 CFR §261.2(c)(2)(ii)), an off-specifica-

tion commercial chemical product is not a solid waste as long as

it is used for its original purpose. In this case the product,

jet fuel, although not used to propel jets, is still being used

as a fuel and, therefore, is neither a solid waste nor a hazardous

waste.



Sincerely,

Marcia E. Williams
Director
Office of Solid Waste (WH-562)