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§ 7-242. Required standards for maintenance of permit

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West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 7. Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Controlled Hazardous Substances (Refs & Annos)
Part VI. Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit
MD Code, Environment, § 7-242
§ 7-242. Required standards for maintenance of permit
Currentness
In general
(a) As a requirement for keeping the facility permit, each facility permit holder shall:
(1) Maintain a bond or other security that the Department considers sufficient to cover any cost for:
(i) Guaranteeing fulfillment of all requirements related to the facility permit;
(ii) Monitoring, maintaining, or closing the controlled hazardous substance facility; and
(iii) Assuring the security of the controlled hazardous substance facility after closing;
(2) Design, construct, and operate the controlled hazardous substance facility in the manner approved by the Department;
(3) Establish emergency procedures and safeguards to prevent accidents and reasonably foreseeable harm to human beings or the environment;
(4) Report periodically on the controlled hazardous substance that is received and discharged by the controlled hazardous substance facility, including, as applicable, volume, and chemical, physical, biological, and radioactive nature;
(5) In appropriate circumstances, assist in any transfer of the ownership and operation of a controlled hazardous substance facility to a qualified agency of this State or any political subdivision of this State; and
(6) To the extent reasonably practicable, restore the controlled hazardous substance facility site to its original condition if use as a controlled hazardous substance facility is terminated.
Additional requirements for low-level nuclear waste facility
(b) In addition to the requirements for keeping a facility permit under subsection (a) of this section, each low-level nuclear waste facility permit holder shall:
(1) Ensure that any low-level nuclear waste being shipped to the low-level nuclear waste facility is labeled and transported in accordance with this subtitle;
(2) Refuse to accept for disposal any low-level nuclear waste that has not been labeled or transported in accordance with this subtitle; and
(3) Comply with any other requirements the Department sets.

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Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2.
MD Code, Environment, § 7-242, MD ENVIR § 7-242
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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