Document Citation: COMAR 26.11.05.02

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CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS
TITLE 26. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
SUBTITLE 11. AIR QUALITY
CHAPTER 05. AIR POLLUTION EPISODE SYSTEM

Date:
08/31/2009

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.02 General Requirements.

A. An air pollution episode system establishes standards and procedures to be followed whenever pollution of the air has the potential of reaching an emergency condition if allowed to go unchecked.

B. Whenever the Governor, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee determines that the accumulation of air pollution may attain, is attaining, or has attained a level or levels considered injurious to human health, conditions of air pollution designated as Standby Watch, Health Advisory, Alert, Warning, and Emergency shall be declared. In making a determination, the Governor, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee shall be guided by criteria defined in Regulation .03.

C. To assure compliance with this chapter, sources designated by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall submit standby emission reduction plans in accordance with Regulation .04. In accordance with the standby emission reduction plans, standby orders as specified in Regulation .05 shall be implemented as a designated level is reached.

D. Nothing contained in these regulations shall be construed as allowing, permitting, or maintaining an emission from any installation in the State to be subject to a lesser degree of control as may be required for existing or new regulations adopted by the Secretary.

E. During air pollution episodes, sources having an interstate air pollution potential shall be governed by the following:

(1) Air pollution emissions within the jurisdiction of the State shall be controlled to the extent that neighboring state requirements are not compromised.

(2) Provisions of these regulations shall apply to installations within the State when a receptor state demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that a source or sources within Maryland is substantially affecting established emergency episode criteria in the receptor state.