Document Citation: Md. ENVIRONMENT Code Ann. § 7-242

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Annotated Code of Maryland
ENVIRONMENT
TITLE 7. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
SUBTITLE 2. CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
PART VI. CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE FACILITY PERMIT


Date:
08/31/2009

Document:

§ 7-242. Required standards for maintenance of permit

(a) In general. -- 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.

(b) Additional requirements for low-level nuclear waste facility. -- 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.