Md. Code Regs. 26.13.07.13-1 - Minor Modifications - Newly Regulated Hazardous Wastes or Newly Regulated Units
A.
Permit modifications to allow for the continued management of a waste newly
listed or identified as hazardous under COMAR 26.13.02, or to allow for the
continued management of hazardous wastes in units newly regulated as hazardous
waste management units, may be processed as minor modifications if the
following conditions are met:
(1) The unit
that is the subject of the modification was in existence as a hazardous waste
facility with respect to:
(a) The newly listed
or identified waste on the effective date of the regulation listing or
identifying the waste; or
(b) The
newly regulated waste management unit on the effective date of the regulation
regulating the unit;
(2)
The permittee submits a request for a minor modification of the permit on or
before:
(a) The date on which the waste
becomes regulated as hazardous; or
(b) The date the unit becomes subject to the
new requirements;
(3)
The permittee manages the waste in compliance with the requirements of COMAR
26.13.06 and 26.13.10;
(4) The
permittee submits, within 180 days after the effective date of the regulation
listing or identifying the waste as hazardous or within 180 days after the
effective date of the regulation subjecting the unit to regulation under this
subtitle, an application for a permit modification to incorporate all changes
necessary to achieve compliance with the requirements of this subtitle in
managing the newly regulated waste or in operating the newly regulated unit;
and
(5) In the case of land
disposal units, the permittee certifies that the unit is in compliance with all
applicable requirements of COMAR 26.13.06 concerning ground water monitoring
and financial responsibility by the date 12 months after the effective date of
the regulation:
(a) Identifying or listing
the waste as hazardous; or
(b)
Regulating the unit as a hazardous waste management unit.
B. If the permittee fails to
certify compliance with the requirements identified in §A(5) of this
regulation, the permittee shall lose authority to operate under this
regulation.
C. Continued Acceptance
of Hazardous Waste Military Munitions from Off-Site. A permittee is authorized
to continue to accept hazardous waste military munitions from off-site,
notwithstanding any permit conditions barring the permittee from accepting
off-site wastes, if:
(1) On the date that the
waste military munitions become subject to hazardous waste regulatory
requirements, the facility at which the waste military munitions are being
accepted from off-site is:
(a) In existence
as a hazardous waste facility; and
(b) Already permitted to handle the waste
military munitions;
(2)
On or before the date when the waste military munitions become subject to
hazardous waste regulatory requirements, the permittee submits a request for a
minor modification of the permit under Regulation .13 of this chapter and
§§A and B of this regulation to remove or amend the permit provision
restricting the receipt of waste munitions from off-site; and
(3) Not later than 180 days after the date
when the waste military munitions become subject to hazardous waste regulatory
requirements, the permittee submits a complete application for a permit
modification under Regulation .11 of this chapter to remove or amend the permit
provision restricting the receipt of waste munitions from off-site.
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