Subtitle 13 DISPOSAL OF CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES › Chapter 10 Standards for the Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes and Specific Types of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

.04 Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Being Reclaimed. A. Applicability. (1) Except as provided in §B of this regulation, this regulation applies to spent lead-acid batteries that are recyclable materials. (2) For the purposes of this regulation, “spent batteries” means spent lead-acid b…

.05 Management Standards for Used Oil. A. Purpose. This regulation identifies circumstances under which used oil is regulated as hazardous waste, and identifies other regulations with which persons managing used oil are required to comply. B. Applicability. This regulation applie…

.06 Scope — Standards for Universal Waste Management. This regulation and Regulations .07—.25 of this chapter: A. Establish requirements for managing universal waste; B. Include standards for managing the following: (1) Batteries, as described in Regulation .07 of this chapter; (…

.07 Applicability — Batteries. A. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, the requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapter apply to persons managing: (1) Batteries, as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B; and (2) Spent lead-acid batteries, which are not managed under Regula…

.08 Applicability — Pesticides. A. Except for pesticides identified in §B of this regulation, or as otherwise specified in §B of this regulation, the requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapter apply to persons managing pesticides, as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B, meetin…

.09 Applicability — Lamps, Mercury-Containing Equipment, and PCB-Containing Lamp Ballasts. A. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, the requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapter apply to persons managing lamps, mercury-containing equipment, or PCB-containing lamp…

.09-1 Applicability — Aerosol Cans. A. Except for aerosol cans identified in §B of this regulation, the requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapter apply to persons managing aerosol cans as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B. B. The requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this …

.10 Applicability — Household and Small Quantity Generator Waste. A. A person managing the following wastes may, at the person's option, manage the waste under the requirements of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapter: (1) Household wastes that are exempt under COMAR 26.13.02.04-1A…

.11 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — General Requirements. A. Applicability. This regulation and Regulations .12—.18 of this chapter apply to small quantity handlers of universal waste, as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B. B. Prohibitions. A small quantity handler of uni…

.12 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste Batteries — Specific Management Standards. A small quantity handler of universal waste: A. Shall manage universal waste batteries: (1) In a way that prevents release of any universal waste or any component of universal waste to the e…

.13 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste Pesticides — Specific Management Standards. A. A small quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste pesticides in a way that prevents releases of any universal waste or any component of universal waste to the envi…

.14 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste Mercury-Containing Equipment — Specific Management Standards. A. General. (1) A small quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste mercury-containing equipment in a way that prevents release of any universal waste…

.15 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste Lamps — Specific Management Standards. A. A small quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste lamps in a way that prevents release of any universal waste or any component of universal waste to the environment. B.…

.16 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste PCB-Containing Lamp Ballasts — Specific Management Standards. A. A small quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste PCB-containing lamp ballasts in a way that prevents release of any universal waste or any compo…

.16-1 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste Aerosol Cans — Specific Management Standards. A. A small quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste aerosol cans in a way that prevents any releases of universal waste or a component of universal waste to the …

.17 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — General Management Standards. A. Labeling and Marking. (1) A small quantity handler of universal waste shall label or mark the universal waste to identify the type of universal waste as specified in §A(2) of this regulation. (2) A …

.18 Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — Shipments. A. Off-Site Shipments. (1) A small quantity handler of universal waste may not send or take universal waste to a place other than: (a) Another universal waste handler; (b) A destination facility; or (c) A destination out…

.19 Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — General Requirements. A. Applicability. (1) This regulation and Regulations .20 and .21 of this chapter apply to large quantity handlers of universal waste as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B. (2) A universal waste handler retains the…

.20 Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — Specific Management Standards. A. Universal Waste Batteries. A large quantity handler of universal waste shall manage universal waste batteries in accordance with the requirements established for small quantity handlers in Regulati…

.21 Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste — General Management Standards. A. Labeling and Marking. A large quantity handler of universal waste shall comply with the requirements established for small quantity handlers of universal waste in Regulation .17A of this chapter. B.…

.22 Standards for Universal Waste Transporters. A. Applicability. This regulation applies to universal waste transporters as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B. B. Prohibitions. A universal waste transporter: (1) May not dispose of universal waste; and (2) Except as provided in §E of …

.23 Standards for Destination Facilities. A. Applicability. (1) The owner or operator of a destination facility as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B is subject to all applicable requirements of COMAR 26.13.05—26.13.10, and the notification requirement under §3010 of RCRA. (2) The own…

.24 Universal Waste — Import Requirements. A. Applicability. (1) This regulation establishes requirements for persons managing universal waste that is imported from a country outside the United States into the United States. (2) The requirements of this regulation apply immediate…

.25 Petitions to Include Other Wastes as Universal Wastes. A. General Requirements. (1) Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a person seeking to add a hazardous waste or a category of hazardous waste to the universal waste regulations of Regulations .06—.25 of this chapte…

.26 Special Requirements for Fluorescent Lamps. A. Applicability. This regulation applies to fluorescent lamps that exhibit the toxicity characteristic of COMAR 26.13.02.14 and that are: (1) Generated by small quantity generators, that is, persons that generate and accumulate haz…

.27 Military Munitions. A. Applicability. (1) This regulation and Regulations .28—.31 of this chapter specify the: (a) Circumstances under which military munitions become a solid waste; and (b) Management standards that apply if a military munition is a hazardous waste under this…

.28 Standards Applicable to the Transport of Solid Waste Military Munitions. A. Scope and Applicability. This regulation: (1) Applies to the transport of military munitions by: (a) The military; and (b) Commercial carriers who are under contract with the military and have signed …

.29 Standards Applicable to Emergency Responses. A. The following requirements are applicable to explosives and munitions emergencies involving military munitions or explosives: COMAR 26.13.03.01J, 26.13.04.01A(4), 26.13.05.01A(3)(h) and D(5)—(6), 26.13.06.01A(4)(h) and (5), and …

.30 Standards Applicable to the Storage of Solid Waste Military Munitions. A. Criteria for Hazardous Waste Regulation of Waste Nonchemical Military Munitions in Storage. (1) A waste military munition in storage that exhibits a characteristic of hazardous waste or is listed as haz…

.31 Standards Applicable to the Treatment and Disposal of Waste Military Munitions. The treatment and disposal of hazardous waste military munitions are subject to the applicable permitting, procedural, and technical standards in COMAR 26.13.01— 26.13.10. Cross References 26.13.1…

.32 Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals — General Provisions. A. Scope. This regulation and Regulations .33—.49 of this chapter: (1) Establish requirements for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities and reverse distributors; and (2) Identify certai…

.33 Prohibition on Sewer Disposal of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. This regulation applies to: (1) A healthcare facility that meets any of the following criteria: (a) The facility is managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the provisions of COMAR 26.13.02.05, as prov…

.34 Conditional Exemption — Controlled Substances and Household Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. If the conditions of §B of this regulation are met, the following are exempt from the requirements of COMAR 26.13.03—26.13.10: (1) A hazardous waste pharmaceutical that is also listed on a s…

.35 Residues of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals in Empty Containers. A. This regulation establishes criteria under which a container that held a pharmaceutical is considered to be empty. B. A container that is empty according to the criteria in this regulation is not regulated as…

.36 Optional Provisions — Healthcare Facilities that Qualify as Very Small Quantity Generators. A. Applicability. (1) This regulation applies to a healthcare facility that: (a) Is a very small quantity generator under federal regulations, as described in COMAR 26.13.03.01-1B, whe…

.37 Standards for Healthcare Facilities Managing Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals — Applicability. A. This regulation and Regulations .38—.48 of this chapter apply to a healthcare facility that: (1) Meets the criteria specified in Regulation .32E(1) of this chapter or is identifie…

.38 Notification — Healthcare Facilities Managing Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. This regulation establishes requirements for a facility identified in Regulation .37A of this chapter to notify the Department that the facility: (1) Is operating under the standards of this cha…

.39 General Standards — Healthcare Facilities Managing Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. Training. The owner or operator of a healthcare facility managing non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals shall ensure that all personnel that manage non-creditable ha…

.40 Container Standards — Healthcare Facilities Managing Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. A healthcare facility may not place a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical in a container unless the container: (1) Is structurally sound; (2) Is compatible with t…

.41 Accumulation Time Limit — Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. A healthcare facility may accumulate a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical on site for 1 year or less without having to either: (1) Obtain a CHS permit issued under COMAR 26.13.07 that auth…

.42 Management of Rejected Shipments of Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals by Healthcare Facilities. A. Applicability. This regulation applies to a healthcare facility that sends a shipment of non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a designated facility wit…

.43 Reporting by Healthcare Facilities for Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. Biennial Reporting. Healthcare facilities are not subject to biennial reporting requirements under COMAR 26.13.03.06B with respect to non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals manag…

.44 Record Keeping by Healthcare Facilities for Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. Manifests and Exception Reports. Unless a specified period of retention is extended in accordance with §C of this regulation, a healthcare facility shall: (1) Keep a copy of each ma…

.45 Acceptance of Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals from Off Site. A. This regulation establishes conditions under which a healthcare facility may accept non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from an off-site healthcare facility that qualifies, under federal…

.46 Standards for Healthcare Facilities Managing Potentially Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. Hazardous Waste Determination for Potentially Creditable Pharmaceuticals. (1) A healthcare facility that generates a solid waste that is a potentially creditable pharmaceut…

.47 Shipping Requirements — Non-creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Evaluated Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A. This regulation establishes requirements that apply to: (1) A healthcare facility shipping non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals off site; and (2)…

.48 Shipments of Potentially Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals to a Reverse Distributor. A. A healthcare facility or a reverse distributor that transports off site or offers for transport off site potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a reverse distri…