Section 7-242 - Required standards for maintenance of permit. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

[NR § 8-1413.2; 1982, ch. 240, § 2.]