Maryland Hazardous Waste Tanks: What you need to know

Hazardous waste tank rules: Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 26.13.05.10 to 26.13.05.10-7 and COMAR 26.13.06.18 (interim status)

Waste analysis and trial tests: COMAR 26.13.05.10(B)

Returning repaired tanks to service: COMAR 26.13.05.10-6(A)(9)

Inspections: COMAR 26.13.05.10(D)(2)(b)

Organic air emissions rules: COMAR 26.13.05.10(E); 40 CFR 264 Subparts AA, BB, and CC; and 40 CFR 265 Subparts AA, BB, and CC

Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Land Management Administration Hazardous Waste Program

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3

See ADDRESSES & CONTACTS for addresses and telephone numbers.

See national section for basic information and federal regulations.

• Rules. Maryland's hazardous waste tank rules parallel the federal rules with additional state requirements in connection with waste analysis and trial tests, returning a repaired tank system to service, inspections, and organic air emissions standards. Owners and operators of permitted hazardous waste tanks are responsible for paying permit fees. These fees are reviewed in the state section TSDF PERMITS.

• Administration and enforcement. MDE's Waste Management Administration administers and enforces the hazardous waste tank requirements in Maryland. The federal organic air emissions standards are enforced in Maryland by EPA's Region 3 office.

WASTE ANALYSIS AND TRIAL TESTS

COMAR 26.13.05.10(B)

Maryland has additional requirements for owners and operators of tanks used to chemically treat or store a hazardous waste that is substantially different from the waste previously treated or stored in that tank or tanks used to chemically treat ...