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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) 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) 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Environment § 7-242 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/environment/md-code-envir-sect-7-242/
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