Md. Code Regs. 26.13.03.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 26.13.03.03 - EPA Identification Numbers - General Requirements for Generators

A. A generator may not treat, store, dispose of, transport, or offer for transportation, hazardous waste without having received an EPA identification number from the Department.

B. A generator who has not received an EPA identification number may obtain one by applying to the Department using EPA Form 8700-12 or another form specified by the Department.

C. Upon receiving a request for an EPA identification number, the Department will:

(1) Assign an identification number to the generator; or

(2) Inform the generator that an EPA identification number has previously been assigned to the site for which the generator is applying for a number, provide the previously assigned number to the generator, and instruct the generator to use the previously assigned number for the purposes of compliance with this chapter.

D. In completing EPA Form 8700-12, a generator:

(1) Shall determine the generator's federally defined hazardous waste generator category as specified in Regulation .01-1B-C of this chapter; and

(2) May elect to identify on the form as being in a more stringently regulated category of generator than is actually the case based on the generator's current rate of hazardous waste generation, such as identifying as a large quantity generator when the generator's current rate of generation corresponds to the small quantity generator category.

E. A generator may not offer the generator's hazardous waste to transporters or to treatment, storage, or disposal facilities that have not received an EPA identification number.

F. A recognized trader may not arrange for import or export of hazardous waste without having received an EPA identification number from the Department.

G. Temporary EPA Identification Number.

(1) A generator who is required to obtain an EPA identification number in order for a shipment of hazardous waste to be made from a particular location may apply to the Department for a temporary EPA identification number if the location has not previously been issued an EPA identification number or a temporary EPA identification number.

(2) To obtain a temporary EPA identification number, a person shall contact the Department and provide the Department with any information that the Department considers to be relevant to the request for the temporary EPA identification number, including information on the site location, information about the generator, information about the waste, information about the person who will transport the waste, and information about the destination facility to which the waste will be sent.

(3) If additional hazardous waste is generated at the site subsequent to the completion of shipment off site of the hazardous waste that necessitated issuance of a temporary EPA identification number for the site, the generator:

(a) May not continue to use the temporary EPA identification number that had been issued for the site; and

(b) Shall obtain an EPA identification number for the site as specified in §B of this regulation, unless the generator is otherwise excluded from the requirement to obtain an EPA identification number for the site.

Md. Code Regs. 26.13.03.03

Regulations .03 adopted as an emergency provision effective November 18, 1980 (7:25 Md. R. S-1); adopted permanently effective April 3, 1981 (8:7 Md. R. 642); amended effective 48:9 Md. R. 359, eff. 5/3/2021