Md. Code Regs. 26.13.03.07

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

Section 26.13.03.07 - Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste for Recovery or Disposal

A. Applicability.

(1) Except as provided in §A(3) of this regulation, this regulation applies to transboundary movements of hazardous wastes.

(2) The requirements identified in §B(1) of this regulation are administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a foreign policy matter and are not delegated to the states.

(3) State Wastes Excluded from this Regulation.

(a) Except for a waste that exhibits one or more of the characteristics of hazardous waste identified in COMAR 26.13.02.10-.14, this regulation does not apply to a waste that is listed as a hazardous waste by the State but not by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

(b) The waste codes for the wastes referred to in §B(3(a) of this regulation that are listed as hazardous by the State but not by EPA, and the sections of COMAR where the waste codes are assigned are:

(i) MD01, MD02, and MD03, assigned in COMAR 26.13.02.17;

(ii) MX01, assigned in COMAR 26.13.02.19D;

(iii) M001, assigned in COMAR 26.13.02.19F; and

(iv) MT01, assigned in COMAR 26.13.02.19H.

B. Requirements.

(1) A person involved in the transboundary movement of hazardous waste shall comply with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart H, as qualified by §B(2) of this regulation.

(2) In complying with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart H, a person shall comply with provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations as referenced rather than analogous provisions in COMAR, except in instances when the federal reference includes the qualifier "or the state equivalent".

Md. Code Regs. 26.13.03.07

Regulations .07 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)
Regulations .07B amended effective January 18, 1982 (9:1 Md. R. 20)
Regulations .07A amended effective January 31, 1983 (10:2 Md. R. 110)
Regulation .07A amended effective April 18, 1988 (15:8 Md. R. 1009)
Regulation .07A amended effective May 1, 2008 (35:8 Md. R. 809)
Regulation .07 adopted effective August 28, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1321)
Regulations .07A amended adopted effective July 30, 1984 (11:15 Md. R. 1330); adopted effective 49:1 Md. R. 14, eff. 1/13/2022