Proposed Land Regulations
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Up to Date as of June 5, 2025.
Proposed Actions provide the full text of proposed regulations and amendments, an estimate of the economic impact of an action on the regulated parties, the agency, other State or local agencies, and the general public. Proposed Actions also detail how the public may provide comments to an agency about a proposed regulation.
All Notices of Proposed Action are published in the Maryland Register.
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| Regulation Title | Management
of Recalled Airbags | | Purpose | Adopt
federal regulations that facilitate the collection and proper disposition of
recalled automotive airbag inflators by providing exemptions from certain
hazardous waste requirements if specified conditions are met. | | COMAR | 26.13.02 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Public Informational and Formal Comment Opportunities | | | Other Documents |
| | Status | Published for review and comment in the May 16, 2025 Maryland Register. |
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| Regulation Title | Revisions
to the Hazardous Waste Ignitability Characteristic | | Purpose | Adopt
federal revisions to the hazardous waste characteristic of ignitability to
update test methods, remove obsolete information, and update references to U.S.
Department of Transportation regulations. | | COMAR | 26.13.02 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Public Informational and Formal Comment Opportunities | | | Other Documents |
| | Status | Published for review and comment in the May 16, 2025 Maryland Register. |
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| Regulation Title | Conditional
Exclusion for Solvent Contaminated Wipes | | Purpose | Adopt
federal regulations that revise the definition of solid waste to conditionally
exclude solvent contaminated wipes that are cleaned and reused, and revise the
definition of hazardous waste to exclude certain solvent contaminated wipes
(not including wipes contaminated with trichloroethylene) if they are managed
in specified ways. | | COMAR | 26.13.02 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Public Informational and Formal Comment Opportunities | | | Other Documents |
| | Status | Published for review and comment in the May 16, 2025 Maryland Register. |
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| Regulation Title | Universal
Waste Rule for Aerosol Cans | | Purpose | Adopt
federal regulations that expand the category of “universal waste” in the
hazardous waste regulations to include aerosol cans. The universal waste regulations are an
alternate set of simplified management standards that apply to specific
categories of wastes, and are intended to facilitate collection, recycling, and
proper management of eligible wastes. | | COMAR | 26.13.10 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Public Informational and Formal Comment Opportunities | | | Other Documents |
| | Status | Published for review and comment in the May 16, 2025 Maryland Register. |
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| Regulation Title | Management
Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals | | Purpose | Adopt
federal regulations on management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals at
healthcare facilities. The federal
regulations appear in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR Part 266
Subpart P. | | COMAR | 26.13.10 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Public Informational and Formal Comment Opportunities | | | Other Documents |
| | Status | Published for review and comment in the May 16, 2025 Maryland Register. |
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| Number of Land Proposed Regulations: 5 |
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Contact Information
For more information please email the Solid Waste Program.
