Land Regulations in Development
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Up to Date as of October 18, 2022.
Below is a list of land regulations which are in the process of being developed, reviewed, or revised by the Department.
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | 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, 26.13.03 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | 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 | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal. |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | 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 | 26.13.12 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal. |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | 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 | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting Proposal |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | 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 | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting Proposal |
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| Program | Mining Program | | Regulation Title | Oil
and Gas Exploration and Production | | Purpose | To revise
and update MDE's regulations related to gas and oil exploration. | | COMAR | 26.19.01 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | TBD, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal. |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | Regulation Title | Mixed Waste Rulemaking
| | Purpose | Conditionally exempts mixed waste (waste that is regulated as hazardous waste and is also radioactive) from most hazardous waste regulations provided it is managed in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations.
| | COMAR | 26.13.10 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal.
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | Regulation Title | Hazardous Waste Identification Rule – Contaminated Media and Debris
| | Purpose | Establishes a Department approved remedial action plan as a form of permit when operations involved in cleaning up a contaminated site would otherwise trigger permit requirements for hazardous waste treatment or disposal.
| | COMAR | 26.13.02, 26.13.05, 26.13.06, 26.13.07 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | September, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal.
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| Program | Resource Management Program | | Regulation Title | Storage, Collection, Transferring, Hauling, Recycling, and Processing of Scrap Tires
| | Purpose | To update and modernize the existing regulations on scrap tire management in the state. Revisions to these regulations will include changes to the terms for scrap tire licenses and approvals, updates to the scrap tire licenses and approvals application requirements, creation of a scrap tire hauler exemption, reduced reporting requirements, and other clarifying and formatting changes. | | COMAR | 26.04.08 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | Spring, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | Regulation Title | Recycling Facilities (New Chapter) | | Purpose | As required under Ch. 376 of 2017, to develop regulations for recycling facilities that clarify when a refuse disposal permit is or is not required, exempt certain materials managed at a recycling facility from being designated as solid waste, and to establish other requirements and approvals for recycling facilities. These regulations will be adopted under a new chapter. | | COMAR | 26.04.14 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | Fall, 2023 | | Status | The meetings of the Solid Waste and Recycling Facilities Workgroup have concluded, which consisted of affected stakeholders consulted in the development of the regulations. The proposal is being drafted. |
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| Program | Solid Waste Program | | Regulation Title | Management of Coal Combustion Byproducts
| | Purpose | To make the changes needed to the existing regulations governing coal combustion byproducts (or coal ash), due to the promulgation of federal regulations governing coal combustion residuals disposal that became effective in October 2015.
| | COMAR | 26.04.10 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | Federal regulations encourage incorporation within 18 months of October 19, 2015. However, the U.S. EPA is proposing and adopting revisions to the 2015 federal coal combustion residuals disposal regulations. | | Target Effective Date | Spring, 2023 | | Status | Drafting proposal. |
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| Program | Mining Program | | Regulation Title | Surface Mining | | Purpose | To revise and update MDE's regulations related to surface mining. | | COMAR | 26.21.01 | | Relevant Statutory Deadline | None | | Target Effective Date | October, 2022 | | Status | Drafting proposal. |
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| Number of Land Regulations in Development: 12 |
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