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Title 30-A, §3754-A: Limitations on graveyard, automobile recycling business and junkyard permits
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(4) Acceptable to the municipal officers or county commissioners; and [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
B. Those automobile graveyards or junkyards located within areas that have been zoned for industrial use and located more than 600 feet but less than 1,000 feet from the right-of-way of any highway incorporated in both the Interstate System and Primary System. [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
[ 2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW) .]
A. Located within 300 feet of a public building, public park, public playground, public bathing beach, school, church or cemetery; and [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
B. Within ordinary view from a facility under paragraph A. [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
Automobile graveyards, junkyards and automobile recycling businesses operating under the terms of permits issued prior to the effective date of this subsection and handling junk, scrap metal, vehicles or other solid waste within 300 feet of wells that serve as public or private water supplies may continue to operate in those locations under the terms of those permits. Municipal officers or county commissioners may renew a permit allowing the continued handling of junk, scrap metal, vehicles or other solid waste within 300 feet of a well serving as a public or private water supply as long as no further encroachment toward the well occurs. The municipal officers or county commissioners may not renew a permit if there is substantial, credible evidence that the permitted activities have caused contamination of the well.
[ 2005, c. 424, §3 (AMD) .]
A. All fluids, including, but not limited to, engine lubricant, transmission fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, hydraulic fluid, engine coolant, gasoline, diesel fuel and oil, must be properly handled in such a manner that they do not leak, flow or discharge into or onto the ground or into a body of water; [2005, c. 247, §1 (AMD); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
(3) Over a mapped sand and gravel aquifer; [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
C. Junk, scrap metal, vehicles or other solid wastes may not be placed or deposited, directly or indirectly, into the inland waters or tidal waters of the State or on the ice of inland waters or tidal waters or on the banks of inland waters or tidal waters in such a manner that they may fall or be washed into these waters; [2005, c. 247, §2 (AMD); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
D. Junkyard and automobile graveyard owners must demonstrate at the time of licensing that the facility or facilities for which they seek permits are, or are part of, a viable business entity and the facility or facilities are actively engaged in the business of salvaging, recycling, dismantling, processing, repairing or rebuilding junk or vehicles for the purpose of sale or trade; [2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §51 (RPR).]
E. A log must be maintained of all motor vehicles handled that includes the date each vehicle was acquired, a copy of the vehicle's title or bill of sale and the date or dates upon which all fluids, refrigerant, batteries and mercury switches were removed; [2005, c. 247, §3 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
F. All fluids, refrigerant, batteries and mercury switches must be removed from motor vehicles that lack engines or other parts that render the vehicles incapable of being driven under their own motor power or that are otherwise incapable of being driven under their own motor power, appliances and other items within 180 days of acquisition. Motor vehicles, appliances and other items acquired by and on the premises of a junkyard or automobile graveyard prior to October 1, 2005 must have all fluids, refrigerant, batteries and mercury switches removed by January 1, 2007. Fluids required to be removed under this paragraph must be removed to the greatest extent practicable; [2005, c. 247, §3 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
G. Storage, recycling or disposal of all fluids, refrigerant, batteries and mercury switches must comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations; and [2005, c. 247, §3 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
H. All fluids, refrigerant, batteries and mercury switches must be removed from motor vehicles, appliances and other items before crushing or shredding. Fluids required to be removed under this paragraph must be removed to the greatest extent practicable. [2005, c. 247, §3 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
[ 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §51 (AMD) .]
6-A. Relationship to state storm water requirements. After October 30, 2005, municipal officers or county commissioners may reject an application for an automobile graveyard or automobile recycling business if the applicant has not demonstrated that:
A. A notice of intent has been filed with the Department of Environmental Protection to comply with the general permit provisions for storm water discharges; or [2005, c. 247, §4 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
B. The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that a storm water discharge permit is not required. [2005, c. 247, §4 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF).]
[ 2005, c. 247, §4 (NEW); 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF) .]
A. Compliance with state and federal solid waste and hazardous waste regulations; [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
B. Fire and traffic safety; [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
C. Levels of noise that can be heard outside the premises; [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
D. Distance from existing residential or institutional uses; [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
E. The effect on groundwater and surface water, as long as municipal ordinances on groundwater are no less stringent than or inconsistent with rules adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection; and [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
F. Best management practices for automobile graveyards, junkyards and automobile recycling businesses developed by the Department of Environmental Protection. [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
A. Enter any automobile graveyard, junkyard or automobile recycling business property and inspect all outside areas, equipment and activities at reasonable hours for compliance with the laws or ordinances set forth in accordance with this subchapter; and [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
B. Enter any building on the property with the consent of the owner, occupant or agent to inspect the building and activities within the building for compliance with the laws or ordinances set forth in accordance with this subchapter. [2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW).]
10. Standard for permit. The municipal officers or county commissioners may issue a permit to an automobile graveyard or junkyard if that automobile graveyard or junkyard meets the operating standards set forth in subsection 5.
[ 2005, c. 424, §5 (NEW) .]
For purposes of revocation or suspension of a permit pursuant to section 3758-A, subsection 5, each of the standards set forth in this section is a condition of a permit. [2005, c. 424, §6 (NEW).]
2003, c. 312, §9 (NEW). 2005, c. 247, §§1-4 (AMD). 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF). 2005, c. 424, §§3-6 (AMD). 2005, c. 683, §A51 (AMD).