Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 3 - SUBTITLES 13-18 › Subtitle 14 - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE PLAN AND VOLUNTARY CLEANUP › Chapter 26.14.03 - Voluntary Cleanup Program › Section 26.14.03.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Active enforcement" means after the
				  Department has issued a notice of violation, order, consent order, or
				  enforcement action other than a site complaint and until completion of
				  activities required by that action.
(2) "Applicant" means a person who applies to
				  participate in the Voluntary Cleanup Program.
(3) "Certificate of Completion" means a
				  written determination issued to a participant by the Department that meets the
				  requirements described under Environment Article, §
											7-513, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(4) "Clean energy" means:
(a) Solar photovoltaic technology;
(b) Solar heating;
(c) Geothermal;
(d) Wind;
(e) Biofuels;
(f) Ethanol;
(g) Other qualifying biomass, as defined in
				  Public Utilities Article, § 7-701(1), Annotated Code of Maryland;
(h) The ocean, including energy from waves,
				  tides, currents, and thermal differences;
(i) A fuel cell that produces energy from
				  biofuels, ethanol, or other qualifying biomass;
(j) Energy efficiency and conservation;
				  and
(k) Any other technology or
				  service that the Maryland Energy Administration determines will contribute
				  directly or indirectly to the production of energy from renewable or
				  sustainable sources, or to the improvement of efficiency in the use of
				  energy.
(5)
				  "Contamination" means a release, discharge, or threatened release of:
(a) A controlled hazardous substance, as
				  defined in Environment Article, §
												7-201(b),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(b)
				  Oil, as defined in Environment Article, § 4 "401(h), Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(6)
				  "Department" means the Maryland Department of the Environment.
(7) "Eligible applicant" has the meaning
				  stated in Environment Article, §
											7-501(f),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland.
(8)
				  "Eligible property" has the meaning stated in Environment Article, §
											7-501(g),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland.
(9)
				  "Federal act" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
				  Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and
				  Reauthorization Act of 1986.
(10)
				  "Hazardous substance" means a substance:
(a)
				  Defined as a hazardous substance under § 101(14) of the federal act;
				  or
(b) Identified as a controlled
				  hazardous substance by the Department in COMAR.
(11) "Inculpable person" has the meaning
				  stated under Environment Article, §
											7-501(j),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12)
				  "No Further Requirements Determination" means a written determination issued by
				  the Department that meets the requirements described under Environment Article,
				  §
											7-506, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(13) "Participant" means
				  an applicant accepted into the Voluntary Cleanup Program.
(14) "Person" means an individual, trust,
				  firm, joint stock company, federal agency, corporation, including a government
				  corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, commission,
				  political subdivision of a State, or interstate body.
(15) "Program" means the Voluntary Cleanup
				  Program established under Environment Article, Title 7, Subtitle 5, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland.
(16) "Renewable
				  energy" means energy generated from a:
(a)
				  Tier 1 renewable source, as defined under Public Utilities Article, § 7-701(s),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland; and
(b)
				  Tier 2 renewable source, as defined under Public Utilities Article, § 7-701(t),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland.
(17) "Responsible person" has the meaning
				  stated in Environment Article, §
											7-201(t),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland.