Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 1 - SUBTITLES 01-07 › Subtitle 04 - REGULATION OF WATER SUPPLY, SEWAGE DISPOSAL, AND SOLID WASTE › Chapter 26.04.08 - Storage, Collection, Transferring, Hauling, Recycling, and Processing of Scrap Tires › Section 26.04.08.12 - Specific Requirements - Primary Scrap Tire Collection Facilities/Scrap Tire Recyclers

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				  Additional Application Requirements. In addition to the information described
				  in Regulation .08B of this chapter, the application for a primary scrap tire
				  collection facility or scrap tire recycler license shall include the following
				  information:
(1) A description of facility
				  operations, including a technical description of the methods and procedures
				  used at the facility for processing scrap tires and the proposed hours of
				  operation;
(2) The current zoning
				  designation and use of the land at the site of the facility and the land within
				  a 1/4 mile radius of the facility;
(3) Weight and use restrictions on the access
				  roads that lead to the site;
(4) An
				  explanation of how the accumulation of scrap tires at the facility shall be
				  managed as well as the storage capacity at the facility, designating drop
				  boxes, containers, trailers, or other fully enclosed structures, as well as
				  stockpiles;
(5) A description of
				  the types of vehicles that will deliver scrap tires to the facility;
(6) A description of all on-site equipment
				  that will be used for the placement, movement, and transportation of scrap
				  tires;
(7) A description of
				  measures to be taken that meet the technical and operational standards for
				  scrap tire storage specified in Regulation .17 of this chapter;
(8) For a scrap tire recycler:
(a) The maximum quantity, by number or
				  weight, and type of raw material, product, and residuals from processing to be
				  accumulated or stored on the site at any time;
(b) The processing capacity of the facility,
				  by number or weight, of scrap tires per hour;
(c) The existing and proposed markets for the
				  facility's tire-derived products or raw materials;
(9) Topographic section and facility
				  conceptual design maps that depict the following:
(a) The map scale and directional
				  orientation;
(b) The scrap tire
				  recycler facility location and the surrounding 1/4 mile area in detail
				  including:
(i) Wetlands, floodplains,
				  shorelands, intermittent streams, and other surface waters;
(ii) Legal boundaries and land ownership,
				  including county and municipal boundaries, and easements and
				  rights-of-way;
(iii) The location
				  of all wells; and
(iv) Occupied
				  dwellings;
(c) The
				  facility conceptual design map, which shall show:
(i) The facility design and the location of
				  all scrap tire collection and storage areas, and fire lanes;
(ii) All existing and planned structures and
				  buildings at the facility, including those used for scrap tire accumulation,
				  storage, recycling, or processing operations;
(iii) Loading and unloading areas;
(iv) Access and internal all-weather
				  roads;
(v) Runoff control measures,
				  ditches, and dikes;
(vi) The
				  location of the areas used for processing of scrap tires; and
(vii) The total land area in square feet or
				  acreage;
(10)
				  A plan for closing the facility in compliance with Regulations .18-.20 of this
				  chapter;
(11) For facilities
				  participating in the scrap tire recycling system, a description of the
				  financial assurance to be provided in accordance with Regulation .21 of this
				  chapter;
(12) For facilities
				  participating in the scrap tire recycling system, a financial statement
				  completed by a certified public accountant that describes the applicant's
				  assets and liabilities to provide evidence of the financial ability to properly
				  establish, operate, and maintain a primary scrap tire collection facility or a
				  scrap tire recycling facility.