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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.03 - Permits, Approvals, and Registration - Title V Permits › Section 26.11.03.20 - Reopening Part 70 Permits

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A.
				  Reopening a Part 70 Permit by the Department.
(1) Mandatory Reopening by the Department.
				  The Department shall reopen and revise or revoke the federally enforceable
				  conditions of a Part 70 permit under the following circumstances:
(a) Additional requirements of the Clean Air
				  Act become applicable to a major Part 70 source with a remaining permit term of
				  3 or more years;
(b) Additional
				  requirements, including excess emissions requirements, become applicable to an
				  affected source under the acid rain program;
(c) The Department or the EPA determines that
				  the permit contains a material mistake or is based on false or inaccurate
				  information supplied by or on behalf of the applicant; or
(d) The Department or the EPA determines that
				  the permit must be revised or revoked to assure compliance with the applicable
				  requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.03 - Permits, Approvals, and Registration - Title V Permits › Section 26.11.03.22 - Part 70 Permits for Temporary Sources

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A. A temporary source is a Part 70 source
				  that the applicant intends to relocate from one site to another site at least
				  once during the term of the permit. The owner or operator of a temporary source
				  that is required to obtain a Part 70 permit, under Regulation .01 of this
				  chapter, shall apply for the Part 70 permit in accordance with the requirements
				  of this chapter.
B. The Department
				  may issue a single Part 70 permit that authorizes operation of a temporary
				  source at multiple sites.
C. The
				  Department may not issue a permit as a temporary source to an affected source
				  under the acid rain program.
D.
				  Part 70 permits for temporary sources shall include:
(1) Conditions to assure compliance with all
				  applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act at all authorized sites;
(2) A requirement that the owner or operator
				  notify the Department at least 10 days in advance of each change in
				  site;
(3) State-only enforceable
				  conditions that assure compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
				  State air pollution control law; and
(4) Conditions that assure compliance with
				  all other provisions of this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.03 - Permits, Approvals, and Registration - Title V Permits › Section 26.11.03.23 - Permit Shield in Part 70 Permits

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A. Except as provided in this chapter, the
				  Department may expressly include in a Part 70 permit a provision stating that
				  compliance with the federally enforceable conditions of the permit is deemed to
				  be in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act as of
				  the date of permit issuance.
B. The
				  permit shield shall cover only the following:
(1) Applicable requirements of the Clean Air
				  Act that are included and are specifically identified in the permit;
				  and
(2) Any applicable requirement
				  of the Clean Air Act specifically identified by the Department as being not
				  applicable to the source, but only if the permit includes that determination or
				  a summary of the determination.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.03 - Permits, Approvals, and Registration - Title V Permits › Section 26.11.03.24 - Part 70 Permit Emergency Provisions

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A. For purposes of a Part 70 permit, an
				  "emergency" means a situation:
(1) Arising
				  from sudden and reasonably unforeseeable events beyond the control of the owner
				  or operator of the source, including acts of God;
(2) Requiring immediate corrective action to
				  restore normal operation; and
(3)
				  That causes the source to exceed a technology-based emission standard under the
				  Part 70 permit because of unavoidable increases in emissions attributable to
				  the emergency.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.04 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 26.11.04.01 - State Ambient Air Quality Standards - Fluorides

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A. "Fluorides" means any matter containing
				  the element fluorine in a combined form.
B. Ambient air quality standards for
				  fluorides are those concentrations in the ambient air or in other substances
				  which result in the following values being exceeded:
(1) Field Crops. Field crops at any stage or
				  growth may not exceed 35 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed
				  samples.
(2) Forage.
(a) Running averages of 12 monthly samples of
				  forage or hay or silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 35 micrograms
				  F per gram dry tissue in unwashed samples.
(b) The average of any 2 consecutive months'
				  samples of forage or hay or silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 60
				  micrograms F per gram dry tissue in unwashed samples.
(c) A monthly sample of forage or hay or
				  silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 80 micrograms F per gram dry
				  tissue in unwashed samples.
(3) Fruit Trees, Berries, and Other
				  Commercial Crops. Fully expanded functional leaves may not exceed 50 micrograms
				  F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.
(4) Deciduous Trees and Shrubs. Fully
				  expanded functional leaves may not exceed 100 micrograms F per gram dry tissue
				  in washed samples.
(5) Conifers and
				  Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. Fully expanded leaves or needles of the current
				  year may not exceed 50 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.
				  Leaves and needles of prior seasons may not exceed 75 micrograms F per gram dry
				  tissue in washed samples.
(6)
				  Grasses and Herbs. Grasses and herbs not subject to browsing, grazing, or
				  harvest for use in feeds or food may not exceed 150 micrograms F per gram dry
				  tissue in washed samples.
(7)
				  Ornamental Planting. Ornamental plants, except trees, shrubs, and turf where
				  §B(4)-(7) applies, may not exceed 40 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in fully
				  expanded leaves in washed samples at any period during the growing
				  season.
(8) Other Values. If it
				  considers vegetation sampling to be not practicable, the Department may assume
				  unsatisfactory conditions exist when either:
(a) Static limed filter paper samples of 28
				  to 32 days exposure exceed 2 micrograms F per 100 square centimeters per day
				  for a yearly average of monthly samples; or
(b) Gaseous fluorides exceed 1.2 micrograms F
				  per cubic meter of air in any 24 hour sample or any 72 hour average exceeds 0.4
				  microgram F per cubic meter of air.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.04 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 26.11.04.02 - Ambient Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Reference Conditions, and Methods of Measurement

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For the purposes of this chapter, the ambient air quality
					 standards, definitions, reference conditions, and methods of measurement are
					 those specified in 40 CFR Parts 50, 51, 53, and 58, as
					 amended.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.05 - Air Pollution Episode System › Section 26.11.05.01 - Definitions

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A. "Air Stagnation
				  Advisory (ASA)" means a forecasted atmospheric stagnation that is expected to
				  last 36 hours or more.
B.
				  "Atmospheric stagnation" means a measure of the inability of the atmosphere to
				  adequately dilute and disperse pollutants emitted into it, based on values of
				  specific meteorological parameters of the microscale, mesoscale, and macroscale
				  features, and which satisfies the criteria established by the National
				  Meteorological Center set forth in Environmental Science Service Administration
				  Technical Memorandum WBTM-NMC 47 published by the Department of Commerce, May,
				  1970.
C. "Chemical and allied
				  products industries" means establishments engaged in the manufacture of:
(1) Basic chemicals such as acids, alkalies,
				  salts, industrial gases, and organic chemicals;
(2) Chemical products to be used in further
				  manufacturing such as synthetic fibers, plastics, dry colors, and
				  pigments;
(3) Finished chemical
				  products to be used for ultimate consumption such as drugs, cosmetics, soap,
				  paints, fertilizers, and explosives (Standard Industrial Classification, Major
				  Group 28).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.05 - Air Pollution Episode System › Section 26.11.05.02 - General Requirements

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A. An air
				  pollution episode system establishes standards and procedures to be followed
				  whenever pollution of the air has the potential of reaching an emergency
				  condition if allowed to go unchecked.
B. Whenever the Governor, the Secretary, or
				  the Secretary's designee determines that the accumulation of air pollution may
				  attain, is attaining, or has attained a level or levels considered injurious to
				  human health, conditions of air pollution designated as Standby Watch, Health
				  Advisory, Alert, Warning, and Emergency shall be declared. In making a
				  determination, the Governor, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee shall
				  be guided by criteria defined in Regulation .03.
C. To assure compliance with this chapter,
				  sources designated by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall submit
				  standby emission reduction plans in accordance with Regulation .04. In
				  accordance with the standby emission reduction plans, standby orders as
				  specified in Regulation .05 shall be implemented as a designated level is
				  reached.
D. Nothing contained in
				  these regulations shall be construed as allowing, permitting, or maintaining an
				  emission from any installation in the State to be subject to a lesser degree of
				  control as may be required for existing or new regulations adopted by the
				  Secretary.
E. During air pollution
				  episodes, sources having an interstate air pollution potential shall be
				  governed by the following:
(1) Air pollution
				  emissions within the jurisdiction of the State shall be controlled to the
				  extent that neighboring state requirements are not compromised.
(2) Provisions of these regulations shall
				  apply to installations within the State when a receptor state demonstrates, to
				  the satisfaction of the Secretary, that a source or sources within Maryland is
				  substantially affecting established emergency episode criteria in the receptor
				  state.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.05 - Air Pollution Episode System › Section 26.11.05.03 - Air Pollution Episode Criteria

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A. A condition justifying the proclamation of
				  a Standby Watch, Health Advisory, Alert, Warning, or Emergency shall be deemed
				  to exist whenever the Governor, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee
				  determines that the accumulation of air pollutants in any place, locality,
				  county, or other area in the State may attain, is attaining, or has attained
				  levels which, if sustained or exceeded, would lead to a threat to the health of
				  the public. In making this determination, the Secretary or his designee shall
				  be guided by the specified conditions in §§B, C, and D, of this
				  regulation.
B. Episode Criteria.
(1) Standby Watch Stage. The Department shall
				  declare a standby watch stage whenever one or more of the following conditions
				  exists:
(a) Forecasted meteorological
				  conditions that are expected to last at least 12 hours and may inhibit
				  pollutant dispersion or increase pollutant concentration.
(b) A Special Dispersion Statement (SDS) has
				  been issued by the Department.
(c)
				  An Air Stagnation Advisory (ASA) has been issued by the Department. Upon
				  declaration of an Air Stagnation Advisory, the Department shall make a public
				  announcement of this declaration within 2 hours.
(d) Measured air pollutant concentrations
				  exceed a PSI of 83.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.05 - Air Pollution Episode System › Section 26.11.05.05 - Control Requirements and Standby Orders

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The following are standby orders which are hereby
					 established according to specific action stages of the Air Pollution Episode
					 System which may be deemed appropriate for use by the Secretary or the Governor
					 upon the declaration that the specified stage has been reached. When announced
					 by the Secretary or the Governor, through public communications media or
					 otherwise, that the specified stage of the Air Pollution Episode System exists,
					 the following respective actions shall be taken when requested in the
					 geographical areas included in the episode announcement:
A. Standby Watch Stage and Health Advisory
				  Stage. Specified open burning and all public insecticide and herbicide spraying
				  shall cease, if so requested by the cognizant local government control officer
				  in public announcements or otherwise.
B. Alert Stage.
(1) Open burning or public pesticide or
				  herbicide spraying may not be carried on.
(2) All on-site incineration shall be
				  eliminated.
(3) Any person
				  responsible for a source of air pollution as set forth in Table I in Regulation
				  .06 shall take all Alert Stage actions as required for the source of air
				  pollution, and shall particularly put into effect the standby emission
				  reduction plan for an Alert Stage. These persons shall prepare to put into
				  effect the standby emission reduction plan for an air pollution
				  Warning.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Installation", for the purpose of
				  Regulation .06 of this chapter, means an installation as defined in COMAR
				  26.11.01.01 a that can operate
				  independently and that causes VOC emissions to the atmosphere. If equipment at
				  a premises does not operate independently but operates as part of a process
				  line, the process line is considered to be the installation.
(2) "Process line" means a combination of
				  equipment that operates as a unit to perform a specific function, which either
				  generates VOC or to which VOC is added, and which discharges VOC to the
				  atmosphere through one or more discharge points.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.02 - Visible Emissions

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A. General
				  Exceptions.
(1) The visible emission standards
				  set forth in §C of this regulation, do not apply to emissions from the
				  installations or sources listed below:
(a)
				  The burning of wood in fireplaces;
(b) Open fires (except salamanders) permitted
				  under provisions of COMAR
				  26.11.07.03 a, .04, and
				  .05;
(c) Fugitive emissions from
				  iron and steel production installations in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.10.03 a B;
(d) Fugitive emissions from metallurgical,
				  slot-type, byproduct coke ovens in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.10.03 a C;
(e) Emissions from grain drying and
				  grain-handling installations in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.18.03 a;
(f) Fugitive emissions from skull cracker
				  oxygen lancing in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.10.04 a C;
(g) Fugitive emissions from batch-type
				  hot-dip galvanizing installations in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.12.04 a;
(h) Confined emissions from glass melting
				  furnaces and fugitive emissions from forming and post-forming equipment in
				  compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.25.03 a;
(i) Emissions from food preparation
				  installations subject to COMAR
				  26.11.18.06 a;
(j) Emissions at a federal facility or other
				  facility under contract with a federal facility that result from testing,
				  training, or demonstrations of explosives, obscurant materials, propellants, or
				  other incendiary devices; or
(k)
				  Sources in compliance with Regulation .03C and D of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.03 - Particulate Matter

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A.
				  Calculations. All calculations of particulate matter emissions shall be made in
				  terms of grains per standard cubic foot (milligrams per standard cubic meter)
				  of dry exhaust gas (gr/SCFD) (mg/dscm).
B. Particulate Matter from Confined Sources.
(1) Areas I, II, V and VI.
(a) Installations Constructed On or After
				  January 17, 1972. A person may not cause or permit particulate matter to be
				  discharged from any installation constructed on or after January 17, 1972 in
				  excess of 0.05 gr/SCFD (115 mg/dscm).
(b) Installations Constructed Before January
				  17, 1972.
(i) A person may not cause or permit
				  particulate matter to be discharged from any installation constructed before
				  January 17, 1972 in excess of the values determined from Table 1. When the
				  process weight per hour falls between two values in the table, the maximum
				  weight discharged per hour shall be determined by linear interpolation. When
				  the process weight exceeds 60,000 pounds (27,200 kilograms) per hour, the
				  maximum allowable weight discharged per hour will be determined by use of the
				  following equation:
E = 55.0 P0.11-40
E = 11.79 P0.11-18.14
E = Maximum weight discharged per hour (lbs)
E = maximum weight discharged per hour (kg)
P = process weight in tons per hour
P = process weight in kilograms per hour
(ii) For those processes in which the process
				  weight per hour exceeds 60,000 pounds (27,200 kilograms), the maximum allowable
				  weight of particulate matter discharged per hour may exceed that calculated by
				  the above equation provided that the concentration of particulate matter in the
				  gases discharged to the atmosphere is less than 0.05 gr/SCFD (115
				  mg/dscm).
(c) Exception.
				  For any premises for which the Department determines that compliance with
				  §B(1)(a) will cause or exacerbate a violation of the National Ambient Air
				  Quality Standards or Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration
				  increments, the applicable emission standard is 0.03 gr/SCFD (68.7
				  mg/dscm).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.04 - Carbon Monoxide in Areas III and IV

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A. Applicability and Exceptions.
(1) This regulation is applicable only in
				  Areas III and IV.
(2) This
				  regulation applies to any person who owns or operates any installation that
				  discharges carbon monoxide gas at a rate exceeding 500 pounds (227 kilograms)
				  per day and at a concentration exceeding 12 percent by volume.
(3) This regulation does not apply to any
				  person who owns or operates:
(a) Coking
				  process equipment used directly in the manufacture of metallurgical coke by the
				  pyrolysis of coal in the absence of air;
(b) Process equipment subject to COMAR
				  26.11.11.04 a B; or
(c)
				  Installations subject to COMAR
				  26.11.10.06 a.
(4) A person is exempt from the
				  requirements of this regulation if he demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
				  Department that the:
(a) Gas mixture
				  containing the carbon monoxide will not support combustion due to the presence
				  of noncombustible gases; and
(b)
				  Carbon monoxide emissions will not cause or contribute to a violation of the
				  National Ambient Air Quality Standard or Prevention of Significant
				  Deterioration requirement for carbon monoxide.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.05 - Sulfur Compounds from Other than Fuel-Burning Equipment

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A. General
				  Conditions. All calculations of emissions governed by this regulation shall be
				  adjusted to standard conditions and 7 percent oxygen. "PPM" means parts per
				  million by volume.
B. Areas I, II,
				  V and VI.
(1) A person may not cause or
				  permit the discharge into the atmosphere from installations other than
				  fuel-burning equipment of gases containing more than 500 ppm of sulfur dioxide.
				  Installations constructed before January 17, 1972, are limited to not more than
				  2,000 ppm sulfur dioxide.
(2) A
				  person may not cause or permit the discharge into the atmosphere from
				  installations other than fuel-burning equipment of gases containing sulfuric
				  acid, sulfur trioxide, or any combination of them greater than 35 milligrams
				  per cubic meter reported as sulfuric acid. Any installation constructed before
				  January 17, 1972, is limited to not more than 70 milligrams per cubic meter of
				  sulfuric acid, sulfur trioxide, or any combination of them, reported as
				  sulfuric acid.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.06 - Volatile Organic Compounds

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A.
				  Applicability.
(1) The provisions of this
				  regulation do not apply to the following:
(a)
				  Tar heaters;
(b) Coke
				  ovens;
(c) Operations subject to
				  the provisions of COMAR 26.11.08, 26.11.09, 26.11.11, 26.11.13, and
				  26.11.19.02 a G;
(d) Installations or sources that are subject
				  to COMAR 26.11.19, beginning with Regulation .03; and
(e) Installations subject to an emissions
				  limitation which specifies the lowest achievable emission rate for VOC under
				  COMAR 26.11.17.03 a B(2).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.07 - Control of Sources of Fluoride Emissions

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A. Definitions.
(1) "Anode bake plant" means a facility which
				  produces carbon anodes for use in a primary aluminum production
				  plant.
(2) "Potline" means a
				  building or buildings which contain potrooms with electrolytic cells
				  electrically in series.
(3)
				  "Potroom" means a group of electrolytic cells in which aluminum is
				  produced.
(4) "Primary aluminum
				  production plant" means a facility manufacturing aluminum by electrolytic
				  reduction.
(5) "Total fluoride"
				  means elemental fluorine and all fluoride compounds measured by the
				  Department's procedures referenced in this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.08 - Nuisance

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An installation or premises may not be operated or
					 maintained in such a manner that a nuisance or air pollution is created.
					 Nothing in this regulation relating to the control of emissions may in any
					 manner be construed as authorizing or permitting the creation of, or
					 maintenance of, nuisance or air pollution.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.09 - Odors

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A person may not cause or permit the discharge into the
					 atmosphere of gases, vapors, or odors beyond the property line in such a manner
					 that a nuisance or air pollution is created.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.10 - Refuse Burning Prohibited in Certain Installations

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A person may not burn refuse in any plant, installation, or
					 equipment not specifically designed, constructed, or modified for that
					 purpose.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.12 - Control of NSPS Sources

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A person may not construct, modify, or operate, or cause to
					 be constructed, modified, or operated, a New Source Performance Standard (NSPS)
					 source as defined in COMAR
					 26.11.01.01 a B(23), which results
					 or will result in violation of the provisions of 40 CFR 60, as
					 amended.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.14 - Control of PSD Sources

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A.
				  Definition.
(1) In the following provisions,
				  "Administrator" has the meaning set forth in §A(2) of this regulation:
(a)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(b)(3)(iii)(a), (17), (37)(i) and (iii), (43), (48)(ii),
				  (50)(i), (51);
(b)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(g)(1),(2),(4),(5),and
				  (6);
(c)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(i)(1)(x);
(d)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(l)(2);
(e)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(o)(3);
(f)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(p)(1) and
				  (2);
(g)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(s);
(h)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(t); and
(i)
												40 CFR §
													52.21(u)(1)(3) and
				  (4).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.15 - Nitrogen Oxides from Nitric Acid Plants

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A person may not cause or permit the discharge into the
					 atmosphere from any nitric acid plant, nitrogen oxides in excess of 3 pounds
					 per ton (1.50 kilograms per 1000 kilograms) of acid (100 percent basis)
					 produced.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.06 - General Emission Standards, Prohibitions, and Restrictions › Section 26.11.06.16 - Tables

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Table 1 Maximum Allowable Weight of
							 Particulate Matter Discharged Per Hour
ProcessWt/hr(lbs)
MaximumWeight Disch/hr(lbs)
Process Wt/hr(lbs)
Maximum Weight Disch/hr (lbs)
ProcessWt/hr(lbs)
Maximum Weight Disch/hr(lbs)
50 or less
0.24
1900
4.03
4700
6.45
100
0.46
2000
4.14
4800
6.52
150
0.66
2100
4.24
4900
6.60
200
0.85
2200
4.34
5000
6.67
250
1.03
2300
4.44
5500
7.03
300
1.20
2400
4.55
6000
7.37
350
1.35
2500
4.64
6500
7.71
400
1.50
2600
4.74
7000
8.05
450
1.63
2700
4.84
7500
8.39
500
1.77
2800
4.92
8000
8.71
550
1.89
2900
5.02
8500
9.03
600
2.01
3000
5.10
9000
9.36
650
2.12
3100
5.18
9500
9.67
700
2.24
3200
5.27
10000
10.00
750
2.34
3300
5.36
11000
10.63
800
2.43
3400
5.44
12000
11.28
850
2.53
3500
5.52
13000
11.89
900
2.62
3600
5.61
14000
12.50
950
2.72
3700
5.69
15000
13.13
1000
2.80
3800
5.77
16000
13.74
1100
2.97
3900
5.85
17000
14.36
1200
3.12
4000
5.93
18000
14.97
1300
3.26
4100
6.01
19000
15.58
1400
3.40
4200
6.08
20000
16.19
1500
3.54
4300
6.15
30000
22.22
1600
3.66
4400
6.22
40000
28.30
1700
3.79
4500
6.30
50000
34.30
1800
3.91
4600
6.37
60000 *
40.00
Table 1 BMaximum Allowable Weight of
							 Particulate MatterDischarged Per Hour (SI Units)
Process Weight kg/hr
MaximumDischarge Weight(kg/hr)
ProcessWeight(kg/hr)
MaximumDischargeWeight(kg/hr)
22.7 or less
.11
1500
2.43
25.0
.12
1550
2.47
50
.23
1600
2.51
75
.325
1650
2.56
100
.417
1700
2.60
125
.505
1750
2.64
150
.585
1800
2.68
175
.661
1850
2.72
200
.728
1900
2.75
225
.798
1950
2.79
250
.859
2000
2.82
275
.918
2050
2.86
300
.975
2100
2.90
325
1.03
2150
2.94
350
1.08
2200
2.97
375
1.13
2250
3.01
400
1.17
2500
3.19
425
1.22
2750
3.36
450
1.26
3000
3.53
475
1.32
3250
3.70
500
1.36
3500
3.87
550
1.42
3750
4.03
600
1.49
4000
4.19
650
1.56
4250
4.35
700
1.63
4500
4.51
750
1.69
4750
4.67
800
1.75
5000
4.83
850
1.81
5500
5.15
900
1.87
6000
5.47
950
1.92
6500
5.76
1000
1.97
7000
6.08
1050
2.02
7500
6.38
1100
2.07
8000
6.69
1150
2.12
8500
6.99
1200
2.17
9000
7.30
1250
2.21
10000
7.90
1300
2.26
15000
10.9
1350
2.30
20000
14.0
1400
2.34
25000
16.9
1450
2.38
27216 *
18.14
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Excessive lodging" means a condition of
				  farmland where embedding of the previous crop causes the normal use of
				  harvesting, tillage, or planting equipment to be impossible or
				  impracticable.
(2) "Forest resource
				  management practices" means the technical application of scientific objectives
				  that conserve, protect, and enhance the quality, quantity, productivity, and
				  biological diversity of the forest resources of Maryland.
(3) "Open fire" means a fire where any
				  material is burned in the open or in a receptacle other than a furnace,
				  incinerator, or other equipment connected to a stack or chimney.
(4) "Public collection of refuse" means the
				  service provided by any governmental agency or commercial enterprise for the
				  pickup on a regularly scheduled basis of refuse from groups of individual
				  homes, businesses, apartment buildings, or other establishments.
(5) "Safety determinations" means the
				  testing, training, or demonstrations with explosives, propellants,
				  incendiaries, or military devices involving an open flame.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.02 - General

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A person may not cause or permit an open fire except as
					 provided in Regulations .03-----.05 of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.03 - Control Officer May Authorize Certain Open Fires

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A. In Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester,
				  Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, St. Mary's, Talbot, Washington,
				  Wicomico, and Worcester counties:
(1) Subject
				  to review by the Department, the control officer, upon receipt of an
				  application made on forms provided by the Department or local fire control
				  agency, may issue or approve a permit in writing allowing an open fire,
				  provided all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The control officer is satisfied that
				  there is no practical alternate method to dispose of the material to be burned
				  or to conduct the desired activities;
(b) A hazardous condition or air pollution or
				  nuisance will not be created;
(c)
				  Fire control laws or regulations of other governmental agencies will not be
				  violated;
(d) Materials which
				  produce dense smoke when burned, including, but not limited to, tires and
				  roofing material, will not be burned;
(e) The material to be burned shall have
				  originated on the premises on which it is to be burned;
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.04 - Public Officers May Authorize Certain Fires

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Public officers, in the performance of their official
					 duties, may set an open fire or give permission for an open fire, with
					 concurrence of the control officer, if:
A. All reasonable means are employed to
				  minimize smoke; and
B. The fire is
				  necessary for one or more of the following reasons or purposes:
(1) For the prevention of a fire hazard that
				  cannot be abated by other means;
(2) For the instruction of public fire
				  fighters or industrial employees under supervision of the appropriate fire
				  control official;
(3) For the
				  protection of public health or safety when other means for disposing of
				  hazardous waste materials are not available including the burning of hazardous
				  waste authorized under federal law or COMAR
				  26.13.02.07 a;
(4) For burning pest-infested crops or
				  products and agricultural burning that is necessary for animal disease
				  control;
(5) For good forest
				  resource management practices as approved by the Department of Natural
				  Resources-Forest Service;
(6) For
				  burning excessive lodging for the purpose of recropping as approved by the
				  Department of Agriculture or local extension offices;
(7) For the purpose of testing fire fighter
				  training systems fueled by natural gas or propane provided that the:
(a) Source maintains records of the total
				  amount of fuel used and the date of the open fire;
(b) Total combined fuel usage for all systems
				  at the premises does not exceed 5,000 gallons of propane and natural gas
				  combined per week; and
(c) Open
				  fire does not constitute a major source of VOC or
				  NOx.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.05 - Open Fires Allowed Without Authorization of Control Officer or Public Officer

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A. Except as
				  provided in Regulation .03C of this chapter, in Allegany, Calvert, Caroline,
				  Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Garrett, Frederick, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset,
				  St. Mary's, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, and Worchester counties, open fires,
				  in conformance with other governmental fire control ordinances and provided no
				  nuisance or air pollution is created, are allowed without permission under
				  Regulation .03 or .04 of this regulation as follows:
(1) In those areas where no provision is made
				  for public collection of leaves, burning of leaves originating on the premises,
				  by householders, is permitted, provided that leaves are not burned at locations
				  closer than 200 feet (61 meters) from any neighboring habitable dwelling or
				  place where people work or congregate;
(2) In those areas where no provision is made
				  for public collection of refuse, burning of ordinary household trash
				  originating on the premises, excluding commercial establishments, by
				  householders is permitted provided that:
(a)
				  Materials are not burned which create dense smoke (emissions of greater than 40
				  percent opacity), and
(b) Refuse
				  may not be burned at locations closer than 200 feet (61 meters) from any
				  neighboring habitable dwelling or place where people work or
				  congregate;
(3) Cooking
				  of food on other than commercial premises or cooking of food which is subject
				  to COMAR 26.11.18.06 a;
(4) Fires set in the course of agricultural
				  operations in growing crops or raising fowl or animals or in accepted forestry
				  practice; this provision may not be construed as allowing the burning of
				  ordinary household or barnyard trash in areas where provision is made for
				  public collection of refuse;
(5)
				  Recreational purposes, such as campfires;
(6) Oil or gas fired salamanders or similar
				  devices designated specifically for space heating or warming outdoor workers,
				  etc., provided no visible emissions are created;
(7) Warming fires for outdoor workers,
				  provided smoke emissions are not darker in shade or appearance than those
				  designated as greater than 40 percent opacity, and the fires are located no
				  closer than 200 feet (61 meters) from any neighboring habitable
				  building.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.07 - Open Fires › Section 26.11.07.06 - Safety Determinations at Federal Facilities

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A. A person who performs safety
				  determinations at federal facilities or other facilities under contract with
				  the federal government shall:
(1) Take all
				  responsible precautions to minimize emissions during any safety
				  determination;
(2) Schedule safety
				  determinations, whenever possible, during days when maximum dispersion of
				  pollutants will be achieved;
(3)
				  Notify the control officer at least 24 hours in advance when a safety
				  determination is to be performed that has a duration of 2 hours or longer;
				  and
(4) Submit a report of
				  anticipated or expected safety determinations to the control officer
				  semiannually beginning with the period July 1, 1997, to December 31,
				  1997.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) Bag Leak Detection System.
(a) "Bag leak detection system" means an
				  instrument that is capable of monitoring PM loadings in the exhaust of a fabric
				  filter in order to detect bag failures.
(b) "Bag leak detection system" includes, but
				  is not limited to, an instrument that operates on triboelectric, light
				  scattering, light-transmittance, or other effects to monitor relative PM
				  loadings.
(1-1) "Batch HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed so that
					 neither waste charging nor ash removal can occur during combustion.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.02 - Applicability

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A. Any source which
				  is subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to the provisions
				  of any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an emission
				  standard for a specific installation which differs from the general emission
				  standards in COMAR
				  26.11.06.01 a -.09, this chapter
				  takes precedence.
B. Regulation .07
				  of this chapter applies to a Small MWC that was constructed on or before August
				  30, 1999.
C. Regulation .08 of this
				  chapter applies to an existing MWC with a capacity greater than 250 tons per
				  day as determined in accordance with
				  40 CFR §
											60.58b(j).
D. An MWC with a capacity greater than 250
				  tons per day for which construction began after December 20, 1989, and on or
				  before September 20, 1994, and modification or reconstruction began after
				  December 20, 1989, and on or before June 19, 1996, is also subject to the
				  requirements of 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Ea, Standards of Performance for
				  Municipal Waste Combustors, as amended, incorporated by reference at COMAR
				  26.11.06.12 a.
E. An MWC with a capacity greater than 250
				  tons per day for which construction began after September 20, 1994, or
				  modification or reconstruction began after June 19, 1996, is also subject to
				  the requirements of 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart Eb, Standards of Performance for
				  Municipal Waste Combustors, as amended, incorporated by reference at COMAR
				  26.11.06.12 a.
F. A person who owns an existing MWC with a
				  total capacity greater than 250 tons per day which was not in operation on or
				  after December 19, 1995, may not operate the MWC unless the applicable
				  requirements of this chapter are met.
I.
				  [(G)] All provisions of Regulation .05-2 of this chapter and the
				  related 111(d)/129 plan approval, 40 CFR Part 62, Subpart V, apply to
				  HMIWIs.
J. [(H)] Regulation .10 of
				  this chapter applies to Large MWCs.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.03 - Prohibition of Certain Incinerators in Areas III and IV

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A. A person may not cause or permit the
				  construction or use of any flue-fed, chute-fed, or single chamber
				  incinerator.
B. Any incinerator,
				  the use of which is prohibited under provisions of this regulation, shall be
				  made inoperable in a manner approved by the control officer or the
				  Department.
C. A person may not
				  cause or permit the construction or use of any other incinerator except as
				  listed below:
(1) An incinerator that has a
				  capacity of 5 tons (4,540 kilograms) per hour or greater and that is used to
				  burn municipal solid waste;
(2)
				  Crematory incinerators;
(3) An
				  incinerator that has a capacity of 500 pounds (227 kilograms) per hour or
				  greater and that is used to burn industrial waste;
(4) Special medical waste incinerators that
				  are approved for that purpose by the Department, although municipal solid waste
				  generated at the site of a permitted special medical waste incinerator may be
				  burned in combination with a special medical waste; and
(5) Sewage sludge incinerators.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.04 - Visible Emissions

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A. In Areas
				  I, II, V, and VI, the following apply:
(1)
				  Except as provided in Regulations .08 and .05-2 of this chapter, a person may
				  not cause or permit the discharge of emissions from any incinerator, other than
				  water in an uncombined form, which is greater than 20 percent
				  opacity;
(2) A person may not cause
				  or permit the discharge of emissions from any hazardous waste incinerator,
				  other than water in an uncombined form, which is visible to human
				  observers.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.05 - Particulate Matter

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A. Requirements
				  for Areas I, II, V, and VI.
(1) Calculations.
				  Except as provided in Regulations .08 and .05-2 of this chapter, incinerator or
				  hazardous waste incinerator emissions shall be adjusted to 12 percent carbon
				  dioxide.
(2) Incinerators
				  Constructed Before January 17, 1972. Except as provided in Regulations .08 and
				  .05-2 of this chapter, a person may not cause or permit the discharge into the
				  outdoor atmosphere from any incinerator constructed before January 17, 1972,
				  particulate matter to exceed the following limitations:
(a) Incinerators burning less than 200 pounds
				  (90.7 kilograms) of municipal solid waste per hour, 0.3 gr/SCFD (687
				  mg/dscm);
(b) Incinerators burning
				  200 pounds (90.7 kilograms) or more pounds of municipal solid waste per hour,
				  0.2 gr/SCFD (458 mg/dscm).
(3) Incinerators Constructed on or After
				  January 17, 1972. Except as provided in Regulations .07, .08, and .05-2 of this
				  chapter, a person may not cause or permit the discharge of particulate matter
				  into the outdoor atmosphere from any incinerator or crematory constructed on or
				  after January 17, 1972, to exceed 0.10 grains per standard cubic foot dry 0.10
				  gr/SCFD (229 mg/dscm).
(4)
				  Hazardous Waste Incinerators. A person may not cause or permit to be discharged
				  into the outdoor atmosphere from any hazardous waste incinerator, particulate
				  matter to exceed 0.03 gr/SCFD (68.7 mg/dscm).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.06 - Prohibition of Unapproved Hazardous Waste Incinerators

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A person may not cause or permit the construction or use of
					 any hazardous waste incinerator except in accordance with COMAR
					 26.13.05.15 a and this
					 chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.07 - Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustors

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A person may not operate a Small MWC that was constructed
					 on or before August 30, 1999 which results in violation of the provisions of 40
					 CFR 62 Subpart JJJ.