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 26.04.08.10 - Conditions for Scrap Tire Collection Facility/Scrap Tire Recycler Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Term of License.
				  A license for a primary and secondary scrap tire collection facility or scrap
				  tire recycler shall be issued for a term of 5 years.
B. Conditions.
(1) Unless specifically exempted by statute
				  or regulation, a facility licensee shall meet the criteria in §B(2)-(10) of
				  this regulation as a condition of the license.
(2) The facility shall be operated in a
				  manner consistent with the primary and secondary scrap tire collection facility
				  or scrap tire recycler license and application.
(3) The facility shall comply with all
				  applicable State, local government, and federal statutes and
				  regulations.
(4) If the licensee
				  discovers through any means, including notification by the Department, that
				  noncompliance with a condition of the license has occurred, the licensee shall
				  immediately take all necessary steps to eliminate the condition of
				  noncompliance and to minimize the adverse impacts on public health, safety,
				  welfare, or the environment.
(5) If
				  the licensee discovers that a noncompliance with a condition of the license has
				  affected the public health, safety, welfare, or the environment, the licensee
				  shall immediately notify the Department.
(6) The licensee shall inform the Department
				  in writing within 30 days following a business name change, change in ownership
				  or form of business organization, or any other change that affects the
				  license.
(7) The licensee shall
				  notify the Department within 1 week of the name and vehicle registration plate
				  number of any nonlicensed person who attempts to deposit scrap tires at the
				  licensee's facility after July 1, 1992, who is not exempt under Regulation
				  .04A(2) of this chapter.
(8) The
				  licensee shall issue a written receipt to each scrap tire hauler upon receiving
				  a load of scrap tires. The receipt shall specify the type and quantity, by
				  number or weight, of scrap tires received.
(9) The licensee shall maintain records on
				  the quantity, by number or weight, of scrap tires entering and exiting the
				  facility, including processed portions that are not raw materials, on the
				  identity of the scrap tire haulers transporting the scrap tires, and on the
				  origin of the scrap tires, so as to be able to fulfill the reporting
				  requirements in §B(10) of this regulation. These records shall be maintained
				  for a period of 3 years.
(10) The
				  licensee shall submit to the Department, by February 1 and August 1 each year,
				  a report containing the information described in this subsection for the
				  preceding 6-month period of January-June and July-December. The report shall
				  include the following:
(a) The facility name,
				  address, and identification number;
(b) The period covered by the
				  report;
(c) The total type and
				  quantity, in number or weight, of scrap tires, including processed portions
				  that are not raw materials, that were received at the facility;
(d) The type and quantity, by number or
				  weight, of scrap tires, raw materials, products, and waste residuals
				  transferred from the facility;
(e)
				  The type and quantity of scrap tires remaining at the facility at the end of
				  the reporting period;
(f) For each
				  hauler entering the facility, the hauler's name, identification number, and the
				  type and quantity by number or weight of scrap tires transported by the
				  hauler;
(g) For all scrap tires
				  transferred from the facility, the hauler's name, identification number, type
				  and quantity, by number or weight, of scrap tires, and the destination of the
				  scrap tires transported by each hauler, including scrap tires separated and
				  removed for retreading; and
(h) For
				  primary scrap tire collection facilities and scrap tire recyclers, along with
				  the February 1 submittal, an annual update of the closure plan, including a
				  revised cost estimate for closure, as required in Regulations .18-.20 of this
				  chapter.
(11) The
				  reports submitted to the Department shall be on a form or in the format
				  developed by the Department.