# Environment (GEN)

## Title 7. Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances

### Subtitle 2. Controlled Hazardous Substances

#### Section 7-236

(a) As a prerequisite to the issuance of a facility permit, the Department shall require an applicant:

  (1) To provide evidence of financial ability to properly establish, operate, and maintain a controlled hazardous substance facility;

  (2) To file with the Department acceptable evidence of a bond or other security that the Department requires under Sec. 7-242 of this subtitle;

  (3) To agree to permit access to the controlled hazardous substance facility for the purposes of any inspection permitted or required under this subtitle; and

  (4) To pay the permit fee assessed under Sec. 7-237 of this subtitle.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the Department shall require an applicant for a permit for a low-level nuclear waste facility to report to the Department the extent and nature of its training program for the safe handling of low-level nuclear waste.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)