# Environment (GEN)

## Title 7. Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances

### Subtitle 2. Controlled Hazardous Substances

#### Section 7-242

(a) As a requirement for keeping the facility permit, each facility permit holder shall:

  (1) Maintain a bond or other security that the Department considers sufficient to cover any cost for:

    (i) Guaranteeing fulfillment of all requirements related to the facility permit;

    (ii) Monitoring, maintaining, or closing the controlled hazardous substance facility; and

    (iii) Assuring the security of the controlled hazardous substance facility after closing;

  (2) Design, construct, and operate the controlled hazardous substance facility in the manner approved by the Department;

  (3) Establish emergency procedures and safeguards to prevent accidents and reasonably foreseeable harm to human beings or the environment;

  (4) Report periodically on the controlled hazardous substance that is received and discharged by the controlled hazardous substance facility, including, as applicable, volume, and chemical, physical, biological, and radioactive nature;

  (5) In appropriate circumstances, assist in any transfer of the ownership and operation of a controlled hazardous substance facility to a qualified agency of this State or any political subdivision of this State; and

  (6) To the extent reasonably practicable, restore the controlled hazardous substance facility site to its original condition if use as a controlled hazardous substance facility is terminated.

(b) In addition to the requirements for keeping a facility permit under subsection (a) of this section, each low-level nuclear waste facility permit holder shall:

  (1) Ensure that any low-level nuclear waste being shipped to the low-level nuclear waste facility is labeled and transported in accordance with this subtitle;

  (2) Refuse to accept for disposal any low-level nuclear waste that has not been labeled or transported in accordance with this subtitle; and

  (3) Comply with any other requirements the Department sets.

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