# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 2. Regulation by State

#### Section 9-289

(a)

  (1) In this part, "coal combustion by-product" means the residue generated by or resulting from the burning of coal.

  (2) "Coal combustion by-product" includes:

    (i) Fly ash;

    (ii) Bottom ash;

    (iii) Boiler slag;

    (iv) Pozzolan, as defined in Sec. 15-407 of this article; and

    (v) Solid residuals removed by air pollution control devices from the flue gas and combustion chambers of coal-burning furnaces and boilers.

(b) On or before December 31, 2009, the Department shall submit to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review regulations regarding:

  (1) Fugitive air emissions from the transportation of coal combustion by-products in the State; and

  (2) The permissible beneficial uses of coal combustion by-products in the State.

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