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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 10.15.06.15" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="06" heading="Milk Facility Construction and Plan Submission.">
  <text>Under the standards set forth in the Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, for construction, reconstruction, or extensive alteration of a milk facility, a person shall submit to the Department:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Plans and specifications before:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Constructing, reconstructing, or extensively altering a milk facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Converting or remodeling an existing building or structure for use as a milk facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Adding, replacing, relocating, or modifying a milk facility process; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Adding, modifying, or replacing a clean-in-place (CIP) or other washing system or any part of a clean-in-place or other washing system;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Plans and drawings bearing the name of a professional engineer or a representative of the company performing the work.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Contact information for the facility, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The full name, title, and telephone number of each applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The name of the plant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The mailing address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The location; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Directions to the site;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A narrative describing the scope and purpose of the project, including a projected time line from start to completion;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An estimate of finished product output per day;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Sample product labels for each product;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A list of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All products to be produced;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Raw cream and skim, condensed, or any other milk or milk products to be sold; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Single service container sources;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A scale drawing showing the layout and arrangement of areas within and around the milk facility, including areas for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Processing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Chemical storage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Dry storage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ingredient and product storage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Receiving;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Load out;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Laboratories;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Offices;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Restroom facilities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Lockers or a facility for the storage of personal items; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Employees to eat and drink beverages;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>A scale drawing showing the location of all equipment, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Pasteurizers and sterile systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Milk processing equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Fillers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Raw and pasteurized tanks and silos;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Clean-in-place (CIP) systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Glycol water tanks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Recirculating cooling water tanks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Boilers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Boiler makeup tanks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Culinary steam systems; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Blow mold systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>A scale drawing showing the location of plumbing and plumbing fixtures, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Water lines;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sewer lines;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Hand sinks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Toilets;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Utility sinks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Utensil washing sinks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Floor drains;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Floor sinks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Hose stations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>All back flow prevention devices;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>A legend for each drawing;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Specifications for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ventilation including, but not limited to, the type and location of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An air filter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An air pump; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A compressor;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Construction materials for the building and interior finishes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pasteurizer plate coolers, if separate from the pasteurization system;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>A list and description of all boiler, glycol, and recirculating water additives and water treatment;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>A description of the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Type of disposal for wastewater and sewage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Source and system for the facility’s potable water supply;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Lighting fixtures and placement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Recirculating cooling system;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Specification sheets, including manufacturer and model number of all milk facility equipment;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>A document that lists the flow for all products through the plant, grouped in categories, identifying each functional piece of equipment and each process used in processing and packaging, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reclamation systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Standardization procedures or formulation procedures, or both;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vitamin addition protocol; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Draining of product lines;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Plans, specifications, drawings, and flow diagrams for each high temperature short time (HTST) and higher heat short time (HHST) system, showing each functional component;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="R.">
    <text>Clean-in-place (CIP) flow diagrams from the makeup tanks through all equipment;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="S.">
    <text>Information and drawings on how separation from product lines will be accomplished, if applicable;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="T.">
    <text>Written step-by-step standard operating procedures for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Receiving, processing, storing, and packaging of each project;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Drug residue testing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Cleaning and sanitization for all equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Cleaning and sanitization for the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Product trace back, inclusive of production or make sheet; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Product recall;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="U.">
    <text>A pest control program; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="V.">
    <text>Employee training and personal hygiene practices.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>