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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 26.04.06.11" title_num="26" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="06" heading="Denial of Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department shall deny an application for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit if the Department finds that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit cannot utilize sewage sludge without causing an undue risk to the environment or the public health, safety, or welfare as may be determined by the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit is violating Environment Article, §§9-230—9-251, 9-269, or 9-270, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The sewage sludge generator from which the sewage sludge was generated has not paid the applicable generator’s fee specified in Regulation .08 of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The sewage sludge has been generated in a state in which the laws or the application of those laws do not result in the land application of sewage sludge in that state.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may deny an application for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit if the Department finds that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The sewage sludge generator from which the sewage sludge was generated is not in compliance with the sampling and testing requirements specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The sewage sludge generator from which the sewage sludge was generated is not in compliance with the record-keeping and reporting requirements specified in Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit has insufficient resources to meet the performance bond or other financial securities requirements of the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit has failed to submit the applicable Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit Application fee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit has failed to submit information requested by the Department; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>For any other good cause as determined by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department shall send to the local health official and the local soil conservation district a notice of the denial of an application in the county for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>