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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".52" citation="COMAR 26.04.06.52" title_num="26" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="06" heading="Marketing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department may issue a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit to market in Maryland sewage sludge generated out-of-State if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The sewage sludge has been classified by the Department as Class A sewage sludge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The sewage sludge to be marketed will not cause an undue risk to the environment or public health, safety, or welfare as may be determined by the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The sewage sludge does not contain free liquid, with the presence of free liquid determined by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Application of Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test) as outlined in the most recent edition of the USEPA Publication SW-846 “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste”, which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.13.01.05A(4); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A comparable test approved by the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The person seeking to market the sewage sludge:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Submits to the Department a written quality control monitoring plan that will ensure that the Class A sewage sludge to be marketed meets the Department's standards regarding the destruction of primary pathogenic organisms, reduction of vector attraction, and limitations for heavy metals and other constituents; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Receives the Department’s approval for the quality control monitoring plan; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The permit requires the permittee to implement the quality control monitoring plan as approved under §A(4)(b) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may require additional conditions and management practices to market the Class A sewage sludge as it determines necessary.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>