# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 04 — Regulation of Water Supply, Sewage Disposal, Solid Waste, and Recyclable Materials

### Chapter 08 — Storage, Collection, Transferring, Hauling, Recycling, and Processing of Scrap Tires

#### Regulation .14 Substitute Fuel/Tire Derived Fuel Facility Approval Requirements.

*COMAR 26.04.08.14*

A. Application Requirements. A person who wishes to use scrap tires as a substitute fuel in a resource recovery facility or in a facility that uses tires as a tire-derived fuel shall submit an application for approval to the Department. The application shall include the following information:

  (1) The information required by Regulations .08B and .12 of this chapter; and

  (2) The following additional information:

    (a) The rate at which the scrap tires will be incinerated;

    (b) Identification of the applicable State and federal air quality standards;

    (c) A plan for closing the facility in compliance with Regulations .18—.20 of this chapter;

    (d) Financial assurance as required by Regulation .21 of this chapter for facilities participating in the scrap tire recycling system;

    (e) For facilities participating in the scrap tire recycling system, a financial statement completed by a certified public accountant that describes the applicant's assets and liabilities to provide evidence of the financial ability to properly establish, operate, and maintain a substitute fuel facility or tire-derived fuel facility.

B. Conditions. Approved facilities shall comply with the requirements specified in Regulation .10B of this chapter.