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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 26.04.11.13" title_num="26" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="11" heading="Closure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A composting facility required to obtain a Composting Facility Permit under this chapter shall submit to the Department a notice of final closure within 270 calendar days after receipt of the final load of feedstocks.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notice of final closure required under §A of this regulation shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date of final feedstock receipt; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A site closure plan that provides for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Management of all feedstock and active, curing, and finished compost and compost-blended products remaining on site;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Treatment or removal of contact water stored in containment structures or ponds;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Removal of compost within 12 months from the time it is finished; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Removal of all other materials on site, including any solid wastes or feedstocks that are not being composted, within 12 months of receipt of the final load of feedstocks, unless the material is being used as part of site closure as described in the site closure plan.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A composting facility, other than one operated on a seasonal basis only, as specified in the CFOP, that does not receive material for 270 calendar days shall be deemed abandoned in violation of this regulation unless properly closed, and its permit shall be suspended.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>