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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.06.01.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Classification of Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Industrial Wastewater Works.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Industrial wastewater works are classified into the seven classes set out in Table 1 of Regulation .16 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unless the Department determines that a reasonable potential exists to adversely affect the quality of the receiving body of water or the environment, the following categories are not industrial wastewater works as defined in Environment Article, §12-101(h), Annotated Code of Maryland:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Petroleum storage and distribution facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Seafood processors;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Vehicle washing facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Vehicle maintenance facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Sand and gravel facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Stone quarries;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Industries dechlorinating supply water as their only treatment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Industries discharging only stormwater runoff; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Industries performing tank or pipe hydrostatic testing.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may require classification of any individual works within the categories identified under §A(2)(a)—(i) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Classification of the pretreatment plants will be required only for significant industrial users.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Wastewater Treatment Plants. Wastewater treatment plants are classified into the eight classes set out in Table 2 of Regulation .16 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Wastewater Collection Systems.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wastewater collection systems are classified into the following two classes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Class 1—Wastewater collection systems with gravity flow;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Class 2—Wastewater collection systems with gravity and pumped or vacuum flow.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A wastewater collection system is not classified as a separate entity if it is under the operation and supervision of certified wastewater treatment plant personnel.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Water Treatment Plants. Water treatment plants are classified into the six classes set out in Table 3 of Regulation .16 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Water Distribution Systems.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Water distribution systems are classified as one class, Water Distribution (WD).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A water distribution system is not classified as a separate entity if it is under the operation and supervision of certified water treatment plant personnel.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>