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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 26.10.07.02" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="07" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A term in §B of this regulation has the meaning indicated; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A term not defined in §B of this regulation has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The meaning given to the term in a relevant statute or in COMAR 26.10.01 or 26.10.02; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If not defined in a relevant statute or COMAR 26.10.01 or 26.10.02, the meaning attributed by common use.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Existing gasoline UST system” means a UST system located in a HRGUA or WHPA:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Installed before:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>January 26, 2005, if located in a HRGUA; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>January 1, 2010, if located in a WHPA;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Containing gasoline, including gasohol, that is used to fuel motor vehicles; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>That has a storage capacity greater than 2,000 gallons.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“High risk groundwater use area” or “HRGUA” means an area with a new or existing gasoline UST system:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In which an individual water supply system, as defined in COMAR 26.04.03.01-1B, serves as the water supply for the new or existing gasoline UST system facility, an adjoining property of the new or existing gasoline UST system facility, or both; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Located in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, or Harford County; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, or Harford County for the purpose of notifying a property owner of groundwater contamination in accordance with Environment Article, §4-411.2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“High risk underground oil storage facility” means an oil storage facility that meets the conditions defined in Regulation .07A of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Levels of concern” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Benzene at (=) 5 parts per billion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Toluene at (=) 1,000 parts per billion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Ethylbenzene at (=) 700 parts per billion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Total xylenes at (=) 10,000 parts per billion; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) at (=) 20 parts per billion.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Local government” means a county, municipal corporation, or sanitary district.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“New gasoline UST system” means a UST system, including a replacement UST system, located in a HRGUA or WHPA:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Installed on or after:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>January 26, 2005, if located in a HRGUA; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>January 1, 2010, if located in a WHPA; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Containing gasoline, including gasohol, that is used to fuel motor vehicles.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Well” means a hole made in the ground to obtain or monitor groundwater.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Well head protection area” or “WHPA” means an area in Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, or Harford County identified and regulated by a local government surrounding one or more wells serving a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Community water system, as defined by COMAR 26.04.01.01B; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public water system, as defined by COMAR 26.04.01.01B.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>