# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 10 — Oil Pollution Control and Storage Tank Management

### Chapter 09 — Spill, Release, and Discharge Response and Corrective Action

#### Regulation .02 Initial Response.

*COMAR 26.10.09.02*

Within 2 hours, or another reasonable time period specified by the Department, of confirming a spill, release, or discharge of a regulated substance in accordance with COMAR 26.10.08.03 or after a spill, release, or discharge of a regulated substance from a storage tank system is identified in any other manner, an owner and an operator of a storage tank system and a responsible party shall perform the following initial response actions:

A. Report the spill, release, or discharge of the regulated substance to the Department in accordance with COMAR 26.10.08.04;

B. Take immediate action to prevent any further spilling, releasing, or discharging of the regulated substance into the environment or secondary containment;

C. Identify and mitigate fire, explosion, and vapor hazards; and

D. Perform any other initial response actions required by the Department.