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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 26.10.13.11" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="13" heading="Quality Control, Sample Collection, and Analysis.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an OCS facility shall maintain a quality control program approved by the Department that establishes an adequate tracking mechanism and verification for OCS received by the facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For each truckload of OCS received by an OCS facility, an owner, an operator, and a person in charge of the OCS facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Collect a grab sample from the incoming truckload of OCS and combine not more than three grab samples to form one composite sample;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identify each composite sample by source, date received, and transporter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Unless otherwise directed by the Department, properly maintain each composite sample at the OCS facility for a minimum of 90 days.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At least every two weeks, an owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an OCS facility shall have a third-party testing laboratory approved by the Department analyze the composite samples collected in accordance with §B of this regulation as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The testing laboratory shall randomly select one composite sample and perform:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An analysis for polychlorinated biphenyls in accordance with USEPA Test Method 8082A or another method approved by the Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Unless the generator of the OCS certified the OCS is excluded under 40 CFR §261.4(b)(10) and a TCLP analysis limited to metals was performed, a complete TCLP analysis in accordance with USEPA Test Method 1311 or another method approved by the Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The testing laboratory shall submit the results of the analyses conducted pursuant to §C(1) of this regulation directly to the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Department may excuse an owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an OCS facility from the requirements under §C of this regulation if the owner, the operator, and the person in charge sends a letter to the Department certifying that no OCS was accepted during the relevant 2-week period.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>