# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

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

### Chapter 16 — Trained Facility Operators

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 26.10.16.01*

A. This chapter applies to an owner and an operator of a UST system or group of UST systems located at a regulated substance storage facility.

B. This chapter establishes the Class A operator, the Class B operator, and the Class C operator classifications, and the required knowledge, duties, skills, training requirements, and certification requirements for each operator classification.

C. This chapter:

  (1) Does not apply to an owner and an operator of a UST system that stores only heating oil for consumptive use;

  (2) Does not alter the definition of an operator set forth in COMAR 26.10.01.02B;

  (3) Does not apply to an individual defined as an operator under COMAR 26.10.01.02B, unless an owner and an operator of a UST system or group of UST systems located at a regulated substance storage facility designates that individual to serve as the Class A operator, the Class B operator, or the Class C operator for the UST system or group of UST systems at the regulated substance storage facility;

  (4) Does not relieve an owner and an operator of a UST system of the duty to comply with the legal responsibilities under:

    (a) 40 CFR Part 280;

    (b) Environment Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland;

    (c) Environment Article, Title 7, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

    (d) COMAR 26.10.01—26.10.12; and

  (5) Does not alter or transfer the legal responsibilities for, between, or among an owner and an operator of a UST system under:

    (a) 40 CFR Part 280;

    (b) Environment Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland;

    (c) Environment Article, Title 7, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

    (d) COMAR 26.10.01—26.10.12.