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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.10.18.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="18" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter applies to an owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system with a field-erected AST that is used or may be used to store oil at an oil storage facility or oil handling facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system subject to the requirements in this chapter shall meet all applicable requirements under COMAR 26.10.01 for an oil storage facility or an oil handling facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system with a field-erected AST used for storing asphalt only is exempt from the following requirements of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The spill and overfill prevention requirements in Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The release detection requirements in Regulation .08 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The emergency venting requirement in Regulation .10B of this chapter if the AST system larger than 12,000 gallon capacity and is not located in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A secondary containment dike with another AST system storing a Class I liquid or Class II liquid; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The drainage path of another AST system storing a Class I liquid or Class II liquid.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>