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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.11.04.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="04" heading="State Ambient Air Quality Standards — Fluorides.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Fluorides” means any matter containing the element fluorine in a combined form.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Ambient air quality standards for fluorides are those concentrations in the ambient air or in other substances which result in the following values being exceeded:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Field Crops. Field crops at any stage or growth may not exceed 35 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Forage.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Running averages of 12 monthly samples of forage or hay or silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 35 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in unwashed samples.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The average of any 2 consecutive months' samples of forage or hay or silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 60 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in unwashed samples.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A monthly sample of forage or hay or silage grown in the area as feed may not exceed 80 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in unwashed samples.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Fruit Trees, Berries, and Other Commercial Crops. Fully expanded functional leaves may not exceed 50 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Deciduous Trees and Shrubs. Fully expanded functional leaves may not exceed 100 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Conifers and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. Fully expanded leaves or needles of the current year may not exceed 50 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples. Leaves and needles of prior seasons may not exceed 75 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Grasses and Herbs. Grasses and herbs not subject to browsing, grazing, or harvest for use in feeds or food may not exceed 150 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in washed samples.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Ornamental Planting. Ornamental plants, except trees, shrubs, and turf where §B(4)—(7) applies, may not exceed 40 micrograms F per gram dry tissue in fully expanded leaves in washed samples at any period during the growing season.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Other Values. If it considers vegetation sampling to be not practicable, the Department may assume unsatisfactory conditions exist when either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Static limed filter paper samples of 28 to 32 days exposure exceed 2 micrograms F per 100 square centimeters per day for a yearly average of monthly samples; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Gaseous fluorides exceed 1.2 micrograms F per cubic meter of air in any 24 hour sample or any 72 hour average exceeds 0.4 microgram F per cubic meter of air.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Monitoring and Measurement of Fluoride. The methodologies to be used for the monitoring and measurement of fluoride shall be those specified in Method 1005 of the Department's Technical Memorandum 91-01, “Test Methods and Equipment Specifications for Stationary Sources” (January 1991), which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.11.01.04C.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>