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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.11.08.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="08" heading="Prohibition of Certain Incinerators in Areas III and IV.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person may not cause or permit the construction or use of any flue-fed, chute-fed, or single chamber incinerator.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Any incinerator, the use of which is prohibited under provisions of this regulation, shall be made inoperable in a manner approved by the control officer or the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person may not cause or permit the construction or use of any other incinerator except as listed below:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An incinerator that has a capacity of 5 tons (4,540 kilograms) per hour or greater and that is used to burn municipal solid waste;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Crematory incinerators;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An incinerator that has a capacity of 500 pounds (227 kilograms) per hour or greater and that is used to burn industrial waste;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Special medical waste incinerators that are approved for that purpose by the Department, although municipal solid waste generated at the site of a permitted special medical waste incinerator may be burned in combination with a special medical waste; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Sewage sludge incinerators.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Householders are permitted to burn ordinary household trash originating on the premises, in incinerators, in those areas where public collection of municipal solid waste is not provided.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>