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<chapter num="11" heading="Control of Petroleum Products Installations, including Asphalt Paving and Asphalt Concrete Plants" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Applicability.">
    <text>Any source which is subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to the provisions of any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an emission standard for a specific installation which differs from the general emission standard in COMAR 26.11.06.01--.09, this chapter takes precedence.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Asphalt Paving.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Definitions.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Asphalt” means a black to dark brown solid or semisolid material which liquefies when heated and the predominating constituents of which are bitumens which occur in the solid or semisolid form in nature or are obtained by petroleum refining.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Asphalt paving” means the applying of an asphaltic material to a surface.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Cutback asphalt” means an asphalt cement which has been liquefied by blending with VOC.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Emulsified asphalt” means a suspension or emulsion of asphalt and water as designated in ASTM or AASHTO Specifications as amended through November 14, 1980.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Penetrating prime coat” means an application of liquid asphalt to prepare an untreated base for an asphalt paving operation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A person may not cause or permit the use or application of cutback asphalt for asphalt paving. Emulsified asphalt or other materials upon approval of the Department is acceptable.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Exemptions. The provisions of §B of this regulation do not apply to the use or application of cutback asphalt where:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Long-life stockpile storage is necessary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The use or application from October 15 through April 15 is necessary; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Cutback asphalt is used solely as a penetrating prime coat.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Asphalt Concrete Plants in Areas I, II, V, and VI.">
    <text>A person may not cause or permit particulate matter to be discharged from any asphalt concrete plant constructed before June 11, 1973 in excess of 0.05 gr/SCFD (92 kg/dscm).</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Environment Article, §§1-101, 1-404, 2-101—2-103, 2-301—2-303, 10-102, and 10-103, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: July 18, 1980 (7:12 Md. R. 1148)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .02A and .04C amended effective August 16, 1983 (10:14 Md. R. 1262)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04C amended effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 repealed effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">For the history of this subtitle before June 18, 1980, see the Administrative History of COMAR 26.11.01.</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.18.11 to COMAR 26.11.11</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B, C amended effective April 26, 1993 (20:8 Md. R. 726)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04C amended effective April 26, 1993 (20:8 Md. R. 726)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 repealed effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1533)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06 repealed effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1438)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>