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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 26.11.32.18" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="32" heading="Approval of an ACP Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Action on an Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Upon receipt and review of an ACP application, the Department shall inform the applicant in writing that either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The application is complete and accepted for filing; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The application is deficient and the Department identifies the specific information required to make the application complete.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the Department finds that an application meets the requirements of Regulation .17C of this chapter, then it shall issue an ACP agreement.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may deny an ACP application submitted by a responsible ACP party if the Department determines, upon review of the responsible ACP party's compliance history with past or current ACPs or the requirements for consumer products of this chapter, that the responsible ACP party has a recurring pattern of violations and has consistently refused to take the necessary steps to correct those violations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Approving an ACP Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Department shall specify the terms and conditions necessary to ensure that the emissions from the ACP products do not exceed the emissions that would have occurred if the ACP products subject to the ACP had met the VOC limits specified in Regulation .04B of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The ACP agreement shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Only those ACP products for which the enforceable sales are at least 75 percent of the gross State sales;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A reconciliation of shortfalls plan meeting the requirements of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Operational terms, conditions, and data to be reported to the Department to ensure that all requirements of this chapter are met.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>