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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10-1" citation="COMAR 26.13.05.10-1" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="05" heading="Special Requirements for Hazardous Waste Management in Tank Systems.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Special Requirements for Ignitable or Reactive Wastes.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An owner or operator may not place ignitable or reactive waste in a tank system unless one of the following conditions is met:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the tank system so that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The resulting waste, mixture, or dissolved material no longer meets the definition of ignitable or reactive waste under COMAR 26.13.02.11 or .13; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Regulation .02H(2) of this chapter is complied with;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The waste is stored or treated in such a way that it is protected from any material or conditions that may cause the waste to ignite or react; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The tank system is used solely for emergencies.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The owner or operator of a facility where ignitable or reactive waste is stored or treated in a tank shall comply with the requirements for the maintenance of protective distances between the waste management area and any public ways, streets, alleys, or an adjoining property line that can be built upon, as required in Tables 2-1 through 2-6 of the National Fire Protection Association's “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code” (1990), which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.13.01.05A(3).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Special Requirements for Incompatible Wastes. An owner or operator may not place:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, in the same tank system, unless Regulation .02H(2) of this chapter is complied with;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hazardous waste in a tank system that has not been decontaminated and that previously held an incompatible waste or material, unless Regulation .02H(2) of this chapter is complied with.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>