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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 26.13.05.18" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="05" heading="Containment Buildings — Applicability.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The requirements of this regulation and Regulations .18-1—.18-3 of this chapter apply to facility owners or operators who store or treat hazardous waste in units designed and operated under Regulations .18-1 and .18-2 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility owner or operator who stores or treats hazardous waste in a containment building is not considered to be engaged in land disposal under §3004(k) of RCRA in operating the containment building if the containment building:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is designed and operated under Regulations .18-1 and .18-2 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is a completely enclosed, self-supporting structure;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is designed and constructed of manmade materials of sufficient strength and thickness to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Support themselves, the waste contents, and any personnel and heavy equipment that operates within the unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Prevent failure due to pressure gradients, settlement, compression, uplift, physical contact with the hazardous wastes to which the materials are exposed, climatic conditions, and the stresses of daily operation, including the movement of heavy equipment within the unit and contact of heavy equipment with containment walls;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has a primary barrier that is designed to be sufficiently durable to withstand the movement of personnel, wastes, and handling equipment within the unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Has the following if the containment building is used to manage liquids:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A primary barrier designed and constructed of materials to prevent migration of hazardous constituents into the barrier;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A liquid collection system designed and constructed of materials to minimize the accumulation of liquid on the primary barrier; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A secondary containment system that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Has been designed and constructed of materials to prevent migration of hazardous constituents into the barrier of the secondary containment system; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Has a leak detection and liquid collection system capable of detecting, collecting, and removing leaks of hazardous constituents at the earliest practicable time;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Has controls sufficient to prevent fugitive dust emissions to meet the no-visible-emission standard in Regulation .18-2B(5)—(7) of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Is designed and operated to ensure containment and prevent the tracking of materials from the unit by personnel or equipment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>