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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 26.13.06.07" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="06" heading="Closure — General.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability. Except as provided in Regulation .01 of this chapter, this regulation and Regulations .08—.11 of this chapter apply to the owners and operators of all interim status facilities.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Closure Performance Standard. The owner or operator shall close the facility in a manner that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Minimizes the need for further maintenance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Controls, minimizes, or eliminates, to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment, post-closure escape of hazardous waste, hazardous constituents, leachate, contaminated run-off, or hazardous waste decomposition products to the ground or surface waters or to the atmosphere; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Complies with the closure requirements of this chapter, including, but not limited to, those contained in Regulations .17—.26, .28, and .29 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>