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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".26" citation="COMAR 26.13.10.26" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Special Requirements for Fluorescent Lamps.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability. This regulation applies to fluorescent lamps that exhibit the toxicity characteristic of COMAR 26.13.02.14 and that are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Generated by small quantity generators, that is, persons that generate and accumulate hazardous waste in amounts less than those identified in COMAR 26.13.02.05A, C, and D(3); or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Household waste, as defined in COMAR 26.13.02.04-1B.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Disposition of Waste Fluorescent Lamps.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person that generates, in a calendar year, more than 200 kilograms of waste fluorescent lamps meeting the criteria of §A of this regulation shall assure that the waste lamps are delivered to a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Reclamation facility, as defined in §C of this regulation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Destination facility, as defined in COMAR 26.13.01.03B.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For the purposes of §B(1) of this regulation, waste fluorescent lamps include lamps that are to be disposed and lamps that are to be recycled.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Unless otherwise provided under federal or State law:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An owner or operator of an industrial or commercial property may assign the responsibility for ensuring compliance with the requirements of §B(1) of this regulation to a tenant who is otherwise responsible for maintaining the property through a written agreement with the tenant; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If a tenant is responsible for assuring compliance under §B(3)(a) of this regulation and fails to do so, the owner of the property is not liable for the failure to comply.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <aftertext>Agency note: 200 kilograms represents, for example, approximately 720 4-foot T12 fluorescent lamps.</aftertext>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>For the purposes of this regulation, “reclamation facility” means a site:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Where equipment is used to recapture mercury from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the purpose of recycling or reusing the mercury; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>That collects mercury containing components from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the eventual recapture and recycling or reuse of the mercury.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>