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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".27" citation="COMAR 26.13.10.27" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Military Munitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This regulation and Regulations .28—.31 of this chapter specify the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Circumstances under which military munitions become a solid waste; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Management standards that apply if a military munition is a hazardous waste under this regulation, Regulations .28—.31 of this chapter, or COMAR 26.13.02.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unless otherwise specified in this regulation or Regulations .28—.31 of this chapter, all applicable requirements in COMAR 26.13.01—26.13.07 and 26.13.10.01 —.04 apply to waste military munitions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Definition of Military Munitions as Solid Waste.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A military munition is not a solid waste when:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Used for its intended purpose, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Use in training military personnel or explosives and munitions emergency response specialists, including training in proper destruction of unused propellant or other munitions;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Use in research, development, testing, and evaluation of military munitions, weapons, or weapons systems; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Recovery, collection, and on-range destruction of conventional unexploded ordnance, munitions, and munitions fragments during range clearance activities at active or inactive ranges; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An unused munition, or component of it, is being repaired, reused, recycled, reclaimed, disassembled, reconfigured, or otherwise subjected to material recovery activities, and none of these activities involve:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Disposal as defined in COMAR 26.13.02.02C(1); or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Burning for energy recovery as defined in COMAR 26.13.02.02C(2).</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For the purposes of §B(1)(a) of this regulation, “used for its intended purpose” does not include the on-range disposal or burial of unexploded ordnance and contaminants when the burial is not a result of product use.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An unused military munition is a solid waste when any of the following occurs:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The munition is abandoned by being:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Disposed of;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Burned;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Detonated, except during intended use as specified in §B(1) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Incinerated;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Treated; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Treated before disposal;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The munition is removed from storage in a military magazine or other storage area for the purpose of being:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Disposed of;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Burned or incinerated;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Treated; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Treated before disposal;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The integrity of the munition is compromised by cracks, leaks, or other damage or the munition is otherwise deteriorated or damaged, to the point that the munition cannot be:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Put into serviceable condition; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Reasonably recycled or used for other purposes; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The munition has been declared a solid waste by an authorized military official.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A used or fired military munition is a solid waste:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>When transported off-range, or from the site of use where the site of use is not a range, for the purposes of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Disposal;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Reclamation;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Storage;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Treatment; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Treatment before disposal; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If recovered, collected, and disposed of by burial or landfilling either on-range or off-range.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Used or Fired Military Munitions Landing Off-Range.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For the purposes of RCRA §1004(27), a used or fired military munition is a solid waste, and, therefore, if the munition lands off-range and is not promptly rendered safe, retrieved, or both, is potentially subject to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>RCRA corrective action authorities under RCRA §§3004(u) and (v) and 3008(h) and analogous State authorities; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Imminent and substantial endangerment authorities under RCRA §7003, or analogous State authorities.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A person who is responsible for causing a used or fired military munition to land off-range shall address any imminent and substantial threats associated with any remaining material from the munition.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If remedial action to address threats associated with the landing of a used or fired military munition off-range is infeasible, the operator of the range shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Maintain a record of the event for at least as long as any threat remains; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Include as part of the record of the event specific information on the type of munition and the location of the munition, to the extent the location is known.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>