# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 13 — Disposal of Controlled Hazardous Substances

### Chapter 10 — Standards for the Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes and Specific Types of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

#### Regulation .33 Prohibition on Sewer Disposal of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.

*COMAR 26.13.10.33*

A. This regulation applies to:

  (1) A healthcare facility that meets any of the following criteria:

    (a) The facility is managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the provisions of COMAR 26.13.02.05, as provided in Regulation .32D(1)(c)(i) of this chapter;

    (b) The facility is voluntarily complying with the requirements of Regulations .37—.48 of this chapter, in accordance with Regulation .37A(2) of this chapter; or

    (c) The facility is subject to Regulations .37—.48 of this chapter; and

  (2) A reverse distributor.

B. A facility identified in §A of this regulation may not discharge a hazardous waste pharmaceutical to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).

C. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR §403.5(b), which prohibits introduction of specified pollutants into a POTW.