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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".33" citation="COMAR 26.13.10.33" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Prohibition on Sewer Disposal of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This regulation applies to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A healthcare facility that meets any of the following criteria:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>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;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The facility is subject to Regulations .37—.48 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A reverse distributor.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>