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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 26.21.04.02" title_num="26" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="04" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Coal Combustion Byproducts.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Coal combustion byproducts” means the residue generated by or resulting from the burning of coal.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Coal combustion byproducts” includes fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, pozzolan, and other solid residuals removed by air pollution control devices from the flue gas and combustion chambers of coal burning furnaces and boilers.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Coal combustion byproducts”, in this chapter, does not include flue gas desulfurization sludge and other solid residuals recovered from flue gas by wet or dry methods.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of the Environment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Leachate” means liquid that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has percolated through, has drained from, or has been generated by coal combustion byproducts; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has extracted dissolved material, miscible material, suspended material, or all of these from the coal combustion byproducts.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Monitoring plan” means the ground water and surface water monitoring plan described in Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Monitoring well” means any hole made in the ground to examine ground water.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Owner” means a person who owns a site or any part of a site.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Permeability” means the hydraulic conductivity of a media relative to water at standard temperature, unit hydraulic gradient, and a kinematic viscosity of 1.0 centipoise, irrespective of media thickness.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Permittee” means a person that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Holds a valid permit to conduct surface mining and reclamation operations under Environment Article, Title 15, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, that includes the use of coal combustion byproducts for mine reclamation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Holds a valid permit to conduct surface mining and reclamation operations under Environment Article, Title 15, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, and is applying for a permit modification to use coal combustion byproducts for mine reclamation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Is applying for a permit to conduct surface mining and reclamation operations under Environment Article, Title 15, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, and proposes to use coal combustion byproducts for mine reclamation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Person” means an individual, corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, or other entity, or a federal, State, or local government or governmental unit, or any political subdivision of this State or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Pozzolan” has the meaning stated in Environment Article, §15-407, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Runoff” means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains over land from any part of a site.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Run-on” means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains over land onto any part of a site.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Site” means a noncoal surface mine where coal combustion byproducts are used, or are proposed to be used, for reclamation of the surface mine, including areas contiguous to the mine, which are covered by the surface mining permit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Sludge” means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste generated by a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, including sewage sludge but exclusive of the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“State” means the State of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“TCLP” means Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>