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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 36.07.04.04" title_num="36" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Review of Internal Controls.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit its internal controls to the Commission for review and written approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the Commission determines that a submitted internal control is deficient, the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Commission shall provide the facility operator with written notice of the deficiency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Facility operator shall revise the internal control as appropriate and resubmit it to the Commission for review.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator’s initial internal controls submission and a change or amendment to its approved internal controls shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with a process and time frame developed and implemented by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The process developed by the Commission under §C of this regulation shall, at a minimum, require the facility operator to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit a redlined copy of any section of the approved internal controls to be changed or amended with added text underlined and deleted text lined out;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Document on the redlined copy the date the Commission approved the section to be changed or amended and the date the revision was submitted to the Commission for review;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit a narrative explaining the reason for the change or amendment which includes the facility operator’s target date for implementation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Maintain a log of all changes or amendments in approved internal controls which includes the initial approval date and the effective date of any change or amendment approved by the Commission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Mark each page of approved internal controls with the date on which it was approved by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>