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SECTION 27-0911
Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
Environmental Conservation (ENV) CHAPTER 43-B, ARTICLE 27, TITLE 9
§ 27-0911. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous

waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

1. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste
treatment, storage and disposal facilities shall be those established in
title seven of this article, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
shall be consistent with comparable standards promulgated by the
administrator pursuant to RCRA, and shall also include compliance with
the manifest system established in section 27-0905 of this title. Where
appropriate and consistent with the provisions of RCRA, such standards
may authorize the granting of exemptions from requirements, or variances
in requirements, according to criteria established therein.

2. Such standards shall require corrective action, including
corrective action beyond the facility boundary where necessary to
protect human health and the environment, for all releases of hazardous
waste or constituents from any solid waste management unit at a
treatment, storage or disposal facility seeking a permit under section
27-0913 of this title, regardless of the time at which waste was placed
in such unit.