Required standards for maintenance of permit

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    (a)    As a requirement for keeping the facility permit, each facility permit holder shall:

        (1)    Maintain a bond or other security that the Department considers sufficient to cover any cost for:

            (i)    Guaranteeing fulfillment of all requirements related to the facility permit;

            (ii)    Monitoring, maintaining, or closing the controlled hazardous substance facility; and

            (iii)    Assuring the security of the controlled hazardous substance facility after closing;

        (2)    Design, construct, and operate the controlled hazardous substance facility in the manner approved by the Department;

        (3)    Establish emergency procedures and safeguards to prevent accidents and reasonably foreseeable harm to human beings or the environment;

        (4)    Report periodically on the controlled hazardous substance that is received and discharged by the controlled hazardous substance facility, including, as applicable, volume, and chemical, physical, biological, and radioactive nature;

        (5)    In appropriate circumstances, assist in any transfer of the ownership and operation of a controlled hazardous substance facility to a qualified agency of this State or any political subdivision of this State; and

        (6)    To the extent reasonably practicable, restore the controlled hazardous substance facility site to its original condition if use as a controlled hazardous substance facility is terminated.

    (b)    In addition to the requirements for keeping a facility permit under subsection (a) of this section, each low-level nuclear waste facility permit holder shall:

        (1)    Ensure that any low-level nuclear waste being shipped to the low-level nuclear waste facility is labeled and transported in accordance with this subtitle;

        (2)    Refuse to accept for disposal any low-level nuclear waste that has not been labeled or transported in accordance with this subtitle; and

        (3)    Comply with any other requirements the Department sets.


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