The person applying for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit shall agree, as a condition for the issuance of the permit or any other authorization or approval issued by the Department, to allow the Secretary of the Department of the Environment, the local health official, or their authorized representatives, at reasonable times and upon presentation of credentials, to:

1. A. Enter upon the premises or a location where any records are required to be maintained under the terms and conditions of the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval issued by the Department;
2. B. Have access to and copy any records required to be maintained under the terms and conditions of the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval issued by the Department;
3. C. Inspect any monitoring equipment or monitoring procedures required in the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval issued by the Department;
4. D. Inspect any collection, transport vehicles, treatment, pollution management, or control facilities required under the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval issued by the Department;
5. E. Sample any ground or surface waters, soils, vegetation, sewage sludge, or other materials on the site;
6. F. Perform any activities to determine compliance status with the terms and conditions of the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approvals issued by the Department or the applicable regulations; and
7. G. Obtain any photographic documentation or evidence.

Authority: Environment Article, Title 1, Subtitle 6, and Title 9, Subtitle 2, Part III, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: August 4, 1976 (3:16 Md. R. 852)

Regulations .01—.06 amended effective August 3, 1981 (8:15 Md. R. 1307)

Chapter, Uses and Methods of Collection, Handling, Burning, Storage, Transportation, Processing or Distribution of Sewage Sludge, Processed Sludge, or Any Other Product Containing These Materials, repealed effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2399)

Annotation: COMAR 10.17.10 cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 84-005 (January 31, 1984)

Regulations .01—.14, Sewage Sludge Management, adopted effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2399)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.17.10 to COMAR 26.04.06

Regulation .01 amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulation .02B amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulation .03A amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulation .04C amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulation .09 amended effective December 11, 1989 (16:24 Md. R. 2621)

Regulation .09A amended effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675); August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1391); May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 859)

Regulation .13A amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulation .13E amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837); September 27, 1993 (20:19 Md. R. 1472)

Regulation .13F adopted effective December 11, 1989 (16:24 Md. R. 2621)

Regulation .15 adopted effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)

Regulations .01—.15 repealed and new Regulations .01—.75 adopted effective May 26, 2014 (41:10 Md. R. 562)