Within 2 hours, or another reasonable time period specified by the Department, of confirming a spill, release, or discharge of a regulated substance in accordance with COMAR 26.10.08.03 or after a spill, release, or discharge of a regulated substance from a storage tank system is identified in any other manner, an owner and an operator of a storage tank system and a responsible party shall perform the following initial response actions:

1. A. Report the spill, release, or discharge of the regulated substance to the Department in accordance with COMAR 26.10.08.04;
2. B. Take immediate action to prevent any further spilling, releasing, or discharging of the regulated substance into the environment or secondary containment;
3. C. Identify and mitigate fire, explosion, and vapor hazards; and
4. D. Perform any other initial response actions required by the Department.

Authority: Environment Article, §§4-401, 4-402, 4-405, 4-407, 4-408, 4-410, 4-411, 4-417, and 7-201 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 4, 1991 (18:2 Md. R. 151)

Regulations .01—.07 amended and Regulation .08 adopted effective November 4, 1996 (23:22 Md. R. 1498)

Regulation .04A amended effective June 29, 1998 (25:13 Md. R. 997)

Regulation .05 amended effective February 18, 2002 (29:3 Md. R. 224)

Regulations .01—.08 repealed and new Regulations .01—.08 adopted effective June 13, 2022 (49:12 Md. R. 642)