Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 854 - STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
Section 096-854-17 - Additional Standards Applicable to Waste Facilities Located in a Flood Plain
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-854-17
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
Any facility located or to be located within 300 feet of a 100-year flood plain may be constructed, operated or maintained only if the applicant:
A. Demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board by persuasive evidence that the rebuttable presumption against constructing, operating, or maintaining a facility in such an area has been overcome; and
B. Constructs, operates, and maintains such facility:
(1) To prevent wash-out of any hazardous
waste by a 100-year flood; or
(2)
Has procedures that will be in effect which will cause the waste to be removed
to a location where the waste will not be vulnerable to flood waters and to a
location which is authorized to manage hazardous waste safely before flood
water can reach the facility; and
(3) Complies with all other applicable
facility standards in this Chapter.
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