06-096-854 Me. Code R. § 17

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 096-854-17 - Additional Standards Applicable to Waste Facilities Located in a Flood Plain

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.

06-096 C.M.R. ch. 854, § 17