Md. Code, Environment § 7-239.2
This is the official text of Md. Code, Environment § 7-239.2, part of Maryland’s Code, Environment — governs environmental protection.
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§7–239.
Official statutory text
§7–239.2.
(a) The State of Maryland finds that the chemical warfare materials specified under § 7–239.1 of this subtitle were designed for warfare, specifically the destruction of human beings, and for no legitimate civilian industrial use.
(b) The State recognizes the need to dispose of these chemical warfare materials as safely as possible, ensuring the health and safety of State residents by the regulation of their release into the environment.
(c) Since these chemical warfare materials are highly toxic or carcinogenic, in addition to any other applicable requirements at law, the State shall require that an applicant for the treatment by incineration of chemical warfare materials shall comply with all applicable requirements of this subtitle and all applicable regulations adopted under this subtitle.
(d) Nothing in this section or in §§ 7–239.3 through 7–239.5 of this subtitle shall limit the authority of the Department to apply regulations adopted under this subtitle to a chemical warfare material that is a controlled hazardous substance.
(a) The State of Maryland finds that the chemical warfare materials specified under § 7–239.1 of this subtitle were designed for warfare, specifically the destruction of human beings, and for no legitimate civilian industrial use.
(b) The State recognizes the need to dispose of these chemical warfare materials as safely as possible, ensuring the health and safety of State residents by the regulation of their release into the environment.
(c) Since these chemical warfare materials are highly toxic or carcinogenic, in addition to any other applicable requirements at law, the State shall require that an applicant for the treatment by incineration of chemical warfare materials shall comply with all applicable requirements of this subtitle and all applicable regulations adopted under this subtitle.
(d) Nothing in this section or in §§ 7–239.3 through 7–239.5 of this subtitle shall limit the authority of the Department to apply regulations adopted under this subtitle to a chemical warfare material that is a controlled hazardous substance.
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