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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGULATIONS
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CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE — REGULATIONS
COMCOR 22.00.01   Hazardous Materials Use Permit
COMCOR 22.00.02   Regulations Adopting and Amending Certain Standards of the National Fire Code Regarding Fire Protection Systems*
COMCOR 22.00.03   Schedule of Fees for Fire Safety Code Permits, Code Modifications, Inspections and Licenses
COMCOR 22.00.04   Regulation Adopting and Amending Certain Editions of the National Fire Codes re Building Construction and Protective Features**
COMCOR 22.00.06   Fire Safety Code - Fire Protection Systems*
COMCOR 22.00.07   Fire Safety Code - Building Construction**
* COMCOR 22.00.06 supersedes COMCOR 22.00.02 in part - see editor’s note at the beginning of COMCOR 22.00.02.
** COMCOR 22.00.07 supersedes COMCOR 22.0004 in part - see editor’s note at the beginning of COMCOR 22.00.04.
COMCOR 22.00.01 Hazardous Materials Use Permit
22.00.01.01 Statement of Purpose
      These regulations augment existing state and federal Community Right-to Know reporting and emergency planning requirements set out in Sec 6-501, et. seq., and Sec. 7-101, et seq., of the Environment Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1987 volume as amended), and Subtitle 5, Sec. 22-501, et. seq., of the Health-General Volume of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1990 Replacement volume as amended), and Sections 301-304, 311 and 312 of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). Pub. L. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 (1986). These regulations require all facilities using, processing, transferring, storing, or manufacturing hazardous substances that exceed a minimum threshold level to report these substances and their locations, develop contingency plans in the event of accidental release, and provide these plans to the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security on behalf of the Local Emergency Planning Council. Revisions to this Regulation may be made using Method 2, in accordance with Chapter 22 of the Montgomery County Fire Code.
22.00.01.02 Definitions
      (a)   Corporate responsible officer. 1 The term “corporate responsible officer” means that individual of a regulated facility who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the applicable federal, state, and local hazardous or toxic substance control laws and regulations including reporting requirements.
      (b)   EPCRA. Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
      (c)   Extremely Hazardous Substances. The term “extremely hazardous substance” means any substance listed in Appendices A and B of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355 (40 CFR 355), Emergency Planning and Notification, as published in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Title III List of Lists, Consolidated List of Chemicals Subject to Reporting Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, as amended.
      (d)   Facility. 2 The term “facility” includes, but is not limited to:
         (1)   Any single industrial, commercial, educational, recreational 3 , agricultural, research, or institutional occupancy;
         (2)   Located within a contiguous boundary; or
         (3)   Confined to a single detached structure.
      (e)   Facility Emergency Coordinator. The term “facility emergency coordinator” (FEC) means a designated employee of a regulated facility who is responsible for maintaining a working knowledge of the site, building, and chemicals or hazardous substances stored on site, is the primary contact for emergency services, including Fire Departments and Police, and the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security during emergency communications with the facility, is responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local hazardous or toxic substance control laws and regulations, and is subject to in personam service of process within the State of Maryland.
      (f)   Fire Administrator. The non-uniformed department head of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
      (g)   General Use Facility. The term “General Use Facility” includes any facility which uses, processes, stores, transfers or manufactures one or more extremely hazardous substances or hazardous substances, in quantities set out in this regulation, as to generally pose a risk of injury to emergency responders or the surrounding community.
      (h)   Hazardous inventory. The term “hazardous inventory” means the quantity of hazardous substances or extremely hazardous substances used, processed, transferred, stored, or manufactured and present at any time in a facility.
      (i)   Hazardous substances. 4 The term “hazardous substance” means:
         (1)   Any substance that:
            (A)   conveys toxic or lethal effects, or may otherwise injure human, plant, animal, or aquatic life, or persists in the environment.
            (B)   is capable of causing cancer (carcinogen), chromosomal alterations (mutagen), fetal abnormality (teratogen), or allergic reaction (allergen or sensitizer); or
            (C)   any matter that is designated as an explosive material; radioactive material; etiological agent 5 ; flammable gas, liquid or solid; combustible liquid or solid; compressed gas; or cryogenic 6 liquid or solid; and
         (2)   Includes any matter identified as a hazardous waste by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or Maryland State Department of the Environment (excluding waste motor oil).
         (3)   Includes any matter identified as a hazardous substance under Article 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
         (4)   Includes any substance defined as a toxic material in Subpart Z of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations published in 29 CFR 1910, “General Industrial Standards”,1970 as amended, or by the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
      (j)   High Use Facility. The term “High Use Facility” includes any facility which uses, processes, stores, transfers, or manufactures one or more extremely hazardous substances or hazardous substances as defined in Sec II(i), in quantities set out in this regulation, as to pose significant risk of injury to emergency responders or the surrounding community.
      (k)   LEPC. The Montgomery County Local Emergency Planning Council for Hazardous Materials.
      (1)   Light Use Facility. The term “Light Use Facility” includes any facility which uses, processes, stores, transfers or manufactures one more hazardous substances, in quantities set out in this regulation, as to pose a recognized limited risk of injury to emergency responders or the surrounding community.
      (m)   OEMHS Manager. The non-uniformed department head of the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
      (n)   SARA Facility. The term “SARA facility” means any facility which is subject to the emergency planning and reporting requirements of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-499).
      (o)   Threshold Planning Quantity (TPQ). The term “Threshold Planning Quantity” means that quantity of a hazardous substance which subjects the facility to the reporting requirements of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. (Pub. L. 99-499). The extremely hazardous substances and their TPQs are listed in 40 CFR § 355, Appendices A and B.

 

Notes

1
The corporate responsible officer (CRO) concept has gained wide-spread acceptance in hazardous materials and hazardous waste regulatory enforcement. The purpose is to specifically identify the person responsible for ensuring compliance. The CRO may designate an individual(s) who is (are) responsible for implementation and compliance on site.
2
The intent of the definition is to require separate reporting and planning from the various occupancies within a single large building. Where several buildings exist on a single property, each would require a separate report and plan.
3
Hazardous substances utilized in the operation of public swimming pools, as defined by Montgomery County Swimming Pool Executive Regulation 62-91 AM, Manual on Public Swimming Pool operation (effective April 23, 1992), are subject to regulation.
4
For the purposes of this regulation, the term “hazardous substance” includes biochemical hazards, etiologic agents and radionuclides.
5
Any microorganism capable of producing an infectious disease in a human; animal, or plant.
6
Any supercooled liquid or solid.
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