Maryland Statutes
Environment
Title 6 - Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances

Section 6-810 - Study and Collection of Information; Subcommittees; Review; Testing Standards and Regulations - (a) The Commission shall study and collect information on the:...

Part III - Registration of Affected Property

Section 6-811 - Registration - (a) (1) On or before December 31, 1995, the owner...

Section 6-812 - Renewals; Acquisitions - (a) An owner who has registered an affected property under...

Section 6-813 - Failure to Register or Renew; Falsification of Filings - (a) An owner who fails to register an affected property...

Part IV - Risk Reduction Standard for Affected Property

Section 6-815 - Satisfaction of Risk Reduction Standards; Enforcement Officer - (a) No later than the first change in occupancy in...

Section 6-816 - Lead-Contaminated Dust Testing - The Department shall establish procedures and standards for the lead–contaminated...

Section 6-817 - Compliance Requirements; Loss of Liability Protection; Cost of Temporary Relocation - (a) (1) Except for properties constructed between January 1, 1950,...

Section 6-818 - Inspectors' Accreditation and Independence; Certified Reports - (a) (1) Any person performing lead-contaminated dust testing or conducting...

Section 6-819 - Modified Risk Reduction Standard - (a) The modified risk reduction standard shall consist of performing...

Section 6-820 - Notice of Tenant's Rights - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 6-821 - Repairs; Removal From Risks; Refusal of Tenant; Accredited Supervision - (a) (1) Whenever an owner of an affected property intends...

Section 6-822 - Effect of Subtitle on State and Local Laws or Housing Codes; Abatement Orders - (a) The provisions of this subtitle do not affect: (1)...

Section 6-823 - Lead Poisoning Information Packet - (a) By May 23, 1996, an owner of an affected...

Section 6-824 - Disclosure to Prospective Purchasers; Transfers - An owner shall disclose an obligation to perform either the...

Section 6-825 - Compliance Plan for Occupied Affected Property - (a) A person who intends to acquire, through an arm’s...

Part V - Qualified Offer

Section 6-826 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-827 - Applicability - This part applies to all potential bases of liability for...

Section 6-828 - Failure to Give Notice to Owner in Compliance - (a) This section applies to an owner of an affected...

Section 6-829 - Availability of Blood Tests - (a) A person who receives notice under § 6-828(b)(1) of...

Section 6-830 - Presumption of Prior Lead Ingestion - (a) If, between February 24, 1996 and February 23, 2001,...

Section 6-831 - Authorized Offerors; Qualified Offers - (a) A qualified offer may be made to a person...

Section 6-832 - Notice of Qualified Offer - (a) An offeror under § 6-831 of this subtitle shall...

Section 6-833 - Qualified Offers Where Parent or Legal Guardian Is Unavailable - (a) For purposes of this section, a parent or legal...

Section 6-834 - Acceptance or Rejection of Qualified Offer - (a) A person at risk, or a parent or legal...

Section 6-835 - Release of Liability on Acceptance - Acceptance of a qualified offer by a person at risk,...

Section 6-836 - Protection From Liability; Regulatory Compliance - An owner of an affected property is not liable, for...

Section 6-836.1 - Protection From Liability; Regulatory Compliance -- Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing - In an action in which the owner’s immunity from liability...

Section 6-837 - Offers of Compromise - A qualified offer shall be treated as an offer of...

Section 6-838 - Evidence of Reasonable Care - (a) (1) In an action seeking damages for alleged injury...

Section 6-839 - Expenses and Costs Included in Qualified Offer; Certification of Compliance; Regulations - (a) Whenever a qualified offer is made under this part,...

Section 6-840 - Aggregate Maximum Amounts Payable; Payment; Payments Not Income or Asset - (a) The amounts payable under a qualified offer made under...

Section 6-841 - Payments Under Qualified Offer for Temporary Relocation; Reoccupation of Affected Property - (a) Payments under a qualified offer for temporary relocation shall...

Section 6-842 - Failure to Comply or Falsification of Compliance With Qualified Offer; Statute of Limitations - (a) An offeror who fails to comply with the terms...

Part VI - Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund

Section 6-843 - Collection and Payment of Annual Fee; Exemptions - (a) (1) Except as provided in this subsection and subsection...

Section 6-844 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund - (a) There is a Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund in the...

Section 6-845 - Data Base and Information Collection of Affected Property; Data Availability - (a) The Department shall establish and maintain a statewide data...

Part VII - Miscellaneous

Section 6-846 - Notification of High Blood Lead to Person at Risk, Parent and Owner - (a) On receiving the results of a blood lead test...

Section 6-847 - Disclosure of Blood Lead Test Results - (a) (1) An owner who receives the blood lead test...

Section 6-848 - Community Outreach Programs; Local Assistance - The Department shall: (1) Develop and establish community outreach programs...

Section 6-848.1 - Paint Retailers to Display Information on Lead Paint Reduction - (a) In this section, “retailer” means any person who sells...

Section 6-848.2 - Reports of Noncompliance - A local government agency shall report to the Department any...

Part VIII - Enforcement

Section 6-849 - Administrative Penalties; Waiver - (a) (1) The Department shall impose an administrative penalty on...

Section 6-850 - Limitation of Penalties; Penalty for False Verification - (a) Except as provided in § 6–849 of this subtitle,...

Section 6-851 - Audits of Work Verifications; Penalty - (a) The Department may audit, through a spot check or...

Section 6-852 - Spot Checks of Properties Reported or Verified as Satisfying the Modified Risk Reduction Standards - (a) The Department may, at any time, spot check affected...

Subtitle 9 - Mercury

Part I - Mercuric Oxide Batteries

Section 6-901 - Disposal and Recycling - (a) On or after July 1, 1994, a person may...

Section 6-902 - Sale, Distribution, or Offer for Sale - A person may not sell, distribute, or offer for sale...

Section 6-903 - Penalties - A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...

Part II - Mercury and Products That Contain Mercury

Section 6-904 - Findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) Mercury is a persistent...

Section 6-905 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-905.1 - Sale of Mercury Fever Thermometer Prohibited - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 6-905.2 - Sale of Thermostat Containing Mercury Prohibited - A marketer may not sell or provide a thermostat containing...

Section 6-905.3 - Prohibition on Sale of Products Containing Mercury -- Electric Switch, Electric Relay, or Gas Valve Switch - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 6-905.4 - Sale of Mercury-Added Products - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) Prescription drugs;...

Section 6-906 - Use of Elemental or Chemical Mercury in Schools - (a) Beginning October 1, 2003, no primary or secondary school,...

Section 6-907 - Public Education, Outreach and Assistance Program - (a) The Department shall implement a public education, outreach, and...

Subtitle 10 - Accreditation of Lead Paint Abatement Services

Section 6-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1002 - Accreditation Requirement - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 6-1003 - Regulations; Fees - (a) The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the...

Section 6-1004 - Lead Accreditation Fund - (a) There is a Lead Accreditation Fund. (b) (1) All...

Section 6-1005 - Applicability of Provisions of 6-420 Through 6-422 of This Title and 7-266(b) of This Article - Except as otherwise provided, the provisions and procedures of §§...

Subtitle 11 - Rechargeable Batteries

Section 6-1101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1102 - Unit Management Program - After December 31, 1994, each unit sold by a marketer...

Section 6-1103 - Removal; Exemption - (a) Unless granted an exemption by the Department, rechargeable batteries...

Section 6-1104 - Unit Information - (a) Each unit manufactured after December 31, 1993 and sold...

Section 6-1105 - Generic Notice Placard - (a) Marketers shall develop and provide or cause to be...

Section 6-1106 - Disposal of Unit - After December 31, 1994 a person may not dispose of...

Section 6-1107 - Unit Management Program - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...

Section 6-1108 - Mechanism for Returning Units; Notice of Coverage; Responsibility for Units Sold; Retailer Location - (a) Each marketer shall ensure that its direct customers have...

Section 6-1109 - Acceptance by Cell Manufacturer of Cells and Rechargeable Batteries Collected in State - (a) In addition to any requirement which a cell manufacturer...

Section 6-1110 - Collection and Return of Spent Units by Institutional User - (a) Each institutional user shall collect and return spent units...

Section 6-1111 - Duties of Responsible Entities - Each responsible entity shall ensure that its unit management program...

Section 6-1112 - Contract With Private or Public Entity; Formation of Association; Liability by Responsible Entity - (a) Any person bearing responsibility under this subtitle may contract...

Section 6-1113 - Immunization From Liability for Cooperative Activities - Any person cooperating in a unit management program in compliance...

Section 6-1114 - Penalties - (a) A person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision...

Subtitle 12 - Brominated Flame Retardants

Section 6-1201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1202 - Applicability of Section; Prohibition - (a) This section does not apply to the processing of...

Section 6-1202.1 - Products That Contain Decabde - (a) (1) In this section, “transportation equipment”, “military equipment”, and...

Section 6-1203 - Enforcement - (a) To enforce the provisions of this subtitle, the Department...

Section 6-1204 - Penalties - (a) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this...

Section 6-1205 - Regulations - The Department may adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of...

Subtitle 13 - Lead-Containing Children's Products

Section 6-1301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1302 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to: (1) An electronic device...

Section 6-1303 - Prohibition - A person may not: (1) Manufacture a children’s product that...

Section 6-1304 - Duties of Manufacturer or Importer and Retailer - (a) A United States manufacturer, or if the manufacturer is...

Section 6-1305 - Violations of Subtitle - (a) If the Department determines that a person has violated...

Section 6-1306 - Report - Within 24 hours after a person determines that the person...

Section 6-1307 - Penalties - (a) (1) A person who violates this subtitle is subject...

Section 6-1308 - Other Penalties - (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law,...

Section 6-1309 - Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practice - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a...

Section 6-1310 - Regulations - The Secretary may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions...

Section 6-1311 - Authority of Local Agency - The provisions of this subtitle do not affect the authority...

Subtitle 14 - Cadmium in Children's Jewelry

Section 6-1401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1402 - Prohibition - On or after July 1, 2012, a person may not...

Section 6-1403 - Regulations - The Department of the Environment may adopt regulations to implement...

Section 6-1404 - Subtitle Not Applicable to Any Toy Regulated Under Federal Law - This subtitle does not apply to any toy regulated for...

Subtitle 15 - Lead in Drinking Water

Section 6-1501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1501.1 - Legislative Findings and Intent - (a) The General Assembly finds that any exposure to lead...

Section 6-1502 - General Consideration - (a) This section does not apply to a public or...

Section 6-1503 - Grant Program for Local School Systems to Assist With Implementation of Remedial Measures for Drinking Water Outlets - (a) The Department, in consultation with the State Department of...

Subtitle 16 - Pfas Chemicals

Section 6-1601 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-1602 - Applicability to Certain Operations - (a) This subtitle does not apply to fire–fighting foams used...

Section 6-1603 - Prohibition on Foam Containing Intentionally Added Pfas Chemicals - On or after October 1, 2021, Class B fire–fighting foam...

Section 6-1604 - Foam Used for Training Purposes - Nonfluorinated training foam shall be used for purposes of fire–fighting...

Section 6-1605 - Penalties for Violations of Subtitle - A person who violates this subtitle is subject to: (1)...

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Maryland Statutes Environment Title 6 - Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances

Maryland Statutes
Environment
Title 6 - Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances