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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/210** |
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|                                                  | 23 August 2006    |
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|                                                  | (06-3988)         |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | State of Maine (217)      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Mr. John James            |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | DEP-BRWM                  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | 17 State House Station    |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Augusta, ME 04330         |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Tel.: (+1 207) 287 7866   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Fax: (+1 207) 287 7826    |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Email:                    |   |                                 |
|    | john.james@state.me.us    |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[**   **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    | **3.2**                   |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Mercury-added products    |   |                                 |
|    | (HS: 2805; ICS: 71)       |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Chapter 870, Labeling of  |   |                                 |
|    | Mercury-Added Products,   |   |                                 |
|    | Proposed Rule Number:     |   |                                 |
|    | 2006-P189\                |   |                                 |
|    | (4 pages, in English)     |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** This rule      |   |                                 |
| ** | establishes the standards |   |                                 |
|    | for affixing labels to    |   |                                 |
|    | mercury-added products,   |   |                                 |
|    | as required under 38 MRSA |   |                                 |
|    | Section 1662(1). The      |   |                                 |
|    | purpose of this rule is   |   |                                 |
|    | to reduce mercury         |   |                                 |
|    | emissions to the          |   |                                 |
|    | environment through       |   |                                 |
|    | labeling of mercury-added |   |                                 |
|    | products. Product         |   |                                 |
|    | labeling is expected to   |   |                                 |
|    | reduce mercury emissions  |   |                                 |
|    | by enabling consumers and |   |                                 |
|    | solid waste workers to    |   |                                 |
|    | readily identify the      |   |                                 |
|    | products so they can be   |   |                                 |
|    | properly managed in       |   |                                 |
|    | accordance with the       |   |                                 |
|    | disposal ban under 38     |   |                                 |
|    | MRSA Section 1663 and the |   |                                 |
|    | source separation         |   |                                 |
|    | requirement under 38 MRSA |   |                                 |
|    | Section 1664.             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of the         |   |                                 |
|    | environment               |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | Maine Revised Statutes    |   |                                 |
| ** | Annotated (MRSA)          |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** To be         |   |                                 |
| 0. | determined                |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:**                   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | National Center for       |   |                                 |
|    | Standards and             |   |                                 |
|    | Certification Information |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | National Institute of     |   |                                 |
|    | Standards and Technology  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | 100 Bureau Drive, MS-2160 |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Gaithersburg, MD          |   |                                 |
|    | 20899-2160                |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Tel.: (+1 301) 975 4040   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Fax: (+301) 926 1559      |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Email: ncsci@nist.gov     |   |                                 |
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