An Act To Ensure That Maine's Electronic Waste Collection and Recycling System Is Self-funded
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1032
Committee: Natural Resources
Sponsors: HINCK, DAMON, EBERLE, GOODE, WELSH
Amends: 38 MRSA §1310-B, 38 MRSA §1610

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Legislative Document 
No. 1032 
H.P.707 
House of Representatives, March 17,2009 
An Act To Ensure That Maine's Electronic Waste Collection and 
Recycling System Is Self-funded 
Reference to the Committee on Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative HINCK of Portland. 
Cosponsored by Senator DAMON of Hancock and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: EBERLE of South Portland, GOODE of Bangor, WELSH of Rockport. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1310-B, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2007, c. 466, 
Pt. A, § 72, is amended to read: 
2. Hazardous waste information and information on mercury-added products 
and electronic devices and mercury reduction plans. 
Information relating to 
hazardous waste submitted to the department under this subchapter, information relating 
to mercury-added products submitted to the department under chapter 16-B, informati()n 
relating to electronic devices submitted to the department under section 1610, subsection 
6, paragraph A, subparagraph (4), division (i) and section 1610, subsection 6, paragraph 
B ~ or information relating to mercury reduction plans submitted to the department under 
section 585-B, subsection 6 may be designated by the person submitting it as being only 
for the confidential use of the department, its agents and employees, the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Health and Human 
Services and their agents and employees, other agencies of State Government, as 
authorized by the Governor, employees of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Attorney General and, for waste information, employees of the 
municipality in which the waste is located. The designation must be clearly indicated on 
each page or other portion of information. The commissioner shall establish procedures 
to ensure that information so designated is segregated from public records of the 
department. The department's public records must include the indication that information 
so designated has been submitted to the department, giving the name of the person 
submitting the information and the general nature of the information. Upon a request for 
information, the scope of which includes information so designated, the commissioner 
shall notify the submittor. Within 15 days after receipt of the notice, the submittor shall 
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the designated information should 
not be disclosed because the information is a trade secret or production, commercial or 
financial information, the disclosure of which would impair the competitive position of 
the submittor and would make available information not otherwise publicly available. 
Unless such a demonstration is made, the information must be disclosed and becomes a 
public record. The department may grant or deny disclosure for the whole or any part of 
the designated information requested and within 15 days shall give written notice of the 
decision to the submittor and the person requesting the designated information. A person 
aggrieved by a decision of the department may appeal only to the Superior Court in 
accordance with the provisions of section 346. 
All information provided by the 
department to the municipality under this subsection is confidential and not a public 
record under Title 1, chapter 13. In the event a request for such information is submitted 
to the municipality, the municipality shall submit that request to the commissioner to be 
processed by the department as provided in thissubsection. 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1610, sub-§6, ~, as amended by PL 2005, c. 561, §8, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1610, sub-§6, Ii[C is enacted to read: 
C. By July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, a manufacturer that offers a computer 
monitor or television for sale for delivery in this State shall register with the 
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depariment and pay to the department an arumal registration fee of $5,000. After July 
1, 2010, if a manufacturer has not previously filed a registration, the manufacturer 
shall file a registration with the department prior to any offer for sale for delivery in 
this State of the manufacturer's computer monitors and televisions, and annually 
thereafter, and shall pay to the department an annual registration fee of $5,000. The 
arumal registration must include the following: 
(1) The name and contact and billing information of the manufacturer; 
(2) The manufacturer's brand names and the type of products on which each 
brand is used, including; 
(a) All brand names sold in the past; and 
(b) All brand names currently being sold; 
(3) Any word or phrase used as the label required under subsection 4. When a 
word or phrase is used as a label, the manufacturer must include that word or 
phrase and a general description of the ways in which it may appear on the 
manufacturer's electronic products; 
(4) Any logo, mark or image used as the label required under subsection 4. 
When a logo, mark or image is used as a label, the manufacturer must include a 
graphic representation of the logo, mark or image and a general description of the 
logo, mark or image as it appears on the manufacturer's electronic products; 
(5) The method or methods of sale used in or into this State; 
(6) 
Annual sales data on the number and type of computer monitors and 
televisions sold by the manufacturer in this State over the 5 years preceding the 
registration. The department may keep information submitted pursuant to this 
subparagraph confidential as provided under section 131 O-B; and 
(7) The manufacturer's consolidator handling option for the next calendar year 
selected in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to subsection 5, paragraph D, 
subparagraph (1). 
A manufacturer's annual registrations filed subsequent to its initial registration must 
clearly delineate any changes in information from the previous year's registration. If 
there are any changes to the information on the manufacturer's registration, a 
registered manufacturer shall submit an updated form to the department within 14 
days of when any change occurs. 
Registration fees collected by the department pursuant to this paragraph must be 
deposited in the Maine Environmental Protection Fund established in section 351. 
Sec. 4. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 38, section 1310-B, subsection 2 and repeal Title 38, section 1610, 
subsection 6, paragraph B take effect July 1, 2010. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the laws governing the collection and recycling of electronic waste 
to require manufacturers of computer monitors and televisions to register with the 
Department of Environmental Protection and pay an annual registration fee of$5,000. 
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