Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 415 - REASONABLE COSTS FOR HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND RECYCLING OF ELECTRONIC WASTES › Section 096-415-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following terms, as used in this chapter, have the
				  following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise.
A.
3D Printer.
"3D printer"
				means an electronic device that produces athree-dimensional object from a
				digital file.
B.
Consolidation facility.
"Consolidation facility" means a facility where
				electronic wastes are consolidated and temporarily stored while awaiting
				shipment of at least a 40-foot trailer full of covered electronic devices to a
				recycling, treatment or disposal facility. Consolidation facility includes a
				transport vehicle owned or leased by a consolidator and used to collect and
				transport covered electronic devices in this State at a cost no greater than
				the per pound transportation rate for a full 40-foot trailer as approved by the
				Department for each consolidator pursuant to this chapter. For purposes of this
				chapter, 16,000 pounds of covered electronic devices is equivalent to a full
				40-foot trailer.
C.
Consolidator.
"Consolidator" means a person that provides consolidation
				services including handling, transportation, and recycling for covered
				electronic devices, and that operates at least one consolidation facility, as
				provided for in this chapter.
D.
Covered electronic device.
"Covered electronic device" means a
				desktop printer, a video game console, or a video display device with a screen
				that is greater than four inches measured diagonally and that contains one or
				more circuit boards. Covered electronic device does not include an automobile;
				a household appliance; a large piece of commercial or industrial equipment,
				such as commercial medical equipment, that contains a cathode ray tube, a
				cathode ray tube device, a flat panel display or similar video display device
				that is contained within, and is not separate from, the larger piece of
				equipment; other medical devices as that term is defined under the
				Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
; or a cellular telephone
				subject to
				38 M.R.S.
				§2143.
E.
Covered electronic device
				type.
"Covered electronic device type" means a category of consumer
				electronic products delineated by the Department based on similar recycling
				management systems and costs and/or materials value resulting from recycling.
F.
Covered entity.
"Covered entity" means a household in this State; a business that employs 100
				or fewer individuals; a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under the
United States Internal Revenue Code
, Section 501(c)(3), that
				employs 100 or fewer individuals; a primary school; or a secondary
				school.
G.
Department.
"Department" means the Maine Department of Environmental
				Protection.
H.
Desktop
				printer.
"Desktop printer" means a device weighing 100 pounds or less
				that prints text or illustrations on paper or that prints three-dimensional
				objects, and is designed for external use with a desktop or portable computer.
				Desktop printer includes, but is not limited to, a daisy wheel, dot matrix,
				inkjet, laser, LCD and LED line or thermal printer, including a device that
				performs other functions in addition to printing such as copying, scanning or
				transmitting a facsimile.
I.
Geographic service area.
"Geographic service area" means one of four
				regions of Maine delineated as: Region 1 - Aroostook, Washington, and Hancock
				Counties; Region 2 - Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties; Region 3 - Sagadahoc,
				Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo, Knox and Lincoln Counties; and Region 4 - Franklin,
				Oxford, Cumberland, Androscoggin and York Counties.
J.
Handle.
"Handle" means to
				receive, collect, consolidate, store, transfer, track, package, load for
				transport, and perform associated administrative tasks, including recordkeeping
				and reporting.
K.
Maine's
				E-waste Law.
"Maine's E-waste Law" means the provisions in
				38 M.R.S.
				§1610.
L.
Manufacturer.
"Manufacturer"
				means a person who:
(1) Manufactures or has
				manufactured a covered electronic device under its own brand or label;
(2) Sells, or has sold under its
				own brand or label a covered electronic device produced by other
				suppliers;
(3) Owns a brand that it
				licenses or licensed to another person for use on a covered electronic device;
				or
(4) Imports or has imported a
				covered electronic device into the United States that is manufactured by a
				person without a presence in the United States.