PART A

Sec. A-1. 26 MRSA c. 22, as amended, is repealed.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 22 MRSA §664, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 686, §5, is further amended to read:

1. Records. Each facility licensee shall permit the inspection and copying, for the purposes of this chapter, of its books and records, maintained in any form, except that books and records that are privileged as a matter of law, proprietary, security-related, or restricted by federal law, are not open to inspection. Subject to the approval of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and of the facility licensee, access to books and records that are proprietary, security-related or restricted by federal law may be granted, if the State Nuclear Safety Inspector, on behalf of the State, enters into a nondisclosure agreement. For purposes of this section, proprietary information includes personnel records, manufacturers' proprietary information, licensee proprietary information and trade secrets, as defined by Title 26, section 1711, subsection 12. For purposes of this subsection, "trade secrets" means any confidential formula, pattern, process, device, information or compilation of information, including chemical name, that is used in any employer's business that gives the employer an opportunity to obtain any advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

Sec. B-2. 22 MRSA §1471-M, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1987, c. 660, §1, is further amended to read:

3. Chemical substance identification. To the extent permitted under federal law, the board shall have primary enforcement responsibility for inspection of any workplace subject to the provisions of Title 26, chapter 22, solely because of the presence of a pesticide. The board shall have primary enforcement responsibility for training programs to be provided by employers under Title 26, chapter 22, in those instances where the employer is subject to the provisions of that law solely because of the presence or use of a pesticide.

The board shall assist the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards in providing provide education and training in accordance with Title 26, section l720, to aid agricultural employers in complying with the federal requirements for hazard