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communication and shall assist the responsible state agencies in | | providing education and training to aid agricultural employers in | | complying with the federal requirements for emergency and hazardous | | chemical inventory forms and community right-to-know reporting. |
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| | | Sec. B-3. 22 MRSA §1696-D, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 494, §2, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | When requested under this subchapter, the director shall | | provide, at a minimum, the identity of chemical substances in use | or present at a specific location, unless the substance has been | designated asunder Title 26, chapter 22 | | purposes of this section, "trade secret" 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. | | The director may provide information on the chronic and acute | | health hazards posed by the substance, potential routes of | | exposure, emergency procedures and other subjects as appropriate. | | The director shall report in writing annually by January 1st to | | the joint standing committee of the Legislature having | | jurisdiction over human resources on the number and type of | requests received and on his | | requests. |
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| | | Sec. B-4. 22 MRSA §1696-F, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 494, §2, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §1696-F. Provision of information; trade secrets |
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| | | A person may withhold the identity of a specific toxic or | hazardous substance, if the substance has been registered as | trade secret under Title 26, chapter 22 | | section, "trade secret" 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. All other | | information, including routes of exposure, effects of exposure, | | type and degree of hazard and emergency treatment and response | procedures, shall | of the Bureau of Health and shall be | | record. |
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| | | Sec. B-5. 26 MRSA §61, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 52, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Source of funds. The commissioner or the commissioner's | | designee shall annually assess a levy based on actual annual | | workers' compensation paid losses, excluding medical payments, |
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