| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §797, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 929, §3, is | amended to read: |
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| | 8. Progress toward toxics use reduction goals. For those | persons required to submit a form under this section for | extremely hazardous substances, a report on the progress made by | the facility toward meeting the toxics use reduction goals | established in Title 38, section 2303. A pollution prevention | progress report submitted to the Department of Environmental | Protection in accordance with Title 38, section 2305-B meets the | requirements of this subsection. |
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| | Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §799, as amended by PL 1993, c. 355, §2, is | further amended to read: |
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| §799. Toxic chemical release forms |
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| | Under this section, the owner or operator of every facility | with 10 or more employees and within Standard Industrial | Classification Codes 20-39 must file toxic chemical release forms | for routine releases with the United States Environmental | Protection Agency, the Department of Environmental Protection, | the commission and the local emergency planning committee by | October 1, 1989 and annually thereafter consistent with the | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law | 99-499, Title III, Section 313, and 40 Code of Federal | Regulations, Part 372. Those forms must be made available to the | public by the commission and the local emergency planning | committee. The owner or operator of every facility required to | report under this section must also submit a report on the | progress made by the facility toward meeting the toxics release | reduction goals established in Title 38, section 2303, except | that a pollution prevention progress report submitted to the | Department of Environmental Protection in accordance with Title | 38, section 2305-B meets this requirement. |
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| | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §2302, first ¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 520, §10, is | further amended to read: |
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| | It is the policy of the State to reduce the amount of the | toxic substances used in the State, to reduce worker and | environmental exposure to the release of toxic substances, to | reduce the hazardous waste generated within the State and to | minimize the transfer of toxic pollutants from one environmental | medium to another. The State encourages an integrated approach | to toxics use reduction, toxics release reduction and hazardous | waste reduction based on the hierarchies of management strategies | included in this section. It is further the policy of the State | that the process of reducing the use and release of toxic | substances and the generation of hazardous waste is ongoing and |
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