Owners and or operators of facilities shall keep a complete copy of the plan and any back-up backup data on the premises of that facility for at least 5 years and make the copy and data available to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee upon request.

Sec. 9. 38 MRSA §2305-A is enacted to read:

§2305-A.__Progress reports

Beginning in 2000, the owner or operator of a facility subject to the requirements of this chapter shall submit a biennial pollution prevention progress report to the department by July 1st of every even-numbered year.__The progress report may be submitted to the department in an electronic format.__A progress report must include the following:

1.__Facility goals.__Each of the facility's 2-year numeric goals established in the plan.__If any of the goals has been revised since the previous progress report was submitted, the report must include an explanation of the revision;

2.__Progress achieved.__A quantitative statement of the facility's progress toward achieving each of its 2-year goals and an identification, in absolute amounts and per unit of product, of the reduction or increase in the amount of each extremely hazardous substance used, toxics released and hazardous waste generated in comparison to the previous 2 years;

3.__Method.__A description of the techniques used to achieve each reduction identified pursuant to subsection 2;

4.__Explanation.__An explanation of why the facility's progress is greater than or less than that anticipated in the pollution prevention plan schedule for implementation;

5.__Employee involvement.__A description of employee notification and involvement in the planning process;

6.__Future pollution prevention methods.__A description, for each production unit, of the pollution prevention techniques that the owner or operator of the facility intends to undertake during the next 2 years to reduce the use of extremely hazardous substances, to reduce the release of toxic substances and to reduce the generation of hazardous waste and a schedule for the implementation of the techniques; and