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LR 3120
Item 1

 
1.__Plan summary.__The commissioner may require the owner or
operator of a facility to submit a summary of the pollution
prevention plan required under section 2305 within 60 days when:

 
A.__A facility has not made sufficient progress in reducing
toxics use, toxics release or hazardous waste generation as
evidenced by the facility's progress report; or

 
B.__A new facility has toxics use, toxics release or
hazardous generation rates that are significantly greater
per unit of product than in similar facilities within the
same standard industrial code category.

 
A plan summary submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this
subsection must include the evaluation methods used, the findings
and conclusions and the implementation schedule.__An owner or
operator may designate information in a plan summary__as
confidential under section 1310-B.

 
The commissioner may review a plan summary, pursuant to
subsection 2, and require the owner or operator of a facility to
make any modifications to the plan summary necessary for
compliance with this chapter.

 
2.__Review of plan summary.__In reviewing the adequacy of a
plan summary, the commissioner shall base a determination on
whether the plan summary is complete and prepared in accordance
with the facility goals and guidelines established pursuant to
this chapter.__In reviewing a plan summary, the commissioner has
the authority to require the owner or operator of the facility to
provide information the commissioner finds necessary to analyze
the reviewed document.

 
If the commissioner determines that a plan summary is inadequate,
the commissioner shall notify the owner or operator of the
facility of the inadequacy, identifying the specific
deficiencies.__The commissioner may specify a reasonable time
period of not less than 90 days within which the owner or
operator of the facility must submit a modified plan summary
addressing the specified deficiencies.__The commissioner may,
upon request, provide technical assistance, if available, to aid
the owner or operator of the facility in modifying the plan
summary.

 
If the commissioner determines that a modified plan summary is
inadequate, the commissioner may either require further
modification or assess fees as provided in section 2313.__If a
generator fails to submit a modified plan summary within the
required time period, the commissioner may assess additional fees
as established in section 1319-I, subsection 2-A.


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