Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §590-F is enacted to read:

§590-F.__Protection against hazardous indoor air quality

A resource recovery facility burning municipal solid waste shall provide safety glasses, a hard hat and a dust mask or single-use respirator to every person 18 years of age or younger who enters that facility for the purposes of a tour of the facility.__The respirator must be of a type approved by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or a successor organization, to protect the user against inhalation of any particulates, dust or mists that may be encountered within that facility.__The facility shall provide the safety glasses, hard hat and dust mask or respirator at no cost and shall instruct the user on the proper use of the respirator.

SUMMARY

This bill requires resource recovery facilities that burn municipal solid waste to provide safety glasses, a hard hat and a dust mask or single-use respirator to every person 18 years of age or younger who tours that facility. The respirator must be of a type approved by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to protect the user against any particulates, dust or mists that may be encountered within that facility. The facility shall provide the safety glasses, hard hat and dust mask or respirator at no cost and shall instruct the user on the proper use of the respirator.