| | | 9.__Enforcement.__The department must enforce this section in | | accordance with the provisions of sections 347-A and 349. |
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| | | 10.__Reports to Legislature.__The department shall submit a | | report on the recycling of electronic waste in the State to the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over natural resources matters by January 15, 2008 and every 2 | | years thereafter until January 15, 2014.__The report must include | | an evaluation of the recycling rates in the State for covered | | electronic devices, an explanation of any adjustments made to or | | recommended for the advanced recovery fee established under | | subsection 7, a discussion of compliance and enforcement related | | to the requirements of this section and recommendations for any | | changes to the system of collection and recycling of electronic | | devices in the State. |
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| | | 11.__State procurement.__All vendors of electronic devices to | | the State shall provide take-back and management services for | | their products at the end of life of those products and must be | | in compliance with all the requirements of this section.__Vendors | | shall provide assurances that all take-back and management | | services will operate in compliance with all applicable | | environmental laws.__Purchasing preference will be given to | | electronic devices that incorporate design for the preservation | | of the environment. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Management guidelines. By December 31, 2004, the Department | | of Environmental Protection shall publish environmentally sound | | management guidelines for the handling, processing, refurbishment | | and recycling of covered electronic devices required by the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1609, subsection 5, paragraph | | B, subparagraph (5). |
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| | | This bill establishes a system to provide for the collection | | and recycling of electronic devices in the State as recommended | | by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to Public | | Law 2003, chapter 150. |
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| | | Under the bill, municipalities must ensure that computer | | monitors and televisions generated as waste from households | | within their jurisdiction are delivered to a consolidation | | facility. |
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| | | Beginning in 2006, consolidation facilities are required to | | identify the manufacturer of computer monitors delivered to the | | facility and to transport those items to recycling and | | dismantling facilities. Beginning in 2012, consolidation |
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