CHAPTER 661

H.P. 1402 - L.D. 1892

An Act To Protect Public Health and the Environment by

Providing for a System of Shared Responsibility for the

Safe Collection and Recycling of Electronic Waste

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1310-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 373, §1, is further amended to read:

2. Hazardous waste information and information on mercury- added products and electronic devices. Information relating to hazardous waste submitted to the department under this subchapter or, information relating to mercury-added products submitted to the department under chapter 16-B or information relating to electronic devices submitted to the department under section 1609, subsection 6, paragraph B may be designated by the person submitting it as being only for the confidential use of the department, its agents and employees, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Human Services and their agents and employees, other agencies of State Government, as authorized by the Governor, employees of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Attorney General and employees of the municipality in which the hazardous waste is located. The designation must be clearly indicated on each page or other portion of information. The commissioner shall establish procedures to insure that information so designated is segregated from public records of the department. The department's public records must include the indication that information so designated has been submitted to the department, giving the name of the person submitting the information and the general nature of the information. Upon a request for information, the scope of which includes information