PUBLIC Law Chapter 661

computer monitors and each television manufacturer is

responsible for a pro rata share of orphan waste

televisions generated as waste by households in this

State and received at consolidation facilities in this

State. The manufacturers shall pay the reasonable

operational costs of the consolidation facility

attributable to the handling of all computer monitors and

televisions generated as waste by households in this

State, the transportation costs from the consolidation

facility to a licensed recycling and dismantling facility

and the costs of recycling. The manufacturers shall

ensure that consolidation facilities are geographically

located to conveniently serve all areas of the State as

determined by the department. The department shall adopt

routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter

375, subchapter 2-A that identify the criteria that

consolidation facilities must use to determine reasonable

operational costs attributable to the handling of

computer monitors and televisions.

(2)__Each computer monitor manufacturer and television
manufacturer shall work cooperatively with
consolidation facilities to ensure implementation of a
practical and feasible financing system.__Within 90
days of receipt of an invoice, a manufacturer shall
reimburse a consolidation facility for allowable costs
incurred by that consolidation facility.

E.__Annually, beginning January 1, 2007, the department
shall provide manufacturers and consolidation facilities
with a listing of each manufacturer's pro rata share of
orphan waste computer monitors and televisions.__The
department shall determine each manufacturer's pro rata
share based on the best available information, including but
not limited to data provided by manufacturers and
consolidators and data from electronic waste collection
programs in other jurisdictions within the United States.

6.__Manufacturer plan and reporting requirements.__A
manufacturer shall develop a plan and submit a report as required
in this subsection.

A.__A manufacturer shall develop a plan for the collection
and recycling or reuse of computer monitors and televisions
as follows.

(1)__By March 1, 2005, a manufacturer of computer monitors and a
manufacturer of televisions shall develop and submit to the
department a plan for the

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