| (i) Annual sales data on the number and type of | computer monitors and televisions sold by the | manufacturer in this State over the 5 years | preceding the filing of the plan. The department | may keep information submitted pursuant to this | division confidential as provided under section | 1310-B. |
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| (5) A manufacturer is responsible for all costs | associated with the development and implementation of | the plan. If the costs are passed on to consumers, the | costs must be imposed at the time of purchase and not | with a fee imposed at the end of life of the computer | monitor or television. |
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| B. Beginning July 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, a | manufacturer that offers a computer monitor or television | for sale in this State shall submit a report to the | department that includes the following: a description of the | collection, consolidation and recycling services utilized to | recover the manufacturer's products; substantiated | estimates, on an annual basis for the preceding calendar | year, of the quantities of covered electronic devices | marketed to retail consumers in this State and collected for | recovery in this State; the capture rate for electronics | based on sales in this State; substantiated estimates of the | percentage of collected materials that are reused and | recycled from its products; the identification of end | markets for the collected waste; and any systems implemented | by the manufacturer to ensure environmentally sound | management of its products. The department may keep | information submitted pursuant to this paragraph | confidential as provided under section 1310-B. |
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| | Sec. 9. PL 2003, c. 227, §9 is amended to read: |
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| | *Sec. 9. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 465, subsection 1, | paragraph A; subsection 2, paragraph A; subsection 3, paragraph | A; and subsection 4, paragraph A and section 465-A, subsection 1, | paragraph A take effect when the water use standards for | maintaining in-stream flows are finally adopted as provided in | Title 38, section 470-E 470-H. |
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| | This bill amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section | 410-N, subsection 1, paragraph B to remove a rule-making | requirement related to identification of invasive aquatic |
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