(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.

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.

Sec. 9. PL 2003, c. 227, §9 is amended to read:

*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.

SUMMARY

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