The board shall adopt rules to establish standards for affixing labels to the product and product package. The rules must strive for consistency with labeling programs in other states and provide for approval of alternative compliance plans by the department. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A.

This subsection does not apply applies to mercury-added lamps effective January 1, 2006, except that it does not apply to products containing mercury-added lamps. The manufacturer of a mercury-added lamp is in compliance with this subsection if the manufacturer labels all mercury-added lamps sold in this State in compliance with similar requirements adopted by another state.

Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §1665-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 656, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

3.__Removal of certain mercury components when vehicle use ends.__A person may not flatten, crush or bale a motor vehicle for the purpose of sending it to a scrap recycling facility,__or arrange for a motor vehicle to be flattened, baled or crushed for that purpose, without first removing all mercury switches and mercury headlamps, except that a scrap recycling facility may agree to accept a motor vehicle that has not been flattened, crushed or baled.__If a scrap recycling facility accepts such a motor vehicle, the scrap recycling facility is responsible for removing the mercury switches and mercury headlamps before the vehicle is flattened, crushed, baled or shredded.__Upon removal, the components must be collected, stored, transported and otherwise handled in accordance with the universal waste rules adopted by the board under subsection 8.

Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §1665-A, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 656, §3, is amended to read:

B. Pay a minimum of $1 $3 for each mercury switch brought to the consolidation facilities as partial compensation for the removal, storage and transport of the switches and a