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An Act To Provide Clarity to Priority Chemical Reporting Requirements
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1695, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 319, §6, is further amended to read:
 
1. Reporting of chemical use.   Not later than 180 days after a priority chemical is identified pursuant to section 1694, aA person who is a manufacturer or distributor of a children's product for sale in the State that contains a priority chemical, as identified pursuant to section 1694, in an amount greater than a de minimis level shall notify the department in writing unless waived by the commissioner pursuant to this section or exempt from this chapter pursuant to section 1697. This written notice must be made within 180 days after a priority chemical is identified. If the sale of the children's product does not commence until after the 180-day reporting period ends, this written notice must be made within 30 days of sale of the children's product in the State. This written notice must identify the children's product, the number of units sold or distributed for sale in the State or nationally, the priority chemical or chemicals contained in the children's product, the amount of such chemicals in each unit of children's product and the intended purpose of the chemicals in the children's product.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the current law regarding the reporting requirement for children's products that contain priority chemicals by requiring that manufacturers or distributors provide notice within 30 days to the Department of Environmental Protection when the product is sold in the State after the initial 180-day reporting period ends.