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2.__Production unit; description.__A description of each
production unit used to account for changes in toxics use, toxics
release or hazardous waste generation;

 
3.__Toxic substances and hazardous waste; amount used.__A list
of the total amount of each extremely hazardous substance used,
each toxic substance released and each hazardous waste generated
at the facility;

 
4.__Pollution prevention technique.__A description, for each
production unit, of the techniques the owner or operator of the
facility intends to undertake during the next 3 years to__reduce
the use of extremely hazardous substances, the release of toxic
substances and the generation of hazardous waste and a schedule
for the implementation of the techniques;

 
5.__Facility goals.__Each of the facility's 3-year numeric
goals established in the plan;

 
6.__Employee involvement.__A description of employee
notification and involvement in the planning process; and

 
7.__Certification.__A written certification that the owner or
operator of the facility has prepared a pollution prevention plan
and that the plan is available on site for the department's
inspection.

 
§2305-B.__Progress reports

 
Beginning in 2001, the owner or operator of a facility
identified in section 2304-A shall submit a pollution prevention
progress report in an electronic format to the department
annually by March 1 for the preceding calendar year. A progress
report must include the following:

 
1.__Progress achieved.__A quantitative statement of the
facility's progress toward achieving each of its 3-year goals and
an identification, in absolute amounts and per unit of product,
of the reduction or increase in the amount of each extremely
hazardous substance used, toxics released and hazardous waste
generated in comparison to the previous year;

 
2.__Method.__A description of the techniques used to achieve
each reduction identified pursuant to subsection 1;

 
3.__Explanation.__An explanation of why the facility's annual
progress is greater than or less than that anticipated in the
pollution prevention plan schedule for implementation; and

 
4.__Future methods.__A description of the pollution prevention
techniques that the owner or operator of the facility


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