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intends to undertake during the following year for each production
unit.

 
A progress report may exclude any information entitled to
protection as confidential information or a trade secret pursuant
to section 1310-B; section 2307, subsection 6; or Title 37-B,
section 800.

 
Sec. 10. 38 MRSA §2306, as amended by PL 1991, c. 520, §15, is
further amended to read:

 
§2306. Employee and host municipality notification

 
Six months prior to the date when a reduction pollution
prevention plan or update must be completed, the owner or
operator of each facility must shall notify all of its employees
of the requirements for the plans, identify the toxic substances
and hazardous wastes and production units for which plans must be
developed and solicit comments or suggestions from all employees
on involve employees in developing the pollution prevention plan
or update, including the identification of toxics use, toxics
release and hazardous waste reduction options. In a facility in
which employees are represented by a labor organization, employee
representatives who work at the facility and who are selected by
the labor organization must be involved in the development of the
plan.__In a facility in which employees are not represented by a
labor organization, the employee involvement requirement must be
met through employee representation on committees or groups
formed to develop the plan.__A description of the employee
notification process and employee involvement must be included in
the plan summary submitted in accordance with section 2305-A.

 
The owner or operator of a facility shall notify the municipal
officers of the municipality in which the facility is located of
the facility's pollution prevention efforts and shall provide the
municipal officers with a copy of the plan summary when the
summary is submitted to the department.

 
Sec. 11. 38 MRSA §2307, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 929, §7, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 12. 38 MRSA §2307, sub-§§2 and 3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 520,
§16, are repealed.

 
Sec. 13. 38 MRSA §2307, sub-§§4 and 5, as amended by PL 1989, c. 929,
§7, are repealed.

 
Sec. 14. 38 MRSA §2307-A is enacted to read:

 
§2307-A.__Authority to review; revise


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