| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4452, sub-§5, ¶J, as repealed and replaced by PL | | 1995, c. 58, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | J. Laws pertaining to junkyards, automobile graveyards and | | automobile recycling businesses and local ordinances | | regarding junkyards, automobile graveyards and automobile | recycling businesses, pursuant to chapter 183, subchapter I | | 1 and Title 38, section 1665-A, subsection 3. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1661, sub-§6 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 6.__Scrap recycling facility.__"Scrap recycling facility" | | means a fixed location where machinery and equipment are used to | | process and manufacture scrap metal into prepared grades and | | whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel or nonferrous | | metallic scrap for sale for remelting purposes. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1662, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 779, §2, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Labeling required for certain products. Effective January | | 1, 2002, a manufacturer may not sell at retail in this State or | | to a retailer in this State, and a retailer may not knowingly | | sell, a mercury-added product unless the item is labeled pursuant | | to this subsection. The label must clearly inform the purchaser | | or consumer that mercury is present in the item and that the item | | may not be disposed of or placed in a waste stream destined for | | disposal until the mercury is removed and reused, recycled or | | otherwise managed to ensure that it does not become part of solid | | waste or wastewater. Manufacturers shall affix to mercury-added | | products labels that conform to the requirements of this | | subsection. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | This subsection does not apply applies to mercury-added lamps | | effective January 1, 2006. |
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| | | 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: |
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