PUBLIC Law Chapter 561

Health and Human Services and their agents and employees, other

agencies of State Government, as authorized by the Governor,

employees of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and

the Attorney General and employees of the municipality in which the

waste is located. The designation must be clearly indicated on each

page or other portion of information. The commissioner shall

establish procedures to ~~insure~~ ensure that information so

designated is segregated from public records of the department. The

department's public records must include the indication that

information so designated has been submitted to the department,

giving the name of the person submitting the information and the

general nature of the information. Upon a request for information,

the scope of which includes information so designated, the

commissioner shall notify the submittor. Within 15 days after

receipt of the notice, the submittor shall demonstrate to the

satisfaction of the department that the designated information

should not be disclosed because the information is a trade secret,

production, commercial or financial information, the disclosure of

which would impair the competitive position of the submittor and

would make available information not otherwise publicly available.

Unless such a demonstration is made, the information must be

disclosed and becomes a public record. The department may grant or

deny disclosure for the whole or any part of the designated

information requested and within 15 days shall give written notice

of the decision to the submittor and the person requesting the

designated information. A person aggrieved by a decision of the

department may appeal only to the Superior Court in accordance with

the provisions of section 346. All information provided by the

department to the municipality under this subsection ~~must be~~ is

confidential and not a public record under Title 1, chapter 13. In

the event a request for such information is submitted to the

municipality, the municipality shall submit that request to the

commissioner to be processed by the department as provided in this

subsection.

Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §1610, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 330, §39, is
further amended to read:

6. Manufacturer plan and reporting requirements. A
manufacturer shall develop a plan and submit a report as required
in this subsection.

A. A manufacturer shall develop a plan for the collection
and recycling or reuse of computer monitors and televisions
as follows.

(1) By March 1, 2005, a manufacturer of computer monitors and a
manufacturer of televisions shall develop and submit to the
department a plan for the

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