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facility's disposal capacity and the expansion will not be | used for solid waste disposal. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1310-X, sub-§4, śC is enacted to read: |
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| | | C.__A commercial biomedical waste disposal or treatment | | facility, if the facility uses microwave disinfection | | technology and, after treatment, the waste no longer meets | | the definition of biomedical waste as set forth in section | | 1303-C, subsection 1-A. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | Current law prohibits the Department of Environmental | | Protection from permitting a new biomedical waste disposal or | | treatment facility unless the facility meets the requirements of | | 2 specific exemptions. This bill allows the Department of | | Environmental Protection to permit a type of biomedical waste | | treatment facility that is in use in 20 other states, but not in | | Maine, that uses microwave disinfection technology. |
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