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| | | An Act To Develop a Plan for Cathode Ray Tube Disposal |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1306, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4.__Cathode ray tube disposal.__After January 1, 2006, a | | person may not dispose of a cathode ray tube in a solid waste | | disposal facility.__This subsection may not be construed to | | affect existing laws, rules or regulations governing disposal of | | cathode ray tubes in effect prior to January 1, 2006. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Stakeholder group established. The Department of Environmental | | Protection shall convene a stakeholder group to assist the | | department in developing a recommended plan for the collection | | and recycling of cathode ray tubes, referred to in this section | | as "CRTs." The plan must utilize the concept of shared | | responsibility among manufacturers, distributors, retailers, | | consumers and other parties. The stakeholder group must be | | convened no later than 30 days after the effective date of this | | Act. |
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| | | 1. Membership. The stakeholder group must include | | representation from an environmental advocacy organization; the | | electronic manufacturing industry; a recycling or consolidation | | business; the Executive Department, State Planning Office; a | | statewide municipal association; a solid waste disposal business; | | and other interested parties that may have a role in the | | collection and recycling plan. |
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