LD 1892
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(f)__Assurances that the plan and all necessary
parties will operate in compliance with local, state
and federal waste management laws, rules and
regulations;

 
(g)__Descriptions of the performance measures that
will be used and reported by the manufacturer to
report recovery and recycling rates for computer
monitors and televisions at the end of life of
those computer monitors and televisions;

 
(h)__Descriptions of additional or alternative
actions that will be taken to improve recovery and
recycling rates, if needed; and

 
(i)__Annual sales data on the number and type of
computer monitors and televisions sold by the
manufacturer in this State over the 5 years
preceding the filing of the plan.

 
(5)__A manufacturer is responsible for all costs
associated with the development and implementation of
the plan.__If the costs are passed on to consumers, the
costs must be imposed at the time of purchase and not
with a fee imposed at the end of life of the computer
monitor or television.

 
B.__Beginning July 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, a
manufacturer that offers a computer monitor or television
for sale in this State shall submit a report to the
department that includes the following: a description of the
collection, consolidation and recycling services utilized to
recover the manufacturer's products; substantiated
estimates, on an annual basis for the preceding calendar
year, of the quantities of covered electronic devices
marketed in this State and collected for recovery in this
State; the capture rate for electronics based on sales in
this State; substantiated estimates of the percentage of
collected materials that are reused and recycled from its
products; the identification of end markets for the
collected waste; and any systems implemented by the
manufacturer to ensure environmentally sound management of
its products. The department may keep information submitted
pursuant to this paragraph confidential as provided under
section 1310-B.

 
7.__Enforcement.__The department must enforce this section in
accordance with the provisions of sections 347-A and 349.


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