| | | 3.__Removal of certain mercury components when vehicle use | | ends.__A person may not flatten, crush or bale a motor vehicle | | for the purpose of sending it to a scrap recycling facility,__or | | arrange for a motor vehicle to be flattened, baled or crushed for | | that purpose, without first removing all mercury switches and | | mercury headlamps, except that a scrap recycling facility may | | agree to accept a motor vehicle that has not been flattened, | | crushed or baled.__If a scrap recycling facility accepts such a | | motor vehicle, the scrap recycling facility is responsible for | | removing the mercury switches and mercury headlamps before the | | vehicle is flattened, crushed, baled or shredded.__Upon removal, | | the components must be collected, stored, transported and | | otherwise handled in accordance with the universal waste rules | | adopted by the board under subsection 8. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §1665-A, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 656, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | B. Pay a minimum of $1 | | to the consolidation facilities as partial compensation for | | the removal, storage and transport of the switches and a | | minimum of $4 if the vehicle identification number of the | | source vehicle must be provided to receive this payment; |
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| | | 1. Authorizes municipal code enforcement officers to enforce | | the prohibition on the crushing of motor vehicles without first | | removing any mercury switches; |
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| | | 2. Defines the term "scrap recycling facility" as used in the | | law governing removal of mercury switches from motor vehicles; |
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| | | 3. Prohibits the sale of mercury-added lamps after January 1, | | 2006 unless, as currently is the case for other mercury-added | | products, the lamps have a label indicating that they contain | | mercury; |
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| | | 4. Clarifies the prohibition of scrapping motor vehicles | | without first removing any mercury switches; and |
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| | | 5. Increases the amount that automobile manufacturers must | | pay in compensation for the costs of removing the mercury | | switches from motor vehicles. |
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