An Act To Add Certain Capital Goods to the Product Stewardship Exclusions
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1774, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 516, §1, are amended to read:
1. Motor vehicles and watercraft. Motor vehicles as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 42 and watercraft as defined in Title 12, section 13001, subsection 28 or their component parts; and
2. Pulp and paper manufacturers. Pulp and paper manufacturers except conversion facilities for consumer product packaging . ; and
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1774, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3. Specialized equipment. Specialized manufacturing equipment and specialized processing equipment, including any component of such equipment, used in the production and repair of industrial or commercial goods and not generally discarded as solid waste.
summary
This bill exempts specialized manufacturing equipment, specialized processing equipment and their components from the laws governing product stewardship.