ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 494

FOR the purpose of prohibiting manufacturers and retailers from selling, on or after
a certain date, certain products that contain mercury unless a certain label is
affixed to the product; exempting certain products that contain mercury from
the labeling and disposal reclamation or destination requirements; providing
requiring that certain information be included on the a certain label; providing
that a certain label that conforms to another state's label requirements for
certain products satisfies certain label requirements of this Act; providing that a
manufacturer of certain products is responsible for affixing a certain label;
providing that a manufacturer that labels certain products in compliance with
another state's labeling requirements for certain products satisfies certain
labeling requirements of this Act; providing that a vehicle manufacturer may
comply with the labeling requirements of this Act by placing a certain label in a
certain place; prohibiting a person from disposing of certain products that
contain mercury, on or after a certain date, unless certain conditions have been
met; requiring operators of refuse disposal systems to provide notice of certain
disposal prohibitions to certain persons requiring, on or after a certain date, a
person who discards a certain number or more of certain mercury-added
fluorescent lamps a year to arrange for the final disposition reclamation or
destination of the lamps at certain facilities; authorizing the Department to
delay the imposition of certain requirements under certain circumstances;
authorizing an owner or operator of a commercial or industrial property to
assign the responsibility for compliance with certain final disposition
requirements to certain tenants under certain circumstances; providing certain
owners and operators with certain liability protection under certain
circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt certain
regulations by a certain date; requiring the Department to consult with certain
stakeholders before adopting certain regulations; defining certain terms;
providing for the application of this Act; making the provisions of this Act
severable; and generally relating to the labeling and disposal reclamation or
destination of products that contain mercury.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 6-905

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Environment

Section 6-905.1 and 6-905.2

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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