[Pharmwaste] Fwd: Maine.gov News

[Stevan Gressitt]

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Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research
Athens, Greece
Founding Director, International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety
University of New England, College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
gressitt at gmail.com
Cell: 207-441-0291
www.benzos.une.edu
www.safemeddisposal.com




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From: <info at informe.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Subject: Maine.gov News
To: gressitt at uninets.net


Hello stevan.gressitt at maine.gov,

The following news from Maine.gov has been released:

DEP Seeks Comments on Product Stewardship Report
Agency: Environmental Protection
Read Online:
http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?id=163385&topic=Portal+News&v=article-2006

December 7th, 2010
Carole Cifrino      carole.a.cifrino at maine.gov        207-287-7720

(AUGUSTA)— The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has
completed its first report under the Maine Product Stewardship Law and is
seeking public input.  The DEP will provide the report and all comments
received to the legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources
by January 15, 2011.

Product stewardship is a public policy that moves responsibility for the
management of products at the end of life from local governments to the
private sector.  This shift can provide local tax relief and enhanced
environmental protection while creating opportunities for new and expanded
businesses in Maine.  The report proposes products as candidates for new
product stewardship programs and improvements to Maine’s existing product
stewardship laws.

Interested parties can review the report, titled Implementing Product
Stewardship in Maine, online at www.maine.gov/dep and may submit comments to
the DEP until January 7, 2011.  Comments and any questions should be
directed to Carole Cifrino by phone at 207-287-7720, email
carole.a.cifrino at maine.gov or by mail to 17 State House Station, Augusta,
Maine 04333.

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