Priority Toxic Chemical Use Reduction (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 27) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Maine Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Substances dangereuses Prévention des déchets Lutte contre la pollution Santé publique Commerce/industrie/sociétés Gestion des déchets Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns priority toxic chemical use reduction. It provides that it is the policy of the State, consistent with its duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens and the quality of the environment, to continually and as expeditiously as practicable reduce the use of toxic chemicals, particularly those identified by the State as being priority toxic chemicals, by commercial and industrial facilities through comprehensive environmental management practices, the use of inherently safer products, the use of materials and processes that are reasonably available and the more efficient use of resources. The department shall work with commercial and industrial facilities to establish goals to reduce the use of priority toxic chemicals based on the reasonable availability of safer alternatives and other factors. Texte intégral Anglais Site web legislature.maine.gov