Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 152 - CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Section 096-152-5 - Innovative Products

A. Any manufacturer of a consumer product which has been granted an Innovative Product Exemption by the CARB under the Innovative Products provisions in Title 17 California Code of Regulations, Subchapter 8.5, Article 2, Section 94511, or Subchapter 8.5, Article 1, Section 94503.5, or from another state with a similar exemption procedure, due to some characteristic of the product formulation, design, delivery systems or other factors that result in less VOC emissions than the standard established in Section 3(A) of this Chapter shall be, for that product, exempt from the table of standards in Section 3(A) for the period of time that the exemption remains in effect. An Innovative Products Exemption is only effective in Maine if EPA has approved the exemption in Maine's State Implementation Plan.

B. Any manufacturer that has been granted an innovative products exemption pursuant to 5(A) must submit to the Department a copy of the exemption decision, including all conditions applicable to the exemption.

NOTE: Manufacturers who submit information to the Department under this Chapter should mark those documents as "claimed confidential" if they believe the documents should be exempt from disclosure under Maine's Freedom of Access Law, 1 M.R.S.A. §401 et seq. Such documents will be handled in accordance with Departmental policies governing records that may contain confidential information, SOP Number OC PE 0006, and applicable law.