Maine DEP looks to amend Chapter 415: Reasonable Costs for Handling and Recycling of Electronic Wastes

 

11/12/2015 09:37 AM EST

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to amend Chapter 415, regarding the handling and recycling of Electronic Waste within the state.
 

The proposed changes and goals are outlined as follows..........

1. Make the Department's rule consistent with Maine's Electronic Waste Law, 38 M.R.S. § 1610, which has been amended since the last time the Department undertook rulemaking (e.g., the term "covered entity" is defined and integrated into the rule);

2. Update and clarify certain definitions, clarify various terms and expectations (codifying the Department's implementation of the Chapter), and remove unnecessary language; 3. Reorganize and clarify various sections of the rule;

4. Update and provide television and game console manufacturers with the opportunity to receive credits for implementing their own independent electronics recycling programs in Maine;

5. Ensure the Department may request records and reports from consolidators- anytime not only when there is a "significant change"-to determine compliance with Maine's Electronic Waste Law and Chapter 415; and

6. Clarify that the Department may request records identifying all downstream handlers of electronics, electronic components, and hazardous waste and also to request shipping records of those materials.

Hard Work and Progress by Lebanon Fire and EMS Continue to Erase Lasting Negativity From Mutual Aid Community.

 

Slowly but surely, one baby step at a time, Lebanon Fire and EMS Chief Daniel Meehan and his group of Firefighters and EMS workers are hard at work building confidence within the town's Mutual Aid community.

 

It has been so interesting to watch over the course of the last 10 months, the process of rebuilding the separate Fire Department and Rescue Department, combing personnel and then budget, and then setting to work on the morale of the department as well as training and bonding them as one cohesive team.

 

One by one, other towns and agencies have taken notice, releasing the town from past "fees" charged when our town departments did not respond to calls.  Witness here, the latest letter received by the Town of Lebanon Fire and EMS Department, releasing the town from a $2,000 invoice, as charged last December by Frisbie Hospital, Rochester's EMS Department.

 

We are so grateful for our local Mutual Aid Departments for seeing the positive changes in response and morale that have been taking effect over the last 10 months!!

 

GREAT job Lebanon Fire and EMS Department!!!

 

 

Firefighter / EMT Rudnicki Once Again Cleared of Wrongdoing by Maine State Police Records Department.

Originally, the report was that sometime during the month of October, citizen complaints were lodged against Firefighter / EMT Windy Rudnicki for texting and driving.

When the Lebanon Fire and EMS employee took her own time, and that of the Maine State Police records department to go through every call generated in Lebanon for the month of October, the results came back that there had never been a single complaint logged in at the State Police regarding texting and driving, and a letter was issued to Ms. Rudnicki by the State Police at that time, and dated October 28, 2015.

When Ms. Rudnicki provided proof that the Lebanon Maine Community News was making an erroneous report against her, the anonymous reporter at that facebook page changed their story, to state that the report against Rudnicki was made on July 3, 2015 and that it was a report of tailgating and running a stop sign in the ambulance.

While many people in Lebanon will shake their heads and wonder why Ms. Rudnicki is even bothering to respond to such nonsense, I understand her need for vindication all too well. Ms. Rudnicki is a professional emergency responder. To leave such claims out there hanging around out there in the town where she works, is not only detrimental to the town's perception of her or her abilities, but could later be cause for concern should she ever choose to change her place of employment. Driving the ambulance or fire apparatus is a very large part of a responder's job. To state that it was done incorrectly or without public safety in mind, is a large black mark on the name of a responder of otherwise good record.

In light of the new complaints lodged on the Lebanon Maine Community News against her, Ms. Rudnicki has once again asked for the aid of the Maine State Police Records Department in proving the allegations against her as false and unsubstantiated. As provided proof, Lebanon Responder Rudnicki has provided the following letter from the Maine State Police Records Department.

It is further stated that the Maine State Police are interested in speaking with anyone that is providing false claims against the good driving record of Firefighter / EMT Rudnicki.