(a) On and after January 1, 2003, no person shall offer any mercury-added product for sale or distribute any such product for promotional purposes in this state unless the manufacturer or its designated industrial trade group gives prior notification in writing to the commissioner or the regional multistate clearinghouse described in section 22a-614 as provided in this section. Such notification, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, shall at a minimum include (1) a brief description of the product or category of products to be offered for sale or distributed; (2) an identification of each product by its mercury content in one of the following ranges: Less than zero to five milligrams, greater than five milligrams to ten milligrams, greater than ten milligrams to fifty milligrams, greater than fifty milligrams to one hundred milligrams, greater than one hundred milligrams to one thousand milligrams and greater than one thousand milligrams; (3) the actual total amount of mercury in each product; and (4) the name and address of the manufacturer and the position, address and phone number of a contact person at the manufacturer. The manufacturer or its designated industrial trade group shall revise the information in the notification whenever there is significant change in the information or when requested by the commissioner or the regional multistate clearinghouse.

(b) Any mercury-added product for which federal law preempts state authority over notice requirements is exempt from the requirements of this section.

(c) With the approval of the commissioner, the manufacturer or its designated industrial trade group may supply the information required in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section for a product category rather than an individual product.

(d) Public disclosure of trade secrets submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 14, the commissioner may provide the regional multistate clearinghouse described in section 22a-614 with copies of such information and the commissioner, in consultation with the clearinghouse, may compile or publish analyses or summaries of such information, provided the analyses or summaries do not identify any manufacturer or reveal any confidential information.

(P.A. 02-90, S. 4; P.A. 03-123, S. 16.)

History: P.A. 02-90 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-123 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective June 26, 2003.