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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-2507" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Paper Products">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before January 1, 2029, and each January 1 thereafter, a service provider seeking reimbursement for services provided under an approved producer responsibility plan under § 9–2505 of this subtitle shall register with the Department by submitting the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The contact information for an individual representing the service provider;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The address of the service provider; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If applicable to the services provided, a report of the total amount billed for collection for covered entities, processing services, and transfer station operations provided during the immediately preceding calendar year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If possible, values under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be disaggregated by whether the value is for collection, processing, or transfer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A service provider receiving reimbursement or funding under an approved producer responsibility plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>As applicable to the services offered by and service area of the service provider, provide covered services for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Covered materials included on the lists established under § 9–2508 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A refill system; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Reusable covered materials;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Register with the Department under subsection (a) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submit invoices to the producer responsibility organization for reimbursement for services rendered, as provided under an approved producer responsibility plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Meet performance standards established in an approved producer responsibility plan under § 9–2505 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Ensure that covered materials are sent to responsible end markets;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Provide documentation to the producer responsibility organization on the amounts, covered material types, and weights of covered materials by covered service method;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Display the service provider’s price, less the reimbursement from the producer responsibility organization as determined under § 9–2505 of this subtitle when invoicing customers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Otherwise comply with all other applicable requirements of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A service provider may designate as confidential any proprietary information provided to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Department under this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A person determining reimbursement rates under § 9–2505 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Information designated as confidential under this subsection is not subject to disclosure under Title 4 of the General Provisions Article (the Maryland Public Information Act), except that the information may be disclosed as summarized or aggregated data if doing so does not directly or indirectly disclose the proprietary information of any specific facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
