North Carolina General Statutes 130A-309.138. Responsibilities of the Department
In addition to its other responsibilities under this Part, the Department shall:
(1) Develop and maintain a current list of manufacturers that are in compliance with the requirements of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.134 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.135, post the list to the Department’s Web site, and provide the current list to the Department of Information Technology each time that the list is updated.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-309.138
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Develop and implement a public education program on the laws governing the recycling and reuse of discarded computer equipment and televisions under this Part and on the methods available to consumers to comply with those requirements. The Department shall make this information available on the Internet and shall provide technical assistance to manufacturers to meet the requirements of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.134(c)(1)e. The Department shall also provide technical assistance to units of local government on the establishment and operation of discarded computer equipment and television collection centers and in the development and implementation of local public education programs.
(3) Maintain the confidentiality of any information that is required to be submitted by a manufacturer under this Part that is designated as a trade secret, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66-152(3) and that is designated as confidential or as a trade secret under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1.2
(4) The Department shall use national televisions sales data available from commercially available analytical sources to calculate the generation of discarded televisions and to determine each television manufacturer’s recovery responsibilities for televisions based on the manufacturer’s market share. The Department shall extrapolate data for the State from national data on the basis of the State’s share of the national population. (2010-67, s. 2(a); 2015-241, s. 7A.4(l).)