1. (a) The Department shall adopt regulations identifying biodegradable guidelines that are acceptable for use by a wastewater treatment plant.
2. (b) The Department shall periodically review the biodegradable guidelines to ensure that the most scientifically effective methods are being utilized to prevent, to the maximum extent practicable, the entrance of synthetic plastic microbeads in the natural aquatic environment of the State.

Added by Acts 2015, c. 409, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.