Collapse to view only § 14331. Purpose
- § 14331. Purpose
- § 14332. Limitations on sale of alkaline-manganese batteries containing mercury
- § 14333. Limitations on sale of zinc-carbon batteries containing mercury
- § 14334. Limitations on sale of button cell mercuric-oxide batteries
- § 14335. Limitations on sale of other mercuric-oxide batteries
- § 14336. New product or use
The purpose of this subchapter is to phase out the use of batteries containing mercury.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any alkaline-manganese battery manufactured on or after May 13, 1996, with a mercury span that was intentionally introduced (as distinguished from mercury that may be incidentally present in other materials), except that the limitation on mercury span in alkaline-manganese button cells shall be 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after May 13, 1996, that contains mercury that was intentionally introduced as described in section 14332 of this title.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any button cell mercuric-oxide battery for use in the United States on or after May 13, 1996.
On petition of a person that proposes a new use for a battery technology described in this subchapter or the use of a battery described in this subchapter in a new product, the Administrator may exempt from this subchapter the new use of the technology or the use of such a battery in the new product on the condition, if appropriate, that there exist reasonable safeguards to ensure that the resulting battery or product without an easily removable battery will not be disposed of in an incinerator, composting facility, or landfill (other than a facility regulated under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.)).