Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 137 — Management of Rechargeable Batteries and Batteries Containing Mercury
§ 14335. Limitations on sale of other mercuric-oxide batteries
Statutory text
Prohibition
On or after , no person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes a mercuric-oxide battery for use in the United States unless the battery manufacturer, or the importer of such a battery—
identifies a collection site in the United States that has all required Federal, State, and local government approvals, to which persons may send used mercuric-oxide batteries for recycling or proper disposal;
informs each of its purchasers of mercuric-oxide batteries of the collection site identified under paragraph (1); and
informs each of its purchasers of mercuric-oxide batteries of a telephone number that the purchaser may call to get information about sending mercuric-oxide batteries for recycling or proper disposal.
Application of section
This section does not apply to a sale or offer of a mercuric-oxide button cell battery.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Mercury-Containing Battery Management Act
Pub. L. 104–142 title II § 206 · 110 Stat. 1329
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 14335
(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 206, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 206, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 206. LIMITATIONS ON THE SALE OF OTHER MERCURIC-OXIDE BATTERIES. (a) Prohibition.— On or after the date of enactment of this Act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes a mercuric-oxide battery for use in the United States unless the battery manufacturer, or the importer of such a battery— (1) identifies a collection site in the United States that has all required Federal, State, and local government approvals, to which persons may send used mercuric-oxide batteries for recycling or proper disposal; (2) informs each of its purchasers of mercuric-oxide batteries of the collection site identified under paragraph (1); aind (3) informs each of its purchasers of mercuric-oxide batteries of a telephone number that the purchaser may call to get information about sending mercuric-oxide batteries for recycling or proper disposal. (b) Application Of Section.— This section does not apply to a sale or offer of a mercuric-oxide button cell battery.
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