Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 137 — Management of Rechargeable Batteries and Batteries Containing Mercury
§ 14336. New product or use
Statutory text
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.)).
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 § 207 · 110 Stat. 1329
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 14336
(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 207, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–142, title II, § 207, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1336.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 207. NEW PRODUCT OR USE. On petition of a person that proposes a new use for a battery technology described in this title or the use of a battery described in this title in a new product, the Administrator may exempt from this title 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.)).
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Solid Waste Disposal Act, referred to in text, is title II of Pub. L. 89–272, , 79 Stat. 997, as amended generally by Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2795. Subtitle C of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 6921 et seq.) of chapter 82 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6901 of this title and Tables.