Section 27-2101. Definitions

As used in this title:
    1.  "Hazardous  waste management facility" shall have the same meaning
  as "commercial hazardous waste facilities" as defined in section 27-0901
  of this article.
    2. "Collector" means any person  who  accepts  mercury-added  consumer
  products in order to transfer them to a solid waste management facility,
  a hazardous waste management facility or another collector.
    3.  "Consumer" means any person who purchases a mercury-added consumer
  product for use other than resale.
    4. "Dispose" or "disposal" means the abandonment, discharge,  deposit,
  injection,  dumping,  spilling,  leaking  or placing of any substance so
  that such substance or any related constituent  thereof  may  enter  the
  environment.  Disposal  also  means  the thermal destruction of waste or
  hazardous waste and the burning of such wastes as fuel for  the  purpose
  of recovering useable energy.
    5.  "Distributor"  means  any  person who sells mercury-added consumer
  products to a retailer in this state,  including  any  manufacturer  who
  sells to retailers in the state.
    6.  "Manufacturer"  means  any  person  who manufactures mercury-added
  consumer products.
    7. "Mercury-added consumer product" means any device or material  into
  which  elemental  mercury  or  mercury compounds are intentionally added
  during such device's or material's formulation or  manufacture,  and  in
  which  the  continued  presence  of  mercury  is  required  to provide a
  specific characteristic, appearance or quality, or to perform a specific
  function.  Such  term   shall   include,   but   not   be   limited   to
  mercury-containing:
    (a) thermostats;
    (b) thermometers;
    (c) switches, whether individually or as part of another product;
    (d) medical or scientific instruments;
    (e) electrical relays and other electrical devices;
    (f) lamps; and
    (g) batteries sold to consumers, not including button batteries.
    8.  "Mercury-added  novelty  consumer  product"  means a mercury-added
  consumer product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment  or
  adornment.  Mercury-added novelty consumer products include, but are not
  limited to, items  intended  for  use  as  practical  jokes,  figurines,
  adornments,  toys,  games,  cards,  ornaments, yard statues and figures,
  candles, jewelry,  holiday  decorations,  items  of  apparel  (including
  footwear), or similar products. A product is not a mercury-added novelty
  consumer  product  solely  on  the  basis that it is a game with a light
  screen display containing  mercury,  or  includes  a  removable  battery
  containing mercury.
    9.  "Mercury  fever thermometer" or "mercury body thermometer" means a
  mercury-added  consumer  product  that  is  used  for   measuring   body
  temperature.  A product is not a "mercury fever thermometer" or "mercury
  body thermometer" solely on the  basis  that  it  includes  a  removable
  battery containing mercury.
    10.  "Solid  waste" means solid waste as defined in section 27-0701 of
  this article.
    11.  "Retailer"  means  any  person  in  this  state  who  sells   new
  mercury-added  consumer  products  to  consumers for purposes other than
  resale.
    12. "Solid waste management facility" means a solid  waste  management
  facility as defined in section 27-0701 of this article.

    13. "Elemental mercury" means the material represented by the chemical
  symbol  Hg. Elemental Hg is a silvery-white liquid (at room temperature)
  with an atomic number of 80 and an atomic mass of 200.59.
    14.  "Mercury  barometer"  means a mercury-added consumer product used
  for measuring atmospheric pressure.
    15. "Mercury esophageal dilator" or  "mercury  bougie  tube"  means  a
  mercury-added consumer product in the form of a long, flexible tube that
  is passed down a patient's esophagus to dilate a narrowed area.
    16.  "Mercury  flow meter" means a mercury-added consumer product used
  for measuring the flow or quantity of a moving fluid or gas.
    17. "Mercury hydrometer" means a mercury-added consumer  product  used
  for measuring the specific gravity of a liquid.
    18.   "Mercury   hygrometer"   or   "mercury   psychrometer"  means  a
  mercury-added consumer  product  used  for  measuring  the  water  vapor
  content of air.
    19.  "Mercury  gastrointestinal  tube"  means a mercury-added consumer
  product  in  the  form  of  a  tube  used  for   addressing   intestinal
  obstructions.
    20.  "Mercury  manometer"  means a mercury-added consumer product used
  for measuring the pressure of liquids and gases.
    21. "Mercury pyrometer" means a mercury-added  consumer  product  used
  for measuring the temperature of extremely hot materials.
    22.  "Mercury sphygmomanometer" means a mercury-added consumer product
  used for measuring blood pressure in the arteries.
    23. "Mercury thermometer" means a mercury-added consumer product  used
  for measuring temperature.
    24.  "Mercury  thermostat" means a mercury-added consumer product that
  uses a mercury switch to sense  and  control  room  temperature  through
  communication  with  heating, ventilating or air conditioning equipment.
  Such  term  includes  thermostats  used  to  sense  and   control   room
  temperature  in residential, commercial, industrial and other buildings,
  but does not include a thermostat used to control temperature as part of
  a manufacturing process.
    25. "Mercury relay" means a mercury-added consumer product  or  device
  that  opens  or  closes  electrical  contacts to affect the operation of
  other devices in the same  or  another  electrical  circuit.  Such  term
  includes  mercury  displacement  relays  and  mercury contact relays but
  shall not include mercury wetted reed relays.
    26. "Mercury switch" means a mercury-added consumer product or  device
  that  opens  or  closes  an  electrical  circuit or gas valve. Such term
  includes mercury float switches actuated by  rising  or  falling  liquid
  levels,  mercury  tilt  switches  actuated  by  a  change  in the switch
  position, mercury pressure switches actuated by a  change  in  pressure,
  and mercury temperature switches actuated by a change in temperature but
  shall not include mercury flame sensors. Mercury switch does not include
  a mercury thermostat.
    27. "Household" means a single or multiple family residence.
    28.  "Manufacturer"  means any person, firm, association, partnership,
  limited   liability   company,   corporation,    governmental    entity,
  organization,  combination  or joint venture which is the last entity to
  produce or assemble a new  motor  vehicle  that  utilizes  mercury-added
  components or, in the case of an imported motor vehicle, the importer or
  domestic distributor of such vehicle.
    29.  "Mercury-added  component"  means  a motor vehicle component that
  contains  greater  than  fifteen  milligrams  of  mercury,   which   was
  intentionally  added  to  such  vehicle  in  order to provide a specific
  characteristic, appearance or quality, to perform a  specific  function,

  or  for  any  other  purpose.  Such components shall include, but not be
  limited to, switches, sensors, lights and navigational systems.