§ 27-2101. Definitions.\n As used in this title:\n 1. "Hazardous waste management facility" shall have the same meaning\nas "commercial hazardous waste facilities" as defined in section 27-0901\nof this article.\n 2. "Collector" means any person who accepts mercury-added consumer\nproducts in order to transfer them to a solid waste management facility,\na hazardous waste management facility or another collector.\n 3. "Consumer" means any person who purchases a mercury-added consumer\nproduct for use other than resale.\n 4. "Dispose" or "disposal" means the abandonment, discharge, deposit,\ninjection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so\nthat such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the\nenvironment. Disposal also means the thermal destruction of waste or\nhazardous waste and the burning of such wastes as fuel for the purpose\nof recovering useable energy.\n 5. "Distributor" means any person who sells mercury-added consumer\nproducts to a retailer in this state, including any manufacturer who\nsells to retailers in the state.\n 6. "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures mercury-added\nconsumer products.\n 7. "Mercury-added consumer product" means any device or material into\nwhich elemental mercury or mercury compounds are intentionally added\nduring such device's or material's formulation or manufacture, and in\nwhich the continued presence of mercury is required to provide a\nspecific characteristic, appearance or quality, or to perform a specific\nfunction. Such term shall include, but not be limited to\nmercury-containing:\n (a) thermostats;\n (b) thermometers;\n (c) switches, whether individually or as part of another product;\n (d) medical or scientific instruments;\n (e) electrical relays and other electrical devices;\n (f) lamps; and\n (g) batteries sold to consumers, not including button batteries.\n 8. "Mercury-added novelty consumer product" means a mercury-added\nconsumer product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or\nadornment. Mercury-added novelty consumer products include, but are not\nlimited to, items intended for use as practical jokes, figurines,\nadornments, toys, games, cards, ornaments, yard statues and figures,\ncandles, jewelry, holiday decorations, items of apparel (including\nfootwear), or similar products. A product is not a mercury-added novelty\nconsumer product solely on the basis that it is a game with a light\nscreen display containing mercury, or includes a removable battery\ncontaining mercury.\n 9. "Mercury fever thermometer" or "mercury body thermometer" means a\nmercury-added consumer product that is used for measuring body\ntemperature. A product is not a "mercury fever thermometer" or "mercury\nbody thermometer" solely on the basis that it includes a removable\nbattery containing mercury.\n 10. "Solid waste" means solid waste as defined in section 27-0701 of\nthis article.\n 11. "Retailer" means any person in this state who sells new\nmercury-added consumer products to consumers for purposes other than\nresale.\n 12. "Solid waste management facility" means a solid waste management\nfacility as defined in section 27-0701 of this article.\n 13. "Elemental mercury" means the material represented by the chemical\nsymbol Hg. Elemental Hg is a silvery-white liquid (at room temperature)\nwith an atomic number of 80 and an atomic mass of 200.59.\n 14. "Mercury barometer" means a mercury-added consumer product used\nfor measuring atmospheric pressure.\n 15. "Mercury esophageal dilator" or "mercury bougie tube" means a\nmercury-added consumer product in the form of a long, flexible tube that\nis passed down a patient's esophagus to dilate a narrowed area.\n 16. "Mercury flow meter" means a mercury-added consumer product used\nfor measuring the flow or quantity of a moving fluid or gas.\n 17. "Mercury hydrometer" means a mercury-added consumer product used\nfor measuring the specific gravity of a liquid.\n 1
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