2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446m - Mercury Reduction and Education
Section 22a-613 - Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-612 to 22a-625, inclusive:

(1) “Mercury” means elemental mercury and mercury compounds;

(2) “Mercury-added product” means a product, commodity, chemical or component of a product that contains mercury or a mercury compound that is intentionally added for any reason. “Mercury-added product” includes, but is not limited to, formulated mercury-added products and fabricated mercury-added products. “Mercury-added product” does not include any packaging component, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 22a-255h;

(3) “Formulated mercury-added product” means a mercury-added product that is sold as a consistent mixture of chemicals, including, but not limited to, laboratory chemicals, materials used for cleaning, maintenance or disinfection, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, coating materials, acids, alkalites, bleach, pharmaceutical products, stains, reagents, preservatives, fixatives, buffers and dyes;

(4) “Fabricated mercury-added product” means a mercury-added product that consists of a combination of individual components that combine to make a single unit, including, but not limited to, mercury-added measuring devices, lamps and switches;

(5) “Mercury fever thermometer” means a mercury-added product that is used for measuring body temperature, but does not mean a digital thermometer that includes a removable button cell battery containing mercury;

(6) “Mercury-added novelty” means a mercury-added product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment, including, but not limited to, products intended for use as practical jokes, figurines, adornments, toys, games, cards, ornaments, yard statues and figures, candles, jewelry, holiday decorations, footwear, other items of apparel or similar products. A product is not a “mercury-added novelty” solely on the basis that it includes a removable button cell battery containing mercury;

(7) “Manufacturer” means any person that (A) produces a mercury-added product, or (B) serves as an importer or domestic distributor of a mercury-added product produced outside the United States. In the case of a multicomponent product, “manufacturer” means the last manufacturer to produce or assemble the product, unless the multicomponent mercury-added product is produced outside the United States, in which case “manufacturer” means the importer or domestic distributor;

(8) “Person” means any individual, organization, partnership, joint venture, association, firm, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, and includes a municipality, the federal government, the state or any instrumentality of the state, or other governmental entity and any officer or governing or managing body of any partnership, association, firm or corporation or any member or manager of a limited liability company;

(9) “Vehicle” means any device capable of being moved upon a public highway and any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, but does not include devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;

(10) “Scrap metal” means used or discarded items that consist predominantly of ferrous metals, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, chromium, tin, nickel or alloys;

(11) “Solid waste” means unwanted or discarded solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, including, but not limited to, demolition debris, material burned or otherwise processed at a resources recovery facility or incinerator, material processed at a recycling facility, sludges or other residue from a water pollution abatement facility, water supply treatment plan or air pollution control facility;

(12) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(P.A. 02-90, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 02-90 effective July 1, 2002; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdiv. (12), effective July 1, 2011.