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HF 1316 House Long Description

HF 1316

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Mercury; certain mercury-containing products sales prohibited; sales, use, and disposal requirements modified; consumer information required; lamp recycling requirements modified; and mercury reduction and abatement study required.

Section 1: Prohibitions and recycling requirments language modified.

Section 2: Labeling; products containing mercury language modified.

Section 3: Fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps; residential applications language modified.

Section 4: Ban; mercury-containing sphygmomanometers language provided.

Section 5: Ban; mercury-containing gastrointestinal devices language provided.

Section 6: Ban; mercury-containing thermostats language provided.

Section 7: Ban; mercury-containing switches and relays language provided.

Section 8: Ban; mercury diostats language provided.

Section 9: Ban; mercury-containing barometers, manometers and pyrometers language provided,

Section 10: Ban; mercury in over-the-counter pharmaceuticals language provided.

Section 11: Ban; mercury in cosmetics, toiletries, and fragrances langauge provided.

Section 12: Definition of mercury-containing provided.

Section 13: Lamp recycling facility; permits or licenses; reporting language added.

Section 14: Certain mercury use in schools prohibited language provided.

Section 15: Fluorescent lamps containing mercury language provided.

Section 16: Mercury reduction and abatement study language provided.

JAJ 3/19/7