HF 2820

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to waste management; requiring the 
  1.3             manufacturer of a smoke detector battery containing 
  1.4             radioactive material to provide for the safe disposal 
  1.5             of that battery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.6             section 115A.9155, subdivision 1.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.9155, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [PROHIBITION.] A person may not place in 
  1.11  mixed municipal solid waste: 
  1.12     (1) a dry cell battery containing mercuric oxide electrode, 
  1.13  silver oxide electrode, nickel-cadmium, or sealed lead-acid that 
  1.14  was purchased for use or used by a government agency, or an 
  1.15  industrial, communications, or medical facility; or 
  1.16     (2) a smoke detector battery containing americium 241 or 
  1.17  other radioactive material.