2nd Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/04/2024 03:42pm
A bill for an act
relating to environment; banning certain mercury-containing lighting; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116.92, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116.92, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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(a) For purposes of this
subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given:
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(1) "compact fluorescent lamp" means a compact low-pressure, mercury-containing,
electric-discharge light source:
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(i) of any tube diameter or tube length;
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(ii) of any lamp size or shape for directional and nondirectional installations, including
but not limited to PL, spiral, twin tube, triple twin, 2D, U-bend, and circular;
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(iii) in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated
by the mercury discharge into visible light;
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(iv) that has one base or end cap of any type, including but not limited to screw, bayonet,
two pins, and four pins;
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(v) that is integrally ballasted or non-integrally ballasted; and
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(vi) that has light emission between a correlated color temperature of 1700K and 24000K
and a Duv of +0.024 and -0.024 in the International Commission on Illumination (CIE)
Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS);
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(2) "linear fluorescent lamp" means a low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge
light source:
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(i) of any tube diameter, including but not limited to T5, T8, T10, and T12;
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(ii) with a tube length from 0.5 to 8.0 feet, inclusive;
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(iii) of any lamp shape, including but not limited to linear, U-bend, and circular;
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(iv) in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated
by the mercury discharge into visible light;
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(v) that has two bases or end caps of any type, including but not limited to single-pin,
two-pin, and recessed double contact; and
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(vi) that has light emission between a correlated color temperature of 1700K and 24000K
and a Duv of +0.024 and -0.024 in the CIE CAM02-UCS;
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(3) "mercury vapor lamp" means a high-intensity discharge lamp, including clear,
phosphor-coated, and self-ballasted screw base lamps, in which the major portion of the
light is produced by radiation from mercury typically operating at a partial vapor pressure
in excess of 100,000 pascals;
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(4) "mercury vapor lamp ballast" means a device that is designed and marketed to start
and operate mercury vapor lamps intended for general illumination by providing the necessary
voltage and current; and
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(5) "specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballast" means a mercury vapor lamp
ballast:
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(i) that is designed and marketed for operating mercury vapor lamps used in quality
inspection, industrial processing, or scientific applications, including fluorescent microscopy
and ultraviolet curing; and
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(ii) the label of which states "For specialty applications only, not for general illumination"
and indicates the specific applications for which the ballast is designed.
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(b) Effective January 1, 2025, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute in the
state as a new manufactured product a screw- or bayonet-base type compact fluorescent
lamp, a mercury vapor lamp, or a mercury vapor lamp ballast, whether sold separately, in
a retrofit kit, or in a luminaire. Effective January 1, 2026, a person may not sell, offer for
sale, or distribute in the state as a new manufactured product a pin-base type compact
fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp.
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(c) This subdivision does not apply to:
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(1) a lamp designed and marketed exclusively for image capture and projection, including
for:
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(i) photocopying;
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(ii) printing, directly or in preprocessing;
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(iii) lithography;
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(iv) film and video projection; or
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(v) holography;
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(2) a lamp that has a high proportion of ultraviolet light emission and that:
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(i) has high ultraviolet content and ultraviolet power greater than two milliwatts per
kilolumen;
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(ii) is for germicidal use, such as for destroying DNA, and emits a peak radiation of
approximately 253.7 nanometers;
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(iii) is designed and marketed exclusively for disinfection or fly-trapping and from
which:
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(A) the radiation power emitted between 250 and 315 nanometers represents at least
five percent of the total radiation power emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers; or
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(B) the radiation power emitted between 315 and 400 nanometers represents at least 20
percent of the total radiation power emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers;
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(iv) is designed and marketed exclusively for generating ozone when the primary purpose
is to emit radiation at approximately 185.1 nanometers;
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(v) is designed and marketed exclusively for coral zooxanthellae symbiosis and from
which the radiation power emitted between 400 and 480 nanometers represents at least 40
percent of the total radiation power emitted between 250 and 800 nanometers; or
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(vi) is designed and marketed exclusively for use in a sunlamp product, as defined in
Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, section 1040.20(b)(9) (2022);
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(3) specialty application mercury vapor lamp ballasts; or
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(4) a compact fluorescent lamp used to replace a lamp in a motor vehicle if the motor
vehicle was manufactured on or before January 1, 2020.
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(d) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a utility to offer energy-efficient lighting,
rebates, or lamp-recycling services or to claim energy savings resulting from such programs
through the utility's energy conservation and optimization plans approved by the
commissioner of commerce under section 216B.241 or an energy conservation and
optimization plan filed by a consumer-owned utility under section 216B.2403.
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