42 U.S.C. § 14302 — Definitions
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-142 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 486 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines terms used throughout the chapter about batteries, like "regulated battery," "rechargeable battery," and "easily removable." It also defines "rechargeable consumer product" and "remanufactured product." These definitions decide which batteries and products the chapter's rules cover.
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Administrator. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Button cell. "Button cell" means a button- or coin-shaped battery.
(3) Easily removable. A battery is "easily removable" if it can be taken out at the end of its life: (A) by a consumer using common household tools; or (B) by a retailer replacing a battery that is the main power source for a vehicle.
(4) Mercuric-oxide battery. "Mercuric-oxide battery" means a battery that uses a mercuric-oxide electrode.
(5) Rechargeable battery. "Rechargeable battery": (A) means one or more electrically connected voltaic or galvanic cells built to be recharged and reused; (B) includes any enclosed device holding such cells, including a battery pack — and for a battery pack, the removability and labeling rules in section 14322 apply to the whole pack, not each piece; but (C) does not include: (i) a lead-acid battery that starts an engine or is a vehicle's main power source, such as in a car, truck, construction equipment, motorcycle, garden tractor, golf cart, wheelchair, or boat; (ii) a lead-acid battery used to level electrical loads or store power from a solar cell or wind generator; (iii) a battery that backs up memory, program storage, or timekeeping if the main power fails or flickers; or (iv) a rechargeable alkaline battery.
(6) Rechargeable consumer product. "Rechargeable consumer product": (A) means a retail product that includes a regulated battery as its main power source and is mainly meant for personal or household use; but (B) does not include a product that uses a battery only as backup power for memory, program storage, or timekeeping if the main power fails or flickers.
(7) Regulated battery. "Regulated battery" means a rechargeable battery that: (A) has a cadmium or lead electrode, or both; or (B) has other electrode chemistry that the Administrator has designated under section 14322(d).
(8) Remanufactured product. "Remanufactured product" means a rechargeable consumer product that has had parts replaced, been repackaged, or been repaired after the original manufacturer's first sale.
For purposes of this chapter:
The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The term “button cell” means a button- or coin-shaped battery.
The term “easily removable”, with respect to a battery, means detachable or removable at the end of the life of the battery—
from a consumer product by a consumer with the use of common household tools; or
by a retailer of replacements for a battery used as the principal electrical power source for a vehicle.
The term “mercuric-oxide battery” means a battery that uses a mercuric-oxide electrode.
The term “rechargeable battery”—
means 1 or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, that is designed to be recharged for repeated uses; and
includes any type of enclosed device or sealed container consisting of 1 or more such cells, including what is commonly called a battery pack (and in the case of a battery pack, for the purposes of the requirements of easy removability and labeling under section 14322 of this title, means the battery pack as a whole rather than each component individually); but
does not include—
a lead-acid battery used to start an internal combustion engine or as the principal electrical power source for a vehicle, such as an automobile, a truck, construction equipment, a motorcycle, a garden tractor, a golf cart, a wheelchair, or a boat;
a lead-acid battery used for load leveling or for storage of electricity generated by an alternative energy source, such as a solar cell or wind-driven generator;
a battery used as a backup power source for memory or program instruction storage, timekeeping, or any similar purpose that requires uninterrupted electrical power in order to function if the primary energy supply fails or fluctuates momentarily; or
a rechargeable alkaline battery.
The term “rechargeable consumer product”—
means a product that, when sold at retail, includes a regulated battery as a primary energy supply, and that is primarily intended for personal or household use; but
does not include a product that only uses a battery solely as a source of backup power for memory or program instruction storage, timekeeping, or any similar purpose that requires uninterrupted electrical power in order to function if the primary energy supply fails or fluctuates momentarily.
The term “regulated battery” means a rechargeable battery that—
contains a cadmium or a lead electrode or any combination of cadmium and lead electrodes; or
contains other electrode chemistries and is the subject of a determination by the Administrator under section 14322(d) of this title.
The term “remanufactured product” means a rechargeable consumer product that has been altered by the replacement of parts, repackaged, or repaired after initial sale by the original manufacturer.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–142, § 3, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1329.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-142 · 110 Stat. 1329
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