40 C.F.R. § 713.11

Current through May 31, 2024

Section 713.11 - Specific requirements for which information must be reported

Except as described at § 713.7 :

(a) Any person who manufactures (including imports) mercury must specify, as applicable, the specific mercury compound(s) from a pre-selected list (as listed in Table 1 of this part).

(b) Any person who manufactures (including imports) a mercury-added product must specify as applicable, the specific category(ies) and subcategory(ies) from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 2 of this part:

Table 2-Categories and Subcategories of Mercury-Added Products

Category	Subcategory
Batteries	-Button cell, silver. -Button cell, zinc-air. -Button cell, alkaline. -Stacked button cell batteries. -Manganese oxide. -Silver oxide. -Mercuric oxide, non-button cell. -Button cell, mercuric oxide. -Button cell, zinc carbon. -Other (specify).
Dental amalgam	[No subcategories].
Formulated products (includes uses in cosmetics, pesticides, and laboratory chemicals)	-Skin-lightening creams. -Lotions. -Soaps and sanitizers. -Bath oils and salts. -Topical antiseptics. -Preservatives (e.g., for use in vaccines and eye-area cosmetics when no preservative alternatives are available). -Pharmaceuticals (including prescription and over-the-counter drug products). -Cleaning products (not registered as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). -Pesticides. -Paints. -Dyes. -Reagents (e.g., catalysts, buffers, fixatives). -Other (specify).
Lighting, lamps, bulbs	-Linear fluorescent. -Compact fluorescent. -U-tube and circular fluorescent. -Cold cathode fluorescent. -External electrode fluorescent. -Mercury vapor. -Metal halide. -High pressure sodium. -Mercury short arc. -Neon. -Other (specify).
Measuring instruments	-Barometer. -Fever thermometer. -Flow meter. -Hydrometer. -Hygrometer/psychrometer. -Manometer. -Non-fever thermometer. -Pyrometer. -Sphygmomanometer. -Other (specify).
Pump seals	[No subcategories].
Switches, relays, sensors, valves	-Tilt switch. -Vibration switch. -Float switch. -Pressure switch. -Temperature switch. -Displacement relay. -Wetted reed relay. -Contact relay. -Flame sensor. -Thermostat. -Other (specify).
Miscellaneous/novelty mercury-added products	-Wheel weights. -Wheel rotation balancers/stabilizers. -Firearm recoil suppressors. -Carburetor synchronizers. -Joint support/shock absorption bands. -Other (specify).

(c) Any person who otherwise intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process, other than the manufacture of a mercury compound or a mercury-added product, must identify, as applicable:

(1) The specific manufacturing process for which mercury is otherwise intentionally used from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 3 of this part:

Table 3-Manufacturing Process for Which Mercury Is Otherwise Intentionally Used

Chlorine production (e.g., mercury-cell chlor-alkali process).

Acetaldehyde production.

Sodium/potassium methylate/ethylate production.

Polyurethane/plastic production.

Other (specify).

(2) The specific use of mercury in a manufacturing process from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 4 of this part:

Table 4-Specific Use of Mercury in a Manufacturing Process

Catalyst.

Cathode.

Reactant.

Reagent.

Other (specify).

40 C.F.R. §713.11

83 FR 30073, 8/27/2018