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8-9-603. Definitions.
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8-9-603. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Capture rate” means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of the total number of mercury switches available for removal from end-of-life vehicles;
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) “End-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle that is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler or scrap recycling facility for the purpose of recycling;
(5) “Manufacturer” means a person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, combination, or joint venture that is the last person in the production or assembly process of a new vehicle that utilizes mercury switches, or, in the case of an imported vehicle, the importer or domestic distributor of the vehicle;
(6) “Mercury minimization plan” means a plan for removing, collecting, and recovering mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles that is prepared pursuant to § 8-9-604;
(7) “Mercury switch” means each mercury-containing capsule, commonly known as a “bullet”, that is part of a convenience light switch assembly or part of an antilock braking system assembly installed in a vehicle. An antilock braking system assembly may contain more than one (1) mercury switch;
(8) “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, joint-stock company or trust, venture, or municipal, state, or federal government or agency or any other legal entity, however organized;
(9) “Scrap recycling facility” means a fixed location where machinery and equipment are used for processing and manufacturing scrap metal into prepared grades and whose principal products are scrap iron, scrap steel, or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale for remelting purposes;
(10) “Vehic
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-9-603
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8-9-603. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Capture rate” means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of the total number of mercury switches available for removal from end-of-life vehicles;
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) “End-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle that is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler or scrap recycling facility for the purpose of recycling;
(5) “Manufacturer” means a person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, combination, or joint venture that is the last person in the production or assembly process of a new vehicle that utilizes mercury switches, or, in the case of an imported vehicle, the importer or domestic distributor of the vehicle;
(6) “Mercury minimization plan” means a plan for removing, collecting, and recovering mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles that is prepared pursuant to § 8-9-604;
(7) “Mercury switch” means each mercury-containing capsule, commonly known as a “bullet”, that is part of a convenience light switch assembly or part of an antilock braking system assembly installed in a vehicle. An antilock braking system assembly may contain more than one (1) mercury switch;
(8) “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, joint-stock company or trust, venture, or municipal, state, or federal government or agency or any other legal entity, however organized;
(9) “Scrap recycling facility” means a fixed location where machinery and equipment are used for processing and manufacturing scrap metal into prepared grades and whose principal products are scrap iron, scrap steel, or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale for remelting purposes;
(10) “Vehicle” means any passenger automobile or passenger car, station wagon, truck, van, or sport utility vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.); and
(11) “Vehicle recycler” means an individual or entity engaged in the business of acquiring, dismantling, or destroying six (6) or more end-of-life vehicles in a calendar year for the primary purpose of the resale of their parts.
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8-9-604. Mercury minimization plan.
(a) Every manufacturer of vehicles sold within this state, individually or as part of a group, shall develop in consultation with the Division of Environmental Quality a mercury minimization plan prepared pursuant to this section and shall submit the mercury minimization plan to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality for review and approval pursuant to § 8-9-605.
(b) The mercury minimization plan prepared and submitted pursuant to this section shall include the following at a minimum:
(1)(A) Information identifying the make, model, and year of vehicles, including current or anticipated future production models that may contain one (1) or more mercury switches, a description of the mercury switches, a system to mark vehicles to be processed for shredding or crushing to indicate the presence or absence of mercury switches, the location of these mercury switches, and the safe and environmentally sound methods for removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles.
(B) To the extent a manufacturer is uncertain as to the content of a switch installed during the manufacture of a vehicle, the mercury minimization plan shall presume that the switch is a mercury switch;
(2) Educational materials to assist a vehicle recycler or a scrap recycling facility in undertaking a safe and environmentally sound method for the removal of the mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles, including information on the hazards related to mercury and the proper handling of mercury;
(3) A proposal for the method of storage or disposal of the mercury switches, including the method of packaging and shipping mercury switches to authorized recycling, storage, or disposal facilities;
(4) A proposal for the storage of mercury switches co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-9-604
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