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[CITE: 42USC14302]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 137--MANAGEMENT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND BATTERIES 
                           CONTAINING MERCURY
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 14302. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter:

                          (1) Administrator

        The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the 
    Environmental Protection Agency.

                           (2) Button cell

        The term ``button cell'' means a button- or coin-shaped battery.

                        (3) Easily removable

        The term ``easily removable'', with respect to a battery, means 
    detachable or removable at the end of the life of the battery--
            (A) from a consumer product by a consumer with the use of 
        common household tools; or
            (B) by a retailer of replacements for a battery used as the 
        principal electrical power source for a vehicle.

                     (4) Mercuric-oxide battery

        The term ``mercuric-oxide battery'' means a battery that uses a 
    mercuric-oxide electrode.

                      (5) Rechargeable battery

        The term ``rechargeable battery''--
            (A) means 1 or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically 
        connected to produce electric energy, that is designed to be 
        recharged for repeated uses; and
            (B) 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
            (C) does not include--
                (i) 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;
                (ii) 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;
                (iii) 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
                (iv) a rechargeable alkaline battery.

                  (6) Rechargeable consumer product

        The term ``rechargeable consumer product''--
            (A) 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
            (B) 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.

                        (7) Regulated battery

        The term ``regulated battery'' means a rechargeable battery 
    that--
            (A) contains a cadmium or a lead electrode or any 
        combination of cadmium and lead electrodes; or
            (B) contains other electrode chemistries and is the subject 
        of a determination by the Administrator under section 14322(d) 
        of this title.

                     (8) Remanufactured product

        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.

(Pub. L. 104-142, Sec. 3, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1329.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14323 of this title.
