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
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|
|---|
| Chlorine production (e.g., mercury-cell chlor-alkali process).
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| 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
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|
|---|
| Catalyst.
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| Cathode.
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| Reactant.
|
| Reagent.
|
| Other (specify). |