(a) Any person who manufactures (including imports) mercury, except:
(1) A person who does not manufacture (including import) mercury with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage;
(2) A person who manufactures (including imports) mercury only as an impurity; or
(3) A person engaged only in the generation, handling, or management of mercury-containing waste, including recovered mercury that is discarded or elemental mercury that is managed for long-term storage and management under section 6939f(g)(2) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act;
(b) Any person who manufactures (including imports) a mercury-added product, except:
(1) A person who does not manufacture (including import) a mercury-added product with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage; or
(2) A person engaged only in the manufacture (other than import) of a product that contains a component that is a mercury-added product who did not first manufacture (including import) the component that is a mercury-added product; and
(c) Any person who otherwise intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process, except a person who does not intentionally use mercury in a manufacturing process with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage.
[83 FR 30073, June 27, 2018, as amended at 86 FR 61712, Nov. 8, 2021]