Section 6-905 - Definitions [Amendment subject to abrogation]. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-905. Definitions [Amendment subject to abrogation].
 

(a)  In general.- In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Capture rate.- "Capture rate" means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of total number of mercury switches available from end-of-life vehicles for that year. 

(c)  End-of-life vehicle.- "End-of-life vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler or scrap processing facility for the purpose of resale of its parts or recycling. 

(d)  Manufacturer.- "Manufacturer" means a person that: 

(1) Produces a product; 

(2) For a multicomponent product, produces or assembles the final product; or 

(3) Serves as an importer or domestic distributor of a product produced outside of the United States. 

(e)  Marketer.- "Marketer" means a person that manufactures, assembles, sells, distributes, affixes a brand name or private label to, or licenses the use of a brand name on: 

(1) A fever thermometer containing mercury; or 

(2) A thermostat containing mercury. 

(f)  Mercury-added product.- "Mercury-added product" means any of the following products if containing elemental mercury or a mercury compound that has been added to the product for any reason: 

(1) Dyes or pigments; 

(2) Electric switches; and 

(3) Fluorescent lamps. 

(g)  Mercury minimization plan.- "Mercury minimization plan" means a plan for removing, collecting, and recovering mercury switches from an end-of-life vehicle. 

(h)  Mercury switch.- "Mercury switch" means any light switch or antilock braking system switch that contains mercury and that is installed by a manufacturer in a motor vehicle. 

(i)  Mercury switch assembly.- "Mercury switch assembly" means a light switch assembly or an antilock braking system switch assembly that contains a mercury switch. 

(j)  Motor vehicle.- "Motor vehicle" has the meaning stated in § 11-135 of the Transportation Article. 

(k)  Reclamation facility.- "Reclamation facility" means a site: 

(1) Where equipment is used to recapture mercury from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the purpose of recycling or reusing the mercury; or 

(2) That collects mercury-containing components from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the eventual recapture and recycling or reuse of the mercury. 

(l)  Scrap processing facility.- "Scrap processing facility" means a facility: 

(1) That processes iron, steel, and nonferrous scrap metal; and 

(2) The principal product of which is scrap iron, scrap steel, and nonferrous scrap for sale and remelting purposes. 

(m)  Thermostat.- "Thermostat" means a device that regulates temperature in an enclosed area by controlling heating, cooling, or ventilation equipment. 

(n)  Vehicle manufacturer.- "Vehicle manufacturer" means a person that: 

(1) Is the last person in the production or assembly process of a new motor vehicle that uses mercury switches; or 

(2) Serves as an importer or domestic distributor of a motor vehicle that uses mercury switches produced outside of the United States. 

(o)  Vehicle recycler.-  

(1) "Vehicle recycler" means a person engaged in the business of : 

(i) Dismantling, destroying, or scrapping any vehicle for the purpose of reselling any of its usable parts; or 

(ii) Otherwise acquiring vehicles for the benefit of their parts or the materials in them. 

(2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any reference to a wrecker in any statute, rule, or regulation shall apply to a vehicle recycler. 
 

[2001, ch. 639; 2004, ch. 494; 2006, ch. 44, § 6; ch. 56, § 2; 2009, ch. 60, § 5; ch. 713.]