Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 76.00 - Disposal Prohibition Of Mercury-added Products In Solid Waste
Section 76.02 - Definitions

The definitions found in 310 CMR 76.02 apply to, and are limited to, 310 CMR 76.00.

End of Life Mercury-added Product means any mercury-added product that is no longer being used for its intended purpose and meets the definition of solid waste or hazardous waste.

Hazardous Waste means Hazardous Waste, as defined in 310 CMR 30.010.

Mercury-added Component means a component that contains mercury.

Mercury-added Formulated Product means a chemical product to which mercury has been added, intentionally or unintentionally, including, but not limited to, laboratory chemicals, cleaning products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and coating materials that are sold as consistent mixtures of chemicals.

Mercury-added Product means a product to which the manufacturer intentionally introduces mercury, including, but not limited to, electric lamps, thermostats, automotive devices, electric switches, medical or scientific instruments, electric relays or other electrical devices, but not including products made with coal ash or other products that are incorporated into equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices, elemental mercury in pre-capsulated form that is sold, distributed or provided to a dental practitioner for use in compliance with the department's regulations concerning amalgam wastewater and recycling for dental facilities, or mercury-added formulated products. This term includes mercury-added components that are incorporated into larger products.

Person means any natural or corporate person, whether public or private, including corporations, societies, associations and partnerships and bodies politic and corporate, public agencies, authorities, departments, offices and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.

Reclaimed or Reclamation means processing to recover a usable product, but does not include burning (e.g., for energy recovery) or use constituting disposal.

Scrap Recycling Facility means a facility, location, device or unit where machinery and equipment are used for processing and manufacturing scrap metal into prepared grades and whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale for remelting purposes.

Solid Waste means Solid Waste as defined in 310 CMR 16.02 and 310 CMR 19.006.

Solid Waste Collector means any person who collects solid waste from residential, business, commercial, industrial or other establishments.