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115A.932

Statute ID: 15880

Waste Management - Mercury Prohibition

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Statute Number:

115A.932

Enactment Date:

May 22, 2015

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2015

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Waste Management - Mercury Prohibition

Statute ID:

15880

Created:

Jul 27, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 27, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Change to Petty Misd per c 65 art 6 s 22; Headnote; Payable; Expire and put new code in place

Summary Text:

Waste Management - Mercury Prohibition

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/115A/932.html

Legislative Session:

2015 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 27, 2015

Subdivision 1.  
(a) A person may not place mercury or a mercury-containing device or product, as defined under section 116.92, subdivision 10, from which the mercury has not been removed for reuse or recycling:
 
(1) in solid waste; or

(2) in a wastewater disposal system.

(b) A person may not knowingly place mercury or a mercury-containing device or product, as defined under section 116.92, subdivision 10, from which the mercury has not been removed for reuse or recycling:

(1) in a solid waste processing facility; or

(2) in a solid waste disposal facility.

(c) A fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamp must be recycled by delivery of the lamp to a lamp recycling facility, as defined in section 116.93, subdivision 1, or to a facility that collects and stores lamps for the purpose of delivering them to a lamp recycling facility, including, but not limited to, a household hazardous waste collection or recycling facility, retailer take-back and utility provider program sites, or other sites designated by an electric utility under section 216B.241, subdivisions 2 and 4.