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