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 Title 40 - Protection of Environment
 Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency
 SubChapter R - Toxic Substances Control Act
 Part 713 - Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Inventory of Mercury Supply, Use, and Trade

  § 713.11 - Specific requirements for which information must be reported.  

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  • § 713.11 Specific requirements for which information must be reported.

    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).