§14302 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. Administrator is the EPA Administrator. Button cell is a small coin- or button-shaped battery. Easily removable, for a battery, means it can be taken out at the end of its life either by a consumer using common household tools or by a retailer replacing a battery that is the main power source for a vehicle. Mercuric-oxide battery is one that uses a mercuric-oxide electrode. Rechargeable battery is one or more cells designed to be recharged and reused, and includes battery packs (which count as a whole for the easy-removability and labeling rules under section 14322); it does not include certain batteries such as lead-acid batteries used to start engines or as a vehicle’s main power source (for example: automobile, truck, construction equipment, motorcycle, garden tractor, golf cart, wheelchair, or boat), lead-acid batteries used for load leveling or storing electricity from alternative energy, batteries used only for backup power for memory or timekeeping, or rechargeable alkaline batteries. Rechargeable consumer product is a retail product that includes a regulated battery as its main power source and is mainly for personal or household use, but not a product that only uses a battery for backup power. Regulated battery is a rechargeable battery that contains cadmium or lead electrodes, or another chemistry the Administrator has designated under section 14322(d). Remanufactured product is a rechargeable consumer product that was altered, repaired, or repackaged after the original manufacturer’s first sale.