Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§14336 New Product or Use
Title 42 › CHAPTER 137 — MANAGEMENT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY › SUBCHAPTER III — MANAGEMENT OF BATTERIES CONTAINING MERCURY › § 14336
Summary
If someone asks, the Administrator can excuse a new use of a battery described here, or that battery in a new product, from the subchapter's rules. The exemption can require safeguards to keep the battery or product out of incinerators, composting, or landfills (except Subtitle C facilities).
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Title 42, §14336
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
On petition of a person that proposes a new use for a battery technology described in this subchapter or the use of a battery described in this subchapter in a new product, the Administrator may exempt from this subchapter the new use of the technology or the use of such a battery in the new product on the condition, if appropriate, that there exist reasonable safeguards to ensure that the resulting battery or product without an easily removable battery will not be disposed of in an incinerator, composting facility, or landfill (other than a facility regulated under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.)).
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The Solid Waste Disposal Act, referred to in text, is title II of Pub. L. 89–272, Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 997, as amended generally by Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2795. Subtitle C of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 6921 et seq.) of chapter 82 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 6901 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 14336
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102