Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 638 - Recycling of Covered Electronic Devices › Section 22a-638-1 - Standards for the recycling of covered electronic devices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this
			 section and section
			 22a-630(d)
			 -1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Cathode ray tube" or "CRT" means cathode
			 ray tube as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(2)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or
			 the Commissioner's designee;
(3)
			 "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other
			 high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic or storage
			 functions and includes, but is not limited to, a central processing unit or
			 both a computer central processing unit and a monitor, such as a notebook,
			 laptop or portable device. Computer does not include an automated typewriter or
			 typesetter, a portable handheld calculator, a portable digital assistant or
			 other similar device;
(4)
			 "Consumer" means a person from a household.
(5) "Covered electronic device" or "CED"
			 means a desktop or personal computer, computer monitor, portable computer,
			 printer, CRT-based television and non-CRT-based television sold to consumers,
			 but does not include any of the following, including any component of the
			 following:
(A) an electronic device that is a
			 part of a motor vehicle or any component part of a motor vehicle assembled by,
			 or for, a vehicle manufacturer or franchise dealer, including replacement parts
			 for use in a motor vehicle;
(B) an
			 electronic device that is functionally or physically a part of a larger piece
			 of equipment designed and intended for use in an industrial, commercial or
			 medical setting, including diagnostic, monitoring or control
			 equipment;
(C) an electronic device
			 that is contained within a clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator,
			 refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or range,
			 dishwasher, room air conditioner, dehumidifier or air purifier;
(D) a telephone of any type unless it
			 contains a video display area greater than four inches measured diagonally;
			 or
(E) any handheld device used to
			 access commercial mobile radio service, as such service is defined in
			 47
			 CFR 20.3;
(6) "Covered electronic recycler or CER"
			 means covered electronic recycler as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(7)
			 "Department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental
			 Protection;
(8) "Disposal facility"
			 means a facility receiving waste or residue, generated from the recycling of
			 CEDs or their components, for disposal when such waste or residue cannot be
			 recycled any further. A disposal facility includes, but is not limited to, an
			 incinerator or a facility where waste or residue is placed on the land or
			 water;
(9) "Household" means a
			 person, or group of people, living in a single detached dwelling, a residential
			 condominium or a single unit of a multiple unit dwelling, who, pursuant to
			 chapter 446n of the Connecticut General Statutes and this section, provides
			 seven or fewer CEDs at one time for reuse, refurbishment or
			 recycling;
(10) "Manufacturer"
			 means Manufacturer as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(11)
			 "Manufacturer's brands" means manufacturer's brands as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(12)
			 "Market share" means market share as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(13)
			 "Materials of concern" means CEDs or components of CEDs that contain or consist
			 of any of the following:
(A) circuit boards,
			 including, but not limited to, whole or shredded circuit boards;
(B) whole CRTs;
(C) glass from CRTs, except for glass that
			 has been sorted, washed, and culletized and that is destined for use in
			 manufacturing new CRTs or in any other product clearly identified in a CER's
			 application that has been approved by the commissioner;
(D) batteries;
(E) any mercury-containing material;
			 or
(F) any material containing
			 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including, but not limited to, capacitors and
			 ballasts;
(14)
			 "Mercury-containing material" means a component of a CED or a part of a
			 component of a CED, including, but not limited to, a switch, relay,
			 backlighting or lamp, that contains elemental mercury integral to its function.
			 Mercury-containing material includes phosphor powder prior to or during the
			 retort process;
(15) "Monitor"
			 means monitor as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(16)
			 "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a
			 recycling or disposal facility;
(17) "Orphan device" means orphan device as
			 defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(18)
			 "Owner" means the person who owns a recycling or disposal facility or part of
			 any such facility;
(19) "Person"
			 means person as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(20)
			 "Portable computer" means portable computer as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(21)
			 "Printer" means a device that prints text or illustrations on paper and
			 includes, but is not limited to, daisy-wheel, dot-matrix, ink-jet, laser, LCD
			 and LED, line printers or thermal printers, including a device that performs
			 other functions in addition to printing. Printer does not include a device used
			 solely to copy documents, to scan documents or to send documents by
			 facsimile;
(22) "Recycling" or
			 "Recycle" means any process by which a CED or component of a CED that would
			 otherwise become solid waste or hazardous waste is collected, separated and
			 processed to be returned to use in the form of raw materials or products, in
			 accordance with environmental standards established by the department.
			 Recycling includes, but is not limited to, storing or collecting CEDs or
			 components of CEDs for recycling, and dismantling or shredding CEDs or
			 components of CEDs;
(23) "Recycling
			 facility" means a place or location, including all land and structures or
			 appurtenances, used to collect, store, separate or process CEDs or components
			 of CEDs into raw materials or products. Recycling facility includes, but is not
			 limited to, land and structures or appurtenances used for the disassembly and
			 physical recovery of CEDs, or components of CEDs, including, but not limited
			 to, crushing, shredding, grinding, glass-to-glass recycling or other
			 operations. A recycling facility does not include:
(A) the initial location used to collect CEDs
			 from residents, provided no other activities described in this definition that
			 would otherwise make such facility a recycling facility are conducted;
			 or
(B) a facility where, for no
			 more than ten days, activities incidental to the transportation of CEDs or
			 components of CEDs are conducted, including, but not limited to:
(i) storing pre-packaged CEDs or components
			 of CEDs;
(ii) transferring
			 pre-packaged CEDs or components of CEDs from one mode of transportation to
			 another; or,
(iii) aggregating
			 pre-packaged CEDs or components of CEDs;
(24) "Refurbishment" means, with respect to a
			 CED that functions for its original intended purpose, installing a new
			 electrical cord, making aesthetic improvements only, such as polishing or
			 removing scratches, or upgrading a CED by replacing an operating system or
			 other software, memory or component of a CED, such as a video card, sound card,
			 disc drive or hard drive, that is working, with an upgraded system or software,
			 memory or component of a CED. Other than the installation of a new electrical
			 cord, upgrading a CED does not mean or include the repair of a non-functioning
			 CED, including, but not limited to, repairing or replacing a non-functioning
			 operating system or software, memory or component of a CED, with a functioning
			 one;
(25) "Responsible official"
			 means:
(A) for an individual(s) or sole
			 proprietorship, the individual(s) or proprietor, respectively;
(B) for a corporation, any director or
			 officer empowered by the Board of Directors pursuant to the corporation's
			 Certificate of Incorporation and any bylaws;
(C) for a limited liability company (LLC), a
			 manager, if the LLC's Articles of Incorporation vest management of the LLC in
			 one or more managers, otherwise, any member of the LLC;
(D) for a partnership, any partner, subject
			 to the provisions of a statement of partnership authority; and
(E) for a municipal, state or federal agency
			 or department, either a principal executive officer, a ranking elected official
			 or other representative authorized by law.
(26) "Retailer" means retailer as defined in
			 section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(27)
			 "Reuse" means continuing to use a CED, as is, without modification, for its
			 original intended purpose;
(28)
			 "Sell" or "sale" means sell or sale as defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(29)
			 "Television" means a stand-alone display system containing a CRT or any other
			 type of display primarily intended to receive video programming via broadcast
			 transmitted over the air or by cable, satellite or other means, having a
			 viewable area greater than four inches when measured diagonally, able to adhere
			 to standard consumer video formats such as PAL, SECAM, NTSC, ATSC and HDTV and
			 having the capability of selecting different broadcast channels and support
			 sound capability. Television includes a television with a built in VCR, DVD or
			 other player;
(30) "Total weight"
			 means weight expressed in pounds; and
(31) "Video display" means video display as
			 defined in section
			 22a-629 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.