California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 11 - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste › Article 4.1 - Additional Lists of Hazardous Wastes › Section 66261.50 - Mercury-Containing Products that Are Hazardous Wastes when Discarded

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following mercury-containing products are listed
					 hazardous wastes when discarded:
California Hazardous Waste
								Number
Hazardous
								Waste
M001
Mercury-containing motor vehicle light
							 switches, as defined in section
							 66273.9, and any motor vehicle or
							 portion of a motor vehicle that contains such switches, when any person decides
							 to crush, bale, shred, or shear the vehicle. Motor vehicles and portions of
							 motor vehicles from which all mercury-containing light switches have been
							 removed are not included in this category. A light switch that cannot be
							 removed from a vehicle due to accidental damage to the vehicle is not
							 included.
M002
Non-automotive mercury switches and any
							 product that contains such switches. Includes any mercury switch that does not
							 meet the listing description for M001, including but not limited to, mercury
							 switches from household appliances and household appliances from which mercury
							 switches have not been removed; relays; silent wall switches; and float
							 switches. Also includes mercury-containing flame sensors and household
							 appliances from which all mercury flame sensors have not been removed.
							 Appliances and other products from which all mercury switches and flame sensors
							 have been removed are not included in this category.
M003
Lamps that contain intentionally-added
							 mercury and products (or devices) with lamps that contain intentionally-added
							 mercury. A lamp is defined as the bulb or tube portion of an electric lighting
							 device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiant energy, most often
							 in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared regions of the electromagnetic
							 spectrum. Products from which all mercury-containing lamps have been removed
							 are not included in this category. This listing does not apply to vehicles that
							 contain mercury-added lamps.
M004
Mercury-added novelties, as defined in
							 section 66273.9 (other than novelties with
							 mercury switches, which meet the listing description for M002, and novelties
							 with mercury-containing lamps, which meet the listing description for M003).
							 Includes, but is not limited to, novelties painted with mercury-containing
							 paints.
1. New
					 article 4.1 (section
					 66261.50) and section filed
					 2-13-2003; operative 3-15-2003 (Register 2003, No. 7).
2. Amendment
					 of section and NOTE filed 2-4-2009; operative 2-4-2009 (Register 2009, No.
					 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25140,
						25214.10.1
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25140
						and
						25212,
						Health and Safety Code.