Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 77.00 - Collection and Recycling of Mercury-added Thermostats › Section 77.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The definitions found in 310 CMR 77.02 apply to, and are
				limited to, 310 CMR 77.00.
Collection Site
means a location for
				the collection of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats which is either part
				of a manufacturer sponsored collection program established pursuant to 310 CMR
				77.04 or a location where mercury-added thermostats are collected and managed
				in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing hazardous waste
				and universal waste, including 310 CMR 30.000:
Hazardous
				Waste
.
Contractor
means a person engaged in
				the business of installation, service or removal of heating, ventilation, and
				air conditioning components.
Department
means the Massachusetts
				Department of Environmental Protection.
Local Governmental Authority
means a
				household hazardous waste facility, a solid waste management agency, an
				environmental management agency, or a department of public health.
Manufacturer
means an organization or
				entity that sells or sold a mercury-added thermostat under a brand or label it
				owns or is or was licensed to use a brand or label for a mercury-added
				thermostat produced by other suppliers.
Mercury-added Thermostat
means a
				product or device that uses a mercury switch to sense and control room
				temperature through communication with heating ventilation, or air conditioning
				equipment, including thermostats used to sense and control room temperature in
				residential, commercial, industrial, or other buildings, but excluding
				thermostats used to sense and control temperature as part of a manufacturing
				process.
Person
means an individual, trust,
				firm, joint stock company, corporation, including a government corporation,
				partnership, association, the federal government or any agency or subdivision
				thereof, a state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or
				any interstate body.
Properly Manage Out-of-service Mercury-added
				Thermostats
means to recycle or manage as a hazardous waste or
				universal waste in compliance with 310 CMR 30.000:
Hazardous
				Waste
.
Qualified Contractor
means a person
				engaged in the business of installation, service, or removal of heating,
				ventilation, and air conditioning components who employs seven or more service
				technicians or installers or who is located in an area outside an urban area,
				as defined by the United States Bureau of Census.
Solid Waste Facility
means a site or
				works, and other appurtenances thereto, which is, has been, or will be used for
				the handling, storage, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of solid
				waste, as defined in
				310 CMR 19.006:
Definitions
, including all land, structures and improvements
				which are directly related to solid waste activities.
Thermostat Retailer
means a person
				that sells thermostats of any kind directly to homeowners, other
				non-professionals, or contractors through any selling or distribution
				mechanism, including, but not limited to, sales using the internet or
				catalogs.
Thermostat Wholesaler
means a person
				engaged in the distribution and wholesale sale of thermostats and other
				heating, ventilation, and air conditioning components to contractors who
				install heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
				components.