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| | | Resolve, Regarding the Sale of Batteries Containing Mercury |
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| | | Sec. 1. Review. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental | | Protection shall review the sale of batteries containing mercury. | | The review must include consideration of the following: |
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| | | 1. The amount of mercury in foreign-made batteries sold in | | the State and the United States, including, but not limited to, | | foreign-made batteries sold with a consumer product; |
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| | | 2. Whether stacked button cell batteries meet the mercury | | content specifications of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, | | section 2165; |
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| | | 3. Whether Title 38, section 2165 should be amended to | | include other battery chemistries; |
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| | | 4. Whether and how button cell batteries should be collected | | for recycling; |
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| | | 5. Whether and how button cell batteries should be labeled; |
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| | | 6. Whether the use of button cell batteries should be | | prohibited in some applications, including novelties; and |
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| | | 7. Whether nonmercury alternatives are available and, if so, | | to what extent and at what cost; and be it further |
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