§ 8-9-607. Annual reporting
(a) One (1) year after the implementation of a mercury minimization plan approved pursuant to § 8-9-605, and annually thereafter, a manufacturer subject to § 8-9-604 shall report individually or as part of a group to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality concerning the implementation of the mercury minimization plan. The report shall […]
§ 8-9-608. Design for recycling
(a) One (1) year after the implementation of a mercury minimization plan approved pursuant to § 8-9-605, and annually thereafter, a manufacturer subject to § 8-9-604 shall report individually or as part of a group to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality concerning the steps being taken by manufacturers to design vehicles and […]
§ 8-9-609. Rules — Authority of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may adopt rules to effectuate and implement the purposes and intent of this subchapter and the powers and duties of the Division of Environmental Quality.
§ 8-9-610. Penalties and enforcement
(a) Any person who violates any provisions of this subchapter or any rule or order issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to the same penalty and enforcement provisions as are contained in § 8-6-204. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the procedure of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission for […]
§ 8-9-601. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mercury Switch Removal Act of 2005”.
§ 8-9-602. Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by removing mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles and by creating a collection and recovery program for mercury switches removed from end-of-life vehicles in the State of Arkansas.
§ 8-9-603. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Capture rate” means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of the total number of mercury switches available for removal from end-of-life vehicles; (2) [Repealed.] (3) [Repealed.] (4) “End-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle that is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler […]
§ 8-9-604. Mercury minimization plan
(a) Every manufacturer of vehicles sold within this state, individually or as part of a group, shall develop in consultation with the Division of Environmental Quality a mercury minimization plan prepared pursuant to this section and shall submit the mercury minimization plan to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality for review and approval […]
§ 8-9-605. Plan approval and implementation
(a) (1) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of a mercury minimization plan, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, now the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, shall approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve the entire mercury minimization plan. The director may solicit input from representatives of vehicle recyclers, scrap […]
§ 8-9-606. Removal and proper management of mercury-added vehicle components
(a) Commencing thirty (30) days after the approval or conditional approval of a mercury minimization plan pursuant to § 8-9-605, a vehicle recycler that sells, gives, or otherwise conveys ownership of an end-of-life vehicle to a scrap recycling facility for recycling shall remove all mercury switches identified in the approved mercury minimization plan from the […]