The Legislative Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of this state to: (1) Reduce the amount of mercury in lighting that contains mercury; and (2) Continue to work with federal, state and local government agencies as well as manufacturers, retailers and others to expand opportunities for consumers to recycle lighting that contains […]
As used in ORS 646A.560 to 646A.566: (1) “Lighting that contains mercury” means an electric lamp, including compact fluorescent lamps, straight fluorescent lamps and nonlinear fluorescent lamps, to which mercury or mercury compounds are added during the manufacturing process. (2) “Long lifetime” means 25,000 hours or more when tested on an electronic ballast, including T8 […]
(1) A producer of lighting that contains mercury may not sell, offer for sale or distribute in this state any electric lamps that contain mercury in an amount exceeding, per lamp, the following mercury content standards: (a) 4 milligrams for screw-based compact fluorescent lamps less than 25 watts. (b) 5 milligrams for compact fluorescent lamps […]
When making procurement decisions on lighting that contains mercury, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall request information on mercury content, energy use, lumen output and lighting lifetime from potential suppliers and shall, in accordance with the Public Contracting Code and rules adopted under the Public Contracting […]
