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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
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Subtitle B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER |
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Chapter 375. REMOVAL OF CONVENIENCE SWITCHES |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 375.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Capture rate" means the annual number of convenience switches removed, collected, and recovered, expressed as a percentage of the number of convenience switches estimated to be available for removal in that year from end-of-life vehicles.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Convenience switch" means a capsule, commonly known as a bullet, that:
(A) is part of a convenience light switch assembly; and
(B) because of its mercury content, is the type of switch subject to work practice standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7412).
(4) "Convenience switch recovery program" means a program for removing, collecting, and recovering convenience switches from end-of-life vehicles in accordance with Subchapter B.
(5) "Eligible vehicle" means a vehicle identified by information provided by the manufacturer to the commission under Section 375.051 as a vehicle that might contain a convenience switch.
(6) "End-of-life vehicle" means a vehicle that:
(A) has not been intentionally flattened, crushed, shredded, or baled; and
(B) is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler or scrap metal recycling facility for the purpose of recycling.
(7) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.
(8) "Manufacturer" means:
(A) a person who is the last entity in the production or assembly process of a new vehicle; or
(B) the importer or domestic distributor of the vehicle, in the case of an imported vehicle.
(9) "Scrap metal recycling facility" means a facility at a fixed location that uses equipment to process and refabricate scrap metal into prepared grades and principally produces scrap iron, scrap steel, or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale.
(10) "Vehicle" means any automobile, station wagon, truck, van, or sport utility vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 12,000 pounds.
(11) "Vehicle recycler" means a person engaged in the business of acquiring, dismantling, or preparing for recycling six or more end-of-life vehicles in a calendar year for the primary purpose of reselling the vehicles' parts. The term includes a salvage vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 2302, Occupations Code.