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State Mercury-Added Product Ban Guidance

Guidance on Compliance with Product Bans for Mercury-added Products Sold & Distributed in the United States

Updated May 2009

This Guidance Document is designed to help manufacturers, importers, and distributors of mercury- added products understand how to comply with specific mercury-added product bans in the United States. Throughout this document text that is highlighted in green indicates that the material is hyperlinked to other web pages providing additional information and guidance on that topic.

For more information on IMERC member state mercury products legislation see www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/modelleg.cfm .

States participating in the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC) are coordinating their mercury reduction initiatives to:

promote consistency among the states in implementing product bans, and provide a single point of contact for manufacturers.

IMERC was established by state environmental officials from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont to help them implement laws and programs aimed at reducing mercury in consumer products, the waste stream, and the environment. The State of Washington joined IMERC in 2003, followed by Illinois in 2004. California, Minnesota, and North Carolina joined IMERC in 2005-2006 and Louisiana joined in 2007. IMERC is a program of the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA). For more information on IMERC see: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/imerc/IMERCBroch.pdf

What Is a Mercury-added Product?

A mercury-added product is a product, a commodity, a chemical, a product with one or more components, or a product that cannot function without the use of that component, that contains mercury or a mercury compound intentionally added to the product, commodity, chemical, or component in order to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality, or to perform a specific function, or for any other reason. These products include formulated mercury-added products and fabricated mercury-added products.

A fabricated mercury-added product is a combination of individual components, one or more of which has mercury added, that combine to make a single unit.

A formulated mercury-added product is a chemical product, including but not limited to laboratory chemicals, cleaning products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and coating materials that are sold as a consistent mixture of chemicals.

If you are a manufacturer, distributor, or importer of a fabricated mercury-added product as defined above, you need to review this guidance material to determine whether there are product bans that apply to you. These requirements are described in detail in this guidance material.

Why Are the States Banning the Sale of Mercury-Added Products?

The purpose of banning the sale of certain mercury-added products is to eliminate non-essential uses of mercury in consumer, household, and commercial products, thereby reducing mercury releases to the environment associated with the production, use, and disposal of such products. For more information on the health and environmental effects of mercury, go to: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/ .

What Mercury-Added Products Are Banned?

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Sales bans are in place for mercury fever thermometers and other types of thermometers, thermostats, automotive switches, manometers, switches and relays, instruments and measuring devices, and mercury-added novelties. See the below table for details on product sales bans in particular states.

Mercury-added Product Phase-outs may also apply to the products your company makes and/or distributes. The difference between a mercury-added product sales ban and a mercury-added product sales phase-out is that some exemptions are allowed under a product phase-out. For more information on state mercury-added product sales phase-outs go to: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/imerc/phaseoutinfo.cfm

What Are the States' Mercury-Added Product Bans?

Product bans for the IMERC member states of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and Vermont are included in the following table.

--- > Mercury-Added Product Bans in IMERC States Compliance Product Product What's Banned Dates Definitions Mercury Fever Thermometers Mercury fever thermometer means a All mercury fever thermometers mercury-added product except those authorized by that is used for measuring California July 1, 2002 prescription or sold or supplied body temperature; does by licensed medical not include a digital professionals thermometer that uses mercuric oxide button cell batteries All mercury fever thermometers A mercury-added product except those authorized by used for measuring body prescription; exempted temperature; digital Connecticut January 1, 2003 thermometers must be sold thermometers with with notice of mercury content removable button cell and instructions on safe batteries containing handling and proper cleanup mercury not included All mercury fever thermometers Any device containing including those provided in liquid mercury wherein the hospital new baby gift packs; Illinois July 1, 2004 liquid mercury is used to exempts mercury fever measure the internal body thermometers sold to, or used temperature of a person in, a health care facility All mercury fever thermometers except those authorized by prescription; those sold by prescription must be supplied A mercury-added product Louisiana January 1, 2007 with clear instructions on the used for measuring body careful handling of the temperature thermometer to avoid breakage and proper cleanup should breakage occur All mercury fever thermometers A mercury fever except those authorized by thermometer means a prescription; those sold by thermometer that contains prescription must be supplied mercury for the purpose of Maine January 1, 2002 with clear instructions on the measuring body careful handling of the temperature, but does not thermometer to avoid breakage include a thermometer and proper cleanup should containing mercury solely breakage occur within a button cell battery All retail mercury fever thermometers sold or supplied, February 21, including online; exempts those Massachusetts No definition in statute 2002 required for medical necessity, as determined by a licensed physician, or by prescription

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Includes all mercury fever thermometers except electronic Minnesota June 1, 2001 Not defined in statute thermometers with button cell batteries All mercury fever thermometers except those authorized by A mercury-added product New prescription; those sold by July 1, 2002 used for measuring body Hampshire prescription must be supplied temperature with proper handling and cleanup instructions All basal, rectal, and oral thermometers except those used for research and A device used for New Jersey February 2005 development, professional measuring temperature health care purposes, or for that contains mercury industrial, manufacturing, or commercial purposes All mercury fever thermometers and mercury body A mercury-added product thermometers except those that is used for measuring authorized by prescription; body temperature; digital New York January 1, 2005 exempted thermometers must thermometers with be sold with notice of mercury removable button cell content and instructions on batteries containing safe handling, proper cleanup, mercury not included and disposal All mercury fever thermometers except those authorized by prescription; those sold by Any device containing prescription must be supplied mercury in which the Rhode Island January 1, 2002 with proper handling and mercury is used to cleanup instructions; also measure the internal body excludes digital thermometers temperature of a person utilizing mercury-added button cell batteries All fever thermometers, except A mercury-added product Vermont July 1, 2006 thermometers with a mercury- that is used for measuring added button cell battery body temperature All mercury fever thermometers except those (1) provided by prescription, and these thermometers must be accompanied with safe handling and cleanup instructions, and (2) A mercury-added product thermometers sold or Washington January 1, 2006 that is used for measuring distributed to a hospital or a body temperature health care facility controlled by a hospital if the hospital has adopted a plan for mercury reduction consistent with the Washington Departments of Ecology and Health Mercury Chemical Action Plan goals Other Mercury Thermometers Cannot sell, offer for sale, or distribute for promotional Statute does not provide Caifornia July 1, 2006 purposes any mercury-added definition thermometer Restricts the sale of Illinois July 1, 2008 thermometers that contain Not defined in statute elemental mercury Sale of mercury thermometers of any type is banned unless the use is a federal Not defined in statute or Maine July 1, 2006 requirement or the only rule mercury component is a button cell battery

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Includes all mercury thermometers except those (1) used for food research and development or processing, (2) that are a component of an animal agriculture climate control system or industrial measurement system, until the system is replaced or a nonmercury component is Minnesota June 1, 2001 Not defined in statute available, (3) used for calibration of other thermometers, apparatus or equipment unless a nonmercury calibration standard is approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and (4) electronic thermometers with button cell batteries Restricts the sale of New January 1, 2008 thermometers that contain Not defined in statute Hampshire elemental mercury Restricts the sale of thermometers that contain Vermont January 1, 2007 Not defined in statute elemental mercury (other than mercury fever thermometers) Includes all mercury thermometers except (1) electronic thermometers with a button cell battery containing mercury, (2) mercury thermometers used for food research and development or processing, including meat, dairy products, and pet food processing, (3) mercury thermometers that are a component of an animal A mercury-added product agriculture climate control Washington January 1, 2006 that is used for measuring system or industrial temperature measurement system or for veterinary medicine, until the system is replaced or a nonmercury component for the system is available, and (4) mercury thermometers used for calibration of other equipment, unless a nonmercury calibration standard is approved by the National Institute of Standards & Technology Mercury-Added Thermostats Includes all mercury-added A product or device that thermostats except those used uses a mercury switch to by a blind or visually impaired sense and control room person and those used to Maine January 1, 2006 temperature through sense and control temperature communication with as part of a manufacturing heating, ventilating, or air- process; allows for exemptions conditioning filed by January 1, 2003 A product or device that Bans sale, distribution, uses a mercury switch to installation, or reinstallation of sense and control room mercury thermostats, excluding Minnesota August 1, 2007 temperature through those used to sense and communication with control temperature as part of a heating, ventilating, or air- manufacturing process conditioning

No definition provided in Vermont July 1, 2006 All thermostats used for the control of space heating or statute

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cooling Instruments & Measuring Devices A dairy manometer is an instrument containing Connecticut July 1, 2003 Dairy manometers mercury that is used to measure the pressure in milk lines Dairy and natural gas Statute does not provide Louisiana July 1, 2007 manometers definitions A mercury-containing manometer used in Maine January 1, 2002 Dairy manometers milking machines on dairy farms Mercury manometers for use on dairy farms may not be sold or installed, or repaired; all Manometer not defined in Minnesota June 30, 1997 manometers must be removed statute or rule from dairy farms after December 31, 2000 Sphygmomanometers, esophageal dilators, bougie Minnesota August 1, 2007 tubes, gastrointestinal tubes, No definition in statute feeding tubes, or similar gastrointestinal devices Mercury-containing devices used for measuring atmospheric pressure or for measuring pressure of liquids and Barometers, manometers, and gases or a mercury- Minnesota January 1, 2008 pyrometers containing device used for measuring the temperature of extremely hot materials, individually or as part of another product All listed instruments are mercury-added consumer products used for the following specific Includes barometers, purposes: a barometer esophageal dilators, bougie measures atmospheric tubes or gastrointestinal tubes, pressure; an esophageal flow meters, hygrometers or dilator or bougie tube is a psychrometers, and long flexible tube that is pyrometers; excludes passed down a patient's New York January 1, 2006 instruments that are a esophagus to dilate a component in a larger product narrowed area; a flow in use prior to January 1, 2006, meter measures the flow and the resale of instruments or quantity of a moving manufactured before fluid or gas; a hygrometer December 31, 2005 or psychrometer measures the water vapor content of air; a pyrometer measures the temperature of extremely hot materials All mercury-added manometers and hydrometers except those A manometer is a used to replace a product that mercury-added consumer is a component in a larger product used for New York January 1, 2007 product in use prior to January measuring the pressure of 1, 2007, or the resale of a liquids and gasses; a manometer or a hydrometer hydrometer measures the manufactured before specific gravity of a liquid December 31, 2006

Sphygmomanometers; excludes an instrument that is a component of a larger product in use prior to January 1, 2008 A sphygmomanometer

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or a resale manufactured measures blood pressure before January 1, 2008; in the arteries New York April 17, 2009 excludes if the use is a federal requirement No definition provided in Vermont January 1, 2006 Includes all dairy manometers statute Manometers measuring blood pressure, excluding (1) manometers sold or distributed to a hospital or a health care facility controlled by a hospital if the hospital has adopted a plan for mercury reduction consistent with the Washington A mercury-added product Departments of Ecology and Washington January 1, 2006 used for measuring blood Health Mercury Chemical pressure Action Plan goals, (2) manometers used for calibration of other equipment, unless a nonmercury calibration standard is approved by the National Institute of Standards & Technology Mercury-Added Auto Switches & Other Components Any motor vehicle light Vehicles with mercury- switch found in the hood California January 1, 2005 containing vehicle light or trunk of a motor vehicle switches may not be sold that contains mercury Vehicle recyclers, crushers, Each mercury-containing and metal recyclers must capsule or mercury- maintain certain records and containing switch make reports regarding assembly that is part of a mercury switches removed; as convenience light switch of June 24, 2006 assembly of part of an Illinois April 24, 2006 manufacturers of vehicles anti-lock braking system containing mercury switches assembly installed in a must begin a mercury switch vehicle; an anti-lock collection program to facilitate braking system assembly removal of mercury switches may contain more than from end-of-life vehicles one mercury switch Sale of motor vehicles manufactured after January 1, A mercury-added product 2003 banned if the vehicle that opens or closes an contains a mercury switch of Maine January 1, 2003 electrical circuit, such as a any type unless an exemption switch used to turn a light is obtained from the Maine bulb or lamp on and off Commissioner of Environmental Protection Motor vehicles containing one or more mercury-added switches may not be sold or distributed; mercury-added vehicle switches may not be A switch installed in a offered for installation in motor motor vehicle containing vehicles; existing mercury- mercury, including, but not Massachusetts January 1, 2007 added switches requiring limited to, light switches replacement must be replaced and anti-lock braking with a non-mercury alternative systems in available; mercury-added components must be removed from end-of-life vehicles prior to crushing

Includes mercury switches sold individually or as a product A mercury-added consumer product or January 1, 2008 component; excludes New York device that opens or (auto switches) replacememnt switches that are components of a larger closes an electrical circuit product in use prior to January or gas valve. 1, 2008, or the resale of a

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product that was manufactured before December 31, 2007. A motor vehicle component that contains greater than 15 milligrams of mercury, which was intentionally added to such Model Year 2012 motor vehicles in order to January 1, 2011 vehicles sold after January 1, provide a specific (components New York 2011 cannot have a mercury- characterstic, appearance greater than 15 added component with greater or quality, to perform a milligrams) than 15 milligrams of mercury specific function, or for any other purpose; such components shall include, but not be limited to, switches, sensors, lights and navigational systems An automotive mercury switch includes a No motor vehicles may be sold convenience switch, such Washington January 1, 2006 or distributed in the state with as a switch for a trunk or mercury switches hood light, and a mercury switch in antilock brake systems Mercury-Added Novelties No mercury-added novelties California January 1, 2003 may be sold or distributed for See definition of novelty promotional purposes No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for Connecticut July 1, 2003 promotional purposes except See definition of novelty those with removable button cell batteries No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for promotional purposes unless Illinois July 1, 2004 See definition of novelty the mercury is solely within a button-cell battery or fluorescent light bulb No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for promotional purposes unless Louisiana July 1, 2007 See definition of novelty the mercury is solely within a button-cell battery or fluorescent light bulb Toys and games containing mercury may not be sold, nor Minnesota June 1, 2001 See definition of novelty clothing containing mercury switch No mercury-added novelties New January 1, 2002 may be sold or distributed for See definition of novelty Hampshire promotional purposes No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for promotional purposes; a New York January 1, 2005 product with solely a light See definition of novelty screen display or a mercury containing battery is not necessarily a novelty product No mercury-added novelties Rhode Island January 1, 2003 may be sold or distributed for See definition of novelty promotional purposes No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for promotional purposes, except Vermont July 1, 2006 See definition of novelty for novelties containing button cell batteries or lamps as their only mercury components

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No mercury-added novelties may be sold or distributed for promotional except for games, toys, or other products Washington January 1, 2006 See definition of novelty requiring a button-cell or lithium battery, liquid crystal display screen or a lamp that contains mercury Mercury-Added Switches & Relays Includes new or refurbished mercury diostats, or a new or refurbished oven or gas range containing a mercury diostat A mercury switch that controls a gas valve in an California January 1, 2008 oven or oven portion of a Mercury switches and relays range are also banned for sale after July 1, 2006 but manufacturers may apply for exemptions Includes mercury switches and relays sold individually or as a product component; excludes switches and relays used (1) in medical diagnostic equipment regulated under the Food, Drug A product or device, and Cosmetic Act; (2) at containing mercury added electric generating facilities; (3) during its manufacture, in thermostats to sense and that opens or closes an control room temperature; or electrical circuit or gas Illinois July 1, 2007 (4) required under federal law valve, including, but not or federal contract limited to, mercury float specifications; also excluded switches, tilt switches, are replacement switches and pressure switches, relays for a product in use prior temperature switches and to July 1, 2007 if the larger mercury flame sensors product is used in manufacturing, or the switch or relay is not physically separate from other components in the larger product Includes mercury switches and A mercury switch is a relays sold individually or as a mercury-added product product component; excludes that opens or closes an replacement switches and electrical circuit or gas relays for a product in use prior valve; a mercury relay is a Maine July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2006 if: (1) the larger mercury-added product product is used in that opens or closes manufacturing (2) the switch or electrical contacts to effect relay is not physically separate the operation of other from other components in the devices in the same or larger product another electrical circuit Bans the sale or offers to sell or distribute a mercury switch or mercury relay, individually or as a product component; does not apply if the mercury switch or relay is a component in a larger product in use before May 1, a mercury switch is a 2009, there is no mercury-free mercury-added product alternative product available for Massachusetts May 1, 2009 that opens or closes an the component and one (1) of electrical circuit or gas the following applies: 1) the valve larger product is used in manufacturing; or 2) the switch or relay is integrated and not physically separate from other components of the larger product; manufacturers can apply for exemptions

A mercury relay means a product or device that opens or closes electrical

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contacts, including, but not limited to, mercury displacement relays, wetted reed relays, and contact relays. A mercury switch means a product that opens or closes an Bans the sale or offers to sell or electrical circuit or gas distribute a mercury switch or Minnesota August 1, 2007 valve, including but not mercury relay, individually or as limited to, mercury float a product component switches, tilt switches, pressure switches, temperature switches, and flame sensors. A mercury switch does not include a mercury-added thermostat or diostat A mercury diostat means a Bans the sale or offers to sell or switch that controls a gas distribute a new gas oven, Minnesota January 1, 2008 valve in an oven or overn range, or stove containing a portion of a gas range or mercury-added diostat stove Includes mercury switches and relays sold individually or as a A mercury switch is a product component; includes mercury-added consumer mercury float, tilt, pressure, and product that opens or temperature switches; includes closes an electrical circuit mercury displacement and or gas valve; a mercury contact relays; excludes New York January 1, 2008 relay is a mercury-added replacement switches and product that opens or relays that are components of a closes electrical contacts larger product in use prior to to affect the operation of January 1, 2008, or the resale other devices in the same of a product that was or another electrical circuit manufactured before December 31, 2007 Restricts the sale of mercury- Vermont January 1, 2007 Not defined in statute added switches and relays Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Bans the sale or offers to sell or distribute in the state for human use an over-the counter Minnesota January 1, 2008 pharmaceutical product No definition in statute containing mercury and a cosmetic, toiletry, or fragrance product containing mercury

Mercury-Added Product Novelty Definition: A mercury -added product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment, including items intended for use as practical jokes, figurines, adornments, toys, games, cards, ornaments, yard statues and figures, candles, jewelry, holiday decorations and footwear and other items of apparel.

Product bans for other non-IMERC member states (i.e., Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, and Oregon) are summarized in the following table.

Mercury-Added Product Bans in Non-IMERC States Compliance Dates/Where To Go for Product What's Covered More Information Mercury Fever Thermometers All mercury fever thermometers except those authorized by July 1, 2003 Indiana prescription. Excludes Indiana Code IC 13 -20 -17.5 thermometers containing mercury solely within a button cell battery.

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All mercury fever thermometers except those authorized by October 1, 2002 prescription. Exempts Maryland Maryland House Bill 75 thermometers used in health care facilities, and digital thermometers using a button cell battery. All mercury fever January 1, 2003 thermometers except Michigan Michigan Public Act 578 of 2002 those sold or offered for promotion by prescription. All mercury fever thermometers except those required by federal October 6, 2007 law, prescribed by a Ohio Ohio EPA Fact Sheet licensed medical personnel, or digital thermometers using a button cell battery. All mercury fever thermometers except August 8, 2001 those required by federal Oregon http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/mercury.htm law, or prescribed by a licensed medical personnel. Other Mercury Thermometers All mercury thermometers sold or offered for promotion except those January 1, 2003 (1) required by state or Michigan Michigan Public Act 578 of 2002 federal statute, regulation, or administrative rule, (2) used for pharmaceutical research purposes. All mercury fever thermometers except those required by federal law, when it is demonstrated to be the October 6, 2007 only temperature Ohio Ohio EPA Fact Sheet measuring device feasible for a research, quality control, or manufacturing application, or digital thermometers using a button cell battery. Mercury-Added Thermostats Does not include thermostats used to sense July 1, 2009 and control temperature Iowa Iowa House File 2669 as a part of a manufacturing or industrial process. Does not apply if thermostat is a January 1, 2009 replacement of an existing Michigan Michigan Public Act 492 of 2006 thermostat that is a component of an "appliance". Prohibits the sale and January 1, 2010 Montana installation of a mercury Mercury Thermostat Collection Act thermostat.

Excludes thermostats April 6, 2008 installed in the residence Ohio Ohio EPA Fact Sheet of a visually-impaired person or a thermostat used to sense and control

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temperatures as part of a manufacturing process. Prohibits the installation of thermostats containing mercury in commercial January 1, 2006 Oregon and residential buildings. http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/hhw/thermostats.htm Excludes thermostats on industrial equipment used for safety controls. Prohibits the sale, December 8, 2009 Pennsylvania installation, and disposal Mercury -Free Thermostat Act of a mercury thermostat. Mercury Auto Switches No motor vehicles may be sold in the state with January 1, 2006 Oregon mercury light switches http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/mercuryswitchout.htm mounted on the hood or trunk. Sphygmomanometers Does not apply if for home use and calibration of January 1, 2009 Michigan mercury-free devices in Michigan Public Act 493 of 2006 health care facilities, if deemed warranted Esophageal Dilators, Bougie Tubes & Gastrointestinal Tubes January 1, 2009 Michigan Michigan Public Act 494 of 2006 Mercury-added Novelties No mercury-added novelties may be sold or July 1, 2003 distributed for promotional Indiana Indiana Code IC 13 -20 -17.5 purposes except those with removable button cell batteries. No mercury-added novelties may be sold or October 6, 2007 distributed for promotional Ohio Ohio EPA Fact Sheet purposes except those with a button cell battery or fluorescent lamp. Prohibits the sale of August 8, 2001 novelty items with Oregon http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/mercury.htm encapsulated liquid mercury.

Where Can I Get More Information?

For more information on state specific Mercury-added Product Bans, including how to apply for exemptions, visit the following websites:

California - http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Mercury/ Connecticut - http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2708&q=324018&depNav_GID=1638 Illinois - http://www.epa.state.il.us/mercury/mercury -illinois.html Louisiana - http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/287/Default.aspx Maine - http://www.maine.gov/dep/mercury Massachusetts - http://www.mass.gov/dep/toxics/stypes/hgres.htm Minnesota - http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/mercury.html New Hampshire - http://www.des.state.nh.us/nhppp/Mercury/index.asp?link=leg New Jersey - http://www.nj.gov/dep/dsr/mercury_task_force.htm New York - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8853.html North Carolina - http://www.enr.state.nc.us/html/tchnicalassist.html Rhode Island - http://www.dem.ri.gov/topics/mercury.htm Vermont - http://www.mercvt.org/manreq/bans.htm Washington - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/mercury/

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Or contact the following individuals at the appropriate state environmental agency:

California Department of Toxic Substances Control Headquarters- 1001 I Street P.O. Box 806 Sacramento, CA 95812-0806 Contact: Jessie Schnell, 916-323-7367 or [email protected]

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Office of Planning and Program Development 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 Contact: Thomas Metzner, 860-424-3242 or [email protected]

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, Il 62794-9276 Contact: Becky Jayne, 217-524-9642 or [email protected]

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 602 N.Fifth Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Contact: Chris Piehler, 225-219-3609 or [email protected]

Maine Department of Environmental Protection 17 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 -0017 Contact: John James, 207-287-7866 or [email protected] Contact: Enid Mitnik, 207-287-8556 or [email protected]

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Prevention One Winter Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Contact: Mark Smith, 617-292-5509 or [email protected] Contact: Jordan Macy, 617-292-5805 or [email protected]

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Prevention and Assistance Division 520 Lafayette Rd. N. St. Paul, MN 55155 Contact: John Gilkeson, 651-757-2391 or [email protected]

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Pollution Prevention Program 29 Hazen Drive, P.O. Box 95 Concord, NH 03302-0095 Contact: Stephanie D'Agostino, 603-271-6398 or [email protected]

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 401 East State Street Trenton, NJ 08625 Contact: Robin Heston, 609-984-4643 or [email protected]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233 -7253 Contact: Peter Pettit, 518-402-8705 or [email protected]

North Carolina Department of Environmental & Natural Resources Division of Waste Management 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 Contact: Mike Brailsford, [email protected]

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street Providence, RI 02908 Contact: Ron Gagnon, 401-222-4700 (x7500) or [email protected] Contact: Beverly Migliore, 401-222-4700 (x7503) or [email protected]

Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT 05671-0411 Contact: Gary Gulka, 802-241-3626 or [email protected]

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Washington Department of Ecology Environmental Assessment Program P.O. Box 47600 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 Contact: Maria Victoria Peeler, 360-407-6704 or [email protected]

You can also contact IMERC if you have any questions about this guidance material and state mercury-added product bans: IMERC C/o NEWMOA 129 Portland Street, 6th floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 367-8558 [email protected]

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