38 M.R.S. § 1604 Lead-Acid Batteries

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 38 M.R.S. § 1604

For the purposes of this section, "lead-acid battery" means a device designed and used to store electrical energy through chemical reactions involving lead and acid. [ 1989, c. 583, (NEW) ; 1989, c. 585, Pt. E, §35 (NEW) ; 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §116 (RPR) .]

1.Disposal. No person may dispose of a lead-acid battery by burial, incineration, deposit or dumping so that the battery or any of its constituents may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters.

[ 1989, c. 583, (NEW) ; 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §116 (RPR) .]

2.Lead-acid battery retailers. A person selling or offering for retail sale lead-acid batteries shall:

A. Accept, at the point of transfer, used lead-acid batteries in reasonably clean and unbroken condition from customers in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased; [ 1989, c. 583, (NEW) ; 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §116 (RPR) .]

B. If a used lead-acid battery is not exchanged at the time of sale, collect a $10 deposit on the new battery.

(1) The deposit shall be returned to the customer when the customer delivers a used lead-acid battery within 30 days of the date of sale.

(2) All funds received by a dealer as a deposit on a lead-acid battery shall be held in trust and separately accounted for by the retailer. Any interest on those funds shall inure to the benefit of the retailer. Annually on July 1st, all deposits not returned to customers in exchange for lead-acid batteries during the previous year ending June 30th shall inure to the benefit of the retailer; and [ 1989, c. 583, (NEW) ; 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §116 (RPR) .]

C. Post an 8 1/2" x 11" written notice that includes the display of the universal recycling symbol and the following language.