Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7585
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7585
- Calendar year: means the period commencing January 1 and ending December 31 of the same year. See
- Collection rate: means a percentage by weight that each producer or primary battery stewardship organization collects by an established date. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- plan: means a plan submitted to the Secretary pursuant to section 7584 of this title by an individual producer or a primary battery stewardship organization. See
- Primary battery: means a nonrechargeable battery weighing two kilograms or less, including alkaline, carbon-zinc, and lithium metal batteries. See
- Primary battery stewardship organization: means an organization appointed by one or more producers to act as an agent on behalf of a producer or producers to design, submit, implement, and administer a primary battery stewardship plan under this chapter. See
- producer: means one of the following with regard to a primary battery that is sold or offered for sale in the State:
- Recycling: means any process by which discarded products, components, and by-products are transformed into new usable or marketable materials in a manner in which the original products may lose their identity, but does not include energy recovery or energy generation by means of combusting discarded products, components, and by-products with or without other waste products. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 7585. Annual report; plan audit
(a) Annual report. On or before March 1, 2017 and annually thereafter, a producer or a primary battery stewardship organization shall submit a report to the Secretary that contains the following:
(1) the weight of primary batteries collected by the producer or the primary battery stewardship organization in the prior calendar year;
(2) the estimated percentage, by weight, of rechargeable batteries collected by the producer or the primary battery stewardship organization in the prior calendar year;
(3) the percentage of primary batteries collected in the prior calendar year that are from producers who are not participating in any approved stewardship plan, based on periodic sorting of primary batteries by the reporting producer;
(4) the collection rate achieved in the prior calendar year under the primary battery stewardship plan, including a report of the estimated total sales data by weight for primary batteries sold in the State for the previous three calendar years;
(5) the locations for all collection points set up by the primary battery producers covered by the primary battery stewardship plan and contact information for each location;
(6) examples and description of educational materials used to increase collection;
(7) the manner in which the collected primary batteries were managed;
(8) any material change to the primary battery stewardship plan approved by the Secretary pursuant to section 7586 of this title; and
(9) the cost of implementation of the primary battery stewardship plan, including the costs of collection, recycling, education, and outreach.
(b) Plan audit. After five years of implementation of an approved primary battery stewardship plan, a primary battery producer or primary battery stewardship organization shall hire an independent third party to conduct a one-time audit of the primary battery stewardship plan and plan operation. The auditor shall examine the effectiveness of the primary battery stewardship plan in collecting and recycling primary batteries. The independent auditor shall examine the cost-effectiveness of the plan and compare it to that of collection plans or programs for primary batteries in other jurisdictions. The independent auditor shall submit the results of the audit to the Secretary as part of the annual report required under subsection (a) of this section. (Added 2013, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 22, 2014.)