Except as described at § 713.7:

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(a) Any person who manufactures (including imports) mercury must specify, as applicable, the specific mercury compound(s) from a pre-selected list (as listed in Table 1 of this part).

(b) Any person who manufactures (including imports) a mercury-added product must specify as applicable, the specific category(ies) and subcategory(ies) from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 2 of this part:

Table 2—Categories and Subcategories of Mercury-Added Products

CategorySubcategory
Batteries—Button cell, silver.
—Button cell, zinc-air.
—Button cell, alkaline.
—Stacked button cell batteries.
—Manganese oxide.
—Silver oxide.
—Mercuric oxide, non-button cell.
—Button cell, mercuric oxide.
—Button cell, zinc carbon.
—Other (specify).
Dental amalgam[No subcategories].
Formulated products (includes uses in cosmetics, pesticides, and laboratory chemicals)—Skin-lightening creams.
—Lotions.
—Soaps and sanitizers.
—Bath oils and salts.
—Topical antiseptics.
—Preservatives (e.g., for use in vaccines and eye-area cosmetics when no preservative alternatives are available).
—Pharmaceuticals (including prescription and over-the-counter drug products).
—Cleaning products (not registered as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act).
—Pesticides.
—Paints.
—Dyes.
—Reagents (e.g., catalysts, buffers, fixatives).
—Other (specify).
Lighting, lamps, bulbs—Linear fluorescent.
—Compact fluorescent.
—U-tube and circular fluorescent.
—Cold cathode fluorescent.
—External electrode fluorescent.
—Mercury vapor.
—Metal halide.
—High pressure sodium.
—Mercury short arc.
—Neon.
—Other (specify).
Measuring instruments—Barometer.
—Fever thermometer.
—Flow meter.
—Hydrometer.
—Hygrometer/psychrometer.
—Manometer.
—Non-fever thermometer.
—Pyrometer.
—Sphygmomanometer.
—Other (specify).
Pump seals[No subcategories].
Switches, relays, sensors, valves—Tilt switch.
—Vibration switch.
—Float switch.
—Pressure switch.
—Temperature switch.
—Displacement relay.
—Wetted reed relay.
—Contact relay.
—Flame sensor.
—Thermostat.
—Other (specify).
Miscellaneous/novelty mercury-added products—Wheel weights.
—Wheel rotation balancers/stabilizers.
—Firearm recoil suppressors.
—Carburetor synchronizers.
—Joint support/shock absorption bands.
—Other (specify).

(c) Any person who otherwise intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process, other than the manufacture of a mercury compound or a mercury-added product, must identify, as applicable:

(1) The specific manufacturing process for which mercury is otherwise intentionally used from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 3 of this part:

Table 3—Manufacturing Process for Which Mercury Is Otherwise Intentionally Used

Chlorine production (e.g., mercury-cell chlor-alkali process).
Acetaldehyde production.
Sodium/potassium methylate/ethylate production.
Polyurethane/plastic production.
Other (specify).

(2) The specific use of mercury in a manufacturing process from a pre-selected list, as listed in Table 4 of this part:

Table 4—Specific Use of Mercury in a Manufacturing Process

Catalyst.
Cathode.
Reactant.
Reagent.
Other (specify).
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