“Authorized propulsion battery recycler” means an entity or facility that is authorized by the department or an equivalent agency in another state to collect, sort, separate, and refine the elemental components of end-of-life propulsion batteries, or battery materials, and to refine the elemental components back to usable battery chemicals that include, but are not limited to, nickel sulfates, cobalt sulfate, and lithium salts. “Authorized propulsion battery recycler” does not include entities or facilities that are engaged only in the collection or logistics of moving materials for recycling.

“Authorized propulsion battery transporter” means a person that is authorized, under a battery management plan developed and approved pursuant to sections 6 and 7 of this act, to transport propulsion batteries for the purpose of recycling.

“Battery cell” means the basic electrochemical component of a battery, which provides a source of electrical energy and which consists of an assembly of a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte.

“Battery management plan” means a plan for the collection, transportation, remanufacturing, reuse, recycling and disposal, using environmentally sound management practices, of used propulsion batteries prepared pursuant to section 6 of this act.

“Battery module” means an array of multiple battery cells connected in series or parallel and encased in one structure.

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

“Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.

“Environmentally sound management practices” mean the policies and procedures for the collection, transportation, reuse, and recycling or disposal of used electric vehicle batteries, implemented by a producer to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances, to protect human health, safety, and the environment, and to provide for the adequate recordkeeping, tracking, and documentation of the disposal of used propulsion batteries within the State.

“Producer” means a person responsible for a propulsion battery, as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of this act.

“Propulsion battery” means an electrical energy storage device, consisting of one or more individual battery modules or battery cells, which are used to supply power to propel an electric or hybrid road vehicle. “Propulsion battery” includes, but is not limited to, lithium-ion batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries, and includes batteries that have been removed from a vehicle and batteries that are still embedded in a vehicle. “Propulsion battery” does not include a starter battery or a battery used for, or embedded in, products for industrial applications.

“Recycling center” means the same as the term is defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C. 13:1E-99.12).

“Remanufacture” means any repair or modification to a propulsion battery that results in the complete battery, or any battery modules or battery cells thereof, being used for the same purpose or application as the one for which the battery was originally designed.

“Repurpose” means any operation to a propulsion battery that results in the complete battery, or any battery modules or battery cells thereof, being used for a different purpose or application than the one for which the battery was originally designed.

“Reuse” means the use of a propulsion battery in another vehicle of the same type, which does not require modification to the battery.

“Solid waste” means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C. 13:1E-3).

“Solid waste facility” means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C. 13:1E-3).

“Vehicle recycler” means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2005, c.54 (C. 13:1E-99.84).

L.2023, c.222, s.2.