Act No. 152 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 152 (S.254). An act relating to including rechargeable batteries and battery-
containing products under the State battery stewardship program
Subjects: Conservation and development; waste management; extended producer
responsibility; batteries; battery-containing products
This act amends the existing Battery Stewardship Program at the Agency of Natural
Resources (ANR) by expanding the Program to require producers of rechargeable
batteries and battery-containing products to participate in the Program. A “battery-
containing-product” is defined as an electronic product that contains primary or
rechargeable batteries that are easily removable or is packaged with rechargeable or
primary batteries. A “battery-containing product” does not mean a product subject to the
State covered electronic device collection program or to a product in which the batteries
used are already covered under the Battery Stewardship Program. The act also increases
the size of covered primary batteries subject to the Program from a maximum of 4.4
pounds to a maximum of 25 pounds.
Under the act, the sale of rechargeable batteries or battery-containing products would
be prohibited beginning on January 1, 2026, unless the producer of the rechargeable
battery or battery-containing product is participating in the Battery Stewardship Program.
Similarly, the act bans the landfill disposal of rechargeable batteries and primary batteries
beginning on July 1, 2024. The act also makes multiple amendments to the requirements
of the Battery Stewardship Program, including amendments to the required components
of the required collection plan. In addition, the act requires ANR to complete an
assessment of the opportunities, challenges, and feasibility of mandatory end-of-life
management programs for batteries used in hybrid and electric vehicles, battery energy
storage systems, and batteries that are not easily removable from the products they
power.
The act also extends from January 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025, the deadline by which
manufacturers of household hazardous products are required to register a stewardship
organization under the extended producer responsibility program for household
hazardous products. In addition, the act provides ANR with statutory authority to
implement administrative use controls at sites with hazardous material contamination.
Multiple effective dates, beginning on July 1, 2024
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 10-168, 10-6621a
As Passed By the Senate -- Official: 10-168, 10-6621a
As Passed By the Senate -- Unofficial: 10-168, 10-6621a
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 10-168, 10-6621a, 10-7182(b), 10-7182
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 10-168, 10-6621a, 10-7182(b), 10-7182
As Enacted: 10-168, 10-6621a, 10-7182(b), 10-7182