Richard, I'm afraid I can't help you much. I fear we are all going to be pulled under down by the wave of greenism propagated by idiot politicians. Mercury is the devil's due (dew?) and must be placed in a far away place (NIBYism?)regardless of quantity. Never mind that low levels of mercury have never been proven to a problem.
"I find it hard to believe that there wouldn't be an exemption for users of such small amounts of Hg." Don't ever assume a politician to be sane or literate. They have proven time and again they are not. Here in California's Silicon Valley CAL-OSHA and the Attorney General announced they had found large amounts of mercury residues at the Almaden County Park, mine. The Attorney General announced they were going to use expose-facto laws to find any companies remaining from the Gold Rush days of 1849 and make them pay for the cleanup. They assumed the mine was a gold mine and the mercury had been brought in to refine the gold. Finally someone told them it was a cinnabar mine (the ore of mercury) and that mercury was exported from the area not imported. They renamed the park the "Almaden Quicksilver County Park" and the hideous hazard has disappeared. It's once again safe for little children to attend the park. Oh yes the latest from California: Now they want to regulate the color of car you drive because black cars take more energy to cool. God save us all. Fred Townsend From: Richard Pittenger [mailto:richard.pitten...@hobartcorp.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:00 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Hg in Display Units - MA Legislation Hello Listees, I have just learned about recent legislation in Massachusetts that requires manufacturers of products containing Hg to register with the state and establish recycling programs. My company markets deli scales, some of which use a vacuum fluorescent display lit by very small fluorescent lamps. I understand that computer monitors use the same type of lamps. I find it hard to believe that there wouldn't be an exemption for users of such small amounts of Hg. I am familiar with the Northeast states IMERC regulations and these same units already comply with their usage reporting, marking and instruction manual requirements. I'd appreciate if any of the other manufacturers within this group, whose products also use these small fluorescent lamps, would comment concerning how they're complying with the new regulations. Thanks in advance. Good day, Richard I. Pittenger Agency Approval Engineer Food Retail Systems Hobart Disclaimer - This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyrighted information. You must not present this message to another party without first gaining permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, print, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than to notify us. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. We do not guarantee that this email is free from viruses or any other defects although due care has been taken to minimize the risk. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@ptcnh.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@ptcnh.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
