Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle that is operated on a highway, on a railroad track, on the ground, in the water, or in the air.
(c) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has not been previously sold to a person except a distributor, wholesaler, or motor vehicle dealer for resale.
Subd. 2. Tire service. When replacing or balancing a tire on a motor vehicle or aircraft, a person may not use a wheel weight or other product for balancing motor vehicle or aircraft wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.
Subd. 3. Sales ban. A person may not sell or offer to sell or distribute weights or other products for balancing motor vehicle or aircraft wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.
Subd. 4. New motor vehicles. A person may not sell a new motor vehicle or aircraft that is equipped with a weight or other product for balancing wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.
Subd. 5. Salvage. A person may not shred or crush, or market for shredding or crushing, any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or railroad or industrial equipment, or any portion thereof, without:
(1) inspecting the vehicle or equipment; and
(2) removing all weights or other products for balancing wheels or other equipment if the weights or balancing products contain lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the weights or balancing products.
Subd. 6. Managing wheel weights and balancing products. Mercury in wheel weights and other balancing products for motor vehicle and aircraft wheels must be recycled or otherwise managed to comply with sections 115A.932 and 116.92 and to ensure that it does not become part of the solid waste stream and is not released to the environment. Lead in wheel weights and other balancing products for motor vehicle and aircraft wheels must be recycled to ensure that it does not become part of the solid waste stream and is not released to the environment.
Subd. 7. Educational materials; outreach. Prior to January 1, 2016, the agency shall produce and distribute educational materials on the prohibitions required under this section to businesses subject to the prohibitions and shall conduct additional outreach and education activities to those businesses.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection
Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency
Section 116.011 — Pollution Report.
Section 116.02 — Pollution Control Agency; Creation And Powers.
Section 116.03 — Commissioner.
Section 116.04 — Executive Secretary.
Section 116.061 — Air Pollution; Emissions And Abatement.
Section 116.07 — Powers And Duties.
Section 116.071 — Cause Of Action For Abandoning Hazardous Waste On Property Of Another.
Section 116.0711 — Feedlot Permits; Conditions; County Grants.
Section 116.0712 — Modified Level One Feedlot Inventory.
Section 116.0713 — Livestock Odor.
Section 116.0715 — Limit On Basis For Action.
Section 116.0716 — Rule Variance.
Section 116.0717 — Minerals Deposition.
Section 116.072 — Administrative Penalties.
Section 116.073 — Field Citations.
Section 116.074 — Notice Of Permit Conditions To Local Governments.
Section 116.075 — Hearings And Records Public.
Section 116.081 — Prohibitions; Air Contaminant And Waste Facilities And Systems.
Section 116.082 — Burning Leaves; Local Ordinances.
Section 116.091 — Systems And Facilities.
Section 116.10 — Policy; Long-range Plan; Purpose.
Section 116.101 — Hazardous Waste; Control And Spill Contingency Plan.
Section 116.11 — Emergency Powers.
Section 116.12 — Hazardous Waste Administration Fees.
Section 116.125 — Notification Of Fee Increases.
Section 116.14 — Hazardous Waste Facilities; Liability Of Guarantor.
Section 116.155 — Remediation Fund.
Section 116.16 — Minnesota State Water Pollution Control Program.
Section 116.163 — Agency Review; Financial Assistance And Bids.
Section 116.165 — Inspection Responsibility.
Section 116.17 — Minnesota State Water Pollution Control Bonds.
Section 116.18 — Water Pollution Control Funds; Appropriations And Bonds.
Section 116.182 — Financial Assistance Program.
Section 116.202 — Coal Tar Sealant; Use And Sale Prohibited.
Section 116.21 — Nutrients In Cleaning Agents And Water Conditioners; Control; Statement Of Policy.
Section 116.23 — Prohibition And Restrictions.
Section 116.26 — Restoring Seized Items.
Section 116.27 — Additional Prohibition.
Section 116.28 — Lists Required.
Section 116.32 — Order To Refrain.
Section 116.33 — Proof Of Offense.
Section 116.34 — Time Limited For Proceedings.
Section 116.35 — Trial Of Offenses.
Section 116.37 — Pcb; Prohibited Use.
Section 116.385 — Trichloroethylene; Ban.
Section 116.39 — Ozone Layer; Preservation.
Section 116.41 — Waste And Waste Facilities Training And Certification.
Section 116.42 — Acid Deposition; Legislative Intent.
Section 116.43 — Acid Deposition Defined.
Section 116.44 — Sensitive Areas; Standards.
Section 116.454 — Monitoring Program.
Section 116.48 — Notification Requirements.
Section 116.482 — Petroleum Release; Notification.
Section 116.49 — Environmental Protection Requirements.
Section 116.491 — Tank Installers; Training And Certification.
Section 116.492 — Basement Storage Tanks; Removal.
Section 116.731 — Requirements To Recycle Cfc's.
Section 116.732 — Requirement To Recycle Fire Extinguisher Halons.
Section 116.733 — Medical Device Exemption.
Section 116.734 — Uniform Cfc Regulation.
Section 116.735 — Training And Certification.
Section 116.78 — Waste Management.
Section 116.79 — Management Plans.
Section 116.80 — Transporting Infectious Waste.
Section 116.801 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Permit Required.
Section 116.802 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Environmental Impact.
Section 116.82 — Authority Of Local Government.
Section 116.835 — Safe Sharps Management.
Section 116.84 — Monitors Required For Pcb Incinerators.
Section 116.85 — Monitors Required For Other Incinerators.
Section 116.875 — Authorized Management Methods.
Section 116.88 — Prohibited Methods Of Management.
Section 116.885 — Recycling And Treatment.
Section 116.91 — Citizen Reports Of Environmental Violations.
Section 116.915 — Mercury Reduction.
Section 116.92 — Mercury Emissions; Reduction.
Section 116.921 — Multistate Clearinghouse.
Section 116.925 — Electric Energy; Mercury Emissions Report.
Section 116.93 — Lamp Recycling Facilities.
Section 116.931 — Wheel Weights And Balancing Products; Lead And Mercury Prohibition.
Section 116.9401 — Definitions.
Section 116.9402 — Identifying Chemicals Of High Concern.
Section 116.9403 — Identifying Priority Chemicals.
Section 116.9405 — Applicability.
Section 116.9406 — Donations To The State.
Section 116.9407 — Participating In Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse.
Section 116.97 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program.
Section 116.98 — Ombudsman For Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program.
Section 116.99 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Advisory Council.
Section 116.993 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Program.
Section 116.994 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Accounting.