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40 CFR § 713.11 - Specific requirements for which information must be reported.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s713.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 713.11 - Specific requirements for which information must be reported."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "713.11"
section_name: "Specific requirements for which information must be reported."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
part_number: "713"
part_name: "REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TSCA INVENTORY OF MERCURY SUPPLY, USE, AND TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2607(b)(10)(D)."
regulatory_source: "83 FR 30073, June 27, 2018, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "713"
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# 713.11 Specific requirements for which information must be reported.

Except as described at § 713.7:

(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

| Category | Subcategory |
| --- | --- |
| 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 ( 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 ( 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 (, 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). |