§2419. Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items

A.(1) No person may place knowingly and intentionally a lead acid battery in mixed solid waste, or discard or otherwise knowingly and intentionally dispose of a lead acid battery except by delivery to an automotive battery retailer or wholesaler, to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of Louisiana to collect and recycle lead acid batteries, or to a secondary lead smelter permitted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) No person may knowingly and intentionally deliver scrap to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility authorized under the laws of this state if such scrap contains any lead-acid or nickel cadmium battery, microwave oven, fluorescent light, capacitors exceeding one inch in length, width, or height, hazardous waste as defined by the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., radioactive materials regulated by the Louisiana Nuclear Energy and Radiation Control Law, R.S. 30:2101 et seq., and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or refrigerants containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's).

(3) Any person delivering any scrap, including but not limited to automobiles or automotive parts, to a scrap metal collection and recycling facility must submit to the scrap metal collection and recycling facility a certification signed by a duly authorized representative that all lead-acid or nickel cadmium batteries, microwave ovens, fluorescent lights, capacitors exceeding one inch in length, width, or height, hazardous waste as defined by the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, R.S. 30:2001 et seq., radioactive materials regulated by the Louisiana Nuclear Energy and Radiation Control Law, R.S. 30:2101 et seq., and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or refrigerants containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) have been removed from and are not included with the scrap delivered.

B. No automotive battery retailer shall dispose of a used lead acid battery except by delivery to an agent of a battery wholesaler, to a battery manufacturer for delivery to a secondary lead smelter, or to a collection or recycling facility authorized under the laws of Louisiana to collect and recycle lead acid batteries.

C. Each item improperly placed, delivered, or disposed of in violation of this Section shall constitute a separate violation.

D. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the collection, transportation, or disposal of lead acid batteries mixed or commingled with solid waste by any person engaged in the collection, transportation, and/or disposal of solid waste, unless it can be demonstrated that such person knew that such lead acid batteries had been mixed or commingled with the solid waste collected, transported, and/or disposed and unless it can be demonstrated that it is economically and environmentally feasible to remove and recover such lead acid batteries from the solid waste collected, transported, and/or disposed.

Acts 1989, No. 185, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, No. 95, §1; Acts 2010, No. 410, §1.