13:1E-99.62. Restricted sales of certain batteries 4. a. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any alkaline manganese battery which exceeds the following mercury concentration levels: (1) For alkaline manganese batteries, other than button or coin shaped batteries, not more than 250 parts per million by weight (0.025%) for all batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1992; and (2) For button or coin shaped alkaline manganese batteries, not more than 25 milligrams of mercury per battery for all batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1992. b. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any zinc-carbon battery which exceeds a mercury concentration level of one part per million by weight (0.0001%) for all batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1992. c. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any alkaline manganese battery which exceeds a mercury concentration level of one part per million by weight (0.0001%) for all batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996. L.1991,c.521,s.4.
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