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Montana Title 75. Environmental Protection § 75-10-1503. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Department” means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501.

(2) “Manufacturer” means a business concern that owns or owned the name brand of a mercury-added thermostat sold in this state.

(3)(a) “Mercury-added thermostat” means a product or device that uses a mercury switch to sense and control room temperature through communication with heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning equipment in residential, commercial, industrial, or other buildings.

(b) The term does not include a thermostat used to sense and control temperature as part of a manufacturing process.

(4) “Out-of-service mercury-added thermostat” means a mercury-added thermostat that is removed from a building or facility and is intended to be discarded.

(5) “Program” means a system for the collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats that is financed, as well as managed or provided, by a manufacturer or collectively with other manufacturers.

(6) “Qualified contractor” means a person engaged in the business of installation, service, or removal of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning components who employs seven or more service technicians or installers or who is located in areas outside of urban areas as defined by the United States bureau of the census.

(7) “Retailer” means a person who sells thermostats of any kind directly to a consumer through a selling or distribution mechanism, including but not limited to a sale using catalogs or the internet.

(8)(a) “Thermostat” means a product or device that uses a switch to sense and control room temperature through communication with heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning equipment in residential, commercial, industrial, and other buildings.

(b) The term does not include a product or device used to sense and control temperature as part of a manufacturing process.

(9)(a) “Wholesaler” means a person engaged in the distribution and wholesale selling of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning components to contractors who install heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning components and whose total wholesale sales account for 80% or more of total sales. The term may include a retailer.

(b) The term does not include a manufacturer.

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