Submittal of Compliance Certifications and Reports to the Department

(1) The following certifications shall be submitted to the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 70.03(1)(8)9.: (a) Scrap recycling facilities and vehicle recyclers subject to 310 CMR 74.00 shall submit to the Department a compliance certification by March 1st of each year. The certification shall be on a form prescribed by the Department, and shall address compliance with the requirements of 310 CMR 74.00 during the previous calendar year (ending December 31st). The certification shall contain the following information, at a minimum: 1. Certification that all mercury-added components required to be removed pursuant to 310 CMR 74.00 were removed from vehicles during the calendar year covered and will continue to be removed during the coming year; 2. Certification that removed mercury-added components have been managed in accordance with the requirements of 310 CMR 74.00; 3. The number of mercury switches removed and shipped off-site for recycling. (b) (for vehicle recyclers) Certification that the vehicle recycler has provided the certification required by 310 CMR 74.04(3) to the scrap recycling facility(ies) to which it shipped vehicle bodies during the period covered by the certification. (2) No later than March 1, 2008, and March 1st of each subsequent year, each automobile manufacturer shall certify to the Department, in writing on a form prescribed by the Department, that it is implementing the collection and recycling plan in accordance with 310 CMR 74.06. Such certification shall meet the requirements of 310 CMR 70.03, and shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of mercury-added vehicle switches collected and recycled during the previous calendar year; (b) the actual capture rate achieved during the calendar year covered by the certification, pursuant to 310 CMR 74.07(2); and (c) where and how the switches were stored, recycled or otherwise disposed of. (3) By April 30, 2008, any vehicle manufacturer that never installed mercury-added vehicle switches shall submit a non applicability certification to the Department, pursuant to 310 CMR 74.06(2)(b), on a form prescribed by the Department.