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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="6-1202.1" title_number="6" title_name="Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Brominated Flame Retardants">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “transportation equipment”, “military equipment”, and “components of transportation or military equipment” do not include shipping pallets used to transport unpackaged fruits and vegetables.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Original equipment manufacturer replacement service parts or other products manufactured before January 1, 2011, if the part or products were manufactured in compliance with applicable federal, State, and local laws; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>A vehicle, as defined in § 11–176 of the Transportation Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>An aircraft, as defined in § 5–101 of the Transportation Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A product, part, or replacement part for use in a vehicle or aircraft.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning on December 31, 2010, a person may not manufacture, lease, sell, or distribute for sale or lease in the State any of the following products that contain more than one–tenth of 1% of decaBDE by mass:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Mattresses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Upholstered furniture designed for residential use; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Electrical or electronic equipment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, beginning on December 31, 2012, a person may not manufacture, lease, sell, or distribute for sale or lease in the State any product that contains more than one–tenth of 1% of decaBDE by mass.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Paragraph (2) of this subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Transportation equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Military equipment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Components of transportation or military equipment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or after December 31, 2013, a person may not manufacture, lease, sell, or distribute for sale or lease in the State the following products that contain more than one–tenth of 1% of decaBDE by mass:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Transportation equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Military equipment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Components of transportation or military equipment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not prohibit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A retailer that is in possession of a product prohibited for manufacture, lease, sale, or distribution for sale or lease under subsections (b) and (c) of this section from selling, recycling, or otherwise disposing of a product that is in the retailer’s or lessor’s inventory on or after the date that the prohibition takes effect;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person from recycling a product that contains decaBDE;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person from selling, leasing, recycling, or otherwise disposing of a product that contains recycled decaBDE;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any activity involving a product that contains decaBDE that occurs subsequent to first sale at retail; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A person from transporting or storing a product prohibited under subsections (b) and (c) of this section for later distribution outside the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
