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Committee weighs producer responsibility organization model for batteries; work session set for April 8
Summary
Lawmakers debated a proposed battery producer responsibility program in a work session on House Bill 2062, with industry and local-government witnesses urging a producer-run model registered by the Department of Environmental Quality.
The House Climate, Energy and Environment Committee opened a work session on House Bill 2062 to consider the dash-1 amendment clarifying scope and definitions for a battery producer responsibility organization, or PRO.
Representative Olivia (committee staff) summarized the amendment, which narrows coverage to batteries that can be readily removed from products and excludes “embedded batteries” such as those that are not readily removed from medical devices. The amendment also contains technical fixes and clarifications raised in earlier hearings.
Elizabeth Remley, representing the Rechargeable Battery Association, told the committee that several states are creating extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs for…
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