PRBA hosted a very informative meeting on July 31, 2018 of the federal inter-agency lithium battery task force. Participants included officials from FDA, OSHA, EPA, PHMSA, FAA, CBP, DHS, CPSC, CBP, MARAD, and FMCSA. The meeting provided PRBA and our members an excellent opportunity to update the agencies on industry, regulatory, and legislative trends associated with the following lithium battery issues: transport, recycling, safety standards, secondary use, counterfeit and “knock off” batteries, hazardous waste classification, harmonized tariff schedule, and imports/exports. There were excellent presentations from PRBA members GM, Apple, Saft, and Fedco Batteries.
