California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 13 - Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Enterprises
Article 1 - Voluntary Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Enterprises
Section 2606 - Parts Recycling and Resale

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2606

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) On vehicles used for the generation of emission reduction credits, parts recycling and resale is limited to non-emission-related and non-drive train parts per the List of Emission-Drive Train Related Parts List shown in Appendix B to Article 1 -- Emission/Drive Train-Related Parts List;

(1) Parts recycling is at the sole discretion of the VAVR enterprise operator, subject to the limitations included herein.

(b) After the ten-day waiting period (and additional seven-days if appointment for inspection is made) and prior to offering non-emission and non-drive train parts for resale, the engine, emission-related parts, transmission, and drive train parts must be removed from a vehicle used for the generation of emission reduction credits and destroyed by the enterprise operator, or the enterprise operator's duly contracted dismantler:

(1) For the purpose of this regulation, a part will be considered destroyed when it has been punched, crushed, shredded, or otherwise rendered permanently and irreversibly incapable of functioning as originally intended;

(2) A checklist is provided in Appendix C to Article 1 -- Quality Control Checklist with a list of emission-related and drive train parts;

(3) After all emission-related and drive train parts are removed and destroyed, a quality control inspector (designated by the VAVR enterprise operator) must perform an inspection of the non-emission-related and non-drive train parts as well as the vehicle body;

(4) Upon verification by the quality control inspector that no emission-related parts or drive train parts have been exchanged with the non-emission-related and non-drive train parts, the quality control inspector must sign the checklist; and

(5) After the quality control inspector signs the check list, the dismantler may place the remaining non-emission parts, non-drive train parts, and vehicle body in yard to be available for sale to public.

(c) If the VAVR enterprise operator does not recover parts from a vehicle, then the entire vehicle must be dismantled within 90 days of acquisition by the operator;

(1) No parts may be removed, for sale or reuse, from any dismantled, retired vehicle for the purpose of generating emission reduction credits. The only allowable use for any retired vehicle is as a source of scrap metal and other scrap material;

(2) An enterprise operator may separate ferrous and non-ferrous metals from a dismantled, retired vehicle to sell as a source of scrap metal only; and

(3) An enterprise operator may sell tires and batteries from a dismantled, retired vehicle to an intermediary tire/battery recycler only.
(A) All facilities generating or receiving waste tires must use the services of a registered tire hauler/recycler and

(B) Battery recyclers must be registered and licensed by the State of California to handle batteries.

(d) No emission reduction credits or other compensation with public funds shall be granted for any vehicle from which emission-related or drive train parts have been sold.

(e) All activities associated with retiring vehicles, including but not limited to the disposal of vehicle fluids and vehicle components, shall comply with:

(1) Local water conservation regulations;

(2) State, county, and city energy and hazardous materials response regulations; and

(3) Local water agency soil, surface, and ground water contamination regulations.

(f) Local districts are required to perform audits of all parts recycling and resale activities.

1. New section filed 12-8-99; operative 1-7-2000 (Register 99, No. 50).
2. Renumbering of former section 2606 to section 2607 and new section 2606 filed 1-3-2003; operative 1-3-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 1).
3. Amendment filed 7-13-2007; operative 8-12-2007 (Register 2007, No. 28).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601 and 44101, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 39002, 39003, 43000, 43013, 44100, 44101, 44102, 44103, 44105, 44107 and 44120, Health and Safety Code.

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