California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 11 - Product Stewardship
Article 4 - Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship Program
Section 18973 - Document Submittals: Stewardship Plan, Initial Program Budget, Annual Report, and Annual Budget

(a) The document is required to be in compliance with section 7405 of the Government Code, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 published in 2008 by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium at a minimum Level AA success criteria to allow for posting on the department's website. The entirety of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (published in 2008) are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) The document shall be submitted electronically. The date of electronic submittal will be considered the date of receipt by the department.

(c) Any submittals to the department that the program operator believes are confidential in nature shall include a cover letter explaining the justification of confidentiality. Records supplied to the department pursuant to this Article that are, at the time of submission, claimed to be proprietary, confidential, or a trade secret shall be subject to the provisions in Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Division 7, Chapter 1, Article 4 (commencing with section 17041).

(d) The document shall be complete and correct.

(e) The document shall be provided to the department under penalty of perjury. A party, with signatory authority, who is responsible for the contents of the document, shall sign the document and provide the following certification statement: "I hereby declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information provided in this document is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge."