California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 4 - Resource Conservation Programs
Article 3 - Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Program
Section 17944.1 - Alternative Container Compliance Method
Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 17944.1
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 17944, a product manufacturer shall be in compliance with the requirements of this Article if it demonstrates through its own actions, or the actions of another company under the same corporate ownership, that one of the following actions was taken during the same measurement period:
(1) The product manufacturer, or another company under the same corporate ownership, consumed postconsumer material generated in California in the manufacture of a rigid plastic packaging container subject to the requirements of Public Resources Code Section 42310, or a rigid plastic packaging container or other plastic products or plastic packaging that is not subject to that section and that is equivalent to, or exceeds the postconsumer material that the rigid plastic packaging container is otherwise required to contain, as specified in Public Resources Code Section 42310(a).
(2) The product manufacturer arranged by contractual agreement with any company under the same corporate ownership for the purchase and consumption of postconsumer material generated in California and exported to another state for the manufacture of rigid plastic packaging containers subject to Public Resources Code Section 42310, or a rigid plastic packaging container or other plastic product or plastic packaging that is not subject to Public Resources Code Section 42310 that is equivalent to, or exceeds the postconsumer material that the rigid plastic packaging container is otherwise required to contain, as specified in Public Resources Code Section 42310(a).
1. New section filed 6-28-2012; operative 1-1-2013 (Register 2012, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502 and 42325, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 42310.3, Public Resources Code.
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