California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 4 - Resource Conservation Programs
Article 5 - Recycled Content Trash Bag Program
Section 17980.5 - What if I Determine During a Reporting Period that I Cannot Meet the Recycled Plastic Postconsumer Material (RPPCM) Content Requirements?

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 17980.5

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

(a) I am a manufacturer of regulated trash bags. Will the Board provide me with any assistance if I determine, during a reporting period, that I may not or cannot meet the RPPCM content requirement? If at any time during a reporting period, you determine you may not meet the RPPCM content requirement, you must contact the Board within ten (10) calendar days of making the determination. The Board will supply you with information regarding additional suppliers of RPPCM. Following receipt of the information from the Board, you are required to make a good-faith effort to purchase RPPCM to meet the use requirement from each supplier on the Board-provided list. A good-faith effort must be made with each supplier on the Board's list, in addition to those suppliers you have done business with or are otherwise aware of prior to making the certification in Section 17981.

1. New section filed 3-9-94; operative 3-9-94 (Register 94, No. 10).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 3-24-95; operative 3-24-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 95, No. 12).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and section filed 3-11-99 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 99, No. 11).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502 and 42297, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 42290, 42291, 42292 and 42293, Public Resources Code.

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