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CalRecycle’s SB 54 draft rules draw scrutiny over exemptions, OTCs and hazardous‑waste criteria
Summary
CalRecycle released a new informal draft of regulations to implement SB 54 (the packaging‑reduction and producer responsibility law). At a Senate hearing agency officials said the draft is informal and will be refined; lawmakers and stakeholders pressed CalRecycle to limit categorical exemptions, clarify treatment of over‑the‑counter
CalRecycle officials returned to a Senate Budget Subcommittee hearing to discuss a new informal draft of regulations implementing SB 54, the 2022 packaging‑producer responsibility law. Mindy McIntyre, chief deputy at CalRecycle, said the agency released the draft to gather comments and would hold a public workshop on May 27.
Lawmakers and committee staff raised three main concerns about the draft rules: an apparently broad categorical exemption tied to compliance with federal law, the agency’s proposed approach to over‑the‑counter (OTC) products, and how the regulations would treat recycling technologies that generate hazardous waste.
On exemptions, CalRecycle said…
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