Start Date and Time: May 28, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

End Date and Time: May 28, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

Locations:

 ·         In-person: Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

 ·         Public Webcast: Public Meeting Live Webcast

 ·         Zoom: Link to Zoom Meeting Registration

Public Comments:

 ·         In-person

 ·         Zoom: Link to Zoom Meeting Registration

Contact:

For more information about this meeting, please contact Regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov.

Overview

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will hold an informal public workshop on May 28, 2025, to seek feedback from the public regarding certain statutory requirements for the Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Program (Public Resources Code sections 42460 - 42485), as amended by Assembly Bill (SB) 1215 (Newman, Chapter 370, Statutes of 2022).

Workshop Topics Include:

 ·         SB 1215 Statutory Overview

 ·         Draft Regulatory Text

 ·         Proposed Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee

Request for Public Feedback

At the public workshop, CalRecycle will present the draft SB 1215 regulatory text as well as the proposed battery embedded waste recycling fee. CalRecycle will provide a discussion document containing the proposed regulations prior to the workshop to give interested parties time to review the content in advance. There will be opportunities for interested parties to provide feedback during the workshop. CalRecycle requests feedback to be focused on the specific topics being discussed. 

How to Participate in the Workshop

CalRecycle will hold the public workshop starting at 10:00 a.m. The public workshop will be a hybrid in-person and virtual workshop, accessible in-person in the Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd floor, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. The Byron Sher Auditorium is wheelchair accessible. The public workshop will also be accessible virtually via Zoom for direct participation, and via Webcast for observation only.

Language Access

Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available in-person at the workshop and remotely via Zoom or webcast. For in-person interpretation services, headsets will be available and can be provided by CalRecycle staff prior to or during the workshop. If you need interpretation services in a language other than Spanish, please notify CalRecycle at regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov by Wednesday, May 21, 2025, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

Important

Interested parties will be able to provide comments and questions both in-person and orally via Zoom during the workshop. 

Written feedback and questions may also be submitted after the workshop has concluded in one of the following ways:

 ·         CalRecycle’s public comment portal: Covered Battery-Embedded Products Informal Rulemaking Comment Period

 ·         Or via email to regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov with the subject line “May 2025 Covered Battery-Embedded Products Workshop”

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Subscribe to the Proposed Regulations Listserv to receive emails regarding rulemaking developments.

Please visit the Covered Battery-Embedded Products rulemaking webpage for more information about this rulemaking.