Covered Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Payment Rates for Video Display Devices
Summary
SCH Number
2025060667
Public Agency
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Document Title
Covered Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Payment Rates for Video Display Devices
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/16/2025
Document Description
The Electronic Waste Recycling Act (Act) of 2003 established a financing mechanism to promote the safe recycling and to reduce the inappropriate disposal of certain electronic products that might otherwise be discarded in California. The program is financed through a covered electronic waste (CEW) recycling fee paid by consumers at the point of retail sale of new covered electronic devices. Under Public Resources Code sections 42477 and 42478, CalRecycle evaluates and updates the CEW payment rates paid to approved collectors and recyclers every year and adjust them if warranted to reflect the average net costs of providing the CEW recovery and recycling services intended by the Act. The proposed regulations update the CEW payment rates as required by statute. See attachment to Notice of Exemption.
Contact Information
Name
Craig Castleton
Agency Name
CalRecycle
Job Title
Regulations Unit Supervisor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Statewide
Other Location Info
Statewide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 8 (section 15308)
Reasons for Exemption
The adoption of these regulations is exempt from CEQA because it falls under the "Class 8" exemption and the "common sense" exemption as defined in the CEQA Guidelines. The regulations adopted pursuant to the Electronic Waste Recycling Act are part of an overall statutory scheme to encourage safe recovery and recycling of covered electronic devices. The file and print regulation only adjusts the recycling payment rates paid by CalRecycle to approved recyclers of CEW. It can therefore be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the regulation would result in a significant effect on the environment and is exempt from consideration under CEQA.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The adoption of these regulations is exempt from CEQA because it falls under the "Class 8" exemption and the "common sense" exemption as defined in the CEQA Guidelines. The regulations adopted pursuant to the Electronic Waste Recycling Act are part of an overall statutory scheme to encourage safe recovery and recycling of covered electronic devices. The file and print regulation only adjusts the recycling payment rates paid by CalRecycle to approved recyclers of CEW. It can therefore be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the regulation would result in a significant effect on the environment and is exempt from consideration under CEQA.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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