PaintCare’s California Paint Stewardship Program Plan Amendment
Summary
SCH Number
2026100988
Public Agency
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Document Title
PaintCare’s California Paint Stewardship Program Plan Amendment
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/23/2026
Document Description
The Paint Product Recovery Program (Public Resources Code section 48700-48707) requires manufacturers of paint products sold in this state, individually or through a stewardship organization, to submit a paint stewardship plan to CalRecycle. The paint stewardship plan must be designed to reduce the generation of postconsumer paint, promote the reuse of postconsumer paint, and manage the end-of-life of postconsumer paint, including collection, recovery, and recycling. PaintCare, a nonprofit stewardship organization established by paint manufacturers, designed and implements the paint stewardship program described in its stewardship plan. Since 2012, PaintCare has collected and managed postconsumer paint in California by supporting public drop-off sites, making paint recycling convenient for residents and businesses. On July 1, 2026, PaintCare submitted to CalRecycle a plan amendment, titled “Submission of proposed amendment to the California Architectural Paint Stewardship Program Plan.” CalRecycle approved the plan amendment on October 15, 2026.
Contact Information
Name
Ivy Phan
Agency Name
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Adelanto, Agoura Hills, Alameda, Alamo, Albany, Alhambra, Aliso Viejo, Alturas, Amador City, American Canyon, Anaheim, Anderson, Angels Camp, Antioch, Apple Valley, Arcadia, Arcata, Arroyo Grande, Artesia, Arvin, Atascadero, Atherton, Atwater, Auburn, Avalon, Avenal, Azusa, Bakersfield, Baldwin Park, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Belmont, Belvedere, Benicia, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Big Bear Lake, Biggs, Bishop, Blairsden, Blue Lake, Blythe, Booneville, Bradbury, Brawley, Brea, Brentwood, Brisbane, Buellton, Buena Park, Burbank, Burlingame, Byron, Calabasas, Calexico, California City, Calimesa, Calipatria, Calistoga, Camarillo, Cambria, Campbell, Canyon Lake, Capitola, Carlsbad, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carpinteria, Carson, Cathedral City, Ceres, Cerritos, Chico, Chino, Chino Hills, Chowchilla, Chula Vista, Citrus Heights, Claremont, Clayton, Clearlake, Cloverdale, Clovis, Coachella, Coalinga, Colfax, Colma, Colton, Colusa, Commerce, Compton, Concord, Corcoran, 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Stockton, Suisun City, Sunnyvale, Susanville, Sutter Creek, Taft, Tehachapi, Tehama, Temecula, Temple City, Thousand Oaks, Tiburon, Torrance, Tracy, Trinidad, Truckee, Tulare, Tulelake, Turlock, Tustin, Twentynine Palms, Ukiah, Union City, Upland, Vacaville, Vallejo, Van Nuys, Ventura, Vernon, Victorville, Villa Park, Visalia, Vista, Walnut, Walnut Creek, Wasco, Waterford, Watsonville, Weed, West Covina, West Hollywood, West Sacramento, Westlake Village, Westminster, Westmorland, Wheatland, Whittier, Wildomar, Williams, Willits, Willows, Windsor, Winters, Woodlake, Woodland, Woodside, Yorba Linda, Yountville, Yreka, Yuba City, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley
Counties
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Regions
Statewide
Other Information
The program, as described in the approved plan and plan amendment, is required to be implemented statewide.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
CalRecycle paint stewardship plan amendment approvals have no direct effect on the environment and no reasonably foreseeable indirect impacts on the environment and only concern assessment rates. There are no new or expanded paint stewardship plan requirements from which any environmental impacts, direct or indirect, can be discerned. There are no standards or targets set in the paint stewardship plan amendment on which to base an objective analysis of any potential impacts. To impute any general or specific environmental effects from the approval of paint stewardship plan amendments would be entirely speculative, and CEQA does not require a lead agency to speculate as to potential impacts.
CalRecycle is one of the agencies specified in PRC section 21159.4 required to perform environmental analyses for the adoption of certain rules and regulations pursuant to PRC section 21159 and section 15187 of the CEQA guidelines. However, CalRecycle’s approval of the paint stewardship plan amendment does not create any requirement for the installation of pollution control equipment, or a performance standard or a treatment requirement. As such, no environmental analysis is required pursuant to PRC section 21159.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines section 15308
Reasons for Exemption
Even if the approval of a paint stewardship plan amendment could be considered a project, it would be categorically exempt pursuant to 14 CCR section 15308 of the CEQA guidelines, as the approval of the stewardship plan is to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment (see PRC section 48700).
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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