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growth. Seeking to assure America’s manufac- facturers remain in business, continue to serve
turing capacity remains viable, MRCA works their clients and explore new growth opportuni-
alongside current management to contribute to ties.
the company’s ongoing success. Its focus is to (Source - https://finance.yahoo.com/)
revitalize, not to replace – and to ensure manu-
Revised California EPR draft
regulations released
under the same statutory deadlines.
Many of the timeline changes that producer re-
sponsibility organization Circular Action Alliance
suggested at the April board meeting ended
up in the draft, including having the de minimis
weight and volume of components set prior to
the approval of the PRO plan, allowing CAA to
shorten their internal plan review periods this cy-
cle, and revising the reporting increments from
he California Department of Resources monthly to annual.
Recycling and Recovery released a re-
Tvised draft of SB 54 regulations, two In addition, CAA will be allowed to use a sim-
months after the governor rejected the first ver- plified eco-modulation fee schedule for the first
sion of the extended producer responsibility for two years of the program.
paper and packaging rules.
Kayfetz said the changes were made to achieve
At a May 16 SB 54 advisory board meeting, Ka- better operational readiness. Shane Bucking-
ren Kayfetz, CalRecycle branch chief for the ham, EPR program planning lead for CAA, said
product stewardship branch, said an informal the updates “will greatly support implementa-
workshop on the new draft informal regulatory tion” and that CAA and CalRecycle had worked
text will be held May 27, after which the draft together to find solutions.
text will be submitted to the state Department Additionally, the exemptions issued to compa-
of Finance – the first step in starting the formal nies for specific materials that need more time
rulemaking process.
for research and development to come into
In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom declined to accept compliance now have a default length of two
the draft regulations that CalRecycle submitted, years, instead of one, and could extend up to
citing concerns over costs for businesses and five years to allow for robust R&D, as manufac-
consumers. The decision forced the agency and turers had suggested.
stakeholders to start a new rulemaking process
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