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sponsibility organization overseeing program im-
plementation, initiated the enforcement process
by notifying producers under ORS 459A.869(10)
(a). Companies on the list received 90 days’ no-
tice from CAA, followed by formal warning let-
ters from DEQ issued March 5, starting a 30-day
correction clock. The 250 producers listed had
not come into compliance by the end of that pe-
riod.
The ruling came shortly after a US District Court
NEW YORK PACKAGING EPR BILL
GETS NEARLY 150 AMENDMENTS
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order on April 1 clarified that a preliminary injunc-
tion barring enforcement applied only to mem-
bers of the National Association of Wholesaler-
Distributors (NAW) who held that membership
as of February 6, 2026.
The injunction stemmed from a February 6 rul-
ing by Judge Michael H. Simon of the US District
Court for the District of Oregon, who granted
NAW’s motion for a preliminary injunction paus-
ing enforcement of the RMA against its mem-
bers while a constitutional challenge to the law
proceeds. That trial is currently scheduled for
July 13, 2026.
DEQ has made clear it intends to press forward
against producers outside the injunction’s scope.
When additional trade associations formally re-
quested a broader enforcement pause in Feb-
ruary, the agency responded that there was no
basis for refunding fees and that the statutes re-
quiring payment remain in effect.
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early 150 amendments to New York’s
Packaging Reduction and Recycling In-
Nfrastructure Act landed this week, nar-
rowing the gap between the bill and packag-
ing EPR frameworks already operating in other
states.
State Sen. Pete Harckham and Assemblymem-
ber Deborah Glick are backing the changes,
which follow stakeholder engagement and re-
search into EPR best practices across the coun-
try. Input came from industry, municipalities, re-
May 2026