Section 42968.30 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Submission and approval process for producer responsibility plans(a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42968.1, the producer responsibility organization shall develop and submit to the department a complete producer responsibility plan, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, for the collection, transportation, recycling, and the safe and proper management of covered products in the state.(b)(1) The department shall review the producer responsibility plan for compliance with this chapter and may approve or disapprove the producer responsibility plan within 120 days of receipt of the producer responsibility plan.(2) If the department disapproves a revised producer responsibility plan, the department shall explain how the revised producer responsibility plan does not comply with this chapter and provide written notice to the producer responsibility organization within 60 days of disapproval.(c) If the department disapproves a producer responsibility plan submitted by the producer responsibility organization, the department shall explain how the producer responsibility plan does not comply with this chapter and provide written notice to the producer responsibility organization within 60 days of disapproval. The producer responsibility organization may resubmit to the department a revised producer responsibility plan within 30 days of the date the written notice was issued, and the department shall review the revised producer responsibility plan within 60 days of its receipt of the resubmittal. The producer responsibility organization shall then revise and resubmit the producer responsibility plan consistent with the department's direction within 30 days, otherwise the disapproval is final and the producer responsibility organization and producers may be subject to penalties. Within 24 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42968.1, the producer responsibility organization shall have a complete producer responsibility plan approved by the department and each producer shall be subject to an approved producer responsibility plan to be in compliance with this chapter.(d) The approved producer responsibility plan shall be a public record, except that financial or sales data reported to the department by the producer responsibility organization is not a public record for purposes of the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall not be open to public inspection. The department may release financial, production, or sales data in summary form only so the information cannot be attributable to a specific producer or to any other entity.(e) For any producer responsibility plan currently in effect as of January 1, 2025, that producer responsibility plan shall continue in effect under its current terms and assessment structure, operating based on the law in effect at the time of producer responsibility plan approval, until that producer responsibility plan expires or is revoked, except that the producer responsibility organization shall submit a producer responsibility plan amendment by July 1, 2025, to conform that producer responsibility plan to the requirements in subdivisions (c) and (j) of Section 42968.32, and Sections 42968.60 and 42968.61.Ca. Pub. Res. Code § 42968.30
Added by Stats 2024 ch 675 (AB 863),s 1, eff. 1/1/2025. See Stats 2024 ch 675 (AB 863), s 9.