Public Meeting Notice: Paint Stewardship Informal Regulatory Concept Workshop

Start Date and Time: March 3, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

End Date and Time: March 3, 2025, 3:00 p.m.

Locations:

• In-person: Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

• Public Webcast: Public Meeting Live Webcast

• Zoom: Link to Zoom Meeting Registration

Public Comments:

•  In-person

•  Zoom link for verbal public comments: Link to Zoom Meeting Registration

Contact:

For more information about this meeting, please contact Regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov.

Overview

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will hold an informal public workshop on March 3, 2025, to present an overview of the California Paint Product Recovery Program (Public Resources Code sections 48700-48707) and the changes made by Assembly Bill 1526 (Committee on Natural Resources, Chapter 848, Statutes of 2023) and Senate Bill 1143 (Allen, Chapter 989, Statutes of 2024). CalRecycle will also introduce draft regulatory concepts and solicit comments from the public, regulated community, and other interested parties as staff continue to draft regulatory language.

Workshop Topics Include:

1. Introduction and Background 

2. Regulation Concepts 

a.    Topic 1: Definitions 

b.    Topic 2: Submittals 

c.    Topic 3: Plan and Annual Report Requirements 

d.    Topic 4: Compliance Oversight and Enforcement 

e.    Topic 5: Other Regulations Concepts 

3. Public Feedback Regarding Regulation Concepts 

4. Request for Data to Support Economic Analysis 

5. Closing Remarks  

Request for Public Comments

At the public workshop, CalRecycle will present statutory overviews of the various topics, as well as draft regulatory concepts. CalRecycle will provide an agenda and discussion document prior to the workshop to give interested parties time to review the content in advance. There will be opportunities for interested parties to provide comments during the workshop. CalRecycle requests comments to be focused on the specific topics being discussed. 

How to Participate in the Workshop

CalRecycle will hold the public workshop starting at 1:00 p.m. The public workshop will be a hybrid in-person and virtual workshop, accessible in-person in the Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd floor, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. The Byron Sher Auditorium is wheelchair accessible. The public workshop will also be accessible virtually via Zoom for direct participation, and via Webcast for observation only.

Language Access

Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available in-person at the workshop and remotely via Zoom or webcast. For in-person interpretation services, headsets will be available and can be provided by CalRecycle staff prior to or during the workshop. If you need interpretation services in a language other than Spanish, please notify CalRecycle at regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov by Thursday, February 20, 2025, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

Important

Interested parties will be able to provide comments and questions both in-person and orally via Zoom during the workshop. 

Written comments and questions may also be submitted after the workshop has concluded in one of the following ways: 

·         CalRecycle’s public comment portal: Paint Stewardship Informal Rulemaking Comment Period  

·         Or via email to regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov with the subject line “March 2025 Paint Stewardship Workshop”

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 7920.000 et seq.), your written and oral comments, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email, etc.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public upon request. 

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Subscribe to the Proposed Regulations Listserv to receive emails regarding rulemaking developments.

Please visit the Paint Stewardship Rulemaking webpage for more information about this rulemaking.