Proposed Regulations

Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Law

Description

Revision of existing regulations to the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container (RPPC) Law.

Affected Regulatory Code Sections

Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Division 7, Chapter 4

Status

Currently, the CIWMB is conducting an on-line Economic Impact Survey for the businesses that will be impacted by the proposed revisions to the regulations. There are three surveys for the different areas within the industry: Product Manufacturers, Container Manufacturers, and Material Recovery Facilities. These surveys are being conducted from October 10, 2008 through November 14, 2008.

Please note that the surveys initially posted had a minor typographical error. While the description of the proposed revisions are correct, the cited reference number of the regulations was off. The error has been corrected.

Staff continues to prepare the required documents necessary to begin the 45-day comment period.

Contact

You can contact CIWMB staff at (916) 341-6717. Any written comments may be mailed in or faxed once the proposed regulations have been noticed with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). If you would like to receive an email notification when the 45-day comment period begins, please add your contact information to CIWMB's automated distribution listserv.

Stakeholder Input

• Economic Survey: An opportunity for stakeholders to provide the CIWMB with information to calculate what the economic impact of the revised regulations would be on their businesses.
• Rulemaking Status Update: Sent on September 19, 2008, to all members of the CIWMB's Plastic automated distribution listserv.

Rulemaking Documents

• Proposed Text (Word, 482 KB), November 2007: Proposed regulatory text as submitted to the Permitting and Compliance Committee on November 13, 2007, for approval to file with OAL. Based on discussions at the Committee meeting changes will be made to Section 17943 Definitions, "Material Type" and "Source Reduction" as well as clarifying in Section 17944.1(b) that the contractual agreement pertains to a contract with any company under the same corporate ownership.
• Responses to Comments (Word, 240 KB), November 2007. CIWMB staff responses to comments received during the informal process.

More Information

Visit CIWMB's web page about California's Rigid Plastic Packaging Container (RPPC) Law for more details.

Rulemaking History

At the November 5, 2007 , Permitting and Compliance Committee meeting (Agenda Item 6 posted on the November 13, 2007, meeting agenda), the Committee directed staff to notice the proposed changes to the RPPC regulations with OAL. Based on discussions at the Committee meeting changes will be made to Section 17943 Definitions, “Material Type” and “Source Reduction” as well as clarifying in Section 17944.1(b) that the contractual agreement pertains to a contract with any company under the same corporate ownership.

In March 2007 the Board directed staff to convene an advisory group of interested parties for the purpose of amending the RPPC regulations. Proposed changes were discussed in June 2007, at the RPPC Informal Rulemaking Workshop and Interested Parties Meeting. (Information and documents related to a previous effort that CIWMB staff initiated in 2005 but that was suspended are also available.)

Staff developed proposed revisions and amendments to the existing RPPC regulations for discussion by the Committee in November 2007, and to request Committee direction to allow staff to file the proposed changes with the Office of Administrative Law in order to formally notice the 45-day comment period amending the existing regulations.