Proposed Regulations (Rulemaking)

Rulemaking efforts currently underway are listed below. You will find more detail on the subject and status of individual rulemaking projects at these individual sites, links to the text of proposed regulations and other rulemaking documents, and information about how to comment.

  • Hearing Office Permanent Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing permanent regulations to implement a unified set of hearing procedures applicable to CalRecycle’s informal hearings. These standardized procedures aim to ensure consistency across all CalRecycle informal hearings.
  • Processing Payment Emergency Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing emergency regulations to amend Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 5, Subchapter 12, Section 2975 that lays out the reasonable financial return calculation for processing payments.
  • AB 1311 Alternative Schedule Permanent Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing permanent regulations in response to AB 1311 that would provide more flexibility and expand eligibility for recycling centers to operate on an alternative schedule other than the schedule established in PRC 14571(a)-(b).
  • AB 1526 Paint Stewardship Permanent Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing permanent regulations in response to AB 1526 that would implement the statutory addition of aerosol coating products into the Architectural Paint Recovery Program. Changes to the existing Architectural Paint Recovery Program regulations are necessary to clarify existing language and implement new reporting requirements.
  • SB 1013 Dealer Registration and Dealer Cooperatives Permanent Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing permanent regulations that would prescribe a process for the registration of dealers, and establish stewardship plan, reporting, and operational requirements for dealer cooperatives.
  • SB 1215 Battery-Embedded Products Emergency Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing emergency regulations in response to SB 1215 to establish a process for Covered Electronic Waste recyclers to submit payment claims for covered battery-embedded products, add application requirements related to covered battery-embedded products, modernize the claim submission process, specify an approved cancellation method for dismantling battery-embedded products, and make other conforming changes and updates to existing regulations.
  • SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act Permanent Regulations. CalRecycle is proposing permanent regulations for Senate Bill (SB) 54 which imposes minimum content requirements for single-use packaging and plastic food service ware, to be achieved through an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program.

Office of Administrative Law (OAL)

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is responsible for reviewing administrative regulations proposed by all State agencies and for publishing regulations in the California Code of Regulations. OAL has developed an overview of the rulemaking process which requires state agency’s to meet certain public hearing and noticing requirements.

Review of Regulations. Executive Order S-2-03 required that California agencies and departments review pending regulations, as well as regulations adopted since 1999, to assure that the impacts on businesses were adequately assessed. CalRecycle’s reports were approved on February 11, 2004.

Don’t see the package you are looking for? Check the Rulemaking Archives for information on completed rulemaking projects going back to 1995.

For more information contact: Legislative and External Affairs Office, lex.office@calrecycle.ca.gov