Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Emergency Regulations

Overview

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is proposing emergency regulations per Public Resources Code (PRC) section 42464(b)(3), which requires CalRecycle to establish a covered battery-embedded waste recycling fee based on the reasonable regulatory costs to administer covered electronic waste recycling.

Affected Regulatory Code Sections

CalRecycle is proposing emergency regulations to amend Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 7, Chapter 8.2, section 18660.40.

Current Status

The Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Emergency Regulations are scheduled to be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on November 20, 2025, beginning the 10-calendar day emergency rulemaking process. The 5-calendar day public comment period will begin on November 20, 2025, and end on November 25, 2025.

Details of how to submit comments during the comment period are included in the “Input from Interested Parties” section.

Current Documents

All rulemaking documents listed on this webpage are either available by submitting a PRA request online on the California Public Records Act Requests webpage, or by emailing Regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov. These documents are also available for public inspection during normal business hours at CalRecycle, 1001 “I” Street, 24th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814. To schedule a time to inspect these documents, contact Emma Cervantes at Regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov.

Input from Interested Parties

On November 20, 2025, CalRecycle will initiate a 5-calendar day written comment period for the proposed emergency regulations. The public comment period will commence on November 20, 2025, when the emergency regulations are posted on Office of Administrative Law’s (OAL) website. The public comment period will close on November 25, 2025. Written comments should be sent to OAL and CalRecycle and received before the close of the public comment period on November 25, 2025.

Comments on the proposed emergency regulations must be submitted to OAL via email to staff@oal.ca.gov, by fax to (916) 323-6826, or by mail to:

OAL Reference Attorney
300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1250
Sacramento, California 95814

When submitting a comment to OAL, a copy of the comment must also be submitted to CalRecycle in one of the following ways:

Emma Cervantes
Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Emergency Regulations
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, Regulations Unit
1001 “I” Street, MS-24B
Sacramento, CA 95814

The comment must state that it is about the emergency regulation currently under OAL review and include the topic of the emergency.

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 number, email address, etc.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public upon request.

History

On May 28, 2025, CalRecycle hosted an informal public workshop to gather feedback on proposed regulatory language for implementing SB 1215, along with other updates to the Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Program.

At that workshop, CalRecycle also presented proposed regulations to implement a covered battery-embedded waste recycling fee, pursuant to PRC section 42464(b)(3). The informal comment period ended on June 6, 2025.

Contact

For more information on the Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Emergency Regulations, please contact CalRecycle’s Regulations Unit at Regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov.

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For more information regarding the Covered Battery-Embedded Products Program, please visit Covered Battery-Embedded Products Webpage. 

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