Proposed Regulations: Mercury Thermostat Collection and Performance Requirements

15-Day Public Notice

DTSC received comments for this regulation from February 4, 2013 to February 19, 2013. Following are the comments that were received by the close of the comment period: 

Public Comments Received by February 19, 2013 

Comments received during the comment period will be addressed in the Final Statement of Reasons. 

Text of proposed regulations (with changes only)

15-day public notice

Additional Documents

Attachment to form 399; Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis

California Waste Tire Market Report: 2010

Attachment A includes the following:

• Tire Diversion and Disposal
  The Waste Tire Diversion and Disposal Trends in Passenger Tire Equivalents (PTEs)
  

  http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Tires/Overview.htm#TireDivDis

• Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption, and Recycling Rates

  http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/Rates/BiannualRpt/12MonPeriod.htm

• Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Statistics

  http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Electronics/CEW/

Peer Review

In accordance with Health and Safety Code section 57004, DTSC has completed external scientific peer reviews from the University of California.

• Request for External Peer Review Proposed Adoption of Survey Approach and Methodology to Estimate Mercury Thermostats Becoming Waste in California (March 14, 2013)
• Letters to Peer Reviewers (March 14, 2013)
• Peer Review Reports:
  Catherine M. Crespi, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (March 14, 2013)
  Nicholas P. Jewell, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley  (March 14, 2013)

Responses to the peer review reports are being prepared by DTSC staff.

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45-Day Notice

DTSC received comments for this regulation from August 17, 2012 to October 2, 2012. Following are the comments that were received by the close of the comment period:

Public Comments Received by October 2, 2012 

Comments received during the comment period will be addressed in the Final Statement of Reasons.  

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45-Day Public Notice, August 17, 2012

Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR), August 17, 2012

Studies Relied Upon in ISOR, October 9, 2012

Text of Proposed Regulations, August 17, 2012

Draft CEQA Notice of Exemption, August 17, 2012