Export Regulations

Please review the reguirements below and add the export destination on the maintenance menu prior to exporting.

If you plan to export CRT materials or UWEDs, you are required to notify the Department of Toxic Substances Control in advance. There are basic notification requirements for all exports of these wastes; The basic notification requirements are found in Chapter 23 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. The additional requirements are in section 42476.5 of the Public Resources Code. For your convenience, the text of the notification requirements are below.

Exports.

(d) A universal waste handler who sends universal waste electronic devices, CRTs and/or CRT glass to any foreign destination shall notify the Department and concurrently send a copy of that notification to the CUPA, or, if there is no CUPA, to the agency authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Health and Safety Code Section 25404.3, of an intended export before such universal waste electronic devices CRTs, or CRT glass are scheduled to leave the United States. A completed notification shall be submitted four weeks before the initial shipment is intended to be shipped offsite - including today, no sooner than January 1, 2009. This notification shall cover export activities extending over a twelve (12) month or lesser period.

(e)	The notification submitted shall be in writing, signed by the universal waste handler, and include the following information:
	(1)	name, mailing address, and telephone number of the universal waste Handler/CRT;
	(2)	the foreign destination, for each type of universal waste electronic device, CRTs or CRT glass:
		(A)	the amount of universal waste electronic devices, CRTs or CRT glass (by count or by weight);
		(B)	the estimated frequency or rate at which the universal waste electronic devices, CRTs or CRT glass are to be exported and the period of time over which the universal waste electronic devices, CRTs or CRT glass are to be exported;
		(C)	all points of entry to and departure from each foreign country through which the universal waste electronic devices, CRTs or CRT glass will pass;
		(D)	a description of the means by which each shipment of universal waste electronic devices, CRTs or CRT glass will be recycled at the foreign destination; and
		(E)	the name and site address of the consignee or any alternate consignee.
(f)	Notifications submitted shall be sent to the following address by certified mail, return receipt requested:      Department of Toxic Substances Control,      Hazardous Waste Management Program,      Regulatory and Program Development Division,      P.O. Box 806,      Sacramento, CA 95812-0806, with "Attention: Notification to Export Universal Waste Electronic Devices" or "Attention: Notification to Export CRT Materials" as applicable, prominently displayed on the front of the envelope.
(g)	A person who exports covered electronic wastes shall also comply with the applicable export requirements of Public Resources Code, division 30, part 3, chapter 8.5.

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