California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 23 - Standards for Universal Waste Management › Article 4 - Export and Import Requirements › Section 66273.40 - Exports

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Universal waste
				  handler requirements.
(1) A universal waste
				  handler who sends universal waste to a foreign destination is subject to the
				  requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 262, subpart H and article
				  8 of chapter 12 of this division.
(2) A universal waste handler who sends
				  electronic devices, CRTs, and/or CRT glass to any foreign destination shall do
				  all of the following:
(A) In accordance with
				  subsection (a)(3) of this section, notify the Department of an intended export
				  before any electronic devices, CRTs, and/or CRT glass are scheduled to leave
				  the United States. A completed notification shall be submitted to the address
				  specified in subsections (a)(4) and (a)(5) of this section sixty (60) calendar
				  days before the initial shipment is intended to be shipped offsite. This
				  notification shall cover export activities extending over a twelve (12) month
				  or lesser period.
(B) Concurrently
				  send a copy of the notification required pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of
				  this section to the CUPA having jurisdiction over the universal waste handler's
				  facility, or, if there is no such CUPA, to the agency authorized pursuant to
				  subdivision (f) of Health and Safety Code section
				  25404.3.
(3) The notification submitted pursuant to
				  subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section shall be in writing, be signed by the
				  universal waste handler, and include:
(A) The
				  name, mailing address, telephone number, and ID Number (if applicable) of the
				  universal waste handler; and
(B)
				  The following information with respect to each foreign destination of
				  electronic devices, CRTs, and/or CRT glass:
1.
				  The quantity (by count or by weight) and volume of the electronic devices, the
				  CRTs, and/or the CRT glass, respectively, to be exported to the foreign
				  destination;
2. The estimated
				  frequency or rate at which the electronic devices, the CRTs, and/or the CRT
				  glass, respectively, are to be exported to the foreign destination, and the
				  period of time over which the electronic devices, the CRTs, and/or the CRT
				  glass, respectively, are to be exported to that destination;
3. All points of entry to and departure from
				  each foreign country through which the electronic devices, the CRTs, and/or the
				  CRT glass, respectively, will pass en route to the foreign
				  destination;
4. A description of
				  the means by which each shipment of the electronic device, the CRTs, and/or the
				  CRT glass, respectively, will be transported (e.g., mode of transportation
				  vehicle, type(s) of containers).
5.
				  If the foreign destination is a destination facility that recycles the
				  electronic devices, CRTs, and/or CRT glass, a description of the means by which
				  the electronic devices, the CRTs, and/or the CRT glass, respectively, will be
				  recycled at the destination facility;
6. The name and site address of the foreign
				  destination or any alternate foreign destination.
7. For used CRTs to be exported for
				  reclamation, a copy of the notification forwarded by the exporter to USEPA
				  pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations section
				  261.39(a)(5)(i).
8. For used, intact CRTs to be exported for
				  reuse, a copy of the one time notification submitted by the exporter to the
				  USEPA pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations section
				  261.41.
9. For CRT glass to be exported, the name and
				  location of the lead smelter or CRT glass furnace that will recycle the CRT
				  glass.
(4)
				  Electronic submissions. If submitted electronically, Department notifications
				  submitted pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be sent to the
				  Department at
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov
. For electronic
				  export notifications, the universal waste handler signature required by
				  subsection (a)(3) of this section shall be submitted to the address provided in
				  subsection (a)(5) of this section.
(5) Written submissions. If submitted in
				  writing, Department notifications submitted pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of
				  this section shall be sent to the Department by certified mail, return receipt
				  requested, at the following address: Department of Toxic Substances Control,
				  Universal Waste Notification and Reporting Staff, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, CA
				  95812-0806, with "Attention: Notification to Export Electronic Devices, CRTs,
				  and/or CRT Glass" prominently displayed on the front of the
				  envelope.