California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 4 - Resource Conservation Programs › Article 4 - Recycled Content Newsprint › Section 17964 - Quality Standards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) What quality standards does the
				  recycled-content newsprint have to meet? The Board shall establish the
				  comparable quality standards, which the recycled-content newsprint must
				  meet.
(b) How will the Board set
				  its comparable quality standards? In July of each year, the Board will survey
				  newsprint manufacturers who annually sell more than 5,000 metric tons of
				  recycled-content newsprint for use in California. The Board will request
				  samples from each of these manufacturers for each grade of recycled-content
				  newsprint that they produce.
The Board will then conduct testing following the methods
					 of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), and will
					 establish the standards based on the results of the testing. The TAPPI Test
					 Methods T414, T452, and T425, 1986, are incorporated herein by reference, and
					 listed in Table Two below. (See section (e) for additional information about
					 the TAPPI methods).
TABLE TWO: TAPPI TEST METHODS
Specification
Test Method
Units
Average of all brightness tests
T452
Percent
Average of all opacity tests
T425
Percent
Average of all cross-machine tear strength
								tests
T414
Grams
(c)
				  The Board will use the following method to calculate the comparable quality
				  standard for each of the specifications in the newspaper newsprint and
				  lightweight newsprint grades:
Sum of the test results from samples submitted by
							 manufacturers
=
__________ (1)
Number of manufacturers submitting
							 samples
=
__________ (2)
Divide (1) by (2)
=
__________
							 (3)
Multiply (3) by 0.98
=
__________
							 (4)
The figure on line (4) is the minimum comparable quality
					 standard for these grades.
(d) The Board will use the following method
				  to calculate the comparable quality standard for each of the specifications in
				  the supercalendered and machine finished uncoated groundwood grades:
Sum of the test results from samples submitted by
							 manufacturers
=
__________ (1)
Number of manufacturers submitting
							 samples
=
__________ (2)
Divide (1) by (2)
=
__________
							 (3)
Multiply (3) by 1.00
=
__________
							 (4)
The figure on line (4) is the minimum comparable quality
					 standard for these grades.
(e) Where can I find the TAPPI methods for
				  sampling procedures, and the test methods for brightness, printing opacity and
				  cross-machine tear strength? You can find the test methods (T414, T425, T452)
				  in a book called
TAPPI Test Methods
, Volumes 1 and 2, 1986,
				  published by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, P.O. Box
				  105113, Atlanta, Georgia, 30348. TAPPI methods can also be found in the Annual
				  Book of the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) OM-87, Volume 15.09,
				  1988.
(f) When will the Board make
				  available the comparable quality standards? The Board will make available the
				  comparable quality standards by November 30 of each year.
(g) For what time period will these
				  comparable quality standards apply? The comparable quality standards made
				  available by November 30 of each year will apply throughout the following
				  calendar year.
1. New
					 section filed 4-7-92; operative 4-7-92 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 92, No. 18).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
					 subsections (a)-(b) filed 11-17-2000 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2000, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						40502
						and
						42775(a),
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						42775(a) and
						(b), Public Resources
						Code.