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 17952 - Purpose and Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) What is the purpose of these regulations?
				  These regulations explain what recycled-content newsprint requirements
				  consumers and suppliers of newsprint must meet, and what procedures consumers
				  and suppliers of newsprint must follow to report and certify recycled-content
				  newsprint use. These regulations only pertain to newsprint use within the state
				  of California.
(b) Definitions.
				  Additional definitions may be found in Article 1, Chapter 15, Part 3 of
				  Division 30 of the Public Resources Code.
(1)
				  The
Board
is the California Integrated Waste Management
				  Board.
(2) A
commercial
				  printing and publishing operation
is a business located in California,
				  which uses newsprint in its printing or publishing operation. A
commercial printer
is further defined as a person whose
				  business is classified in the Standard Industrial Classifications Code (SIC),
				  Sections 2752,
				  2754, or
				  2759, which are incorporated
				  herein by reference. A
commercial publisher
is further defined
				  as a person whose business is classified in the Standard Industrial
				  Classifications Code (SIC), Sections
				  2711,
				  2721,
				  2731, or
				  2741, which are incorporated
				  herein by reference.
(3) A
consumer of newsprint
means a person, as defined in Public
				  Resources Code section
				  40170,
				  who uses newsprint in a commercial printing or in a commercial publishing
				  operation.
Public Resources Code 40170 defines "person" as individual,
					 firm, association, copartnership, political subdivision, government agency,
					 municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity
					 whatsoever.
(4)
Delivery time
is the time between placement of a newsprint
				  order and receipt of that order by a consumer of newsprint.
(5)
Grade
is a class or
				  level of quality of paper or pulp which is ranked, or distinguished from other
				  papers or pulps, on the basis of its use, appearance, quality, manufacturing
				  history, raw materials, or a combination of these factors. Some grades have
				  been officially identified and described and thus are ranked. Others are
				  commonly recognized but lack official definition.
(6)
Groundwood Pulp
means a
				  material that is produced by taking debarked pulpwood, and forcing it against a
				  revolving grindstone in the presence of water. The abrasive action of the stone
				  reduces the wood to pulp. No chemicals are used in the production of groundwood
				  except for possible bleaching.
(7)
Machine Finish
is any finish obtained on a paper machine. It
				  may be that of a sheet of paper as it leaves the last drier or as it leaves the
				  calendar stack. It may also be a dry or water finish. When used in conjunction
				  with the name of a grade or type of paper, a machine finish has less than the
				  maximum range of smoothness.
(8)
May
means a provision is permissive.
(9) A
metric ton
is 1000
				  kilograms. To convert pounds to metric tons, divide the number of pounds by
				  2,204.6.
(10)
Must
means a provision is mandatory.
(11)
Newsprint
means
				  uncoated paper, whether supercalendered or machine finished, of the type
				  generally used for, but is not limited to, the publication of newspapers,
				  commercial advertising inserts, directories, or commercial advertising mailers,
				  which is made primarily from mechanical woodpulps combined with some chemical
				  woodpulp. "Newsprint" includes paper made from old newspapers, which have been
				  deinked, using the recycled pulp in lieu of virgin pulp. "Newsprint" includes
				  all grades of paper sold as newsprint, supercalendered (SC) uncoated
				  groundwood, or machine finished (MF) uncoated groundwood.
Grades of newsprint may include, but are not limited
					 to:
(1) Newspaper Newsprint: 52.1
				  g/m2 through 45.0
				  g/m2
(2)
				  Lightweight Newsprint: 45.0 g/m2 and lower
(3) Supercalendered and machine finished
				  uncoated groundwood newsprint grades, as follows:
(a) Hi-Brite Newsprint: 48.8
				  g/m2 and higher, brightness greater than
				  65%
(b) CPO Newsprint: 45.0
				  g/m2 through 48.7 g/m2
				  brightness greater than 65%
(c)
				  Rotogravure Newsprint: 40.0 g/m2 and higher,
				  roughness less than 60 Sheffield.
(12) A
newsprint
				  manufacturer
is in the business of making newsprint.
(13) A
newsprint supplier
is
				  a broker, dealer, or seller of 5 metric tons or more of newsprint per year for
				  use in California. Consumers who supply other consumers with newsprint are not
				  considered suppliers for the purposes of this Article.
(14)
Quoted price
is defined
				  as the actual purchase price for newsprint; i.e. the price agreed upon by the
				  buyer and the seller, verbally or in writing, which would consummate a sale or
				  purchase.
(15)
Recycled
				  Content Newsprint
means newsprint in which not less than 40 percent of
				  its fiber consists of postconsumer wastepaper.
(16) A
Reporting Period
is
				  from January 1 through December 31 of any given year.
(17) A
shipment
is defined
				  as any quantity of newsprint, regardless of mode of transportation, which is
				  accompanied by an invoice, bill of lading, shipment order, purchase order, or
				  other evidence of shipment. A physical record for every shipment must be
				  received by the company using the newsprint in its commercial printing or
				  publishing operation.
(18)
Supercalendered
is a finish obtained by passing paper between
				  rolls of a supercalender under pressure. The resulting finish will vary
				  depending upon the raw material used in the paper and the pressure exerted upon
				  it, from that of the highest English finish to a highly glazed
				  surface.