- (2) A report submitted to the department pursuant to this section shall be submitted electronically in writing no later than the 10th day after the quarterly reporting period ends.
(3) A report submitted to the department or posted online pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the standards set forth in section 7405 of the Government Code and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 published in 2008 by the World Wide Web Consortium at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/. The entirety of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 published in 2008 are incorporated by reference.
- (A) The total number of empty beverage containers, by material type and collection method, redeemed from consumers, broken down by redemption site for each calendar month.
- (B) The amount of refund value payments made to consumers by material type and collection method, broken down by redemption site for each calendar month.
- (C) The total weight or count by material type of all material received for which no refund value was paid to a consumer, broken down by an explanation of why the material was deemed ineligible for payment to a consumer (e.g., line breakage, previously redeemed, previously baled, or out-of-state material), for each calendar month.
(D) Data regarding the stewardship program's collection methods implemented as part of the stewardship plan, including all of the following:
(i) The operating time and downtime for any reverse vending machine or bag drop used to collect empty beverage containers for each day of the reporting period. For purposes of this subparagraph, the following definitions apply:
- (I) “Downtime” means the dates and times the reverse vending machine or bag drop was not accepting empty beverage containers during its identified operational hours. “Downtime” includes any period a reverse vending machine or bag drop was down greater than a day.
- (II) “Operating time” means the dates and times the reverse vending machine or bag drop was in operation during its identified operational hours.
- (ii) For each downtime period the reverse vending machine or bag drop experienced, the number of containers redeemed by material type and number of transactions that occurred using an alternative redemption method.
- (iii) If no containers were redeemed during the downtime period by an alternative redemption method, an explanation as to why.
- (E) A description of education and outreach activities related to promoting the stewardship program, including the challenges or successes experienced.
(b)(1) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall include a redemption component that includes all of the following for the stewardship program for the quarterly reporting period:
- (2) The redemption component of the quarterly report shall not constitute a record that is exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) or section 14554 of the Act on the basis that it contains trade secret, commercial, or financial information. The redemption component is a public record and shall be publicly disclosed upon request unless an exemption otherwise applies under existing law.
- (3) A dealer cooperative shall post the redemption component of a report that it submits to the department on an internet website identified in its stewardship plan.
(c) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall include an operational component that includes all of the following for the stewardship program for the quarterly reporting period:
- (1) How many inspections or reviews were undertaken of the redemption sites and what the inspections revealed, including any problems and how those problems were addressed.
- (2) If the dealer cooperative received a Notice of Violation pursuant to section 2386, how it plans to correct, or has already corrected, the underlying behavior for which the Notice of Violation was issued.
- (3) The number of beverages in beverage containers cumulatively sold by dealer members of the dealer cooperative into each unserved convenience zone in which any of the dealer members operate.
- (4) A description of how the dealer cooperative achieved each performance standard identified in its stewardship plan pursuant to section 2375.6.
- (5) The amount of dealer cooperative stewardship fees received and how the fees were utilized.
(6) The gross revenue and expenditures experienced by the dealer cooperative, including an itemization of, at a minimum, all of the following if applicable to the dealer cooperative:
- (A) Program development and planning.
- (B) Administration, personnel, and overhead.
- (C) Operational costs.
- (D) Education and outreach.
- (E) Technology and equipment.
- (F) Regulatory compliance and reporting.
- (G) Partnerships and collaborations.
- (H) Legal and professional services.
(I) Contingency fund.
(d)(1) A quarterly report submitted pursuant to this section that is incomplete is a violation of this section.
- (2) If the department determines a submitted quarterly report is incomplete, the department shall provide written notice to the dealer cooperative identifying the missing information within 30 days.
- (3) The dealer cooperative shall submit, electronically in writing, the missing information within 30 days of the date the department issued the written notice.
(a)(1) A dealer cooperative shall submit a quarterly report to the department that includes the components specified in subdivisions (b) and (c). The quarterly reporting periods shall cover stewardship program activities occurring January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through December 31.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 14530.5 and 14578.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 14554, 14578 and 14578.5, Public Resources Code.
History
1. New section filed 4-24-2025; operative 4-24-2025 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2025, No. 17).