Report 2010-101 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2010-101: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: Deficiencies in Forecasting and Ineffective Management Have Hindered the Beverage Container Recycling Program (Release Date: June 2010)

Recommendation #1 To: Resources Recycling and Recovery, Department of

The department should continue with its efforts to implement regulation changes that will require beverage distributors to register with the department and to notify the department if another entity has agreed to report and make payments on behalf of that beverage distributor.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From September 2012

The Department proposed changes to the California Code of Regulations (Title 14, Division 2, Chapter 5) which were approved by the Office of Administrative Law effective on September 1, 2012. Section 2230 has been amended and Sections 2231, 2300 and 2301 have been added to require beverage manufacturers and distributors to register with the Department and for distributors to report pay on behalf agreements with other entities.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-101

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.