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Department of Toxic S bstances Control <br />✓arae atumanraw MareAith Williams, Ph.D., Director <br />Sanratary / '100'1 "1" StrOat <br />Environmentar Protacf/on P.O. BOX 806 <br />Sacramento, California 95812-0806 <br />August 5, 202'1 RECEIVE � <br />:� AUG 1 6 2021 <br />San Joaquin County Environmental Health <br />'1868 East Hazelton Avenue ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH <br />Stockton, California 95205-6232 DEPARTMENT <br />APPLIANCE RECYCLER CERTIFICATIONS <br />Dear San Joaquin Gounty Environmental Health: <br />Gav n NawSnm <br />Governor <br />Enclosed is the approved application and certification for Plck-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers, <br />4223 CIarK Drlve, Stockton, California 95275 an appliance recycler in yourjurisdiction. <br />The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has reviewed and approved this <br />company's application to be a Certified Appliance Recycler (CAR). After reviewing and <br />approving a CAR application for conformance with section 252'1'1.4 of the Health and <br />Safety Code, DTSC is required to transmit all application documents to the Certified <br />Unified Program Agency (CUPA) in whose jurisdiction the business or person is located. <br />The CUPA is required to inspect the CAR facility `as soon as is practicable" to <br />determine whether the recycler is capable of properly removing and managing all <br />Materials that Requires Special Handling (MRSH) from major appliances (Health &Saf. <br />Gode § 252'1'1 .4(d)). The statute requires CUPAs to consider the working condition of <br />the equipment, the technical ability of the employees, the facility's compliance with <br />existing law (Health 8. Saf_ Code § 252'1'1 et seq., and Pub. Resources Code § 42'160 <br />et seq.). <br />Please refer to the DTSC Fact Sheet entitled "AB '1447 (2007) Changes to the <br />Appliance Recycling Program` (available on our CAR Web page) for a summary of the <br />existing law_ In summary, an appliance recycler must be certified by DTSC prior to <br />removing MRSH and discarding major appliances. MRSH may not be disposed of in <br />the garbage or at a solid waste facility. <br />The law also prohibits anyone from transporting, delivering, or selling discarded major <br />appliances to a scrap recycling facility unless one of three conditions are met: <br />1 . the appliances have not been processed in a manner that could release, <br />or prevent the removal of MRSH, and the receivinc scrap metal faciliri <br />has been certified by DTSC io remove the remaining MRSH; or <br />® Paneaa on 8ocyciaa Paoar <br />