Laserfiche WebLink
Yana Garcia <br />Secretary for <br />Environmental Protection <br />June 27, 2024 <br />Department of Toxic Substances Control <br />Meredith Williams, Ph.D., Director <br />1001 "1" Street <br />P.O. Box 806 <br />Sacramento, California 95812-0806 <br />San Joaquin County Environmental Health <br />CUPA <br />1868 East Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, California 95205 <br />APPLIANCE RECYCLER CERTIFICATIONS <br />Dear CUPA: <br />Gavin Newsom <br />Governor <br />t <br />JUL 0 3 2024 <br />ENVP PT/SERVMSCES <br />Enclosed is the approved application and certification for Sims Group USA <br />Corporation, 1000 South Aurora Street, Stockton, California 95206 an appliance <br />recycler in your jurisdiction. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has <br />reviewed and approved this company's application to be a Certified Appliance Recycler <br />(CAR). After reviewing and approving a CAR application for conformance with section <br />25211.4 of the Health and Safety Code, DTSC is required to transmit all application <br />documents to the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) in whose jurisdiction the <br />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 />Code § 25211.4(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 & Saf. Code § 25211 et seq., and Pub. Resources Code § 42160 et <br />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, or <br />prevent the removal of MRSH, and the receiving scrap metal facility has been <br />certified by DTSC to remove the remaining MRSH; or <br />