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0 <br />\, Department of Toxic Substances Control <br />Matthew Rodriquez Deborah O. Raphael, Director <br />Secretary for 1001 "1" Street <br />Environmental Protection P.O. Box 806 <br />Sacramento, California 95812-0806 <br />March 23, 2012 <br />Ms. Donna Heran, Director <br />San Joaquin County Environmental Health <br />600 East Main Street <br />Stockton, California 95202 <br />APPLIANCE RECYCLER CERTIFICATIONS <br />Dear Ms. Heran: <br />11 <br />Edmund G. Brown Jr. <br />Governor <br />Enclosed is the approved application and certification for ECS Refining, LLC, an <br />appliance recycler in your jurisdiction. The Department of Toxic Substances Control <br />(DTSC) has reviewed and approved this company's application to be a Certified <br />Appliance Recycler (CAR). After reviewing and approving a CAR application for <br />conformance with section 25211.4 of the Health and Safety Code, DTSC is required to <br />transmit all application documents to the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) in <br />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 />Code § 25211.4(d)). The statute requires CUPAs to consider the working condition of <br />the equipment, the technical ability of the employees, and the facility's compliance with <br />existing law (Health & Self. Code § 25211 et seq., and Pub. Resources Code § 42160 <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 <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 the <br />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 is met: <br />