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Emergency Regulations: CRT and CRT Glass Disposition Options
DTSC Reference Number: R-2011-03 Final Text of Emergency Regulation
DTSC filed this proposed emergency regulatory action with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on October 3, 2012:
Notice Statement, September 24, 2012
Finding of Emergency, September 24, 2012
Proposed Text, September 24, 2012
Draft CEQA Notice of Exemption, September 24, 2012
Existing California regulations (California Code of Regulations, title 22, chapter 23 Standards for Universal Waste Management) authorize universal waste handlers to dismantle and process (“treat”) discarded electronic products for the purpose of recycling under relaxed standards. As a condition of this authorization, a handler must ensure that all cathode ray tube (CRT) glass resulting from authorized treatment of CRTs is reclaimed either at a “CRT glass manufacturer or at a primary or secondary lead smelter.” No other types of recycling or disposal are currently available to universal waste handlers who process CRTs in California. At the time these regulations were adopted, CRT manufacturing was the option with the highest capacity to utilize CRT glass. As the demand for CRT devices has greatly decreased with the advancements of other types of video display technologies, so has the demand by manufacturers for the glass from old picture tubes.
These proposed regulations expand the options for the disposition of CRT glass generated by Universal Waste handlers by allowing:
· Other recycling options besides CRT glass manufacturing or primary or secondary lead smelting, consistent with California’s existing hazardous waste recycling laws
· Disposal of lead-containing CRT glass (e.g., funnel glass) or intact CRTs as fully-regulated hazardous waste at a hazardous waste facility (i.e., only at a Class 1 Landfill) if specified management standards are met
· Disposal of non-RCRA CRT glass (e.g., barium-containing panel glass) as solid waste in a Class II or Class III land fill, provided the glass is managed in accordance with specified conditions prior to disposal ____________________________
Expanded Options for Universal Waste CRT and CRT Glass - Proposed Emergency Regulations 11/15/2011
Presentation: Incentives to Recycle CRT Glass in the Proposed Regulations
Presentation: Disposition Options for CRTs and CRT Glass - Part Two
Summary of Responses CRT and CRT Glass Disposal Workshop 9/26/2011
____________________________ VIDEO - Workshop Sept. 26, 2011 Workshop Notice - Sept. 26, 2011 Workshop Agenda - Sept. 26, 2011 Disposal Options for Universal Waste CRT and CRT Glass - Proposed Emergency Regulations 9/26/2011 Proposed Regulatory Concepts for the Disposition of CRTs and CRT Glass Presentation: CRTs and CRT Glass - History and Background Presentation: Disposition Options for CRTs and CRT Glass Presentation: CalRecycle Opening Remarks Presentation: CalRecycle CEW Rule Change Discussion
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