Public Comment Form

Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Regulations Formal Comment Period

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has begun a 5-day comment period for the Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Regulations. A Notice of Proposed Emergency Action was published by the Office of Administrative Law on November 20, 2025, and the public comment period begins on November 20, 2025 and will end on November 25, 2025.  


To submit comments on this rulemaking please view the Commenter Instructions below. Note: as explained below, all comments must be submitted to both the Office of Administrative Law and CalRecycle.  


For more information on this rulemaking, please visit Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Emergency Regulations.  


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The public comment period permits any interested person, or their authorized representative, to submit written comments addressing the proposed amendments to CalRecycle. Written comments, which offer a recommendation and/or objection, or support the proposed amendment, should indicate the amended section to which the comment or comments are directed. CalRecycle will only consider written comments sent to CalRecycle and received during the public comment period, which begins on November 20, 2025, and will end on November 25, 2025. Comments on the proposed emergency regulations must be submitted directly to OAL within five calendar days of when OAL posts the proposed emergency regulations on the OAL website. Comments on proposed emergency regulations should be submitted to the OAL Reference Attorney by mail to 300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1250, Sacramento, California 95814, by fax to (916) 323-6826, or by e-mail to staff@oal.ca.gov . 


When submitting a comment to OAL, a copy of the comment must also be submitted to CalRecycle via this online comment portal, via email at regulations@calrecycle.ca.gov or via mail:  

Emma Cervantes

Covered Battery-Embedded Waste Recycling Fee Regulations

Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, Regulations Unit 

1001 “I” Street, MS-24B Sacramento, CA 95814  


OAL will confirm that CalRecycle has received the comment before considering it. The comment must state that it is about an emergency regulation currently under OAL review and include the topic of the emergency.  


To ensure that comments are readable by visually impaired users who use a screen reader, please submit the full text of the comment in the text box below.  


You may also submit an identical comment letter by uploading a document and any other relevant attachments you want to submit as part of your comment on this rulemaking. 

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