Or. Admin. Code § 340-098-0255 - Annual Reports

(1) Unless directed otherwise by DEQ, an electronics producer responsibility organization must submit an annual report on the activities of its electronics producer responsibility program in a given calendar year by March 1 of the following year.

(2) An electronics producer responsibility organization must provide in its annual report information required by DEQ to evaluate whether the electronics producer responsibility organization implemented its electronics producer responsibility program in accordance with the electronics producer responsibility organization's approved program plan and with ORS 459A.305 to 459A.355. Such information may include information on coordination if multiple program plans are approved, public awareness, program financing, environmentally sound management practices, fair financial compensation to collection sites, and measurement and achievement of goals, including but not limited to:

(a) The reporting of the total weight of each type of covered electronic device, including peripherals, by product categories;

(b) How the electronics producer responsibility organization provided environmentally sound management practices during the program year as required by OAR 340-098-0245, including

(A) A summary of any safety or security problems that occurred during the collection, transportation or disposal of covered electronic devices, such as fires that may have been resulted from managing covered electronic devices under a producer responsibility program at collection sites, processors, and other service providers and downstream vendors, and the actual or potential future resolutions of those problems; and

(B) A list of collection sites and processors that the electronics producer responsibility organization conducted in-person site visits of or provided technical assistance to during the program year.

(c) Whether the electronics producer responsibility organization achieved program goals and possible reasons for why the electronics producer responsibility organization fell short of a goal and actions to remedy shortfalls or achieve the goal.

(d) Whether the electronics producer responsibility organization implemented or provided compensation informed by recommendations or results of collection site compensation studies conducted under OAR 340-098-0250.

(3) An electronics producer responsibility organization may count pounds of covered electronic devices collected by a collection site through premium services towards the electronics producer responsibility organization's collection goals.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 340-098-0255

DEQ 1-2025, adopt filed 01/09/2025, effective 1/9/2025

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468.065 & 459A.345

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 459A.320