§ 66274.4. Methodology for Determining the Number of Out-of-Service Mercury-Added Thermostats Becoming Waste Annually.

(a)(1) The number of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats becoming waste in a calendar year (TT) shall be determined as follows. For a given calendar year, the number of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats becoming waste shall be the annual flow specified in the “Low Estimate” column of Table 1.5 of the SERA report for that year (beginning with “year 4” for 2013). The table below specifies the number of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats becoming waste each year (TT),

A	B
Year	% “Low
	Estimate”
	from table
	1.5 of the
	SERA
	report
2013	217,000
2014	212,000
2015	207,000
2016	202,000
2017	197,000
2018	193,000
2019	187,000
2020	181,000
2021	174,000
2022	168,000

(2) If the effective date of this section is July 1, 2013, the pro rata portion of TT for 2013 shall be 50 percent of 217,000, or 108,500 out-of-service mercury-added thermostats, and the collection rate performance requirement, TP, shall be 30 percent of this value, representing 32,550 out-of-service mercury-added thermostats.

(b) Any person may submit to the department additional data on the number of mercury-added thermostats estimated to remain in use in California and the number of these thermostats that will become waste in each year. At least six months prior to making such a submittal, the person may provide the department with a proposed plan or methodology for obtaining the additional data; at its discretion, the department may provide feedback to the person on this proposed plan or methodology. Any submittal made pursuant to this subsection shall include all raw data, formulas, assumptions, models and calculations used, sufficient to allow the department to replicate the calculations.

(c) The department shall consider any data submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and may adjust the estimated number of thermostats becoming waste annually (TT) specified in this section if the department determines that the data supports such an adjustment.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 5-15-2013; operative 7-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 20).

Note

Note: Authority: Sections 25150, 25214.8.17 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25214.8.17 and 25214.8.18, Health and Safety Code.