California Air Resources Board

Requires a battery supplier to be responsible for ensuring the end-of-life management of a vehicle traction battery and requires reporting information regarding the sale, transfer, or receipt of a vehicle traction battery or module to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The bill imposes related duties on a secondary user, a secondary handler, an auctioneer, all as defined, to report similar information regarding a vehicle traction battery or battery module to DTSC. The bill provides funding mechanisms for DTSC to implement the bill. CARB’s interest was conformity with technical specifications used in CARB’s regulations. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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