A producer responsibility plan for covered products shall do all of the following: (a) Be designed to accept and manage all postconsumer covered products. (b) Include the name and contact information of each producer and brand covered under the producer responsibility plan. The contact information shall include the producerâs email address, phone number, and mailing and physical address. (c) Explain the producer responsibility organizationâs funding methods, and explain how those methods will fully fund the producer responsibility organization in a manner that equitably distributes the producer responsibility organizationâs costs among the producers pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42968.23. (d) (1) Include the fee required by Section 42968.51 and a description of how it is calculated. (2) Include the fee required by Section 42968.52, a description of how it is calculated, and an explanation of how it complies with Section 42968.52. (e) Include a five-year budget that establishes a funding level sufficient to operate the producer responsibility organization in a prudent and responsible manner. The budget shall demonstrate how estimated revenues will cover all budgeted costs for each cost category. Budgeted costs shall include, but not be limited to, administrative costs, education and outreach costs, operational costs, capital costs, and a reserve. (1) Administrative costs shall include the departmentâs actual and reasonable regulatory costs, which include full personnel costs, to implement and enforce this chapter as the criteria for all the costs are defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42968.1. For purposes of this paragraph, producer responsibility organization implementation begins once the department approves the producer responsibility organizationâs producer responsibility plan, except the departmentâs costs shall include actual regulatory development costs and other startup costs incurred prior to producer responsibility plan submittal and approval. (2) The reserve shall include funds to operate the producer responsibility organization should there be unexpected events, losses of income, or large unbudgeted expenses. It shall also protect the recycling infrastructure the producer responsibility organization relies on in its producer responsibility plan during any lapse in producer participation during the life of the program. The reserve cost category shall include a reserve level amount and description justifying the reserve level amount indicated. The producer responsibility organization shall maintain reserve funds sufficient to operate the producer responsibility plan for no less than six months. In the event that a new producer responsibility organization is approved by the department, the producer responsibility organization shall establish its reserve and maintain the required reserve fund balance by the end of the second year of producer responsibility plan operation. In the event that the producer responsibility organizationâs producer responsibility plan expires or is revoked, the reserve balance shall be transferred to a successor producer responsibility organization or a trustee, pursuant to subdivision (j). (f) Include quantifiable five-year and annual performance standards and metrics for each covered product category until such time as the department publishes performance standards pursuant to Section 42968.34. The producer responsibility organization shall amend its producer responsibility plan to meet the performance standards published by the department. Performance standards published by the department pursuant to this subdivision shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). Performance standards may include, but are not limited to, collection, reduction in disposal, and maximizing recycling. (g) (1) Describe how the producer r
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