 To: Environmental Health and Safety CoordinatorFrom: Sam Celly, BChE MChE JD CSPDate: October 30, 2025Ref: Electronic Verification Questionnaire (eVQ) CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ONLYWhat is eVQ?State of California EPA requires each Hazmat generator (producer of waste) to complete the Electronic Verification Questionnaire (eVQ) annually starting January 30, 2026. There are no fees involved to submit the eVQ, however, starting in 2026 the State will issue “late reporting penalties” for submissions made after March 31, 2026. For more information, visit https://dtsc.ca.gov/evq-penalties/If you have stopped operations involving hazardous waste, you can deactivate your EPA ID by filing DTSC Form 1358. Deactivation of the unused number can occur during the eVQ filing process as well. Clients of Celly Services: Please complete the form below and email to accounts@cellyservices.com prior to January 31, 2026.Username: __________________________Password: ___________________________o If Celly Services has completed eVQ for the dealer prior, please disregard question 1 & 2.Total Number of Employees1: ________________________________California Department of Tax & Fee Administration (CDTFA) Hazardous Waste Generation and Handling (G&H) Fee account number2: ________________________________Amount of Universal Waste generated (in tons): ________________________________1The total number of individuals employed by your entire company or organization throughout California during the 2025 calendar year. Include all employees who worked 500 hours or more, including those who worked at locations that did not generate hazardous waste.2 Sample Haz Waste Gen acct# 123-456789 – It will be a 9-digit number.3 Universal waste includes: Light bulbs, batteries (alkaline, lithium), non-empty aerosol canisters, CRT glass, mercury waste, and electronic devices: Computers, monitors, printers, cell phones, and any electronic equipment with a circuit board. For more detail visit universal-waste-fact-sheet.NotificationIf you have not received any notification, chances are it is going into a manager’s email box that is not being attended to or the manager is no longer at the company. So, if you have no notification and your eVQ has not been completed, log into your eVQ (reset password if needed) and set up new user name and password; an override of the old one will be required.What happens if you do not file eVQ?The dealership’s EPA ID number will be made INACTIVE and penalties will follow. EPA sends an email that for failure to complete the eVQ, the number is getting inactivated. Unfortunately, the dealership staff receiving the email fails to respond to the email or the email goes to an email account that is not being attended. The hazardous waste hauler will stop picking up the hazardous waste as the EPA number has become inactive. Your hazardous waste oil tanks, drums and buckets will start to overflow! Only after completion of a new EPA ID application for reactivation of the EPA ID number and upon the completion of the eVQ, will the EPA ID number get reactivated. This whole process can take three weeks and can be demanding. Good news is that SB 158 eliminated the Manifest Fee & the EPA verification fee (the fees associated with eVQ). Other Useful Links· Verification Questionnaire Step by Step Guide· Check My ID Number Status |
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