Who must comply with the RCN Program?
As defined below, newsprint consumers (printers and publishers), suppliers and manufacturers must comply with the program requirements. • Newsprint printers or publishers (“consumers”): Entities that use newsprint in a commercial printing or publishing process. • Newsprint suppliers: Entities that supply newsprint to printers or publishers or to those businesses that will supply it to printers or publishers that will use it in California. (This includes manufacturers who supply newsprint.) • Newsprint manufacturers: Entities (based in the United States or another country) that produce newsprint which will be shipped to and used in California. See 14 CCR sections 17954 and 17956.
