Packaging EPR data close & substantiation - OR / CO / CA

The May 31 packaging EPR reports are past. Do you actually know where you stand?

Oregon, Colorado, and California annual supply reports (CY2025 data) were due May 31, 2026. California's source-reduction plan lands August 1 and early-fee invoices follow. For multi-state, multi-brand producers, the problem is rarely the portal - it is that nobody can produce component-level packaging data, state sales allocation, and evidence that survives a CAA validation request. That is the work we do.

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How it works

The status fork
The data close
Workpaper & substantiation

Every engagement starts with the status fork

Submitted

Receipt on file? Methodology documented? We build the substantiation pack so a validation request is a same-week answer.

Late / unreported

We close the data gaps, prepare the portal-entry workpaper, and you (or your counsel) submit and record the CAA response. We never claim remediation cures noncompliance - we make the remediation defensible.

Deadline ahead

CA source-reduction plan (Aug 1), early-fee window, next annual cycle - tracked with owners and evidence, not vibes.

Find out where you stand - in about two minutes

Try the 2-minute EPR Status & Exposure Scanner - pick your states, answer a few portfolio questions, and optionally paste a packaging BOM. You get a state-by-state status board, a gap list, and an illustrative exposure view. Nothing to install, nothing uploaded - it runs entirely in your browser.

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The deliverable: a data close, not a dashboard

Component-level packaging BOM - jar, pump, cap, label, carton, insert, DTC shipper; weights, materials, plastic detail, roles, and the source document for every number.
State sales allocation with lineage - units x component weights to state/material kilograms; every cell traceable; estimates flagged, then replaced with actuals through a recorded correction.
California plastic detail - plastic-only weight and plastic component counts, from day one.
Reviewed workpaper (XLSX) + substantiation pack - methodology narrative, source inventory with hashes, supplier outreach evidence, correction chain. Built to answer CAA validation requests.
Remediation queue - missing data, supplier nonresponse, divergence questions - worked to zero with a named reviewer.

Is this for you? (we qualify hard)

Strong fit: consumer brands/importers with obligations in 2+ of OR/CO/CA, roughly 50-2,000 packaging configurations, multiple suppliers/brands/entities, no component-level BOM, and material fee/audit exposure. Beauty and personal care especially.

Not a fit (we will say so on the first call): exempt or clearly low-volume flat-fee producers, single-state simple portfolios, or companies already well served by an incumbent platform or consultant. A large purchase would be irrational - we'll tell you that for free.

What we deliberately do not do

We do not log into or automate CAA/state portals, do not determine producer status or exemptions (those are recorded decisions by you and your reviewer/counsel), do not quote or optimize fees (fee figures in our workpapers are labeled illustrative planning math; CAA invoices under approved rate schedules), and do not cover all states - we go deep on OR/CO/CA and track MN/MD/WA/ME deadlines only.

Founding offers

$1,000 status & exposure scan (credited if you continue)

Entity/state/report inventory, data-gap map, exposure view, and a remediation plan - in one week, from your existing exports.

$3,000+ full data close per entity-year

Component BOM build, allocation with lineage, reviewed workpaper + substantiation pack, remediation queue worked to zero. Scope priced by entities, states, configurations, and supplier count - never raw SKUs.

Prices are founding-cohort hypotheses, validated against the two-paid-closes gate before becoming standard.

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Trust, plainly stated

Question	Answer
Can numbers be edited after sign-off?	No. Completed workpaper versions are immutable; corrections create linked versions with recorded reasons.
Who decides producer status / exemptions?	You, with your reviewer or counsel. We record the decision, its basis, and its date - we never compute it.
Where do the numbers come from?	Every kilogram traces to units x component weight with the source document; estimates are flagged until replaced.
Do you file for us?	No. You submit in the portal; we prepare the workpaper and record your receipt/status as evidence.
Is my data used to train AI models?	No customer data enters consumer AI tools. Model-assisted processing happens only under commercial no-training terms - or not at all, at your election.

Start the status conversation

Tell us your states, entities, and roughly how many packaging configurations are in play - and where the May 31 reports stand, if you know. A person reads every message and replies from [email protected]. No newsletter, no sequence.

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