Producer registration & baseline report
Registration within 30 days of becoming a producer; baseline report due July 1, 2026 — all present, or the filing does not release.
The most rigorous EPR filing a consumer brand can delegate.
EPR Packaging Compliance Engine assembles a documentation-complete, fee-optimized annual report — every registration, component-level classification, eco-modulation review, and audit-evidence file — checked against the letter of each state's EPR statute before a specialist releases it.
Every state EPR statute: CA, OR, CO, ME, MN, MD, WAComponent-level material classification against state taxonomiesProducer-of-record determination & exemption screeningEco-modulation savings reviewSpecialist release on every filing
Why filings fail
A single misclassified component can trigger a $50,000/day penalty.
A consumer brand's EPR compliance is only as strong as the data behind it. Miss a material classification, skip a required registration, mis-time a deadline, or fail to identify the correct producer of record — and the brand faces penalties up to $50,000 per violation per day in California, $25,000/day in Oregon, and $5,000 + $1,500/day in Colorado.
Most brands run this by hand, from spreadsheets and supplier PDFs, once a year. The required detail — material type, weight, PCR content, recyclability per component per SKU per state — often doesn't exist in current ERP systems. That is exactly where compliance gaps hide.
EPR Packaging Compliance Engine exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every filing.
$50K/day
California penalty per violation per day; OR up to $25K/day; CO $5K + $1,500/day
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of each state statute — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every filing is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of each state's EPR statute. These are the provisions each filing is held to.
Component-level data & fee calculation
Material type, weight, PCR content, and recyclability per component, mapped to Oregon's taxonomy; eco-modulated fees calculated deterministically.
Producer-of-record & exemption screening
Legal producer identified (brand owner, importer, or licensor); small-producer and de-minimis exemptions verified by search, not assumption.
Annual report & audit trail
Submission-ready report filed before statutory deadline; audit-defensible evidence file including supplier spec sheets, classification logs, and fee calculations.
Multi-state taxonomy mapping
Each packaging component classified against Minnesota's material taxonomy; cross-referenced to other state taxonomies for consistency.
Eco-modulation savings review
Review of fee schedule to identify design changes or material substitutions that reduce fees; documented in a savings report.
How a filing is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
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Data Gap Scan
Upload your packaging data — BOMs, supplier spec sheets, artwork, ERP extracts. We return a free completeness read: which components, materials, and state requirements you already have, and which are missing.
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Supplier data ingestion
As your authorized clerical agent, we collect and structure supplier documents, extract material composition, weight, PCR content, and recyclability, and build a component-level dataset.
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Grounded classification
Each component is classified against each state's material taxonomy using the rule pack — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Registration status verified; producer-of-record resolved; exemptions screened; fee calculated to the penny; deadline confirmed. Any failure blocks release.
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Specialist release
A credentialed environmental-compliance specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-fee or complex multi-state filings route to attorney review first.
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Delivery
You receive the filing: registration confirmation, component-level dataset, fee calculation, submission-ready report, eco-modulation savings review, and audit-evidence file — ready for the brand to submit or for us to file on your behalf.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No filing ships without a human signature.
30 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released filing (baseline report).
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard filing library.
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State statutes covered
CA, OR, CO, ME, MN, MD, WA — every enacted U.S. packaging EPR law.
Why EPR Packaging Compliance Engine
Built to be the most thorough option a brand has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every registration, classification, fee calculation, and evidence file accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A classification error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run searches as your clerical agent. We never give legal advice, determine legal producer status without expert review, or file without your authorization.
Engagement
Flat fee per state-filing, plus annual managed-compliance retainer per producer. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a percentage of any fee savings.
- A free Data Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per state-filing (registration, baseline report, annual report); disclosed pass-through search fees.
- Annual managed-compliance retainer per producer covers ongoing monitoring, data updates, and multi-state coordination.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for complex producer-of-record or exemption determinations.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is EPR Packaging Compliance Engine a law firm?
No. EPR Packaging Compliance Engine, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for complex producer-of-record or exemption determinations.
Do you file reports on my behalf?
Yes, if authorized. We prepare the submission-ready report and can file it with the PRO or state agency as your clerical agent. You retain full control and can review before submission.
What makes a filing 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by each state statute: registration confirmed, component-level data classified against the state taxonomy, fee calculated deterministically, producer-of-record resolved, exemptions screened, and deadline verified. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA for a baseline report is 30 business days from complete intake to a specialist-released filing. The free Data Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per state-filing plus an annual managed-compliance retainer per producer. No contingency and no percentage of any fee savings or avoided penalties.
See what's missing before it costs you $50,000 a day.
Start with a free Data Gap Scan. Send your packaging data and we'll return a completeness read against every state EPR statute where you are a producer.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the brand retains all legal responsibility.