Bill Text: CA SB804 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Solid waste: energy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-02-27 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [SB804 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB804-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 804	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 25620.8 of, and to add Section 40005 to,
the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 804, as introduced, Lara. Solid waste: energy.
   (1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation
and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to submit an annual
report to the Legislature by March 31 of each year regarding awards
made pursuant to the Public Interest Research, Development, and
Demonstration Program.
   This bill would require the energy commission to include in the
annual report that is due by March 31, 2015, an analysis of the
opportunities for utilizing waste conversion technologies.
   (2) The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which
is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery, requires each city, county, and regional agency, if any, to
develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated
waste management plan.
   This bill would make a statement of legislative intent regarding
the development of waste conversion technology facilities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish clear
definitions in statute that promote the highest and best use of
resources while supporting the state's key environmental goals,
including the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
(Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1
of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code), the low-carbon fuel
standards adopted by the State Air Resources Board in Subarticle 7
(commencing with Section 95480) of Title 17 of the California Code of
Regulations, and greenhouse gas reduction goals, as provided in
Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and
Safety Code.
   (b) The state's "Bioenergy Action Plan" has identified municipal
solid waste as a substantiality underutilized resource for biomass
feedstock that could produce renewable fuels and energy.
   (c) Around the world, advanced solid waste conversion technologies
are being used to process postrecycled, residual waste to divert
materials from landfills and recover a variety of marketable products
from those residuals, including clean-burning fuels, chemicals,
construction materials, soil amendments, and electricity.
  SEC. 2.   Section 25620.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25620.8.   (a)   The commission shall prepare
and submit to the Legislature an annual report, not later than March
31 of each year, on awards made pursuant to this chapter and progress
toward achieving the goals set forth in Section 25620.1. The report
shall include information on the names of award recipients, the
amount of awards, and the types of projects funded, an evaluation of
the success of funded projects, and recommendations for improvements
in the program. The report shall set forth the actual costs of
programs or projects funded by the commission, the results achieved,
and how the actual costs and results compare to the expected costs
and benefits. The commission shall establish procedures for
protecting confidential or proprietary information and shall consult
with all interested parties in the preparation of the annual report.

   (b) The commission shall include, in the annual report due not
later than March 31, 2015, an analysis of the opportunities for
utilizing waste conversion technologies, to achieve the goals set
forth in Section 25620.1. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 40005 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   40005.  The Legislature finds and declares that, to spur economic
development, promote environmental justice by managing residual waste
near where it is generated, reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
decrease pollution, groundwater contamination, and other
environmental impacts associated with solid waste disposal, and
reduce the state's dependence on landfill disposal, it is the intent
of the Legislature to examine the development of solid waste
conversion technology facilities to manage the residual solid waste
that cannot feasibly be recycled or composted.