BILL NUMBER: SB 498	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 40106 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 498, as amended, Lara. Solid waste: biomass conversion.
   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. With certain exceptions, the source reduction and
recycling element of that plan is required to divert 50% of all solid
waste, through source reduction, recycling, and composting
activities. Existing law allows the 50% diversion requirement to
include not more than 10% through transformation or "biomass
conversion," as defined, if specified conditions are met. The act
defines various terms, including "biomass conversion," for the
purposes of the act.
   This bill would revise the definition of the term "biomass
conversion" to include, in addition to controlled combustion,
 any other   the use of  conversion
technology, as defined.
   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.  Section 40106 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   40106.  (a) "Biomass conversion" means the  controlled 
combustion used for producing heat or electricity  of  , or
the use of conversion  technology,   technology
on, the following materials  when separated from other solid
 waste, of the following materials:   waste:

   (1) Agricultural crop residues.
   (2) Bark, lawn, yard, and garden clippings.
   (3) Leaves, silvicultural residue, and tree and brush pruning.
   (4) Wood, wood chips, and wood waste.
   (5) Nonrecyclable pulp or nonrecyclable paper materials.
   (b) "Biomass conversion" does not include the controlled
combustion of recyclable pulp or recyclable paper materials, or
materials that contain sewage sludge, industrial sludge, medical
waste, hazardous waste, or either high-level or low-level radioactive
waste.
   (c) (1) For purposes of this section, "nonrecyclable pulp or
nonrecyclable paper materials" means either of the following, as
determined by the department:
   (A) Paper products or fibrous materials that cannot be
technically, feasibly, or legally recycled because of the manner in
which the product or material has been manufactured, treated, coated,
or constructed.
   (B) Paper products or fibrous materials that have become soiled or
contaminated and as a result cannot be technically, feasibly, or
legally recycled.
   (2) For the purposes of this section, "conversion technology"
means a method capable of converting biomass into marketable products
and fuels through a noncombustion thermal, chemical, or biological
process.