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 definesbegin delete various terms, includingend delete “biomass conversion,” begin insertto mean the controlled
combustion used for the production of heat or electricity of specified materials end insertfor the purposes of the act.
This bill would revise the definition of the term “biomass conversion” tobegin delete include, in addition to controlled
combustion, the use of conversion technology, as defined.end deletebegin insert mean the production of heat, fuels, or electricity by the controlled combustion of, or the use of other noncombustion thermal technologies on, those specified materials.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 40106 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:
(a) “Biomass conversion” meansbegin insert the production of
4heat, fuels, or electricity byend insert the controlled combustionbegin delete used for of, or the use ofbegin insert other noncombustion
5producing heat or electricityend delete
6thermalend insert conversionbegin delete technologyend deletebegin insert technologiesend insert on, the following
7begin delete materialsend deletebegin insert
materials,end insert when separated from other solid
waste:
8(1) Agricultural crop residues.
9(2) Bark, lawn, yard, and garden clippings.
10(3) Leaves, silvicultural residue, and tree and brush pruning.
11(4) Wood, wood chips, and wood waste.
12(5) Nonrecyclable pulp or nonrecyclable paper materials.
13(b) “Biomass conversion” does not include the controlled
14combustion of recyclable pulp or recyclable paper materials, or
15materials that contain sewage sludge, industrial sludge, medical
16waste, hazardous waste, or either high-level or low-level
17radioactive waste.
18(c) begin delete(1)end deletebegin delete end deleteFor purposes of this section, “nonrecyclable pulp or
19nonrecyclable paper materials” means either of the following, as
20determined by the department:
21(A)
end delete
22begin insert(1)end insert Paper products or fibrous materials that cannot be
23technically, feasibly, or legally recycled because of the manner in
24which the product or material has been manufactured, treated,
25coated, or constructed.
26(B)
end delete
27begin insert(2)end insert Paper products or fibrous materials that have become soiled
28or contaminated and as a result cannot be technically, feasibly, or
29legally recycled.
30(2) For the purposes of this section, “conversion technology”
31means a method capable of converting biomass into marketable
32products
and fuels through a noncombustion thermal, chemical,
33or biological process.
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