BILL NUMBER: AB 1045	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Irwin
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Chiu)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 43032 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1045, as introduced, Irwin. Composting facilities: streamline
permitting and regulation.
   Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery to adopt regulations relating to waste management, including
standards for the design, operation, maintenance, and ultimate reuse
of solid waste facilities, and for solid waste handling, transfer,
composting, transformation, and disposal. Existing law prohibits the
solid waste handling, transfer, composting, transformation, and
disposal standards from including any requirement that is under the
authority of the State Air Resources Board for the prevention of air
pollution or the State Water Resources Control Board for the
prevention of water pollution and prohibits the solid waste
facilities standards from including aspects of solid waste handling
and disposal that are within the jurisdiction of the State Air
Resources Board, air pollution control districts, and air quality
management districts, or the State Water Resources Control board or a
regional water district.
   Existing law prohibits a person from discharging a quantity of air
contaminants or other material that causes injury, detriment,
nuisance, or annoyance to the public, or that endangers the comfort,
repose, health, or safety of the public, or that causes injury or
damage to business or property, except as provided.
   Under existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act,
the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional
water quality control boards are the principal state agencies with
responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in
the state. The act, with certain exceptions, requires a waste
discharger to file certain information with the appropriate regional
board and to pay an annual fee.
   This bill would require the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery, in coordination with the State Air Resources Board and the
State Water Resources Control Board, to develop a policy that
promotes the development of streamlined permitting and regulation of
composting facilities while protecting air and water quality.
   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 43032 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   43032.  The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in
coordination with the State Air Resources Board and the State Water
Resources Control Board, shall develop a policy that promotes the
development of streamlined permitting and regulation of composting
facilities while protecting air and water quality.