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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 662
Author: Committee on Environmental Quality
Introduced:2/27/15
Vote: 21
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 4/15/15
AYES: Wieckowski, Gaines, Bates, Hill, Jackson, Leno, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 4/27/15
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza, Nielsen
SUBJECT: Recycling
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill is the Senate Environmental Quality
Committee's annual omnibus bill that clarifies the Department of
Resources, Recycling and Recovery's (CalRecycle) authority to
make reimbursement payments for promotion of the Recycling
Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Program to stimulate recycling
market development in California. This bill also makes a
technical change to move the annual reporting due date for
California's architectural paint extended producer
responsibility collection program.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
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1) Declares the state's policy goal that not less than 75% of
solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or
composted by 2020 and annually thereafter, and that market
development is the key to increasing cost-effective
recycling.
2) Requires CalRecycle to develop a comprehensive market
development plan to stimulate market demand in the state for
waste material generated in the state, and requires the plan
to include efforts to encourage and promote cooperative,
regional programs to expand markets for recycled material.
3) Authorizes a local governing body to propose eligible
property in its jurisdiction as a RMDZ, and authorizes
CalRecycle to designate RMDZs which are necessary to assist
in attracting private sector recycling investments to the
area.
4) Creates the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan
Subaccount and continuously appropriates the funds deposited
in the subaccount to CalRecycle for making loans to local
governing bodies, private businesses, and non-profit entities
within the RMDZ for the purposes of the RMDZ Loan Program.
5) Requires a manufacturer of architectural paint or the
designated stewardship organization, within the Architectural
Paint Recovery Program, to submit an architectural paint
stewardship plan to CalRecycle to develop and implement a
recovery program to reduce, reuse, and manage postconsumer
architectural paint.
6) Requires the manufacturer or designated organization to also
submit an annual report on or before September 1 of each year
describing its architectural paint recovery efforts.
This bill:
1)Authorizes CalRecycle to expend money from the Recycling
Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount to make payments
to local governing bodies within RMDZs to reimburse them for
activities promoting the zone development.
2)Changes the annual report date of a manufacturer's
architectural paint recovery efforts to CalRecycle from
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September 1 to November 1 of each year.
Comments
Purpose of this bill. This bill is the Senate Environmental
Quality Committee's annual omnibus bill and makes two technical
changes regarding current programs.
According to CalRecycle, regarding the efforts of RMDZ
Administrators to develop manufacturing facilities within the
Zone, "Developing such facilities is a critical component of
CalRecycle's efforts to achieving 75 percent recycling by 2020
and the state's greenhouse gas reduction goals. Attracting,
siting, and permitting such facilities, as well as finding
appropriate recycled feedstock, requires the services of Zone
Administrators. For the last 20 years, CalRecycle has provided
reimbursement payments, primarily from the RMDZ Loan Subaccount,
to the Zone Administrators for outreach services to promote the
RMDZ Loan Program. However, a recent determination found that
PRC 42023.1, which authorizes the RMDZ Loan Subaccount funds
expenditures, does not give CalRecycle sufficient authority to
expend funds from the RMDZ Loan Subaccount to reimburse Zone
Administrators for outreach services." This bill clarifies
CalRecycle's statutory authority to make reimbursement payments
for RMDZ promotion activities.
PaintCare is California's extended producer responsibility
collection system for left-over paint recovery, run by
manufacturers. Over the past two years, PaintCare's growth has
led to the need for a minimum of four months past the end of the
fiscal year (June 30) to prepare the annual report to
CalRecycle, which necessitates continued deadline extension
requests. Changing the date to November 1 would allow a more
realistic time frame for submitting the report.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Ongoing costs of approximately $125,000 annually from the
Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount
(special) for payments to RMDZ administrators for promotional
activities.
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SUPPORT: (Verified4/27/15)
American Coatings Association
California Paint Council
PaintCare
OPPOSITION: (Verified4/27/15)
None received
Prepared by:Laurie Harris / E.Q. / (916) 651-4108
4/29/15 16:07:26
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