BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Das Williams, Chair
SB
662 (Committee on Environmental Quality) - As Introduced
February 27, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
SUBJECT: Recycling
SUMMARY: Committee omnibus bill that makes various changes to
the Public Resources Code relating to recycling.
EXISTING LAW:
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 the Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery
(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.
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3)Authorizes a local governing body to propose eligible property
in its jurisdiction as a Recycling Market Development Zone
(RMDZ), and authorizes CalRecycle to designate RMDZs that are
necessary to assist in attracting private sector recycling
investments to the area.
4)Creates the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan
Subaccount (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)Establishes the RMDZ Loan Program to provide low-interest
loans for the purchase of equipment and other costs for
California-based recycling businesses.
6)Establishes the Architectural Paint Recovery Program, which
requires a manufacturer of architectural paint or the
designated stewardship organization to submit an architectural
paint stewardship plan to CalRecycle to develop and implement
a recovery program to reduce, reuse, and manage postconsumer
architectural paint.
7)Requires the manufacturer or designated organization to also
submit an annual report on or before September 1 of each year
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describing its architectural paint recovery efforts.
THIS BILL:
1)Authorizes CalRecycle to expend money from the Subaccount to
make payments to local governing bodies within RMDZs to
reimburse them for activities promoting the zone.
2)Changes the annual report date of a manufacturer's
architectural paint recovery efforts to CalRecycle from
September 1 to November 1 of each year.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, this bill has ongoing costs of approximately $125,000
annually from the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan
Subaccount (special) for payments to RMDZ administrators for
promotional activities.
COMMENTS: According to CalRecycle:
Developing [recycling] facilities is a critical component of
CalRecycle's efforts to achieving 75% 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
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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. Existing law
requires PaintCare to submit an annual report to CalRecycle by
September 1 that describes the status of the program, including
the volume of paint sold in the preceding fiscal year and the
volume of paint recovered. When implementing the law, PaintCare
has found that it needs a minimum of four months past the end of
the fiscal year (June 30) to prepare the annual report to
CalRecycle, which has resulted in PaintCare requesting an
extension from CalRecycle for the last two years. This bill
moves the date from September 1 to November 1 to provide a more
realistic time frame for submitting the report.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
American Coatings Association
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California Paint Council
City of Torrance
PaintCare
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916)
319-2092