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          Date of Hearing:   May 2, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            AB 2670 (Committee on Natural Resources) - As Amended:  April 
                                      10, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Natural 
          ResourcesVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This committee bill makes noncontroversial technical and 
          clarifying changes to the Waste Management Act of 1989.  
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Updates definitions within the Rigid Plastic Packaging 
            Container (RPPC) law. 

          2)Defines "commercial solid waste" as all types of waste 
            generated by a store, office, or other commercial or public 
            entity source, including a business or a multifamily dwelling. 


          3)Corrects a drafting error in Public Resources Code (PRC) 
            42649.3. 

          4)Corrects an incorrect reference to PRC 42649.1 (b). 

          5)Adds a reference to clarify that local enforcement agencies 
            are not required to hold a public hearing for permit 
            modifications. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  

          According to Natural Resources Committee staff, this committee 
          bill is needed for the following reasons:








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          AB 2670 includes various clean-up and technical changes to the 
          Act. Specifically, it defines "commercial solid waste," which 
          was previously defined by referencing Section 17225.12 of Title 
          14 of the California Code of Regulations. That definition 
          inadvertently excluded waste generated by residences and 
          industrial facilities. 

          This bill corrects drafting errors in AB 341. In PRC section 
          42649.3, AB 341 referenced section "42692;" this bill clarifies 
          that the correct section is 42649.2. PRC 42649.3 also referred 
          to a commercial waste generator," as defined in section 42649.1 
          (b); however, the definition is actually in 42649.1 (c). This 
          bill also adds a reference to clarify that LEAs may approve 
          permit modifications, as defined, without holding a public 
          hearing. 

          The definitions in RPPC law were established in 1991 and have 
          not been updated since 2005, even though the regulatory 
          definitions have been updated to reflect current packaging types 
          and recycling technologies. This bill updates and revises these 
          definitions.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081