DATE: February 22, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Submittal of Notification of Intent to Comply with Senate Bill 1383 Regulations
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works and Planning or his/her designee(s) to submit a Notification of Intent to Comply with Senate Bill 1383 Regulations to the State of California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
REPORT
Approval of the Recommended Action will provide relief from administrative civil penalties due to non-compliance with Senate Bill 1383 regulations and provide the County with additional time to implement organic waste management programs required by those regulations. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions for this item. Declining to approve the recommended action may result in the issuance of a Notice of Violation to the County, resulting in significant administrative civil penalties up to $10,000 per day for continued non-compliance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Implementation of organic waste management programs are funded through ongoing solid waste surcharges and Exclusive Service Area Program (ESAP) service fee revenues. Sufficient appropriations have been included in the Resources Org 9015 Adopted Budget for FY 2021-22.
DISCUSSION:
In September 2016, the State Legislature set Short-Lived Climate Pollutants reduction targets for California through the enactment of Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), as a statewide effort to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses (such as methane, a byproduct of organic waste decomposition) to combat climate change. SB 1383 is the most significant landfill waste reduction mandate adopted in California in the last 30 years and establishes statewide targets to reduce the amount of organic waste disposal in landfills. S...
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