BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1016
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Senator S. Joseph Simitian, Chairman
2007-2008 Regular Session
BILL NO: SB 1016
AUTHOR: Wiggins
AMENDED: April 10, 2007
FISCAL: Yes HEARING DATE: April 16, 2007
URGENCY: No CONSULTANT: Randy Pestor
SUBJECT : SOLID WASTE REPORTING
SUMMARY :
Existing law , under the California Integrated Waste Management
Act of 1989:
1) Requires each city or county source reduction and recycling
element to include an implementation schedule that shows a
city or county must divert 25% of solid waste from landfill
disposal or transformation by January 1, 1995, through
source reduction, recycling, and composting activities, and
must divert 50% of solid waste on and after January 1,
2000.
2) Requires each city, county, or regional agency to annually
submit a report to the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB) summarizing its progress in
reducing solid waste, and requires the report to contain
certain information (e.g., calculations of annual disposal
reduction, information on changes in waste generated or
disposed, progress in diverting construction and demolition
waste material).
This bill :
1) Authorizes the CIWMB to allow a city or county to submit
certain information in the annual report on a biennial,
rather than an annual, basis if the CIWMB determines the
city or county has diverted more than 50% of solid waste
from landfill disposal through source reduction, recycling,
and composting activities. This CIWMB authorization cannot
be effective if the city or county subsequently fails to
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divert 50% of the solid waste or if the CIWMB rescinds the
authorization.
2) Contains legislative intent regarding the diversion rates,
adjusting the solid waste diversion compliance system to
simplify the system while improving its accuracy, examining
new methods to streamline accounting of disposal
quantification, and continuing implementation of diversion
programs.
3) Make corresponding technical and clarifying amendments.
COMMENTS :
1) Purpose of Bill . According to the CIWMB, "California
diverted more than 46 million tons of solid waste away from
landfills into recycling, composting and transformation
programs in 2005, for an estimated statewide diversion rate
of 52 percent. Diversion has increased nine-fold since the
Integrated Waste Management Act was passed in 1989." The
CIWMB notes that almost 70% of jurisdictions have received
approval for their diversion rates while about 30% have
either been granted a time extension or are on compliance
orders.
SB 1016 provides an incentive to cities and counties with a
diversion rate that exceeds 50% by authorizing fewer
reporting requirements in their annual reports to the
CIWMB.
2) Exploring options . Many are concerned that while solid
waste diversion rates are increasing, Californians are also
generating more waste. According to the CIWMB, each
Californian generated 7.8 pounds of waste per day in 1990,
but by 2005 each Californian generated 13.2 pounds of waste
per day.
The author and sponsor are exploring alternatives to
procedures for streamlining the solid waste diversion
compliance system by also focusing on disposal reduction,
simplifying the system while improving its accuracy, and
emphasizing implementation of diversion programs.
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SOURCE : California Integrated Waste Management Board
SUPPORT : None on file
OPPOSITION : None on file