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AB-75 State agency recycling: waste diversion: community service districts.(1999-2000)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 40148 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

40148.
 “Large state facility” means those campuses of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, prisons within the Department of Corrections, facilities of the State Department of Transportation, and facilities of other state agencies, that the board determines, are primary campuses, prisons, or facilities.

SEC. 2.

 Section 40196.3 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

40196.3.
 “State agency” means every state office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the state, including the California Community Colleges and the California State University. The Regents of the University of California are encouraged to implement this division.

SEC. 3.

 Section 41821.2 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

41821.2.
 (a) For the purposes of this section, “district” means a community service district that provides solid waste handling services or implements source reduction and recycling programs.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, each district shall provide the city, county, or regional agency in which it is located, information on the programs implemented by the district and the amount of waste disposed and diverted within the district. The board may adopt regulations pertaining to the format of the information to be provided and deadlines for supplying this information to the city, county, or regional agency so that it may be incorporated into the annual report submitted to the board pursuant to Section 41821.

SEC. 4.

 Chapter 18.5 (commencing with Section 42920) is added to Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

CHAPTER  18.5. State Agency Integrated Waste Management Plan
42920.
 (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall adopt a state agency model integrated waste management plan for source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
(b) (1) On or before July 1, 2000, each state agency shall develop and adopt, in consultation with the board, an integrated waste management plan, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. The plan shall build upon existing programs and measures, including the state agency model integrated waste management plan adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (a), that will reduce solid waste, reuse materials whenever possible, recycle recyclable materials, and procure products with recycled content in all state agency offices and facilities, including any leased locations. It is the intent of the Legislature that the local jurisdiction and the state agency or large state facility located within that jurisdiction work together to implement the state agency integrated waste management plan.
(2) Each state agency shall submit an adopted integrated waste management plan to the board for review and approval on or before July 15, 2000. The board shall adopt procedures for reviewing and approving those integrated waste management plans. The board shall complete its plan review process on or before January 1, 2001.
(3) If a state agency has not submitted an adopted integrated waste management plan or the model integrated waste management plan with revisions to the board by January 1, 2001, or if the board has disapproved the plan that was submitted, then the model integrated waste management plan, as revised by the board in consultation with the agency, shall take effect on that date, or on a later date as determined by the board, and shall have the same force and effect as if adopted by the state agency.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 12159 of the Public Contract Code, at least one solid waste reduction and recycling coordinator shall be designated by each state agency. The coordinator shall perform the duties imposed pursuant to this chapter using existing resources. The coordinator shall be responsible for implementing the integrated waste management plan and shall serve as a liaison to other state agencies and coordinators.
(d) The board shall provide technical assistance to state agencies for the purpose of implementing the integrated waste management plan.
42921.
 (a) Each state agency and each large state facility shall divert at least 25 percent of all solid waste generated by the state agency from landfill disposal or transformation facilities by January 1, 2002, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
(b) On and after January 1, 2004, each state agency and each large state facility shall divert at least 50 percent of all solid waste from landfill disposal or transformation facilities through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
42922.
 (a) On and after January 1, 2002, upon the request of a state agency or a large state facility, the board may establish a source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement that would be an alternative to the 50-percent requirement imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42921, if the board holds a public hearing and makes all of the following findings based upon substantial evidence on the record:
(1) The state agency or a large state facility has made a good faith effort to effectively implement the source reduction, recycling, and composting measures described in its integrated waste management plan, and has demonstrated progress toward meeting the alternative requirement as described in its annual reports to the board.
(2) The state agency or the large state facility has been unable to meet the 50-percent diversion requirement despite implementing the measures described in paragraph (1).
(3) The alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement represents the greatest diversion amount that the state agency or the large state facility may reasonably and feasibly achieve.
(b) In making the decision whether to grant an alternative requirement pursuant to subdivision (a), and in determining the amount of the alternative requirement, the board shall consider circumstances that support the request for an alternative requirement, such as waste disposal patterns and the types of waste disposed by the state agency or the large state facility. The state agency or the large state facility may provide the board with any additional information that the state agency or the large state facility determines to be necessary to demonstrate to the board the need for the alternative requirement.
(c) If a state agency or a large state facility that requests an alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement has not previously requested an extension pursuant to Section 42923, the state agency or the large state facility shall provide information to the board that explains why it has not requested an extension.
(d) A state agency or a large state facility that has previously been granted an alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement may request another alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement. A state agency or a large state facility that requests another alternative requirement shall provide information to the board that demonstrates that the circumstances that supported the previous alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement continue to exist, or shall provide information to the board that describes changes in those previous circumstances that support another alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement. The board shall review the original circumstances that supported the state agency’s or the large state facility’s request, as well as any new information provided by the state agency or the large state facility that describes the current circumstances, to determine whether to grant another alternative requirement. The board may approve another alternative requirement if the board holds a public hearing and makes both of the following findings based upon substantial evidence in the record:
(1) The state agency or the large state facility has made a good faith effort to effectively implement the source reduction, recycling, and composting measures described in its integrated waste management plan, and has demonstrated progress toward meeting the alternative requirement as described in its annual reports to the board.
(2) The alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement represents the greatest diversion amount the state agency or the large state facility may reasonably and feasibly achieve.
(e) If the board establishes a new alternative requirement or rescinds the existing alternative requirement, the board shall do so at a public hearing. If the board establishes a new alternative requirement, it shall make all of the following findings based upon substantial evidence in the record:
(1) The state agency or the large state facility has made a good faith effort to effectively implement the source reduction, recycling, and composting measures described in its integrated waste management plan, and has demonstrated progress toward meeting the alternative requirement as described in its annual reports to the board.
(2) The former alternative diversion requirement is no longer appropriate.
(3) The new alternative requirement represents the greatest amount of diversion that the state agency or the large state facility may reasonably and feasibly achieve.
(f) (1) No single alternative requirement may be granted for a period that exceeds three years and, if after the granting of the original alternative requirement, another alternative requirement is granted, the combined period that the original and the new alternative requirement is in force and effect shall not exceed a total of five years.
(2) No alternative requirement shall be granted for any period after January 1, 2006, and no alternative requirement shall be effective after January 1, 2006.
(3) No state agency or large state facility shall be granted an alternative requirement if the state agency or the large state facility has failed to meet, on or before January 1, 2002, the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 42921.
(g) (1) When considering a request for an alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement, the board may make specific recommendations for the implementation of the alternative plan.
(2) Nothing in this section precludes the board from disapproving any request for an alternative requirement.
(3) If the board disapproves a request for an alternative requirement, the board shall specify, in writing, the reasons for its disapproval.
(h) If the board grants an alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement, the state agency may request technical assistance from the board to assist it in meeting the alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement. If requested by the state agency or the large state facility, the board shall assist with identifying model policies and plans implemented by other agencies.
(i) A state agency or a large state facility that is granted an alternative requirement pursuant to this section shall continue to implement source reduction, recycling, and composting programs, and shall report the status of those programs in the report required pursuant to Section 42926.
(j) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends that date.
42923.
 (a) The board may grant one or more single or multiyear time extensions from the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 42921 to any state agency or large state facility if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Any multiyear extension that is granted does not exceed three years, and a state agency or a large state facility is not granted extensions that exceed a total of five years.
(2) No extension is granted for any period after January 1, 2006, and no extension is effective after January 1, 2006.
(3) The board considers the extent to which a state agency or a large state facility complied with its plan of correction before considering another extension.
(4) The board adopts written findings, based upon substantial evidence in the record, as follows:
(A) The state agency or the large state facility is making a good faith effort to implement the source reduction, recycling, and composting programs identified in its integrated waste management plan.
(B) The state agency or the large state facility submits a plan of correction that demonstrates that the state agency or the large state facility will meet the requirements of Section 42921 before the time extension expires, includes the source reduction, recycling, or composting steps the state agency or the large state facility will implement, a date prior to the expiration of the time extension when the requirements of Section 42921 will be met, existing programs that it will modify, any new programs that will be implemented to meet those requirements, and the means by which these programs will be funded.
(b) (1) When considering a request for an extension, the board may make specific recommendations for the implementation of the alternative plans.
(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the board from disapproving any request for an extension.
(3) If the board disapproves a request for an extension, the board shall specify its reasons for the disapproval.
(c) (1) In determining whether to grant the request by a state agency or a large state facility for the time extension authorized by subdivision (a), the board shall consider information provided by the state agency or the large state facility that describes relevant circumstances that contributed to the request for extension, such as a lack of markets for recycled materials, local efforts to implement source reduction, recycling, and composting programs, facilities built or planned, waste disposal patterns, and the type of waste disposed by agency.
(2) The state agency or the large state facility may provide the board with any additional information that the state agency or the large state facility determines to be necessary to demonstrate to the board the need for the extension.
(d) If the board grants a time extension pursuant to subdivision (a), the state agency may request technical assistance from the board to assist it in meeting the diversion requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 42921 during the extension period. If requested by the state agency or the large state facility, the board shall assist the state agency or the large state facility with identifying model policies and plans implemented by other agencies.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends that date.
42924.
 (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall develop and adopt requirements relating to adequate areas for collecting, storing, and loading recyclable materials in state buildings. In developing the requirements, the board may rely on the model ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 42900).
(b) Each state agency or large state facility, when entering into a new lease, or renewing an existing lease, shall ensure that adequate areas are provided for, and adequate personnel are available to oversee, the collection, storage, and loading of recyclable materials in compliance with the requirements established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) In the design and construction of state agency offices and facilities, the Department of General Services shall allocate adequate space for the collection, storage, and loading of recyclable materials in compliance with the requirements established pursuant to subdivision (a).
42925.
 (a) Any cost savings realized as a result of the state agency integrated waste management plan shall, to the extent feasible, be redirected to the agency’s integrated waste management plan to fund plan implementation and administration costs, in accordance with Sections 12167 and 12167.1 of the Public Contract Code.
(b) The board shall establish and implement a waste reduction award program for state agencies and large state facilities that develop, adopt, and implement innovative and effective integrated waste management plans in compliance with this chapter.
42926.
 (a) In addition to the information provided to the board pursuant to Section 12167.1 of the Public Contract Code, each state agency shall submit a report to the board summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste as required by Section 42921. The annual report shall be due on or before April 1, 2002, and on or before April 1 in each subsequent year. The information in this report shall encompass the previous calendar year.
(b) Each state agency’s annual report to the board shall, at a minimum, include all of the following:
(1) Calculations of annual disposal reduction.
(2) Information on the changes in waste generated or disposed of due to increases or decreases in employees, economics, or other factors.
(3) A summary of progress made in implementing the integrated waste management plan.
(4) The extent to which the state agency intends to utilize programs or facilities established by the local agency for the handling, diversion, and disposal of solid waste. If the state agency does not intend to utilize those established programs or facilities, the state agency shall identify sufficient disposal capacity for solid waste that is not source reduced, recycled, or composted.
(5) If the agency has been granted a time extension by the board pursuant to Section 42923, the state agency shall include a summary of progress made in meeting the integrated waste management plan implementation schedule pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42921 and complying with the state agency’s plan of correction, prior to the expiration of the time extension.
(6) If the state agency has been granted an alternative source reduction, recycling, and composting requirement pursuant to Section 42922, the state agency shall include a summary of progress made towards meeting the alternative requirement as well as an explanation of current circumstances that support the continuation of the alternative requirement.
(7) Other information relevant to compliance with Section 42921.
(c) The board shall use, but is not limited to the use of, the annual report in the determination of whether the agency’s integrated waste management plan needs to be revised.
42927.
 (a) If a state agency is unable to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the agency shall notify the board in writing, detailing the reasons for its inability to comply and shall request an alternative pursuant to Section 42922 or an extension pursuant to Section 42923.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends that date.
42928.
 (a) The board may adopt regulations that establish specified criteria for granting, reviewing, and considering reductions or extensions pursuant to Sections 42922 and 42923.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 5.
 Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.