To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Phil Brun, Utilities Director
Prepared By: Kevin Miller, Materials Diversion Administrator
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SB 619 Notification of Intent to Comply with Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction Requirements
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution 1) adopting the Notification of Intent to Comply with Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Organic Waste Reduction Requirements; 2) authorizing the Utilities Director to submit the Notification of Intent to Comply to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle); and 3) determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
SB 1383
Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) (SB 1383) in 2016 establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in various sectors of California's economy. SB 1383 is the State's most aggressive waste reduction law in the last 30 years and enacts the following targets to reduce organic waste in landfills:
* Achieve a 50% reduction in statewide disposal of organic waste from 2014 levels by 2020 and a 75% reduction by 2025; and
* Recover at least 20% of currently disposed surplus food by 2025.
Landfills are the third largest producer of methane. Food scraps, yard trimmings, paper, and wood are organic materials that account for a significant portion of California's overall waste stream that is ultimately disposed in landfills. As a result, the State's SLCP strategy includes managing disposal of organic waste to reach the reduction targets noted above. Increasing food waste prevention, encouraging edible food rescue, and expanding the composting and in-vessel digestion of compostable waste will reduce methane from landfill operations.
SB 619 & Notification of Intent to Comply (NOIC)
Given the breadth, scope and complexi...
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