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SB 1383 Regulation Review and Update
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This item is for informational purposes, no action is required.
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Financial Impact:
None.
Background Information:
As the Board is aware, the Office of Administrative Law approved the SB 1383 final regulations on November 3, 2020. The deadline by which jurisdictions must comply with SB 1383 regulations has not been changed. Below is a summary of work completed since the November 7 Executive Committee meeting.
• The Agency provided organic waste and recycling receptacles, as well as 25 kitchen food scrap pails, to Bend Elementary School for their cafeteria waste sorting project on December 3rd. Staff are working with CalFresh Healthy Living to coordinate a presentation on composting to the combined 7th/8th grade class before the end of the school year.
• Agency staff attended Tehama Together’s Food Share meeting on January 9 hosted by High Point Assembly Food Pantry. Staff provided an update on the Agency, reminded food pantries of the reporting requirements in SB 1383, and updated them on the grant’s equipment purchase progress.
• Assembly Bill 2902 (Wood) passed out of the Senate on August 27, 2024, and was signed by the Governor on September 6, 2024. Key highlights of the bill include the following:
o Extends the rural jurisdiction exemption until January 1, 2037, or until the County reaches a population of 70,000.
o Requires CalRecycle to adopt regulations to establish a process to renew the exemption after that date for periods of up to 5 years, if the County has not reached a population of 70,000.
o Excludes residents included in CalRecycle-issued low population or elevation waivers from the population in determining a local jurisdiction’s organic waste procurement target.
o Exempts bear bins from the collection bin lid color requirements.
o Requires CalRecycle to evaluate ways to incentivize carbon farming and require CalRecycle to evaluate ways to maximize local benefits of edible food recovery programs and explore where recovered food may be suitable for animal feed operations.
o The bill will require compliance reviews once every 4 years instead of the current 2-year cycle.
• Agency staff attended the RCRC ESJPA with Tehama County’s delegate, Vice Chair Tom Walker, on March 27 and learned of new bills currently in the State legislature relating to organics. One bill, AB 1046 (Bains), would exempt food processing facilities that do not “divert” organic waste to landfills from CalRecycle’s edible food generator regulations. If passed, this would eliminate eight of the twenty Tier 1 Commercial Edible Food Generators from the Agency’s requirement to inspect for the edible food donation requirements in SB 1383. Staff will continue monitoring the status of this bill and provide updates to the Board, as necessary.