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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. AB 2902 extended the deadline for when jurisdictions with a Rural Exemption must comply with SB 1383 regulations to January 1, 2037. Below is a summary of work completed since the April 7 Full Board meeting.
• Agency staff attended Tehama Together’s Food Share meetings on April 10, July 10, and October 9 to provide local food pantries with various updates related to the edible food donation requirements. Highlights from the meetings include confirming delivery of equipment purchased for the food pantries using SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant funds, Tehama Together giving updates on their Peanut Butter and Jelly food drive for May and their turkey purchase for Thanksgiving, some food pantries seeing a decline in produce being donated while other donations remained consistent, and ideas for increasing knowledge of food preparation for their clients. I also coordinated with PATH to meet about establishing a community compost site at the PATH Navigation Center, as the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant funds can be used to purchase composting equipment to encourage community-scale composting.
• Agency staff virtually attended the RCRC ESJPA meetings in August and December; and attended the October meeting in person. AB 1046 (Bains) was amended to only apply to agricultural crop preparation services (nut hullers and processors, feed and grain mills, etc.) and signed by the Governor on October 13. The bill will exempt these facilities from CalRecycle’s edible food generator regulations if they do not dispose of organic waste in landfills. With these amendments it will apply to fewer Tier 1 Commercial Edible Food Generators in Tehama County than expected, and staff will work with those entities to see if they meet the requirements to be exempted. The August meeting featured a presentation on carbon farming using land applied compost on actively grazed lands, while the October and December meetings focused more on hazardous waste reporting and progress on SB 54 rulemaking.
• Agency staff participated in a discussion on the successes and challenges of implementing organics collection in Shasta County at the Northern California Recycling Collaborative meeting on October 30. One key difference between Shasta County and Tehama County is that residents in the unincorporated portions of Shasta County did not have containerized collection of yard trimmings prior to the implementation of full organics collection (yard trimmings and food scraps combined) which required more education of their residents to avoid contamination issues. Additionally, staff attended the ribbon cutting of the new compost facility at WM’s Anderson Landfill on December 3 and exchanged contact information with their Organics Project Development Manager in hopes of meeting to discuss costs and logistics of hauling organics from Tehama County to their facility.
• Agency staff have inspected all Tier 1 and 2 Commercial Edible Food Generators and Food Recovery Organizations for 2025. The report for edible food donated or received in 2025 is due to the Agency by March 1, 2026.