To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Senate Bill (SB)1383 Organic Waste Recycling Update
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and file the presentation on Humboldt County's SB1383 Organic Waste Recycling Update
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Works-Solid Waste (1100 438), Planning and Building- Code Enforcement (1100), Health & Human Services- Environmental Health (1175), and County Administrative Office-Purchasing (3555)
DISCUSSION:
In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law California's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction law, or SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 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. SB1383 requires a state-wide 75% reduction of organic waste disposal by 2025, and rescue of at least 20% of currently disposed edible food.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors authorized staff to submit the Notice of Intent to Comply (NOIC) which was submitted by the Public Works Director on Feb. 15, 2022. Public Works will be receiving a Corrective Action Plan from California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) in the near future that will outline our required compliance activities and timelines. The NOIC prevents the county from receiving non-compliance fines if we comply with our Corrective Action Plan.
Humboldt County Public Works staff has been working with local jurisdictions to prepare our region to come into compliance with the new provisions of SB 1383. Consultant Edgar & Associates was hired through a regional collaboration led by the Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA), to develop a "Road Map to Compliance". The county will have to make changes to waste collection, recycling, and organics programs in the next few years to satisfy the requireme...
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