California Air Resources Board

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Would have required a district to provide a small business, as defined, with a period of not less than 30 days to rectify a violation before the small business could be subject to specified civil penalties for air violations. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required CARB to adopt regulations to improve air quality in population centers located in valleys and would have required each local air district to implement those regulations with regard to stationary sources located within its jurisdiction. The bill would have made those requirements inoperative on January 1, 2029, and would have required CARB, by January 1, 2030, to submit a report to the Legislature describing any air quality improvements resulting from those regulations. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have prohibited the County of Riverside, the County of San Bernardino, and jurisdictions therein from approving the development or expansion of any logistics use, as defined, that is adjacent to sensitive receptors, as defined, unless the local agency imposes certain requirements, as specified, including a minimum setback on the logistics use of 300 feet, if the logistics use consists of 400,000 or more square feet of building space, including, but not limited to, warehouses. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required a fixed-mount generator to be classified as a stationary source and would have required CARB to adopt regulations consistent with that requirement. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have authorized a person or entity to petition CARB to exempt intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the prohibition that bars, beginning January 1, 2025, a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS. The bill would have authorized CARB, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to exempt an intentionally added PFAS from that prohibition if CARB determined that the intentionally added PFAS meets specified qualifications. The bill also would have required the petitioner to provide specified information in their exemption petition to CARB, including the name of the intentionally added PFAS proposed for exemption, its intended end use, and its intended concentration in the proposed cosmetic product. Was not heard in the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee.

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Would have provided that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that provides that the policy of the State is to ensure that companies that contract with the State are not contributing to tropical deforestation, either directly or through their supply chains. Remains at the Assembly Desk.

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Would have required CARB, if it proposed a regulation to regulate an on-road mobile source, to prepare a lifecycle analysis, as defined, of any technology required by the regulation. The scope of environmental impacts in the lifecycle analysis would have been required to include, but would not have been limited to, the assessment from raw material extraction and processing, through the product’s manufacture, distribution, and use, to the recycling or final disposal of the materials composing it. The assessments would have been required to include, but would not have been limited to, consideration of carbon dioxide emissions. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB, by January 1, 2027, to conduct an analysis of credits identified in the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District’s (District) ledger of available emission reduction credits (ERCs) to determine if any credits were issued in violation of State, local, or district laws, rules, regulations, or procedures in place at the time of original issuance. The bill would have required CARB to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing the analysis results. The bill would have required the District to aggregate and make publicly available on its website specified information regarding permits issued during a specified 17-year span that would require or would have required the use of one or more ERCs. Was not heard on Assembly Concurrence.

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Would have added four public members to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board that are appointed by the Governor to serve four-year terms. Of these four, one member would have been required to be from a California Native American tribe chosen from a list of candidates submitted by local tribal organizations with a presence within the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, and three members would have been required to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Speaker of the Assembly. Of those three, two would have been required to have subject matter expertise in environmental justice or social justice issues and been selected from a list submitted by nonprofit organizations that have a presence within the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin, and one would have been required to be a youth member between 18 and 26 years of age and been selected from a list submitted by either a youth-serving nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education, as specified. The bill also would have made changes to board member terms. Was not heard in the Assembly Local Government Committee.

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Would have required the Senate to direct its policy committees to incorporate more effective equity considerations in their analyses of future energy and climate legislation and would have resolved the Senate to explore methods to integrate equity more formally into its daily activities. Remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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