California Air Resources Board

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Would have required CEC to develop a plan, convene a public workshop process, and take specified actions to improve reliability, service quality, and operational uptime of hydrogen stations. The bill also would have required CEC to conduct an analysis of barriers to improving station performance and develop recommendations for doing so, including, but not limited to, an analysis of the use of a station ranking system and credits issued to hydrogen fueling stations under the LCFS to penalize and award retail hydrogen refueling stations based on their performance. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee. 

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Would have required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's internet website. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have increased the stringency of the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction goal from 40 percent below the 1990 level to 55 percent. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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This bill limits the imported oil that may be processed by a petroleum refinery to no more than 60 percent beginning January 1, 2030, and no more than 50 percent by January 1, 2035.  Remains at the desk. 

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This bill would have exempted transportation fuels from the Cap-and-Trade program. It also would have required CARB to grant variances to gasoline specifications as specified and would have waived the Reid Vapor Pressure requirement to allow for the early transition to winter-blend gasoline when CARB determines the gasoline market is experiencing a sudden and unusual rise in prices. Failed passage in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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By December 31, 2024, would have required CARB to establish a certification standard for natural gas producing low-methane emissions, and consider existing third-party natural gas certification standards during development. This bill also would have required CARB to encourage natural gas procurement on behalf of the State to shift to certified natural gas producing low methane emissions, where feasible, cost effective, and in the best interests of ratepayers. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB in consultation with the California Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Transportation, to develop a methodology for assessing and spatially representing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and develop maps to display average VMT per capita in the state at the local, regional, and statewide level. This bill also would have required the CARB to work with local agencies to assess whether regional maps of average VMT created by local agencies could be incorporated into the CARB maps, as specified. Would have required CARB to adopt the VMT methodology by January 1, 2025, publish the maps within 6 months, update both at least once every 4 years, and make both available on CARB's website. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB, no later than June 30, 2026, to evaluate and, if feasible and to the extent data is available, revise regulations to incorporate the use of methane remote sensing data to reduce methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills pursuant to the Short-lived Climate Pollution Strategy. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required, on or before July 1, 2026, that 60 percent of the funding allocated to California State Transportation Agency, California Department of Transportation, and California Transportation Commission be allocated for projects for priority populations and would have directed these agencies, among other things, to jointly develop a definition of “priority population” and, by July 1, 2025, jointly evaluate all new proposed projects by the criteria. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the air districts, in adopting a Community Emission Reduction Program, to consult with other relevant State agencies and would have required those agencies to implement and enforce measures assigned to them by CARB and the districts, as a part of the Community Emission Reduction Program, unless the agency found those measures infeasible at a public meeting of its governing body. The bill would have specified that Community Air Grants include, to the extent the Legislature appropriated funds specifically for this purpose, the option to provide the AB 617 community steering committees an allocation of funds to serve as a budget for administrative items, including, but not limited to, translation services, meeting venues, meeting coordination, training, and stipends, as authorized by the air district, for members of the committee. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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