California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would require air districts that have a nonattainment area for one or more air pollutants to adopt an expedited schedule for the implementation of best available control technology, expands best available control retrofit technology (BARCT) requirements in those air districts to other industrial sources beside those that participate in CARB’s Cap-and Trade program, and prohibits industrial sources that fail to implement BARCT by December 31, 2023 from participating in the Cap and Trade program. Was not heard in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

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Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC), in coordination with CARB, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, to develop a Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment (Assessment) and incorporate the recommendations into their respective funding programs for freight infrastructure and technology. The bill also codifies existing CTC guidelines for eligible projects for the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program to include the Assessment's findings and requires the findings and recommendations to be included in the California Transportation Plan and the California Freight Mobility Plan. 

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Would eliminate the 25 percent Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund continuous appropriation to the High-Speed Rail Authority on June 30, 2022 and instead annually transfers the amount to the Salton Sea Restoration Fund beginning 2022–23 fiscal year. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. 

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Would authorize CARB to regulate indirect sources, as defined in Section 7410 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Additionally, it requires local governments, before approving a warehouse development project, to take certain actions to identify and address the potential environmental impacts of the project and to ensure public participation by residents affected by the project on the consideration of the project. Was not heard in the Natural Resources Committee. 

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Would allow a local air district to adopt and implement regulations to require data regarding air pollution within the district’s jurisdiction from indirect and areawide sources, including mobile sources drawn by those stationary sources, to enable the calculation of health risks from toxic air contaminants. The bill would also specify that a local air district, in carrying out its responsibilities with respect to the reduction of health risks from toxic air contaminants, may adopt and implement regulations to reduce or mitigate emissions from new and existing indirect and areawide sources of air pollution, or to encourage or require the use of measures which reduce the number or length of vehicle trips. Was not heard in the Natural Resources Committee.

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Authorizes a local jurisdiction facing continuous violations of organic waste regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) pursuant to Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, Chapter 385, Statutes of 2016), to submit a notice of intent to comply to CalRecycle. If approved by CalRecycle, the jurisdiction is eligible for administrative civil penalty relief for the 2022 calendar year and a corrective action plan.

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Beginning January 1, 2030, requires, to the extent allowed by federal law, any autonomous vehicle that is model year 2031 or later, has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,501 pounds, and is equipped with Level 3, 4, or 5 automation (as defined by SAE International) to be a zero-emission vehicle, as defined, to be operated on California public roads.

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Would have expanded existing school site acquisition and environmental certification requirements under the California Education Code for public and State-funded schools to include private and charter schools.  The requirements include evaluation of the schoolsite for hazardous substances, waste, and air emissions, among other provisions. The bill would have also extended the requirements for the purchase of a schoolsite or the construction of a school under the California Environmental Quality Act to include charter and private schools. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), in consultation with CARB, to adopt regulations to reduce disposal of organic waste in landfills for the purpose of meeting methane emissions reduction goals. The bill would revise the existing requirement included in CalRecycle’s regulations that, by 2025, at least 20 percent of edible food, which would otherwise be disposed of, be recovered for human consumption. The bill would allow food recovered pursuant to this requirement to also be used for animal or livestock consumption. Additionally, the bill would establish a baseline of January 1, 2022 for the amount of edible food that must be recovered. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have authorized a local air district, consistent with federal law, to adopt or revise, a rule to specify that hours for usage due to the loss of normal electrical service during a deenergization event by a permitted natural-gas-powered emergency backup generator that is either federally compliant or CARB designated shall not count toward that permit’s conditions for usage.  Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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