California Air Resources Board

Would have required the owner of an aircraft based in the State to register the aircraft with the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified. Would have created the Aircraft Registration Account and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) to determine an appropriate registration fee to be deposited in the account. Would have required the fee to be used for the Department's cost of administration, as well as to combat the detrimental environmental impacts of aircraft emissions, including particulate matter emissions. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee at the request of the author.

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Would have required California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the costs of climate change to the State and requires responsible parties with greenhouse gas emissions greater than 1 billion metric tons globally from 2000 to 2020 to pay a cost recovery demand proportionate to their share of emissions compared to total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Would have authorized responsible parties to pay the cost recovery demand in 20 annual installments, with the first installment equaling 10% of the cost recovery demand. Would have created the Polluters Pay Climate Fund and continuously appropriated the funding generated by the cost recovery demands to the Fund for projects that avoid, mitigate, repair, or adapt to negative climate change impacts, with a minimum of 40% of funded projects benefitting environmental justice populations. Moved to the Inactive File.

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Would have created the Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program and authorized the Supervisor of the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to authorize the conversion of 1,000 wells for use as gravity-based energy storage wells, as defined. Would have required the California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with entities operating these wells, CalGEM, CARB, and other specified entities, to evaluate the pilot program and make recommendations to the Legislature for a framework to implement a permanent program, as specified. Would have required a well operator to notify CalGEM, CARB, the appropriate regional water quality board, and any schools or community members within 3,200 feet of the well in the event of a loss of mechanical integrity or a fluid leak and required CalGEM to consult with CARB and the State Water Resources Control board on criteria for fluid leak monitoring and reporting. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Prohibits the sale of leaded aviation gasoline beginning January 1, 2031, in compliance with Section 47107 of Title 49 of United States Code.

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Removes reported emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants from all sectors covered by the scoping plan that CARB must report on annually to the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and instead requires the report to contain unspecified topics related to the scoping plan. The bill also removes these topics from the informational report CARB must present at an annual meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and instead requires the report presented to cover topics related to the Scoping Plan, as directed by the joint committee. Finally, the bill removes a requirement for the report to evaluate emissions trends and instead include programs that may influence the implementation of the Scoping Plan.

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Would have required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's internet website. Requires the California Energy Commission to provide specified data to CARB consistent with existing law on confidentiality of business records. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have made it unlawful for a person to certify or issue a voluntary carbon offset, to maintain a voluntary carbon offset on a registry, or to market or sell a voluntary carbon offset under specified circumstances. Would have included when the person knows or should know that: the greenhouse gas reductions or removal enhancements are unlikely to be quantifiable, real, additional, meet the durability commitment made by the project operator, or last less than 1,000 years. Would have created an exception if the person explicitly markets the offsets with that information and specifies the provisions of the bill do not apply to compliance credits or registry offset credits. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Requires CARB in the next update to the Scoping Plan to include a discussion of the state of technologies for decarbonization of industrial sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Requires this discussion to include industrial sources for which there are zero-emission alternatives currently technologically available, industrial sources for which there are and are not zero-emission alternatives currently available. The bill sunsets on January 1, 2029.

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Requires the Department of Transportation to establish the Advance Air Mobility and Aviation Electrification Advisory Panel (Advisor Panel) to assess infrastructure readiness, prepare a three-year workplan, and assess pathways to equity of access for advanced air mobility. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to appoint members of the panel, including representatives from CARB, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, specified industry sectors, and local governments. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to issue a report by January 1, 2025, to the Legislature on infrastructure feasibility and the three-year workplan. The bill's provisions sunset January 1, 2026.

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Would have eliminated the requirement for CARB to credit dairy methane projects for a minimum of 10 years and prohibited CARB from guaranteeing those credits if they would not otherwise generate credits in the program. The bill also would have required CARB to include new specific emissions when calculating a carbon intensity value for dairy methane projects, limited credit generation to historical herd size, and required public disclosure of specified information in fuel pathway applications from dairy methane projects. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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