RCRC members are encouraged to submit comments on regulatory matters to state and federal regulatory bodies, and to provide a copy to RCRC’s Government Affairs staff.
Assembly Bill 901 Proposed Reporting Regulations for Recycling, Disposal, and Enforcement: Assembly Bill 901 (Gordon, 2015) established new requirements to address the lack of a formal reporting system on recycling, complete and timely data on disposal, and enforcement in order to measure statewide compliance with new statewide recycling goals and programs. Agency: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery Status: Notice of a 15-day written public comment period issued May 6th and ends May 31, 2018. Draft regulations were released January 26, 2018 for a 45-day public comment period, which ended March 14, 2018. CalRecycle is only required to respond to comments related to the newly proposed changes. Additional information and draft regulations can be accessed here. RCRC Comments: Staff is seeking input from member counties. RCRC Advocate: Mary Pitto mpitto@rcrcnet.org
Possible Revision of Metallic Mine Backfill Regulations. Pertaining to the performance standards for backfilling lands disturbed by open pit surface mining operation for metallic minerals. Agency: State Mining and Geology Board Status: A second notice of Pre-Rulemaking was released April 14th, 2018. A workshop is scheduled for June 13th in Sacramento. Comments are due by May 15th. Additional information and draft regulations can be accessed here. RCRC Comments: Staff is seeking input from member counties. RCRC Advocate: Mary Pitto mpitto@rcrcnet.org
Senate Bill 1383 Organics Diversion from Landfills Informal Draft Regulations. Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, 2016) established methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) from various California sectors. SB 1383 included goals of reducing organics from landfills by 50 percent in 2020 and 75 percent by 2025 from 2014 levels. CalRecycle is in the process of developing regulations to implement SB 1383. Agency: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery Status: The first draft regulatory language was released October 25, 2017. CalRecycle released the second informal draft of the organics diversion from landfills regulations on May 1, 2018. Workshops were held on May 7th in Carlsbad and May 8th in Sacramento. Comments were due by May 16th. Additional information and draft regulations can be accessed here. RCRC Comments: Staff comments can be accessed here. RCRC Advocate: Mary Pitto mpitto@rcrcnet.org