Bill Text: CA SB1383 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Short-lived climate pollutants: methane emissions: dairy and livestock: organic waste: landfills.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016. [SB1383 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1383	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara
   (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Hancock, and Hill)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 39731 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1383, as introduced, Lara. Short-lived climate pollutants.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The state board is also
required to complete a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of
short-lived climate pollutants, as defined, in the state.
   This bill would require the state board to approve and implement
that comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived
climate pollutants to achieve a reduction in methane by 40%,
hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50%
below 2013 levels by 2030, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Short-lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon,
fluorinated gases, and methane, are powerful climate forces that have
a dramatic and detrimental effect on air quality, public health, and
climate change.
   (b) These pollutants create a warming influence on the climate
that is many times more potent than that of carbon dioxide.
   (c) These toxic air contaminants also are a significant
environmental risk factor for premature death.
   (d) Reducing these emissions can have an immediate beneficial
impact on climate change and on public health.
   (e) To the extent possible, efforts to reduce emissions of
short-lived climate pollutants should focus on areas of the state
that are disproportionally affected by poor air quality.
  SEC. 2.  Section 39731 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   39731.  (a) No later than January 1, 2018, the state board shall
approve and implement the comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant
strategy developed pursuant to Section 39730 to achieve a reduction
in the statewide emissions of methane by 40 percent,
hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40 percent, and anthropogenic black carbon
by 50 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board
consider, when approving and implementing the short-lived climate
pollutant strategy pursuant to subdivision (a), all of the following:

   (1) Coordinating with other state and local agencies and districts
to develop measures identified as part of the strategy.
   (2) Providing a forum for public engagement by holding at least
three public hearings in geographically diverse locations throughout
the state.
   (3) Evaluating the best-available scientific, technological, and
economic information to ensure that the strategy is cost effective
and technologically feasible.
   (4) Considering the impact of the strategy on all of the
following:
   (A) Job growth and local economic benefits in the state.
   (B) Public health benefits for residents, particularly in
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711.
   (C) Potential for new innovation in technology, energy, and
resource management practices.