Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 343Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson(Coauthors: Assembly Members Dahle, Flora, Lackey, and Mathis)(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 04, 2019 An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 343, as amended, Patterson. Forestry: fuels transportation program: biomass energy facility: grant program.The Zberg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, defined to mean the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products from timberlands for commercial purposes, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for the operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act provides an exception from its provisions for timber operations that involve the removal of trees less than 16 inches in diameter at breast height from a firebreak or fuelbreak if the removal meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the removed trees will not be processed into logs or lumber.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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.The Administrative Procedure Act generally governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, as specified. The bill would authorize the agency to allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund consistent with the purposes of the fund. The bill would exempt these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.4617.The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 343Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson(Coauthors: Assembly Members Dahle, Flora, Lackey, and Mathis)(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 04, 2019 An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 343, as amended, Patterson. Forestry: fuels transportation program: biomass energy facility: grant program.The Zberg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, defined to mean the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products from timberlands for commercial purposes, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for the operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act provides an exception from its provisions for timber operations that involve the removal of trees less than 16 inches in diameter at breast height from a firebreak or fuelbreak if the removal meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the removed trees will not be processed into logs or lumber.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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.The Administrative Procedure Act generally governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, as specified. The bill would authorize the agency to allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund consistent with the purposes of the fund. The bill would exempt these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2019
Amended IN Assembly April 01, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 343
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson(Coauthors: Assembly Members Dahle, Flora, Lackey, and Mathis)(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 04, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson(Coauthors: Assembly Members Dahle, Flora, Lackey, and Mathis)(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)
February 04, 2019
An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 343, as amended, Patterson. Forestry: fuels transportation program: biomass energy facility: grant program.
The Zberg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, defined to mean the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products from timberlands for commercial purposes, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for the operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act provides an exception from its provisions for timber operations that involve the removal of trees less than 16 inches in diameter at breast height from a firebreak or fuelbreak if the removal meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the removed trees will not be processed into logs or lumber.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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.The Administrative Procedure Act generally governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, as specified. The bill would authorize the agency to allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund consistent with the purposes of the fund. The bill would exempt these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act.
The Zberg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, defined to mean the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products from timberlands for commercial purposes, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for the operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act provides an exception from its provisions for timber operations that involve the removal of trees less than 16 inches in diameter at breast height from a firebreak or fuelbreak if the removal meets specified requirements, including the requirement that the removed trees will not be processed into logs or lumber.
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 act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.
The Administrative Procedure Act generally governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.
This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, as specified. The bill would authorize the agency to allocate moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund consistent with the purposes of the fund. The bill would exempt these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.4617.The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.4617.The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.
SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4615) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
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Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.4617.The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.
Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.4617.The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.
Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program
Article 8.5. Fuels Transportation Program
4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following: (A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.(4)(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.(B)Forest growth.(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.
4615. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) Agency means the Natural Resources Agency.
(2) Disadvantaged community means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3)Eligible community means a community that meets all of the following criteria:
(A)Is a wildland-urban interface community in a state responsibility area or an area with an elevated fire risk.
(B)Is designated as a firewise community or has a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department.
(C)Partners with a community-based nonprofit organization that has among its primary objectives wildfire prevention, planning, or education.
(D)Satisfies any other reasonable criteria the agency deems appropriate.
(3) Eligible biomass facility means a biomass facility that meets both of the following:
(A) Its contract has not been extended pursuant to Section 8388 of the Public Utilities Code.
(B) Is not located in an area designated as being in extreme or severe nonattainment of the federal ambient air quality standards for ozone or particulate matter.
(4) Eligible community means a local agency on the boards list of local agencies for the Fire Risk Reduction Community, created pursuant to Section 4290.1. The agency may develop an interim definition of eligible community consistent with the considerations listed in Section 4290.1 until the board has developed the required Fire Risk Reduction Community list of local agencies.
(5) Innovative forest products and mass timber have the same meaning as in Section 4630.
(4)
(6) Low-income community means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.
(5)Wildfire risk may include, but is not limited to, risk posed by either of the following:
(A)Insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber.
(B)Forest growth.
(b) (1) The agency shall develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides competitive grants or other financial incentives for projects in eligible communities to conduct fuels reduction efforts that minimize wildfire risk or decrease the intensity of a wildfire in or around a community. remove around a community small diameter material, such as surface fuels, ladder fuels, or dead trees.
(2) Moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be available for allocation allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the agency for the purposes of this subdivision and consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).
(c) The fuels transportation program shall offer grants or other financial incentives to offset the costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from a biomass energy facility, an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility. Based upon the distance of the materials from an eligible biomass facility, an innovated forest products facility, or a mass timber facility, the grants or financial assistance shall be tiered as follows:
(1) Up to twenty dollars ($20) per bone dry ton for communities that are located less than 20 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.
(2) Up to twenty-five dollars ($25) per bone dry ton for communities that are located between 20 and 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility.
(3) Up to thirty dollars ($30) per bone dry ton for communities that are located more than 30 miles away from a biomass energy facility. an eligible biomass facility, an innovative forest products facility, or a mass timber facility
(d) (1) Fuels transportation program grants or financial incentives may be made to cities, counties, districts, or nonprofit organizations. organizations conducting a fuel reduction project within the jurisdiction of an eligible community. The agency shall develop criteria for the review and approval of applications that shall include the establishment of cost-sharing requirements and appropriate oversight and reporting requirements. all of the following:
(A) The establishment of cost-sharing requirements.
(B) The prioritization of applications with the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
(C) Appropriate oversight and reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, the posting on the agencys internet website of the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by each project receiving moneys pursuant to this section.
(2) The agency may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirements for projects that directly benefit or occur in a disadvantaged or low-income community. The cost-sharing requirement may be fulfilled in the form of cash, in-kind services or materials, or any combination of those, as determined by the agency.
The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any funding or financial assistance programmatic guidelines developed pursuant to this article.