CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 759Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 759, as introduced, Hueso. Short-lived climate pollutants: methane: organic waste: landfills.Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state and to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as provided. Existing law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 759Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 759, as introduced, Hueso. Short-lived climate pollutants: methane: organic waste: landfills.Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state and to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as provided. Existing law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 759
Introduced by Senator HuesoFebruary 19, 2021
Introduced by Senator Hueso
February 19, 2021
An act to amend Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 759, as introduced, Hueso. Short-lived climate pollutants: methane: organic waste: landfills.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state and to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as provided. Existing law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that latter provision.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to complete, approve, and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in the state and to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030, as provided. Existing law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that latter provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
SECTION 1. Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include both of the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:
(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.
(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.
(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.