Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2214Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan Members Bauer-Kahan and McKinnorFebruary 07, 2024 An act to amend Section 9001 of the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. An act to add and repeal Section 35636 of the Public Resources Code, relating to pollution.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2214, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Resource conservation districts. Ocean Protection Council: microplastics.Existing law, the California Ocean Protection Act, establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations, among other duties. Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available from bonds or other sources, including from federal, state, academic, or other public or private entities, on or before December 31, 2024, the council to adopt and implement a Statewide Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an emerging concern for ocean health.This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2025, the council to establish and lead an interagency coordination group to identify and recommend to the Legislature, on or before December 1, 2025, statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy, as specified. The bill would require the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, to adopt a workplan, on or before December 1, 2025, outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations. The bill would require the workplan to be provided to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2025. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.Existing law authorizes the formation of resource conservation districts for the control of runoff, the prevention or control of soil erosion, the development and distribution of water, and the improvement of land capabilities. Existing law authorizes a resource conservation district to, among other things, facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement, but prohibits a district from conserving water for power purposes and from producing or distributing power for its own use or for the use of others.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Plastics are ubiquitous in Californians daily lives and are recognized globally as the most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 percent of marine waste.(b) Microplastics can result from the breakdown of plastics, and are pervasive and persistent in marine and terrestrial environments. Microplastics are anticipated to increase by almost 300 percent by 2030.(c) Research has shown that microplastic exposures can cause adverse health effects, including tissue inflammation, impaired growth, developmental anomalies, and reproductive difficulties.(d) Synthetic microfibers, shed or fragmented from polyester, nylon, or rayon clothing and textiles, are one of the most abundant and ubiquitous types of microplastics. With global production of synthetic textiles expected to triple by 2050, microfiber pollution in California is expected to continue to grow.(e) Research has shown that up to 18,000,000 microfibers may be released during every wash cycle. Once released, microfibers travel via wastewater to wastewater treatment plants, where current biosolid application practices result in microfibers entering the environment. It is estimated that in California alone, 4,900,000 pounds of microfibers are generated from apparel washing each year. Without intervention, it is estimated that annual microfiber emissions to Californias natural environments from machine washing of synthetic textiles will continue to increase.(f) Microplastics pollution does not come within any single agencys jurisdiction, making interagency coordination a crucial component for effective policy and regulation implementation, and ensuring that California takes a national and global leadership role in managing microplastics pollution.(g) In response to growing concerns regarding microplastics pollution, the Ocean Protection Council was required by statute to develop a strategy to address microplastics. The final Statewide Microplastics Strategy was published in early 2022 and includes 22 recommendations to reduce and manage microplastics.(h) California can use state agency expertise and authority to engage in complementary efforts to reduce microplastics pollution and achieve a goal of zero plastic pollution entering state waters by 2030.SEC. 2. Section 35636 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 9001 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:9001.(a)The Legislature hereby declares all of the following:(1)Resource conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience are of fundamental importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state. The Legislature believes that the state must assume leadership in formulating and putting into effect a statewide program of soil, water, and biodiversity conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience and related natural resource conservation.(2)The climate crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, including intensifying wildfires, mudslides, floods, and drought, sea level rise, and extreme heat, that threaten our economy, communities, public safety, and cultural and natural resources.(3)Resource conservation districts are important partners to the state in achieving the states ever-evolving goals to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance natural resources and to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.(4)This division is enacted to accomplish the following purposes:(A)To provide the means by which the state may cooperate with the United States and with resource conservation districts organized pursuant to this division in securing the adoption in this state of conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience practices, including, but not limited to, farm, range, open space, urban development, wildlife, recreation, watershed, water quality, and woodland, best adapted to save the basic resources, soil, water, and air of the state from unreasonable and economically preventable waste and destruction.(B)To provide for the organization and operation of resource conservation districts for the purposes of the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions on natural lands and working lands, soil and water conservation, the control of runoff, the prevention and control of soil erosion, and erosion stabilization, including, but not limited to, these purposes in open areas, agricultural areas, urban development, wildlife areas, recreational developments, watershed management, the protection of water quality and water reclamation, the development of storage and distribution of water, and the treatment of each acre of land according to its needs.(b)A district, in addition to any other authority provided by law, may do all of the following:(1)Ensure consistency with the authorities and policies of the United States, this state, counties, cities, public districts, other resource conservation districts, persons, associations, and corporations.(2)With the consent of the owner, construct on privately or publicly owned lands any necessary works for the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions, or the prevention and control of soil erosion and erosion stabilization.(3)Facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement.(4)Develop and implement projects and programs for the conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience of soil, water, and biodiversity and related natural resource conservation.(c)A district shall not conserve water for power purposes or produce or distribute power for its own use or for the use of others.
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2214Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan Members Bauer-Kahan and McKinnorFebruary 07, 2024 An act to amend Section 9001 of the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. An act to add and repeal Section 35636 of the Public Resources Code, relating to pollution.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2214, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Resource conservation districts. Ocean Protection Council: microplastics.Existing law, the California Ocean Protection Act, establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations, among other duties. Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available from bonds or other sources, including from federal, state, academic, or other public or private entities, on or before December 31, 2024, the council to adopt and implement a Statewide Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an emerging concern for ocean health.This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2025, the council to establish and lead an interagency coordination group to identify and recommend to the Legislature, on or before December 1, 2025, statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy, as specified. The bill would require the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, to adopt a workplan, on or before December 1, 2025, outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations. The bill would require the workplan to be provided to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2025. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.Existing law authorizes the formation of resource conservation districts for the control of runoff, the prevention or control of soil erosion, the development and distribution of water, and the improvement of land capabilities. Existing law authorizes a resource conservation district to, among other things, facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement, but prohibits a district from conserving water for power purposes and from producing or distributing power for its own use or for the use of others.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2214
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan Members Bauer-Kahan and McKinnorFebruary 07, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan Members Bauer-Kahan and McKinnor
February 07, 2024
An act to amend Section 9001 of the Public Resources Code, relating to resource conservation. An act to add and repeal Section 35636 of the Public Resources Code, relating to pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2214, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Resource conservation districts. Ocean Protection Council: microplastics.
Existing law, the California Ocean Protection Act, establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations, among other duties. Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available from bonds or other sources, including from federal, state, academic, or other public or private entities, on or before December 31, 2024, the council to adopt and implement a Statewide Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an emerging concern for ocean health.This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2025, the council to establish and lead an interagency coordination group to identify and recommend to the Legislature, on or before December 1, 2025, statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy, as specified. The bill would require the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, to adopt a workplan, on or before December 1, 2025, outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations. The bill would require the workplan to be provided to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2025. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.Existing law authorizes the formation of resource conservation districts for the control of runoff, the prevention or control of soil erosion, the development and distribution of water, and the improvement of land capabilities. Existing law authorizes a resource conservation district to, among other things, facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement, but prohibits a district from conserving water for power purposes and from producing or distributing power for its own use or for the use of others.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
Existing law, the California Ocean Protection Act, establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations, among other duties. Existing law requires, to the extent that funds are available from bonds or other sources, including from federal, state, academic, or other public or private entities, on or before December 31, 2024, the council to adopt and implement a Statewide Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an emerging concern for ocean health.
This bill would require, on or before March 1, 2025, the council to establish and lead an interagency coordination group to identify and recommend to the Legislature, on or before December 1, 2025, statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy, as specified. The bill would require the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, to adopt a workplan, on or before December 1, 2025, outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations. The bill would require the workplan to be provided to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2025. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law authorizes the formation of resource conservation districts for the control of runoff, the prevention or control of soil erosion, the development and distribution of water, and the improvement of land capabilities. Existing law authorizes a resource conservation district to, among other things, facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement, but prohibits a district from conserving water for power purposes and from producing or distributing power for its own use or for the use of others.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Plastics are ubiquitous in Californians daily lives and are recognized globally as the most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 percent of marine waste.(b) Microplastics can result from the breakdown of plastics, and are pervasive and persistent in marine and terrestrial environments. Microplastics are anticipated to increase by almost 300 percent by 2030.(c) Research has shown that microplastic exposures can cause adverse health effects, including tissue inflammation, impaired growth, developmental anomalies, and reproductive difficulties.(d) Synthetic microfibers, shed or fragmented from polyester, nylon, or rayon clothing and textiles, are one of the most abundant and ubiquitous types of microplastics. With global production of synthetic textiles expected to triple by 2050, microfiber pollution in California is expected to continue to grow.(e) Research has shown that up to 18,000,000 microfibers may be released during every wash cycle. Once released, microfibers travel via wastewater to wastewater treatment plants, where current biosolid application practices result in microfibers entering the environment. It is estimated that in California alone, 4,900,000 pounds of microfibers are generated from apparel washing each year. Without intervention, it is estimated that annual microfiber emissions to Californias natural environments from machine washing of synthetic textiles will continue to increase.(f) Microplastics pollution does not come within any single agencys jurisdiction, making interagency coordination a crucial component for effective policy and regulation implementation, and ensuring that California takes a national and global leadership role in managing microplastics pollution.(g) In response to growing concerns regarding microplastics pollution, the Ocean Protection Council was required by statute to develop a strategy to address microplastics. The final Statewide Microplastics Strategy was published in early 2022 and includes 22 recommendations to reduce and manage microplastics.(h) California can use state agency expertise and authority to engage in complementary efforts to reduce microplastics pollution and achieve a goal of zero plastic pollution entering state waters by 2030.SEC. 2. Section 35636 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.Section 9001 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:9001.(a)The Legislature hereby declares all of the following:(1)Resource conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience are of fundamental importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state. The Legislature believes that the state must assume leadership in formulating and putting into effect a statewide program of soil, water, and biodiversity conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience and related natural resource conservation.(2)The climate crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, including intensifying wildfires, mudslides, floods, and drought, sea level rise, and extreme heat, that threaten our economy, communities, public safety, and cultural and natural resources.(3)Resource conservation districts are important partners to the state in achieving the states ever-evolving goals to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance natural resources and to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.(4)This division is enacted to accomplish the following purposes:(A)To provide the means by which the state may cooperate with the United States and with resource conservation districts organized pursuant to this division in securing the adoption in this state of conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience practices, including, but not limited to, farm, range, open space, urban development, wildlife, recreation, watershed, water quality, and woodland, best adapted to save the basic resources, soil, water, and air of the state from unreasonable and economically preventable waste and destruction.(B)To provide for the organization and operation of resource conservation districts for the purposes of the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions on natural lands and working lands, soil and water conservation, the control of runoff, the prevention and control of soil erosion, and erosion stabilization, including, but not limited to, these purposes in open areas, agricultural areas, urban development, wildlife areas, recreational developments, watershed management, the protection of water quality and water reclamation, the development of storage and distribution of water, and the treatment of each acre of land according to its needs.(b)A district, in addition to any other authority provided by law, may do all of the following:(1)Ensure consistency with the authorities and policies of the United States, this state, counties, cities, public districts, other resource conservation districts, persons, associations, and corporations.(2)With the consent of the owner, construct on privately or publicly owned lands any necessary works for the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions, or the prevention and control of soil erosion and erosion stabilization.(3)Facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement.(4)Develop and implement projects and programs for the conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience of soil, water, and biodiversity and related natural resource conservation.(c)A district shall not conserve water for power purposes or produce or distribute power for its own use or for the use of others.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Plastics are ubiquitous in Californians daily lives and are recognized globally as the most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 percent of marine waste.(b) Microplastics can result from the breakdown of plastics, and are pervasive and persistent in marine and terrestrial environments. Microplastics are anticipated to increase by almost 300 percent by 2030.(c) Research has shown that microplastic exposures can cause adverse health effects, including tissue inflammation, impaired growth, developmental anomalies, and reproductive difficulties.(d) Synthetic microfibers, shed or fragmented from polyester, nylon, or rayon clothing and textiles, are one of the most abundant and ubiquitous types of microplastics. With global production of synthetic textiles expected to triple by 2050, microfiber pollution in California is expected to continue to grow.(e) Research has shown that up to 18,000,000 microfibers may be released during every wash cycle. Once released, microfibers travel via wastewater to wastewater treatment plants, where current biosolid application practices result in microfibers entering the environment. It is estimated that in California alone, 4,900,000 pounds of microfibers are generated from apparel washing each year. Without intervention, it is estimated that annual microfiber emissions to Californias natural environments from machine washing of synthetic textiles will continue to increase.(f) Microplastics pollution does not come within any single agencys jurisdiction, making interagency coordination a crucial component for effective policy and regulation implementation, and ensuring that California takes a national and global leadership role in managing microplastics pollution.(g) In response to growing concerns regarding microplastics pollution, the Ocean Protection Council was required by statute to develop a strategy to address microplastics. The final Statewide Microplastics Strategy was published in early 2022 and includes 22 recommendations to reduce and manage microplastics.(h) California can use state agency expertise and authority to engage in complementary efforts to reduce microplastics pollution and achieve a goal of zero plastic pollution entering state waters by 2030.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Plastics are ubiquitous in Californians daily lives and are recognized globally as the most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 percent of marine waste.(b) Microplastics can result from the breakdown of plastics, and are pervasive and persistent in marine and terrestrial environments. Microplastics are anticipated to increase by almost 300 percent by 2030.(c) Research has shown that microplastic exposures can cause adverse health effects, including tissue inflammation, impaired growth, developmental anomalies, and reproductive difficulties.(d) Synthetic microfibers, shed or fragmented from polyester, nylon, or rayon clothing and textiles, are one of the most abundant and ubiquitous types of microplastics. With global production of synthetic textiles expected to triple by 2050, microfiber pollution in California is expected to continue to grow.(e) Research has shown that up to 18,000,000 microfibers may be released during every wash cycle. Once released, microfibers travel via wastewater to wastewater treatment plants, where current biosolid application practices result in microfibers entering the environment. It is estimated that in California alone, 4,900,000 pounds of microfibers are generated from apparel washing each year. Without intervention, it is estimated that annual microfiber emissions to Californias natural environments from machine washing of synthetic textiles will continue to increase.(f) Microplastics pollution does not come within any single agencys jurisdiction, making interagency coordination a crucial component for effective policy and regulation implementation, and ensuring that California takes a national and global leadership role in managing microplastics pollution.(g) In response to growing concerns regarding microplastics pollution, the Ocean Protection Council was required by statute to develop a strategy to address microplastics. The final Statewide Microplastics Strategy was published in early 2022 and includes 22 recommendations to reduce and manage microplastics.(h) California can use state agency expertise and authority to engage in complementary efforts to reduce microplastics pollution and achieve a goal of zero plastic pollution entering state waters by 2030.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(a) Plastics are ubiquitous in Californians daily lives and are recognized globally as the most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 percent of marine waste.
(b) Microplastics can result from the breakdown of plastics, and are pervasive and persistent in marine and terrestrial environments. Microplastics are anticipated to increase by almost 300 percent by 2030.
(c) Research has shown that microplastic exposures can cause adverse health effects, including tissue inflammation, impaired growth, developmental anomalies, and reproductive difficulties.
(d) Synthetic microfibers, shed or fragmented from polyester, nylon, or rayon clothing and textiles, are one of the most abundant and ubiquitous types of microplastics. With global production of synthetic textiles expected to triple by 2050, microfiber pollution in California is expected to continue to grow.
(e) Research has shown that up to 18,000,000 microfibers may be released during every wash cycle. Once released, microfibers travel via wastewater to wastewater treatment plants, where current biosolid application practices result in microfibers entering the environment. It is estimated that in California alone, 4,900,000 pounds of microfibers are generated from apparel washing each year. Without intervention, it is estimated that annual microfiber emissions to Californias natural environments from machine washing of synthetic textiles will continue to increase.
(f) Microplastics pollution does not come within any single agencys jurisdiction, making interagency coordination a crucial component for effective policy and regulation implementation, and ensuring that California takes a national and global leadership role in managing microplastics pollution.
(g) In response to growing concerns regarding microplastics pollution, the Ocean Protection Council was required by statute to develop a strategy to address microplastics. The final Statewide Microplastics Strategy was published in early 2022 and includes 22 recommendations to reduce and manage microplastics.
(h) California can use state agency expertise and authority to engage in complementary efforts to reduce microplastics pollution and achieve a goal of zero plastic pollution entering state waters by 2030.
SEC. 2. Section 35636 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 35636 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
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35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:(1) California Coastal Commission.(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(7) State Water Resources Control Board.(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
35636. (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the council shall establish and lead an interagency coordination group that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies:
(1) California Coastal Commission.
(2) California Water Quality Monitoring Council.
(3) Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(4) Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(5) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
(6) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(7) State Water Resources Control Board.
(b) The interagency coordination group shall do both of the following:
(1) On or before December 1, 2025, and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 35615, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall identify and recommend to the Legislature statutory changes that are needed to implement the recommendations described in the Statewide Microplastics Strategy published by the Ocean Protection Council dated February 2022, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) Expand the statewide microbead ban to include microplastics that are intentionally added to specific consumer products, such as cosmetics, household and industrial detergents, and cleaning products.
(B) Promote, or otherwise require, the sale and use of ENERGY STAR condenser dryers and washing machines with filtration rates of 100 microns or smaller, and develop a program to incentivize postmarket retrofits or purchases through rebates and other mechanisms.
(C) The council, in order to accomplish the requirements of this section, may augment a task force or workgroup that has already been formed.
(D) This section shall be implemented by agency personnel within the scope of their duties.
(2) On or before December 1, 2025, the council, in coordination with the interagency coordination group, shall adopt a workplan outlining who within the interagency coordination group will implement the recommendations.
(c) The workplan shall be provided to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2025.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The Legislature hereby declares all of the following:
(1)Resource conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience are of fundamental importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state. The Legislature believes that the state must assume leadership in formulating and putting into effect a statewide program of soil, water, and biodiversity conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience and related natural resource conservation.
(2)The climate crisis is happening now, impacting California in unprecedented ways, including intensifying wildfires, mudslides, floods, and drought, sea level rise, and extreme heat, that threaten our economy, communities, public safety, and cultural and natural resources.
(3)Resource conservation districts are important partners to the state in achieving the states ever-evolving goals to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance natural resources and to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
(4)This division is enacted to accomplish the following purposes:
(A)To provide the means by which the state may cooperate with the United States and with resource conservation districts organized pursuant to this division in securing the adoption in this state of conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience practices, including, but not limited to, farm, range, open space, urban development, wildlife, recreation, watershed, water quality, and woodland, best adapted to save the basic resources, soil, water, and air of the state from unreasonable and economically preventable waste and destruction.
(B)To provide for the organization and operation of resource conservation districts for the purposes of the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions on natural lands and working lands, soil and water conservation, the control of runoff, the prevention and control of soil erosion, and erosion stabilization, including, but not limited to, these purposes in open areas, agricultural areas, urban development, wildlife areas, recreational developments, watershed management, the protection of water quality and water reclamation, the development of storage and distribution of water, and the treatment of each acre of land according to its needs.
(b)A district, in addition to any other authority provided by law, may do all of the following:
(1)Ensure consistency with the authorities and policies of the United States, this state, counties, cities, public districts, other resource conservation districts, persons, associations, and corporations.
(2)With the consent of the owner, construct on privately or publicly owned lands any necessary works for the protection, conservation, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources, the improvement or enhancement of adaptation or resilience to climate change, the mitigation or sequestration of carbon emissions, or the prevention and control of soil erosion and erosion stabilization.
(3)Facilitate coordinated resource management efforts for watershed restoration and enhancement.
(4)Develop and implement projects and programs for the conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience of soil, water, and biodiversity and related natural resource conservation.
(c)A district shall not conserve water for power purposes or produce or distribute power for its own use or for the use of others.