REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
November 15, 2022
FROM
BRENDON BIGGS, Director, Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Management
SUBJECT
Title
California Department of Recycling Resources and Recovery SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Accept grant funding in the amount of $399,454, from the California Department of Recycling Resources and Recovery to assist with the implementation of regulation requirements associated with Senate Bill 1383.
(Presenter: Brendon Biggs, Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of the Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The 2021-22 California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program (Grant) funds of $399,454 will be split between the Department of Public Works - Solid Waste Management (SWMD), Department of Public Health (DPH), and Purchasing Department (Purchasing). No local match is required. DPH and Purchasing will each receive $133,151 and SWMD will receive $133,152. Sufficient appropriation and revenue have been included in the 2022-23 budgets and will be included in future recommended budgets for each department.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On September 19, 2016, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in an effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy. CalRecycle developed the SB 1383 regulations (approved by the Office of Administrative Law on November 3, 2020) to include prescriptive program requirements for all California jurisdictions, generators, waste haulers, and waste processors that were deemed necessary in order t...
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