Wednesday, March 10, 2010
 
Environmental

The environmental regulations continue to have a disproportionate impact on small businesses. Small Business supports environmentally sound policies and will closely monitor and assist in the implementation of the greenhouse gas emission reduction legislation.


Co-Chair

Harold Igdaloff
Sungro Chemicals
Phone: 310-472-6047
Email: higdaloff@aol.com

Co- Chair

Sanjiv Bhandari
BKBC Architects
Phone: 925-930-9700
Email: skb@bkbcarch.com


Legislative Bills

 

Bill

CSBA POSITION

House of Origin

Second House

Governor

COMM.
FLOOR
COMM.
FLOOR

AB 87 – Davis

Grocery store bags
Oppose
       

AB 96 – Ruskin

Gasoline tanks
Support
  Chaptered

AB 231 – Huffman

Climate protection
Oppose
     

AB 256 – Berryhill

Hazardous materials
Support
         

AB 414 – Galgiani

Air quality
Support
         

AB 622 – Swanson

Pesticides
Oppose
         

AB 658 – Hayashi

Air quality
Support
         

AB 696 – Hagman

CEQA
Support
         

AB 1173 – Huffman

Recycling
Oppose
   

Enrolled

AB 1395 – Torrico

Regulations
Support
       

AB 1404 – DeLeon

Ca Global Warming Act
Oppose
   

Enrolled

AB 1452 – Skinner

Cement
Oppose
         

SB 225 – Florez

Emission reduction
Support
         

SB 267 – Benoit

Green jobs
Support
         

SB 295 – Dutton

Global warming
Sponsor
         

SB 722 – Steinberg

Greenhouse gas
Support
 

Inactive File

SB 723 – DeSaulnier

Electric waste
Support
       
KEY: = PASSED

= UNDER CONSIDERATION

= DIED / FAILED PASSAGE


Updated: October 7, 2009

 

BILL SUMMARIES

AB 87 – Davis: Single-use carryout bags: environmental effects: mitigation. This bill restricts grocery and convenience stores from providing single-use carry out bags to their customers.
AB 96 – Ruskin: Gasoline: underground storage tanks. Establishes a grant and loan program to replace, remove or upgrade underground storage tank(RUST) at the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB).
AB 231 – Huffman: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Climate Protection Trust Fund. Revises extent and purpose of the Air Resources Board's (ARB) authority to levy greenhouse gas (GHG) emission fees pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) and establishes a Climate Protection Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for deposit of fee revenues.
AB 256 – Berryhill: Hazardous materials: farms: business plans and inventories. exempt a business operating a farm for purposes of cultivating the soil or raising or harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity from establishing and implementing one of those business plans if the only hazardous materials that the farm has onsite are specified amounts of lubricating oils, fertilizers, or other hazardous materials that are onsite for less than 10 days at a time.
AB 414 – Galgiani: Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: heavy-duty fleet modernization projects. The bill would require the state board to develop and implement a trade-down program that provides assistance to owners of high-use, newer model, heavy-duty fleet vehicles to convert those vehicles for lower use, commercial operations in a manner that reduces emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter.
AB 622 – Swanson: Pesticides: aerial application. This bill would require, with respect to aerial applications of a pesticide, the observance of a safety zone of no less than 3.3 miles from the aerial application for residential areas, including known sensitive sites
AB 658 – Hayashi: Air quality: dry cleaning: grants. This bill would increase the amount of each State Air Resources Board grant to $20,000.
AB 696 – Hagman: California Environmental Quality Act: arbitration. This bill would allow an applicant for a project and the lead agency, at the time of application, to opt to resolve all disputes arising out of a subsequent environmental impact report for that project before an arbitrator, in lieu of retaining the option to file an action or proceeding arising out of those disputes before a court. If an applicant and the lead agency opt to do so, the bill would require the applicant and the lead agency to agree to an arbitrator.
AB 1173 – Huffman: Recycling: compact fluorescent lamps. Prohibits the distribution of moneys from energy efficiency investment funds for the purchase and distribution of compact florescent lights (CFLs) that do not meet specified standards or to retailers that do not establish a recycling program.
AB 1395 – Torrico: State Air Resources Board: regulations. This bill would require the state board to make available to the public all changes to draft regulations proposed for adoption by the state board.
AB 1404 – DeLeon: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: offsets. Limits the use of "compliance offsets," as defined, to 10% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions expected from market mechanisms used to meet the GHG reduction goals of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 [AB 32 (Nunez and Pavley), Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006].
AB 1452 – Skinner: State Air Resources Board: cement. This bill requires the State Air Resources Board (ARB), on or before January 1, 2011, to develop and adopt limitations on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the production of cement sold in the state, regardless of the cement's origin and including GHG emission resulting from transportation.
SB 225 – Florez: Emission reduction credits. This bill would authorize a district to create an emission reduction credit from the emission reductions resulting from a project that is funded from both public and private moneys if specified requirements are met.
SB 267 – Benoit: Environmental protection: green jobs. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would define "green jobs."
SB 295 – Dutton: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. This bill would require the state board to complete a study to reevaluate the evaluation of costs discussed above, and provide this study to the Legislature by October 1, 2009.
SB 722 – Steinberg: Greenhouse gas credits. This bill would make it unlawful for a person, as defined, to represent in an advertisement or in any other sales or promotional materials made available to the public for the sale of a greenhouse gas credit or emission reduction, that the credit or reduction reduces greenhouse gas emissions unless certain requirements are met.
SB 723 – DeSaulnier: Electronic waste recovery payments. This bill would instead require that the board, in collaboration with the department, establish an electronic waste recovery payment schedule to cover the net cost of an authorized collector on July 1 of every year. The bill would also delete an obsolete provision.
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