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DATE: February 21, 1990 County
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 1764 (Roberti)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMEMATION:
Adopt a position in SUPPORT of SB 1764 by Senator Roberti which
would require the State Air Resources Board to adopt a program to
reduce CFC emissions.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors has asked the County Administrator to
advise the Boaid of Supervisors of all legislation which is
introduced in 1990 which addresses the subject of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFO' s) . This is the first in a series of
reports on suchllegislation.
Existing law prohibits the manufacture and sale of specified
CFC' s as aerosol propellants but does not otherwise expressly
regulate CFC' s. Existing law also prohibits the discharge of air
contaminants which cause injury, detriment, nuisance or
annoyance, or which endanger health or safety, and requires the
State Air Resources Board to evaluate - programs to reduce CFC
emissions from motor vehicle air-conditioners.
Senator Roberti has introduced SB 1764 which would requires the
State Air Resources Board to adopt a program to reduce CFC
emissions. The bill states that the Legislature intends to
establish a program which will do all of the following:
1. Determine the extent of California' s contribution of
ozone-contributing gases.
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Resource Recovery Specialist PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF I
Catherine Kutsuris, Staff to the SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Environmental Affairs Committee
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2. Identify uses of ozone-depleting compounds that will not be
substantially reduced or controlled as a result of the EPA' s
limits on the production of ozone-depleting compounds.
3 . Augment, as necessary, national and international efforts to
reduce the use of ozone-depleting compounds through the use
of add-on engineering controls, process modifications,
recovery and reuse of CFC' s and encourage the use of safe
and effective alternative compounds, products and practices
as they become available.
4. Encourage the sharing and dissemination of information.
5 . Periodically evaluate the effect of California' s efforts to
reduce its reliance on ozone-depleting compounds and revise
the state' s program to build on new developments in this
area.
In order to accomplish the above points, the bill requires the
State Air Resources Board (Board) to establish an environmental
and technical assessment program. Specifically, the bill
requires the Board by January 1 , 1992 and every two years
thereafter to identify the feasible technical options available
to reduce CFC emissions for each of several specified uses of
CFC' s.
The term "technical options" is defined in the bill to include a
variety of specified alternative ways of reducing the use of
CFCs. For each of these technical options the Board is required
to include information on such things as emission reduction
potential; health, safety and environmental side effects;
institutional constraints, including governmental specifications
and local regulations; cost to industry; commercial availability
and effects on energy consumption.
SB 1764 requires the Board, by July 1, 1992 and as often
thereafter as the Board deems appropriate, to prepare a report
containing its recommendations for regulatory action regarding a
particular technical option, or for the banning of products
containing CFC' s or of the use of a CFC if .the technical option
is a chemical or product substitute.
The bill also establishes an Environmental and Technical
Assessment Advisory Committee which is to advise the state Board
in the evaluation and recommendation of technical options to
reduce CFC emissions.
The bill also requires the state Board to establish by July 1,
1992 a technical assistance program to assist CFC users in
identifying technical options which are available to reduce CFC
emissions.
The bill also provides for penalties for violating any provision
of the bill, including imprisonment and/or fines of at least
$5000 and not to exceed $100,000 for each day that a knowing and
willful violation continues.
The state Board is required to report to the Legislature and the
Governor by July 1 , 1994 and every . other year thereafter on the
program which is designed to carry out the provisions of the
bill. The state Board is also authorized to impose fees on those
who use or handle CFC' s to cover their costs in implementing this
program.
It appears that passage of SB 1764 would further the Board of
Supervisors ' environmental goals and it is therefore recommended
that the Board indicate their support of SB 1764.