Digest - California AB 1090 Issues and Support

A broad range of Californian individuals, municipalities, and organizations have sent letters to the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee to support AB 1090 (Matthews) - the Solid waste: diversion: conversion bill. They have learned about the promise of waste conversion technologies to the state's environmental and economic future and wish the Assembly to vote to accept the language as drafted and recommend its passage to the full California legislature.

Members of the CA Natural Resources Committee include Chairperson Loni Hancock, Tom Harman, Rick Keene, Paul Koretz, John Laird, Doug La Malfa, Ted, Lieu, Lois Wolk, Pedro Nava, and Lori Saldaña. Most online supporters submit their email messages to Loni Hancock.

The issues of the bill have been covered extensively in this blog. Below is a linked reference list of supporters, several support letters, hearing testimony, and emission studies...

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Californians Contentious Over Conversion Technology Bill

AB 1090 failed to get a scheduled hearing in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee in Sacramento January 9th. When it is re-filed, the chances are that, due to the political influence of CAW, there will be no diversion credit provision in it – no incentive for California municipalities to provide their wastes to the producers of electric energy, renewable liquid fuel, and other bio-based products.

Hearing and Vote to Take Place 1/9/06
In an article on the front page of the Los Angeles Daily News (1/3/06), writer Kerry Cavanaugh identifies the two parties on opposite sides of California Assembly Bill 1090. In opposition to changes to the existing statute that would ...

Californians Struggle Over Conversion Technology
At issue is AB 1090, the California Assembly Bill to update terminology, heirarchy status, and diversion credit for "conversion technologies" in California.

Support is Widespread
Below is a current list of municipalities, organizations, and associations that have either submitted letters of support for AB 1090 or appeared in support of the Bill at the April 22, 2005 hearing of the Assembly Natural Resources ...

VICA Supports Conversion Technology
On September 1, 2005, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County wrote a position paper supporting AB 1090, a California state Bill concerning Solid Waste Diversion Credit for ...

Ed Begley, Jr. Supports Conversion Technology
California AB 1090 is crucially important state legislation in California to amend language in solid waste regulations (drafted in 1989). The current language impedes the development of conversion technologies in this state. ...

L.A. Hearing on 11/16/05 - Background for Conversion Technology Bill
A distinguished panel of speakers presented a series of arguments advocating the passage of AB 1090 - which would correct language in its predecessor (CA Bill AB 939 in 1989) and provide additional "diversion credits" for waste that is...

L.A. Hearing on 11/16/05 - Results of URS Conversion Technology Research
URS Corporation Vice President Daniel F. Predpall reports that mature technologies already in operation from Europe and Japan already meet all California permit requirements and that AB 1090 should be enacted to...

L.A. Hearing on 11/16/05 - RENEW LA’s Need for Regulatory Relief
In this presentation, Los Angeles Councilmember Greig Smith addresses the need for clarification of terms in current State regulations to enable his ambitious landfill diversion plan (see "RENEWLA - Jumpstarting Waste Reform in LA" ...

L.A. Hearing on 11/16/05 - Results of Independent Study of Emissions
A principal obstacle to the passage of AB 1090 has been the lack of emissions data for conversion technologies. To address this issue, the Center for Environmental Research and Technology of the Bourns College of Engineering of the ...