2 weeks are left in public comment period on AB32 Plan to
address global warming in California. It's urgent that recyclers
and Zero Waste advocates comment on the issues as noted below.
Please send in comments, and send a copy to this listserve, so we all
know that people are following up!
Also, please plan to attend Nov 20 Air Resources Board meeting and
testify on the Plan (agenda item 08-10-2: AB 32 Scoping Plan to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California) at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/ma/2008/ma112008.htm
THANKS!
For more info:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bccommlog.php?listname=scopingpln08
To:
<rgwcexcom_crra@no.address>,
<OrganicsOutOfLandfills@no.address>
From: "Gagliardi, Mark" <mgagliardi@no.address>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:24:09 -0800
Subject: [rgwcexcom_crra] CARB Proposed Scoping Plan - Last Stand for
Zero Waste
This is a heads-up that the next few weeks, leading up to CARB's expected
adoption of the Proposed Scoping Plan
(
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/scopingplandocument.htm
)
at its Dec 11-12 monthly Board meeting, is the critical last stand
to
get Zero Waste recommendations into the final adopted Scoping Plan.
Of note:
1. So far, no public comment has been received on waste/recycling ~
30
days into the 45-day public comment period:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bccommlog.php?listname=scopingpln08
2. CARB intends that its Nov 20 Board meeting <<will be the main
forum
for hearing oral testimony on the Plan>> - see agenda item
08-10-2
(Public Meeting to Consider the Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) Scoping Plan
to
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California) at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/ma/2008/ma112008.htm
3. CRRA is developing a letter communicating its severe
disappointment
that the emissions reductions associated with Measure RW-3 High
Recycling/Zero Waste are not counted toward the AB 32 goal in the
October 2008 Proposed Scoping Plan (Plan). Specifically, footnote
#43
in Table 20 on page 63, Section II.15 Recycling and Waste, states,
"Reductions from RW-2 and RW-3 are not counted toward the AB 32
goal."
Furthermore, the Plan recommends no specific actions or policies to
implement RW-3. The CRRA letter will also petitions CIWMB & CARB to
take
urgent action to ensure that the Plan is revised to count RW-3
emissions
reductions towards the AB 32 goal, and to add specific actions and
policies to achieve RW-3 reductions, including: mandatory commercial
recycling; phase-out of diversion credit for green waste alternative
daily cover; and adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility
framework
legislation. The substantial content of this letter will be
available
early next week.
BOTTOM LINE: PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING THE NOV 20TH CARB BOARD MEETING
&
SUBMITTING PUBLIC COMMENT BASED ON THE FORTHCOMING CRRA
LETTER....CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE HAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT DIRECT
COMMUNICATION TO CIWMB &/OR CARB BOARD MEMBERS FROM ANYONE
(ESPECIALLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS) WHO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID BOARD MEMBERS
TO
ADVOCATE FOR INCLUDING ZERO WASTE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE
PARTICULARLY
EFFECTIVE. SO THIS IS THE TIME TO CASH IN THOSE CHITS IF YOU HAVE
THEM.
Mark Gagliardi
City of Oakland
Phone/voice mail: 510-238-6262
Fax: 510-238-7286
e-mail: mgagliardi@no.address
web site:
www.oaklandpw.com
www.zerowasteoakland.com
P.S & FYI - this is kind of old news, but Robin Boone testified
at
CARB's regular monthly board meeting on 10-23-08. His report
immediately
after the meeting was:
<<What I did today; first hearing on the Final Draft Proposed
Scoping
Plan. I had two minutes. I was the only one of 15 testifiers to
mention
recycling.>>
Item 08-9-4 (Status Report on AB 32 Implementation and the Scoping
Plan)
is presented from page 50 - 125 of the meeting transcript at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/mt/2008/mt102308.pdf
Public testimony begins at pg. 80, & Boone's testimony is on pp.
108-110.
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