RESOLUTION 22- ___
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 1383 REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), in consultation with the California Air Resources Board, has adopted regulatory requirements (Regulations), consistent with the mandate of Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, 2016), that are designed to achieve the organic waste reduction goals established in Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code through a 50 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020, and a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita (City) is a local jurisdiction required to comply with the Regulations; and
WHEREAS, the City is or expects to be facing continuing violations of the Regulations commencing during the 2022 calendar year; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 619 (Laird, 2021), through amendments to Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code (Statute), created a mechanism called a Notification of Intent to Comply (NOIC) through which a local jurisdiction may secure administrative civil penalty relief from any continuing violations of the Regulations for the 2022 calendar year and may be eligible for a broader and longer-term regulatory compliance path, including suspended administrative civil penalties, through a corrective action plan; and
WHEREAS, the City is a local jurisdiction authorized by the Statute to submit a NOIC for CalRecycle approval; and
WHEREAS, CalRecycle shall approve a NOIC that is duly adopted by the jurisdiction by formal written resolution and meets the requirements of the Statute.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does herby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City by and through its City Council hereby formally adopts the NOIC, which is Exhibit A, incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager, on its behalf, to submit the NOIC, which is Exhibit A, to CalRecycle for approval pursuant to the Statute.
SECTION 3. By submitting the NOIC pursuant to and subject to the above referenced requirements, the City represents and certifies that it will implement the proposed actions to remedy the violations according to the proposed schedule as approved by CalRecycle and in accordance with the statute and regulations.
SECTION 4. The City, by and through its City Council, also acknowledges and agrees to comply with any maximum compliance deadline in any corrective action plan that CalRecycle, in its sole discretion, determines to be necessary and appropriate under the circumstances for the correction of any violation(s) of the statute and regulations identified in its NOIC.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this ____ day of ______ 2022.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
DATE:__________________________
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution 22-_____ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 8th day of February 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK