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Rules Committee unanimously forwards Zoe Heller to Senate floor; questions focus on SB 54 timelines and wildfire debris work
Summary
The Senate Rules Committee voted 5-0 to send Zoe Hellers nomination as CalRecycle director to the full Senate. Committee members discussed SB 54 implementation timelines, guidance documents, a budget change proposal for propane cylinder recycling, and CalRecycles wildfire debris removal experience.
Zoe Heller, Governor Newsoms nominee to lead the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), won unanimous committee support to advance to the Senate floor after the Senate Rules Committee voted 5-0 on May 7.
Heller summarized her eight years at CalRecycle and outlined near-term regulatory milestones to implement SB 54, Californias packaging- and plastic-pollution law. She told the committee the agency will finalize draft SB 54 regulations and host a public workshop by May 27, submit a revised economic-impact assessment by June, and aims to complete the Office of Administrative Law process so the regulations can be implemented by the final quarter of the year, pending OAL review.
Heller said the…
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