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Committee advances AB 436 to streamline siting, permitting of composting facilities to meet organic-waste goals
Summary
AB 436 would provide model zoning language and procedural tools to help local governments site and permit new or expanded composting facilities; proponents said California needs dozens more facilities to meet SB 1383 diversion goals, while supporters and local agencies urged the committee to adopt the measure to remove local regulatory barriers.
Assemblymember Ransom presented AB 436, saying California needs between 50 and 100 new or expanded composting facilities to meet state organic diversion targets established by SB 1383, and that local zoning and permitting barriers are slowing development of necessary infrastructure.
Neil Edgar of the California Compost Coalition described permitting…
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