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Chief Administrative Office, Economic Development Division and Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 029-2016 authorizing a joint application for designation of El Dorado County cities and unincorporated areas as a Recycling Market Development Zone; and
2) Find that the the designation of a Recycling Market Development Zone is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3). (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Chief Administrative Office, Economic Development Division; and Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division (EMD), recommend the Board of Supervisors (Board) 1) adopt a Resolution authorizing a joint application for designation of El Dorado County cities and unincorporated areas as a Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ); and 2) find that the the designation of a Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
California's Integrated Waste Management Act passed in 1989, also known as Assembly Bill 939 (AB 939), requires each jurisdiction within the State to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills by fifty percent (50%). Assembly Bill 341 (AB 341) signed by the Governor in 2011, increases the current AB 939 statewide average goal to seventy-five percent (75%) of waste recycled by the year 2020. To assist California cities and counties in reaching these goals, the RMDZ program was created by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
The RMDZ program is a business assistance program for businesses or manufacturers that process discarded materials, creating recycled-content materials and products. Qualifying businesses and manufacturers in an RMDZ are eligible to receive low interest loans from...
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