To encourage waste reduction at
large venues
and events, the Legislature enacted AB 2176
(Montanez, Statutes of 2004), which added
Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 42648. A
brief summary of key provisions of the statute
is provided below. Please refer to the complete
text of the statute if you have additional
questions.
This legislation requires local agencies to:
Provide specified waste reduction
information when issuing a permit to
operators of large venues and large events,
as defined.
Determine the top ten percent of large
venues and large events in their boundaries,
by waste generation.
Report solid waste reduction, reuse,
recycling, and diversion programs of those
large venues and events, including tonnages,
beginning with their 2005 CIWMB Annual
Report.
In addition, this legislation requires
operators of large venues and events to develop
and implement solid waste reduction, reuse, and
recycling programs and report on the progress of
developing and implementing those programs to
the local agency in which they are located, upon
request of the local agency.
The 2004 EAR collected general information
regarding how a jurisdiction interacts with
large venues and events. Subsequent to the
passage of AB 2176, the Board received
clarification that regional agencies would be
considered the same as a city or county under
this law. Thus, regional agencies are now
allowed to determine the top 10 percent of all
large venues/events within the agency, not
within each agency's member jurisdictions.
Each city, county, and regional agency is
required to report in their 2005-2008 annual
report on the diversion activities and tonnage
occurring at the top 10 percent of large events
and venues, based on the amount of solid waste
generated. The CIWMB will use this information
to report to the Legislature the waste diversion
progress of large events and venues within their
jurisdiction.
