CC RESOLUTION 4547RESOLUTION NO. 4547
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
SUPPORTING CONTINUED AB 939 DIVERSION CREDIT FOR USE OF
GREEN WASTE AS ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER (ADC) AT LANDFILLS
AND OPPOSING AB 2640 (HUFFMAN) AS AN UNNECESSARY
RESTRICTION UPON THE USE OF ADC
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Assembly Bill 939
or "AB 939 ") placed aggressive waste diversion mandates on local
governments to achieve 50 percent waste diversion by the year
2000 and delegated discretion to local government as to how best
to comply with the law;
B. The City of El Segundo has since the inception of AB 939 met the
statutory diversion requirements contained in the law and has the
distinction of having the highest diversion rate of any municipal
jurisdiction in the state;
C. The California Integrated Waste Management Board has approved
Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) green waste material use in landfills
and does not record ADC as disposal but considers it as diversion
through recycling;
D. The use of green waste as ADC at landfills, and more specifically
those operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts,
conserves natural resources, energy, and landfill capacity, and
contributes to the production of green power from landfill gas
thereby reducing reliance on fossil fuels;
E. Assemblymember Huffman has introduced AB 2640 which
proposes to eliminate waste diversion credits for green waste ADC
programs and would thereby severely limit the discretion local
government jurisdictions are now afforded by AB 939; thereby
requiring them to invest substantial additional resources in
developing new programs to replace those green waste ADC
programs.
SECTION 2: The City of El Segundo strongly supports the continuation of waste
diversion through recycling for green waste Alternative Daily Cover programs
under AB 939, and opposes AB 2640 as an unwarranted imposition on the
discretion of local government agencies ability to utilize ADC as a recycle
program.
SECTION 3: The City Manager is directed and authorized to communicate the
City Council's policy position on this matter to members of the Legislature, the
Governor and administrative agencies as necessary.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution;
record this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions; and make a
minute of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the
minutes of this meeting.
SECTION 5: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption
and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 s-
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS T R
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Karl/H. terger
Assistant City Attorr�y