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Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals TillamooklamookTillamook Tillamook County Stakeholder’s Meeting August 12, 2014 Leslie Kochan, DEQ Pete Pasterz, DEQ

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Outline • Background: – 2050 Vision – Materials Management Workgroup • Draft Legislative Proposals: – Funding – Recovery (Recycling Opportunity Act) – Goals and Measures • Opportunities for Feedback, Discussion • Q&A 2

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Funding and Work 60 50 40 Actual FTE 30 20 10 0 4 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 xxx FY 2021

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Funding the Right Work • HHW, mercury, school lab cleanouts, etc. • Maximizing benefits of recovery • Food waste prevention • Procurement and material selection • Reuse and repair • Other sustainable production & consumption • Education and information • Facility oversight 5

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Draft Legislative Concept: Funding 1. Increase the solid waste disposal tipping fee 2. Reduce waiver of tipping fees currently allowed for alternative daily cover 3. Apply the full tipping fee to special purpose landfills and tire landfills 4. Phase in fee changes 5. Add fee adjustment mechanism for tipping fee 6. Require a report to the Legislature on longer term funding options by 2022 7. Other changes, clarifications, and housekeeping items 6

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Funding: The Bottom Line • New revenue of $3.5 million/year by 2019-2021 biennium • $1.2 million/year in grants and contracts • Funds the high and medium priority work of the 2050 Vision and Framework for Action • All for just an increase of approximately $0.63/ton 7

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Recycling Opportunities Purpose: To research and identify options to increase and improve recovery of materials including: • Looking at specific categories of materials and specific recycling sectors. • Changes to Recycling Opportunity Act (ROA). 8

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Proposed Changes to Recycling Opportunity Act (ROA) Program Elements • Modifying existing elements • Adding new elements • Adjusting the number of elements required by jurisdictions 9

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Examples of Proposed Changes to ROA Program Elements: • Adding new elements: – Converting the current 2% Recovery Rate Credit Program into a new set of waste prevention and reuse program elements. – Other optional program elements targeting commercial recycling, food waste and construction/demolition debris. 10

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Goals and Measures 11

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Goals and Measures Proposed Statutory Changes 1. Updated statewide, wasteshed recovery goals – Statewide: 52% by 2020, 55% by 2025 – “2 percent credit” program moved to program elements 2. Alternative “outcome-based” measurement 3. New recovery goals for food waste, plastics, and carpet 4. Waste generation: updated goals for state, largest wastesheds? 12

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Why is recovery important? • Environmental damage caused by wasting materials and mining/harvesting more virgin resources • Recovered materials are the feedstock of many Oregon industries, producing jobs • Usually saves substantial energy 13

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Statewide Recovery Goals 2009, 2020, 2025 50.0% - 2009 recovery goal with 2% credits 3.7% - average counting credits in recent years 46.3% - 2009 recovery goal without credits 46.5% - summation of wasteshed 2009 goals without credits 49.7% - actual 2012 recovery rate without credits 52.0% - proposed 2020 goal 55.0% - proposed 2025 goal 14

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Existing Recovery Goals Adjusted Average 2009 2009 Recovery Rate goal (w/ Average goal (w/o 2008-2012 credits) credits credits) (w/o credits) difference 64.0% 6.0% 58.0% 53.2% -4.8% Metro 54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 52.3% 4.3% Lane 54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 53.0% 5.0% Marion Next 5 largest wastesheds 42.0% 6.0% 36.0% 39.2% 3.2% (average) Other 28 wastesheds 29.1% 1.9% 27.2% 35.1% 7.9% (average) 30.0% 3.3% 26.7% 32.1% 5.4% Tillamook 15

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals New Wasteshed Recovery Goals • Goals are aspirational – no regulatory consequence if not met • Proposed that goals may be temporarily revised downward by EQC if markets for high volume materials are not reasonably available • Alternative Environmental Outcome way to meet recovery goals 16

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Thank you Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Leslie Kochan kochan.leslie@deq.state.or.us Pete Pasterz pasterz.pete@deq.state.or.us 17

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Examples of Proposed Changes to ROA Program Elements: • Modifying existing elements: – Requiring landlords to provide the Opportunity to Recycle to tenants of multifamily dwellings and commercial rental properties. • Adding new elements: – Converting the former 2% Recovery Rate Credit Program into a new set of waste prevention and reuse program elements. – Other optional program elements targeting commercial recycling, food waste and construction/demolition debris. 18

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals Two Percent Credits Provision of Measures of Services Outcomes Opportunity to Recovery Goals Recycle (program elements) 2% credit program • Provision of service • “Credits” add to recovery rates • Not about outcomes or recovery 19