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Materials Management:

Draft Legislative Proposals

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Tillamook County Stakeholder’s Meeting August 12, 2014 Leslie Kochan, DEQ Pete Pasterz, DEQ

Materials Management:

Draft Legislative Proposals

• Background:

– 2050 Vision – Materials Management Workgroup

• Draft Legislative Proposals:

– Funding – Recovery (Recycling Opportunity Act) – Goals and Measures

• Opportunities for Feedback, Discussion
• Q&A

Outline

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Materials Management:

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10 20 30 40 50 60

FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 xxx FY 2021

Actual FTE

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• 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

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• 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

Draft Legislative Concept: Funding

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• 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

Funding: The Bottom Line

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Materials Management:

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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).

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• Modifying existing elements
• Adding new elements
• Adjusting the number of elements

required by jurisdictions

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• 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.

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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?

Goals and Measures

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• 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

Why is recovery important?

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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

Statewide Recovery Goals 2009, 2020, 2025

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2009 goal (w/ credits) Average credits Adjusted 2009 goal (w/o credits) Average Recovery Rate 2008-2012 (w/o credits) difference Metro

64.0% 6.0% 58.0% 53.2%

• 4.8%

Lane

54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 52.3% 4.3%

Marion

54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 53.0% 5.0%

Next 5 largest wastesheds (average)

42.0% 6.0% 36.0% 39.2% 3.2%

Other 28 wastesheds (average)

29.1% 1.9% 27.2% 35.1% 7.9%

Tillamook

30.0% 3.3% 26.7% 32.1% 5.4%

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• 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

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Leslie Kochan kochan.leslie@deq.state.or.us Pete Pasterz pasterz.pete@deq.state.or.us

Materials Management:

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• 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.

Materials Management:

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Opportunity to Recycle (program elements) Recovery Goals Provision of Services Measures of Outcomes 2% credit program

• Provision of service
• “Credits” add to recovery

rates

• Not about outcomes or

recovery