Bill Text: CA SB758 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recycling: tires.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB758 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB758-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 758	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 800 of the Public Resources Code, relating
to powerplants.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 758, as introduced, Fuller. Powerplants: siting.
   Existing law declares, among other things, that it is the policy
of the state to encourage the use of nuclear energy, geothermal
resources, and such other energy sources as are currently under
development, wherever feasible, recognizing that such use has the
potential of providing direct economic benefit to the public, while
helping to conserve limited fossil fuel resources and promoting air
cleanliness.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 800 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   800.  It is the policy of the State of California that the
location and operation of thermal electric powerplants shall enhance
public benefits and protect against or minimize adverse effects on
the public, the ecology of the land and its wildlife, and the ecology
of state waters and their aquatic life, and that the public's
opportunity to enjoy the material, physical  ,  and
aesthetic benefits of its resources shall be preserved to the
greatest extent feasible.
   The Legislature declares that it is also the policy of the state
to encourage the use of nuclear energy, geothermal resources, and
 such   those  other energy sources as are
currently under development, wherever feasible, recognizing that
 such   their  use has the potential of
providing direct economic benefit to the public, while helping to
conserve limited fossil fuel resources and promoting air cleanliness.

   The Legislature further declares that it is the policy of the
state to encourage planning by the state's electric utilities toward
the above-stated objectives and to assist the utilities in their
evaluations of the effects on the environment of proposed thermal
powerplant sites and to that end  a   the 
State  Powerplant Siting Committee   Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission  has been
established to effect such coordination with the utilities and to
carry out specific responsibilities as may be defined in the Public
Utilities Code and the Public Resources Code.
   The Legislature finds that the state should conduct research
relating to the conservation, enhancement and prudent use of its
resources, including those associated with the siting of thermal
powerplants.
   The Legislature finds that the state should also stimulate,
sponsor and conduct appropriate research and study on new methods of
powerplant siting which offer potential for enhanced public benefits
in location, operation, and protection of the environment with such
investigations including underground and underocean sites, manmade
islands, powerplant parks, the desirability of locations on or near
tidal lagoons, and other concepts which may appear attractive in
minimizing the impact on the environment of the large projected
increase in California electric generating capacity.