LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1452, as amended, Skinner. State Air Resources Board: cement.
Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,
requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt a statewide
greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse
gas emission level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt
rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the
maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas
emission reductions. Existing law designates the state board as the
state agency responsible for the preparation of the state
implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act, and
requires the state board to coordinate the activities of local air
districts to comply with the act.
This bill would require the state board, by January 1, 2011, to
develop and adopt limitations on greenhouse gas emissions that result
from the production of all cement sold in the state. The bill would
require the limitations to apply to cement manufactured in the state
and outside of the state. The bill would require the state board to
include the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the
transportation and delivery of all cement sold within
of cement to the state when calculating the
limitations.