(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) âDepartmentâ means the Department of Food and Agriculture. (2) âCommissionâ means the Public Utilities Commission. (3) âEnergy commissionâ means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (4) âStrategyâ means the strategy to reduce short-lived climate pollutants developed pursuant to Section 39730. (b) (1) The state board, in consultation with the department, shall adopt regulations to reduce methane emissions from livestock manure management operations and dairy manure management operations, consistent with this section and the strategy, by up to 40 percent below the dairy sectorâs and livestock sectorâs 2013 levels by 2030. (2) Prior to adopting regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the state board shall do all of the following: (A) Work with stakeholders to identify and address technical, market, regulatory, and other challenges and barriers to the development of dairy methane emissions reduction projects. The group of stakeholders shall include a broad range of stakeholders involved in the development of dairy methane reduction projects, including, but not limited to, project developers, dairy and livestock industry representatives, state and local permitting agencies, energy agency representatives, compost producers with experience composting dairy manure, environmental and conservation stakeholders, public health experts, and others with demonstrated expertise relevant to the success of dairy methane emissions reduction efforts. (B) Provide a forum for public engagement by holding at least three public meetings in geographically diverse locations throughout the state where dairy operations and livestock operations are present. (C) In consultation with the department, do both of the following: (i) Conduct or consider livestock and dairy operation research on dairy methane emissions reduction projects, including, but not limited to, scrape manure management systems, solids separation systems, and enteric fermentation. (ii) Consider developing and adopting methane emissions reduction protocols. (3) The state board shall make available to the public by posting on its Internet Web site a report on the progress made in implementing paragraph (2). Pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, the state board shall notify the Legislature of the report. (4) Notwithstanding the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be implemented on or after January 1, 2024, if the state board, in consultation with the department, determines all of the following: (A) The regulations are technologically feasible. (B) The regulations are economically feasible considering milk and live cattle prices and the commitment of state, federal, and private funding, among other things, and that markets exist for the products generated by dairy manure management and livestock manure management methane emissions reduction projects, including composting, biomethane, and other products. The analysis shall include consideration of both of the following: (i) Electrical interconnection of onsite electrical generation facilities using biomethane. (ii) Access to common carrier pipelines available for the injection of digester biomethane. (C) The regulations are cost effective. (D) The regulations include provisions to minimize and mitigate potential leakage to other states or countries, as appropriate. (E) The regulations include an evaluation of the achievements made by incentive-based programs. (c) No later than July 1, 2020, the state board, in consultation with the department, shall analyze the progress the dairy and livestock sectors have made in achieving the goals identified in the strategy and specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b). The analysis shall determine if suffic
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