Comprehensive Plastics Reduction Program

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The City of Los Angeles (City), as the Lead Agency, through its Bureau of Sanitation (LA Sanitation and Environment, LASAN), has prepared a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the proposed Comprehensive Plastics Reduction Program (proposed Program), which is further described below.

PROJECT LOCATION: The proposed Program would occur throughout the City of Los Angeles.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City seeks to implement a citywide Comprehensive Plastics Reduction Program, which would involve adopting measures to reduce or eliminate the production and use of single-use plastic products (“upstream” measures) and encourage reuse of other items to the extent feasible, thereby reducing or eliminating the input of single-use plastics into the City’s waste stream and the environment and reducing the aesthetic, environmental, and human health impacts of single-use plastics. The proposed upstream measures may include bans on specific single-use products; product stewardship programs (e.g., certain packaging and/or foodware items); extended producer responsibility programs (e.g., take-back programs for certain textiles); policies to require and/or support the manufacturing of durable, reusable, repairable, and recyclable products (e.g., requirements for recycled content in certain products); and evaluating Program efficacy and conducting additional studies (e.g., additional take-back programs and/or pilot programs).

The City anticipates that a decrease in single-use plastics could result in an increase in the use of reusable, compostable, and recyclable materials in the City. Therefore, the proposed Program would include elements to increase the City’s ability to manage these materials, such as by collecting, reusing, recycling, and composting alternative materials and supporting reusable products (“downstream” measures). These downstream measures may include the construction or expansion of recycling and composting facilities; regional market development to expand the City’s ability to recycle and reuse currently unmarketable single-use items; and infrastructure to support the use of reusable items. The proposed Program would also include public education, outreach, and engagement as well as enforcement.

ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The Draft PEIR identified potentially significant impacts of proposed downstream measures that could be reduced to a less than significant level with adoption of proposed mitigation measures for Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry, Air Quality, Geology and Soils, Hydrology and Water Quality, and Utilities and Service Systems. The Draft PEIR identified potentially significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed downstream measures to Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, and Wildfire. No potentially significant and unavoidable impacts were identified for the proposed upstream measures.

PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: The Draft PEIR will be circulated for a forty-five (45) day public review period beginning on March 12, 2024, and ending on April 26, 2024. The Draft PEIR and other proposed Program documents are available for download below.

A hard copy of the Draft PEIR is available for public review at the front desk of the City of Los Angeles, Public Works Building, 1149 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015, during business hours Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hard copies of the Draft PEIR are also available for public review at the following Los Angeles Public Library branches within each of the 15 City of Los Angeles Council Districts:

Library Name Library Address
Echo Park Branch Library 1410 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90026
Valley Plaza Branch Library 12311 Vanowen Street North Hollywood, CA 91605
Canoga Park Branch Library 20939 Sherman Way Canoga Park, CA 91303
Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library 7140 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90046
Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library 2920 Overland Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90064
Panorama City Branch Library 14345 Roscoe Boulevard Panorama City, CA 91402
Lake View Terrace Branch Library 12002 Osborne Street Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library 2205 W. Florence Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90043
Junipero Serra Branch Library 4607 S. Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90037
Washington Irving Branch Library 4117 W. Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90018
West Los Angeles Regional Branch Library 11360 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025
Porter Ranch Branch Library 11371 Tampa Avenue Porter Ranch, CA 91326
Cahuenga Branch Library 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90029
Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library 6145 N. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90042
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library 24000 S. Western Harbor City, CA 90710

If you wish to submit comments following review of the Draft PEIR, please send your written or typed comments to LASAN by one of the following delivery methods at the earliest possible date, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday April 26, 2024. In your comments, please include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, business or organization affiliation (if any), and the subject line “Comprehensive Plastics Reduction Draft PEIR”.

Email: san_sourcereduction@lacity.org

Or Mail: LASAN - Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Division
             Attn: Christine Batikian
             1149 S. Broadway, 5th Floor MS 944
             Los Angeles, CA 90015

Or Online Submissions: Please fill out the comment form linked here: Comment Form

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Three (3) virtual public meetings will be held. The purpose of the meetings is to provide an overview of the proposed Program and environmental analysis to assist in developing comments on the Draft PEIR. No decisions on the proposed Program will be made at these virtual meetings. Questions and comments raised in the meetings will not be considered to be official comments. Official comments must be submitted in writing as described above. The virtual meeting dates and times are as follows:

Public Draft PEIR Meeting #1 (virtual) - March 21, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Registration Link

Public Draft PEIR Meeting #2 (virtual) - April 4, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Registration Link

Public Draft PEIR Meeting #3 (virtual) - April 6, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
Registration Link


DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW:
Report (Click on italicized text to view report) Review Status Public Review Period
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (Full)
Acronyms
Executive Summary
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Program Description
Section 3: Environmental Analysis
Section 4: Cumulative Impact Analysis
Section 5: Alternatives
Section 6: Other CEQA Concerns
Section 7: References
Section 8: List of Preparers
Appendix A: Current State and Local Regulatory Landscape
Appendix B: Scoping Summary Report
Appendix C: Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, HRA, and Energy Analyses
Appendix D: Biological Resources Existing Environment
Appendix E: Downstream Noise Model
Open 03/12/2024 to 04/26/2024
Notice of Completion and Availability (Draft PEIR) Open 03/12/2024 to 04/26/2024
Notice of Preparation Closed 05/01/2023 to 05/30/2023
Proposed Program Fact Sheet    
Presentation PDF: Scoping Meeting    
Presentation PDF: Draft PEIR Public Meeting    
Video: Scoping Meeting Presentation - City of Los Angeles Proposed Comprehensive Plastic Reduction Program    
Video: Presentación: Proyecto Propuesto - Ciudad de Los Ángeles Programa Integral de Reducción de Plásticos    
Presentación PDF: Reunión Pública sobre el PEIR Preliminar    
Video: Presentación sobre el PEIR Preliminar (Reunión Pública) - Ciudad de Los Ángeles Programa Integral de Reducción de Plásticos    
     
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