Updated Tables, Spreadsheets and References

This page last reviewed November 30, 2010

Background Information

The Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) for the Cost of Implementation Fee Regulation was released to the public on May 8, 2009.  Appendix C to the ISOR describes ARB and Cal/EPA’s program costs for carrying out AB 32.  Staff is aware that some stakeholders would like more detail regarding these program costs, and has therefore developed spreadsheets with more detailed information.  Staff has also made corrections to the tables contained in Appendix C to reflect this more detailed information.  Links to the spreadsheets and updated tables can be found below.

Staff originally planned to make these documents available for public comment after the June 25, 2009 public hearing, when any modifications to the originally proposed regulations will be made available for a supplemental 15-day comment period.  Staff realized, however, that stakeholders may prefer that these documents be made available as soon as possible.  Therefore, these documents were posted on this internet site on May 29, 2009. 

ARB staff welcomes comments on the spreadsheets and tables linked below.  Instructions on how to submit comments can be found in the hearing notice for the Fee Regulation at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2009/feereg09/feereg09.htm.  The public may submit comments prior to the June 25, 2009 public hearing.  ARB will also accept comments on these documents during the supplemental 15-day comment period after the hearing.  All comments will be considered before any final decision is made to adopt the proposed regulation.

Tables 

The links below are two tables found in the Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons that have been updated to more accurately reflect data from the spreadsheets.  These replace tables 3a (pages 109 and 110 for FY 07/08) and 4a (pages 110 and 111 for FY 08/09) of the Staff Report.

Spreadsheets

The spreadsheets linked below provide detailed information on ARB staff resources utilized for carrying out AB 32 during the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 fiscal years.  While this information is the best available as of May 26, 2009, it may change if more  information becomes available.   Information provided for 2008/2009 is particularly subject to change, as fiscal year 2008/2009 is ongoing.

• California State Employment Classification
• Employee’s Division within ARB
• “Employee” used for tallying the total number of staff
• Employee’s Monthly Salary
• Percent of Time spent during each Fiscal Year working on AB 32 (including if staff worked only part of the year or was part time)
• Annual Allocated Cost (salary) during fiscal year
• Employee Start and End Dates (when the employee started and ended, if applicable, working on the AB 32 program)
• The first, second and third program areas the employee worked within the AB 32 program, as applicable
• Notes describing the percentage split between programs. For example, if the “First Program Area” is Scoping Plan, “Second Program Area” is Green Buildings and the “Third Program Area” is GHG Inventory and the “Notes” column says 30/20/20, this means that 30 percent of this employee’s time was spent on the Scoping Plan, 20 percent each for Green Buildings and GHG Inventory, and 70 percent of the employee’s overall time was spent on AB 32 related work.