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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 Final 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 Final 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 Final 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 was 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.

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Three (3) virtual public meetings were held. The purpose of the meetings was 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 were made at these virtual meetings. Questions and comments raised in the meetings were not be considered to be official comments. The virtual meeting dates and times were as follows:

• Public Draft PEIR Meeting #1 (virtual) - March 21, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
• Public Draft PEIR Meeting #2 (virtual) - April 4, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
• Public Draft PEIR Meeting #3 (virtual) - April 6, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW:

Report (Click on italicized text to view report)	Review Status	Public Review Period
Final Program Environmental Impact Report (Full) Notice of Determination Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring Program LASAN Staff Report - Final PEIR
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	Closed	03/12/2024 to 04/26/2024
Notice of Completion and Availability (Draft PEIR) Notice of Completion and Availability (Draft PEIR)
Notice of Preparation >Notice of Preparation	Proposed Program Fact Sheet
Presentation PDF: Scoping Meeting  (May 2023)
Video: Scoping Meeting Presentation - City of Los Angeles Proposed Comprehensive Plastic Reduction Program (May 2023)
Presentation PDF: Draft PEIR Public Meeting (March 2024)
Video:  Final PEIR Public Meeting Presentation - City of Los Angeles Proposed Comprehensive Plastic Reduction Program  (March 2024)