HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-210 - ResolutionsRESOLUTION NO. 84-210
A RESOLUTION OF TI~E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING REDESIGNATION OF RIVERSIDE
COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO ATTAINMENT AREAS FOR
FEDERAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD F0R NITROGEN DIOXIDE
WHEREAS, all portions of a designated air quality control area are
considered by the Environmental Protection A~ency to be nonattainment areas for
a federal ambient air quality standard if one portion is not in attainment of
the standard; and
WHEREAS, designated areas which are in attainment of the federal
ambient air quality standards are not subject to the imposition of a
construction ban or other sanctions; and
WHEREAS, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties are now in attainment
of the federal ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide and have been
since 1981; and
WHEREAS, areas which are In attainment of the federal air quality
standards may be redesignated from nonattainment to attainment areas by the
provisions of the Clean Air Act; and
WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which is the
duly constituted air quality control agency for the South Coast Air Basin has,
as required by the provisions of the Clean Air Act, requested the State of
California Air Resources Board to recommend to the Environmental Protection
A~ency that the Riverside and San Bernardino County portions of the South Coast
Air Basin be redesignated to attainment of the federal air quality standard for
nitrogen dioxide; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has stated its intention
to consider imposition in the near future of a construction ban on major new
and modified stationary sources of air emissions and consider federal funding
limitations on the entire South Coast Air Basin even though only one county
area within this basin continues to be in nonattainment of the federal air
quality standard for nitrogen dioxide; and
WHEREAS, emission control programs adopted and implemented by the
South Coast Air Quality Management District, Riverside County, San Bernardino
County and the cities therein have been an integral 'pazt of the attainment of
the federal air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide in these counties and
cities; and
WHEREAS, the entire South Coast Air Basin has been projected to be in
attainment of the federal nitrogen dioxide standard by 1987; and
W~EREAS, in its passage of the Clean Air Act, Congress did not intend
to impose sanctions on an area which is making reasonable progress and good
faith efforts towards attainment of the air quality standards; and
WHEREAS, a construction ban would seriously hinder the construction of
congeneration and other energy conservation projects thus increasing our
dependence on foreign energy sources and decreasing our national security; and
WHEREAS, a construction ban and funding limitations could hinder the
present economic recovery in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and
impairing the well-being of the citizens of these areas; and
WHEREAS, a construction ban would hinder d~velopment of new and better
air pollution emission control technology and delay the installation of
improved emission controls and could impede the rate of emissions reductions in
these counties; and
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WHEREAS, imposition of a construction ban thus could be
counterproductive to the improvement in air quality in the counties of
Riverside and San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, redesignation to attainment of the federal air quality
standard for nitrogen dioxide for the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino
would prevent the imposition of a construction ban and funding restrictions and
resulting detrimental effects of such sanctions on air quality and the local
economy.
NOW, TIlEREFORM, BE IT RESOLVED that the California Air Resources Board
is requested to immediately approve the pending request to redesignate the
Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino to be attainment areas for the federal
ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide and promptly forward this
request and approval to the Environmental Protection Agency; and
BE IT FURMR RESOLVED that upon receipt from the Air Resources Board
of the redesignation request and approval for the Counties of Riverside and San
Bernardino that the Regional Administrator for Region IX of the Environmental
Protection Agency promptly approve the redesignation of the Counties of
Riverside and San Bernardino to attainment areas for the federal ambient air
quality standard for nitrogen dioxide,
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of July, 1984.
AYES: Wright, Buquet, MikeIs, Dahl, King
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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