CC Resolution No. 1022 1826
RESOLUTION NO. 1022
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE
HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL' S (HGAC) POLICY STATEMENT
REGARDING FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT LEGISLATION.
WHEREAS, the Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of
Directors has approved a Policy Statement entitled "Outline of
Legislative Strategy for Clean Air Act" regarding federal clean
air act legislation; and
WHEREAS, endorsement of the "Outline of Legislative Strategy
for Clean Air Act" will provide increased evidence of a unified
Texas position on new clean air act legislation; and
WHEREAS, the "Outline of Legislative Strategy for Clean Air
Act" recognizes the need for continued efforts to improve air
quality and urges that effort to focus upon national measures
such as reductions in vehicle emissions and controls on fuels,
rather than emphasizing extensive additional state and local
regulations on business industry and automobile users; and
WHEREAS, the "Outline of Legislative Strategy for Clean Air
Act" urges a careful , independent review of the national air
quality strategy to assure that pollution controls actually work
as planned; and
WHEREAS, the "Outline of Legislative Strategy for Clean Air
Act" urges that sanctions be imposed only on jurisdictions which
fail to implement pollution controls for which they are
responsible; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS :
Section 1 : That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, hereby endorses the "Outline of Legislative Strategy for
Clean Air Act" Policy Statement attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and urges that it be forwarded to the appropriate state and
federal officials .
Section 2 : This resolution shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this -the 14th day of July,
1988.
METT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
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ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
ANDALL B. STRONG, City torney
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Outline of Legislative Strategy for Clean Air Act
Points to Include in the Federal Legislative Strategy
National controls on motor vehicle emissions should be increased.
• Controls should be extended to categories that ate now exempt
• A fleet average total emissions standard should be set allowing the manufacturer to
choose the most technologically feasible and cost effective ways to reduce both idle and
evaporative emissions.
There should be national controls on motor vehicle fuels.
• There should be national controls on Reid Vapor Pressure of gasoline.
• The use of alternative fuels for centralized fleet operations should be encouraged.
National emission standards for commercial and private aircraft should be reviewed.
The ozone control strategy should be reviewed.
• There should be federally-funded independent research by an agency such as the National
Academy of Sciences to thoroughly understand how ozone is formed in the atmosphere.
• A federally-funded continuous hydrocarbon monitoring network at least as extensive as
the ozone monitoring network should be set up by state and local agencies within one
year of bill enactment
• New legislation should be reviewed within five years and appropriately modified based on
the research results.
There should be deadlines for attainment
• It should be recognized that deadlines for attainment and requirements for continued
progress toward attainment are necessary elements of clean air legislation.
• ff an area cannot demonstrate attainment by 1992, and EPA specifies a required yearly
average percentage reduction of hydrocarbon emissions, all federal, state and local
controls should be counted towards this reduction.
SIP revision calls or requirements for revision of air quarrty control plans should not be
required more frequently than a S-year cycle to allow time for evaluation of the progress of
previous plans
Sanctions should be imposed only in areas which fall to adopt or implement an EPA-
approved *n.
• Sanctions should be imposed only in dime jurisdictions (within a planning area) that fail
to implement required control measures for which they have implementation
responsibility.