HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 95-11 RESOLUTION NO. 95-11
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
WHEREAS, four of the sixteen counties which comprise the North Central Texas
Council of Governments' service area have been designated as a Non-Attainment Area
under the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; and
WHEREAS, this four-county area consists of Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant
Counties; and
WHEREAS, the remaining twelve counties could possibly be brought into the
Non-Attainment Area should the four county area not reach attainment by 1996; and
WHEREAS, one control measure for reaching attainment is known as centralized
vehicle emission testing; and
WHEREAS, this centralized system has been challenged and may be replaced with
a hybrid program calling for some automobiles based on their age being tested at
centralized facilities and others at decentralized facilities; and
WHEREAS, the science on which control measures are based is now being
questioned;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by The Colony City Council
that it respectfully requests and supports the following:
Section 1. A fail and cost-effective program to ensure a healthy environment.
Section 2. A committed effort by the appropriate state elected officials and
members of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
to secure the most convenient and cost effective vehicle emissions
testing program possible which grants full credits under the State
Implementation Plan.
Section 3. Federal legislation which extends the Clean Air Act deadline for
achieving the air quality standards in the four-county non-attainment
area from the year 1996 to 1998 so that the Act can be revisited for
the purpose of reviewing its underlying science to assure that the
assumed extent and causes of the air pollution problems in the
North Central Texas Region are as accurate as possible and that the
control measures designed to abate this pollution are cost effective.
Vehicle Emissions Testing
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Section 4. This Resolution shall be effective from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of March, 1995.
William W. Manning, Mayor ~
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
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