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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 5235 2004-05-24 I I I RESOLUTION NUMBER :5 ;j 35 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 1397 (ESCUTIA), WHICH WOULD ENACT THE LOCOMOTIVE EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin is one of two "extreme non-attainment" air basins in the United States and to achieve attainment of fcdcral and state public health standards requires extraordinary effort by federal, state and local regulatory authorities working in concert; and WHEREAS, fedcral and statc health-based ambient air quality standards for ozone and PMIO are exceeded regularly and by a wide margin in the South Coast Air Basin; and WHEREAS, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has recently adopted morc stringent 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 standards that will require even greater emission reductions in the South Coast Air Basin; and .. WHEREAS, air pollution emissions from locomotives in tlle South Coast Air Basin contribute significantly to exceedances offederal and state ozonc and PMlO standards, as well as to cmissions of dicscl cxhaust, a toxic air contaminant; and WHEREAS, in order to attain state and federal standards for ozone and PM2.5, it is necessary that emissions from locomotives be controlled or otherwise mitigated; and WHEREAS, the federal Environmcntal Protection Agency has authority to adopt regulations limiting emissions from locomotives, but state and local regulatory authority to control emission from locomotivcs is rcstricted by federal law. In order to attain state and Icderal ambient air quality standards, it is necessary that emissions from locomotivcs be controlled or mitigated by the federal government or, if necessary, by state or local governments using authorities available to them; and WHEREAS, in I ~98, .tJte California Air Rcsourccs Board entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with .ilie.'BurlLii~orthcrn and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the Union Pacific Railroad Co'mp811Y, under, ~l\jbh the railroads agreed to utilize locomotives in the South Coast Air Basin that would mect,cbiittiri~emissions limitations; and J'I \\.tJ. '--" . t ~~: WHEREAS, in 2003,.th~'Soil,\IfG:oast Air Quality Management District adopted the most rccent rcvision to'its Air Quality ~~~pment Plan. Thc 2003 Plan includes stringent emissions standards for factories, pqwer plaq.~n-road and off-road mobile sources and other sources that arc within the regulatory JJ!~<!is;til:ln of the South Coast District and the California Air Resources Board - including sources that, like locomotives, are powered by diesel engines. The pcrcentagc of emission reductions that will be achieved by significant sources subjcct to state and local authority is substantially greater th81l thc percentage of emissions reductions that will be achieved by locomotives wlder existing federal regulations and the 1998 MOU; and WHEREAS, the 2003 South Coast District Plan proposes a significant amount of emissions reductions through means tllat arc yet to be specifically determincd; and WHEREAS, unless and until the federal Environmental Protection Agency adopts rcgulations requiring locomotives in the South Coast Air Basin to achieve all feasible emission rcductions as necessary to achieve federal clean air standards, the South Coast Air Quality Management District should bc authorized to adopt a locomotive mitigation fee for locomotive emissions that is proportionate to the health and environmental harms resulting from those emissions; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary that legislation authorize the South Coast Air Quality Management District to implemcnt a locomotive emission reduction and mitigation program. Resolution Number ~;}35 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH HEREBY DECLARES AND RESOLVES THAT SENATE BILL 1397 . is necessary to protcct the health and welfare of our residents from cancer causing toxic air pollutants, espccially children and seniors; . is essential to reduce diesel cmissions from locomotives in Southern California to meet the deadline for clean air established by the federal government; . is critical in ensuring the burden for emission reductions in the region is not unfairly 1 placed on local businesses, and that significant futurc rcductions are achieved from locomotives; . ensures funding for mitigation measures to reduce cmissions from trains, associated sources and for programs to address accompanying health effects from diesel emissions. ]<'URTHER RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH HEREBY URGES CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS TO ENACT SB 1397 AS PROPOSED AND URGES THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT INTO STATE LAW WITHOUT DELAY. ,. PASSE.Bi APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach on ~ day of 7Y{~ ,2004 by the following vote: AYES: Councihnembers (JL)1i1ao' r 'rIJ:mu ~ 1f~1J 1-'-/)07- ; &L1) , I 0- NOES: Councilmembers ~ ABSENT: Councilmembers ~ I * -I ATTEST: ~~ [kt;", ity lerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is thc original copy of Resolution Number S~35 on file in thc office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of thc City of Seal Beach, at a regular meeting thereofhcld on thc f) J.f-f:b.. day of 7Yl~ _ .2004. ~. -Yl~ ity lerk ~~~ 1 "