Resolution 95-14
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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 Collin 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
emissions 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 questJoned;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by ~. /JF- ~~hat it
respectfully requests and supports the following:
Section 1.
A fair 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.
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