HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-005 Idaho Air QualityCITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
RESOLUTION NO. 5 79
WHEREAS, the Federal Clean Air Act of 1970 and subsequent
amendments require the Federal Environmental Protection
Agency to issue air quality standards for those air pollutants
which have an adverse effect on public health, and further
require each State to adopt a comprehensive plan for attaining
and maintaining the levels of air quality specified by the
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Idaho Air Quality Implementation Plan is a
set of procedures, rules and regulations which are designed
to reduce levels of air pollution in Idaho. to levels consistent
with the air quality standards specified by the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency, and to protect those areas
of the state where pollutant concentration is below applicable
standards; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chubbuck is located in an area
heavily impacted by air pollution from industrial and other
sources;
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Chubbuck
find that the implementation plan for the control of air
pollution in the state of Idaho prepared by the Idaho Department
of Health & Welfare provides a good basis for immediate air
pollution controls to protect the public health and welfare;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, that:
1. The Mayor and Council of the City of Chubbuck
find, and hereby declare, that the public interest of this
community is served by the adoption of increasingly strict
air pollution standards by the Idaho Department of Health &
Welfare.
2. The Mayor and Council of the City of Chubbuck
recommend that the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
adopt the Idaho Air ~.Ouality Implementation Plan, and update
the plan from time to time with increasingly strict standards
as technology and circumstances allow.
PASSED BY TME MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK,
IDAHO this ]2 th day of 0une , 1979.
Attest:
City Clerk