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RESOLUTION NO. 93-40 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RESOLUTION OF THE JOINT NOACA AND AMATS MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE POLICY COMMITTEE TO REQUEST THE OHIO EPA TO IMPLEMENT THE ENHANCED TAILPIPE TEST IN THE COUNTIES OF CUYAHOGA, GEAUGA, LAKE, LORAIN, MEDINA, PORTAGE AND SUMMIT WHEREAS, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 identify the eight counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit that compromise nonattainment region for ozone based on ambient air quality monitoring; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 174 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) and the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS) have been designated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the lead planning agencies in cooperation with the Ohio EPA responsible for development of an Ozone State Implementation Plan for purposes of reducing hydrocarbon emissions that cause ozone, with NOACA preparing plan elements in five counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina and AMATS preparing plan elements in the two counties of Portage and Summit ; and WI~REAS, the governing bodies of NOACA and AMATS have convened a Joint Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Policy Committee ("Joint Committee"), pursuant to Section 3704.142 (A)(2) of the Ohio Revised Code, for the purpose of initiating a request to the Director of the Ohio EPA to implement and supervise an Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program in the seven counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit in order to reduce hydrocarbon emissions; and WHEREAS, this action was taken following approval of NOACA Governing Board Resolution 93-147 which initiated the local opt-in process for the Enhanced Tailpipe Test and a written request b~ NOACA and AMATS to participate in convening a Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Policy Committee; and WHEREAS, it has been estimated that the Enhanced Tailpipe Test could reduce ozone-producing hydrocarbon emissions sufficiently, in concert with other reasonably available measures, to produce an adequate Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Northeast Ohio eight county ozone nonattainment region to comply with mandated federal requirements; and WHEREAS, an inadequate SIP is expected to result in federal sanctions that restrict economic growth and withhold federal highway funds; and WHEREAS, failure to reduce hydrocarbon emissions which cause harmful ground level ozone negatively impacts the health of children, the elderly and persons suffering from respiratory ailments and heart problems; and WHEREAS, the Joint Committee, on October 22, 1993, approved a resolution of intent to request the Director of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to implement and supervise the Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program in the seven Northeastern Ohio counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit; and