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_ ...? w?.,.... _. _ ?,a?.,?.w., .....e ..: .. _ . . ?, 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 WHEREAS, the Joint Committee convened public meetings in each of the eight counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit to obtain comments from the public on the proposed implementation of the Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program, following published notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in each of the eight counties; and WHEREAS, the Joint Committee convened on November 19, 1993 to consider the comments made at the public meetings and approved a resolution of request to the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to implement and supervise the Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program in the seven counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit within the moderate nonattainment region for ozone in Northeastern Ohio; and WHEREAS, this resolution of request was transmitted to the local legislative authorities within the eight-county Northeast Ohio Moderate Nonattainment Area, including this body, for their approval as required by law; and WHEREAS, approval must occur within forty-five days of receipt of the Joint Committee resolution of request to be effective; and WHEREAS, the Joint Committee must declaze the request to be ratified if it has been approved (1) by the legislative authorities of a majority of the counties located in the nonattainment area, (2) in each of a majority of the counties located in the nonattainment area, by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation having the largest population within the county, and (3) by the legislative authorities of a combination of municipal corporations and townships with a combined population of at least 60 percent of the total population of the non attainment area; and WHEREAS, if such a legislative authority fails to mail or otherwise deliver a copy of its resolution or ordinance approving or disapproving the request to the Joint Committee within 45 days after receiving a copy of the request and not later than 120 days after September 27, 1993, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislative authority approved the request.