060-04
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
ENDORSEMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE OZONE EARLY ACTION
PLAN FOR THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AREA
Whereas, clear air is essential for quality of/ife, economic development and general
public well-being ofthe Northern Shenandoah Valley; and
Whereas, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EP A) established a
revised 8-hour ozone standard in 1997 that was set at 0.085 parts per million (ppm), averaged
over a three-year period; and
Whereas, the regional ozone monitoring station in the Northern Shenandoah Valley area
(in the County of Frederick) currently has a design value of 0.085 ppm that would qualifY the
area for the designation of non attainment area for ozone under the Clean Air Act (CAA) of 1990;
and
Whereas, the EP A has developed and endorsed that air quality planning concept of Early
Action Compacts [EAC], where an area that marginally exceeds the ozone standard can enter
into a voluntary agreement with state and federal governments to develop and implement an
Ozone Early Action Plan [EAP] to pro actively reduce ozone levels and come into compliance
with the standard; and
Whereas, elected officials, representing the County of Frederick and City of Winchester,
acting through the Northern Shenandoah Valley Air Improvement Task Force [Task Force]
entered into an EAC with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) and the
EP A in December 2002; and
Whereas, the EAC authorized the establishment of the Task Force and the development
of an EAP consisting of/ocal, state, and national strategies to bring the Northern Shenandoah
Valley Area into attainment with the 8-hour Ozone standard by 2007; and
Whereas, in response, the Task Force has developed and submitted an EAP for
consideration and adoption by the localities that have entered into the EAC; and
Whereas, the EAP contains specific commitments and responsibilities to be undertaken
by the localities that have entered into the EAC; and
Whereas, computer modeling, conducted by the VDEQ in accordance with EP A
standards, demonstrates that the EAP is predicted to return the Northern Shenandoah Valley
Area to attainment for the 8-hour Ozone standard by 2007; and
Whereas, County of FredericklCity of Winchester have adopted and will enforce these
specific commitments and responsibilities under the EAP; and
Whereas, County of FredericklCity of Winchester is fully committed to the regional
cooperation and coordination necessary to bring the area into attainment, as measured by the
regional Ozone monitor, for the 8-hour Ozone standard in 2007;
Therefore, be it resolved, that on this 27ili day of April, 2004 County ofFrederickl/City
of Winchester officially approves and endorses the EAP, and is a full party in its implementation
and success as described in the EAP.
Be it further resolved, that a signed copy of this resolution of commitment will be sent to
the Director of the VDEQ for processing and inclusion in the official State implementation Plan,
which once approved by EP A, will make these commitments and responsibilities federally
enforceable.
Adopted this 27ili day of April by the following recorded vote:
Richard C. Shickle Aye Gina A. Forrester ~
Barbara E. Van Osten _AY_L W. Harrington Smith, Jr. ~
Gary W. Dove ~ Lynda 1. Tyler ~
Bill M. Ewing ~
John R. . ey, Jr., CI to the Board of
Supervisors of Frederick County, VA
Resolution No. 060-04
COUNTY of FREDERICK
John R. Riley, Jr.
County Administrator
540/665-5666
Fax 540/667-0370
E-mail:
jriley@coJrederick.va.us
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
Board of Supervisors
John R. Riley, Jr., County Administrator
Endorsement and Adoption of Ozone Early Action Plan
April 22, 2004
At the March 10, 2004 Regular Meeting, the Board approved the Ozone Early Action
Plan. This approval was in the form of a motion rather than a formal resolution. The
EP A has requested that each Early Action Plan submittal include a formal resolution of
support. A copy of the formal resolution is attached.
It is requested that the Board adopt the formal resolution of Endorsement and Adoption,
which will be submitted with the approved signed copy of the plan.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you.
JRR/jet
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