Resolution_FAMPO_Air QualityHARNETT COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE FAYETTEVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA AIR QUALITY STAKEHOLDERS’ COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the federal Clean Air Act, through the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), establishes air quality standards to protect public health and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Fayetteville Metropolitan Area Air Quality Stakeholders’ Committee has acknowledged the importance of these standards in promoting quality of life, economic development,
and future healthy development; and
WHEREAS, the Fayetteville Metropolitan Area Air Quality Stakeholders Committee will strive to maintain at or below the Federal ozone standard as set annually by the EPA; and
WHEREAS, in 2003, the Air Quality Stakeholders Committee was created to proactively improve air quality for the citizens in the Fayetteville Metropolitan Area and its participating local
governments; and
WHEREAS, EPA, in conjunction with state governments, business, industry, and environmental interest, has developed an option known as an “Ozone Advance Program”, through which an area,
in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ) and EPA, can voluntarily improve conditions through strategies developed through an Action Plan to
help avoid a designation of non-attainment; and
WHEREAS, the benefits of participating in an Ozone Advance Program include: clean air sooner, potentially avoiding non-attainment designation; preference during EPA federal grant allocations;
flexibility to achieve standards in cost effective ways; development of local standards in partnership with stakeholders and the state, and other benefits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF HARNETT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AS A MEMBER OF THE FAYETTEVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA AIR QUALITY STAKEHOLDERS COMMITTEE,
that the Committee fully supports the Ozone Advance Program as approved by the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Board and will participate
in the development and implementation of an Action Plan, which will reduce ground-level ozone concentrations in preparation for the upcoming ozone standard.
Duly adopted this 20th day of August, 2018 and effective upon adoption.
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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Gordon Springle, Chairman
ATTEST:
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Margaret Regina Wheeler, Clerk to the Board