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<br /> w1[h thc specific legisla[Son, that thc study was not coordin�ted wlth any pendin�;
<br /> legiolation, only dcnlinE with extatrng legislatLon, nnd ln reply to tlic third qucatlon,
<br /> to�mnenCed this wae a matter of opinion, ne it was their feeling [hat certain aepec[n of
<br /> thle plan will give local Covernment control
<br /> City M1naFerG iles in[er7c�c[cd U��t th�t conlrol w�ti plvui up with Lhe �doption nl th�
<br /> Wu[er Po1luLion �ontrol AcL in 1972 whcn thc (ontrol Act wi4 ��cceptid and fhe (i[irs �re
<br /> now feeling Chc effec[s of thut, nnd scrondly, S[ was [hc consensus of opinion a[ th�
<br /> tnble after [hc qucs[ion was saked "Whcn was thc lasC timc we acccpl.ed a Icdcral Program
<br /> withou[ giving up local control�" commenting he could not remember, and no-one clse ,
<br /> can eithec Mayor Kilburg inquired wha[ the options were, with Dr Leong commen[ing
<br /> [hat [he dties should come up with a Plan that meets and maintains the Air Qualicy
<br /> ' S[andards, if we can come up with a Plan that does it [hrough [echnological controls
<br /> then you do not need transpor[ation land use controls, that the bottom line of thc
<br /> Clean Air Ac[ of 1977 is that the public health of the nation is to be protecced, those
<br /> etandards were se[ by the original Clean Air Act oE 1970 in which five years was given,
<br /> viCh [he possible ex[ension of tvo years, so that under the old legisla[ion , the country
<br /> `� as a whole was supposed to come up with stra[egies and programs to mee[ [he Clean Air
<br /> � S[andards by 1977, that the Failure of many areas [o do so resul[ed in Congress re-
<br /> evaluating the entire Clean Air situation, giving a 10-year extension for areas to meet
<br /> [he'Standards and come up wi[h Plans that will do it He rei[erated [he auto emission
<br /> control, commenting the cars as they become cleaner and cleaner,are only 25 to 30'/, of
<br /> the problem, explaining that major industry is not the source of the problem either,
<br /> speaking m the problem of aircraft pollu[ion, motorcycles, diesels, etc, citing [he
<br /> fact big industry is not a ma�or pollution problem, because [hey have [his problem under
<br /> control, that it ■s the smaller industries [ha[ are a problem now, and the ma�or problem
<br /> is the orgamc solvents evaporation, giving various examples of this (vapors in [he
<br /> gasoline s[ations, organic solvent based paints, etc )
<br /> Councilman Michael Barret[ inquired how many of these things would be direc[ly rele[ed
<br /> Co OSNA rather than through the Environmental Plan, with Dr Leong explaining that
<br /> because the collection systems are vented to the atmosphere in a dry cleaning operation,
<br /> it wwld be eovered by this program, also most of the gasoline operations and organic _
<br /> storage operations, E g refineries, have large floating roof tanke and cover the storage �
<br /> facilities, so most of them are covered by this program and less by OSHA He went on
<br /> to explain [hat the Clean Air Ac[ of 1977 reqvires tha[ a Pian be submitted to EPA by
<br /> .Tanuary 1, 1979, which identifies the measures that are necessary to show attainment
<br /> and thereafter maintenance of [he Quality Standards, so by 1979, a Plan has to be
<br /> submi[[ed by the Air Resources Board to EPA to the extent that they agree or disagree
<br /> [o the local Ylan and will use the local plan Eor input co tnac, if [he local t,overnmenc
<br /> completely fails to prepare a plan, it becomea [he State's responsibility to prepare
<br /> that plan He covunented that there is ano[her ceqvirement that by 1982 [here be an
<br /> up-date to that plan and by then the measures identified in the earlier years of the
<br /> Clean Air Act would have to be in efFec[
<br /> ' Responding to an inquiry from Mayor Rilburg, Dr Leong commented that there are plans
<br /> to annually up-date this document and momtor the progress, [hat there will be
<br /> reco�enda[ions to ad�ust the Plan, bu[ [his, currently, is the bes[ estimate of what
<br /> controls are needed to satisfy the Federal Government
<br /> City Manager Fales, referring to Dr. Leong's reference to uncontrolled air pollution
<br /> emissiona, i e vapors that rome from certain paints, cited [he fact they found it
<br /> impossible [o articulate 1) Nowhere in the Federal legislature is that s[ated, that
<br /> one of [he ques[ions is whether or not people in this part oF the country feel that it
<br /> is going to be worth it in terms of whatever reductions migh[ be achieved in Air Pollution '
<br /> L by virtue of the fact that somebody represen[ing some Government is going to some day
<br /> come out and [ell them tha[ they are in violation of a law or regulation because they
<br /> are using a kind of paznt on their house, [hat [his is not the kind of paint ehe
<br /> Government says is [he one a person can use, co�enting that if you take this example,
<br /> and there are a myriad of other ones, this is the kind oF policy considerations that
<br /> the Task Force wants the local officials to [hink about and con[emplate
<br /> Dr Leong explained there would be no intention that there be a regulation reqmring the
<br /> use of cer[ain paints by particular individaals explsimng that [he State Air Resources
<br /> Board developed, in wn�unction with the manufac[urers, a"model ordinance" in [rying [o
<br /> come [o grips with [he orgamc solvents, that wha[ [hey are trying [o do is go right m[he
<br /> eource, requiring the large paint manufacturers to develop paints [hat would meet [hose
<br /> epecificationa
<br /> Reeponding to Snquiries from Councilman Mario B11gi of ftedwood Ci[y, Dr Leong responde�
<br /> thut Che Plan hae to identify [he coets reqmred to carry out the Plan, [ha[ whoc they "
<br /> flre doing is trying to Ldentify [hose agenmes [hat are responsible and go [o [hose
<br /> agencies that are responsible for implementa[Son of the lndividual mmsures, Chat the
<br /> curren[ proposal Sn the DraF[ Management Plan is [o up-da[e it annunlly, and if it
<br /> were found [he costs were too high, S[ would have to be reflected in the up-da[ee
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