HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 4-94 - 1/11/1994 - ENHANCED INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE PROGRAMRESOLUTION 4-94
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ENHANCED
INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Chicago metropolitan region is classified as a severe
non -attainment area for ozone; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 require a 15 percent
reduction in volatile organic material, which contributes to emissions, by
the year 1996; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, as the agency
charged with developing the emissions reduction plan, has identified
Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance as a major component of their 15
percent reduction; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency currently lacks
the regulatory authority to enact this program; and
WHEREAS, the United State Environmental Protection Agency has stated
that the failure to enact this program could result in sanctions
jeopardizing up to 700 million federal dollars in transportation funds; and
WHEREAS, the loss of such funds would adversely affect the Council of
Mayors and the individual communities within the councils.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of
Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That the Village of Elk Grove Village urges the Illinois
General Assembly to provide the appropriate regulatory authority to the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in order to enact such a program.
Section 2: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval according to law.
VOTE:
AYE:
6
NAYS:
0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED
this
11th
day of
January 1994
APPROVED
this
11th
day of
January 1994
Dennis J. Gallitano
-village Aresi ee nt
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk