HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 5665 RESOLUTION NO. 5665
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH RECOMMENDING THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MITIGATION
OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM OFFSHORE OIL DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach is located within the
jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District; and
The South Coast Air Quality Management District also includes
the counties of Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, and the urban portion
of San Bernardino County, and has more than 11 million residents; and
The District is the sole and exclusive local agency within the
South Coast Air Basin with the responsibiity for comprehensive air
pollution control; and
The Clean Air Act and the California State Health and Safety
Code mandate the South Coast Air Quality Management District to
achieve and maintain the federal and state ambient air quality
standards at the earliest possible date by application of the best
available technological and administrative practices; and
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is a federally
designated nonattainment area for four of the major air contaminants
and for two secondary contaminants; and
It is in the public interest that those standards for the pro-
tection of public health not be exceeded; and
There are offshore areas proposed for oil exploration and
development which are adjacent to the South Coast District and have a
potential for significant adverse air quality impacts; and
The Environmental Protection Agency is the federal agency most
aware of the severe air quality problems and the need for very
stringent emission controls in the South Coast District; and
The Environmental Protection Agency is the federal agency
responsible under the Clean Air Act for control of emissions from
onshore Outer Continental Shelf-related activities, including storage
tanks and gas processing facilities;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach hereby affirms its support for the ,air pollution
control concepts embodied in the South Coast Air Quality Management
District' s Rules and Regulations, including Best Available Control
Technology for all offshore oil development operations and the
resulting distribution and refining of the petroleum products, and
the requirement that all net increases in air contaminant emissions
must be offset; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that federal regulations governing off-
shore oil exploration and development should be consistent with, and
at least as stringent as, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Rules and Regulations development under the Clean Air Act; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach requests that the Environmental Protection Agency be
assigned the responsibility now held by the Department of Interior
for regulating air emissions from all facilities on the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nrf
day of June , 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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City A inistr or
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Res. No. 5665
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss;
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
1, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2n d day
of June 1986 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly , MacAllister, Finley, Mandic , Bailey , Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Thomas
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California