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Home My WebLink About2005 021 CC RESO2005 021 CC RESOö˜Ðw`òÕw¢VÄRESOLUTION NO. 2005-021 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DECLARING ITS SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 459 ROMERO); ASSEMBLY BILL 1222 JONES); AND ASSEMBLY BILL 888 DE LA TORRE), WHICH WOULD ENACT LOCOMOTIVE AND RAIL YARD EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND MITIGATION PROGRAMS; A REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM; AND CALL UPON U.S. EPA TO FURTHER LIMIT LOCOMOTIVE EMISSIONS WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin is one of two extreme nonattainment" air basins for ozone in the United States and to achieve attainment of federal and state public health standards requires extraordinary effort by federal, state and local regulatory authorities working in concert; and WHEREAS, federal and state health-based ambient air quality standards for ozone and PM10 are exceeded regularly and by a wide margin in the South Coast Air Basin; and WHEREAS, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has recently adopted more stringent 8-hour ozone and PM 2.5 standards that will require even greater emission reductions in the South Coast Air Basin; and WHEREAS, emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment in the South Coast Air Basin contribute significantly to exceedances of federal and state ozone and PM 10 standards, as well as to emissions of diesel exhaust, a toxic air contaminant; and WHEREAS, in order to attain state and federal standards for ozone and PM2.5. it is necessary that emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment be controlled or otherwise mitigated; and WHEREAS, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has authority to adopt regulations limiting emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment, but state and local regulatory authority to control emission from these sources is restricted by federal law. In order to attain state and federal ambient air quality standards, it is necessary that emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment be controlled or mitigated by the federal government or. if necessary, by state or local governments using authorities available to them; and BIB] 38630-U01 2005-U02 021-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO60484-U03 DO73363-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 09/21/2005-U04 ADMIN-U04 2005 021 CC RESOö˜Ðw`òÕw¢VÄResolution No. 2005-021 Page 2 WHEREAS, in 1998. the California Air Resources Board entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, under which the railroads agreed to utilize locomotives in the South Coast Air Basin that would meet certain emissions limitations; and WHEREAS, in 2003. the South Coast Air Quality Management District adopted the most recent revision to its Air Quality Management Plan. The 2003 Plan includes stringent emissions standards for factories, power plants, on-road and off-road mobile sources and other sources that are within the regulatory jurisdiction of the South Coast District and the California Air Resources Board including sources powered by diesel engines similar to locomotives and rail yard equipment. The percentage of emission reductions that will be achieved by significant sources subject to state and local authority is substantially greater than the percentage of emissions reductions that will be achieved by locomotives under existing federal regulations and the 1998 MOU; and WHEREAS, the 2003 South Coast District Plan proposes a significant amount of emissions reductions through means that are yet to be specifically determined. To the extent that emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment are not controlled. additional emissions reductions from sources subject to state and local regulatory jurisdiction, which have already been stringently regulated, will be required; and WHEREAS, one means of mitigating emissions from locomotives is by funding programs to reduce equivalent emissions from other sources that contribute to ozone. PM10. PM2.5. or toxic air pollution. For example, the lack of grade separations between rail lines and surface streets in the South Coast Air Basin contributes to emissions from idling vehicles and is an indirect emissions impact of increasing rail traffic in the Alameda Corridor and Alameda Corridor-East. Funds obtained through a locomotive emissions mitigation program could be utilized to establish additional grade separations, as well as other control strategies; and WHEREAS, unless and until the federal Environmental Protection Agency adopts regulations requiring locomotives in the South Coast Air Basin to achieve all feasible emission reductions as necessary to achieve federal clean air standards, the South Coast Air Quality Management District should be authorized to adopt a locomotive mitigation fee for locomotive emissions that is proportionate to the health and environmental harms resulting from those emissions, provided such mitigation fee does not result in a shift or increase in emissions to other parts of the Basin; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary that legislation authorize the South Coast Air Quality Management District to implement a locomotive emission reduction and mitigation program; and a retrofit requirement for rail yard equipment; and BIB] 38630-U01 2005-U02 021-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO60484-U03 DO73363-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 09/21/2005-U04 ADMIN-U04 2005 021 CC RESOö˜Ðw`òÕw¢VÄResolution No. 2005-021 Page3 WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary that legislation authorize the California Air Resources Board to implement a statewide remote sensing program to detect high polluting locomotives operating in the state; NOW. THEREFORE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DOES HEREBY DECLARE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888; and Senate Bill 459 are necessary to protect the health and welfare of our residents from cancer causing toxic air pollutants, especially children and seniors. Section 2. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888 and Senate Bill 459 are essential to reduce diesel emissions from locomotives in Southern California to meet deadlines between 2010 and 2021 for clean air established by federal government. Section 3. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888 and Senate Bill 459 are critical in ensuring the burden for emission reductions in the region is not unfairly placed on local businesses, and that significant future reductions are achieved from currently under- regulated locomotives and rail yard equipment Section 4. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888 and Senate Bill 459 ensure funding to mitigate locomotive air pollution by creating additional grade separations between rail lines and local surface streets to reduce emissions from idling trains, and for programs to address accompanying health effects from diesel emissions. Section 5. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888 and Senate Bill 459 ensure that emissions from rail yard equipment impacting local communities will be controlled Section 6. That Assembly Bills 1222 & 888 and Senate Bill 459 ensure that high polluting locomotives in the state will be identified and that appropriate repairs will be requested NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park hereby urges California Legislators to Enact AB 122; AB 888 and SB 459 AS PROPOSED AND URGES THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE BILLS INTO STATE LAW WITHOUT DELAY. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April. 2005. BIB] 38630-U01 2005-U02 021-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO60484-U03 DO73363-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 09/21/2005-U04 ADMIN-U04 2005 021 CC RESOö˜Ðw`òÕw¢VÄResolution No. 2005-021 Page 4 ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA I COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss. CITY OF BALDWIN PARK l I, Rosemary M. Ramirez, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at regular meeting of the City Council held on April 20, 2005, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: Marlen Garcia, David J. Olivas, Bill Van Cleave, Mayor Pro Tern Ricardo Pacheco, and Mayor Manuel Lozano NONE NONE NONE ROSEMARY M. RAMTREZ, CMC CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK BIB] 38630-U01 2005-U02 021-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO60484-U03 DO73363-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 09/21/2005-U04 ADMIN-U04