HomeMy WebLinkAbout20120478.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PASSAGE OF H.B. 12-1103
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, for a number of recent years, the oil and gas industry in Weld County has
been required to include ozone reduction mechanisms on their production equipment, and since
2006, such mechanisms have been successful in consistently reducing the three-year, fourth
maximum ozone levels in Weld and Larimer counties to levels below the Federal requirements
of 75 ppb NAAQS, and
WHEREAS, disregarding such reductions, S.B. 09-003, which was enacted into law in
2009, required portions of Weld and Larimer counties to be included in the "Enhanced
Emissions" program already in place in the Denver metropolitan counties in an effort to bring the
region into compliance with Federal limits for ozone, and
WHEREAS, as a result of S.B. 09-003, emissions testing of certain vehicles in Weld and
Larimer counties began in December, 2010, and has continued since then, and
WHEREAS, H.B. 12-1103 has been introduced in the Colorado General Assembly,
which, if passed, will allow the Board of County Commissioners to exclude, by resolution, any or
all parts of the County from the enhanced motor vehicle emissions program area if the excluded
part of the County does not violate any national ambient air quality standard for carbon
monoxide or ozone as established by the environmental protection agency (75 ppb NAAQS),
and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to express its support for the passage of H.B. 12-1103.
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EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PASSAGE OF H.B. 12-1103
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Weld County, Colorado, that it hereby expresses its support for the passage of H.B. 12-1103.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 15th day of February, A.D., 2012.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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Sean P. Co y, Chair r
Weld County Clerk to the Board
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William . Garci , Pro-Tem
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Deputy •Q-rk to the BoSri. a►; %EXCUSED
". Bar ra Kirkmeyer
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: David E. Long
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Date of signature: 3b V/2-
2012-0478
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