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I RESOLUTION NO. R-31-05 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 3 CITY OF COLTON IN SUPPORT OF LOCOMOTIVE AND RAIL YARD EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND 4 MITIGATIONS BILLS—AB 1222 (JONES), AB 888 (DE LA TORRE) AND S13 459 (ROMERO). 5 6 WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin is one of two "extreme non -attainment" air 7 basins for ozone in the United States and to attain federal and state public health standards 8 requires the extraordinary effort of the federal, state and local regulatory authorities working in concert; and 10 WHEREAS, federal and state health -based ambient air quality standards for ozone 11 and PM1 0 are regularly exceeded by a wide margin in the South Coast Air Basin; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has recently 14 adopted more stringent 8 -hour ozone and PM 2.5 standards that will require even greater 15 emission reductions in the South Coast Air Basin; and 16 WHEREAS, emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment within the South 17 Coast Air Basin contribute significantly to exceeding federal and state ozone and PM 10 18 standards, as well as to emissions of diesel exhaust, a toxic air contaminant; and 19 WHEREAS, in order to attain state and federal standards for ozone and PM2.5, it is 20 necessary that emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment be controlled or 21 otherwise mitigated; and 22 WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has authority to 23 adopt regulations limiting emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment, but state 24 and local regulatory authority to control emission from these sources is restricted by federal 25 law. In order to attain state and federal ambient air quality standards, it is necessary that 26 27 emissions from locomotives and rail yard equipment be controlled or mitigated by the 281