HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-077 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.08-77
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA EXPRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT FOR THE MARINE VESSEL EMISSIONS
REDUCTION ACT OF 2007 WHICH WOULD
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM MARINE
VESSELS AFFECTING AIR QUALITY FOR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2007 would
significantly reduce emissions from marine vessels affecting air quality for southern
California residents ;and
WHEREAS, large marine vessels, including foreign-flagged ships, are mostly
unregulated and a substantial source of pollutants; and
WHEREAS, marine vessels burn fuels with extremely high sulfur content known
as bunker fuel which averages approximately 27,000 parts per million (ppm) sulfur while
' U.S. equipment is required or will be required to burn with no more than 15 ppm; and
WHEREAS, these emissions cause severe health effects and emit over 50% of
the sulfur oxides, which are the precursors of smog, in southern California; and
WHEREAS, a recent analysis by the South Coast Air Quality Management
District concluded that over 700 premature deaths could be prevented in the South
Coast Basin if the marine vessel controls in this bill were implemented; and
WHEREAS, this bill would limit the sulfur content of fuel used by domestic and
foreign flagged marine vessels when they enter or leave U.S. ports beginning
December 31, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the fuel content limit will apply within 200 miles of the U.S. west
coast and within a distance to be approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for
all other applicable U.S. coastlines and shorelines; and
WHEREAS, this bill would only add pennies for each thousand dollars of
shipment value as only the last two hundred miles of the trip would require the clean
fuel; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Temecula supports the
' Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2007 and will provide a formal letter of
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support to Congresswoman Boxer, Congresswoman Feinstein, and Representative
Solis.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 12th day of August, 2008.
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Micha aggar, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan W
City Clerk
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MMC
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' STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 08-77 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 12th day of August, 2008, by the
following vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Washington,
Naggar
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Roberts
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
( Susan .Jones, MMC
\ City Clerk
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