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s <br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 2,1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 5"~ <br />SUBJECT: OZONE AIR QUALITY ACTION PLAN <br />DEPARTMENT: ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S):., INFORMATION CONTACT'S <br />David Stanch, ERC Director <br />• Draft Resolution Extension 259Q <br />• Resolution from Commission far the Environment ' <br />• City of Durham Air Quality Action Flan TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />• Example of ozone E-Mail Alert - Hillsborough. - 732-81.81. <br />..Durham - 688'-7331 <br />....Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution authorizing the creation of an Air Quality Action Plan for <br />Orange County, as per a request from the Commission for the Environment. <br />BACKGROUND: On January 11, the Commission for the Environment adopted a resolution asking <br />the Boazd of Commissioners to authorize the creation of an Air Quality Action <br />Plan for Orange County. The resolution also asks that the County, as a part of this <br />plan, join the N.C. Air Awareness Employer Coalition. <br />During recent summers, the Triangle region has achieved elevated levels of <br />ground-level ozone. N.C. Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) staff anticipates that <br />Orange County may not meet new air quality standazds from the Environmental <br />Protection Agency due sometime in the year 2000. To address this, many large <br />regional employers and local governments (including Durham and Wake <br />Counties) have developed Air Quality Action Plans in conjunction with the NC <br />Air Awazeness program. <br />The Durham Air Quality Action Plan (attached) outlines incentives for <br />participation in ozone-reducing measures, such asafter-hours refueling, <br />carpooling, taking lunches in office, and other techniques. <br />