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Boothe identified things that the EPA is doing to help solve the air quality problem : • Cleaner car and light truck standards • Cleaner gasoline Cleaner heavy - duty diesel engines Cleaner diesel fuel Clear Skies initiative Boothe said that enforcement of the particulate matter ( PM ) standards is just down the road , and that may be more of a problem than ozone in terms of health effects . The proposed implementation is Fall of 2003 where we ' ll go through the same process for public input about PM , give our recommendations to the governor by February 2004 , and face final implementation in December 2004 . Currently we have seven monitors that are violating the PM standards , Mecklenburg , Forsyth , Davidson , Cumberland , McDowell , Catawba and Guildford . We are close to violating the standard in the Durham and Wake county area . Orange County has a PM monitor and could get pulled in because of the surrounding counties MSA status . Boothe encouraged members to visit the website ncair. orcr to find out more about EPA designation process . They can also contact Shelia Holeman or Brock Nickleson . [ Boothe ' s presentation information is available from Stancil . ] vI . Priority Activities — After Summer Break Stancil handed out a list of likely activities developed from the CfE goals as a starting point for prioritizing activities . He asked members for input . ➢ State of Environment report follow - up ➢ Natural Areas Element of Comprehensive Plan ➢ Progress report on State of Environment ( SOE ) report recommendations ➢ Lands Legacy Annual Action plan , Biological resources objectives 04 - 05 ➢ Conservation Environmental Award ➢ Educational initiatives ➢ Air Quality issues ➢ Bolin Creek Corridor Master plan ➢ Update to Lands Legacy Program that ties back to SOE report recommendations ➢ Park & Preserve effort ➢ 2004 Environmental Summit Meardon asked about the SOE water recommendations . Stancil said that would be included as a part of SOE follow - up . Crisler asked if these items would be on the August agenda . Stancil suggested that , as we don 't have adopted BOCC goals this year the CfE could consider thinking about when things are due and put them on the fall agenda accordingly . Crisler asked committee chairs to communicate to the CfE co - chairs pertinent issues and priorities for the whole group . Shaw asked if the progress report is self- imposed or a BOCC request . Stancil thought it was information that the BOCC requested in addition to the SOE report . Page 7 of 8 DRAFT