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RESOLUTION NO. 89-116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING/EMISSIONS RULES
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior draft Air Pollution
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coastal air pollution districts; and 6
Rule is substantially weaker than current rules for most Cal iforni a
7 WHEREAS, the draft Air Pollution Rule totally ignores Federal
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levels be reduced to meet health based standards in the San Diego g
Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A) mandates that air pollution
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11 WHEREAS, the draft Air Pollution Rule guarantees little or no
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requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act. The Department of 13
protection if California’s air quality fails to satisfy the
requirements implementing the Clean Air Act; and 18
discrepancies between the Department of the Interior and E.P.A. 17
WHEREAS, the draft Air Pollution Rule fails to resolve the 16
measures as required by onshore coastal air pollution districts; and 15
Interior Rule is not consistent with the same air quality protection 14
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interfere with, or potentially prevent, coastal air pollution 20
WHEREAS, the air pollution allowed under the draft rule could
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WHEREAS, the draft Air Pollution Rule will impede economic 23
clean air standards; and 22
districts from complying with Federal E.P.A. guidelines to attain 21
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growth as onshore industries are required to institute more costly
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pol 1 ution control measures to compensate for unregulated, or
unmitigated, offshore pollution; and
WHEREAS, virtually all anticipated, exploratory drilling will
proceed unmitigated under the draft Air Pol 1 ution Rule; and
WHEREAS, pol 1 uti on in excess of 1,000 tons per year of oxides
of nitrogen would be allowed without mitigation from drilling ships,
and support vessels offshore from our air basin. (This pollution is
equivalent to adding over 125,000 cars traveling over 10,000 miles
per year to our air basin); and
WHEREAS, virtually all offshore construction emissions would
proceed unmitigated under the draft Air Pol 1 uti on Rul e. This
pollution is equivalent to adding 77,500 cars traveling 10,000 miles
per year on coastal roadways for each two platform projects
constructed; and
WHEREAS, for areas not currently meeting Federal ozone
standards, the draft Air Pollution Rule allows almost twice the
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level of pollution from oil production to go unmitigated than is
allowed by San Diego onshore air pollution districts; and
WHEREAS, for areas currently meeting the Federal ozone
standard, the draft Rule allows 100 tons of oxides of nitrogen and
100 tons of reactive hydro-carbons from every platform to go
unmitigated; and
WHEREAS, some of the detailed methodology contained in the
~~ I1 rule. is highly misleading because all clean technology requirements
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5 WHEREAS, the draft Air Pollution Rule fails to specify minimum
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7 data collection requirements essential to quantifying annual // pollution levels from offshore operations. Furthermore, there are
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WHEREAS, the Rule lacks standards for evaluation of potential
pollutants, or the necessary enforcement provisions to protect the
health of the people, or to ensure implementation of air quality
regulations; and
WHEREAS, the E.P.A. has developed 1 iterally hundreds of
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enforcement and procedural documents to regulate air qual ity, while
the Department of Interior has few, if any, guidelines to implement
this air quality rule.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Carlsbad,
Cal i forni a:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council of the City of Carlsbad strongly
opposes the proposed lease-sale 95 for 17 tracks for oil
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and gas drill ing off the coast of Carl sbad and Oceanside
in California, based upon the reasons stated above.
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PASSED, APPROVED and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council this 11th day of April , 1989,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux and Larson
NOES: None 8
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ABSENT: None
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ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Cler