Plan for Addressing Elevated Levels of PM-2.5 Air Pollution in Franklin County, Logan, Utah-Idaho Noncompliant Region
In a series of voluntary measures aimed at reducing emissions, several local authorities and departments have taken significant steps towards a cleaner environment.
On July 16, 2012, the Franklin County Road Department made a Letter of Intent PM Reduction to the Department of Environmental Quality. This was followed by Franklin County Ordinance No. 2012-6-25, enacted on June 25, 2012, and Franklin City Ordinance No. 2012-9-12, enacted on September 12, 2012. These ordinances likely formed part of the county's plan for controlling emissions, which focuses on measures for the control of emissions from residential wood combustion and road dust.
Meanwhile, in Dayton, City Ordinance #287 was enacted on August 8, 2012. Clifton followed suit with Ordinance No. 120 on August 11, 2012. Weston and Preston also joined the movement, with Weston Ordinance No 2012-01 enacted on August 1, 2012, and City of Preston Ordinance No. 2012-1 enacted on June 11, 2012.
Notably, Boise, Idaho, passed an ordinance on August 11, 2012, improving regulations on heating coal emissions.
The efforts of these local authorities did not go unnoticed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fully approved the RFP, QM, and MVEB elements on February 20, 2020. This approval was published in the Federal Register (83 FR 9664).
Idaho continued its commitment to emissions control, submitting a SIP revision on July 31, 2019, to further address the RFP, QM, and MVEB elements. This submission was made in response to the EPA's determination of attainment by the attainment date and clean data determination, finalized on October 18, 2019 (83 FR 52983).
In addition, a Road Sanding Agreement was made by the Idaho Transportation Department to the Department of Environmental Quality on October 25, 2012, and a City of Oxford Memorandum of Understanding was established on October 22, 2012.
These voluntary measures demonstrate a strong commitment from local authorities to address emissions issues, setting a positive example for other regions to follow.
