HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 1229Richard A. Rock
PRESIDENT
TRUSTEES
Stephen J. Calabrese
VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD nn;cr,a ; coe s
WILL COUNTY'S OLDEST COMMUNITY Kathy O'Connell
Steven L. Rathbun
Raymond Smolich
RESOLUTION N0.1229 Susan Janil<
VILLAGE CLERK
Resolution supporting heavy duty diesel vehicle emissions testing in
Northeastern Illinois as specified in Illinois General Assembly House Bill 2031,
which limits smoke emissions from heavy duty :diesel engines operating on area
roadways, establish procedures for determining violation of those limitations, and
establish a schedule of civil fines.
WHEREAS, Village of Plainfield finds that certain heavy duty diesel vehicles
operating on the Municipality's roadways emit visible and noxious smoke; and
WHEREAS diesel engine exhaust has been found by the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, U.S. EPA and by numerous scientific studies to contribute to various
acute and chronic health problems, including impairment of the respiratory
system, neurological and behavioral changes, and changes in the liver; and
WHEREAS exposure to diesel engine exhaust can produce symptoms including
nausea, lightheadedness, numbness, wheezing, eye irritation, loss of appetite
and physiological stress; an
WHEREAS diesel engine exhaust is considered a probable human carcinogen;
and
WHEREAS diesel engine exhaust constitutes a public nuisance that endangers
public health, causes discomfort to the Municipality's residents, and reduces
residents' enjoyment of their awn property and of the Municipality's public
spaces; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has adopted regulations limiting
the amount of smoke which may be emitted from on-road heavy duty diesel
vehicles (35 Illinois Administrative Code Part 240); and
WHEREAS the Illinois Pollution Control Board's limitations on heavy duty diesel
exhaust emissions are not being enforced within the Municipality's boundaries by
any entity of state government; and
WHEREAS adherence to the Pollution Control Board's limitations on diesel
exhaust emissions is necessary to improve air quality and to protect the health
and welfare of the municipality's residents, and to prevent a public nuisance;
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WHEREAS, House Bill 2031 provides that heavy-duty diesel vehicles, such as
trucks and buses, registered in the metropolitan Chicago region shall undergo
emissions testing at designated locations, and
WHEREAS, House Bill 2031 authorizes random emissions testing on trucks at
weigh stations, road side locations, or other reasonable locations,
Village of
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Plainfield supports and
endorses the passage of House Bill 2031.
PASSED this 3rdday of Ma , 1999.
AYES: Cherry, Smolich, Collins, Calabrese, O'Connell, Rathbun.
NAYS: ~
ABSENT: o
APPROVED this 3r~~lay of , 1999.