the SIP, ultimately leading to the Commonwealth's full
implementation of the vehicle emissions testing program by
bringing the remaining 16 counties identified in the SIP into
compliance with the vehicle emissions testing program, and
resulting in the inclusion of most of the counties which require
this testing today, specifically regions designated as
nonattainment areas for ozone levels by the EPA; and
WHEREAS, The nonattainment classification requires areas
failing to meet the NAAQS for ground-level ozone to adhere to
the SIP and to attain and maintain the standard; and
WHEREAS, Cambria County was designated as a marginal
nonattainment area after November 1991; and
WHEREAS, Cambria County was redesignated as a maintenance
area based on the 1997 ozone standards, meaning Cambria County
was successfully working toward attainment; and
WHEREAS, Cambria County was redesignated as an attainment
area based on 2008 ozone standards and is no longer listed as a
nonattainment or maintenance area; and
WHEREAS, In order to change which counties are required to
participate in the emissions testing program, the Department of
Environmental Protection is required to submit a revised SIP to
the EPA for approval; and
WHEREAS, The EPA approved Pennsylvania's fully implemented
SIP in 2005; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission
establish an advisory committee, consisting of representatives
of the Department of Transportation and the Department of
Environmental Protection and others who possess knowledge of the
vehicle emission inspection program and the SIP to facilitate
the work of the Joint State Government Commission; and be it
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