HomeMy WebLinkAbout2324 WHEREAS, we support Puget Sound Air Pollution Control agency in its role in
protecting Puget Sound region's air quality and pledge the City of Bremerton's support of
reasonable efforts to achieve this end; and
WHEREAS, further restriction on the use of certified wood stoves or total prohibition
of non-certified stoves before the end of their useful lives violates the expectation of the stove
buying public and the balance struck with the woedbuming stove industry; and
WHEREAS, the cost of more stringent regulations is disproportionately paid by low
income households who rely to a greater extent on wood heat, especially in a time of rising
energy costs; and
WHEREAS, the mandate of PSAPCA could be achieved quicker and more equitably by
directing its efforts toward controlling industrial and motor vehicle pollution, which appear to
this Council to be the more serious threats to air. quality; and
WHEREAS, the Agency in developing strategies or direct regulation under its authority,
should demonstrate full compliance with the letter and spirit of the State Environmental Policy
Act,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL:
1. That wood stoves whether uncertified or certified already in use should not be totally
banned but rather restricted under current regulations; and
2. New installations of approved stoves should not be restricted in certain geographic
areas; and
3. Higher standards for certification should not be recommended without further study
of economic impact to the public; and
4. That propor public notice is essential for public cooperation with PSAPCA's directives
and the toll free information telephone number should not be discontinued.
5. That PSAPCA should base use restrictions upon performance standards rather than
fuel source to encourage the continued improvement in the technology of woodburning systems.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
day of October , 1990.
LYNN HORTON, President
Bremerton City Council
CONCURRED this 17 day of October , 1990.
LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk