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Spokane Valley to send comment letter urging proportionate rules on 'overburdened communities' air regulation
Summary
City staff recommended, and the council gave consensus to send, a draft comment letter to the Washington Department of Ecology asking for proportionate enforcement and state financial support for any orders that impose costly remediation on regulated businesses in identified 'overburdened communities.'
City staff and the city attorney briefed the Spokane Valley City Council on a draft comment letter to the Washington Department of Ecology regarding proposed regulations aimed at emissions in so‑called "overburdened communities." Staff told the council Ecology’s data attributes the largest sources of PM2.5 and ozone‑forming compounds to wildfire smoke, vegetation and residential wood burning rather than industrial…
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