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Shelby County delays emissions-permit changes to 2nd reading after department Q&A
Summary
An ordinance to set annual emissions fees for non‑motor sources and adjust permit fees was introduced; health‑department staff said fees fund inspections and monitoring and that the county will expand air monitoring; the item was advanced to a second reading with recorded abstentions.
The commission heard a first reading of an ordinance to set annual emissions fees for non‑motor vehicle sources and to adjust Title V permit fees beginning in 2025. Travis Green, deputy director of the Shelby County Health Department, said the fees are user charges on major and minor stationary sources; Casey Smith Alexander, environmental‑health administrator, told commissioners the funds would be used for staffing and inspections and that the department plans to seek additional air monitors.
Commissioners asked for examples of regulated entities and for clarity on how fee revenue would be used for monitoring and compliance; staff cited facilities such as Valero as examples of a major stationary source and said the environmental‑health section works daily with EPA and TDEC. The item recorded eight ayes and three abstentions and will return for a 2nd reading.
