A digest of State air pollution laws / by Samuel M. Rogers, Sidney Edelman.

  • United States. Public Health Service. Division of Engineering Services
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: A digest of State air pollution laws / by Samuel M. Rogers, Sidney Edelman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. Air After tests and surveys, in which the director of health may cooperate, to determine the purity of air within its jurisdiction and after a public hearing in accordance with RCW 42.23, held after 10 days' notice, the governing body of a city, town or county may by resolution declare the necessity of controlling air pollution and may then adopt and enforce ordinances or resolutions for such Districts An air pollution control district may be formed by the join- ing together of any cities, towns or counties pursuant to ordinance or resolution adopted after hearing as provided above (g 6). Control officer Any city, town, county or district which has adopted an ordinance for control and prevention of air pollution may appoint a control officer who is charged with enforcement of the act and the local air pollution coritrol ordinances and regulations (g 17). Pollution Control Districts Formation (a) The ordinances and resolutions of cities, towns and counties form- ing a district are to specify the name of the district and partici- pating political bodies; the district's principal place of business; the territory included within it; the period of time for which it is to operate; the effective date when the district is to begin to transact business and exercise its powers, and may specify the method of financing the air pollution control program. (b) The district may begin to exercise its powers from the date of filing with the secretary of state a certified copy of the ordinance or reso~ lution calling for the formation of the district, or from the date specified in such ordinance or resolution, whichever is later (g 7). Governing body (a) Membership (1) The governing body of each district is known as the board of directors and consists of an appointee of the city selection committee of each county and one county commissioner from each county to be designated by the board of county commissioners of each county included in a district (g 10). ae Each county included within the district is required to have a separate city selection committee, the member- ship of which consists of the mayor of each city and town within such county. A majority of the members of the committee constitute a quorum (g 11). = 109-8