HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-102 - Eventual Ban of ChlorofluorocarbonsRESOLUTION NO. 89- 102-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
® NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL AND STATE
REGULATION AND EVENTUAL BAN OF THE USE OF
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
WHEREAS, current scientific knowledge indicates a strong
probability that chlorofluorocarbons (CPC's), when discharged into the
atmosphere affect the ozone layer allowing increased ultraviolet
radiation which poses an acute danger to human health, life, and the
environment; and
WHEREAS, the City supports the Montreal Protocol On
Substances That Deplete the Ozone layer (an international pact) which
calls for reductions in the production, importation, and exportation
of CPC's through 1998; and
WHEREAS, the City advocates immediate further reductions
beyond the Montreal Protocol Pact limits of the use of CFCs; and
WHEREAS, the City encourages governmental agencies and
private industry to expedite the development of environmentally safe
alternatives to CFCs; and
WHEREAS, the City supports all international, federal, and
state legislation that will result in an eventual ban of all CFCs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council of the
City of Newport Beach that the Council supports international,
federal, and state legislation regulating and eventually banning the
® use of Chlorofluorocarbons, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to execute conveyance of same to the
appropriate federal and state entities on behalf of the City of
Newport Beach.
ADOPTED this 28th day of August , 1989
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