hah Air Quality Bow Air tyr (inh sis Qonlsy Boeed suger “wu Seo ete ery Kaly Aoi 8 Re State of Utah aed eer ete ek ‘March 3, 2017 “The Honorable Gary R. Heebert Governor of Utah 350 North State Street, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220 eat Governor Herbert, ‘The Utah Air Quality Board (Board) requests your veto of House Bill 65 (HB 65) based on the following concerns: Solid-fuel burning restrictions ae one ofthe HEB 65 would directly limit the Board’s ability to approve future air-quality regulation and cenforee existing regulations. It will adversely affect the state's ability to meet the national ambient aie quality standards, ‘As the Wasatch Front faces designation a a serious non-attainment area for PM (particulate matter that is 2.5 um in aerodynamic diameter and smaller) concentrations, HB 65 would prevent the Board from developing sensible and science-based rules to address solid-fuel buming associated with cooking. ‘The Board takes seriously its role to protect human health, Solid-uel burning contsibutes to elevated levels of PMs found atthe state's monitoring stations and ean dramatically affect PMas levels at the neighborhood scale. ‘The EPA mandated emission reductions must come from somewhere. Removing solid- fuel burning sourees from consideration means that other emission sources must absorb the costs of making additional reductions. Point sources, for example, that have already made significant emission reductions, now may face the need to make additional reductions. HB 65 will make existing rules surrounding solid-fuel burning difficult or impossible to enforce. For example, enforcement of soid-fuel burning during a no-burn period could be circumvented by individuals claiming to be warming a can of beans. emission-reduction strategies thatthe state can implement in response to poor air-quality conditions. Furthermore, eurent burning restrictions are highly targeted affecting only non-attainment areas and only on days with a poor air-quality forecast. Current research by the UDAQ and university researchers confirms that wood-burning, has a significant effect on PMz3 concentrations. Control ofthis soutee of emissions is important to bring non-attainment areas in compliance with federal ai-quality standards. For these reasons, the Air Quality Board formally requests that you continue to allow the best available information in Aen Po Sa, De ren an) Sean Se. OmaPage 2 { guide our rulemaking process and that you veto this bil, ‘The Utah Air Quality Board members unani ously suppor this letter, including: ‘Stephen C. Sands Il, Chair Kerry Kelly, Vice Chair Exin Mendenhall Robert Paine Il, M.D. ‘Amold Reitze ‘Michael Smith Willian Stringer Karma Thomson Sincerely, ‘Stephen C. Sands I, Ch Utah Air Quality Board