The CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas wants your opinion! Please complete the following survey to have your voice heard. Submit your completed survey by November 15, 2003.

Central Texas signed an Early Action Compact (EAC) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2002. As a result, our elected officials committed to develop a Clean Air Action Plan and comply with federal clean air standards two years sooner than required under the federal Clean Air Act.

Officials in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties are considering a menu of proposed strategies to reduce air pollution. Measures adopted in the final Clean Air Action Plan must be implemented by 2005, and many of the measures will affect you or your business.

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1. Require emissions test for cars registered in Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. Such a program could add $15 - $30 to annual safety inspection fees and would require repair and retesting for vehicles that fail. Money would be available to help low income drivers make needed repairs.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

2a. Require businesses with 100 or more employees to reduce employee commutes by 10% through programs that promote vanpools, carpools, telework, mass transit, biking, walking, or alternative work schedules OR reduce other business related air pollution emissions by an equal amount.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

2b. If your employer had a commute reduction program, would you be willing to participate?

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3. Prohibit heavy-duty vehicles (buses, delivery trucks, 18-wheelers) from idling the engine longer than 5 minutes when not in traffic or waiting for passengers.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

4. Require commercial lawn and garden companies to submit a plan to reduce their emissions by 20% as a condition of certification.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

5. Bring cleaner fuels into the area to reduce emissions. Cleaner fuels may increase fuel costs for fleet owners and individual drivers.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

6a. Require gas stations to recover vapors from underground storage tanks.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
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Very Unacceptable

6b. Mandate the exclusive sale of low-emission gas cans at area retailers.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
Unacceptable
Very Unacceptable

7. Adopt rules to regulate degreasing processes used in machine repair and some manufacturing processes.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
Unacceptable
Very Unacceptable

8. Require auto shops to use cleaner refinishing products and techniques.

Choose one: Very Acceptable
Acceptable
Unacceptable
Very Unacceptable

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