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A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, TO A PROPOSED CHANGE BY THE STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD OF ITS "REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF AiR POLLUTION," WHICH SAID CHANGE WOULD PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OR MODIFICATION OF ANY STRUCTURES CLASSIFIED AS POSSIBLE AIR POLLUTION SOURCES OR COMPLEX AIR POLLU- TION SOURCES WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF BASIC POLLUTION CONTROL DESIGN AND THE ISSUANCE BY THE BOARD OF A PERMIT THEREFOR. WHEREAS, pursuant to rule making power granted by Section 10-17.18 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the State Air Pollution Control Board shall consider at a public hearing on August 6, 1973, a proposed change to its "regulations for the control and abatement of air pollution" which would pro- hibit the construction or modification of any structure which would harbor or produce a possible air pollution source or com- plex air pollution source as defined by said regulations with- out first obtaining approval of the basic pollution control design of such structure and the issuance by the Board of a permit therefor; and WHEREAS, the effect of the adoption of such proposed change would be to deprive the municipality of the complete and ultimate authority to approve the construction or modification of facilities and the issuance of permits therefor; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Council that the adop- tion of said proposed change would be inimical to local control of construction and community development, such local control being imperative to the rapid, efficient and proper development of the subject community; and ' WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Council that the adop- tion of said proposed change would inordinately slow the con- struction of new housing and industry in the City of Portsmouth at a time when such construction is critical to the future well- being of the City; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Council that the adop- tion of such proposed change would create a procedure which would exclude from the construction review and planning process the consideration of local conditions; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Council that a better method of prompting pre-construction review of possible air pol- lution sources would be by encouraging the adoption of adequate local air pollution ordinances pursuant to Section 10-17.30 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.