C-number: C-85-17-020-3-00
Revision: 00
Vote — approved
18.INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR VOLUNTARY VEHICLE REPAIR PROGRAMApprove an Intergovernmental Service Agreement between Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and Maricopa County through the Air Quality Department, for the purpose of allowing ADEQ to administer the Voluntary Vehicle Repair Program (“VVRP”) on behalf of Maricopa County, as required by A.R.S. §49-474.03. As part of this Agreement, the “Board of Supervisors” are
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18. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR VOLUNTARY VEHICLE REPAIR PROGRAM Approve an Intergovernmental Service Agreement between Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and Maricopa County through the Air Quality Department, for the purpose of allowing ADEQ to administer the Voluntary Vehicle Repair Program (“VVRP”) on behalf of Maricopa County, as required by A.R.S. §49-474.03. As part of this Agreement, the “Board of Supervisors” are acting under the authority of A.R.S. §11-952 to enter into this agreement. This Intergovernmental Agreement is non-financial and is effective from April 26, 2017 until June 30, 2018. The Voluntary Vehicle Repair and Retrofit Program (VVRRP) was enacted (Laws 1998, Chapter 217, § 19) to provide assistance to the owners of vehicles that were 12 years old or older to help them comply with the requirement to successfully repair vehicles that had failed emissions inspections. Arizona law (A.R.S. §49-474.03) requires Maricopa County and Pima Counties to operate and administer a VVRRP in Area A and Area B (A.R.S. §49-541) and to coordinate the program with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The program is required to provide for quantifiable emission reductions based on actual emissions testing performed on the vehicle before and after repair. The VVRP (including the 18 month pilot) which began in January 1999, repaired or retrofitted nearly 13,000 vehicles that failed emissions tests. Virtually all were light-duty gasoline vehicles. While diesels are eligible for the program, only three diesel-powered vehicles were repaired during the decade in which the program operated. For the first nine years of the program, 850 to over 1,100 vehicles were repaired or retrofitted each year. (The retrofit portion is no longer part of the program since retrofit kits are no longer manufactured). The program has been renamed as the Voluntary Vehicle Repair Program (VVRP). In the final two years, with much reduced funding, a total of 1,221 vehicles were involved in the program. This Agreement will allow ADEQ to implement the VVRP on behalf of Maricopa County. The Agreement terminates June 30, 2018. (C-85-17-020-3-00)
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