How would the ozone problems of Johnson County and Kansas City be affected?
Johnson County and the Greater Kansas City Metro area would be in the path of prevailing winds from the intermodal logistics park over 240 days per year. The Metro area, including Johnson County, already exceeds the EPA's ozone standards. It is anticipated that Kansas City will be declared "non-attainment" for ozone by 2011 (possibly as early as spring 2010) trigerring federal mandates meant to protect human life. Jennifer Logan, Ozone Department Director for Johnson County Environment has presented the serious effects BNSF's facility would have including a negative economic impact caused by businesses choosing not to locate here due to the costs of meeting more stringent compliance restrictions. Further, she points out that people are not going to move to an area that has bad air quality.
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