PRINTER'S NO. 3483
No. 480 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY BARD, HERSHEY, ARGALL, WATSON, WASHINGTON,
M. BAKER, BASTIAN, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP,
BROWNE, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLARK, L. I. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DeLUCA,
DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHAI, HASAY, HERMAN, HESS,
JAMES, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MAJOR, MANN,
McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, R. MILLER, NAILOR, PALLONE, PIPPY,
READSHAW, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAMUELSON, SCHRODER, SCHULER,
B. SMITH, STABACK, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE,
TRAVAGLIO, TRICH, WALKO, WILT AND WOJNAROSKI, MARCH 26, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 26, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating April 22, 2002, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania."
2 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has been endowed with true natural
3 beauty and an abundance of wood, water and natural resources;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, The founder of our Commonwealth, William Penn,
6 praised the land greatly after he saw it for the first time in
7 1682, noting "The country itself, its soil, air, water, seasons
8 and produce, both natural and artificial, is not to be
9 despised"; and
10 WHEREAS, While the House of Representatives has been taking
11 action to protect and preserve our natural resources, passing
12 such measures as the Conservation Bill of Rights, the Hazardous
1 Sites Cleanup Act, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
2 Waste Reduction Act and the Abandoned Mine Subsidence Assistance
3 Act and recently modernizing The Clean Streams Law, the
4 contamination of our water and the despoliation of our land
5 continues to be a problem and a major legislative concern; and
6 WHEREAS, We approach the 32nd anniversary of the first Earth
7 Day, held in April of 1970, filled with resolve to protect the
8 natural resources of our Commonwealth for future generations;
9 therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
11 22, 2002, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania"; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives dedicate itself
13 to the proposition that our natural environment must be
14 protected and preserved.
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