PRINTER'S NO. 1128
No. 87 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY POTT, LAUDADIO, RYAN, BURD, SALVATORE, CESSAR,
ZORD, GOEBEL AND FISHER, APRIL 20, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 25, 1977
In the House of Representatives, April 20, 1977
1 WHEREAS, The emergency crisis of 1977 with the attendant
2 energy shortage emphasize the stark realities of the dwindling
3 raw material resources of our great Nation; and
4 WHEREAS, The citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 annually seek to dispose tons of refuse containing vast amounts
6 of economically recoverable metals and glass and waste which can
7 be successfully used as a valuable fuel resource; and
8 WHEREAS, It is incumbent upon the House of Representatives to
9 protect the industrial, social and economic base of the citizens
10 of this Commonwealth by promoting the most efficient and least
11 wasteful method of using and reusing the raw material resources
12 of this Nation for the benefit of all Pennsylvanians; now
13 therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
15 Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation
16 Committee to study all areas related to resource recovery and to
17 recommend legislation beneficial to the Commonwealth of
1 Pennsylvania; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That all levels of government cooperate and assist
3 the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and
4 Conservation Committee in its study; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution
6 Control and Conservation Committee report as soon as possible
7 its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives
8 with drafts of legislation necessary to carry the
9 recommendations into effect.
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