PRINTER'S NO. 2163
No. 165 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, LINTON, PISTELLA, DeWEESE, GALLAGHER,
GREENWOOD, SHOWERS, JOSEPHS, BLAUM, TRELLO, RAYMOND, GEIST,
FOX, NAHILL, MORRIS AND STABACK, OCTOBER 1, 1985
REFERRED TO RULES, OCTOBER 2, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Environmental Protection Agency to continue
2 existing odor regulations.
3 WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act, in 1972 the
4 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources submitted to
5 the Environmental Protection Agency and received approval on a
6 State implementation plan providing for the attainment and
7 maintenance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards; and
8 WHEREAS, This plan included the Commonwealth's odor emission
9 regulation and the City of Philadelphia's odor emission program;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Many residents of our Commonwealth, especially those
12 in heavily industrialized areas, rely on the enforcement of the
13 Federal odor regulations as the only means available to control
14 hazardous air pollutants; and
15 WHEREAS, In the heavily industrialized area of Philadelphia,
16 where the cancer rate is more than double the national average,
1 toxic air emissions such as benzine and extremely putrid and
2 toxic substances such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and
3 nitrogen oxide are regularly emitted, and must be controlled, or
4 the cancer rate will grow even higher and living conditions will
5 be rendered unbearable; and
6 WHEREAS, The Environmental Protection Agency now proposes to
7 delete from the Federally approved Pennsylvania State
8 implementation plan those portions of the regulations relating
9 to odor emission controls; and
10 WHEREAS, If the Environmental Protection Agency revokes these
11 odor regulations, no community in Pennsylvania will be able to
12 overcome problems of toxic air pollution or to protect the
13 public health from chemical hazards in the community air;
14 therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Environmental
17 Protection Agency to continue the existing odor regulations in
18 effect; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives go on record as
20 being strongly opposed to the Environmental Protection Agency
21 proposal to revoke the odor regulations; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
23 Lee M. Thomas, Administrator of the Environmental Protection
24 Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460, and also to
25 each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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