PRINTER'S NO. 2806
No. 231 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, GEORGE, McCALL, MICHLOVIC, SHOWERS,
PISTELLA, KUKOVICH, MORRIS, TRELLO, STABACK, BELARDI, BOYES,
LEVDANSKY, JOSEPHS, OLASZ, CHADWICK, REINARD, HOWLETT,
RICHARDSON, BATTISTO, ITKIN, DEAL, McHALE AND RYBAK,
JANUARY 29, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 29, 1986
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress to enact legislation
2 requiring the United States Government to be responsible for
3 certain low-level radioactive waste.
4 WHEREAS, The residents of Pennsylvania are concerned about
5 the safe disposal and permanent isolation of low-level
6 radioactive waste; and
7 WHEREAS, There are two broad categories of radioactive waste,
8 low-level and high-level, and low-level waste has been divided
9 into three classifications, Class A, Class B and Class C; and
10 WHEREAS, The low-level radioactive waste designated Class C
11 includes some extremely dangerous material which could threaten
12 human life and the environment for hundreds or thousands of
13 years; and
14 WHEREAS, Each state is now responsible for the disposal of
15 low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, while
16 the Federal Government is responsible for the disposal of high-
17 level radioactive waste; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the President and
3 Congress to enact legislation requiring all Class C low-level
4 radioactive waste to be considered high-level radioactive waste
5 and therefore the responsibility of the United States
6 Government.
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