PRINTER'S NO. 417
No. 19 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, MUSTO, BRIGHTBILL AND TILGHMAN,
FEBRUARY 11, 1991
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 11, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Congress of the United States to continue
2 support and funding for the Delaware Estuary Program.
3 WHEREAS, The National Estuary Program was initiated by the
4 United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1985 and was
5 formalized and expanded as part of the "Water Quality Act of
6 1987" in efforts to formulate comprehensive plans to restore
7 certain significant estuaries in this country; and
8 WHEREAS, The Federal legislation specifically identifies the
9 Delaware estuary as one to which priority consideration should
10 be given; and
11 WHEREAS, The Delaware estuary is a dynamic ecosystem and a
12 resource of great significance to the people of Pennsylvania,
13 New Jersey and Delaware, as well as the nation; and
14 WHEREAS, The Delaware estuary has suffered abuse over a long
15 period, and its condition is of concern to this Commonwealth;
16 and
17 WHEREAS, In response to the joint petition of the Governors
1 of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, the United States
2 Environmental Protection Agency established the Delaware Estuary
3 Program to carry out the cooperative planning for, and
4 management of, the Delaware estuary; and
5 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth applauds the attention the estuary
6 has received from the Federal Government and the continuing
7 efforts on behalf of the estuary made by members of the Delaware
8 Estuary Program to identify, preserve and enhance the
9 environmental and economic resources of the estuary and pledges
10 to continue its support of their activities; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania memorialize the
12 Congress of the United States to continue existing support and
13 funding for the Delaware Estuary Program and for the
14 governmental departments and agencies participating in the
15 program and respectfully request the Congress of the United
16 States to provide additional Federal funding as needed to insure
17 the continued development and implementation of comprehensive
18 management plans for the estuary; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
20 the presiding officers of each house of Congress, the
21 Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
22 Agency, the Administrators of Regions II and III thereof and to
23 each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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