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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2192

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 363 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, JULY 3, 2007

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           JULY 3, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating August 29, 2007, as "Environmentally Beneficial Use
     2     of Waste Coal as an Alternative Energy Source Day" in
     3     Pennsylvania.

     4     WHEREAS, For nearly two centuries, coal has been mined in
     5  Pennsylvania as a major source of energy; and
     6     WHEREAS, Waste coal, because of its low heat content, was
     7  undesirable in the marketplace and was randomly discarded,
     8  accumulating on thousands of acres of Pennsylvania's landscape;
     9  and
    10     WHEREAS, Piles of waste coal have caused environmental
    11  degradation to our land and water resources; and
    12     WHEREAS, Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology first
    13  became operational in 1987 and was designed to emit
    14  significantly reduced amounts of potential pollutants as
    15  compared to conventional coal-fired utility units; and
    16     WHEREAS, With CFB technological advancements, private
    17  investment and governmental incentives, waste coal can be
    18  affordably converted into energy while simultaneously removing a

     1  major source of environmental water pollution; and
     2     WHEREAS, As testimony to this fact, the waste coal energy
     3  industry has converted 110 million tons of waste coal to energy
     4  and has beneficially utilized more than 73 million tons of CFB
     5  by-products for abandoned mine land reclamation since its
     6  inception; therefore be it
     7     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate August
     8  29, 2007, as "Environmentally Beneficial Use of Waste Coal as an
     9  Alternative Energy Source Day" in Pennsylvania.














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