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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, McGEEHAN, K. BOYLE, MILLARD, BISHOP, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE, P. COSTA, DONATUCCI, HENNESSEY, JOHNSON, W. KELLER, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PAYTON, SABATINA, VEREB, WATERS, CALTAGIRONE AND VULAKOVICH, OCTOBER 5, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Urging the City of Philadelphia to establish a year-round |
2 | program providing for the safe removal and adequate disposal |
3 | of illegally discarded waste tires. |
4 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives notes the various |
5 | issues associated with the improper disposal of waste tires, |
6 | including the economic, environmental and health impact that it |
7 | poses to the landscape, property values and citizens of |
8 | Philadelphia; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives acknowledges that there |
10 | exists a critical need for the City of Philadelphia to implement |
11 | a year-round tire cleanup program and to invest or participate |
12 | in environmentally safe tire recycling programs established |
13 | within this Commonwealth; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Waste tires pose an even greater threat to the |
15 | health and welfare of the citizens of Philadelphia as they |
16 | collect rain water and serve as an optimal habitat for breeding |
17 | mosquitoes, which may be the carriers of the potentially fatal |
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1 | West Nile virus; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Additional dangers such as waste tire pile fires are |
3 | equally hazardous and often release toxic gases into the |
4 | atmosphere which adversely affect the lives of human beings and |
5 | the surrounding ecosystem; and |
6 | WHEREAS, On March 14, 1996, the smoldering waste tire pile |
7 | fire that occurred near an I-95 overpass in Philadelphia is |
8 | proof of the impact of waste tire pollution; and |
9 | WHEREAS, According to the Pennsylvania Department of |
10 | Environmental Protection, in 1996 it was estimated that 36 |
11 | million waste tires were discarded in piles throughout |
12 | Pennsylvania; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the successful collaboration between |
14 | the General Assembly, the Pennsylvania Department of |
15 | Environmental Protection and local governments in past years, it |
16 | is estimated that there are approximately 2.43 million waste |
17 | tires that remain to be cleaned up in this Commonwealth; and |
18 | WHEREAS, The establishment of a year-round waste tire removal |
19 | program would effectively address the public health issues and |
20 | have a positive impact upon our environment as a result of safe |
21 | and proper waste tire disposal through the use of tire |
22 | remediation facilities; and |
23 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives encourages the City of |
24 | Philadelphia to increase the scope of its current "Tire Round |
25 | Up" program by evolving it into a year-round program; and |
26 | WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is further encouraged to |
27 | work closely with its city officials and to seek grants |
28 | allocated for the purpose of funding beautification projects and |
29 | other environmentally oriented programs; therefore be it |
30 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the City of |
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1 | Philadelphia to establish a year-round waste tire removal |
2 | program for the purpose of safely and adequately disposing of |
3 | illegally discarded waste tires. |
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