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?. ? <br />R * <br />? <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 92-132 <br />BY: JANET SARINGER <br />RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF <br />OHIO TO IMMEDIATELY ACT UPON THE MEASURE <br />CURRENTLY BEFORE THE SSiJATE, : WHICH WAS <br />PROPOSED IN HOUSE BILL 294, UNANIIVIOUSLY ADOPTED <br />BY THE HOUSE, WHICH LEGISLATION PLACES A <br />MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE <br />DISTILLATION PLANTS, AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />Energy and Natural Resources and Environmental Committee headed by Senator Gary <br />Suhadolnik to adopt a proposal similar to House Bill 294 which places a moratorium on the <br />construction of same; and <br />WHEREAS, despite the fact that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has <br />given its approval for the construction of Waste Distillation Plants, three of which are in <br />Northeast Ohio this Council would like to urge the Ohio Senate and, more particularly, the <br />WHEREAS, the reason that this Council supports such a proposal is that the Ohio <br />House, in passing House Bill 294, adopted the same by a vote of 98 to 0, indicating the <br />unanimity of that body with respe.ct to the concerns they had regarding the experimental process <br />utilized by the Waste Distillation Plants; and <br />WHEREAS, Senator Suhadolnik has had this measure in his committee without taking <br />any action thereby affording the developers of the Waste Distillation Plants the opportunity to <br />construct said plants before the adoption of a similar measure by the Ohio Senate; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council believes that it is extremely important to have the aforesaid <br />process analyzed with respect to the impact it may have on the environment thereby affecting <br />the citizens of the State of Ohio; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council therefore does urge the Ohio Senate and, more particular, <br />Senator Gary Suhadolnik to take immediate measures to act upon the aforesaid proposal and, <br />after having done so, to adopt the same so that a moratorium be placed upon the construction <br />of Waste Distillation Plants pending further investigation by the appropriate authoriities assigned <br />to do so. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND STATE OF OHIO.