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.? ? BY: Mrs. PetriRac A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE CONSIDERATION OF NORTHEAST OHIO AS STORAGE FACILITIES FOR RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR WASTES DUE TO EXTREME POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL HAZARDS. WHEREAS, it has com Governor James A. Rhodes engaged with the Nuclear consider Northeast Ohio, geological formations in nuclear wastes, and CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION N0. 78-52 e to the attention of this Council that and members of his administration are Regulatory Commission in studies to Lake Erie, abandoned coal mines, or other Ohio as storage facilities for radioactive WHEREAS, the uncertainty of the exact properties of nuclear wastes and its long-term impact upon the environment and the ecology indicate the gravest possible detrimental effects upon human life, as well as the environment, are possible, and WHEREAS, there is minimal experience with the disposal of nuclear wastes in the United States although experience indicates that atomic waste storage has been banned in the State of Minnesota, prohibited from storage in Louisiana salt domes, placed under legislative control in the State of Vermont and are subject to a one-year moratorium on storage in New Mexico, and tiVHEREAS, such experience indicates that it would be extremely dangerous and foolhardy to store nuclear wastes in the northeast region of Ohio which constitutes the most heavily populated area of the state as well as one of the more highly populated sections of the United States, and WHEREAS, State Senator John T. McCormack has introduced a resolution in the 112th General Assembly of Ohio calling upon Governor Rhodes and members of his administration to immediately cease all consideration of storage facilities for radioactive nuclear wastes in Ohio, and j^IHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of North Olmsted desire to support such Resolution, and, further, desire to achieve the result of prohibiting nuclear waste storage in Ohio. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: The Mayor and Council of the City of North Olmsted, hereby register their support of Senate Joint Resolution No. 32 introduced by Mr. McCormack in the 112th General Assembly and further call upon Governor James A. Rhodes, the Ohio Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cease all studies of Ohio locations for nuclear waste storage and to cease all negotiations which would lead to the establishment of nuclear waste storage facilities in Ohio due to the extreme uncertainty and potential danger to life, the environment and the ecology of Ohio.