71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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 LC 4130
 
                         Minority Report
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                     House Joint Memorial 13
                  Ordered by the House April 3
    Including House Minority Report Amendments dated April 3
 
Sponsored by nonconcurring members of the House Committee on
  Water and Environment: Representatives HASS, KAFOURY
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Urges President of United States, Senate and House of
Representatives of United States and Administrator of United
States Environmental Protection Agency to enforce environmental
laws equally   { - between government bodies and those in private
sector - } .
 
                         JOINT MEMORIAL
To the President of the United States, the Senate and the House
  of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
  assembled, and the Administrator of the United States
  Environmental Protection Agency:
  We, your memorialists, the Seventy-first Legislative Assembly
of the State of Oregon, in legislative session assembled,
respectfully represent as follows:
  Whereas a variety of federal laws, including the Clean Water
Act of 1972, the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, the Clean Air Act of 1990, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980,
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and many
others apply, by their terms, to both private enterprises and
public entities; and
  Whereas Congress created the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 on the principle that individuals and
businesses should pay to clean up the pollution they cause, a
principle to which government should adhere; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  (1) The President of the United States, the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency are respectfully urged to:
  (a) Require all federal agencies, and state agencies to which
the authority of the federal government is delegated, to enforce
environmental laws equally;
  (b) Prohibit government bodies from avoiding compliance with
environmental laws and regulations if such opportunities are not
also available to those in the private sector; and
  (c) Pass federal legislation creating a program that imposes
significant sanctions on public and private entities that pollute
the environment.
  (2) A copy of this memorial shall be sent to the President of
the United States, to the Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and to each member of the Oregon
and Washington Congressional Delegations.
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