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ID HCR017
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Idaho Legislature opposes and rejects the EPA's proposed Record of Decision (ROD) amendment for the Shoshone County Superfund site.
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Legislature demands local, state, and federal officials work to end EPA presence in Shoshone County and rescind the Superfund designation within five years.
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Cites loss of thousands of well-paying natural resource jobs in Shoshone County over three decades due to the Superfund designation based on allegedly questionable scientific data.
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Claims blood lead testing by the EPA itself has proven any human health hazard has been effectively eliminated.
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States the EPA's proposed plan would perpetuate federal authority for 50 to 90 years at an estimated cost of $1.3 billion.
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Directs the House Chief Clerk to send copies of the resolution to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Idaho's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and opposing and rejecting the Record of Decision amendment proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and hereby demands that our local, state, and federal elected officials do all in their power in order to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency presence in Shoshone County end and that the Superfund designation be rescinded within the next five years.
SHOSHONE COUNTY
Last Action
to Env
2/25/2011