1976 RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRO AMERICA

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Siypcember` 28, 1976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-E:a:tensroy 2
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REMARKS
#':c^.SOURCES CONSF.IIVATION AND
RECOVERY ACT OP 1976 -
HON. RORIItT" L. LEGGETT
O' CALreoa:f IA
IN THE 7.Ot73a OAP FC1 Pf'.P;3'r.".;3'Ie3'I'LVk:S
Tuesday, September ''8, 1976
'11 -.0 }louse In Comcnlttae of the Whole
.`louse on the State of the (Triton ilea tinder
consideration the bill 14-tai) to pro-
vide technical and financial a.ssistauce for
the development of raianagenaent plans and
taellittes for the recovery of energy. and
other resources from discarded materials
and for the safe disposal o1 discarded mate-
riseLi.,and to regulate the-management of
hazardous Waite. - - ...:.?
Mr. LEGGETT Mr. Chairman, we are
ing and difficult environmental prob-
lems- file : disposal of solid wastes, or,
4 Conservation, and Recovery Act of 1976, .
takes a three-pronged approach to solv-
ing the problems associated with solid
waste. The bill would establish manda-
tory Federal controls on the disposition
of hazardous wastes, a program of
grants to encourage the States to de-
velop management plans for discarded
materials, and an expanded EPA effort
oa solid waste R. & D."-
lern of enormous and growing dimen-
sions.- The amount of. solid waste or dis-
carded materials which the Nation must
now dispose. of is variously estimated to
total between 3 and 4 billion tons-per
year. That figure is expected to grow
about 8 percent annually. over the next
The implication of these constraints is
that we. must find ways to cut the-
amonut. of solid waste which must be
disposed of. We must make a major
effort to develop advanced resource re-
covery techniques, which will enable us
to produce energy and. Other resources
and recycled materials.
Such an approach will benefit us dou-
bly, Not only will we reduce the dirnen-
sions of the waste disposal problem we
will also reduce oemmruption of energy,
-raw materials, and other resources.-
For For just In the energy sphere, there
is evidence that the energy potential of
America's solid waste is the equivalent
of more than 204 million barrels of 6l,"
a year, which is over a Quarter of thr
oil expected to be delivered through they
!gllasl i pipeline. - .
As the first step toward implementing
this multifaceted approach. to the solid
waste problem, title I of I-I.FZ. 14496 would
establish an Office of Discarded Mate
rc"ials within EPA with authority to im-
plernent .the act."'T'his office would pro-
vide both technical and financial assist-
ance to State, regional, and local age?--
cies which were developing discarded
materials pla:_~, or hazardous waste znan-
agemcut pro- rxis.
Title II would confer on EPA author-
ity to establish minimum standards for
hazardous ww;tks. k PA Would. have au-
thority to'identify those which are lint,
ardolls, and in what quantities, qualities,
and concent,ra.tlons, as well as determine
which uisp sel methods pose hazards.
:hates, would, however, have the power
to develop and implement - their own
standards program, if it was the equiv-
alent of Federal standards and regula--,
tion.,.. EPA would issue regulations to
air quality, and ok.her wry t.- eis(ssal
areas as well as studi,73 of 1.1 d::regent
resource recovery a*_ld reia`F cI sub14ct>.
The bill would ctuthori'ze a total of .21
-million under part I for irupl: Tnentation
of the new autho?ltl.;s, haxea>cl.ol;s ;~::3ste
and discarded m .ten1ai.s p1aclr:in:; assist-
ance, and other purposes. Part 11 would
provide $45 lnilliorl for the various, tangs
of IA. S D. contemplated by th bill.
Mr. Chairman, these stuns are small
camp-teed to the need to fin I solutions to
this difficult andI growl*.1;, problem. I urge.
my colleagues to up;.ort this bill as a
necessary step in that dtrtasilon_
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1976 F' ESOLUTIONS OF EH NA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION OI 1110)
AMERICA
HON. JOHN 11. ROUSSEI.O1'
IN THE HOUST5 OF
r ?PF. Tai C .S
t vi'srlr-v, Se',pre-nibgr 26, .1976
Mr. ROUSSIM T. M,.Tr. f;peal --er. : e ,--
Ierday I brought to t e attention of tine
Members of t,hls body the first 3 of the
23 resolutions of the National Assceia-
tion of Pro America for1976. Following
here is the second Installment of these
resolutions, includin, numbers 9 through
16. The final installment of the Pro
America Resolutions will appear in :a
subsequent edition of the
roe COTrraoL OF ELI. xes.j. ALce_?:3 - -
tiVhereas theImmigrat'.on and `rat flog Service reports that between, four rmit-
lion and twelve million altan3 are in the
United States illegally, and tia-V these tflsgai
aliens are taking at least one mIllon lob!;
that United States citizF-cas and legal alien
residen rs could hold; and
whereas these illegal aliens are not nib-
,feet to- income taxes, and ill resat' eases
send their earnings out of the country, thu3
adversely afrectin. United Sta-es bs ante or
payments; and
Whereas whether eriploved or not, r..tuy
of them are begetting farniltes to add to the
welfare burden; And
Whereas the welfare budget is
rapidly depleted and the problem ' L?i In-
creasad by the fact that -t.uablfc welfare
agenciis are not required by law to report.
illegal aliens-anon. to deny them hrlnncial
assistance;therefore,beit
lfesoIvecl, Tat the National .1ssc1 `at:(>u of
Pro America urge the p:sss e of a law to
require that. aliens see=king, jot,-; or nisi:=tingee
from public welfare agerici2s be regs-lred to
furnish proof Of citizerihi:> or re-Si-
tlenrx;And be It-fu rthc!r
Re-solved, That the Nat',onai Aae-ocl.-ttion of
Pro firneric3 reafarm its Zte~otu?:ona No. IE
(1972). No. X"-- (1974) and .To. I (1075)_
oovF.'Rzaienr P.rSPONst2?LrrY FOR r`-R-.irloN
Whereas the present C3Cal policies of the
United States government-
1. Spending exorbitant sums of txcpa er:s
money,
2'. Inhibiting the inltfative of the people
with frustrating btireaucrat-ta regulations,
3. Taxing saving:t and capital formation to
obiivlgei,
that the disposal of these enormous ment,, storage, or disposal and to pro-
masses of_materials poses a major. dan- - vido technical assistance to operator:, of
ger both to the health and safety of our. facilities Performing these functions.
people and to the quality of the environ- The' bill would also,.establish, in title
enent. Moreover, land to be used for dis- IV, a procedure for States and regions
posal operations is becoming increasing- to develop comprehensive plans, in con-
mum requirements for sanitary and en--
Disposal of solid wastes can have a vironmentally sound disposal of these
number of adverse impacts. Cont.amina- materials. One of the primary aims of.
Lion of ground water by Iea.chate from this part of the bill is to encourage
land disposal, or of surface water by close cooperation between State and lo--
runoffs from landfills, is one of the fore- cal governments in implementing ef#ec-
most.problems. Landfills also can pollute tive disposal plans.
the air through incineration or evapora- Even with improved waste disposal
tion, and they increase the risk of fires - planning and managemnent, we know that
had explosions..- - to really get a handle on this problem
- T`he costs of collection and disposal, we will -need both improved disposal
now estimated at $3.5 billion a year na- techniques and new resource recovery
t.tonally, are an enormous burden. And technologies. It is the purpose of part II
they can only go up as landfill sites be- of the bill to promote research and de-
come harder to find. Furthermore, it will velopment in both of these areas. 'I his
become more and more difficult for la-rid--- provision would authorize EPA to con-
tllls and incinerators to meet pollution duct research, development, and demon-
control standards. stratim projects in sludge management,