HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 01-1991 RESOLUTION NO. 1-91
ENCOURAGING HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE AWARENESS
WHEREAS, numerous hazardous household wastes (ie. paints,
thinners, insecticides, waste oil, drain cleaners) are disposed of in
South Dakota landfills, threatening groundwater supplies, and
residents of the Brookings area do not have an appropriate site to
dispose of these hazardous household wastes and,
WHEREAS, the South Dakota State Legislature has passed a law to
provide for appropriate disposal of hazardous household wastes in a
program called Toxic Clean Up Days and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Minerals and Environment has passed rules
to implement Toxic Clean Up Days and has named Brookings as the site
for the pilot program for Toxic Clean Up Days, tentatively scheduled
for May 18, 1991 and,
WHEREAS, the Toxic Clean Up Days program had broad citizen
support represented by over 1, 600 signatures gathered on Dakota Rural
Action's petition to implement Toxic Clean Up Days and has the
endorsement of the Brookings Solid Waste Committee, the Catholic Rural
Life Conference of Sioux Falls Diocese, the Recycling Coalition of
South Dakota, South Dakota Peace and Justice Center and the South
Dakota Resource Coalition and,
WHEREAS, Toxic Clean Up Days cannot be implemented because
appropriations have not been allocated to fund this program now,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Brookings City Commission and
the Brookings County Commission call on Governor George Mickelson, the
South Dakota State Legislature and the Department of Water and Natural
Resources to make an appropriation for Toxic Clean Up Days to be used
for promotion of the program, collection of the toxins and proper,
safe disposal of the toxins and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Brookings City Commission pledge
$100. 00 to be used for advertisement and promotion of the Toxic Clean
Up Days program to be held in Brookings.
Passed and approved this 8th day of January, 1991.
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