PRINTER'S NO. 1539

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 139 Session of 1999

        INTRODUCED BY BARD, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES,
           BELARDI, BELFANTI, CAPPABIANCA, CHADWICK, CIVERA, CLARK,
           M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CURRY, DAILEY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY,
           DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, DRUCE, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FLICK, FREEMAN,
           GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, GORDNER, HALUSKA, HARHAI,
           HASAY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
           LESCOVITZ, LEVDANSKY, LUCYK, MAITLAND, MARSICO, MASLAND,
           McCALL, McILHINNEY, MELIO, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY,
           NAILOR, ORIE, PIPPY, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROBINSON, ROONEY,
           ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER,
           SEYFERT, B. SMITH, SURRA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
           TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD
           AND HESS, APRIL 20, 1999

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           APRIL 20, 1999

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating April 22, 1999, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania."

     2     WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has been endowed with true natural
     3  beauty and an abundance of wood, water and natural resources;
     4  and
     5     WHEREAS, The founder of our Commonwealth, William Penn,
     6  praised the land greatly after he saw it for the first time in
     7  1682, noting "The country itself, its soil, air, water, seasons
     8  and produce, both natural and artificial, is not to be
     9  despised"; and
    10     WHEREAS, While the House of Representatives has been taking
    11  action to protect and preserve our natural resources, passing

     1  such measures as the Conservation Bill of Rights, the Hazardous
     2  Sites Cleanup Act, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and
     3  Waste Reduction Act and the Abandoned Mine Subsidence Assistance
     4  Act and recently modernizing The Clean Streams Law, the
     5  contamination of our water and the despoliation of our land
     6  continues to be a problem and a major legislative concern; and
     7     WHEREAS, We are approaching the 29th Anniversary of the first
     8  Earth Day, held in April of 1970, filled with resolve to protect
     9  the natural resources of our Commonwealth for future
    10  generations; therefore be it
    11     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
    12  22, 1999, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania"; and be it further
    13     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives dedicate itself
    14  to the proposition that our natural environment must be
    15  protected and preserved.










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