HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 69

(By Delegates Butler, Ambler, Anderson, Ashley, Azinger, Bates, Blair, Boggs, Butler, Byrd, Campbell, Canterbury, Cooper, Cowles, Duke, Eldridge, Ellington, Espinosa, Evans, A., Evans, D., Faircloth, Fast, Ferro, Fluharty, Foster, Frich, Gearheart, Hamilton, Hamrick, Hanshaw, Hartman, Hicks, Hill, Hornbuckle, Householder, Ihle, Ireland, Kelly, Kessinger, Kurcaba, Longstreth, Manchin, Marcum, McGeehan, Miley, Miller, Moffatt, Morgan, Moye, Nelson, E., Nelson, J., O’Neal, Overington, Pasdon, Perdue, Pethtel, Phillips, L., Phillips, R., Reynolds, Rodighiero, Shott, Smith, R., Sobonya, Sponaugle, Summers, Trecost, Wagner, Walters, Waxman, White, H., Williams and Zatezalo)

Urging Congress to change U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards that make it difficult to complete planning and construction of public projects.

            Whereas, The rigid standards of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they relate to the planning and construction of many public projects such as road building are overly burdensome and create difficulties that increase the cost and time involved on these projects; and

            Whereas, Continued imposition of such rigid and unreasonable standards will further impact the financial stability of the State of West Virginia in an unstable economy; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Legislature hereby urges Congress to change and streamline the standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help reduce cost of road construction and other public projects in West Virginia; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a certified copy of this resolution to the members of the West Virginia Delegation to the Congress of the United States and the President of the United States and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.