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2 RESOLUTION NO. 8,538
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4 A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM
5 ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO INCINERATOR
6 UNITS, AND THE SUSPENSION OF EXISTING PERMITS
7 FOR FACILITIES NOT YET IN OPERATION, UNTIL THE
8 DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY
9 CAN MORE FULLY DETERMINE THE EFFECTS THAT THE
ACTIVITY FROM SUCH FACILITIES CAN HAVE ON THE
10 LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND CITIZENRY.
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12 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has recently been involved
13 in a discussion of whether to issue industrial development bonds
to help finance a medical wastes incinerator within the City
14 limits; and
15 WHEREAS, during the public debate and discussion of this
16 financing issue serious questions were raised about the effect
17 that such units can have on the local environment, particularly
18 through the discharge or particulates into the atmosphere; and
WHEREAS, despite the presence of these questions the City
19 learned that the Department of Pollution Control and Ecology had
20 issued a permit for this particular facility and it appeared
21 that the Department may not have an enforcement arm able to
22 adequately deal with the various incinerator units within the
State; and
23 WHEREAS, the City has learned that a state legislative
24 effort will now be made to review more completely the
25 requirements that should be imposed on such facilities before
26 the issuance of any license by the State; and
27 Wf REAS, prior to the time that this review is complete it
seems appropriate that no permits be issued and that a
28 moratorium against the issuance of permits be declared; and
29 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock would support such a
30 moratorium.
31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
32 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little
33 Rock, Arkansas, supports and endorses a temporary moratorium
34 upon the issuance of permits for incinerator units, and the
35 suspension of existing permits for facilities not yet in
36 operation, by the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and
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Ecology until such time as sufficient studies can be completed
as to the impact that such incinerators, including but not
limited to medical waste incinerators, has upon the local
environment and population.
SECTION 2. It is further the intention of the City Board of
Directors, once new federal standards come into play, to urge
the appropriate authorities to assure that the existing
facilities comply with these standards.
ADOPTED: July 16, 1991
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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THOMAS M. CARPEL ER
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C)M DAILEY, VICE MAYOR
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