HCM 2003 — uranium pollution; remediation

HCM2003 - 541R - H-FederalH Relations-AdoptedVer       House Engrossed       State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature                                                        Legislature First Regular Session                                                           Session   COMMITTEE  ONHOUSE FEDERALCONCURRENT RELATIONSMEMORIAL HOUSE2003 OF  REPRESENTATIVES  AMENDMENTS  TOA H.C.M.CONCURRENT memorial   urging the united states environmental protection agency to clean up and eradicate uranium and related air and water pollution in the state of arizona.

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raWhereas, the United States and the Navajo Nation are addressing abandoned uranium mines through settlement agreements, federal investment and cleanup work.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:

1.  That the United States Environmental Protection Agency take any and all, necessary, additional steps to implement the remediation and cleanup of uranium and related air and water pollution resulting from improperly reclaimed former and abandoned uranium mines within this state.

2.  That the Attorney General of the State of Arizona review and consider any and all appropriate legal actions to compel remediation actions and all additional appropriate additional actions by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

3.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Attorney General of the State of Arizona and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.