Full Text of HR0188 94th General Assembly
HR0188 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Each year in the United States, over 285,000,000 | 3 |
| automobile tires require disposal; and
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| WHEREAS, Of that figure, only 33,000,000 tires are | 5 |
| re-treaded and only 22,000,000 are reused and resold; and
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| WHEREAS, Another 42,000,000 are put to various other uses, | 7 |
| leaving over 188,000,000 used tires to clog our nation's | 8 |
| landfills and to be left in illegal dumps; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Environmental Protection Agency | 10 |
| estimates that the current domestic used tire problem amounts | 11 |
| to over 3,000,000,000 tires; and
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| WHEREAS, Markets that currently use recycled tires are | 13 |
| completely saturated and cannot absorb larger quantities of the | 14 |
| excess; alternate markets need to be developed; and
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| WHEREAS, Various states, including Alaska, Arizona, | 16 |
| California, and Tennessee, have been studying the use of scrap | 17 |
| tire rubber in asphalt and implementing its use widely for over | 18 |
| the past decade; and
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| WHEREAS, These programs have yielded wildly successful | 20 |
| results in the savings of millions of dollars over time in | 21 |
| maintenance and re-paving costs; and
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| WHEREAS, Action on this issue now will not only save | 23 |
| taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in landfill costs and in | 24 |
| road maintenance fees, but will also provide for the public | 25 |
| health and safety in environmental terms; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 27 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we request that the Illinois Department of Transportation | 2 |
| conduct a comprehensive study on the use of scrap tire rubber | 3 |
| in the paving practices of the State and all units of local | 4 |
| government in the State; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the results of the study be reported back to | 6 |
| the House of Representatives no later than June 1, 2006; and be | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be provided to the | 9 |
| Illinois Secretary of Transportation.
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