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Full Text of HR0655  96th General Assembly

HR0655 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The United States Army Corps of Engineers
3 constructed the Lucas-Berg Confined Dredged Material Disposal
4 Facility in the early 1980s with the intention of dumping
5 sediments dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel about 1,200 feet
6 into the Lucas-Berg Pit in the Village of Worth; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Lucas-Berg Pit is located in an area
8 surrounded by schools, churches, homes, public transportation,
9 food establishments, and housing for the elderly; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Previous studies of dredged sedimentary materials
11 from the Cal-Sag Channel found that the dredged materials
12 contained dangerous levels of toxins; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The dumping of these dredged sedimentary
14 materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit would settle in proximity to
15 groundwater and pose a potential hazard to the air and drinking
16 water of the community; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The dumping of dangerous dredged sedimentary
18 materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit poses a threat to the Village
19 of Worth and its residents due to the possibility of causing
20 serious illnesses, including mercury poisoning, lead
21 poisoning, anemia, brain damage, birth defects, kidney

 

 

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1 dysfunction, and lung impairments; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Previous studies regarding the Lucas-Berg Pit
3 were used to defeat attempts by the United States Army Corps of
4 Engineers from disposing the dredged sedimentary materials
5 into the pit; and
 
6     WHEREAS, A new study conducted by the United States Army
7 Corps of Engineers has identified 20 potential alternative
8 sites that could replace the Lucas-Berg Confined Placement
9 Facility; and
 
10     WHEREAS, New attempts by the United States Army Corps of
11 Engineers have been initiated to dispose of 17,250 cubic yards
12 of contaminated sediment per year from the Cal-Sag Channel into
13 the Lucas-Berg Pit; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 state our opposition to the use of the Lucas-Berg Confined
17 Dredged Material Disposal Facility and the dumping of dredged
18 sedimentary materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit due to the threat
19 to human life and safety in the surrounding area; and be it
20 further
 
21     RESOLVED, That we urge the United States Army Corps of

 

 

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1 Engineers to find an alternative, safe resting site for
2 sediments dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the
5 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Village of
6 Worth.