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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2003 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | |
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MANAGEMENT PERFORM AIR QUALITY STUDIES AT AND NEAR T.F. GREEN | |
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AIRPORT IN WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Ginaitt, Naughton, Sherlock, and Trillo | |
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Date Introduced: May 01, 2003 | |
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Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
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WHEREAS, The T.F. Green Airport property is owned by the State of Rhode Island |
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which leases the property to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) for the operation of |
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T.F. Green Airport and related support industries; and |
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WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island, principally the Rhode Island Department of |
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Environmental Management (RIDEM), is responsible for ensuring that health-based ambient air |
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quality standards are met, and that air quality is not eroded by increases in emissions that are |
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concomitant with economic growth; and |
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WHEREAS, RIDEM has received numerous inquiries and complaints from members of |
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the public about air quality problems they attribute to operations at T.F. Green Airport; and |
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WHEREAS, RIDEM acknowledges that airports and aviation activities result in |
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emissions of pollutants of which particular concern are nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, |
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volatile organic compounds (1,3-butadiene and benzene), carbonyls (formaldehyde) and |
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particular matter, as well as other pollutants; and |
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WHEREAS, There are no long-term air quality monitoring stations located within the |
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City of Warwick; and |
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WHEREAS, There is little documented air quality testing and studies which have been |
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performed at and near T.F. Green Airport; and |
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WHEREAS, RIDEM has requested that RIAC perform certain air quality inventories, |
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sampling, modeling and studies and RIAC is reluctant or claims it is at this time financially |
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unable to perform all of these; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby requests that the Rhode Island Department of Environmental |
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Management install and operate at least one long-term air quality monitoring station to be located |
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within one-quarter mile of T.F. Green Airport; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations additionally requests that the Rhode Island Department of Environmental |
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Management conduct air quality inventories, sampling, modeling and studies as those which |
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RIDEM has requested RIAC to perform for the Environmental Impact Statement for airport |
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expansion and/or those air quality inventories, sampling, modeling and studies, as necessary in |
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order to determine the impact of T.F. Green Airport on local air quality and conduct an air toxics |
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assessment to determine the cumulative risk posed to the public by all sources of emissions |
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related to the operation of T.F. Green Airport; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island |
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Airport Corporation, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental |
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Management, the Mayor of the City of Warwick, the President of the Warwick City Council and |
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the Governor of the State of Rhode Island. |
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