04-R 083

2004 -- H 8005

Enacted 02/24/04

 

H O U S E  R E S O L U T I O N

MEMORIALIZING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF JOB

CORPS, TO PROTECT THE QUEENS RIVER AQUIFER

     

     Introduced By: Representative Kenneth Carter

     Date Introduced: February 24, 2004

 

 

     WHEREAS, The Queens River Aquifer and associated wetlands has been designated by

the Environmental Protection Agency, the Rhode Island Rivers Council, the National Park

Service, the Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society as some of the most pristine,

ecologically valuable aquatic habitat in Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, The Queens River Aquifer serves a large number of residents living in

Washington County; and

     WHEREAS, The vision for Washington County is a region defined by its rural character,

with vibrant village centers, a strong economy, permanently preserved natural areas and

farmland, scenic coastline, clean and plentiful water, affordable housing and protected cultural

resources, such that the quality of life is maintained for all residents of Washington County,

present and future; and

     WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor, Office of Job Corps desires to open

the Exeter Job Corps Center on or about April of 2004 in a facility it has caused to be constructed

on a 22-acre parcel of land, leased at the former Ladd Center, and owned by the State of Rhode

Island; and

     WHEREAS, The proposed Exeter Job Corps Center includes the largest single Individual

Septic Disposal System (ISDS) currently installed in Rhode Island with a daily flow of more than

twenty-two thousand gallons of wastewater; and

     WHEREAS, The Exeter town council desires to facilitate “timely and effective

communication” with respect to unresolved issues associated with the Contracting Phase of the

proposed Exeter Job Corps Center; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives hereby respectfully urges the United

States Department of Labor, Office of Job Corps, to submit to local jurisdiction and to

incorporate Exeter Job Corps Center specific information in its contract for the operation and

maintenance of the proposed Exeter Job Corps Training Center; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the United States Department of Labor, Office

of Job Corps, the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation, the Honorable Donald Carcieri, and the

United States Department of Labor, Office of Job Corps and the Exeter town council.

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