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| 2015 -- S 0072 Enacted 01/14/2015 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING JULY 25TH THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2015, TO BE "WATERWAY AWARENESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Satchell, Felag, Walaska, and Pichardo |
| Date Introduced: January 13, 2015 |
| WHEREAS, The stewardship and conservation of Rhode Island's rivers, lakes, and |
| coastal waters is of vital importance and is the responsibility of all our state's citizenry; and |
| WHEREAS, According to a 2012 study by the Environment Rhode Island Research & |
| Policy Center and co-authored by the Frontier Group, 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals were |
| discharged into 1,400 waterways across the United States in 2010; and |
| WHEREAS, Rhode Island ranked second best only to Arizona with less than 1000 total |
| pounds of toxins released, making our state's waterways second cleanest in the nation when |
| measured by the total volume of discharged toxic chemicals; and |
| WHEREAS, Continuing our efforts to clean and protect the Ocean State's waterways is |
| essential and an increase in public awareness about the importance and beauty of our waterways |
| will better serve and motivate the citizens of our state to protect the future of these precious |
| natural resources; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby proclaims the week of July 25th through the 31st, 2015, to be "Waterway Awareness |
| Week." We furthermore call upon all the people of the state to observe this week with appropriate |
| programs, activities, and ceremonies; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby recognizes and supports the noble efforts of |
| students from Birchwood Middle School in helping to bring awareness to the importance of |
| maintaining the purity of our state's waterways; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to transmit |
| duly certified copies of this resolution to the Director of the Department of Environmental |
| Management, and Mr. Steven P. Clarke, Principal of Birchwood Middle School. |
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