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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate John A. Ambrose, former
4Chief Operating Officer of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC and former
5President of Rentech Nitrogen, LLC on the occasion of his
6retirement on January 9, 2015; and
 
7    WHEREAS, John Ambrose served in those leadership positions
8from 2007 until his retirement at Rentech Nitrogen's nitrogen
9fertilizer facility near East Dubuque; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque plant is the
11only nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Illinois
12and supplies corn growers in the northern half of the State;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to expand production
15of several products including a $100,000,000 ammonia
16expansion, that created numerous construction jobs; and
 
17    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque
18facility to spend between $5 to $10 million in maintenance
19capital projects annually to renew the 49-year-old facility to
20assure jobs, local commerce, a tax base, and a supply of
21Illinois-made nitrogen fertilizer to agricultural dealers and

 

 

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1coops; and
 
2    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to install a unit to
3produce and supply DEF (Diesel Emission Fluid) for the control
4of pollutants from mobile diesel engines; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to install
6numerous environmental stewardship projects that eliminated
7the use of an ozone depleting refrigerant, improved the capture
8of oil in waste water, reduced the emission of a primary
9pollutant, and on a voluntary basis reduced by over 90% the
10emission of a greenhouse gas; and
 
11    WHEREAS, John Ambrose participated in the Chemical
12Industry Council of Illinois and specifically as Chairman of
13the executive Committee in 2014; and
 
14    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to support the
15local economic development effort (Tri-County Economic
16Development Alliance-TCEDA) and served on its Executive
17committee and as Vice-Chairman; and
 
18    WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to join and
19participate in other Northwest Illinois organizations and
20re-focused donations to local charities, local fire and police
21organizations, and local agricultural organizations;

 

 

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1therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4thank former Rentech Nitrogen Chief Operating Officer John A.
5Ambrose for his years of service to the people of Illinois, to
6Northwest Illinois, and to Jo Daviess County, and we
7congratulate him on his retirement, and wish him all the best
8in his future endeavors; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to John Ambrose as an expression of our
11congratulations and appreciation for a job well done.