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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mr. William C. "Bill" Child of Petersburg was |
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| recognized with the Association of State and Territorial Solid |
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| Waste Management Officials' (ASTSWMO) Lifetime Achievement |
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| Award; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Child has worked at the Illinois Environmental |
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| Protection Agency (IEPA) for 35 years and was recognized for a |
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| lifetime of service to the environment by the ASTSWMO at the |
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| group's annual meeting in Bethesda, Maryland; and
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| WHEREAS, He became involved in the ASTSWMO in 1980, when he |
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| was the deputy division director of the Bureau of Land; he |
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| immediately became involved in boards and committees within the |
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| organization, which exists to support state environmental |
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| agencies; and
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| WHEREAS, As part of his work with the ASTSWMO, Mr. Child |
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| was involved in making vital changes to the federal Superfund |
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| cleanup program; by testifying before Congress, he and others |
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| convinced the government to look at a broader range of |
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| Brownfield sites for cleanup across the country; and
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| WHEREAS, He took on multiple leadership roles with the |
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| ASTSWMO, including serving as a member of the Region 5 Board of |
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| Directors, as vice-president, and as president; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Child started working at the IEPA immediately |
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| following college; he has worked as Deputy Manager for the |
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| Bureau of Land, Manager for Solid and Hazardous Waste Field |
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| Services, and Manager of a Regional Solid and Hazardous Waste |
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| Field Office; in his current position as Chief of the Bureau of |
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| Land, he is responsible for administering statewide waste |
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| management programs and oversees a staff of 400 employees with |
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| a total budget of $100 million; and
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