Full Text of HR0143 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to
congratulate John A. Ambrose, former | 4 | | Chief Operating Officer of Rentech
Nitrogen GP, LLC and former | 5 | | President of Rentech Nitrogen, LLC on the
occasion of his | 6 | | retirement on January 9, 2015; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose served in those leadership positions | 8 | | from 2007
until his retirement at Rentech Nitrogen's nitrogen | 9 | | fertilizer facility near East
Dubuque; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque plant is the | 11 | | only nitrogen
fertilizer manufacturing facility in Illinois | 12 | | and supplies corn growers in the
northern half of the State; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to expand production | 15 | | of several
products including a $100,000,000 ammonia | 16 | | expansion, that created
numerous construction jobs; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque | 18 | | facility to
spend between $5 to $10 million in maintenance | 19 | | capital projects annually to
renew the 49-year-old facility to | 20 | | assure jobs, local commerce, a tax base, and
a supply of | 21 | | Illinois-made nitrogen fertilizer to agricultural dealers and |
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| 1 | | coops; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to install a unit to | 3 | | produce and
supply DEF (Diesel Emission Fluid) for the control | 4 | | of pollutants from mobile
diesel engines; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to install | 6 | | numerous
environmental stewardship projects that eliminated | 7 | | the use of an ozone
depleting refrigerant, improved the capture | 8 | | of oil in waste water, reduced the
emission of a primary | 9 | | pollutant, and on a voluntary basis reduced by over
90% the | 10 | | emission of a greenhouse gas; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose participated in the Chemical | 12 | | Industry Council of
Illinois and specifically as Chairman of | 13 | | the executive Committee in 2014; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to support the | 15 | | local
economic development effort (Tri-County Economic | 16 | | Development Alliance-TCEDA)
and served on its Executive | 17 | | committee and as Vice-Chairman; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to join and | 19 | | participate in
other Northwest Illinois organizations and | 20 | | re-focused donations to local
charities, local fire and police | 21 | | organizations, and local agricultural
organizations; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 | | thank former Rentech Nitrogen Chief Operating Officer John A.
| 5 | | Ambrose for his years of service to the people of Illinois, to | 6 | | Northwest
Illinois, and to Jo Daviess County, and we | 7 | | congratulate him on his
retirement, and wish him all the best | 8 | | in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to John Ambrose as an expression of our | 11 | | congratulations and appreciation for a job
well done.
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