Full Text of HR0655 096th General Assembly
HR0655 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The United States Army Corps of Engineers | 3 |
| constructed the Lucas-Berg Confined Dredged Material Disposal | 4 |
| Facility in the early 1980s with the intention of dumping | 5 |
| sediments dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel about 1,200 feet | 6 |
| into the Lucas-Berg Pit in the Village of Worth; and
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| WHEREAS, The Lucas-Berg Pit is located in an area | 8 |
| surrounded by schools, churches, homes, public transportation, | 9 |
| food establishments, and housing for the elderly; and
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| WHEREAS, Previous studies of dredged sedimentary materials | 11 |
| from the Cal-Sag Channel found that the dredged materials | 12 |
| contained dangerous levels of toxins; and
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| WHEREAS, The dumping of these dredged sedimentary | 14 |
| materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit would settle in proximity to | 15 |
| groundwater and pose a potential hazard to the air and drinking | 16 |
| water of the community; and
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| WHEREAS, The dumping of dangerous dredged sedimentary | 18 |
| materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit poses a threat to the Village | 19 |
| of Worth and its residents due to the possibility of causing | 20 |
| serious illnesses, including mercury poisoning, lead | 21 |
| poisoning, anemia, brain damage, birth defects, kidney |
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| dysfunction, and lung impairments; and
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| WHEREAS, Previous studies regarding the Lucas-Berg Pit | 3 |
| were used to defeat attempts by the United States Army Corps of | 4 |
| Engineers from disposing the dredged sedimentary materials | 5 |
| into the pit; and
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| WHEREAS, A new study conducted by the United States Army | 7 |
| Corps of Engineers has identified 20 potential alternative | 8 |
| sites that could replace the Lucas-Berg Confined Placement | 9 |
| Facility; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, New attempts by the United States Army Corps of | 11 |
| Engineers have been initiated to dispose of 17,250 cubic yards | 12 |
| of contaminated sediment per year from the Cal-Sag Channel into | 13 |
| the Lucas-Berg Pit; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| state our opposition to the use of the Lucas-Berg Confined | 17 |
| Dredged Material Disposal Facility and the dumping of dredged | 18 |
| sedimentary materials into the Lucas-Berg Pit due to the threat | 19 |
| to human life and safety in the surrounding area; and be it | 20 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the United States Army Corps of |
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| Engineers to find an alternative, safe resting site for | 2 |
| sediments dredged from the Cal-Sag Channel; and be it further | 3 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the | 5 |
| Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Village of | 6 |
| Worth.
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