Resolution 2605
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RESOLUTION NO. 2605
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION BY CONGRESS OF LEGISLATION
TO DEVELOP A CONSISTENT FEDERAL POLICY FOR
RISK ASSESSMENTS
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public
Utility District, County of EI Dorado, State of California, as follows:
WHEREAS, United States businesses, municipalities, and the public pay
over $500 billion annually in costs from regulations, and the average American family
eventually pay for these costs as a hidden "consumer tax" of about $6000 per year
on average; and
WHEREAS, our limited economic resources require the development of
federal regulations and programs based on sound science and cost effective policies;
and
WHEREAS, risk assessment is a scientific procedure for evaluating and
quantifying the magnitude and severity of hazards which may threaten human health I
and ecological resources and is an important tool for informed decisionmaking; and
WHEREAS, the federal government currently lacks a coordinated
scientific foundation for conducting risk assessments, greatly increasing the difficulty
of establishing policy priorities and providing maximum utility to decision makers;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of
South Tahoe Public Utility District supports the adoption by the Congress of legislation
to develop a consistent federal policy for risk assessments conducted by federal
agencies for the purpose of presenting to the public and federal government, the most
scientifically objective information concerning the nature and magnitude of health,
28 safety, and environmental risks in order; and
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to provide sound regulatory decisions and public education; to provide for full
consideration and discussion of relevant data and methodologies, and
to require explanation of significant choices in the risk assessment process which will
allow for better peer review and public understanding; and
to improve consistency within federal regulatory agencies In preparing risk
assessments and risk characterizations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of South
Tahoe Public Utility District at a duly held regular meeting on the
16th day of March, 1995 by the following vote:
AYES: Strohm, Mason, Wallace, Jones, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Duane Wallace, President, Board of Directors
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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Kathy Sh ~ Clerk of Bo rd
South Tahoe Public Utility District