0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 2
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             DEDE FELDMAN
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO ESTABLISH AN
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0012|     ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GUIDE THE GREEN ZIA ENVIRONMENTAL
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0013|     EXCELLENCE PROGRAM AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR AN INTEGRATED
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0014|     POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM.
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0015|     
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0016|          WHEREAS, pollution prevention is the preferred method to
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0017|     achieve a healthy economy as well as a clean environment; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the department of environment, the energy,
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0019|     minerals and natural resources department, the city of

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0020|     Albuquerque, the waste-management education and research
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0021|     consortium, the small business development centers, the
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0022|     industry network corporation, Sandia and Los Alamos national
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0023|     laboratories, the department of defense and other private
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0024|     industries have formed a partnership to promote pollution
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0025|     prevention; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, the department of environment, with a grant from
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0002|     the environmental protection agency, has established the green
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0003|     zia environmental excellence program to support and recognize
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0004|     businesses that implement pollution prevention programs; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, pollution prevention can reduce or eliminate
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0006|     creation of pollutants at the source by using less hazardous
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0007|     materials, by using more efficient processes or by using less
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0008|     energy, water and other resources; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, waste results from process inefficiency, and
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0010|     producing less waste means more efficient production and
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0011|     greater profits for the business; and
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0012|          WHEREAS, pollution prevention, therefore, means a cleaner
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0013|     New Mexico environment and a healthier New Mexico economy; 
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0014|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0015|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of environment be
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0016|     requested to establish a pollution prevention advisory council
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0017|     to guide the green zia environmental excellence program,
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0018|     review existing pollution prevention activities and develop a
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0019|     plan for an integrated statewide pollution prevention program;
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0020|     and
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0021|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of environment
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0022|     report to the appropriate committee of the legislature by
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0023|     November 1, 1998 on the progress of the council; and
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0024|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0025|     transmitted to the secretary of environment and to the
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0001|     governor.
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