Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                       RESOLUTION 21-H.F.No. 2021 
 A resolution memorializing the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules for a 
ban on leaded gasoline, and memorializing the Congress 
of the United States to enact legislation either 
prohibiting leaded gasoline or allowing the states to 
prohibit it. 
    WHEREAS, the major ongoing source of new lead added to the 
environment of Minnesota is the combustion of leaded gasoline by 
automobiles; and 
    WHEREAS, lead from gasoline is a major contributor to the 
level of lead in children and adults in Minnesota; and 
    WHEREAS, because lead is a poison that damages the central 
nervous system its presence in the environment is a major health 
hazard affecting Minnesota children, especially central city 
children, resulting in learning disabilities, behavioral 
problems, and mental retardation; and 
    WHEREAS, the presence of lead in the environment of 
Minnesota also affects the human reproductive and blood-forming 
systems; and 
    WHEREAS, lead has been allowed to accumulate in the 
environment of Minnesota, especially in the central cities, to 
clearly unacceptable levels; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that the Environmental Protection Agency adopt rules for the 
immediate and total ban of leaded gasoline.  In adopting these 
rules, the Environmental Protection Agency should consider 
appropriate exclusions from this ban for trucks and farm 
vehicles. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the alternative, Congress 
should speedily enact legislation to amend the federal Clean Air 
Act to either prohibit leaded gasoline or permit the states to 
ban leaded gasoline. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota be directed to transmit certified copies of 
this resolution to the director of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency and to the Minnesota 
Congressional delegation. 
    Approved May 2, 1984