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<br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 96-05 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION BY !rBE CI!rY COUNCIL OF !rBE CIn OF LA POR!rE, !rEDS, SUPPOR!rING !rBE <br />1972 BAN ON OCEAN DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WAS!rE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, has the moral <br />obligation to ensure an environment which will enhance the quality of life for <br />all children and adults alike; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the United States Navy has a proposal to dispose of up to 100 defueled <br />decommissioned nuclear submarines during the next three decades; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, one of the options is for ocean disposal of these submarines; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the oceans are a food source for much of the world's population and <br />contamination of the food chain could have far reaching implications; <br /> <br />NOW, !rBEREFORE BE I!r RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, <br />should support the 1972 ban on all ocean dumping of nuclear wastes until it can <br />be demonstrated that the safety and efficiency of ocean disposal offers less harm <br />to human health and the environment than other practical alternative methods of <br />disposal. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED, this <br /> <br />22nd <br /> <br />day of <br /> <br />Julv <br /> <br />,1996. <br /> <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />o n L. Ma one, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Sue Lenes, City Secretary <br /> <br />Pi. <br /> <br /> <br />Knox W. Askins, <br /> <br />