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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1600
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Wisconsin General Assembly passed legislation | ||||||
| 3 | that incentivizes Foxconn Technology Group to open and operate | ||||||
| 4 | a facility in Racine County, Wisconsin that would waive | ||||||
| 5 | significant environment protections; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Foxconn will be allowed to discharge dredged | ||||||
| 7 | materials or fill wetlands without a permit and forego | ||||||
| 8 | environmental impact statements; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Racine County and the site chosen sits in the Des | ||||||
| 10 | Plaines watershed that also extends into Illinois; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Wetlands are vital for clean water, flood water | ||||||
| 12 | storage, and ecological integrity; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Flooding in the Des Plaines River watershed and | ||||||
| 14 | throughout Lake County has cost billions of dollars and caused | ||||||
| 15 | severe damage; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Foxconn plans to draw seven million gallons of | ||||||
| 17 | water a day from Lake Michigan, a critical water resource for | ||||||
| 18 | the people of Illinois; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, There are questions being raised about whether the | ||||||
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| 1 | diversion request meets the definition and intent of the Great | ||||||
| 2 | Lakes Compact requirement that water be used for a "Group of | ||||||
| 3 | largely residential customers"; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the State of | ||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin to consider the serious concerns over the Foxconn | ||||||
| 7 | development due to the environmental and public health threats | ||||||
| 8 | it poses to the people of Illinois; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That we urge Illinois agencies to take whatever | ||||||
| 10 | actions possible to protect against the loss of water | ||||||
| 11 | resources, the potential flooding, and other ecological | ||||||
| 12 | impacts from this development; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we state our belief that Illinois should not | ||||||
| 14 | waive similar environmental requirements for any developments | ||||||
| 15 | seeking to locate in Illinois; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Secretary | ||||||
| 18 | of the Department of Natural Resources, Daniel Meyer.
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