[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10773-H10774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT NATIONAL POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, my topic is quite different. I am 
pleased to lend my support to National Pollution Prevention Week, 
recognized across the country to promote the most environmentally 
responsible management approach of pollution prevention, reducing 
pollution at the source before it starts. Pollution prevention can 
increase industrial efficiency and commercial competitiveness, improve 
the health and safety of workers in the workplace, while simultaneously 
preserving valuable resources and protecting the environment.
  In my State of Maryland we have a very active State pollution 
prevention

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program that is helping to protect the Chesapeake Bay, the Anacostia 
and Potomac Rivers, and many other natural resource treasures. This is 
the key to the environmental health of my district. Maryland's 
Department of the Environment, numerous private sector programs, along 
with other Federal and local programs in the State, are working 
actively with the National Pollution Prevention Round Table, the 
largest association of State and local pollution prevention programs in 
the United States, to produce and promote a source reduction approach 
to environmental protection.
  I ask all of us to recognize the importance of meeting those 
challenges for a healthy community.

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