R 425 |
2019 -- S 1041 Enacted 06/28/2019 |
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE MERITS AND FEASIBILITY OF A PYROLYSIS OR GASIFICATION FACILITY IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Sosnowski, Archambault, Ciccone, and Conley |
Date Introduced: June 28, 2019 |
WHEREAS, Rhode Island is actively striving toward the ambitious greenhouse gas |
reductions goals set by the Climate Change Coordinating Council; and |
WHEREAS, Pyrolysis refers to heating of biomass to a high temperature, but with no |
supply of air and is an effective way to convert biomass, especially waste, agricultural waste and |
such, into useful fuels and products. It can also be used to convert plastic to oil; and |
WHEREAS, Gasification plants produce significantly lower quantities of air pollutants; |
now, therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created |
consisting of seven (7) members: two (2) of whom shall be members of the Senate, to be |
appointed by the Senate President; one of whom shall be the Director of the Rhode Island |
Department of Environmental Management (DEM), or designee; one of whom shall be the |
Director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration (DOA), or designee; one of whom |
shall be the Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce, or designee; one of whom shall be the |
Executive Director of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC), or designee; |
and one of whom shall be the Commissioner of the Office of Energy Resources (OER), or |
designee. |
In lieu of any appointment of a member of the legislature to a permanent advisory |
commission, a legislative study commission, or any commission created by a General Assembly |
resolution, the appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in place |
of a legislator. |
The purpose of said commission shall be to study the merits and feasibility of developing |
a pyrolysis or gasification facility in the state. |
Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at |
the call of the President of the Senate and organize, and shall select a chairperson from among the |
legislators. |
Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment. |
The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services. |
All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, |
documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or |
desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution. |
The Joint Committee on Legislative Services is hereby authorized and directed to provide |
suitable quarters for said commission; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That the commission shall issue a report on its findings and |
recommendations to the Senate no later than March 7, 2020, and said commission shall expire on |
May 7, 2020. |
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