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REQUEST STATE FUNDING PROGRAM FOR DISPOSAL OF •
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the demands of daily living in our society results in the develop-
ment and production of a wide variety of chemical products which are classified
as hazardous compounds and can affect the health and welfare of humans and
wildlife species, and
WHEREAS, the improper use or disposal of such materials as herbicides,
pesticides, and solvents has resulted in contamination of air, water and land
resources, and
WHEREAS, locally accessible facilities are not available to dispose of
hazardous agricultural waste in a safe manner which results in these materials
being stored where leaking could affect public health and welfare, or being
discarded in old landfills which will allow leaching of hazardous wastes into
the groundwater, and
WHEREAS, many counties and communities, in cooperation with the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources which provided grant funding, have conducted
Clean Sweep Programs for the collection and proper disposal of household
hazardous waste, and
WHEREAS, the presence of unusable farm agricultural chemicals, due to the
volume and toxicity of these materials, may pose a greater threat to public
health and the environment than household hazardous wastes,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors
formally request the State Legislature and Governor of Wisconsin to consider the
development of a state grant program to assist local units of government in
conducting programs to collect unwanted agricultural chemicals and dispose of
them in an environmentally safe manner, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT copies of this resolution be sent to Governor
Tommy Thompson, Senator Dick Shoemaker, Representatives Sheila Harsdorf and
Al Baldus, the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Counties Association, and the
County Board Chairman of all Wisconsin Counties.
DATED this 13 day of June, 1989.
St. Croix County Agriculture and St. Croix County Land Conservation
Extension Education Committee Committee
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