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H. C. R. No. 4 As Adopted by the House
As Adopted by the House
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Representative Rosenberger
Cosponsors:
Representatives Gonzales, Buchy, Gardner, Grossman, Huffman, Blessing, Peterson, Garland, Carey, Adams, J., Maag, Derickson, Szollosi, Schuring, Combs, Martin, Blair, Thompson, Patmon, Goodwin, Stebelton, Stautberg, Coley, O'Brien, Adams, R., Anielski, Beck, Boose, Brenner, Bubp, Butler, Duffey, Gentile, Hackett, Hagan, C., Hayes, Hottinger, Johnson, Letson, Luckie, McGregor, Mecklenborg, Newbold, Roegner, Ruhl, Sears, Slaby, Uecker, Young Speaker Batchelder
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
| To urge the President of the United States to direct
the United States Department of Energy to ensure
the continuation of the uranium enrichment work
being developed by USEC, Inc., at its Piketon,
Ohio plant by granting USEC's application for a
federal loan guarantee and to direct the Secretary
of Energy to strongly consider providing federal
funding assistance for the Clean Energy Park
Demonstration Project.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, USEC, Inc. is a global and leading supplier of
enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants; and |
| WHEREAS, USEC currently operates the American Centrifuge
Demonstration Facility in Piketon, Ohio, that develops next
generation uranium enrichment technology; and |
| WHEREAS, The United States Department of Energy (USDOE)
currently is considering USEC's application for a federal loan
guarantee for the construction of its American Centrifuge Plant in
Piketon; and |
| WHEREAS, USEC and the Ohio General Assembly believe that the
American Centrifuge Plant project has met the financial and
technical requirements of the USDOE's Loan Guarantee Program as
well as President Obama's policy objectives for energy security
and climate change goals and that the plant has demonstrated with
confidence that it is technologically ready to transition to
commercial operation; and |
| WHEREAS, The construction and operation of the American
Centrifuge Plant will create up to an estimated 8,000 jobs,
approximately half of which will be in Ohio; and |
| WHEREAS, USDOE's failure to grant a loan guarantee will force
USEC, at a critical time in Ohio's economy, to demobilize its
American Centrifuge Plant uranium enrichment project jeopardizing
the expansion efforts at the Piketon plant and resulting in job
losses in Ohio and several other states; and |
| WHEREAS, President Obama has expressed his support for the
American Centrifuge Plant when campaigning in Ohio; and |
| WHEREAS, In a separate effort, USEC, the Southern Ohio
Diversification Initiative, and power developers have joined to
form the Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park Alliance for the purpose
of pursuing the proposed development of a Clean Energy Park
Demonstration Project at the USDOE site in Piketon and to support
reindustrialization and asset reutilization as the cleanup work at
this site nears completion; and |
| WHEREAS, The Alliance proposes to evaluate the Portsmouth
Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Piketon as a potential location
for a new nuclear power plant and include in the evaluation both a
plant siting study and the preparation of licensing documents for
submission to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission as
part of its Early Site Permit process; and |
| WHEREAS, A Generation III+ nuclear power reactor located at
this site, would create over 2,000 construction jobs with an
estimated payroll of $1.2 billion over six years and add
approximately 500 permanent professional and technical jobs to the
region without producing carbon emissions; and |
| WHEREAS, A shared funding approach between the USDOE and the
Alliance is an appropriate method of funding this multi-billion
dollar project due to possible environmental contamination at the
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site, and whereby, under this
approach, the USDOE would fund the preparation of the Early Site
Permit and the Combined Operating License Application, and then
the Alliance would fund the nuclear power plant project as it
progresses; and |
| WHEREAS, The USDOE has the authority to direct federal funds
toward projects such as the Clean Energy Park Demonstration
Project; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States to
direct the Secretary of USDOE to award USEC, at the earliest
opportunity, the federal loan guarantee for which it applied; and
be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States to
direct the Secretary of USDOE to give strong consideration to the
request made by the Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park Alliance for
federal funding assistance for the Clean Energy Park Demonstration
Project in Piketon, Ohio; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States
Department of Energy, the members of the Ohio Congressional
delegation, the Governor of Ohio, the Board of Pike County
Commissioners, and the news media of Ohio. |
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