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As adopted 2-22-71
9-R-71
RESOLUTION
Urging the Setting and Enforcing of.Standards
for Thermal Discharges into Lake Michigan
WHEREAS, a nuclear power plant is being constructed along Lake
blichigan at or near Zion, Lake County, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, other nuclear power plants may be erected on or along
the shore of Lake Michigan; and
WHEREAS, such nuclear power plants seek to use lake water for
cooling and'discharge of heated water into the lake; and
WHEREAS, such discharges and heated water if not properly
controlled, may have some adverse local effects upon the ecological
life of Lake Michigan, and
WHEREAS, Federal and State authorities are formulating approp-
riate thermal standards to protect Lake Michigan from thermal
pollution:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the.City Council of the City
of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, that it supports the work being
done by the Illinois Pollution Control Board and the Lake «Michigan .
Enforcement Conference in their efforts to set standards, based on
the most complete and timely scientific data available, to prevent
ecological harm to Lake "Michigan due to thermal discharges.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a thermal standard be adopted that
insures the protection of Lake Michigan from ecological harm due to
thermal discharges; and that for the purpose of establishing such a
standard, conflicting evidence concerning the effects of levels of
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thermal discharge shall always be resolved in favor of the en-
vironment and that technological, and not economic, feasibility
shall be the sole justification for departing from the principle
of no..damage to the environment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that whatever standards are set be
complemented by extensive independent monitoring of the ecological
systems and conditions of Lake Michigan, around the discharge of
power stations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the industrial concerns who
plan to use lake water for cooling be urged to make a public
commitment to take prompt corrective action if such action is
clearly indicated.
' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a representative of the City
of Evanston shall personally appear before and cause to be read
into the appropriate official records of the Lake Michigan En-
forcement Conference at its next scheduled hearings a copy of this
resolution; and that a copy be submitted to the Illinois Pollution
Control Board.
Attest:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Approved:
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/ Mayor /
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