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1990 NGA Annual Meeting BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 ~ 1 2 ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE 3 AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 4 5 National Governors' Association 6 82nd Annual Meeting Mobile, Alabama 7 July 29-31, 1990 8 9 10 11 12 ~ 13 ..- 14 15 16 PROCEEDINGS of the Opening Plenary Session of the 17 National Governors' Association 82nd Annual Meeting, 18 held at the Mobile Civic Center, Mobile, Alabama, 19 on the 29th day of July, 1990, commencing at 20 approximately 12:45 o'clock, p.m. 21 22 23 ".~' BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE. ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 I N D E X 2 3 Announcements Governor Branstad 4 Page 4 5 6 Welcoming Remarks Governor Hunt 7 Page 6 8 9 Opening Remarks Governor Branstad 10 Page 7 11 12 Overview of the Report of the Task Force on Solid Waste Management 13 Governor Casey Governor Martinez Page 11 Page 15 14 15 Integrated Waste Management: 16 Meeting the Challenge Mr. William D. Ruckelshaus 17 Page 18 18 Questions and Discussion 19 Page 35 20 21 22 23 2 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 I N D E X (cont'd) 2 Global Environmental Challenges 3 and the Role of the World Bank Mr. Barber B. Conable, Jr. 4 Page 52 5 Questions and Discussion 6 Page 67 7 8 Recognition of NGA Distinguished Service Award Winners 9 Governor Branstad Page 76 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 3 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE. ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: Governors and ladies and 2 gentlemen, I'm very pleased this afternoon to call to 3 order the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National 4 Governors' Association. This is the first time this 5 association has met in the State of Alabama. May I 6 have a motion and a second for the adoption of the 7 Rules of Procedure. 8 (Motion made and seconded.) 9 GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: We have a motion and a 10 second to adopt the Rules of Procedure. All those in 11 favor, signify by saying aye. 12 (Response.) 13 GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: Opposed? 14 (No response.) 15 GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: The Rules of Procedure are 16 adopted. 17 I would like to announce at this time that 18 any governor who is intending to offer a motion of 19 suspension of the rules for the purpose of introducing 20 a policy statement for consideration at Tuesday'S 21 plenary session must do so in writing by the close of 22 business tomorrow. If governors have substantial 23 amendments it would be appreciate if they were also 4 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 made in writing. Please give copies of all suspensions 2 and amendments to Jim Martin of the NGA staff by 5:00 3 p.m. tomorrow. 4 I would also mention the reason for the 5 lateness of the beginning of our session is ther 's 6 been a considerable amount of work going on behind the 7 scenes in the Education Task Force. And the Education 8 Task Force, which was scheduled to meet this morning, 9 will instead meet in conjunction with the Executive 10 Committee of NGA. And that meeting is scheduled to be 11 immediately after this first plenary session. 12 At this time I would like to announce the 13 members of the Nominating Committee for next year's 14 Executive Committee. The chair of the Nominating 15 Committee will be Governor Miller. Other members of 16 the committee include Governor Campbell, Governor 17 Celeste, Governor Wilkinson, and Governor Jim Thompson. 18 At this time, as Chairman of the National 19 Governors' Association, I'm very pleased to introduce 20 our host state governor, who has done an outstanding 21 job of planning a governors' conference for the first 22 time in the history of the State of Alabama. He is a 23 good governor who is well liked and respected by his 5 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 constituents. 2 I had the honor of going with him to visit 3 the U.S.S. Alabama battleship yesterday, and I 4 understand we're all going to be together there 5 tonight. And I'm very pleased to honor now our good 6 friend and colleague, Governor Guy Hunt, from the State 7 of Alabama, to give us an official welcome for this 8 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Governors' 9 Association. Governor Hunt. 10 GOVERNOR HUNT: Well, thank you, Governor 11 Branstad. It's certainly a pleasure for all of us in 12 Alabama to welcome you, especially on behalf of what we 13 call LA, which is lower Alabama, and the people of 14 Mobile and Baldwin Counties and the people who have 15 played such a vital role in the welcoming here. And I 16 want to pay a special tribute to a man who has been 17 very valuable to us in putting this together and has 18 done everything we asked him, and that is the mayor of 19 Mobile, Mayor Mike Dow. Mayor, would you stand up? 20 We'd like to give you -- 21 (Applause. ) 22 GOVERNOR HUNT: Thank you very much. We hope 23 that you are enjoying yourself. I understand some 6 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 fresh Alabama peaches have gone to your room. Those of 2 you who haven't seen them yet, please don't leave the 3 meeting. They will keep until you get back. We also 4 expect the best of Alabama's seafood this evening at 5 the Battleship U.S.S. Alabama. We hope you'll all join 6 us there, as tomorrow evening for the Alabama group as 7 they perform for us at a local farm. 8 But it's a delight to have you here. I think 9 -- we're most pleased. I have here today the 10 presidents of so many of our major universities in our 11 state, together with other education leaders. And 12 Governor Branstad, we want to thank you for setting as 13 a part of your agenda to bring focus upon education in 14 our country and for what the Governors' Association has 15 done and now also the environment. 16 We thank you. We welcome you to our state. 17 And if there is anything we can do to make your stay 18 better while you're here, well, please calIon us. 19 Thank you very much. 20 (Applause. ) 21 GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: Governor Hunt, thank you 22 very much. This year our focus has been on building a 23 consensus for change in two of the most critical nation 7 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 -- two of the most critical issues facing our nation, 2 that is, the issue of education and the environment. 3 A recent article in a national news magazine 4 pointed out that the earth is practically 5 indestructible, but the environment that sustains human 6 life is quite fragile. If we are to have a quality of 7 life on earth, then we must find ways to protect our 8 environment, the environment that sustains life. 9 In recent years, public concern for the 10 environment has grown as we have witnessed disastrous 11 oil spills, medical waste that has washed up on our 12 beaches, and landfills that are overflowing. We've 13 been subjected to severe droughts and devastating 14 floods throughout this nation. Some of these problems 15 go beyond our nation. They are international in scope. 16 They span both political and economic sectors of the 17 world. 18 Indeed, in seeking solutions to these grave 19 environmental problems facing the world, we have to be 20 concerned as well about the economy, because it is 21 income that is generated by a healthy economy that must 22 be used to provide the resources we need to mold a 23 healthy environment. Clearly, thes were our 8 BARLOW & JONES P.O. BOX 160612 MOBILE, ALABAMA 36616 (205) 476-0685 1 challenges when we began this process of building a 2 consensus for change a year ago when the governors 3 agreed to address the two critical issues in the 4 environment, and those issues were identified as global 5 climate change and solid waste management. 6 I want to congratulate you as governors for 7 what you have done. Indeed, you have responded to our 8 challenge to build a consensus and to create a quality 9 environment in this decade of the '90s. The task forces 10 were ably led by Governors Thompson and Kunin and Casey 11 and Martinez. Those task forces brought together 12 scientists, environmentalists, and business people from 13 throughout the nation. And they held meetings 14 throughout the nation and, as a result, have developed 15 a consensus for an action plan to improve these 16 critical environmental issues. 17 The reports provide us with a blueprint of 18 options for addressing the issues of global climate 19 change and waste management in our individual states. 20 They spell out far-reaching goals. They also give us 21 solid, manageable recommendations for achieving those 22 goals. It is the consensus of the Task Force on Global 23 Climate Change that we must take up this issue of 9 BARLOW & JONES P.O.
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