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[Pages S102-S103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:
POM-1. A concurrent resolution adopted by the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio urging the United States
Congress to enact bills advancing the development of an
Appalachian storage hub; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 21
Whereas, The Appalachian region, including parts of
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and all of West Virginia,
contains world class supplies of natural gas and natural gas
liquids (NGL) that contribute to the country's energy
dominance; and
Whereas, Harnessing those supplies by constructing an
Appalachian storage hub involves major investments in
infrastructure, including storage caverns and pipelines, and
implementation of a significant jobs program for the
residents of the Appalachian region; and
Whereas, Natural gas liquids are the major feedstock of the
chemical industry and the region contains enough feedstock to
attract $35 billion in new chemical and plastics industry
investment. Chemical and plastic industry investments of this
scale could create 100,000 new jobs, $28 billion in new
economic output, more than $6 billion in annual payroll, and
nearly $3 billion a year in new federal, state, and local tax
revenue; and
Whereas, Enactment of the federal ``Appalachian Energy and
Manufacturing Revitalization Act'' would improve the
infrastructure permitting process by directing the
Secretaries of Energy and Commerce to approve projects
related to the Appalachian storage hub, identify the lead
federal and state agency liaisons, and coordinate with them
on designating the project; and
Whereas, The bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) to consider relevant licenses and permits
for the requisite pipeline infrastructure, and then requires
the other federal agencies to complete consideration of their
respective permits within 60 days of the completion of the
FERC licensing or have their jurisdictional permits deemed
approved; and
Whereas, In addition to the ``Appalachian Energy and
Manufacturing Revitalization Act,'' the ``Capitalizing
American Storage Potential Act'' would make a regional NGL
storage hub eligible for the Department of Energy's
successful Title XVII loan guarantee program, and the
``Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act of 2017'' would
help assess the feasibility and potential benefits of
establishing a subterranean ethane storage and distribution
hub in central Appalachia; now therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members of the 132nd General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the
United States to enact bills advancing the development of an
Appalachian storage hub, including all of the following:
The ``Appalachian Energy and Manufacturing Revitalization
Act of 2017'';
The ``Capitalizing American Storage Potential Act'', and
The ``Appalachian Ethane Storage Hub Study Act of 2017'';
and be it further
Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of
the United States, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of
the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, each member of the Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania Congressional
delegations, and the news media of Ohio.
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POM-2. A resolution adopted by the Town Council of Durham,
New Hampshire, calling on the United States Congress to lead
a global effort to prevent nuclear war; to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
POM-3. A petition from a citizen of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico requesting
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that the government of the United States exempt Puerto Rico
from the regulations of the Jones Act, also known in Puerto
Rico as the Cabotage Act, to allow foreign-flag ships to
bring goods to the country; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
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