1996-10-21                     House Journal                      Page 4729
HJR 59                                                                       
A message dated May 9, 1996, was received stating the Governor has             
read the following resolution and is transmitting the engrossed and            
enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent              
filing:                                                                        
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.                               
59(RES)                                                                        
Respectfully requesting the Environmental Protection Agency to                
issue a final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System                  
permit for Cook Inlet oil and gas operations that omits the                    
incremental permittee monitoring and reporting obligations                     
identified in the Agency's draft permit and, consistent with the               
philosophy of the Agency's 1996 National Water Program Agenda,                 
allows the permittees to operate under pollutant discharge                     
monitoring and reporting requirements that are not more rigorous               
than those requirements of the Cook Inlet National Pollutant                   
Discharge Elimination System permit in place.                                  
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 58