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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
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Speech File Draft Files
Subseries:
Chron File, 1989-1993
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13475
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13475-008
Folder Title:
Talking Points -- Environment, 2/9/89
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2/9/89
TALKING POINTS
ENVIRONMENT
The President proposed a vigorous nine-part agenda for protecting the
environment.
1. Strengthening our Commitment to Cleaner Air.
The President will propose legislation to reauthorize the Clean
Air Act, ensuring progress toward meeting air quality standards
in the Nation's major cities.
The Administration will ask Congress to establish an acid rain
program that will obtain significant SO2 and NOx emission
reductions, balancing competing interests, by specified dates.
The President will work to achieve the worldwide ratification of
the historic Montreal Protocol.
2. Preserving and Expanding Recreation Lands.
The President proposes funding to buy land for parks and
protected areas; his request is for the FY89 level of $206
million, beginning in 1990 and continuing through the outyears.
3. Developing Offshore Oil and Gas While Protecting the Environment:
The President believes that oil and gas development of America's
offshore areas is necessary, however, drilling will be permitted only
in an environmentally sound manner.
The President will direct that an interagency task force be
established to review environmental concerns over adverse
impacts of sales in three environmentally sensitive areas. By
January 1, 1990, the task force will report its recommendations
concerning:
-- sale area #91 off northern California;
-- sale area #116 off southern Florida; and
-- sale area #95 off southern California.
Until that time these sales will be postponed.
4. Speeding Hazardous Waste Cleanup: The President will reinvigorate
the Superfund hazardous waste program by directing EPA to take a
number of actions.
Use its judicial enforcement authorities to collect triple
damages from polluters unwilling to clean up their wastes.
Pursue more cost recovery cases sooner.
Use its emergency cleanup authority more often.
Environment, Page 2
5. Fighting Ocean Pollution: The President is committed to clean
oceans.
The President will direct EPA to negotiate quickly compliance
agreements with existing dumpers to end ocean dumping by the end
of 1991.
The FBI and EPA will be instructed to pursue criminal actions
against illegal dumpers of medical wastes and EPA will be
directed to issue major fines against ocean discharge permit
violators.
6. Preserving Our Wetlands: America must better protect its wetlands,
which are now recognized as being among the most productive
ecological systems.
The President will immediately establish a wetlands task force
under the Domestic Policy Council. The task force will
recommend ways to revise and strengthen the current Presidential
executive order on wetlands protection. This will include
establishment of no net loss as a national goal.
7. Enhancing Water Quality: Our water -- especially our groundwater --
must be protected.
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The President proposes an increase in funding of $64 million for
coordinated Federal water quality programs. Building on an
interagency base of $226 million, the 1990 programs will address
critical needs in water quality assessment, research, and public
education.
8. Reducing the Growing Volume of Waste: This country must make every
effort to stem the rising tide of garbage and industrial waste.
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Additional EPA research funds will be used to expand the
demonstration of promising pollution prevention and waste
minimization technologies. EPA will vigorously enforce
environmental laws restricting waste disposal.
9. Fostering International Cooperation on the Environment: The
President will ensure that U.S. will take a leadership role in
seeking increased international involvement in addressing
environmental issues.
The President will convene an international conference on the
environment and will direct the Treasury Department to promote
environmental considerations as a factor in lending decisions of
multilateral development banks.
EPA Administrator Bill Reilly and Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan
will work with the President to make sure that our nation remains America
the beautiful.
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