Service Station Dealers of America and Allied Trades
November 15, 2001
We need your help!
SSDA-AT is lobbying diligently for legislation which will
exempt service station dealers and repair facility operators from the
retroactive liability provision of Superfund.
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is
currently considering 2 bills-H.R. 2869 and S. 1495.
H.R. 2869 contains SSDA-AT supported legislation on
Brownfield's and the small business exemption for municipal landfills. S. 1495
contains the broad used oil exemption.
Currently there is almost unanimous support on the Committee
for H.R. 2869. All Republican members support S. 1495, but we do not yet have a
single Democrat on the bill.
The following Democrats serve on the Environment and
Public Works Committee:
James Jeffords (Vermont)
Max Baucus (Montana)
Harry Reid (Nevada)
Bob Graham (Florida)
Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut)
Barbara Boxer (California)
Ron Wyden (Oregon)
Thomas Carper (Delaware)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York)
Jon Corzine (New Jersey)
NESSARA is initiating a telephone campaign in Vermont. WMDA is organizing a meeting with Delaware dealers and Carper. New York is working on Clinton.
If there is anything that any affiliate can do with any of
these Democrats, please call NESSARA Headquarters at 1-800-762-9734.
Our message is clear:
- Pass H.R. 2869
- Amend S. 1495 into H.R. 2869 and move the bills forward as one
bill.
This could be our only chance to amend Superfund in
this Congress. This is an extremely important piece of legislation. The
Committee could move a bill as early as next week. We need your help now!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Roy E. Littlefield
Executive Vice President
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