OHIO STEEL INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING PROPOSED FEDERAL ENERGY AND CLIMATE LEGISLATION
Approved December 8, 2009
WHEREAS, Since 1892 Ohio has held fast to its position as a leader in steel production, ranked in the latest Annual Survey of Manufacturers as the second largest state in steel production and processing with 242 steel manufacturing and processing establishments in the state, an average annual economic impact of $7.2 billion from the production and processing of 14.5 million tons of steel, purchases of Ohio goods/services of $2.2 billion, more than 22,000 direct jobs and nearly 100,000 direct and indirect jobs, total direct and indirect wages of $4.8 billion, annual capital investments of more than $315 million, and environmental investment/operation of nearly $170 million, and WHEREAS, The U.S. steel industry, including Ohio, has reduced its energy intensity per ton of steel produced by 33 percent since 1990 and has the lowest average CO2 emissions per ton in the global steel industry, and WHEREAS, The U.S. steel industry is committed to CO2 reduction via increased recycling, sharing of best available technology, developing low carbon technologies and the continued development of lighter, stronger and more durable steels which enable our customers to reduce their CO2 , and WHEREAS, As the United States considers energy and climate legislation, we must encourage and demand that all significant greenhouse gas-emitting countries also adopt similar goals and obligations to any legislation approved in the United States, and WHEREAS,The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions can best be accomplished effectively on a global basis. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council calls upon all Ohio members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to work to ensure that federal energy and climate legislation contains: • A sufficient and stable pool of allowances to address compliance costs arising from emissions, as well as a provision to offset compliance costs in the event of a significant increase in energy costs, and • Effective, verifiable and enforceable border adjustment provisions, which require imported energy-intensive goods to bear the same climate policy-related costs as U.S. goods, until such time as competing nations have in place greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements comparable to those adopted in the United States, and • Provisions that promote and support, including direct public funding and any revenues derived from such legislation, research and development investments in new technologies that reduce creation of greenhouse gases.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council urges the General Assembly of Ohio to memorialize the U.S. Congress and Executive Branch, including the President of the United States to address the concerns expressed in this resolution in any energy and climate legislation which may be enacted, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution shall be sent to each member of the Ohio Congressional Delegation, the Governor of Ohio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of the Ohio General Assembly. Adopted by the Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council on December 8, 2009.
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