{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE236", "1994-10-08", 103, 2, null, null, "RECYCLING AND PERMANENT PAPER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "FRONTMATTER", "E", "E", "[{\"name\": \"Nita M. Lowey\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. E", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]\n\n                     RECYCLING AND PERMANENT PAPER\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY\n\n                              of new york\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                        Friday, October 7, 1994\n\n  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to enter into the Record a\nrecent letter from the Federal environmental executive to the New York\nPublic Library on the subject of the administration's commitment to the\nuse by the Government of permanent paper. Recently, a letter from New\nYork Public Library President Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library\nTrustee Barbara Goldsmith, and Association of American Publishers\nPresident Nicholas Veliotas was sent to the White House Office of\nEnvironmental Policy seeking a clarification that the President's 1993\nExecutive order on Recycling did not conflict with Public Law 101-423's\nrequirement to use permanent paper for Government documents of enduring\nvalue. As my colleagues know, this policy on permanent paper was one\ndeveloped and enacted by Congress, and I applaud the administration for\nunequivocally stating its commitment to meeting the goals of the\npermanent paper resolution as the Federal Government moves to an\nincreased use of recycled paper. I would like to introduce into the\nRecord the administration's response in order to make completely clear\nthat there is no conflict between these highly important goals.\n\n                                             Office of the Federal\n\n                                      Environmental Executive,\n\n                                    Washington, DC, July 19, 1994.\n     Mr. Paul LeClerc,\n     President, the New York Public Library,\n     New York, NY.\n       Dear Mr. LeClerc: As the Federal Environmental Executive\n     appointed by authority of the President's Executive Order On\n     Recycling, I am in receipt of your communication regarding\n     the necessity to ensure that the federal government's use of\n     recycled paper not be perceived to be in conflict with P.L.\n     101-423's requirement to use permanent paper for documents of\n     enduring historical value. I am writing to assure you that\n     there is no such conflict, and to tell you of the steps this\n     Administration is taking to ensure that the recycled paper\n     requirements are not implemented in such a way as to result\n     in the inappropriate use of acidic paper.\n       The Administration is completely aware of and strongly\n     supports the Joint Resolution on permanent paper and its\n     goals. Paper which contains recycled material and is either\n     permanent or alkaline is available for purchase, and it is\n     our intention to continue to use these papers for documents\n     of enduring value.\n       I will be working with the individual agencies to develop\n     specifications to fulfill the goals of the Executive Order\n     and the Joint Resolution. Executive Order 12873 called for\n     the appointment of Agency Environmental Executives for each\n     Executive department and major procuring agency, in addition\n     to a Federal Environmental Executive within EPA, the position\n     to which I have recently been appointed. I intend to transmit\n     a copy of this letter to all Agency Environmental Executives\n     in order to restate our position that the requirements for\n     use of recycled paper are not to conflict in any way with the\n     concurrent requirement for permanent paper use. Furthermore,\n     I am meeting this week with the Agency Environmental\n     Executives, and I intend to discuss and reaffirm our\n     commitment to the use of permanent or alkaline paper during\n     this meeting. I will be continuing to work closely with these\n     executives to ensure on-going sensitivity to this issue as we\n     implement Executive Order 12873.\n       I very much appreciate your interest and concern for the\n     permanence of historical documents, and applaud your efforts\n     to reduce the use of acid papers by the federal government.\n     We fully share your concern, and I look forward to continuing\n     to work with you on issues of recycling and paper permanence.\n           Sincerely,\n                                                    Fran McPoland,\n     Federal Environmental Executive.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE236"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 18.70143599808216, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}