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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1563 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1563

Commending the New York Giants, the New York Jets, the New Meadowlands 
Stadium Project, and the people of the State of New Jersey for creating 
one of the most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable sports 
                        complexes in the world.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2010

Mr. Rothman of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Commending the New York Giants, the New York Jets, the New Meadowlands 
Stadium Project, and the people of the State of New Jersey for creating 
one of the most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable sports 
                        complexes in the world.

Whereas, on June 11, 2009, the New York Giants and the New York Jets signed a 
        Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Environmental 
        Protection Agency outlining all of the conservation, sustainability, and 
        energy efficiency efforts that went into construction of their new 
        state-of-the-art stadium in the Hackensack Meadowlands;
Whereas this Memorandum of Understanding far exceeded any previous Memorandum of 
        Understanding signed between the Environmental Protection Agency and a 
        sports franchise;
Whereas the New Meadowlands Stadium Project went to great lengths to ensure the 
        stadium be built with minimum damage to the environment, including 
        recycling 82 percent of the total waste generated during construction 
        operations;
Whereas the New Meadowlands Stadium Project is a redevelopment project located 
        on a brownfield site and will not occupy any undeveloped lands or 
        ``green fields'', nor will it have any impact on environmentally 
        sensitive areas or wildlife habitat in the Meadowlands area;
Whereas the new stadium is committed to reducing water demand by an estimated 
        11,000,000 gallons per year, or a 25 percent reduction in the average 
        annual water demand compared to the existing stadium it is replacing;
Whereas extraordinary effort was made to ensure that more than two-thirds of 
        total construction costs were purchased through local programs, and all 
        1,200 workers who built the stadium were local;
Whereas the new stadium plan will reduce solid waste production by 25 percent 
        through recycling programs;
Whereas the new stadium is more than twice as large as the existing Giants 
        Stadium in terms of square footage, but expects a 30 percent reduction 
        of energy use on a square footage basis as a result of a wide range of 
        energy-efficiency initiatives;
Whereas the new stadium will promote the use of mass transit for events, 
        reducing the number of cars on the road by between 3,000 and 4,000 on 
        game days by utilizing these alternative transportation options; and
Whereas it is expected that the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the 
        Environmental Protection Agency and these sports franchises, as well as 
        the extraordinary efforts made to ensure the stadium has as low an 
        environmental impact as possible will serve as a model for future 
        construction efforts: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends the New York 
Giants, the New York Jets, the New Meadowlands Stadium Project, and the 
people of the State of New Jersey for creating one of the most energy-
efficient and environmentally sustainable sports complexes in the 
world.
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