Rep. Calvert Applauds House Passage of Meth Bill

REP. CALVERT APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF METH BILL

Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Corona), an original co-sponsor, was pleased that the Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007 passed the House under suspension of the rules today.

"The meth epidemic in our country shows no deference to district or party-line," stated Rep. Calvert. "This is an issue everyone can agree is wreaking havoc on communities across the nation."

The Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007, H.R. 365, focuses its efforts on the procedures and standards needed to decontaminate a site where a methamphetamine lab is found so communities can more thoroughly remediate these sites. The legislation tasks the Environmental Protection Agency with the creation of voluntary, health-based remediation guidelines for former meth labs to protect and ensure the health of U.S. citizens and the surrounding environment.

"This is a distressing issue with which my area of Riverside, California and most of America has become all too familiar with," said Rep. Calvert, a senior member of the Science and Technology Committee. "Meth poses a significant environmental threat and H.R. 365 will enable communities to better remediate the contamination that remains after meth labs are dismantled so that innocent families are not endangered."

Recently, The Press Enterprise (www.pe.com) highlighted the State of California's efforts to raise the awareness of the dangers of methamphetamine use (1-17-07). A group of volunteers created television ads and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a non-profit group, is hoping California television stations will air the ads free of charge as public service announcements. To view the State of California's website on methamphetamine and the accompanying television ads, visit www.adp.ca.gov/Meth/meth.shtml.

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