Environment
GRCC believes that environmental protection should begin with educational efforts aimed at encouraging environmental stewardship by all citizens and organizations. GRCC opposes implementing unnecessarily burdensome or costly regulations offering only marginal benefits to the environment. GRCC encourages the voluntary efforts of businesses, organizations and individuals to positively impact the environment.
GRCC supports:
- Innovative approaches focused on achieving environmental improvements while maintaining a healthy economic climate;
- The concept that state regulations adopted to implement federally mandated programs should not be more stringent than federal requirements;
- The County’s vigorous application of its own regulatory reform policies and procedures in adopting any new environmental regulations;
- Continued efforts to comply with existing federal air quality standards using improved technology and cost-effective measures offering substantial results; and
- Specific educational programs and voluntary efforts that promote the reduction of litter and its impact on the environment.