HR0143 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate John A. Ambrose, former Chief Operating Officer of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC and former President of Rentech Nitrogen, LLC on the occasion of his retirement on January 9, 2015; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose served in those leadership positions from 2007 until his retirement at Rentech Nitrogen's nitrogen fertilizer facility near East Dubuque; and

WHEREAS, The Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque plant is the only nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing facility in Illinois and supplies corn growers in the northern half of the State; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to expand production of several products including a $100,000,000 ammonia expansion, that created numerous construction jobs; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the Rentech Nitrogen East Dubuque facility to spend between $5 to $10 million in maintenance capital projects annually to renew the 49-year-old facility to assure jobs, local commerce, a tax base, and a supply of Illinois-made nitrogen fertilizer to agricultural dealers and coops; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led the facility to install a unit to produce and supply DEF (Diesel Emission Fluid) for the control of pollutants from mobile diesel engines; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to install numerous environmental stewardship projects that eliminated the use of an ozone depleting refrigerant, improved the capture of oil in waste water, reduced the emission of a primary pollutant, and on a voluntary basis reduced by over 90% the emission of a greenhouse gas; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose participated in the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois and specifically as Chairman of the executive Committee in 2014; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to support the local economic development effort (Tri-County Economic Development Alliance-TCEDA) and served on its Executive committee and as Vice-Chairman; and

WHEREAS, John Ambrose led Rentech Nitrogen to join and participate in other Northwest Illinois organizations and re-focused donations to local charities, local fire and police organizations, and local agricultural organizations; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank former Rentech Nitrogen Chief Operating Officer John A. Ambrose for his years of service to the people of Illinois, to Northwest Illinois, and to Jo Daviess County, and we congratulate him on his retirement, and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to John Ambrose as an expression of our congratulations and appreciation for a job well done.