[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 66 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4943-S4945]
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                  EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred 
as indicated on Thursday, May 6, 1999:

        EC-2914. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``National Emission Standards For 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Organic 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
     Manufacturing Industry and Other Processes Subject to the 
     Negotiated Regulation for Equipment Leaks: Technical 
     Amendment'' (FRL #63303), received on April 21, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2915. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Colorado; Removal and Replacement of 
     Transportation Control Measure, Colorado Springs Element, 
     Carbon Monoxide Section of the State Implementation Plan'' 
     (FRL #6319-7), received on April 19, 1999; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2916. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Acquisition Regulation: Contractor 
     Performance Evaluations'' (FRL #6319-3), received on April 
     19, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2917. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, a report entitled 
     ``Environmental Protection Agency Interim Guidance on 
     Mercury''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2918. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan 
     Revision; Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 
     District (SMAQMD), Mojave Desert Air Quality Management 
     District (MDAQMD), and the Ventura County Air Pollution 
     Control District (VCAPCD) as Revisions to the California 
     State Implementation Plan (SIP)'' (FRL #6324-8), received on 
     April 14, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2919. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of two rules entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Approval of VOC 
     RATC Determinations of Individual Sources'' (FRL #6323-6) and 
     ``Authorization to Implement Section 111 and 112 Standards; 
     State of Connecticut'' (FRL #6325-3), received on April 14, 
     1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred 
as indicated on Monday, May 10, 1999:

        EC-2920. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     State Implementation Plans (SIP); Texas: Motor Vehicle 
     Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program'' (FRL #6324-2), 
     received on April 12, 1999; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works. 
       EC-2921. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Withdrawal of 
     Final Rule'' (FRL #6323-5), received on April 9, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2922. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; Removal and 
     Replacement of Transportation Control Measure, Colorado 
     Springs Element, Carbon Monoxide Section of the State 
     Implementation Plan'' (FRL #6319-7), received on April 2, 
     1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2923. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval of State Operating Permit Rule 
     Revision: New Jersey'' (FRL #6333-8), received on April 27, 
     1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2924. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of two rules entitled ``Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: 
     Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes, Final Rule; 
     and Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV; Treatment for Metal 
     Wastes, Final Rule; and Zinc Micronutrient Fertilizers, Final 
     Rule; and Carbamate Treatment Standards, Final Rule; and K088 
     Treatment Standards, Final Rule'' (FRL #6335-7 and ``Uniform 
     National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed 
     Forces'' (FRL #6335-5), received on April 29, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2925. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of two rules entitled ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 
     Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances'' (FRL 
     #6332-3) and ``Revised Allotment Formulas for Interstate 
     Monies Appropriated under Section 106 of the Clean Water 
     Act'' (FRL #6332-1), received on April 26, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2926. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Office of Policy, 
     Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans for Arizona and California; General 
     Conformity Rules'' (FRL #6233-1), ``National Emission 
     Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Phosphoric Acid 
     Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizer Production'' (FRL 
     #6329-5) and ``Notice of Availability of Grants and Selection 
     Criteria for PrintSTEP Pilots (FRL #6066-8), received on 
     April 16, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2927. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Policy, Planning and 
     Evaluation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of five rules 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans: State of Delaware; Withdrawal of Final 
     Rule for Transportation Conformity'' (FRL #6325-2), 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans 
     Tennessee: Approval of Revisions to the Memphis Ozone 
     Maintenance Plan'' (FRL #6326-9, ``Approval and Promulgation 
     of Implementation Plans; New Jersey 15 Percent Rate of 
     Progress Plans, Recalculation of 9 Percent Rate of Progress 
     Plans and 1999 Transportation Conformity Budget Revisions'' 
     (FRL #6328-8), ``Approval and Promulgation of Maintenance 
     Plan Revisions; Ohio'' (FRL #6328-6) and ``Recission of the 
     Conditional Section 182(f) Exemption to the Nitrogen Oxides 
     (N)x) Control Requirements for the Dallas/Fort Worth Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area; Texas'' (FRL #6329-2), received on April 
     15, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2928. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Policy, Planning and 
     Evaluation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of five rules 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans: Virginia; Reasonably Available Control 
     Technology for Major Sources for Nitrogen Oxides'' (FRL 
     #6318-5), ``Approval of the Clean Air Act Section 112(1), 
     Delegation of Authority to Puget Sound Air Pollution Control 
     Agency in Washington, Amendment'' (FRL #6326-2), ``Approval 
     and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated facilities and 
     Pollutants: Kentucky'' (FRL #6326-1), ``Hazardous Air 
     Pollutants: Amendment to Regulations Governing Equivalent 
     Emission Limitations by Permit'' (FRL #6326-4) and 
     ``Revisions To Reference Method for the Determination of Fine 
     Particulate Matter as PM2.5 in the Atmosphere'' (FRL #6326-
     5), received on April 13, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2929. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Policy, Planning and 
     Evaluation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of two rules 
     entitled ``Incorporate Solicitation Notice for Agency 
     Protests'' (FRL #6070-6) and ``Texas; Final Full Program 
     Adequacy Determination of State Municipal Waste Program'' 
     (FRL #6319-5), received on March 31, 1999; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2930. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic 
     Substances, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting a report relative to the 1996 Toxics Release 
     Inventory Public Data Release; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2931. A communication from the Administrator, United 
     States Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Wastes from the 
     Combustion of Fossil Fuels''; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works. 
       EC-2932. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting a draft of proposed 
     legislation entitled ``Harbor Services Fund Act of 1999''; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2933. A communication from the Deputy Administrator, 
     U.S. General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report entitled ``Report of Building Project Survey 
     for American Samoa''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works. 
       EC-2934. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Danger Zone, Chesapeake Bay, 
     Point Lookout to Cedar Point, Maryland,'' received April 1, 
     1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2935. A communication from the Deputy Administrator, 
     U.S. General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report relative to the Federal Campus, Oklahoma 
     City, Oklahoma; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2936. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 
     U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Codes and Standards: 
     IEEE National Consensus Standard'' (RIN3150-AF96), received 
     April 22, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2937. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 
     U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Final Rule-Requirements 
     for Initial Operator Licensing Examinations'' (RIN3150-AF62), 
     received April 26, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works. 
       EC-2938. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 
     U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Frequency of Reviews and 
     Audits for Emergency Preparedness Programs, Safeguards 
     Contingency Plans, and Security Programs for Nuclear Power 
     Reactors'' (RIN3150-AF63), received April 6, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2939. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 
     U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Conformance to National 
     Policies for Access to and Protection of Classified 
     Information'' (RIN3150-AF97), received April 6, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2940. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 
     U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Radiological Criteria 
     for License Termination of Uranium Recovery Facilities'' 
     (RIN3150-AD65), received April 12, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2941. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Species: Threatened Status for 
     Three Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) 
     in Washington and Oregon, and Endangered Status for One 
     Chinook Salmon ESU in Washington'' (AM54), received April 1, 
     1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2942. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Species: Threatened Status for 
     Two ESUs of Chum in Washington and Oregon'' (AK53), received 
     April 1, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2943. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Species: Threatened Status for 
     Two ESUs of Steelhead in Washington and Oregon'' (AK54), 
     received April 1, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works. 
       EC-2944. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Species: Threatened Status for 
     Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon in Washington'' (AK52), received 
     April 1, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2945. A communication from the Director, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law,

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     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Emergency Rule to List the Sierra 
     Nevada Distinct Population Segment of the California 
     Bighorn Sheep as Endangered'' (RIN1018-AF59), received 
     April 19, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2946. A communication from the Director, Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
     Threatened Status for Jarbidge River Population Segment of 
     Bull Trout with a Special Rule'' (RIN1018-AB94), received 
     April 19, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works. 
       EC-2947. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife 
     (User Fee Exemptions for Qualified fur trappers)'' (RIN1018-
     AE08), received April 22, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2948. A communication from the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report on the 
     denial of safeguards information for the period January 1, 
     1999 to March 31, 1999; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works. 
       EC-2949. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Remediation Plans for the Radioactive Waste Management 
     Complex at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
     Laboratory'', dated April, 1999; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services. 
       EC-2950. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
     Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Elimination 
     of Reporting Requirement and 30-day Hold in Loading Spent 
     Fuel after Preoperational Testing or Independent Spent Fuel 
     or Monitored Retrievable Storage Installations'' (RIN3150-
     AG02), received April 19, 1999; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works. 
       EC-2951. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Financial 
     Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``FinCEN Advisory: Enhanced Scrutiny for Transactions 
     Involving Antigua and Barbuda'' (Advisory: Issue 11), 
     received April 21, 1999; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
       EC-2952. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General for Administration, Department of Justice, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Exemption of the System of Records Under the Privacy Act'', 
     received April 26, 1999; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs. 
       EC-2953. A communication from the Director, U.S. Trade and 
     Development Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual 
     report for fiscal year 1998; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs. 
       EC-2954. A communication from the Federal Register 
     Certifying Officer, Financial Management Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Transfer of Debts to Treasury for 
     Collection'' (RIN1510-AA68), received April 20, 1999; to the 
     Committee on Finance. 
       EC-2955. A communication from the Federal Register 
     Certifying Officer, Financial Management Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Government Participation in the 
     Automated Clearing House'' (RIN1510-AA39), received April 7, 
     1999; to the Committee on Finance. 
       EC-2956. A communication from the President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report on ``Host 
     Country Development and U.S. Effects'' for fiscal year 1998; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
       EC-2957. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, a 
     report relative to Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund 
     activities; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
       EC-2958. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Mine 
     Safety and Health Review Commission, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the annual performance plan for fiscal year 2000; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 
       EC-2959. A communication from the Attorney General, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary. 
       EC-2960. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the 
     Department's hydrogen program; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources. 
       EC-2961. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to the violence in 
     Indonesia during the May 1998 riots; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations. 
       EC-2962. A communication from the Acting Associate 
     Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Contracting Officer's Technical 
     Representative (COTR) Training,'' received on April 26, 1999; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 
       EC-2963. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Cumulative Report on 
     Rescissions and Referrals, dated April 1, 1999; referred 
     jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as 
     modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations, to the Committee on the Budget, to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works and to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

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