REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

Amendments

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 21017 [26JY], 21259 [27JY], 21518, 21519 [28JY], 22081 [1AU], 22331 [2AU], 22727 [3AU], 23165, 23166, 23169, 23181, 23184, 23185, 23257 [4AU], 25968 [27SE], 26203 [28SE], 26536 [29SE], 26946 [3OC], 27146 [4OC], 27399 [5OC], 27661, 27662, 27673, 27674, 27677, 27678, 27681, 27683, 27686, 27689, 27690, 27691, 27692, 27695 [6OC], 28039 [17OC], 28325 [19OC], 29782 [28OC], 30019 [31OC], 30816, 30820, 30821, 30826, 30827, 30828, 30830, 30831, 30832, 30834, 30835, 30836, 30840, 30842, 30854, 30855 [3NO]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 757), 22522 [3AU]

———amend (S. 1283), 32060-32068 [10NO]

———authorization (S. 757), 14742 [7JN]

Analyses

H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: Breaux Amendment, 27666 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Acid Left in Trash Puts Three in Hospital, 21762 [29JY]

Bad Chemistry, 2578 [22FE]

Cleaning Up Hazardous Waters—A Republican Approach, 21286 [27JY]

Florio's Bill on Toxic Wastes, 12011 [11MY]

Future of Water, 17217-17223 [23JN]

Glowing, Glowing, Gone—Radioactive Waste Bill a Hot Topic, 1017 [27JA]

Hazardous Materials Transportation (sundry), 698-701 [26JA]

Hazardous Waste Plan Dumped, 10093 [27AP]

Levitas Is Hero of Fight To Clean Up the EPA, 8475 [13AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy (series), 13857-13867 [25MY]

Other Regions Should Store Own N-Waste, Says Spellman, 1016 [27JA]

Poison Problem—Fearing New Love Canal, Chemical Firms Stress Safer Disposal of Hazardous Waste, 20161 [20JY]

Public Threat Feared in Loopholes in Laws on Toxic Waste Dumping, 14795 [7JN]

Spellman Prods Congress To OK Northwest N-Waste Pact, 1017 [27JA]

State's Waste Cleanup Fund Falling Short of Income Goal, 30161 [31OC], 30573 [2NO]

Superfund Needs To Flex Its Muscles—Power To Tackle Hazardous Waste of All Kinds Is Going Unused, Senator Stafford, 13880 [25MY]

That Pork in the Jobs Bill, 5261 [15MR]

U.S. Effort Grows to Protect Water, 21755 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Acid deposition: control (see H.R. 2794)

Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act: enact (see S. 1247)

Beverage containers: require refund (see H.R. 2960)

Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: consent of Congress (see S. 1581; H.R. 3002)

Clean Air Act: acid deposition (see H.R. 2794)

———interstate transport of pollutants (see H.R. 2794)

Clean Water Act: amend (see S. 2151)

Commission to report on the superfund program: establish (see H.R. 1989)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see S. 917, 945, 946, 1779, 2012; H.R. 2503, 2767, 3129)

Dredging operations: exempt waste disposal from certain laws (see H.R. 2515)

Farmers Home Administration: water and waste disposal loan and grant programs (see S. 1789)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: authorize construction grants (see H.R. 2865)

———extend compliance dates (see H.R. 2305)

———identify pollutants from nonpoint sources (see H.R. 4037)

Gasohol: garbage conversion (see H.R. 320)

Hazardous substances: compensation for injury or economic loss resulting from releases (see H.R. 2482, 2582)

Hazardous waste: modify criminal sanctions (see H.R. 2407)

———prohibit transportation for purposes of disposal abroad (see S. 208)

———regulations (see S. 346, 1363)

Hazardous wastes: land disposal of liquid (see H.R. 1632)

———landfill disposal (see H.R. 1670)

———reauthorize response trust funds (see H.R. 2627)

———tax credit for recycling (see H.R. 1671)

Interstate pollution: transport of pollutants (see H.R. 2794)

Inventory: conduct (see S. 23; H.R. 2639)

Landfill sites: tax treatment of expenses of closing (see H.R. 1414)

Long Island Sound: dumping of dredged material (see H.R. 4270)

Municipal wastes: convert to energy (see H.R. 383)

Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: consent of Congress (see S. 247; H.R. 1012)

Nuclear waste: notify local government emergency personnel of shipments (see H.R. 4297)

Nuclear Waste Management Authority: establish (see S. 1343)

Nuclear-powered submarines: prohibit disposal in ocean waters (see H.R. 4117)

Ocean dumping: municipal sludge (see H.R. 4364)

Oceans: discharge of pollutants into (see S. 1536)

Pittsburgh, Pa.: grants to construct Saw Mill Run relief sewer (see H.R. 4281)

Radioactive waste storage: authority over location (see H.R. 4129)

———subseabed emplacement (see H. Con. Res. 235)

Resource recovery systems: tax credit (see S. 1468)

Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: consent of Congress (see S. 1991)

Sewage Sludge Dumping Act: amend (see H.R. 4492)

Sludge disposal: research and demonstration (see H.R. 754)

Solid waste: exempt rural areas from open dumping prohibition (see H.R. 1804)

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (see H.R. 2767)

———authorize appropriations (see S. 1283; H.R. 2478, 2867)

———authorizing funds (see S. 757)

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: consent of Congress (see S. 1749; H.R. 3777)

Superfund: compensation of victims (see S. 917, 945, 946, 1779; H.R. 2503, 3129)

———extend (see H.R. 4416)

Synthetic Fuels Corp.: municipal waste recovery (see S. 2076; H.R. 2489)

Toxic substance contamination: relocation (see H.R. 4396)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see H.R. 2810)

———authorize appropriations (see S. 1281)

Toxic waste sites superfund program: extend (see S. 816, 860)

Treatment works: introduction of pretreated pollutants (see H.R. 2190)

———use grants for construction in labor surplus areas (see H.R. 3695)

Waste disposal facilities: exempt from limitation on small bond issues (see S. 1996)

Court decisions

Washington State AFL-CIO v. Washington State (radioactive waste management), 1015 [27JA]

Explanations

Bureau of Reclamation proposed supplemental budget, 5258-5260 [15MR]

Letters

Congressional consent to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Richard S. Hodes, 22492 [3AU]

———Richard W. Riley, Governor of South Carolina, 22492 [3AU]

Contempt of Congress citation of EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford, Representative James H. Scheuer, 3535 [2MR]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: William Ruckelshaus, 30000 [31OC]

Law enforcement powers, EPA, 21040 [26JY]

Public works construction projects funding (sundry), 5260 [15MR]

Regulation of small generators of hazardous waste (Dear Colleague), 22389 [2AU]

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact (S. 1991): Ed Herschler, Governor of Wyoming, 28871 [21OC]

———Richard D. Lamm, Governor of Colorado, 28871 [21OC]

Surface impoundment regulations relative to disposal of hazardous waste, Lee M. Thomas for EPA, 27672 [6OC]

Lists

EPA Criminal Enforcement Division members, 30806 [3NO]

Examples of effects of small quantities of hazardous waste in trash reported to National Solid Waste Management Association in 1982-83, 21762 [29JY], 21763 [29JY]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2867): cosponsors, 34889 [18NO]

Incidents or Indications of Violence in Environmental Criminal Investigations, 21288 [27JY]

National Council of Churches member communions, 14745 [7JN]

Radioactive waste management compact groupings (by region), 1016 [27JA]

Memorandums

Waste Water Treatment Construction Grants, Bureau of Reclamation, 5266 [15MR]

Memorials of legislature

Hazardous waste site cleanup: California, 7604 [5AP], 9490 [21AP]

Mexican raw sewage dumping: California, 27245 [5OC]

Nuclear waste disposal: Guam, 3114 [28FE]

Nuclear waste dumping in ocean waters: Guam, 2591 [22FE]

Sewage treatment plants: California, 27146 [4OC]

Petitions

Contaminated fill removal: Somerville, Mass., Board of Aldermen, 22081 [1AU]

Nuclear waste: Penobscot Nation Tribal Council, 14001 [25MY]

Nuclear waste dump: Penobscot Nation Tribal Council, 15275 [9JN]

Refugees and displaced persons in Central America, National Council of Churches, 14745 [7JN]

Wastewater facilities: Chesapeake Water Pollution Control Association, 15273 [9JN]

Remarks in House

Antilitter campaign: challenge to cities and states to participate, 9810 [27AP]

Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act: introduction (H.R. 2960), 11726 [10MY]

Canada: wastewater treatment plants for shared waterways (H.R. 3185), 14262 [1JN]

EPA: disposal of hazardous waste decisionmaking process, 27661 [6OC]

———law enforcement authority, 30805-30818 [3NO]

———prevent export of hazardous waste, 21050 [26JY]

———provide enforcement powers (H.R. 2867), 21040, 21045 [26JY]

Fire Island National Seashore, N.Y.: modify land acquisition and disposal policies (H.R. 3697), 21542 [28JY]

Groundwater contamination: regulations to prevent, 30837 [3NO]

Hazardous substances: disposal method, 27678 [6OC]

Hazardous waste: alternative disposal methods (H.R. 2867, 3129), 20161 [20JY]

———ban land disposal of liquid, 3083 [28FE]

———controls on burning for energy recovery, 27681 [6OC]

———disposal, 2899 [24FE]

———disposal in public sewers, 30835 [3NO]

———disposal regulations, 30827 [3NO]

———Federal land as dump sites, 24502 [15SE]

———landfill disposal alternatives, 27688 [6OC]

———monofills, 30831 [3NO]

———moratorium on landfills, 2899 [24FE]

———prohibit land disposal of liquid (H.R. 1632), 2894 [24FE]

———prohibit landfill disposal (H.R. 1670), 2899 [24FE]

———regulation of small generators, 22389 [2AU]

———require notification of production, 21762, 21792 [29JY]

———State disposal authorization programs, 30828 [3NO]

———tax credit for recycling (H.R. 1671), 2899 [24FE]

———uniform disposal fee (H.R. 3129), 21286 [27JY]

———violence committed against EPA investigators, 21288 [27JY]

———waste end tax, 30161 [31OC], 30572 [2NO]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: amend (H.R. 2867), 22389 [2AU], 23164 [4AU]

———consideration of H.R. 2867 (H. Res. 274), 23149-23188 [4AU]

———enact (H.R. 2867), 21039, 21040, 21045 [26JY], 21282 [27JY], 21528 [28JY], 21755, 21762, 21792 [29JY], 26948 [3OC], 27066 [4OC], 27660-27696 [6OC], 29680, 29710 [27OC], 30000 [31OC], 30805 [3NO], 30840 [4NO]-30858 [3NO], 32793 [15NO]

———enact (H.R. 2867), technical corrections, 30858 [3NO]

Hazardous waste dumps: investigate health risk, 27683 [6OC]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 3129), 23164 [4AU]

———introduction (H.R. 3128), 13652, 13661 [24MY]

Liquid hazardous waste: disposal, 27664 [6OC]

Litter: disposal efforts, 9810 [27AP]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend Title I (H.R. 1761), 29986 [31OC]

Military installations: disposal of harzardous waste, 20232 [26JY]

Mining and mineral processing: monitor wastes, 30854 [3NO]

Mining waste: disposal, 27674 [6OC]

National Groundwater Commission: estabilish, 21755 [29JY]

Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: grant consent of Congress (H.R. 1012), 1076, 1093 [27JA]

Nuclear waste: funding of repositories, 323 [25JA]

———storage policy, 18227 [29JN]

Ocean dumping: control (H.R. 4364), 32206, 32241 [10NO]

Ocean dumping activities: regulate, 34017 [18NO]

Oceans: waste disposal, 34017 [18NO]

Recovered materials: availability to recyclers, 30835 [3NO]

———procurement of items produced with, 30832 [3NO]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: amend, 21050 [26JY], 24502 [15SE]

———reauthorize, 29710 [27OC]

———reauthorize, Florio amendment to H.R. 2867, 29710 [27OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2867), 21039, 21040, 21045 [26JY], 21282 [27JY], 21528 [28JY], 21755, 21762, 21792 [29JY], 22389 [2AU], 23164 [4AU], 29680 [27OC]

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (H.R. 4388), 32719-32720 [15NO]

Salt dome formations: ban placement of hazardous waste, 27665 [6OC]

Solid foundry waste: disposal, 30830 [3NO]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2867), 26808 [30SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), 30837 [8NO]

Solid waste management: funding (H.R. 2867), 21039, 21040, 21045 [26JY], 21282 [27JY], 21755, 21762, 21792 [29JY]

———funding (H.R. 2867, 3129), 23164 [4AU]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: grant consent of Congress (H.R. 3777), 22596 [3AU], 23339 [4AU]

Superfund program: increase funding and extend (H.R. 1615), 2836 [23FE]

Surface impoundments: regulate, 27664 [6OC]

Times Beach, Mo.: dioxin contamination, 3707 [2MR]

Toxic waste: cleanup funds, 34030 [18NO]

———cleanup superfund extension (H.R. 4416), 33168 [16NO]

———relief for victims of contamination (H.R. 4369), 32769, 32785 [15NO]

Used oil: encourage recycling (H.R. 218), 105 [3JA]

Waste site: clarify State cleanup responsibilities (H.R. 1613), 2877 [23FE]

Waste sites: decontamination before distribution of assets of estates in bankruptcy, 29711 [27OC]

Wilsonville, Ill.: closing of chemical waste site, 27192 [4OC]

Remarks in Senate

Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act: introduction (S. 1247), 11681 [10MY]

Budget: increase funding, 13303 [23MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: funding, 5256 [15MR]

Clean Water Act: common law requirements, 6853 [23MR]

Energy producing activities: exempt certain from limitation in small bond issues (S. 1996), 29127 [25OC]

Environmental protection: legislative priority, 5304 [15MR]

EPA: superfund extension (S. 816), 5415-5417 [16MR], 5989 [17MR]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: amend (S. 208), 697 [26JA]

Hazardous Waste Identification Improvement Act: introduction (S. 346), 1296-1299 [1FE]

Hazardous Waste Management Act: introduction (S. 1363), 13817 [25MY]

Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: consent of Congress (S. 247), 1011, 1018 [27JA]

Nuclear Waste Management Authority Act: introduction (S. 1343), 13291 [23MY]

Rebuilding of America Act: introduction (S. 23), 519 [26JA]

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent of Congress (S. 1991), 28870-28875 [21OC]

Rural water and waste disposal funds: shift to farm operating loan program, 10676 [3MY]

Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Improvement Act: introduction (S. 1789), 22942 [4AU]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: amend (S. 1981), 28777 [20OC]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent (S. 1749), 22488-22492 [3AU]

Superfund Improvement Act: enact, 34663 [18NO]

Reports

Hazardous Waste Disposal, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (excerpt), 20161 [20JY]

New Technology To Clean Up Hazardous Waste, 14206 [26MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Board (sundry), 28872 [21OC]

Toxic waste site cleanup: Florida Congressional Delegation, 32793 [15NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 27693 [6OC]

Statements

Environmental Policy, Sec. of Interior Watt, 25 [3JA]

Hazardous Wastes, Lee Thomas, 23173 [4AU]

Treatment of Hazardous Wastes Before Disposal: Geoffrey Stengel, Jr., 30824 [3NO]

Use of Federal Land as Hazardous Waste Sites, Representative Markey, 24503 [15SE]

Summaries

H.R. 3128, Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, 13652 [24MY]

H.R. 4388, Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact, 32720 [15NO]

S. 23, Rebuilding of America Act, 520 [26JA]

S. 1789, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Improvement Act, 22943 [4AU]

S. 1991, Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, 28871 [21OC]

Tables

Public works construction projects funding (selected data), 5258 [15MR]

Supplemental appropriations, 27332 [5OC]

Testimonies

Hazardous Waste Statutes: William Ruckelshaus (excerpt), 30000 [31OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 274, consideration of H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act, 23149 [4AU]

H.R. 1615, increase funding and extend the Superfund program, 2837 [23FE]

H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act, 21039 [26JY], 23165 [4AU]

H.R. 2960, Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act, 11726 [10MY]

H.R. 3185, wastewater treatment plants for waterways shared with Canada, 14262 [1JN]

H.R. 3186, ad valorem system of tax collection relative to sewer taxes, 14236 [1JN]

H.R. 3187, tax deduction for sewer charges, 14236 [1JN]

H.R. 3697, modification of land acquisition and disposal policies at Fire Island National Seashore, N.Y., 21542 [28JY]

S. 23, Rebuilding of America Act, 521 [26JA]

S. 208, amend Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 701 [26JA]

S. 247, Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, 1013, 1018 [27JA]

S. 346, Hazardous Waste Identification Improvement Act, 1298 [1FE]

S. 816, EPA superfund extension, 5416 [16MR]

S. 1247, Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act, 11681 [10MY]

S. 1343, Nuclear Waste Management Authority Act, 13292 [23MY]

S. 1363, Hazardous Waste Management Act, 13820-13827 [25MY]

S. 1749, congressional consent to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact, 22489-22492 [3AU]

S. 1789, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Improvement Act, 22942 [4AU]

S. 1981, Small Reclamation Projects Act amendment, 28777 [20OC]

S. 1991, Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact, 28872-28875 [21OC]

Superfund Improvement Act, 34663 [18NO]

Washington State initiative relative to radioactive waste management, 1014 [27JA]