HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES see also Consumers; Health

Addresses

Political Lessons From the 1984 Superfund Reauthorization Fight: Leslie Cheek III, 31113-31115 [9OC]

Product Liability—Moral Obligations of Corporations: Miles W. Lord, 20741-20742 [24JY]

Victim Compensation: Representative Florio, 28182 [1OC]

Advertisements

List of some of the everyday products that contain PPA, 19467 [27JN]

Amendments

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 26445, 26500 [21SE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 32273 [11OC]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 9556 [12AP]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 757), 7119-7122 [29MR], 9324 [12AP]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 22475-22479 [6AU], 23109-23164 [8AU], 23522, 23540, 23547, 23551-23560, 23562-23566, 23569, 23571, 23613 [9AU], 23959, 23960, 23966, 23967, 23970, 23971, 23973, 23974, 24022, 24037-24044, 24052 [10AU]

Veterans: compensation for exposure to dioxins and radiation (H.R. 1961), 29941 [4OC]

Analyses

Asbestos Hazard Control in Schools, S. 2237, 1034 [31JA]

Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Dioxins and Radiation (H.R. 1961), 29946-29949 [4OC]

Environmental Crimes and Penalties Amendments (S. 2665), 11772 [10MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendment (H.R. 5959), 20356 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act, 24061 [10AU]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain, Alkaline Dollars, 2651 [9FE]

Acid Rain—Perplexing Policy Issue, 6770 [27MR]

Acid Rain—Plain Talk, 6951 [28MR]

Agent Orange—View of an Exposed Veteran, 14555 [30MY]

Alphabet Soup, 12333 [15MY]

Arm the Toxic Waste Hunters, 4720 [6MR]

Asbestos Claims and Legal Costs, 25383 [13SE]

Asbestos Lawsuits, 25384 [13SE]

Asbestos Still a Danger in Schools, 7123-7126 [29MR]

Best Estimate, 2938 [22FE]

Beyond Dumping (excerpt), 2640 [9FE]

Call for More Dollars and Discipline, 18615 [25JN]

Cancer Epidemic in Fish, 24093 [10AU]

Cancer Fish, 24094 [10AU]

Chemical Cleanup Has Become a Model Project, 436 [25JA]

Chemical Warfare Expert Who Doubts the Soviets Used Yellow Rain, 4230 [1MR]

Clamshell Victory, 10600 [1MY]

Class Action Set in Asbestos Cases—Federal Judge's Ruling Applies to About 14,000 Schools That Are Contaminated, 31102 [9OC]

Cleaning Up the Clouds, 25065 [12SE]

Cleanup of Abandoned Toxic Dump Sites (excerpt), 24036 [10AU]

Clearing the Air, 24568 [6SE]

Closing of Ocean Dumping Site Off Coast of New Jersey, 10177 [26AP]

Congress, DOE Battle Over British Plutonium, 10273 [26AP]

Congress Must Act To Close Hazardous Waste Loopholes, 15759 [11JN]

Dealing With Occupational and Environmental Dangers, 24110 [10AU]

Deregualtion for a 2d Term, 4793 [7MR]

Developing a Safe Pesticide, 11036 [3MY]

Don't Divert the Superfund, 23500 [9AU], 23728 [10AU]

Du Pont Has Skills for Toxic Waste Job, 20748 [24JY]

Effects of Exposure to Radiation, 2939 [22FE]

EPA Abandons War on Environmental Cancer, 5559 [14MR]

EPA Adds Coke Oven Emissions To List of Cancer Hazards, 25399 [13SE]

EPA Refuses To Issue Permits for Gulf Ships To Burn Waste, 14154 [24MY]

EPA—What Really Happened, 21726-21728 [31JY]

Fishing for Trouble—Cancer Epidemic in Fish Is Warning Us—``You May Be Next'', 24093 [10AU]

Florio Prods Military on Waste Site Plans, 26919 [25SE]

Florio Sees Little EPA Help on Liability for Victims of Toxic Chemicals, 23202 [8AU]

Fulfilling the Promise of Superfund, 22283 [2AU], 24091 [10AU]

Hazardous Cargo, 22072 [1AU]

Hazardous Waste Cleanup Funds (sundry excerpts), 23576 [9AU]

Hazardous Waste Superfund Needs a Super Overhaul, 21549 [30JY], 24930 [11SE]

Health Threats Disrupt Village's Schools, 15012 [6JN]

Help at Last, 4834 [7MR]

Judge Orders EPA To Act On Acid Rain Complaints, 32524 [12OC]

Liability for Exposure to Hazardous Waste (excerpt), 23512 [9AU]

Living Next Door to a Hazardous Waste Site (excerpt), 23525 [9AU]

Maybe Acid Rain Isn't the Villain, 12878 [17MY]

Mondale, Hart, and Asbestos, 15290 [7JN], 25383 [13SE]

Move Ahead on Superfund, 22545 [6AU]

NIOSH Investigating Two Problem Pregnacy Clusters, 11676 [9MY]

Nuclear Power or Not?, 10600 [1MY]

Panel's Acid-Rain Report Should Be Made Public, 24555 [6SE]

Plant Is Awarded $1.5 Million for Toxic Damage, 9566 [12AP]

Poisonous Delay, 23169 [8AU]

Project Salt Vault, 2938 [22FE]

Railroad Derailment (excerpt), 26357 [20SE]

RCRA Senate Delay Troubles N.J. Lawmakers and They Launch Drive, 14762 [31MY]

Reagan Endorses Senate ``Uniform Liability'' Bill, 30248 [4OC]

Reagan's Air, Water Policy—Foul, 20554 [23JY]

Reagan's Dilatory Acid Rain Tactics, 25517 [14SE]

Research Plan on Brown Lung Drew Criticism, 14547 [30MY]

Riedel Hazard Unit Earns Reputation, 11200 [7MY]

Rita Lavelle's ``Stars and Chits'' List, 26200 [19SE]

Runaway Compensation, 7146 [29MR]

Saltwater Perils Aquifers, 9556 [12AP]

Science Doesn't Have the Answer on Acid Rain, 15992 [12JN]

Scientists Favor Nuclear Power While Press Is Highly Skeptical, 10063 [26AP]

Search for a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Site—Will Louisiana Get Buried?, 2933, 2936 [22FE]

State-of-the-Art Disposal Alternatives, 30238 [4OC]

Success With Nuclear Power, 15352 [7JN]

Suing the Manufacturer, 25384 [13SE]

Suit Filed Against VA in Agent Orange Case, 14033 [23MY]

Superfund for Lawyers, 22336 [3AU], 22535 [6AU], 23500, 23513 [9AU], 23729 [10AU], 25383 [13SE]

``Superfund'' List Restokes Controversy, 26506 [21SE]

Superfund Not the Way To Regulate Underground Tanks, 23515 [9AU]

Superfund Scramble, 25383 [13SE]

Superfund Supermess, 23729 [10AU]

Superfund—4 Years of Toxic Cleanup Only a Drop in the Barrel, 26503 [21SE]

Superslow, 21549 [30JY]

Swissvale Soil Contamination (excerpt), 23525 [9AU]

To Quote Sources, 2938 [22FE]

Top Jersey Court Upholding State's Fund for Cleaning Up Toxic Waste, 30740 [5OC]

Toxic Waste Dumps Suspected of Affecting Health of Neighbors, 15237 [6JN]

Toxic Waste—Let's Dump Testiness and Make Some Basic Changes, 26197 [19SE]

Toxic Waste—Let's Get Busy, 26504 [21SE]

Troubled Water—Ground-Water Crisis (series), 16187-16190 [13JN]

Troubles Don't Negate Nuclear Power's Role, 14554 [30MY]

Two Views on a Larger Superfund, 26505 [21SE]

Union Says EPA Is Stalling on Asbestos Cleanup, 26183 [19SE]

West Valley To Test Conversion Process for Nuke Waste, 27391 [26SE]

What Price Apathy?, 10064 [26AP]

Who'll Stop the Rain?, 13973 [23MY]

Why Guarding Against the Improbable Makes Sense, 24112 [10AU]

Yellow Rain—Hmong, Afghans, Now Iranians, 5564 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: control of sources of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides (see H.R. 5084, 5370, 5590)

Business entities: penalty for nondisclosure of concealed dangers in certain products and practices (see H.R. 6350)

Clean Air Act: amend (see H.R. 6398)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 5640)

———immediate access to available funds (see S. 2291)

Corporate officers and employees: liability for criminal acts (see H.R. 5002)

Courts: strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (see S. 2665)

Criminal Liability Clarification Act: enact (see S. 2741)

Disposal and long-term storage: taxation (see S. 3014)

Disposal sites: cleanup (see H.R. 4915)

———requirements for Federal facilities (see S. 2407)

Federal facilities: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act amendment (see H.R. 4760)

Fish and fisheries: EPA study on extent of PCB contamination (see S. 2633)

Flammable liquid storage facilities: overflow alarm systems (see H.R. 5709)

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2688; H.R. 5058)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2706; H.R. 5530, 5642)

Housing: corrective measures with respect to urea formaldehyde foam insulation (see S. 2548)

Insulation: assistance for corrective measures by homeowners for urea formaldehyde foam (see S. 2548; H.R. 5629)

National Safety in the Workplace Week (see S.J. Res. 258)

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 6378)

Pesticides: emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

———revise procedures for changes in tolerances and exemptions (see H.R. 5495)

Polychlorinated biphenyls: EPA study on extent of fish contamination (see S. 2633)

Prevent diversion (see H.R. 4698)

Superfund: reauthorize (see S. 2959)

Taxation: credit for waste recycling (see H.R. 5309)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 3075)

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 2704)

Toys: notice of repair, replacement, and refund for defective (see H.R. 5818)

Transportation: authority of State and local governments (see H.R. 4965)

———report on proposed routes through less populated areas (see H.R. 5109)

———Sec. of Transportation regulations pertaining to routing (see H.R. 5591)

Underground storage tanks: regulate (see S. 2421; H.R. 4985)

Urea formaldehyde foam: assistance for corrective measures (see S. 2548; H.R. 5629)

Waste sites: cleanup (see H.R. 4813, 5321)

———notice to purchaser (see H.R. 5249)

Workers: right to know (see H.J. Res. 514)

Broadcasts

Pentagon and environmental laws: WCAU-TV (Philadelphia, PA), 26919 [25SE]

Remove negligence and it works, the Minnesota solution to toxic waste cleanup (excerpts), 23173 [8AU]

Essays

Our Home the Chesapeake Bay: Kelly Morris, 2150 [7FE]

Exhibits

Estimated medical costs and loss-of-earnings for victims of hazardous waste sites, 24026 [10AU]

Factsheets

Cost-Effective Acid Rain Legislation, 7870 [4AP]

President Reagan's Fiscal Year 1985 Budget: Environmental and Energy Study Conference, 2648 [9FE]

Interviews

Monitored retrievable storage: with Senator Johnston (excerpt), 2938 [22FE]

Letters

Acid rain: Curtis T. Price, 21461 [27JY]

———National Wildlife Federation, 17976 [21JN]

———sundry Canadian church leaders to President Reagan, 17625 [20JN]

Asbestos: David P. Rall, National Toxicology Program, 17837 [21JN]

———J. P. Koplan, Centers for Disease Control, 17838 [21JN]

———Richard A. Lemen, Centers for Disease Control, 17839 [21JN]

Closing of ocean dumping site off coast of New Jersey: Senator Lautenberg, 10176 [26AP]

———Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 10177 [26AP]

Comprehensive Hazardous Substances Cleanup and Emergency Relief Act: several Members of Congress, 7892 [4AP]

Cost to Illinois ratepayers of enactment of acid rain control legislation: Illinois Commerce Commission, 5179 [12MR]

———Representative Corcoran, 5178 [12MR]

Emergency dumping permit to release toxic waste into the Gulf of Mexico: Representative Kleczka, 23579 [9AU]

EPA hazardous waste landfill site selection: Representative Kaptur, 8631 [10AP]

———Senator Glenn, 8632 [10AP]

Exposure of veterans to dioxins and radiation: Senator Cranston, 29956 [4OC]

———(sundry), 29956, 29960 [4OC]

Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: David P. Baker, 17835 [21JN]

Nuclear powerplant standardization: AFL-CIO, 10600 [1MY]

Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act: NRC, 25414 [13SE]

Nuclear waste in Louisiana: Edwin W. Edwards, 2938 [22FE]

PCB contamination in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, IL: Senator Percy, 29709 [4OC]

Pesticide testing: Maureen K. Hinkle, National Audubon Society, 17833, 17834 [21JN]

Pollution control bond program: SBA, 25669 [17SE]

Regulation of radioactive hazardous waste: NRC, 22487 [6AU]

Superfund compensation options: Senator Stafford, 25382 [13SE]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, 12345 [15MY]

———Representative Howard, 24027 [10AU]

———(sundry), 24059 [10AU]

Tax Reform Act (H.R. 4170): Committee on Ways and Means, 8829 [11AP]

Water use in the Westlands Water District: Jerald R. Butchert, 28787 [2OC]

Worker health standards: Dept. of Labor, 13123 [21MY]

———(sundry), 13124 [21MY]

Lists

Groups supporting Levitas' victims compensation amendment to the Superfund Expansion and Protection Act, 24027 [10AU]

Memorandums

Statutory Preclusion of Veterans' Claims From Judicial Review Under 38 U.S.C. 211(a): Library of Congress, 29952 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 13048 [21MY], 13961 [23MY], 14001 [23MY], 14955 [5JN], 15610 [11JN]

California, 20702 [24JY], 21385 [27JY], 29854, 29855 [4OC]

Massachusetts, 4346 [5MR]

Messages

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: President Reagan, 30560 [5OC]

Papers

Regulatory Reform—Laboratory of Democracy: Charles L. Kennedy, 16798 [15JN]

Petitions

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act: Cambridge, MA, City Council, 12089 [14MY]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: New York, NY, City Council, 16771 [15JN]

Nuclear waste and other hazardous materials: New York, NY, City Council, 11014 [3MY]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: causes and proposals for controlling, 10617 [1MY], 11059 [3MY], 24555 [6SE]

———control sources (H.R. 5370), 7870 [4AP]

———control sources of certain substances to reduce acid depositon (H.R. 4906), 3061 [22FE], 28186 [1OC]

———effects, 1387 [1FE], 22288 [2AU]

———research efforts in Great Britain, 25690 [17SE]

Acid Rain Awareness Week: observance, 28186 [1OC]

Acid Rain Deposition and Control Act: enact (H.R. 3400), 7148 [29MR], 7870 [4AP], 13315 [22MY], 15514 [7JN], 19437 [27JN]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: funding, 23552 [9AU]

Air pollutants: reduce exposure (H.R. 5084), 6287 [21MR]

Asbestos: classroom hazard, 26183 [19SE], 31102 [9OC]

———EPA policy and health dangers in schools, 9061 [11AP]

———new senior jobs program in schools, 20444 [29JN]

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act: reauthorize, 21006 [25JY]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact, 19999-20000 [28JN], 20351 [29JN]

Automobile repair industry: effects of mandated auto emission control system warranties on competition, 3700 [28FE]

Chemical feedstocks: tax treatment, 23526 [9AU]

Clean Coal Production and Utilization Technology Demonstration Act: enact (H.R. 5592, 5593), 11046, 11062 [3MY]

Clean Water Act: amend (H.R. 5512), 4723 [6MR], 10012 [25AP]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 5640), 22300 [2AU]

———cleanup authority (H.R. 4985), 3965 [29FE]

Comprehensive Hazardous Substances Cleanup and Emergency Relief Act: enact (H.R 4813), 4793 [7MR], 7146 [29MR], 7891 [4AP]

———enact (H.R 4813), referral to committees, 6186 [21MR]

Consumer protection: administration policy, 5804-5805 [15MR]

Corporate Criminal Liability Act: enact (H.R. 6350), 28827 [2OC]

Damage claim: liability, 23512 [9AU]

Danville, VA: proposed brown lung research experiment, 14547 [30MY]

Diet drugs: make phenylpropanolamine available by prescription only (H.R. 4675), 1761 [2FE], 19466 [27JN]

Drinking water: establish EPA standards for underground gasoline storage tanks (H.R. 4761), 2182 [7FE]

EPA: Superfund program reauthorization, 9629 [12AP]

Federal facilities: cleanup responsibility, 23548 [9AU]

Great Lakes: undertake study on consumptive uses of water (H.R. 5008), 4228 [1MR]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 27186 [26SE], 27187 [4OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 32272-32273 [11OC]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 15758 [11JN], 29533 [5OC]

———enact (H.R. 2867), appointment of conferees, 24061 [10AU]

———enact (H.R. 2867), conference report, 29529 [3OC], 29532, 31727 [10OC]

———enact (H.R. 2867), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 376), 32240 [11OC]

Health: effects of toxic wastes, 23552 [9AU]

Leaded gasoline: automobile pollution, 24564 [6SE]

———reduce use (H.R. 6041), 21564 [30JY]

Livestock feed: ban addition of antibiotics (H.R. 6370), 30285 [4OC]

Michigan: cleanup of Bofors Chemical Co., 436 [25JA]

National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: tribute, 18478 [22JN]

Nuclear energy: research and development funding, 13398 [22MY]

Nuclear engineering: education, 19427 [27JN]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Safety Act: enact (H.R. 4850), 2666 [9FE]

OSHA: Hazard Communication Standard, 5177 [12MR]

———right of employees in the workplace, 5582 [14MR]

PCB: environmental impact, 32565 [12OC]

Pesticide containers: tax cedit for recycling (H.R. 6138), 24155 [10AU]

Pesticide Tolerance Emergency Authority Act: enact, 3294 [23FE]

Product liability standards: administration endorsement of national uniform, 30248 [4OC]

Radioactive waste: ocean disposal, 22540 [6AU]

———roadway shipments, 9707 [24AP]

Reagan, President: response to policies, 1061 [31JA]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: amend (H.R. 5002), 4720 [6MR], 4841 [7MR]

Riedel International Inc.: Environmental Emergency Services Co., 11199 [7MY]

Risk Assessment Research and Development Act: enact (H.R. 4192), 15764 [11JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (H.R. 5959), 20355 [29JN]

Sewage sludge: study toxicity, 18825 [26JN]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), 15758 [11JN], 29533 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), appointment of conferees, 24061 [10AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), conference report, 29529 [3OC], 29532, 31727 [10OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 376), 32240 [11OC]

States: solid waste disposal authority, 23551 [9AU]

Steel industry: U.S. import quotas, 28153 [1OC]

Striped bass: FDA requirements for acceptable PCB levels, 14768 [31MY]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 11905 [10MY], 12344 [15MY], 14037 [23MY], 15237 [6JN], 22535, 22545, 22546 [6AU], 23169, 23173, 23189, 23190, 23202 [8AU], 23460-23471, 23498 [9AU], 23558 [10AU]-23578 [9AU], 23958 [10AU], 23960 [5SE]-23978, 24022 [10AU], 24058 [10SE]-24059 [10AU], 24091, 24118 [10AU], 30740 [5OC], 31113 [9OC]

———enact (H.R. 5640), conference report, 22204 [2AU]

———enact (H.R. 5640), copper taxation amendment, 22961 [8AU]

———enact (H.R. 5640), permission for inclusion of certain correspondence, 24059 [10AU]

———enact (H.R. 5640), technical corrections, 24059 [10AU]

Superfund program: extend and expand (H.R. 4813), 3300 [23FE]

Tobacco: prohibit that grown or processed with pesticides or chemicals from import into the U.S. (H.R. 6418), 30728 [5OC]

Toxic chemicals: require profiles of frequently found or of greatest risk (H.R. 4813), 6772 [27MR]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (H.R. 4303), 6772 [27MR]

Toxic wastes: congressional action to combat, 2640-2641 [9FE]

Transportation: enforcement of safety requirements (H.R. 4965), 3576 [28FE]

U.S. coastal waters: dumping of toxic chemicals, 23579 [9AU]

Underground storage tanks: leakage, 23521 [9AU]

———regulation, 23514 [9AU]

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation: assist homeowners to remove (H.R. 5629), 11695 [9MY]

Waste sites: administrative procedures and judicial review of cleanup, 23552 [9AU]

———compensation for exposed victims, 24024 [10AU]

———cleanup, 4793 [7MR]

———determination of degree of danger, 23555 [9AU]

———emergency relief for certain, 23557 [9AU]

———liability of cleanup contractors, 23554 [9AU]

———management, 23520 [9AU]

———National Priority List for cleanup, 23556 [9AU]

———pollution control laws in federally owned (H.R. 4760), 5405 [13MR]

———require notification of contents to buyers, 7889 [4AP]

Water Quality Renewal Act: revitalize, 14777 [31MY]

Worker health and safety: budget proposals, 4832 [7MR], 13123 [21MY]

Workplaces: workers' right to know, 14034 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate

Acid Deposition Control and Cost Sharing Act: introduction (S. 2215), 580 [26JA]

Acid rain: control emissions, 25065 [12SE]

Alaska: EPA guidelines for pulp mills, 25278 [13SE]

Asbestos: hazard control in schools (S. 2237), 7122-7128 [29MR], 1033, 1036 [31JA]

———school abatement program, 15008-15015 [6JN], 15352 [7JN]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact (S. 2708), 15290 [7JN]

———introduction (S. 2708), 13526-13528 [23MY]

Asbestos-related diseases: compensation system, 9356-9357 [12AP]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (S. 2892), 9077 [12AP], 25382 [13SE]

———amend (S. 2892), referral, 26448 [21SE]

Courts: strengthen penalty provisions of environmental protection laws (S. 2665), 11771 [10MY]

Flatside Wilderness, AR: air quality designation, 23407-23409 [9AU]

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

Gasoline: EPA regulations on lead content, 22324 [3AU]

———tax on lead additives, 9142-9146 [12AP]

Hazardous and Solid Waste Control Act: enact (H.R. 2867), conference report, 31997 [11OC]

———enact (H.R. 2867), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 376), 32131 [11OC]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2688), 17893 [21JN], 26445-26448 [21SE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 16643 [15JN]

———reauthorizing (S. 2706), House amendments, 31975 [11OC]

———reauthorizing (H.R. 2867), conference report, 31929 [11OC]

Hazardous Substance Act: introduction (S. 3014), 26491 [21SE]

Midwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management: consent of Congress (S. 3051), 29157 [3OC]

New Jersey: EPA closing of ocean dumping site, 10175 [26AP]

Nuclear power: development, 10062 [26AP]

———safety record, 15352 [7JN]

Pesticides: emergency action relative to chemical residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

Polychlorinated biphenyls: EPA study on extent of contamination of certain fish (S. 2633), 10886 [3MY]

Radioactive waste: disposal, 2933 [22FE], 6736 [27MR]

———regulation, 22487-22488 [6AU]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: clarification of criminal liability, 20825 [25JY]

———House action on Superfund, 23728 [10AU]

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 2832), 19667 [28JN]

SBA: pollution control bond program, 25669 [17SE], 29053 [3OC]

Solid waste: clarify liability for disposal of hazardous substances (S. 2741), 15343 [7JN]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 757), 7122-7128 [29MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2867), making technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 376), 32131 [11OC]

———reauthorizing (H.R. 2867), conference report on enforcing amendments, 31929 [11OC]

St. Louis, MO: radioactive materials remedial action (S. 1827), referred to committee, 4299 [2MR]

Superfund: comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability provisions, 28298-28306 [2OC]

———reauthorize (S. 2959), 23848 [10AU], 29707 [4OC]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 26503 [21SE]

Superfund Improvement Act: introduction (S. 2291), 2495 [9FE]

Toxic chemicals: incineration at sea, 14154 [24MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 3075), 30581 [5OC]

Toxic wastes: funding Solid Waste Disposal Act, 17819 [21JN]

———funding toxicological testing under superfund, 17818 [21JN]

Underground storage tanks: EPA study on leak hazards (S. 2513), 7215-7218 [30MR]

———regulate to protect groundwater resources, 20826-20832 [25JY]

———regulate use and cleanup of contamination (S. 2421), 5345 [13MR]

Urban Radioactive Materials Protection Act: introduction (S. 2356), 3593 [28FE]

Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act: introduction (S. 2548), 8585 [10AP]

Veterans: compensation for exposure to dioxins and radiation (H.R. 1961), 29941-29965 [4OC]

Waste sites: cleanup, 2495 [9FE]

———ground-water contamination, 16186 [13JN]

———health effects, 20849-20853 [25JY]

———require Government to comply with monitoring standards (S. 2407), 5126 [12MR]

———victim compensation, 22336 [3AU]

Reports

Acid Rain: Committee on Appropriations (excerpt), 17821 [21JN]

———Reider von Paar (excerpts), 22288 [2AU]

Asbestos: EPA (excerpt), 17837 [21JN]

Assesssment of Acid Rain Pollution: Office of Science and Technology Policy (excerpt), 581 [26JA]

Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 98-456), 12716 [17MY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5313) (H. Rept. 98-780), 12322 [15MY]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5313) (H. Rept. 98-780), 12322 [15MY]

Appropriations for Research, Development, and Demonstrations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2702) (S. Rept. 98-473), 13257 [22MY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5640) (H. Rept. 98-890), 20549 [23JY]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2892) (S. Rept. 98-631), 26491 [21SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5640; H. Res. 570) (H. Rept. 98-975), 23102 [8AU]

———Senator Lautenberg (additional views), 28301 [2OC]

Federal Hazardous Substances Act Amendment on Defective Toys: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5818) (H. Rept. 98-895), 20702 [24JY]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Amendment: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2607) (S. Rept. 98-479), 13525 [23MY]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5530) (H. Rept. 98-774), 12321 [15MY]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Implementation: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5642) (H. Rept. 98-794), 13047 [21MY]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: committee of conference (H.R. 2867) (H. Rept. 98-1133), 29611 [3OC]

Military Construction Authorization Act: Committee on Rules (H.R. 5604; H. Res. 529) (H. Rept. 98-849), 17066 [19JN]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act Amendments: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 98-456), 12716 [17MY]

Reproductive and Childhood Disorders and the Relation to Environmental Contamination, 28303-28305 [2OC]

Response to Westway, NY, Trade-In: New York City Clean Air Campaign, Inc. (summary), 14523 [30MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5959) (H. Rept. 98-1034), 25923 [18SE]

SBA Pollution Control Bond Program: Library of Congress, 25670-25680 [17SE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1984-86: committee of conference (H.R. 2867), 29490-29529 [3OC]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2867) (H. Rept. 98-1133), 29611 [3OC]

Toxic Substances Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2704) (S. Rept. 98-475 ), 13257 [22MY]

Trinity River Fish and Wildlife Restoration: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1438) (H. Rept. 98-1035), 25923 [18SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5640), 23975 [10AU]

Statements

Acid Rain: EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus (excerpt), 10617 [1MY]

Asbestos: Centers for Disease Control, 17838, 17839 [21JN]

———International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, 17837 [21JN]

Clean Air Act: Edmund S. Muskie, 6421 [22MR]

Closing of Ocean Dumping Site Off Coast of New Jersey: Senator Lautenberg, 10178 [26AP]

Discrimination in Property Taxation of Interstate Commerce: Marlow W. Cook, 17893 [21JN]

Exposure of Veterans to Dioxins and Radiation: Hellen Gelband, 29960 [4OC]

———Michael Gough, 29960 [4OC]

Moral Responsibility of Nuclear Waste Storage: Robert Kemmerly, 2939 [22FE]

Need for Action: World Resources Institute, 19989 [28JN]

Nuclear Waste—A New Approach: Victor Gilinsky, NRC, 6736-6738 [27MR]

Superfund: Clean Citizens Advisory Committee, 23542 [9AU]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act, H.R. 5640 (dissenting views): Representatives Broyhill, Corcoran, and Oxley, 23504 [9AU]

Superfund Oversight Hearings: EPA witness (excerpt), 20582 [24JY]

Summaries

Clean Coal Production and Utilization Technology Demonstration Act (H.R. 5592, 5593), 11046 [3MY]

Environmental Crimes and Penalties Amendments (S. 2665), 11772 [10MY]

International Trade Tax Act (H.R. 4741), 1764 [2FE]

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 29530 [3OC]

Surveys

Northeast-Midwest Superfund: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 22298 [2AU]

Tables

Effect on 1996 electricity prices of base case program with emissions trading, 588 [26JA]

Pesticides in the Lake Erie Basin, 17835 [21JN]

Telegrams

Nuclear waste storage in Louisiana: President Reagan, 2938 [22FE]

Testimonies

Social Impact of Acid Rain Legislation: Sandra Emmanuel, 3024 [22FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 376, technical corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2867, Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act, 32240 [11OC]

H.R. 4675, make diet drugs containing phenylpropanolamine available by prescription only, 1762 [2FE]

H.R. 4761, EPA standards for underground gasoline storage tanks to protect drinking water, 2183 [7FE]

H.R. 4965, enforcement of transportation safety requirements for hazardous materials, 3577 [28FE]

H.R. 4985, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act amendment on cleanup authority, 3965 [29FE]

H.R. 5592, Clean Coal Production and Utilization Technology Demonstration Act, 11047 [3MY]

H.R. 6350, Corporate Criminal Liability Act, 28828 [2OC]

H.R. 6418, prohibit imports of tobacco grown or processed with pesticides or chemicals into U.S., 30728 [5OC]

S. 2215, Acid Deposition Control and Cost Sharing Act, 582-588 [26JA]

S. 2237, asbestos hazard control in schools, 1035 [31JA]

S. 2291, Superfund Improvement Act, 2496 [9FE]

S. 2356, Urban Radioactive Materials Protection Act, 3593 [28FE]

S. 2407, require Federal compliance with monitoring hazardous waste disposal sites, 5126 [12MR]

S. 2513, study of leak hazards in underground storage tanks, 7216-7218 [30MR]

S. 2633, EPA study on extent of polychlorinated biphenyls contamination of certain fish, 10886 [3MY]

S. 2688, authorizing Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act and Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act appropriations, 17894 [21JN]

S. 2706, authorizing appropriations for the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 16643 [15JN], 32272 [11OC]

S. 2741, clarify liability for disposal of hazardous substances, 15344 [7JN]

S. 3014, Hazardous Substance Act, 26492-26494 [21SE]

S. 3075, Toxic Substances Control Act amendment, 30582-30589 [5OC]

S. 3076, emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health, 30590-30593 [5OC]

Small Business Investment Act (excerpt), 25670 [17SE]