NATURAL RESOURCES

Addresses

Basic Materials Industries in Transition: Representative McNulty, 4855 [7MR]

Coal Research: Sec. of Energy Hodel, 14779 [31MY]

Not in My Backyard—Institutional Problems in Environmental Protection: William D. Ruckelshaus, 9803-9805 [25AP]

Tribute to Phillip Burton: John Amodio, 8518 [10AP]

Amendments

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), 9719, 9722, 9724 [24AP]

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3082), 25924 [18SE], 26322, 26323 [20SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 13403, 13405, 13406, 13456 [22MY], 17756, 17757, 17765-17766, 17770, 17772, 17773, 17776-17782, 17787, 17860-17862 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), amendments in disagreement, 19087 [27JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend (H.R. 4194), 4611 [6MR]

National Coal Science, Technology, and Engineering Act: enact (S. 1925), 12180 [15MY]

Protect Our Wetlands and Duck Resources Act: enact (S. 978), 5938 [20MR]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 23342 [9AU]

State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (H.R. 4214), Senate amendment, 23936 [10AU]

Volunteers in the Parks Act: amend (S. 864), 29224, 29283 [3OC], 30124 [4OC]

Water: improve quality (H.R. 3282), 16301-16314 [13JN], 17730 [21JN], 18023-18038 [22JN], 18549 [25JN], 18761, 18798, 18806-18809, 18811, 18812, 18817, 18819, 18820, 18822, 18825 [26JN]

Water resources infrastructure: improvement and rehabilitation (H.R. 3678), 16743 [15JN], 16886 [18JN], 18038 [22JN], 18979-18988 [26JN], 19173-19177 [27JN], 19938, 19939, 19941, 19944-19949, 19986 [28JN], 20235, 20256, 20259, 20275, 20295 [29JN]

Water Resources Research Act: enact (S. 684), 2004 [7FE]

Western States: funding water resource projects (H.R. 1652), 5969, 5973, 5974 [20MR], 23229 [9AU]

———funding water resource projects (H.R. 1652), Senate amendments, 23929 [10AU]

Wetlands Loan Act: extend (S. 5271), 29219, 29261 [3OC]

Analyses

Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act (S. 2667), 11985 [11MY]

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

Water and Related Resources Conservation and Development, H.R. 3678, Cost Overrun Amendment, 19874-19937 [28JN]

Water Quality Renewal Act Provisions (H.R. 3282), 18776-18794 [26JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 5653, making energy and water development appropriations, 17985 [22JN]

Articles and editorials

1902-1984—Master of the Camera, Poet of the Landscape, Protector of the Wild, 10554 [25AP]

Acid Rain, Alkaline Dollars, 2651 [9FE]

Acid Rain—Plain Talk, 6951 [28MR]

Ah, Wilderness! Save It, 24544 [6SE]

Alphabet Soup, 12333 [15MY]

America's Plentiful Energy Resource (excerpt), 15779 [11JN]

Animal-Rights People Are Gaining on Us, 30217 [4OC]

Arch Creek Park Gets Money To Rebuild Bridge, 27594 [27SE]

Arm the Toxic Waste Hunters, 4720 [6MR]

Beyond Dumping (excerpt), 2640 [9FE]

Buy Stamps for Wetlands, 9618 [12AP]

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

Call of the Wild—More! More!, 12861 [17MY]

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

Clean Water Inaction Blamed on New York, 27148 [26SE]

Clearing the Air, 24568 [6SE]

Close to a New CCC, 32439 [12OC]

Cream of the Crop, 20916 [25JY]

Depoe Bay Volunteers Grow Their Own, 11060 [3MY]

Duck Stamps for Nonhunters, 13986 [23MY]

Environmentalists Fault Western Water Projects, 13390 [22MY]

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

EPA Chief Is Hamstrung on New York Sludge Dumping, 27149 [26SE]

EPA Failure on New York Pollution Spurs Call for Congress To Act, 27150 [26SE]

EPA—What Really Happened, 21567-21569 [30JY], 21726-21728 [31JY]

Fix, 6053 [20MR]

Florio Says Environmental Regulations Benefit Business, 2814 [21FE]

Forest-Use Plan Sparks Fire From Western Critics, 22304 [2AU]

Fulfilling the Promise of Superfund, 22283 [2AU]

Full Speed Ahead on Offshore Oil Leasing, 12607 [16MY]

Gas Bill Rebellion—Fired Up Over Decontrol, 5077 [8MR]

Golden Anniversary, 16321-16323 [13JN]

Gone to the Dogs, 2385 [8FE]

Great Energy Giveaway, 10019 [25AP]

Great Lakes—Toxics, the Invisible Menace, 16004 [13JN]

Greedy for Power, 10020 [25AP]

Impact of Raw Sewage Discharge by New York City (sundry), 27146, 27147 [26SE]

Is America Rushing Into the Wilderness?, 16792 [15JN]

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

Keeping All U.S. Natural Resource Options Open, 20375 [29JN]

Keeping Nature in Balance, 5579 [14MR]

Lautenberg Champions Fight To Stem Tide of New York Pollution, 27151 [26SE]

Lautenberg—New York Flushes and Forgets, 27149 [26SE]

Let's Make Oil Kosher, 16779 [15JN]

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

Merger Moratorium Not the Answer, 9996 [25AP]

Merwin Furthered Outdoor Cause, 20494 [23JY]

Missouri River Water Sale Blocked by Court, 11948 [10MY]

More Than Justified, 25949 [18SE]

National Park System Damaged by Anti-Acquisition Policy, 31768 [10OC]

Natural Gas Pressure Builds to a Head, 936 [30JA]

New Alternative Fuels and Coal Slurry Pipelines Would Benefit Florida, 16994 [18JN]

New View of Offshore Drilling, 20923 [25JY]

North Dakota Still Is the Ugly Duckling of Wetlands Preservation, 16614 [14JN]

OCS Moratoriums Harm Nation's Best Energy Hope, 8270 [5AP]

Oil Supplies—Embargoes, Anyone?, 2654 [9FE]

Oregon Inlet Ills, 25948 [18SE]

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

Pay Heed to the Prairie, 28785 [2OC]

Peril Is Seen for Babies Whose Mothers Ate Fish With PCB's, 21521 [30JY]

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

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

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

Riedel Hazard Unit Earns Reputation, 11200 [7MY]

Seals and People—How Do We Protect Both? (series), 24720 [10SE]

Share Our Water? No, We Need It All, 1163 [31JA]

Sharp's Gas Bill Addresses Past or Illusory Problems, 18472 [22JN]

Siege of Fort DeRussy, 8643-8645 [10AP]

Skepticism on Jetties Abides, 25949 [18SE]

So Far So Good for Clark in Wetlands Battle, 13986 [23MY]

Starting Over, 9787 [24AP]

Students Need a Balanced View—Too Much Gloom and Doom on Future, 30749 [5OC]

Symms Blasts Evans—Idaho Forest Management Act, 14143 [24MY]

Toward a Clean and Budgeted Environment, 30246 [4OC]

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

Trouble's Brewing in Paradise as an Exotic Plant and Wildlife Population Explosion Threatens the Fragile Eco-System of Hawaii's National Parks, 11488-11489 [8MY]

U.S. Fails To Recover Millions in West, Wildlife Group Says, 13391 [22MY]

USAF Crew Operates Gas Station in the Sky, 3062 [22FE]

Water Bill Could Help Chevron, Handful of California Farmers, 28488 [2OC]

Water Into Pork, 28489 [2OC]

Wetlands Are Not Wastelands, as We'll Find Out When They're Gone, 952 [30JA]

What's New York Afraid Of, 27146 [26SE]

Which Species Is the Most Endangered?, 24548 [6SE]

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

Wild Bunch, 24087-24089 [10AU]

Wilderness and Westvaco, 10023 [25AP]

Winter Shipping—Put a Costly, Risky Proposal Back on Ice, 6948 [28MR]

Woburn Study Links Cancer and Deaths to Tainted Water, 3300 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions

Conservation reserve and agricultural forestation programs (see H.R. 4730)

Farmers Home Administration: transfer jurisdiction of certain conservation programs to Soil Conservation Service (see H.R. 5024)

Federal aviation program: representation of agricultural and natural resource products industries (see H.R. 5376)

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (see S. 3083; H.R. 5090)

Marine Resources Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 5549)

Oklahoma: feasibility study for south central counties (see H.R. 4746)

Rivers: conservation assistance (see H.R. 5166)

———State plans to promote wise use and management (see S. 2361)

U.S.-Mexican border area: research institute (see S. 2627)

Briefs

U.S. Court of International Trade decision rejecting Dept. of Commerce's use of the rule that certain benefits are not subsidies, 21299 [26JY]

Citations

Distinguished service award presentation to Senator Abdnor: Upper Missouri Water Users Asssociation, 1364 [1FE]

Court decisions

Authority of the Sec. of the Interior under the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act, 7894 [4AP]

Essays

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

Explanations

Water Resources Research Act, 23412 [9AU]

Factsheets

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

Environmental Impact of MX Has Not Been Evaluated: Friends of the Earth, 12105 [14MY]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463), 30786 [9OC]

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

Letters

Acid rain: National Wildlife Federation, 17976 [21JN]

Administration's position on water project financing: National Wildlife Federation, 1169 [31JA]

———President Reagan, 1168 [31JA]

———sundry Members of Congress, 1168 [31JA]

Ban commercial slaughtering of North Pacific fur seal: John Grandy, 30211 [4OC]

Campground and recreational site concession program: Library of Congress, 19416 [27JN]

Clean Water Act (S. 431): Senators Bradley and Lautenberg, 27146 [26SE]

Development of water projects: President Reagan, 620 [26JA]

———Senator Abdnor, 621 [26JA]

———several Members of Congress, 621 [26JA]

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act (H.R. 3082): North Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources & Community Development, 28168 [1OC]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 5653): Edison Electric Institute, 13415 [22MY]

———OMB, 13390 [22MY]

———Sec. of Energy Hodel, 13415 [22MY]

———Sierra Club, 13132 [21MY]

Energy efficiency standards for certain household appliances: TVA, 5388 [13MR]

Extend renewable energy tax incentives: sundry national energy and environmental organizations, 14028 [23MY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments: Dept. of the Interior, 10459 [1MY]

Law enforcement within Federal water projects: Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation, 28488 [2OC]

———Thomas J. Graff, Environmental Defense Fund, 28488 [2OC]

Moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling: businesses and associations in opposition, 26709 [25SE]

Natural resource subsidy provision of H.R. 4784, Trade Remedies Reform Act: W. R. Grace & Co., 21306 [26JY]

Noncompetitive oil and gas leasing system: Fortune Oil Co., 28325 [2OC]

———Independent Petroleum Association of America (excerpt), 28321 [2OC]

———James D. Collums for Oil & Gas Properties & Leasing Service, 28326 [2OC]

———Representative Udall (excerpt), 28318 [2OC]

———Robert O. Byron for True Oil Co., 28325 [2OC]

———Sec. of the Interior Clark and David A. Stockman, 28322 [2OC]

———several Members of Congress (Dear Colleague), 28323 [2OC]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463): sundry, 30787, 30799, 30801 [9OC]

Offshore oil and gas development: Elizabeth Raisbeck, for Friends of the Earth, 28313 [2OC]

Omnibus water projects (H.R. 3678): Director of the OMB David Stockman, 18616 [25JN]

Override Presidential veto of the Water Resources Research Act (H.R. 2011): sundry Representatives, 4860 [7MR]

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

Permit use of foreign firefighters to combat wildfires (H.R. 3726): Committee on Foreign Affairs, 25537 [19SE]

Preserve the SBA pollution control guarantee program: Committee on Small Business, 14378 [24MY]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act (H.R. 1652): Dept. of the Interior, 5808 [15MR]

———OMB, 5579 [14MR]

Regulation of water use: Sec. of the Interior Clark, 1036 [31JA]

Soil conservation (H.R. 3457): sundry organizations, 11363 [8MY]

Survival course for our wilderness: William A. Turnage, 15772 [11JN]

Synfuel funding (H.R. 5973): Representative Fazio, 22068 [1AU]

———Representative Wright, 22068 [1AU]

Trade Remedies Reform Act (H.R. 4784): National Coal Association, 20343 [29JN]

Veto of Water Resources Research Act (S. 684): Committee on Environment and Public Works, 6120 [21MR]

———(Dear Colleague), 5760 [15MR]

———Interstate Conference on Water Problems, 5760 [15MR]

———several Members of Congress, 4609 [6MR], 5376 [13MR]

———sundry Senators, 11549 [9MY]

Water development programs: President Reagan, 931 [30JA]

Water pretreatment program: association of metropolitan sewerage agencies (excerpt), 16858 [18JN]

———Conference of Mayors (excerpt), 16858 [18JN]

———National League of Cities (excerpt), 16859 [18JN]

Water projects: Representative Virginia Smith, 29134 [3OC]

———(sundry), 29125-29128, 29132, 29134 [3OC]

Water Quality Renewal Act (H.R. 3282): Committee on Foreign Affairs, 19433 [27JN]

Improvement of Harbors: Charles S. Robb, Governor of Virginia, 26502 [21SE]

———Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Inc., 26503 [21SE]

———J. Robert Bray, 26503 [21SE]

Water Resources Research Act (S. 684): Dept. of the Interior, 23412 [9AU]

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

Lists

American Conservation Corps—supporting organizations, 29482 [3OC]

Public agency members of the Bay Area Water Users Association, 31731 [10OC]

Mailgrams

California Wilderness Act (H.R. 1437): California Licensed Foresters Association, 25141 [12SE]

Memorandums

Auto Fuel Efficiency: Library of Congress, 24727 [10SE]

State Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Program: Sec. of the Interior Clark, 23412 [9AU]

Water Rights in Colorado Wilderness Areas: Colorado Water Congress (excerpt), 32457 [14NO]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25006, 25009 [12SE]

Reform of Federal oil and gas leasing system: Florida, 1057 [31JA]

Wyoming, 8423 [9AP]

Messages

Veto of Water Resources Research Act (S. 684): President Reagan, 6120 [21MR], 23412 [9AU]

Motion

Volunteers in the Parks Act: amend (S. 864), House amendments, 29286 [3OC]

Notices

Disposition of Oconee National Forest land: Dept. of Agriculture, 14370 [24MY]

Papers

Critique of the 1984 Economic Analysis of the Oregon Inlet, NC, Project: David C. Campbell, 25959-25960 [18SE]

Petitions

American Conservation Corps Establishment (H.R. 999): Prince Georges County, MD, 6053 [20MR]

Land resources of West: Western States Land Commissioners, 10877 [3MY]

Questions and answers

Outer continental shelf leasing provisions, 21693 [31JY]

Rebuttal

Natural Resource Subsidy Provision of H.R. 4784, Trade Remedies Reform Act: Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers, 21303 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: causes and proposals for controlling, 11059 [3MY]

———control sources, 24555 [6SE]

———control sources (H.R. 4906), 3061 [22FE], 28186 [1OC]

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

———effects, 1387 [1FE], 22288 [2AU]

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], 19994 [28JN]

American Conservation Corps: establish (H.R. 999), 6053 [20MR], 30929 [9OC], 30971 [12OC]

———establish (H.R. 999), Senate amendment, 29479 [3OC], 30962-30973 [9OC]

American Defense Education Act: filing amendments, 25156 [12SE]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: enact (S. 373), 9711-9725 [24AP]

Baleen whales: efforts to protect, 19446 [27JN]

Brockton, MA: water supply, 20291 [29JN]

Campground and recreational sites: concession program, 19416 [27JN]

Clean Water Act: amend, 4723 [6MR]

———amend (H.R. 5512), 10012 [25AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3282), 14869 [4JN], 15499, 15500 [7JN], 16329 [13JN], 16739, 16804 [15JN], 16855-16866 [18JN]

Coal industry: Federal support for research and development, 427 [25JA]

———technology, 6064 [20MR]

Coastal Barrier Resources Act: implementation, 25943 [18SE]

Coastal States Marine Resources Act: enact, 21743 [31JY]

Commercial whaling: proposed ban, 31745 [10OC]

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

Corpus Christi, TX: remove impediment to oil and gas leasing at the Naval Air Station (H.R. 4742), 1765 [2FE]

Domestic Petroleum Company Acquisition Act: enact (H.R. 5042), 4710 [6MR]

Drinking water: environmental safeguards, 20346 [29JN]

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

Emergency Petroleum Industries Stability Act: enact (H.R. 5175), 6074 [20MR]

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3082), 25948, 25958, 25959 [18SE], 26124, 26146-26153 [19SE], 26312-26335 [20SE], 28168 [1OC]

Energy and water development: funding amendment relative to certain programs (H.R. 5653), 13131 [21MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 13386, 13401 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), Weaver amendment, 13417 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), amendments in disagreement, 19087 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), appointment of conferees, 17985 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), conference report, 19077-19088 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), permission to file conference report, 17985 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), waiving points of order, 13377 [22MY]

Energy efficiency standards: adopt for certain household appliances, 5387 [13MR]

Energy innovation: tribute to Dept. of Energy award recipients, 30763 [5OC]

Energy policy: develop clean and coherant, 2654 [9FE]

Energy resources: management, 31572 [10OC]

Environmental Monitoring Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5958), 20369 [29JN]

EPA: assure continuation of the Senior Environmental Employment Corps program (S. 518), 13557, 14368 [24MY]

———Superfund program reauthorization, 9629 [12AP]

Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act: enact (H.R. 2838), 28080-28094 [1OC]

———enact (H.R. 2838), Senate amendments, 28099 [1OC]

Floraculture: funding for statistical report, 15101 [6JN]

Foreign firefighters: permit use to combat wildfires (H.R. 3726), 25536 [17SE], 25537 [19SE]

Forestry: pest management activities on State and private (H.R. 5973), 22188 [2AU]

Friends of Animals: proposed regulations for fishermen, 9047 [11AP]

Georges Bank, MA: proposed Dept. of the Interior sale of offshore oil drilling leases, 31741 [10OC]

Geothermal energy: tax credits for the purchase and installation of equipment to tap (H.R. 5933), 19009 [26JN]

Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act: enact (H.R. 2491), 24097 [10AU]

Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp: designate (H.J. Res. 418), 13986 [23MY]

Great Lakes Research Laboratory: funding, 14584 [31MY]

Great Lakes Water Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4366), 1163 [31JA]

Greenhouse effect: analysis and proposals, 2641 [9FE]

Gregory County hydroelectric pumped storage facility, South Dakota: construction, 20292 [29JN]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 11376 [8MY]

Historic preservation: convert funds to trust funds (H.R. 5090), 5101 [8MR]

Hudson River, NY: proposed Westway project, 20337 [29JN]

Interim Convention for the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals: extend, 24720 [10SE]

J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Award: awarded to former Representative Phillip Burton, 328 [24JA]

Job Corps: contracting out civilian conservation centers, 26760-26764 [25SE]

Land and water conservation: convert funds to trust funds (H.R. 5090), 5101 [8MR]

Lynchburg, VA, Heritage Trail: tribute, 24107 [10AU]

Manatee County, FL: experimental drinking water management system, 24127 [10AU]

Marine Resources Development Bank Act: enact (H.R. 5549), 10581 [1MY]

Massachusetts: water projects, 20291 [29JN]

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

Miltary property: fish and wildlife management, 14367 [24MY]

Mineral projects: U.S. money benefits foreign government controlled, 14334 [24MY]

Mount Charleston, NV: preservation, 12750 [17MY]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: abolish (H.R. 6015), 20763 [24JY]

———appointment of Anne M. Burford, 22074 [1AU]

———dissolve (S. 1098), 21567 [30JY]

National Coal Science Technology and Engineering Development Act: enact (H.R. 5044), 4861 [7MR]

National Coast Week: designate (H.J. Res. 576), 13959 [23MY]

National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: establish (H.R. 2837), 7616 [3AP]

National Park Service: A-76 contracting out action, 5184 [12MR]

National parks: protection and management (H.R. 2379), 31767 [10OC]

Natural gas: decontrol (H.R. 4277), 30763 [5OC]

Natural Gas Market Policy Act: enact (H.R. 4277), 18472 [22JN]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act: enact (H.R. 5), 18885 [27JN]

Ocean Day: designate, 20421 [29JN]

———observance, 5116 [8MR]

Offshore oil and gas leases: ban off the northern California coast, 2629 [9FE]

Oil and gas owners: reverse Supreme Court ruling on tax deduction for percentage depletion, 4537 [5MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: moratorium on oil and gas leases, 8270 [5AP]

Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act: amend (H.R. 2071), 7894 [4AP]

PCB's: environmental impact, 32565 [12OC]

Public lands: assistance to groups volunteering to plant tree seeds (H.R. 2838), 28080-28094 [1OC]

Railroads: improve energy conservation and safety, 9571 [12AP]

Rescue Conservation and Recovery Act: reauthorization, 4720 [6MR]

Residential energy conservation: extend tax credit for expenditures (H.R. 6244), 25397-25399 [13SE]

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

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

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

SBA: preserve the pollution control guarantee program, 14378 [24MY]

Smokey Bear Week: observance, 31763 [10OC]

Smokey the Bear commemorative stamp: issuance, 21742 [31JY]

Soil Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 32585 [12OC]

———prohibit payment of incentives to certain producers (H.R. 3457), 11365 [15MY]

Soil or water conservation: investment tax credit (H.R. 5615), 11337, 11444 [8MY]

State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (H.R. 4214), 4772 [7MR], 8335 [9AP], 8339, 8340 [11AP]-8341 [9AP]

———establish (H.R. 4214), Senate amendment, 23936, 23937, 23938 [10AU]

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act: enact, 14037 [23MY]

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

Synfuel: funding (H.R. 5973), 22068 [1AU]

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

Trade Remedies Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4784), 20347 [29JN]

U.S. resources: strive for self-sufficiency, 3552 [28FE]

Undersea mining: prohibit in certain California and Oregon offshore areas (H.R. 5403), 8515 [10AP]

Upper Mississippi River Basin: development, 16881 [18JN]

Volunteers in the Parks Act: amend (S. 864), Senate amendment, 30124 [4OC]

Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 3282), 16329 [13JN], 16739 [15JN], 16804 [15JN], 16855-16866 [18JN], 18776, 18794-18817, 18818 [26JN], 18833 [29JN]-18835 [26JN], 19432 [27JN], 20008 [28JN], 20437 [29JN]

———enact (H.R. 3282), technical corrections, 19013 [27JN]

Water and related resources: conservation and development (H.R. 3678), 16741 [15JN], 16866-16881 [18JN], 18479 [25JN], 19867 [28JN], 19871-19873 [26JY], 19964 [25JY], 20235-20259, 20269-20299 [29JN], 24324 [5SE], 26753-26759 [25SE]

———conservation and development (H.R. 3678), technical corrections, 20299 [29JN]

Water projects: administration's position on financing, 1167 [31JA]

———Federal cooperation with local governments to administer law enforcement (H.R. 4712), 1189 [1FE], 28483-28490 [2OC]

Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: cost-sharing provisions, 20276-20288 [29JN]

Water Resources Research Act: enact (S. 684), 2004 [7FE]

———override Presidential veto (H.R. 2911), 4860 [7MR]

Western States: funding water resource projects (H.R. 1652), 5493 [14MR], 5579 [14MR], 5808 [15MR], 5872 [19MR], 5959-5985 [20MR]

———funding water resource projects (H.R. 1652), Senate amendments, 23929-23931 [10AU]

Wetlands: designation of private property (H.R. 5900), 17618 [20JN]

Wilderness areas: designation, 28788 [2OC]

Year of the Ocean: designate (H.J. Res. 511), 19000, 19008 [26JN], 19417, 19421 [27JN], 20421 [29JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 257), 18888 [26JN]

———observance, 5116 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abdnor, Senator: Water Users Asssociation award recipient, 1364 [1FE]

Alaska: impact of provisions of Clean Water Act on pulp mills, 32436 [12OC]

American Conservation Corps: beneficial program, 30635 [5OC]

———establish (H.R. 999), 28841-28849 [3OC], 29844 [4OC], 32439 [12OC]

———establish (H.R. 999), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

———establish (S. 2061), 25801 [18SE]

American Conservation Corps Act: introduction (S. 2899), 21807 [1AU]

Border States Natural Resources Research Act: introduction (S. 2627), 10879 [3MY]

Clean Water Act: reauthorize (S. 431), 27145 [26SE]

Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act: introduction (S. 2667), 11979-11985 [11MY]

———introduction (S. 2667), referred to committee, 12006 [11MY]

Coastal zones: clarify management authority (S. 2324), 2911-2914 [22FE]

———Supreme Court decision on management authority, 3183 [23FE]

Copper Environmental Equalization Act: introduction (S. 2340), 3155 [23FE]

Corps of Engineers: control sediment from Mount St. Helens eruption, 29039 [3OC]

———funding for construction projects, 28372-28378 [2OC]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land (S. 2419), 5343 [13MR]

———funding, 31799-31802 [11OC]

Diesel-electric locomotives: extend energy conservation investment tax credit (S. 3057), 29164 [3OC]

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: gift of parkland to Delaware and Pennsylvania, 23358 [9AU], 29230 [3OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 17749-17799 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), conference report, 19325-19329 [27JN], 19701 [28JN]

Energy efficient buildings: financial assistance to builders (S. 2630), 10882 [3MY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend (H.R. 4194), 4610 [6MR]

Federal Coal Export Commission: establish (S. 2695), 13257 [22MY]

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

Fresh water: prohibit exportation (S. 2239), 1037 [31JA]

Great Lakes: environmental assessment and management program (S. 2751), 16003 [13JN], 21521 [30JY]

Hazardous waste sites: cleanup, 2495 [9FE]

Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act: enact (S. 1554), 26506 [21SE]

International fishery agreements: extend certain, 19338, 19340 [27JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: amend (S. 2610), 10459 [1MY]

———amend (S. 3083), 31245 [10OC]

Marine Mammal Commission: clarifiy procedures for appointments, 19338 [27JN]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4997), 19335-19341 [27JN]

Motor vehicles: improve fuel efficiency (S. 2632), 10885 [3MY]

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA: funding, 29712 [4OC]

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere: urge withdrawal of Anne M. Burford appointment, 20576-20583 [24JY]

National Coal Science, Technology, and Engineering Act: enact (S. 1925), 12180 [15MY]

National forests: designate certain lands in Texas as wilderness (S. 2598), 10122 [26AP]

National Marine Fisheries Service: authorizing appropriations (S. 2463), 6424 [22MR]

National Park Service: land acquisition, 28349, 28352-28357 [2OC]

National parks: regulate geothermal development, 28338-28340 [2OC]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (S. 1715), 23637-23642 [10AU]

Nepal: conservation program, 14094 [24MY]

New York, NY: impose deadline on discharge of raw sewage, 27145 [26SE]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act: enact (S. 2463), conference report, 30784-30801 [9OC]

Oil and gas drilling: development of offshore sites, 26709 [25SE], 28312 [2OC]

———extend lease numbered U-39711 (S. 1770), 23414 [9AU]

———funding restrictions on noncompetitive leasing system, 28315-28327 [2OC]

———increase in offshore leasing, 20923 [25JY]

———proposed reform of Federal leasing system, 1057 [31JA]

———remove impediment on certain lands (H.R. 5787), placed on calendar, 29286 [3OC]

Oil shale industry: energy tax credits (S. 2365), 3669 [28FE]

OTA: reports on technological innovation and application, 20916 [25JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: funding for workshops, 28345 [2OC]

———maintenance contracting, 29284 [3OC]

Petroleum Consumer Overcharge Restitution Act: introduction (S. 2287), 2490 [9FE]

Petroleum industry: link antitrust immunities to Presidential authority to allocate supplies, 4610 [6MR]

Protect Our Wetlands and Duck Resources Act: enact (S. 978), 5940 [20MR]

Public land: clarify treatment of mineral materials (S. 2157), 23414 [9AU]

Save the Lakes Act: enact (S. 2751), 21521 [30JY]

———introduction (S. 2751), 16003 [13JN]

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

Sharpe, Donald K.: tribute for efforts to acquire parkland, 29230 [3OC]

Solar energy: research appropriations, 17773-17776 [21JN]

State and Local River Conservation Act: enact (S. 1756), 2728 [21FE]

State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (H.R. 4214), 23409-23414 [9AU]

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

Volunteers in the Parks Act: amend (S. 864), House amendments, 29282-29286 [3OC]

Water: development, 620 [26JA], 29116-29142 [3OC], 29706, 29709, 29711, 29728, 29730 [4OC], 31807 [11OC]

———regulations governing use (S. 2238), 1036 [31JA]

———resources development, 26502 [21SE]

Water pollution: prevention, 20164 [29JN]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 26506 [21SE]

Water Resources Research Act: enact (S. 684), veto, 4609 [6MR], 5376 [13MR], 5760 [15MR], 5922 [20MR], 6119-6134 [21MR], 11549 [9MY]

Watershed projects: approve new cost ceilings, 22867 [8AU]

Western States: funding water resource projects (H.R. 1652), 23227-23233 [9AU]

Wetlands Loan Act: extend (S. 5271), 29261-29262 [3OC], 29845 [4OC]

Wildlife Habitat Canada: founding of conservation organization, 19489 [28JN]

Year of the Ocean: designate (S.J. Res. 257), 4919 [8MR], 5946 [20MR], 15579 [8JN]

Youth: employment opportunities in conservation projects, 21807 [1AU]

Reports

Acid Rain: Reider von Paar (excerpts), 22288 [2AU]

Amend Federal Water Pollution Control Act to Renew Quality of Nation's Waters: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3282) (H. Rept. 98-827), 15194 [6JN]

American Conservation Corps establishment Regarding Public or Indian Lands: Committee on Rules (H.R. 999; H. Res. 608) (H. Rept. 98-1150), 30460 [5OC]

American Defense Education Act (H. Res. 578), 25156 [12SE]

Assist Organizations Volunteering To Plant Trees: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2838) (S. Rept. 98-596), 24252 [5SE]

Colorado River Basin Water Project (excerpt), 29706 [4OC]

Conservation and Development of Water Related Resources: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Rept. 98-616), 5064 [8MR]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3678; H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 98-813), 14688 [31MY]

Dept. of the Interior and State and Local Government Cooperative Agreements Regarding Water Resource Projects: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4712) (H. Rept. 98-1098), 27652 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior's Civil Penalty Assessment and Collections Program Regarding Surface Mining: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 98-1146), 30459 [5OC]

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act (H. Res. 579), 25156 [12SE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5653) (H. Rept. 98-866), 18903-18976 [26JN]

Establish State Mining and Mineral Resources Institute Program: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. Rept. 98-653), 8005 [5AP]

Extension of Wetlands Loan Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5271) (H. Rept. 98-705), 9982 [25AP]

Federal Energy R&D Priorities: Dept. of Energy (excerpt), 13407 [22MY]

Federal OCS Revenue Sharing—A Critical Review of Issues (S. 2463): Dept. of the Interior, 30788 [9OC]

Impact of Disruption of Oil Supplies: GAO (excerpt), 4611 [6MR]

Making the Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing System More Competitive: GAO (excerpt), 28318 [2OC]

Migratory Waterfowl and Wetland Conservation: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3082) (H. Rept. 98-440), 25272 [13SE]

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3082) (H. Rept. 98-440), 24911 [11SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3082; H. Res. 579) (H. Rept. 98-1010), 25183 [12SE]

Mineral Materials on Public Lands Treatment Clarification: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1770) (S. Rept. 98-541), 19643 [28JN]

Nebraska Water Resources Center, 6121-6126 [21MR]

Rehabilitation of the Nation's Water Resources Infrastructure: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Rept. 98-616), 5064 [8MR]

Russell Lakes Waterfowl Management Area Replacing Mishak National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2823) (H. Rept. 98-1020), 25272 [13SE]

State Mining and Mineral Resources Institute Program: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 4212) (S. Rept. 98-437), 11757 [10MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Gratitude for gift of parkland to States by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Delaware House of Representatives, 23358 [9AU]

Rulings of the Chair

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), Weaver amendment, 13413 [22MY]

Statements

Administration Policy on Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 13390 [22MY]

Administration's Position on Water Project Financing: Senator Metzenbaum, 1169 [31JA]

Disruption of Oil Supplies: Anthony H. Cordesman (excerpt), 4611 [6MR]

———Melvin A. Conant (excerpt), 4611 [6MR]

———Sec. of Energy Hodel (excerpt), 4611 [6MR]

———Senator McClure (excerpt), 4611 [6MR]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 5653): Representative Conte (additional views), 13389 [22MY], 13391 [22MY]

Funding Programs for the Preservation and Management of Our Natural Resources: Representative McDade, 21678 [31JY]

Japan-U.S. Coal Mission: jointly by Congressional Coal Group and Japanese coal buyers, 14524 [30MY]

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

Noncompetitive Oil and Gas Leasing System: Craig Gottach, 28317 [2OC]

———Ed Herschler, Governor of Wyoming, 28317 [2OC]

———Sec. of the Interior Clark, 28318 [2OC]

Noxious Weeds in Montana, 28351 [2OC]

State Responsibility Under the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act: Sec. of the Interior, 7894 [4AP]

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

Water Rights in Colorado Wilderness Areas: Colorado Legislative Interim Committee on Nontributary Ground Water, 32457 [14NO]

Why Is Ground Water Special for Children? Garren C. Bird, 8283 [5AP]

Studies

Market Wellhead Price of Natural Gas for Industrial Users Under the Trade Remedies Reform Act, H.R. 4784: Domestic Nitrogen Producers' Ad Hoc Committee, by Margo Thorning, 21307 [26JY]

Summaries

Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act (S. 2667), 11985 [11MY]

Surveys

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

Tables

Allocation of funds to environmental and damage rehabilitation programs on the Mississippi, 16877 [18JN]

American Conservation Corps—estimated numbers of youth served annually at alternative funding levels (H.R. 999), 29484 [3OC]

Community dependency on national forest timber, 24933 [11SE]

Comparative statement of budget authority for energy and water development, 19078 [27JN], 19325 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior's land acquisition accounts, 31802 [11OC]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 5653): nondefense discretionary budget authority, 17769 [21JN]

Energy and water development funding amendment relative to certain programs (H.R. 5653), 13132 [21MY]

Energy and water subcommittee nondefense discretionary budget authority, 19328 [27JN]

Energy conservation credit (1981)—before limitation, 25399 [13SE]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act (S. 2463), 30786 [9OC]

Reclamation Safety of Dams Act project cost estimate and project allocations, 5872 [19MR]

Soil erosion, 11371 [8MY]

Soils, 11370 [8MY]

Tax credit for residential energy conservation expenditures (H.R. 6244), 25397 [13SE]

Unauthorized water projects in Senate version of H.J. Res. 648, 29118 [3OC]

Testimonies

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

Texts of

H.R. 999, American Conservation Corps Act, 28841 [3OC]

H.R. 2071, amend Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Act, 7894 [4AP]

H.R. 3282, Water Quality Renewal Act: Roe substitute, 18761-18776 [26JN]

H.R. 3726, permit use of firefighting forces of foreign nations and the reimbursement of such forces for costs incurred in fighting wildfires, 25536 [17SE]

H.R. 4214, establish a State mining and mineral resources research institute program, 8335 [9AP], 23409 [9AU]

H.R. 4712, cooperative agreements with local governments for law enforcement within Federal water resource projects, 28483 [2OC]

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

H.R. 4997, authorizing appropriations for the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 19335-19337 [27JN]

H.R. 5044, National Coal Science Technology and Engineering Development Act, 4861 [7MR]

H.R. 5653, energy and water development appropriations, 17749-17754 [21JN]

H.R. 5958, Environmental Monitoring Improvement Act, 20369 [29JN]

S. 663, Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act, 11376 [8MY]

S. 864, Volunteers in the Parks Act, House version, 29282 [3OC]

S. 1554, Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act, 26507 [21SE]

S. 1770, extend oil and gas lease numbered U-39711, 23414 [9AU]

S. 2157, clarify treatment of mineral materials on public land, 23414 [9AU]

S. 2238, regulation of water use, 1036 [31JA]

S. 2239, prohibitions on exportation of fresh water, 1037 [31JA]

S. 2287, Petroleum Consumer Overcharge Restitution Act, 2491 [9FE]

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

S. 2324, clarify coastal zone management authority, 2911 [22FE]

S. 2340, Copper Environmental Equalization Act, 3156 [23FE]

S. 2463, authorizing appropriations for the National Marine Fisheries Service, 6425 [22MR]

S. 2610, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act amendments, 10459 [1MY]

S. 2627, Border States Natural Resources Research Act, 10880 [3MY]

S. 2667, Coastal Migratory Fish Conservation Act, 11981-11984 [11MY]

S. 2751, Save the Lakes Act, 16005 [13JN]

S. 2899, American Conservation Corps Act, 21808-21811 [1AU]

S. 3057, extend energy conservation investment tax credit to diesel-electric locomotives, 29164 [3OC]

S.J. Res. 257, Year of the Ocean, 15579 [8JN], 18888 [26JN]

Veto

S. 684, Water Resources Research Act (S. Doc. 98-24), 6340 [22MR]