CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES

Analyses

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

Articles and editorials

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

Panel Confirms Scarcity of Toxicity Data for Most Chemicals, 6773 [27MR]

Poison and Plague, 30646 [5OC]

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

Bills and resolutions

Acetylsulfaguanidine: suspension of duty (see H.R. 4899)

Benzoid chemicals: suspension of duty (see H.R. 5553)

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

Controlled substances: Federal statute for certain robberies and burglaries (see H.R. 5105)

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

Cresylic acid: duty-free entry (see H.R. 4891)

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 Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5530, 5642)

Hazardous substances: cleanup of disposal sites (see H.R. 4915)

———cleanup of waste sites (see H.R. 4813)

———liability of corporate officers and employees (see H.R. 5002)

———notice to purchaser of waste site (see H.R. 5249)

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

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

———tax credit for waste recycling (see H.R. 5309)

———tax on disposal and long-term storage (see S. 3014)

———underground storage tanks (see S. 2421; H.R. 4985)

Hydroxyquinolines: suspend duty on certain (see H.R. 4790)

———suspension of duty (see S. 2317)

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

Meta-toluic acid: duty-free entry (see S. 2882)

Nitrogenous chemical compounds: suspension of duty (see H.R. 5554)

Patents: restore term for period of Federal premarket testing and review requirements (see H.R. 5529)

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)

Silicone resins and materials: tariff (see H.R. 6262)

———tariff classification of certain (see S. 2827)

Surface active agents: suspension of duty (see H.R. 5552)

Textile fiber and wool products: improve labeling (see H.R. 5638)

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

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation: assistance for corrective measures by homeowners (see H.R. 5629)

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

Letters

Duty status on metatoluic acid: Gary F. Taft, Morflex Chemical Co., Inc., 25600 [17SE]

———Morflex Chemical Co., Inc., 21530 [30JY]

Remarks in House

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

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]

Remarks in Senate

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

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

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

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

Hazardous waste sites: ground-water contamination, 16186 [13JN]

Metatoluic acid: duty-free entry (S. 2882), 21530 [30JY]

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]

Tetra amino biphenyl: suspend duty (S. 2200), 47 [23JA]

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

Reports

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2892) (S. Rept. 98-631), 26491 [21SE]

Resolutions by organizations

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

Summaries

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

Texts of

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

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]