HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES related term(s) Consumers; Health

Addresses

Preserving the Environment: Don St. John, 27353 [10OC]

Agreements

Supplemental Stipulated Agreement Between New Mexico and the Dept. of Energy Resolving Concerns Over the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, 28536 [23OC]

Amendments

Atomic energy: improve operation of interstate compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 1083), 2261 [7FE], 34267-34273 [4DE], 38407, 38425, 38599-38626 [19DE]

Clean Water Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), 15618, 15622, 15626, 15627, 15633, 15637, 15638, 15647, 15656, 15658, 15723, 15724 [13JN]

Cleanup operations: liability (S. 1761), 27285 [10OC]

EPA: superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 29376-29394 [29OC], 30172 [1NO], 33843 [3DE], 34273-34346 [4DE], 34377 [4DE], 34682, 34707, 34714, 34718, 34724, 34725, 34726, 34727, 34728, 34729, 34730, 34731, 34732, 34743, 34746, 34747, 34748, 34751, 34757, 34790 [5DE], 34829, 34830, 34841, 34856 [6DE], 35612-35620, 35627, 35628-35634, 35636, 35638, 35657, 35658-35738 [10DE]

Superfund: reauthorize (S. 51), 340-343 [3JA], 797 [22JA], 13647 [23MY], 22421 [1AU], 23928-23942, 23997-24000 [17SE], 24055, 24056, 24057, 24059, 24078, 24080, 24111-24113 [18SE], 24339, 24348, 24353, 24381-24383 [19SE], 24425, 24426, 24427, 24428, 24429, 24430, 24433, 24439, 24444, 24447, 24454, 24456, 24458, 24495-24499 [20SE], 24633, 24640, 24662, 24664 [23SE], 24717, 24718, 24725-24727, 24731, 24733, 24735, 24740, 24742, 24743, 24745, 24778-24782 [24SE]

———temporary extension of excise tax (H.R. 3453), 26896, 26912 [9OC]

Analyses

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act (H.R. 1626), 5906 [20MR]

Automobile Gray Market Act (H.R. 1006), 2015 [6FE]

Committee's Substitute to H.R. 1957, Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Amendments, 35593 [10DE]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendments (S. 494), 3147-3157 [22FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendment (H.R. 2482), 12396-12399 [16MY]

Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Liability Act (H.R. 2524), 12001 [15MY]

Liability and Indeminification for Nuclear Incidents From Federal Storage, Disposal or Transportation of Radioactive Waste (H.R. 2524), 12001 [15MY]

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (H.R. 1083), 34363 [4DE]

Superfund Tax Distribution, 34880 [6DE]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 1128, Clean Water Act amendments, 20934 [29JY]

———S. 1128, to amend and reauthorize the Clean Water Act, 22838 [4SE]

Articles and editorials

ABC's Fire Spreads Lots of Heat, No Light, 14831 [7JN]

ABC's Windy Fire Unleashed, 14832 [7JN]

Acid Deposition, Smelter Emissions, and the Linearity Issue in the Western U.S., 34071 [4DE]

Acid Rain and Lungs, 22986 [5SE]

Acid Rain Devastates Forests—Pollution Plagues European Nations, 17964 [27JN]

After Bhopal—Lid on Chemicals, 5619 [19MR]

As Toxic-Waste Problem Becomes Clearer, Resolve in Congress Softens, 17917 [27JN]

Asbestos Cleanups Fail, 36343 [12DE]

Asbestos Fiasco, 36344 [12DE]

Asbestos Hysteria, 11163 [8MY]

Asbestos Removal From Schools Carried Out Improperly, EPA Reports Say, 36335 [12DE]

Asbestos-Rule ``Sabotage'' Alleged—EPA Declined Cleanup Standards in Fear of OMB, Notes Say, 8774 [22AP]

Bad Tax for Superfund, 14552 [5JN]

Bankrupt Environmentalism, 18948 [11JY]

Banned Pesticides Find Markets Abroad, 8316 [17AP]

Bhopal Disaster—How It Happened, 24067-24071 [18SE]

Budget Office Called Insensitive in Asbestos Plan, 8775 [22AP]

Budget Office Disputed on Cost Basis for Asbestos, 8774 [22AP]

Cancer Threat Seen for Vietnam Vets in Study for Deaths, 3048 [21FE]

Center To Examine ``Backyard'' Syndrome in Siting Toxic Waste Facilities, 36529 [16DE]

Cleaning Up the Cleanup, 24023 [17SE]

Coal Ash Used To Neutralize Liquid Toxic Wastes, 36525 [16DE]

Collingswood Schools Fined on Asbestos Guide, 36772 [16DE]

Coming to Terms With the Compensation Conundrum, 24722-24724 [24SE]

Conservation District Cites Westport Farmer, 11910 [14MY]

Copper Industry Languishes in the Economic Pits, 7556-7558 [3AP], 7771 [4AP]

Court OK's Suits for Asbestos Ills—Du Pont Faces Five Civil Cases, 38678 [19DE]

Demo Caucus Threatens To Close Barnwell Dump, 2944 [21FE]

Disaster in Bhopal—Lessons for the Future, 24076 [18SE]

Disaster in Bhopal—Where Does Blame Lie?, 24073 [18SE]

Disaster in Bhopal—Workers Recall Horror, 24071 [18SE]

Environmental Leaders Join Antinuclear Cause—Group Draws Blueprint for Broader Activism, 18073 [8JY]

EPA Chief Vows To Complete Habitability Study at Canal, 20846 [26JY]

EPA Criticized for Failing To Neutralize Toxic Wastes, 23271 [10SE]

EPA Issues Advice on Avoiding Toxic Accidents, 38652 [19DE]

EPA Lists Dangers of More Than 400 Chemicals, 38652 [19DE]

EPA Program on Toxic Chemicals Is Criticized, 38649 [19DE]

EPA Restricting Use of Waste Oil as Fuel, 31555 [12NO]

EPA Weighing Appeal of Ruling Requiring Steps To Curb Acid Rain, 22762 [1AU]

EPA's 15-Year-Old Obligation, 14397 [5JN], 18866 [11JY]

EPA's Life-Death Challenge, 34058 [3DE]

Fire Unleashed, Nuclear Age on ABC, 14830 [7JN]

Florio Views EPA List as Right-to-Know Dodge, 35436 [9DE]

Giving Superfund a Chance, 30607 [5NO], 32472 [19NO]

Harvest of Harm—Farm-Health Crisis (series), 15779-15789 [13JN]

Harvest of Shame, 1980 Style, 8320 [17AP]

Hazardous Waste, 25066-25070 [26SE]

House Committee Backs Bill To Shut Barnwell Dump, 2944 [21FE]

House Panel Stands Behind Waste Compact, 2944 [21FE]

House Superfund Bill Looks Better Than It Is, 22016 [31JY]

How To Grow a Tax, 24402 [19SE]

Howard Tripp Receives Conservation Award, 11910 [14MY]

Indoor Air Pollution, 13584 [23MY]

Jersey Blazing a Trail in Toxic Chemical Research, 36521-36523 [16DE]

Jersey Research Center Studies Health Risks of Toxic Exposure, 36527 [16DE]

Let's Destroy Toxic Waste, Not Just Move It Around, 25780 [2OC]

Liability Standards Are Not the Cause of Insurance Crisis, 36372 [12DE]

Long-Term Ecosystem Stress—The Effects of Years of Experimental Acidification on a Small Lake, 34066-34070 [4DE]

Look Who's Polluting the Country Now—Uncle Sam, 3690 [27FE]

Michigan Chemical Hazard Leads to Dispute, 37498 [17DE]

Mired in the Superfund Swamp, 23463 [11SE]

Monitoring Acid Rain, 20437 [25JY]

Most Rhode Island Waters Tested Eroding From Acid Rain, 5878 [20MR]

Mr. Reagan's Toxic Joke, 5903 [20MR]

Next Step on Superfund, 23463 [11SE]

No Legislative Dumping, 32881 [20NO]

No Pumps, No Scram, No Problem at EBR-II, 20395 [24JY]

No SuperVAT for Superfund, 34377 [4DE]

Non-Negotiable Law, 15809 [13JN]

Officials in Ohio Shut Key Dump for Toxic Waste, 24460 [20SE]

Opinions—Improper Bostonians, 30617 [5NO]

Position of Agency on Toxic Chemicals Assailed by Florio, 35435 [9DE]

Private Groups Spur Waste Enforcement, 19930 [22JY]

Problem of Toxic Emissions—Officials Find Lack of Data a Hindrance, 14781 [6JN]

Problems at Chemical Plants Raises Broad Safety Concerns, 38649-38651 [19DE]

Radioactive Gas in Soil Raises Concern in 3-State Area, 13583 [23MY]

Radon Tests Due in N.J. Within Year, 22384 [1AU]

Reflections—From ``Sauer Regen'' to Air Pollution?, 20846 [26JY]

Report Says Scientists Agree on Need To Act on Acid Rain, 28135 [21OC]

Rockefeller Pressured EPA To Back Westway, 17963 [27JN]

Schools Get Poor EPA Advice on Asbestos, Audits Say, 34056 [3DE]

Scientists Deploy Toxic ``Sonar'' To Find Contaminated Aquifers, 36523 [16DE]

Scientists Develop ``Superbugs'' To Consume Hazardous Substances, 36524 [16DE]

Scientists Seek ``Perfect'' Incinerator To Eliminate Dioxin From Wastes, 36526 [16DE]

Scrimping on the Superfund, 4716 [6MR]

Searching for Compromise on the Superfund, 34374 [4DE]

Senate Approves Bill Aimed at Averting a Chemical Disaster, 38682 [19DE]

Solution to Acid Rain Is Clear, 27743 [16OC]

Stage Set for a Disaster, 24073 [18SE]

States and Feds Fume Over Right-To-Know Laws, 5618 [19MR]

Study Links Benzene Exposure Level Allowed by United States to Higher Cancer Risk, 6007 [21MR]

Superfund, 28458 [22OC]

Superfund and the Senate (excerpt), 24634 [23SE]

Superfund as Metaphor, 23462, 23482 [11SE]

Superfund Bill Needs Much Work if Mission Is To Be Accomplished, 23267 [10SE]

Superfund Program (excerpt), 35640 [10DE]

Superfund—It'll Take Money, Research and Oversight To Mop Up the Mess, 24592 [20SE]

Superfund—It's Becoming a Hydra, 24591 [20SE]

Superfund—Test of Loyalties, 23272 [10SE]

Technology—New Methods To Clean Coal, 18283 [9JY]

Tests for Lethal Radon Gas Set for Northern Somerset, 22385 [1AU]

Time of Decision Nears on Nuclear Waste, 3667 [26FE]

Time To Beef Up Superfund, 4716 [6MR]

Toxic-Waste Cleanup on a Baltimore Block Raises a Key Question—How Clean Is Clean Enough in the Nationwide Effort?, 32504 [19NO]

Training Video Power on Nuclear Power, 14830 [7JN]

Transportation of Hazardous Cargoes (excerpt), 12330 [16MY]

Twenty-Five Students, Staff Quit Smoking for 1 Month on D-Day Program, 2606 [19FE]

U.S. Names 403 Toxic Chemicals That Pose Risk in Plant Accidents, 38648 [19DE]

U.S. Steelmakers Are Hot for the Coke-Free Furnace, 27982 [17OC]

Unsparing Look at the Asbestos Tragedy, 37502 [17DE]

VAT Unleashed in U.S. House, 34054 [3DE]

Viet Vet Chooses Suicide Over a Life of Suffering, 19263 [16JY]

Vote of the Year, 25332 [30SE]

Waste Debate Drags on While Village Is Dying, 32479 [19NO]

Where Superfund Money Goes, 24352 [19SE]

Worried Homeowners Can Purchase Detector To Test for Deadly Radon, 22385 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: improve health-related authorities (see H.R. 3083)

Air pollutants: control (see H.R. 967)

Air pollution: prevent toxic releases (see H.R. 2576)

Asbestos: compensation for occupational exposure (see H.R. 1626)

———prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for disability or death due to occupational exposure (see S. 1265)

Atomic energy: radioactive emissions standards (see H.R. 2593)

———remedial actions relative to mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites (see S. 1004; H.R. 2236)

———restrictions for transportation of radioactive materials through large cities (see H.R. 1105, 1146)

———State regulation of transportation of radioactive waste (see S. 1927)

Chemical warfare: storage and demilitarization of chemical munitions and agents (see S. 662)

Cleanup operations: liability (see S. 1761; H.R. 3418)

———use of innovative technologies (see H.R. 3211, 3416)

Community Right To Know Act: enact (see S. 606)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: State review of transfers of substances (see H.R. 2604)

———amend (see S. 51, 493, 596, 607; H.R. 2560, 3245, 3852)

———consideration of H.R. 2817 to amend (see H. Res. 331)

———inventory (see H.R. 2603)

Dept. of Defense: clarify responsibility under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (see H.R. 1940)

Disposal: reduce health hazards (see H.R. 1978)

Disposal facilities: modify deadlines required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements (see H.R. 3692, 3705, 3711, 3917)

Employee protection: provide adequate (see H.R. 963)

Exposure: compensation system for injured individuals (see H.R. 2242)

Federal installations: requirements for waste sites (see S. 517; H.R. 1319)

Flammable liquids: storage facilities alarm systems (see H.R. 2619)

Foreign trade: reform certain notification procedures (see S. 1380)

———restrictions on certain goods (see H.R. 638)

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2092)

Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: funding (see S. 955)

Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (see H.J. Res. 225)

Health: funds for certain assessments (see H.R. 2463)

Health and environmental effects: coordination of research information (see H.R. 2865, 3065)

Interstate compacts on low-level radioactive waste management: consent of Congress (see H.R. 3878)

Landfills: EPA regulations relative to gas emissions (see H.R. 2033, 2034)

Lead Free Drinking Water Act: enact (see S. 1197)

Local emergency response committees: establish (see H.R. 3300)

Munitions industry: liability for certain releases when using equipment owned by Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 3611)

National Academy for Nuclear Power Safety: establish (see S. 16)

Nuclear Waste Reform Act: enact (see S. 1821)

Nursing homes: use of certain toxic materials in construction (see H.R. 1199)

Occupational health and safety: compensation for disabled workers (see H.R. 3090)

Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (see S. 1039)

OSHA: report of certain employee exposures (see H.R. 2178)

Pesticides: emergency action for certain chemical products hazardous to public health (see H.R. 2924)

———revise procedures for changes in tolerances and exemptions (see H.R. 2924)

Pollution: availability of remedies for damages (see H.R. 2445)

———revise and extend taxes used to finance superfund program (see H.R. 1775)

Radioactive waste: establish regional facilities for disposal of (see H.R. 1083)

Radioactive waste disposal: additional factors in selecting sites for repositories (see H.R. 3564)

———EPA jurisdiction over regulation of certain mixed solid waste (see S. 892; H.R. 2009)

———Federal program (see S. 1469)

———restrict transportation through high-density metropolitan areas (see H.R. 2938)

———State participation in site selection, review, and approval process (see H.R. 1843)

———transportation impacts incorporated into repository site selection process (see S. 1162)

———transportation restrictions (see H.R. 1695)

Radioactive wastes: remove limitation on quantity to be emplaced in first repository (see H.R. 2439)

Radon: credit against income tax for expenditures incurred for level reduction in principal residence (see S. 1546, 1593; H.R. 2773, 3172)

———EPA assessment of gas formed from naturally occurring deposits of uranium (see S. 1593; H.R. 3172)

———research relative to exposure and emergency response to adverse health effects (see H.R. 3423)

Recycling: tax credit (see H.R. 1378)

Regional emergency response committees: establish (see H.R. 2969)

Release: prevent (see H.R. 965)

Releases: improved emergency planning and notification (see S. 1531)

Right-to-know laws: establish community right (see H.R. 965)

———sense of the Congress (see H. Con. Res. 53)

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, CO: cleanup of contaminated sites, structures, equipment, and natural resources (see H.R. 1771)

Smoke detectors: ban radioactive isotopes (see H.R. 226)

———require radioactive content label (see H.R. 227)

Solid waste: restrictions on reissuance of permits to certain landfills (see H.R. 1411)

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: consent of Congress (see S. 44)

States: inventories of solid waste disposal sites (see H.R. 3816)

Superfund: contribution (see S. 1561)

———excise tax (see H.R. 3467, 3471)

———expand revenue sources (see H.R. 3218)

———temporary extension of excise tax (see H.R. 3451, 3452, 3453)

Superfund Excise Tax Act: enact (see H.R. 3030)

Superfund program: extend taxes (see S. 1920)

———funds for research, development, and demonstration for alternative and innovative treatment technologies for remedial actions (see H.R. 3857)

Taxation: disposal and management practices (see S. 14)

Telephones: toll-free service for emergency assistance relative to Dept. of Defense's transportation-related accident (see H.R. 2118)

Toxic substances: prevent releases (see H.R. 1660)

———prohibiting land disposal and availability of funds to equalize cost of landfill and treatment (see H.R. 919)

Toxic Substances Control Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 1143)

Transportation: registration of certain carriers, assistance in the routing, and training of personnel dealing with such materials (see H.R. 3779)

Underground storage tanks: separate superfund account for leaks (see H.R. 1881, 2255)

University waste research centers: funds to establish (see H.R. 3409)

Uranium Mill Tailings Reclamation Act: enact (see S. 1004; H.R. 2236)

Waste disposal sites: use of proceeds from tax on owners and operators of treatment and storage facilities (see S. 886; H.R. 2018)

Waste sites: cleanup funds (see S. 494; H.R. 1342)

Booklets

CBW—The Poor Man's Atomic Bomb: Institute for Policy Analysis (excerpt), 12969 [21MY]

Books

``Environmental Agenda for the Future'' (excerpt), 18073 [8JY]

Briefs

Lead-Based Paint Hazards: plaintiffs in Washington, DC, legal case (excerpt), 28043 [18OC]

Commentaries

EPA pollution control allotment formula: Allan Gotlieb, 15641 [13JN]

Critiques

Comments on study entitled Health Aspects of the Disposal of Waste Chemicals: Environmental Defense Fund, 24641-24645 [23SE]

Decisions

Rylands v. Fletcher (excerpt), 23951 [17SE]

Descriptions

Impact of superfund mandatory apportionment scheme: EPA, 23952 [17SE]

Documents

Black Lung Program (excerpt), 24637 [23SE]

Clean Air Act (excerpt), 18868 [11JY]

Cost of an Enforcement-Only Superfund Program, 35542 [10DE]

Superfund Reauthorization Contingency Plan Findings, 35542 [10DE]

Explanations

EPA superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 34644-34648 [5DE]

Pesticide Import and Export Act (H.R. 1416), 4546 [5MR]

Regional research centers to study the biological and genetic effects of exposure to toxic substances in the environment, 24443 [20SE]

Factsheets

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendments (S. 494), 3157 [22FE]

Lecture

Prospects for the Future in Environmental Laws: Richard L. Ottinger, 14402-14405 [5JN]

Letters

AFL-CIO request regarding EPA regulation of asbestos: Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, 32876 [20NO]

Agent orange studies: John H. Gibbons, 8819 [23AP]

Asbestos removal industry and proposed EPA model contractor certification plan: C.B. Miller (excerpt), 36335 [12DE]

Authorizing appropriations for the Dept. of Energy: Eric J. Fygi, 7914 [16AP]

Central Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: Martha L. Collins, Governor of Kentucky, 6751 [28MR]

Construction of roads for the waste isolation pilot project: L.A. Larranaga, 28537 [23OC]

———R.A. Barnhart, 28537 [23OC]

Delay Navy fleet painting program: Charles Fox, 35364 [9DE]

———John Lehman, Sec. of the Navy, 35365 [9DE]

Edgar amendment to superfund reauthorization: several small businesses, 35560 [10DE]

Emergency response to accidental release of radon gas: George Jett, 24082 [18SE]

EPA pollution control allotment formula: Allan Gotlieb, 15641 [13JN]

———Rabbi J. Savage, 15642 [13JN]

———several Governors of the Great Lakes States (excerpt), 15645 [13JN]

EPA superfund program: National Audubon Society, 8308 [17AP]

EPA superfund reauthorization: National Audubon Society, 17929 [27JN]

———National Wildlife Federation, 31545 [12NO]

———Superfund Campaign, 32499 [19NO]

Funding level for the superfund: Lee M. Thomas, 24435 [20SE], 24647 [23SE]

Health effects in women veterans exposed to agent orange: Charles D. Baker, 23231 [10SE]

———Dixon Arnett, 23230 [10SE]

———James O. Mason, 23232 [10SE]

———Senator Cranston, 23230, 23231 [10SE]

Impact of acid rain on fisheries: Senator Byrd, 4770 [7MR]

Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies: Centers for Disease Control, 23452 [11SE]

———Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 23452 [11SE]

———sundry Representatives, 23452 [11SE]

Interconnection of the shallow water table aquifer with the deeper artesian aquifers in Southern Louisiana: Darwin Knochenmus, 24350 [19SE]

Johnson v. U.S. decision: Representative Price, 2632 [20FE]

Low-level waste policy: John Carlin, Governor of Kansas, 38373 [19DE]

Nuclear industry accountability: Kathleen Welch, 11590 [9MY]

OMB review of safe drinking water standards: Senators Baucus, Durenberger, Bentsen, and Stafford, 26186 [4OC]

Proposed ban on certain nonnutritive food dyes: Representative Feighan, 2014 [6FE]

Radon gas contamination: Senator Heinz, 21746 [31JY]

Reauthorization of EPA superfund: National Governors' Association, 15225 [11JN]

Recommended maximum contaminant levels for drinking water: Senators Baucus, Bentsen, Durenberger, and Stafford, 24354 [19SE]

Requirement relative to reporting release of certain chemicals (sundry), 35655 [10DE]

Study of use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment: Lee M. Thomas, 32736 [20NO]

———Senators Stafford and Durenberger, 32738 [20NO]

Study on health aspects of hazardous substances: Environmental Defense Fund, 24645 [23SE]

Superfund emergency preparedness and response provisions: Edward L. Hennessy, Jr., 24063 [18SE]

———sundry, 24062 [18SE], 24345 [19SE]

Superfund reauthorization: Center for the Study of American Business, 34668 [5DE]

———EPA, 35541 [10DE], 35562 [10DE]

———Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, 35562 [10DE]

———Representative Michel, 34675 [5DE]

———several Members of Congress, 34679 [5DE]

Superfund reauthorization proposals: several Governors, 6904 [28MR]

Superfund value-added tax: several business organizations, 24751 [24SE]

Toxic waste sites: Kenneth S. Kamlet, 3691 [27FE]

———Robert Alvarez, 3689 [27FE]

Transportation of nuclear waste: New York, NY, Law Dept., 35439-35440 [9DE]

VA health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange: Dixon Arnett, 33640 [2DE]

Wastewater treatment allocation formula: several Governors, 15310 [12JN]

Lists

Environmental and Energy Study Conference's Task Force on Toxic Emergencies—members, 22747 [1AU]

Manufacturing industries included in hazardous substances inventory, 24344 [19SE]

Maryland areas on EPA hazardous waste sites list, 25073 [26SE]

Members of the Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology, 24646 [23SE]

Small businesses opposing Edgar amendment to superfund reauthorization legislation, 35560 [10DE]

States that have submitted interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact congressional consent, 38418 [19DE]

States with approved NPDES programs, 15638 [13JN]

Task Force on Toxic Emergencies members, 22442 [1AU]

Memorandums

Acid Rain—The Scientific Case for Controls: National Clean Air Coalition, 34065 [4DE]

Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities: Michael M. Simpson, 24063-24067 [18SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 21278 [29JY]

Georgia, 7612 [4AP], 7813 [15AP]

Louisiana, 22898 [4SE], 23845 [16SE]

Massachusetts, 33952 [3DE]

Moratorium on ocean incineration: Louisiana, 23845 [16SE]

Nevada, 17038 [25JN], 17630 [27JN], 17912 [27JN]

Pennsylvania, 18857 [11JY]

Messages

Occupational Safety and Health Act Activities: President Reagan, 31326 [12NO]

Papers

Interconnection of the Shallow Water Table Aquifer With the Deeper Artesian Aquifers in Southern Louisiana: George H. Cramer II, 24350 [19SE]

Supply-Side Approach to Nuclear Waste Repositories: Larry Harmon, 8514-8515 [18AP]

Petitions

Burning toxic substances at sea: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 23759 [13SE]

Clean Water Act: New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs, 17630 [27JN]

EPA regulation of asbestos: AFL-CIO, 32876 [20NO]

Moratorium on ocean incineration: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 23759 [13SE]

Oppose aerial spraying of toxic herbicides: Maui, HI, City Council, 19597 [18JY]

Spraying of toxic herbicides: Hawaii State Association of Counties, 31516 [12NO]

Superfund law: Massachusetts Highway Users Conference, 23913 [17SE]

Press releases

Release of study on health aspects of hazardous substances (excerpt), 24640 [23SE]

Questions and answers

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, 7743 [4AP]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: administration's position on control measures, 27743 [16OC]

———control, 5510 [19MR], 6099 [25MR]

———control emissions, 20046-20051 [23JY]

———control (H.R. 1030), 17964, 17981 [27JN]

———environmental hazards, 20846 [26JY]

———health hazards, 22986 [5SE]

———threat to national parks, 11164 [8MY]

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry: funding, 11915 [14MY]

Agent orange: long-range effects on Vietnam veterans, 19263 [16JY]

Air pollution: EPA interstate regulation by national quality standards (H.R. 2753), 16771 [20JN]

———health threat of toxic air emissions, 14781 [6JN]

Airplane crashes: investigate possible causes of midair collisions (H.J. Res. 66), 10404 [2MY]

Asbestos: AFL-CIO request regarding EPA regulation, 32875 [20NO]

———funding for abatement program for the schools, 22050 [31JY]

———impact of New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on worker protection, 38678 [19DE]

———OMB objections to control projects, 8774 [22AP]

———proposed EPA standards for schools, 11163 [8MY]

———proposed standards, 34056 [3DE]

Asbestos removal industry: proposed EPA model contractor certification plan, 36334, 36343 [12DE], 36772 [16DE], 37502 [17DE], 38678 [19DE]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1626), 5905 [20MR]

Atomic energy: improve operation of interstate compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 1083), 2261 [7FE], 34363, 34366 [4DE], 35197-35212 [9DE], 38115 [19DE], 38671 [19DE]

Automobile Gray Market Act: enact (H.R. 1006), 2014 [6FE]

Benzidine Protection and Control Act: enact, 3956 [27FE]

Binary nerve gas weapons: stop funding, 8493 [18AP]

Black Lung Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 3194), 22757 [1AU]

Boston, MA: request to EPA to dump sludge off New Jersey coast, 30617 [5NO]

Chemical dump sites: alternatives, 4102 [28FE]

Chemical Manufacturing Safety Act: enact (H.R. 963), 2058, 2063 [6FE]

———enact (H.R. 963, 965-967), 5618 [19MR]

Chemical plants: protection for workers and residents who live nearby, 9346 [24AP]

Chesapeake Bay: waste management plan, 15809 [13JN]

Clean Air Act: anticompetitive and anticonsumer warranties, 9343 [24AP]

Clean coal technologies initiative: near emissions reductions, 35836 [10DE]

Clean Coal Technology Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 2754), 16900 [21JN]

Clean Water Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), appointment of conferees, 22838 [4SE]

———amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), modification of appointment of conferees, 22953 [5SE]

Coal industry: technologies for cleaner environment, 18283 [9JY]

Coal miners: expedite consideration of black lung appeals, 19618 [18JY]

Coal tar dyes: Dept. of HHS extension, 15809 [13JN]

Community Information and Emergency Response Planning Act: enact (H.R. 2969), 18934 [11JY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 1319), 3976 [27FE]

———amend (H.R. 2865), 17242 [25JN]

———amend (H.R. 3409), 24596 [20SE]

Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Education Act: enact, 18905 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation: regulating transportation of hazardous wastes, 23141 [10SE]

Disposal facilities: modify deadlines required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements, 36201 [12DE], 36555 [16DE]

Drinking water: give high priority under superfund to sites that have led to closing of supplies (H.R. 3083), 20715 [25JY]

———prohibit use of chemicals (H.R. 1589), 5604 [19MR]

———provide for the protection of aquifers for public water systems (H.R. 1038), 2306 [7FE]

Environmental and Energy Study Conference: Task Force on Toxic Emergencies, 22746 [1AU]

EPA: implementation of emergency removal provisions of superfund, 4327 [5MR]

———provide an equitable and reliable long-term superfund funding program (H.R. 2948), 18936 [11JY]

———superfund reauthorization, 23127 [9SE]

———superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 17916, 17962 [27JN], 18948 [11JY], 19395, 19472 [17JY], 19541 [17JY], 19929 [22JY], 20152 [23JY], 22015 [31JY], 23135, 23137 [10SE], 23267 [10SE], 23462, 23463, 23481 [11SE], 23862 [17SE], 24023 [17SE], 24212 [18SE], 24402 [19SE], 24591, 24592 [20SE], 25332 [30SE], 25470 [2OC], 25518 [1OC], 25780 [2OC], 26671 [8OC], 26930 [9OC], 27346 [10OC], 27748 [16OC], 28458 [22OC], 28723 [23OC], 29236 [28OC], 29550, 29557 [29OC], 30115 [31OC], 30170-30176 [1NO], 30607 [5NO], 31544, 31555 [12NO], 32185-32187 [14NO], 32472, 32479, 32498, 32504 [19NO], 32881, 32893, 33192 [20NO], 34039, 34054 [3DE], 34374, 34377 [4DE], 34505-34510, 34631-34707, 34708-34765 [5DE], 34820 [5DE], 34829-34881 [6DE], 35435, 35437 [9DE], 35556, 35557, 35558, 35559, 35560, 35561, 35562, 35607 [10DE], 35624 [12DE], 35625 [16DE], 35653 [11DE]-35658 [10DE], 36318, 36357 [12DE], 37498 [17DE], 37860, 37868 [18DE], 38682, 38695, 38718-38719 [19DE], 38799-38802 [20DE]

———superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), debate procedure, 29070 [24OC]

———superfund reauthorization (H.R. 3218), 22750 [1AU]

———superfund reauthorization (H.R. 3245), 23271, 23272 [10SE]

———superfund reauthorization (H.R. 3383), 24592 [20SE]

———superfund tax proposals, 34866 [6DE]

———temporary extension of superfund excise tax (H.R. 3453), 25468 [1OC]

EPA superfund: reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 16573 [20JN]

Exposure: compensation for injuries, 35638 [10DE]

Farm workers: OSHA field sanitation standards, 8320 [17AP]

FDA Approval Labeling Act: enact (H.R. 2244), 9556 [25AP], 16914 [24JN]

Federal facilities: requirements for hazardous waste cleanup (H.R. 1319), 3976 [27FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 12392 [16MY]

Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Liability Act: enact (H.R. 2524), 12001 [15MY]

Food: radiation treatment, 15553 [13JN]

Food dyes: proposed ban on certain nonnutritive, 2014 [6FE]

Gasoline: reduce use of lead (H.R. 1540), 5649 [19MR]

Hazardous Materials Manufacturing Safety Act: enact, 6024 [21MR]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: amend (H.R. 1146), 2816 [20FE]

Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (H.J. Res. 225), 7534 [3AP]

Hazardous waste: requirements for storage and disposal, 30952 [6NO]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact, 7720, 7743 [4AP]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1309), 4391 [5MR], 35817 [10DE]

India: anniversary of pesticide leak at Union Carbide plant, 33698 [3DE], 34046, 34053 [3DE], 34356 [4DE]

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (H.R. 2101), 8331 [17AP]

Interstate compacts on low-level radioactive waste management: consent of Congress (H.R. 3878), 35214 [9DE]

Inventory: provide (H.R. 2603), 13422 [23MY]

Ionization smoke detectors: ban (H.R. 226), 474 [3JA]

———require label specifying inclusion of radioactive materials (H.R. 227), 474 [3JA]

Land disposal: incentive for alternative method (H.R. 919), 1709 [4FE]

Landfill Gas Collection and Reclamation Act: enact (H.R. 2033), 7865 [15AP]

Landfill sites: compliance extension for liability insurance requirements (H.R. 3692), 31260 [8NO]

Liability insurance: availability, 36372 [12DE]

Local governments: notification of release of hazardous substances, 34830 [6DE]

Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: implementation, 15551 [13JN]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (H.R. 1854), 6994, 6996 [1AP]

———amend (H.R. 1957), 35589-35603 [10DE]

Military Radioactive Emissions Control Act: enact (H.R. 2593), 17979 [27JN]

National DES Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 149), 2333 [7FE]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: enact (H.R. 3906), 36118 [11DE]

National parks: threat of air pollution, 12218 [15MY]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate, 2054 [6FE]

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend (H.R. 1006), 2014 [6FE]

New York: Federal permit for landfill portion of the Westway interstate highway project, 17963 [27JN]

New York Bight Apex: improve coastal water quality (H.R. 1854), 6994, 6996 [1AP]

Niles, OH: Dept. of Commerce ruling on RMI Co. antidumping lawsuit, 28484 [22OC]

Northern ecosystems: effects of air pollution, 13350 [22MY]

Nuclear Fuel Security Act: enact (H.R. 3457), 25499 [1OC]

Nuclear Incident Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2665), 14248 [4JN]

Nuclear power industry: liability for damages (H.R. 51), 593 [7JA]

Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act: enact (H.R. 1029), 5895 [20MR]

Nuclear powerplants: accident liability (H.R. 445), 11590 [9MY]

———enhance safety, 478 [3JA]

———reform accident liability regulations, 478 [3JA]

Nuclear reactors: safety issues, 20395 [24JY]

Nuclear waste: disposal, 15551 [13JN]

———potential disposal sites, 6576 [28MR]

———transportation, 35438 [9DE]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Safety Act: enact (H.R. 1695), 6108 [25MR]

Ocean Dumping Act: strengthen provisions (H.R. 1957), 35589 [10DE], 35599 [11DE]-35603 [10DE]

Ohio: EPA inspection and maintenance program (H.R. 3185), 22819 [1AU]

OSHA: application of standards to nonmanufacturing sector workers, 17540 [26JN]

———study results of workplace deaths and injuries, 9542 [25AP]

Penns Grove Disposal Area, NJ: monitor materials disposed, 31607 [13NO]

Pesticide Import and Export Act: enact (H.R. 1416), 4544 [5MR], 5113 [7MR]

Pesticides: assure that residues in food are safe for human consumption (H.R. 2924), 17970 [27JN]

———prohibit sales unless proven safe, 7503 [3AP]

Pollution: revise and extend taxes used to finance superfund (H.R. 1775), 6584 [28MR]

———revise and extend taxes used to finance Superfund Program (H.R. 1775), 25510 [1OC]

Price-Anderson Act: amend (H.R. 51), 593 [7JA]

Radiation: liability claims relative to exposure, 2631 [20FE]

Radioactive Materials Transportation Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2938), 20682 [25JY]

Radioactive Materials Transportation Safety Act: enact (H.R. 1105), 2823 [20FE]

Radioactive waste: Northwest interstate compact on low-level management (H.R. 862), 1642, 1643 [31JA]

Radioactive wastes: liability and indemnification for accidents arising out of Federal storage, disposal, or transportation (H.R. 2524), 12001 [15MY]

Radon gas: health hazards of prolonged exposure, 28006 [17OC]

———tax credit for expenditures incurred for level reduction in principal residence (H.R. 2773), 15550, 15553 [13JN]

———tax credit for residential contamination, 15807 [13JN]

Radon Reduction Act: enact, 22760 [1AU]

Randleman Lake, NC: project funding (H.R. 2577), 15236 [11JN]

Resource recovery facility: proposed construction and operation, 5721 [20MR]

Reusable items: salvage, 5721 [20MR]

Right-to-know laws: community right (H.R. 963, 965), 2058, 2063 [6FE]

Roads and highways: regulate transportation of certain chemical shipments, 22955 [5SE]

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, CO: cleanup of contaminated sites, structures, equipment, and natural resources (H.R. 1771), 6505 [27MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (H.R. 1038), 2306 [7FE]

———amend (S. 124), appointment of conferees, 19670 [18JY]

Small Business Superfund Clean-Up Technologies Research Act: enact (H.R. 3416), 25205 [26SE]

Smokeless Tobacco Control Act: enact (H.R. 3078), 22831 [14AU]

Smoking: health consequences, 2606 [19FE]

Solid waste: management and planning, 619 [7JA]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: moratorium on certification of compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements (H.R. 9692), 30904 [6NO]

Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: grant consent of Congress (H.R. 1267), 3666 [26FE]

Sulfur dioxide: reduce emissions (H.R. 1030), 5510 [19MR]

Superfund: coverage of underground storage tank leakage, 7523 [3AP]

———funding, 32512 [20NO]

———reauthorization, 20829 [26JY]

———reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 24258 [19SE]

———reauthorization proposal, 6904 [28MR]

———reauthorize, 4716 [6MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1342), 4183 [28FE]

———tax structure (H.R. 1775), 6584 [28MR]

Superfund Cleanup Technology Research and Demonstration Act: enact (H.R. 2802), 16169 [18JN], 16449 [19JN]

Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program: funding (H.R. 3453), 25468 [1OC]

Superfund Program: revenue source, 35620 [10DE]

Superfund sites: regulations for removal of hazardous substances (H.R. 2604), 13856 [24MY]

Superfund Toxic Waste Cleanup Program: extend and expand, 14552 [5JN]

Tank Farm Safety Act: enact (H.R. 2619), 13855 [24MY]

Taxation: incentives for recycling (H.R. 1378), 4102 [28FE]

Toxic Substances Health Effects Act: enact (H.R. 3082), 20715 [25JY]

Transportation: registration of certain carriers, assistance in the routing, and training of personnel dealing with such materials (H.R. 3779), 32443 [19NO]

Universities: establish hazardous waste research centers (H.R. 3409), 24596 [20SE]

Uranium mill tailings: provide for financing of reclamation and other remedial actions (H.R. 2236), 9559 [25AP]

Waste: construct facilities to salvage reusable items, 5721 [20MR]

Waste disposal sites and landfills: insurance coverage, 18393 [10JY]

Waste sites: cleanup, 26671 [8OC]

Westport, MA, Clean Water Program: tribute, 11910 [14MY]

Women Vietnam veterans: include in agent orange studies, 23451 [11SE]

Remarks in Senate

ABC: program on nuclear age, 14828 [7JN]

Acid rain: control, 4588 [6MR], 23854 [16SE], 38653 [19DE]

———control emissions, 1992 [6FE], 5878 [20MR], 20436 [25JY], 27982 [17OC], 28135 [21OC], 34065 [4DE]

———control (S. 52), 111, 113, 132 [3JA], 803 [22JA]

———control (S. 503), 3384-3387 [25FE]

———impact, 23075 [9SE]

———impact on fisheries, 4767-4770 [7MR]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: prohibit importation of tobacco which has been subjected to U.S.-banned pesticides (S. 67), 166 [3JA]

Agriculture: study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment, 27941 [17OC], 32726, 32734-32739, 32747 [20NO]

———study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment (S. 1393), 17654 [27JN], 23081 [9SE]

Air pollution: call for negotiations to establish North American treaty (S. Con. Res. 97), 36912, 36914 [17DE]

Asbestos: funding for cleanup in schools, 27956 [17OC]

Atomic energy: high-level nuclear waste repositories, 32316-32319 [19NO]

———improve operation of interstate compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 1083), 38403-38425, 38556, 38558 [19DE]

———State regulation of transportation of radioactive waste (S. 1927), 36271 [12DE]

Bentsen, Senator: commend efforts on Superfund Improvement Act, 24887 [25SE]

Central Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: consent of Congress (S. 802), 6746-6750 [28MR]

Chemical warfare: place restrictions on storage and demilitarization of chemical agents (S. 662), 5203 [14MR]

Chemicals: access to materials used to manufacture biological weapons, 12969 [21MY]

Chesapeake Bay: cleanup, 15661 [13JN]

Children: authorize EPA pilot programs on health hazards of lead contamination, 24426 [20SE]

———report on lead poisoning, 24056 [18SE]

Clean Water Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), 15301-15326 [12JN], 15616-15620, 15622-15678 [13JN]

———amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), appointment of conferees, 20934 [29JY]

———intent of Congress, 23558 [12SE]

Cleanup operations: liability (S. 1761), 27269 [10OC]

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: exempt certain pollution from interstate dispute resolution provisions, 15656 [13JN]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (S. 494), 3146 [22FE]

Courts: expedite appeals on permits for facilities seeking to treat toxic waste, 24456 [20SE]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations (S. 911), 7913 [16AP]

———funding for cleanup of uranium mill tailings sites, 27909 [17OC]

Dept. of HUD: funding to reduce lead-based paint hazards, 28042 [18OC]

Disposal and storage: tax (S. 14), 54 [3JA]

Environmental and Energy Study Conference: anniversary, 14393-14399, 14401-14405 [5JN]

———Task Force on Toxic Emergencies formation, 22441 [1AU]

EPA: clarify jurisdiction over certain hazardous substances, 24447 [20SE]

———establish research program on indoor air quality (S. 1198), 13581 [23MY]

———funding for research and development, 16629 [20JN]

———funding for research program on indoor air quality, 27957 [17OC]

———notification relative to citizen legal suits, 15633 [13JN]

———pollution control allotment formula, 15639-15654 [13JN]

———pollution control enforcement actions, 15635-15639, 15657-15659 [13JN]

———provide for continuation of remedial action while contracting for waste site cleanup services, 24427 [20SE]

———reauthorize wastewater construction grant program (S. 652), 4893-4898 [7MR]

———regulation of genetically engineered microorganisms (S. 1967), 36908 [17DE]

———regulation of stormwater runoff, 15656 [13JN]

———require assessment of uranium-related radon gas emissions (S. 1593), 22383 [1AU]

———reverse decision on smokestack heights (S. 1426), 18863-18868 [11JY], 19067 [16JY]

———review of emergency systems for monitoring releases of toxic substances, 24444 [20SE]

———revise hazardous waste ranking procedures, 24078 [18SE], 24348-24350 [19SE]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 6778 [28MR], 8341 [18AP]

Hazardous substances: tax credit for residential radon decontamination expenses (S. 1544), 21745 [31JY]

Industry: annual inventory of toxic chemicals, 24340-24347 [19SE]

James Graham Brown Foundation: tax treatment of toxic waste cleanup expenditures, 24456 [20SE]

Kanawha Valley, WV: health effects study, 27958 [17OC]

Lead Free Drinking Water Act: enact (S. 1197), 13261 [22MY]

Local government: notify of presence (S. 606), 4616 [6MR]

Local governments: grants to obtain technical assistance relative to toxic waste cleanup, 24431 [20SE]

Minerals and mineral resources: provide for uranium and thorium reclamation (S. 1004), 9447-9451 [25AP]

National Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 6778 [28MR]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 813), 8341 [18AP]

Navy: delay fleet painting program, 35364-35366 [9DE]

New Jersey: toxic waste research, 36521 [16DE]

New York, NY: limit discharge of raw sewage, 15661 [13JN]

———limit discharge of raw sewage (S. 30), 93 [3JA]

NOAA: establish Great Lakes Research Office, 15626 [13JN]

Northwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management: grant consent of Congress (S. 356), 1543-1546 [31JA]

Nuclear Waste Reform Act: enact (S. 1821), 30306 [1NO]

Occupational health and safety: compensation for asbestos-related death and diseases (S. 1265), 14855 [7JN], 19586 [18JY]

Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (S. 1039), 10107 [1MY]

OMB: deadline for release of review of recommended maximum contaminant levels for drinking water, 24353-24355 [19SE]

Pollution: EPA authority over underground storage tanks, 19033 [15JY]

———refine National Estuary Program, 15627 [13JN]

Power resources: promote methane gas recovery facilities, 24348 [19SE]

Public works: authorize grants for certain water projects in Chicago, IL, 15618 [13JN]

Radioactive waste disposal: EPA jurisdiction over regulation of certain mixed solid waste (S. 892), 7643 [4AP]

Radon: tax credit for residential decontamination expenses (S. 1544), 21745 [31JY]

Radon gas: indoor contamination, 34458 [5DE]

Releases: improved emergency planning and notification (S. 1531), 21765 [31JY]

Research: studies into effects of exposure, 24428, 24429, 24443 [20SE]

Roads and highways: funding for waste isolation pilot project, 28531-28538 [23OC]

Safety: standards, 30201 [1NO]

Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: grant congressional consent (S. 44), 108 [3JA]

———grant congressional consent (S. 44), 2943-2946 [21FE]

Stafford, Senator: commend efforts on Superfund Improvement Act, 24887 [25SE]

States: disposal and storage compacts, 6829 [28MR]

Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight: meetings during sessions, 32150 [14NO]

Superfund: clarify activities of pollution liability risk retention groups, 24055 [18SE]

———clarify relationship between Federal agencies performing hazardous waste cleanup at Federal facilities, 24731 [24SE]

———contribution (S. 1561), 22321 [1AU]

———encourage research into new cleanup technologies, 24458-24461 [20SE]

———encourage use of innovative technologies at radon contaminated waste sites, 24339 [19SE]

———establish research program on indoor air quality, 24080-24083 [18SE]

———establish safety standards and training programs for workers engaged in hazardous substances cleanups, 24716 [24SE]

———excise tax, 24462 [20SE], 31302 [12NO]

———excise tax exemption for fertilizer, animal feed, and certain raw materials, 24735-24740 [24SE]

———exempt owners or operators from liability for releases of hazardous waste prior to acquisition, 24745 [24SE]

———extend taxes (S. 1920), 35540 [10DE]

———funding, 11877 [14MY], 38541 [19DE]

———funding (S. 955), 8362 [18AP]

———funding (S. 957), 8369-8373 [18AP]

———funding (S. 972), 8590 [22AP]

———improve community emergency planning, 24058-24077 [18SE]

———inclusion of contamination from leaking storage tanks, 24462 [20SE]

———increase amount of money accumulated before termination of taxes, 24717 [24SE]

———increase funding, 24445 [20SE]

———indemnification for contractors involved in cleanup operations, 24454 [20SE]

———insurance coverage for waste management facilities, 24733 [24SE]

———liability provisions relative to Montana Power Co., 24750 [24SE]

———limit funding, 24057 [18SE], 24432-24442 [20SE]

———modify to include releases from ocean incineration, 24625 [23SE]

———postclosure liability program study and suspension of liability transfers, 24718 [24SE]

———promote settlement of litigations, 24725-24731 [24SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2005), 25090-25116 [26SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2005), unanimous-consent agreement, 24756 [24SE]

———reauthorize (S. 51), 111, 113, 130, 133, 134 [3JA], 13647 [23MY], 13791 [24MY], 20519 [25JY], 23928-23955-23983-23990 [17SE], 24055-24084 [18SE], 24339-24356 [19SE], 24425-24464 [20SE], 24625, 24632-24654 [23SE], 24716-24756 [24SE], 25064-25074 [26SE], 25389 [1OC]

———reauthorize (S. 51), unanimous-consent agreement, 24654 [23SE]

———reauthorize (S. 493), 3037 [21FE], 3458 [25FE]

———reauthorize (S. 596), 4605 [6MR]

———remedial action at Federal facilities, 24733, 24740-24742, 24749 [24SE]

———reporting requirements for Federal facilities, 24425 [20SE]

———require report on enforcement, 24742 [24SE]

———temporary extension of excise tax (H.R. 3453), 26896 [9OC]

———value-added tax, 24743-24745, 24751 [24SE]

———victim assistance, 24632, 24654 [23SE], 24716, 24719-24725 [24SE]

Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program: funding (H.R. 3453), 26912 [9OC]

Superfund Improvement Act: clarify contribution and review provisions, 24449-24454 [20SE]

Transportation: incorporation of impacts into repository site selection (S. 1162), 12330 [16MY]

Union Carbide: anniversary of Bhopal chemical disaster, 38647 [19DE]

VA: conduct health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange (S. 1616), 23229 [10SE]

Veterans: effects of exposure to agent orange, 8819 [23AP]

———study of effects of exposure to agent orange, 3048 [21FE]

Waste disposal sites: use of proceeds from tax on owners and operators of treatment and storage facilities (S. 886), 7616 [4AP]

Waste sites: requirements (S. 517), 3689-3694 [27FE]

Water: protection of certain underground supplies (S. 24), 81-84 [3JA]

Reports

Acid Rain: Acid Rain Peer Review Panel (excerpt), 1993 [6FE]

Acid Rain—Sources and Effects: OTA, 20048 [23JY]

Appropriations for Dept. of Energy: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2040) (H. Rept. 99-170), 15499 [12JN]

Assessment of Hazardous Waste Sites: EPA (excerpt), 24739 [24SE]

Coastal Water Quality of the New York Bight Apex (excerpts), 6996 [1AP]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 51), 4814 [7MR]

Consent of Congress to Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 655), 24359 [19SE]

Consent of Congress to Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 802), 24359 [19SE]

Consent of Congress to Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 899), 24359 [19SE]

Consent of Congress to Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 356), 24359 [19SE]

Consent of Congress to Rocky Mountain Low-Level Waste Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 442), 24359 [19SE]

EPA Superfund Reauthorization: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2817) (H. Rept. 99-253), 29897 [31OC]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2817) (H. Rept. 99-253), 31514 [12NO]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2817; H. Res. 331) (H. Rept. 99-413), 34266 [4DE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2817) (H. Rept. 99-253), 29897 [31OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2817) (H. Rept. 99-253), 29250 [28OC]

———Environmental Restoraton Panel, Committee on Armed Services, 30170 [1NO]

———Kidder, Peabody & Co. (H.R. 2817) (excerpt), 34039 [3DE]

Financial and Technical Assistance of Dept. of Energy to Regional Low-Level Waste Compact Regions: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1517; S. Res. 263) (S. Rept. 99-199), 33400 [22NO]

Grant Consent of Congress to Central Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1046) (H. Rept. 99-316), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1046) (H. Rept. 99-316), 28316 [22OC]

Grant Consent of Congress to Central Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2062) (H. Rept. 99-318), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2062) (H. Rept. 99-318), 28316 [22OC]

Grant Consent of Congress to Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2635) (H. Rept. 99-319), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2635) (H. Rept. 99-319), 28316 [22OC]

Grant Consent of Congress to Northeast Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3372) (H. Rept. 99-371), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Management of Radioactive Waste: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 862) (H. Rept. 99-315), 28315 [22OC]

Grant Consent of Congress to Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 862) (H. Rept. 99-315), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Rocky Mountain Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2702) (H. Rept. 99-320), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2702) (H. Rept. 99-320), 28316 [22OC]

Grant Consent of Congress to Southeast Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1267) (H. Rept. 99-317), 34788 [5DE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1267) (H. Rept. 99-317), 28316 [22OC]

Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Acts Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 813) (S. Rept. 99-28), 7812 [15AP]

Improve Operation of Interstate Compacts for Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1083) (H. Rept. 99-314), 34266 [4DE]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1578), 35927 [11DE]

Legislative History of the Clean Air Act: Library of Congress (excerpt), 23559 [12SE]

Legislative History of the Water Pollution Control Act: Library of Congress (excerpt), 23560 [12SE]

Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 8820 [23AP]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2092) (H. Rept. 99-121), 18059 [8JY]

Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3372) (H. Rept. 99-371), 31636 [13NO]

OSHA's Failure To Protect Health and Safety of Workers at Hazardous Waste Sites: Committee on Government Affairs (H. Rept. 99-140), 12820 [21MY]

Pollution Prevention of the Marine Environment Relative to Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1957) (H. Rept. 99-107), 19866 [22JY]

Project Ranch Hand II, Mortality Update, 1984 and Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972-83: OTA, 8819 [23AP]

Proposed Superfund Tax Increases and the U.S. Petrochemical Industry—An Economic Analysis: Library of Congress, 11878-11883 [14MY]

Reauthorize Superfund: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 51) (S. Rept. 99-11), 5308 [18MR]

———Committee on Finance (S. 51) (S. Rept. 99-73), 13580 [23MY]

Remove Prohibition on Labeling and Advertising Under Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2244) (H. Rept. 99-143), 13435 [23MY]

Renewal of Quality of Nation's Water Under Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on Rules (H.R. 8; H. Res. 222) (H. Rept. 99-199), 18986 [15JY]

Research, Development and Demonstration Program for Experimental Treatment Technologies for Use in Remedial Actions: Committee on Science and Technology (H.R. 3065) (H. Rept. 99-255), 22897 [4SE]

Responsibility for Cleanup of Toxic Waste: EPA (excerpt), 34663 [5DE]

Role of Dept. of Justice in Withholding EPA Documents from Congress in 1982-83: Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 99-435), 36105 [11DE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2478) (H. Rept. 99-116), 12820 [21MY]

Sulfur and Nitrogen Emissions: Acid Rain Peer Review Panel (excerpt), 18868 [11JY]

``Super'' Lobbyists—Corporate Campaign To Stop Superfund: Rick Hind, 15259 [11JN]

Superfund Improvement Act (S. 51): Committee on Environment and Public Works (excerpt), 24637 [23SE]

Superfund Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2817) (H. Rept. 99-253), 22681 [1AU]

Tall Stacks—A Decade of Illegal Use; A Decade of Damage Downwind: Natural Resources Defense Council, 14398 [5JN]

Toxic Substances Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1143) (S. Rept. 99-57), 12135 [15MY]

Wastewater Treatment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (excerpt), 15304 [12JN]

Water Resources: Committee on Environment and Public Works (excerpt), 15642 [13JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Superfund emergency preparedness and response provisions: International Association of Firefighters, 24062 [18SE]

Rulings of the Chair

EPA: superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 35635 [10DE]

Schedule

Superfund cleanup, 4605 [6MR]

Statements

Acid Rain: Brian Mulroney, 36913 [17DE]

———President Reagan, 36913 [17DE]

Asbestos Removal Industry and Proposed EPA Model Contractor Certification Plan: C.B. Miller (excerpt), 36334 [12DE]

Assistance to Victims of Exposure to Toxic Substances: Senator Simpson, 24436 [20SE]

Clean Water Act (S. 1128): Senator Stafford, 15324 [12JN]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendments (S. 494): Lee M. Thomas, EPA Administrator, 3158 [22FE]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: Senator Lautenberg (additional views), 132 [3JA]

Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Education Act, 18905 [11JY]

Dept. of Commerce ruling on RMI Co., Niles, OH, Antidumping Lawsuit, 28484 [22OC]

Effects of Toxic Contamination: Verna Courtemanche, 25071 [26SE]

EPA Enforcement Authority: Corps of Engineers, 15659 [13JN]

———Dept. of Justice, 15659 [13JN]

EPA Pollution Control Allotment Formula: Robert J. Sugarman (excerpt), 15645 [13JN]

———Senator Chafee, 15648, 15652 [13JN]

EPA Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 2817): Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 27346 [10OC]

Funding Level for the Superfund: Lee M. Thomas, 24436 [20SE]

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Judy Kany, 6829 [28MR]

New York State and the Acid Rain Tragedy: Louis Greppo, 23075 [9SE]

Nuclear Waste Reform Act: Senator Leahy, 30306 [1NO]

OSHA Study Results of Workplace Deaths and Injuries: Representative Gaydos, 9542 [25AP]

Permanent Treatment of Superfund Sites—Let's Complete the Job, 34684 [5DE]

Principle of Strict Liability: American Law Institute (excerpt), 23951 [17SE]

Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 2817): EPA (excerpts), 29558 [29OC]

Transporting of Nuclear Materials—Shareholder Proposal: Burlington Northern, Inc., 4257 [28FE]

Studies

Health Aspects of the Disposal of Waste Chemicals: Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology (excerpt), 24635, 24640, 24649 [23SE]

Legal Compensation for Harm Caused by Release of Hazardous Substances: American Law Institute, ABA, American Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Attorneys General (excerpt), 24638 [23SE]

Summaries

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act (S. 886), 7620 [4AP]

Key Points of the Thurmond Compromise Proposal to the Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact, 38418 [19DE]

Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans, 1972-83, 3049 [21FE]

Requirements for Waste Sites (S. 517), 3692 [27FE]

Superfund Improvement Act (S. 51) (excerpt), 23952 [17SE]

Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 1342), 4183 [28FE]

Tall Stacks—A Decade of Illegal Use; a Decade of Damage Downwind: National Resources Defense Council, 18866 [11JY]

Tall Stacks—A Decade of Illegal Use—A Decade of Damage Downwind: Natural Resources Defense Council, 6099 [25MR]

Tables

Comparisons of proposed EPA pollution control allotment formulas, 15644 [13JN]

EPA pollution control per capita allotment, 15644 [13JN]

EPA's acid rain damage estimates, 34066, 34070 [4DE]

Excise tax on manufacturers who contribute hazardous waste to dumps, 35622 [10DE]

Rate for waste management practices impact on the environment, 6587 [28MR]

Superfund tax structure, 6586 [28MR]

Waste isolation pilot project, 28537 [23OC]

Testimonies

Chemical Warfare: Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., 12413-12414 [16MY]

Interstate Compacts for Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste (H.R. 1083): Booth Gardner (excerpt), 38415 [19DE]

Nuclear Waste Disposal Dump Siting: Representative Boulter, 4292 [4MR]

Nuclear Waste Shipments Through New York: Representative Ackerman, 22736 [1AU]

Texts of

Clean Air Act—acid rain provisions, 1992 [6FE]

H.R. 226, ionization smoke detectors ban, 475 [3JA]

H.R. 227, require label on ionization smoke detectors specifying inclusion of radioactive materials, 475 [3JA]

H.R. 919, prohibit hazardous waste land disposal, 1709 [4FE]

H.R. 1038, provide for the protection of aquifers for public drinking water systems, 2307 [7FE]

H.R. 1083, improve procedures for implementation of compacts providing for establishment of regional disposal facilities from low-level radioactive waste, 35197 [9DE]

H.R. 1105, Radioactive Materials Transportation Safety Act, 2824 [20FE]

H.R. 1146, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act amendment, 2817 [20FE]

H.R. 1267, grant consent to the Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact, 3668 [26FE]

H.R. 1309, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4391-4394 [5MR]

H.R. 1416, Pesticide Import and Export Act, 4545 [5MR]

H.R. 1589, prohibit use of chemicals in drinking water, 5604 [19MR]

H.R. 1881, superfund coverage of underground storage tank leakage, 7524 [3AP]

H.R. 2005, Superfund Improvement Act, 25091-25116 [26SE]

H.R. 2033, Landfill Gas Collection and Reclamation Act, 7866 [15AP]

H.R. 2244, FDA Approval Labeling Act, 9556 [25AP], 16914 [24JN]

H.R. 2255, amend superfund provisions of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 9548 [25AP]

H.R. 2482, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendment, 12392-12396 [16MY]

H.R. 2524, Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Liability Act, 12002 [15MY]

H.R. 2665, Nuclear Incident Liability Reform Act, 14249 [4JN]

H.R. 2817, EPA superfund reauthorization, 25519 [1OC], 27347 [10OC]

H.R. 2865, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act amendments, 17242 [25JN]

H.R. 3453, extend the superfund taxes, 25468-25471 [1OC]

H.R. 3878, grant consent of the Congess to certain interstate compacts on low-level radioactive waste, 35214-35235 [9DE]

H.R. 3917, extend period for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements applicable to land disposal facilities, 36555 [16DE]

H.R. 9692, moratorium on certification of compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 30904 [6NO]

Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies, 23452 [11SE]

S. 14, tax on disposal and storage, 54 [3JA]

S. 24, protection of certain ground water supplies, 82 [3JA]

S. 30, limit discharge of raw sewage by city of New York, 94 [3JA]

S. 51, reauthorize superfund, 115-120 [3JA]

S. 52, acid rain control, 120-122 [3JA]

S. 356, grant consent of Congress to the Northwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management, 1545 [31JA]

S. 493, reauthorization of superfund, 3458-3466 [25FE]

S. 494, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act amendments, 3147-3151 [22FE]

S. 503, control of acid rain, 3385-3387 [25FE]

S. 517, requirements for waste sites, 3692-3694 [27FE]

S. 596, reauthorize superfund (excerpt), 4606-4607 [6MR]

S. 606, notification to local govenments of presence in jurisdiction, 4616 [6MR]

S. 652, reauthorize EPA's wastewater construction grant program (S. 652), 4896-4897 [7MR]

S. 802, consent of Congress to the Central Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact, 6746-6750 [28MR]

S. 813, authorizing appropriations for the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act and the National Gas Pipeline Safety Act, 6778 [28MR]

S. 813, authorizing appropriations for the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, 8341 [18AP]

S. 886, Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, 7617-7620 [4AP]

S. 911, authorizing appropriations for the Dept. of Energy, 7913-7914 [16AP]

S. 955, Superfund Revenue Act, 8363-8364 [18AP]

S. 1004, Uranium Mill Tailings Reclamation Act, 9447-9450 [25AP]

S. 1039, Ocean Incineration Research Act, 10109 [1MY]

S. 1128, amend and reauthorize the Clean Water Act, 15664-15678 [13JN]

S. 1128, Clean Water Act amendments, 20074-20088 [23JY]

S. 1162, Nuclear Waste Improvements Act, 12331 [16MY]

S. 1393, study use of unleaded fuel in farm equipment, 17655 [27JN]

S. 1426, reverse EPA decision on smokestack heights, 18864 [11JY]

S. 1531, improved emergency planning and notification of releases, 21766-21768 [31JY]

S. 1544, tax credit for residential radon decontamination expenses, 21746 [31JY]

S. 1561, superfund contribution, 22322 [1AU]

S. 1593, Radon Assessment and Reduction Act, 22384 [1AU]

S. 1616, require VA to conduct health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange, 23230 [10SE]

S. 1761, compensation of public for accidents arising from activities of licensees or undertaken pursuant to Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 27272-27274 [10OC]

S. 1920, superfund tax extension, 35541 [10DE]

S. 1927, State regulation of transportation of radioactive waste, 36272 [12DE]

S. 1967, EPA regulation of genetically engineered microorganisms, 36910 [17DE]

S. Con. Res. 97, call for negotiations to establish treaty with Canada on air pollution, 36912 [17DE]

Transcripts

Committee on Public Works Meeting on the Clean Air Act (excerpt), 23559 [12SE]