REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
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]
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]
Hazardous substances: liability for cleanup operations (S. 1761), 27285 [10OC]
———reauthorize superfund (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]
Superfund: temporary extension of excise tax (H.R. 3453), 26896, 26912 [9OC]
Analyses
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]
Interstate Highway System Funding Restrictions (H.R. 2495), 11747 [14MY]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (H.R. 1083), 34363 [4DE]
Superfund Tax Distribution, 34880 [6DE]
Articles and editorials
As Toxic-Waste Problem Becomes Clearer, Resolve in Congress Softens, 17917 [27JN]
Bad Tax for Superfund, 14552 [5JN]
Bankrupt Environmentalism, 18948 [11JY]
Cajun Flies and Westway (series), 21307 [30JY]
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]
Coming to Terms With the Compensation Conundrum, 24722-24724 [24SE]
Conservation District Cites Westport Farmer, 11910 [14MY]
Demo Caucus Threatens To Close Barnwell Dump, 2944 [21FE]
EPA Chief Vows To Complete Habitability Study at Canal, 20846 [26JY]
EPA Criticized for Failing To Neutralize Toxic Wastes, 23271 [10SE]
EPA Restricting Use of Waste Oil as Fuel, 31555 [12NO]
Florio Views EPA List as Right-to-Know Dodge, 35436 [9DE]
Giving Superfund a Chance, 30607 [5NO], 32472 [19NO]
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]
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]
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]
Next Step on Superfund, 23463 [11SE]
No SuperVAT for Superfund, 34377 [4DE]
Officials in Ohio Shut Key Dump for Toxic Waste, 24460 [20SE]
Ontario Announces Program To Sharply Curtail Acid Rain, 38653 [19DE]
Opinions—Improper Bostonians, 30617 [5NO]
Position of Agency on Toxic Chemicals Assailed by Florio, 35435 [9DE]
Private Groups Spur Waste Enforcement, 19930 [22JY]
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]
Searching for Compromise on the Superfund, 34374 [4DE]
Senate Approves Bill Aimed at Averting a Chemical Disaster, 38682 [19DE]
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]
Time of Decision Nears on Nuclear Waste, 3667 [26FE]
Toxic-Waste Cleanup on a Baltimore Block Raises a Key Question—How Clean Is Clean Enough in the Nationwide Effort?, 32504 [19NO]
Transportation of Hazardous Cargoes (excerpt), 12330 [16MY]
U.S. Steelmakers Are Hot for the Coke-Free Furnace, 27982 [17OC]
VAT Unleashed in U.S. House, 34054 [3DE]
Vote of the Year, 25332 [30SE]
Waste Debate Drags on While Village Is Dying, 32479 [19NO]
Where Superfund Money Goes, 24352 [19SE]
Bills and resolutions
Dredging operations: employees engaged in disposal of waste materials (see H.R. 851)
EPA: make grants to Pittsburgh, PA, to pay costs of construction of uncompleted portion of sewer (see H.R. 959)
Farmers Home Administration: interest rates on loans (see H.R. 31)
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY: delete Pennsylvania and Fountain Avenues landfills from boundary (see H.R. 2771)
Hazardous substances: funds for cleanup of waste sites (see H.R. 1342)
———funds to establish university waste research centers (see H.R. 3409)
———liability for cleanup operations (see S. 1761; H.R. 3418)
———modify disposal facilities' compliance deadlines relative to financial responsibility requirements (see H.R. 3692, 3705, 3711, 3917)
———requirements for Federal installations (see S. 517; H.R. 1319)
———State inventories of solid waste disposal sites (see H.R. 3816)
———tax credit for recycling (see H.R. 1378)
———use of innovative technologies for cleanup operations (see H.R. 3416)
Infrastructure: national fund for interest-free loans to State and local governments for construction and improvement (see S. 849; H.R. 1776)
Interstate Highway System: funding restrictions (see H.R. 2495)
Landfills: EPA regulations relative to gas emissions (see H.R. 2033, 2034)
New York, NY: disposal of raw sewage in Hudson-Raritan Estuary (see S. 30)
———prohibit expenditure of funds for Westway landfill (see S. 826; H.R. 1888)
New York Bight Apex: restrict dumping of sewage sludge in 106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site (see S. 1838)
Ocean: terminate dumping (see S. 1659)
Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (see S. 1039; H.R. 1295, 3835)
Radioactive waste: establish regional facilities for disposal of (see H.R. 1083)
Radioactive waste disposal: EPA jurisdiction over regulation of certain mixed solid waste (see S. 892; H.R. 2009)
Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (see S. 442)
Sewage disposal: terminate ocean dumping (see S. 1659)
———user fees under ocean dumping permit program (see S. 1659)
Solid waste: exemption of bonds for disposal facilities from volume limitation on private activity bonds (see H.R. 1762)
———exemption of obligations issued for disposal facilities from Federal guarantees of industrial development bonds (see H.R. 1767)
———restrict dumping in 106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site to authorities currently using New York Bight Apex (see S. 1838)
———restrict dumping in 106-mile ocean waste dump site to authorities currently using New York Bight Apex (see H.R. 3569)
———restrictions on reissuance of permits to certain landfills (see H.R. 1411)
———tax treatment of obligations issued to finance certain disposal facilities (see S. 981)
Superfund: excise tax (see H.R. 3467, 3471)
———temporary extension of excise tax (see H.R. 3451, 3452, 3453)
University waste research centers: funds to establish (see H.R. 3409)
Waterways: general permit from Sec. of the Army for discharge of dredged and fill material (see H.R. 3169)
Critiques
Comments on study entitled Health Aspects of the Disposal of Waste Chemicals: Environmental Defense Fund, 24641-24645 [23SE]
Descriptions
Impact of superfund mandatory apportionment scheme: EPA, 23952 [17SE]
Explanations
EPA superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 34644-34648 [5DE]
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]
Letters
Central Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: Martha L. Collins, Governor of Kentucky, 6751 [28MR]
Edgar amendment to superfund reauthorization: Edward F. Williams III, 35559 [10DE]
———several small businesses, 35560 [10DE]
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]
EPA superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817): coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, religious, and health organizations, 24212 [18SE]
Funding level for the superfund: Lee M. Thomas, 24435 [20SE], 24647 [23SE]
Interconnection of the shallow water table aquifer with the deeper artesian aquifers in Southern Louisiana: Darwin Knochenmus, 24350 [19SE]
Reauthorization of EPA superfund: National Governors' Association, 15225 [11JN]
Requirement relative to reporting release of certain chemicals (sundry), 35655 [10DE]
Safety of shipping cask used in transportation of nuclear waste: Dept. of Energy, 19154, 19155 [16JY]
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 program: Lee M. Thomas, 35255 [9DE]
Superfund reauthorization: Center for the Study of American Business, 34668 [5DE]
———EPA, 35562 [10DE]
———Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, 35562 [10DE]
———Representative Michel, 34675 [5DE]
———several Members of Congress, 34679 [5DE]
———several Senators, 20519 [25JY]
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 through New York, NY: Dept. of Transportation, 19154 [16JY]
Westway landfill, 21655 [31JY]
Lists
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]
Memorandums
Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities: Michael M. Simpson, 24063-24067 [18SE]
Memorials of legislature
California, 3418, 3419 [25FE], 10536 [6MY], 21278 [29JY]
Georgia, 7612 [4AP]
Louisiana, 22898 [4SE], 23845 [16SE]
Massachusetts, 33952 [3DE]
Moratorium on ocean incineration of hazardous wastes: Louisiana, 23845 [16SE]
Nevada, 17038 [25JN], 17630 [27JN], 17912 [27JN]
Oregon, 11498 [9MY]
Pacific Island Trust Territories, 6686, 6689 [28MR]
Pennsylvania, 29685 [30OC]
South Carolina, 3569 [26FE], 4813 [7MR]
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]
Moratorium on ocean incineration of hazardous wastes: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 23759 [13SE]
Nuclear waste dumping: Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, 6088 [25MR]
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
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry: funding, 11915 [14MY]
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]
Boston, MA: request to EPA to dump sludge off New Jersey coast, 30617 [5NO]
California: prohibit certain discharges of agricultural waste waters into Morro Bay or Monterey Bay (H.R. 2982), 18710 [11JY]
Chesapeake Bay: waste management plan, 15809 [13JN]
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]
EPA: provide an equitable and reliable long-term superfund funding program (H.R. 2948), 18936 [11JY]
———revise and extend taxes used to finance superfund (H.R. 1775), 25510 [1OC]
———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]
Federal facilities: requirements for hazardous waste cleanup (H.R. 1319), 3976 [27FE]
Hazardous substances: compensation for victims injured through exposure to certain, 35638 [10DE]
———compliance extension for liablility insurance requirements for landfill sites (H.R. 3692), 31260 [8NO]
———establish university hazardous waste research centers (H.R. 3409), 24596 [20SE]
———insurance coverage for waste disposal sites and landfills, 18393 [10JY]
———modify disposal facilities' compliance deadlines relative to financial responsibility requirements (H.R. 3917), 36201 [12DE], 36555 [16DE]
———reauthorization of superfund (H.R. 2817), 24258 [19SE]
———reauthorize superfund, 4716 [6MR]
———reauthorize superfund (H.R. 1342), 4183 [28FE]
———require State inventory of solid wastesites, 32887 [20NO]
———revise and extend taxes used to finance superfund (H.R. 1775), 6584 [28MR]
———toxic waste site cleanup, 32512 [20NO]
Hazardous waste: requirements for storage and disposal, 30952 [6NO]
Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact, 7720, 7743 [4AP]
Hazardous wastes: cleanup, 26671 [8OC]
Interstate Highway System: funding restrictions (H.R. 2495), 11746 [14MY]
Land disposal: hazardous substances ban (H.R. 919), 1709 [4FE]
Landfill Gas Collection and Reclamation Act: enact (H.R. 2033), 7865 [15AP]
Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: implementation, 15551 [13JN]
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (H.R. 1957), 35589-35603 [10DE]
New York, NY: Westway landfill construction funds (H.R. 1888), 22520 [1AU]
Niles, OH: Dept. of Commerce ruling on RMI Co. antidumping lawsuit, 28484 [22OC]
Nuclear waste: disposal, 15551 [13JN]
———potential disposal sites, 6576 [28MR]
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]
Pollution: oilspill cleanup liability, 35627 [10DE]
Resource recovery facility: proposed construction and operation, 5721 [20MR]
Reusable items: salvage, 5721 [20MR]
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]
States: oilspill cleanup funds, 34841 [6DE]
Superfund: funding, 32512 [20NO]
———reauthorization, 20829 [26JY]
———reauthorization proposal, 6904 [28MR]
———reauthorize, 35255 [9DE]
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]
Waste: construct facilities to salvage reusable items, 5721 [20MR]
Waste disposal sites and landfills: insurance coverage, 18393 [10JY]
Westport, MA, Clean Water Program: tribute, 11910 [14MY]
Remarks in Senate
Atomic energy: improve operation of interstate compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 1083), 38403-38425, 38556, 38558 [19DE]
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]
Clean Water Act: reauthorize (S. 53), 111, 134 [3JA]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (S. 494), 3146 [22FE]
Corporations: pollution liability insurance, 23986-23988 [17SE]
EPA: reauthorize wastewater construction grant program (S. 652), 4893-4898 [7MR]
Farmers Home Administration: waive eligibility standards for water and waste facility grants (S. 382), 1775 [5FE]
Hazardous substances: acid rain control, 4588 [6MR], 23854 [16SE], 38653 [19DE]
———acid rain control (S. 52), 111, 113, 132 [3JA], 803 [22JA]
———acid rain control (S. 503), 3384-3387 [25FE]
———annual inventory of toxic chemicals, 24340-24347 [19SE]
———clarify activities of pollution liability risk retention groups, 24055 [18SE]
———clarify EPA jurisdiction over certain hazardous substances, 24447 [20SE]
———clarify relationship between Federal agencies performing hazardous waste cleanup at Federal facilities, 24731 [24SE]
———encourage research into new cleanup technologies, 24458-24461 [20SE]
———encourage use of innovative technologies at radon contaminated sites, 24339 [19SE]
———EPA review of emergency systems for monitoring releases of toxic substances, 24444 [20SE]
———establish safety standards and training programs for workers engaged in cleanups, 24716 [24SE]
———exempt owners or operators from liability for releases of waste prior to acquisition, 24745 [24SE]
———expedite appeals on permits for facilities seeking to treat toxic waste, 24456 [20SE]
———funding of superfund, 11877 [14MY]
———funding of superfund (S. 955), 8362 [18AP]
———funding of superfund (S. 957), 8369-8373 [18AP]
———funding of superfund (S. 972), 8590 [22AP]
———grants to communities for obtaining technical assistance relative to waste site cleanup, 24431 [20SE]
———high-level nuclear waste repositories, 32316-32319 [19NO]
———improve community emergency planning, 24058-24077 [18SE]
———inclusion of contamination from leaking storage tanks in superfund, 24462 [20SE]
———incorporation of transportation impacts into repository site selection (S. 1162), 12330 [16MY]
———increase amount of money accumulated in superfund before termination of taxes, 24717 [24SE]
———increase funding of superfund, 24445 [20SE]
———indemnification for contractors involved in cleanup operations, 24454 [20SE]
———insurance coverage for waste management facilities, 24733 [24SE]
———liability for cleanup operations (S. 1761), 27269 [10OC]
———limit funding for superfund, 24057 [18SE], 24432-24442 [20SE]
———modify superfund to include releases from ocean incineration, 24625 [23SE]
———notification to local government of presence (S. 606), 4616 [6MR]
———postclosure liability program study and suspension of liability transfers relative to the superfund, 24718 [24SE]
———promote settlement of superfund litigations, 24725-24731 [24SE]
———provide for continuation of remedial action while contracting for waste site cleanup services, 24427 [20SE]
———reauthorize superfund (H.R. 2005), 25090-25116 [26SE]
———reauthorize superfund (H.R. 2005), unanimous-consent agreement, 24756 [24SE]
———reauthorize superfund (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 superfund (S. 51), unanimous-consent agreement, 24654 [23SE]
———reauthorize superfund (S. 493), 3037 [21FE], 3458 [25FE]
———reauthorize superfund (S. 596), 4605 [6MR]
———regional disposal compacts, 6829 [28MR]
———remedial action at Federal facilities, 24733, 24740-24742, 24749 [24SE]
———report on lead poisoning in children, 24056 [18SE]
———reporting requirements for Federal facilities, 24425 [20SE]
———require report on superfund enforcement, 24742 [24SE]
———requirements for waste sites (S. 517), 3689-3694 [27FE]
———research into effects of exposure, 24428, 24429, 24443 [20SE]
———revise EPA hazardous waste ranking procedures, 24078 [18SE], 24348-24350 [19SE]
———superfund excise tax, 24462 [20SE], 31302 [12NO]
———superfund excise tax exemption for fertilizer, animal feed, and certain raw materials, 24735-24740 [24SE]
———superfund liability provisions relative to Montana Power Co., 24750 [24SE]
———superfund tax title, 28975 [24OC]
———superfund value-added tax, 24743-24745, 24751 [24SE]
———tax on disposal and storage (S. 14), 54 [3JA]
———tax treatment of toxic waste cleanup expenditures by the James Graham Brown Foundation, 24456 [20SE]
———temporary extension of superfund excise tax (H.R. 3453), 26896 [9OC]
———victim assistance, 24632, 24654 [23SE], 24716, 24719-24725 [24SE]
Munitions producing equipment: liability of U.S. for releases owned by Dept. of Defense, 23985 [17SE]
New Jersey: toxic waste research, 36521 [16DE]
New York, NY: limit discharge of raw sewage (S. 30), 93 [3JA]
———prohibit expenditure of funds for Westway landfill (S. 826), 7013 [2AP]
New York Bight Apex: restrict dumping of sewage sludge in 106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site (S. 1838), 31151 [7NO]
Northwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management: grant consent of Congress (S. 356), 1543-1546 [31JA]
Ocean: terminate dumping (S. 1659), 24106 [18SE]
Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (S. 1039), 10107 [1MY]
Power resources: promote methane gas recovery facilities, 24348 [19SE]
Radioactive waste disposal: EPA jurisdiction over regulation of certain mixed solid waste (S. 892), 7643 [4AP]
Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (S. 442), 2179 [7FE]
Sewage disposal: terminate ocean dumping (S. 1659), 24106 [18SE]
———user fees under ocean dumping permit program (S. 1659), 24106 [18SE]
Solid waste: restrict dumping in 106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site to authorities currently using New York Bight Apex (S. 1838), 31151 [7NO]
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]
Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program: funding (H.R. 3453), 26912 [9OC]
Superfund Improvement Act: clarify contribution and review provisions, 24449-24454 [20SE]
Taxation: clarify code relative to bonds issued to finance waste facilities (S. 981), 8935 [23AP]
Reports
Assessment of Hazardous Waste Sites: EPA (excerpt), 24739 [24SE]
Clean Water Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1128) (S. Rept. 99-50), 11831 [14MY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 51), 4814 [7MR]
Consent of Congress for Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 44), 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]
Ecological and Historic Preservation of Nassau, Saint Marys, and Saint Johns River Valleys, FL: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2483) (H. Rept. 99-418), 34788 [5DE]
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]
Feasibility and Desirability of Alternative Tax Systems for Superfund: EPA (excerpt), 34870 [6DE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Relative to Quality of Nation's Waters: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 99-189), 18059 [8JY]
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 for Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 44), 24359 [19SE]
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 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 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 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 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 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1267) (H. Rept. 99-317), 28316 [22OC]
Grant Consent of the Senate to Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1798), 33116 [21NO]
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]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1083) (H. Rept. 99-314), 28315 [22OC]
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1957) (H. Rept. 99-107), 12009 [15MY]
National Ocean Pollution Planning Act and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1958) (H. Rept. 99-101), 12008 [15MY]
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]
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]
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]
``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]
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
Assistance to Victims of Exposure to Toxic Substances: Senator Simpson, 24436 [20SE]
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]
Dept. of Commerce ruling on RMI Co., Niles, OH, Antidumping Lawsuit, 28484 [22OC]
Effects of Acid Rain: Wade Morse, 4589 [6MR]
Effects of Toxic Contamination: Verna Courtemanche, 25071 [26SE]
EPA Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 2817): Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 27346 [10OC]
Funding Level for the Superfund: Lee M. Thomas, 24436 [20SE]
Permanent Treatment of Superfund Sites—Let's Complete the Job, 34684 [5DE]
Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 2817): EPA (excerpts), 29558 [29OC]
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
Deficiencies in cask used to ship nuclear waste: Dept. of Transportation, 19155 [16JY]
Hazardous Substance Response Act (S. 14), 56 [3JA]
Key Points of the Thurmond Compromise Proposal to the Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact, 38418 [19DE]
Requirements for Hazardous Waste Sites (S. 517), 3692 [27FE]
Superfund Improvement Act (S. 51) (excerpt), 23952 [17SE]
Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 1342), 4183 [28FE]
Tables
Excise tax on manufacturers who contribute hazardous waste to dumps, 35622 [10DE]
Hazardous waste sites at which work has been halted due to uncertainty of superfund reauthorization, 23138 [10SE]
Rate for waste management practices impact on the environment, 6587 [28MR]
Summary of major issues concerning exposures to airborne acidity and their human health effects, 114 [3JA]
Superfund excise tax formula, 8373 [18AP]
Testimonies
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
H.R. 919, prohibit hazardous waste land disposal, 1709 [4FE]
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. 1267, grant consent to the Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact, 3668 [26FE]
H.R. 2005, Superfund Improvement Act, 25091-25116 [26SE]
H.R. 2033, Landfill Gas Collection and Reclamation Act, 7866 [15AP]
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. 2982, prohibit certain discharges of agricultural waste waters into Morro Bay or Monterey Bay, CA, 18710 [11JY]
H.R. 3453, extend the superfund taxes, 25468-25471 [1OC]
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]
S. 14, tax on disposal and storage of hazardous substances, 54 [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. 53, reauthorize Clean Water Act, 123-130 [3JA]
S. 356, grant consent of Congress to the Northwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management, 1545 [31JA]
S. 382, waive eligibility standards for water and waste facility grants, 1775 [5FE]
S. 442, consent of Congress to Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste compact, 2180-2183 [7FE]
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 hazardous waste sites, 3692-3694 [27FE]
S. 596, reauthorize superfund (excerpt), 4606-4607 [6MR]
S. 606, notification to local governments of presence of hazardous substances 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. 826, prohibit expenditure of funds for New York's Westway landfill, 7014 [2AP]
S. 955, Superfund Revenue Act, 8363-8364 [18AP]
S. 957, Superfund Excise Tax Act, 8370-8371 [18AP]
S. 981, clarify tax code relative to bonds issued to finance waste disposal facilities, 8935 [23AP]
S. 1039, Ocean Incineration Research Act, 10109 [1MY]
S. 1162, Nuclear Waste Improvements Act, 12331 [16MY]
S. 1761, compensation of public for accidents arising from activities of licensees or undertaken pursuant to Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 27272-27274 [10OC]
S. 1838, restrict dumping in 106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site to authorities currently using New York Bight Apex, 31151 [7NO]