HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES related term(s) Consumers; Health

Addresses

Clean Coal Technology: Senator Byrd, 15177 [24JN]

Plant Safety: Robert D. Kennedy, 12521 [4JN]

Amendments

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: enact (H.R. 5073), 27481-27492 [1OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 23245 [12SE], 23474-23479 [16SE], 23671-23673 [17SE], 24150, 24151, 24687 [18SE], 24728, 24730, 24732, 24743, 24745, 24746, 24747, 24748, 24749, 24753, 24758, 24760 [19SE], 32273-32301 [16OC]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1309), 10733-10736 [14MY], 18228 [30JY], 19461 [6AU], 20744 [11AU], 21736 [14AU], 23016 [11SE], 23474 [16SE], 23670 [17SE], 27426 [30SE]

Mineral and mineral resources: provide for uranium and thorium reclamation (S. 1004), 6663-6669 [8AP]

Analyses

Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments (H.R. 5423), 21743 [14AU]

Occupational Hazard Communication Act (H.R. 4793), 10252 [9MY]

Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act (H.R. 5418), 22226 [15AU]

Superfund Interim Financing Act (H.R. 4381), 4584 [12MR]

Superfund Interim Financing Act (S. 2120), 3182 [27FE]

Tort Action Procedure Reform Act (H.R. 4920), 12287 [3JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2005, Superfund reauthorization, 2705 [25FE]

———S. 1128, Clean Water Act amendments, 7525 [15AP]

Articles and editorials

Agent Orange's Victims Find Sympathy at the Statehouses, 15623 [25JN]

Asbestos Dumping Charges Lodged, 6815 [8AP]

Asbestos Found in Abandoned City Property, 8837 [28AP]

Bad Riddance—Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 7403 [14AP]

``Breakthrough'' on Agent Orange, 27125 [29SE]

Calls for Legislation on Asbestos, 3582 [4MR]

Case Against the Broad-Based Tax, 33624 [17OC]

Chernobyl—Future of Nuclear Power, 29396 [7OC]

Dad and Daughter Struggle To Keep Faith in Tomorrow, 21950-21951 [15AU]

Danger of Explosion at Hanford N-Reactor, 17461 [23JY]

DEP—Gas Leaks Threaten Water, 7250 [10AP]

EPA Cutting 1,500 Jobs in Fund Loss, 6528 [27MR]

``Experts?'' Mostly To Blame for Spoiling Earth, 16236 [26JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Responsibilities (excerpt), 24755 [23SE]

Fifteen-Year Nightmare in South Georgia, 26560 [26SE]

Frontier Has Plenty of Reason To Support Bond Issue, 23253 [12SE]

Give Superfund a Quick Fix, 6527 [27MR]

How a Military Decision Spelled Family Tragedy, 30393 [10OC]

Inventing a Perfect Dumping Ground, the Town of ``Somewhere Else'', 16509 [15JY]

It's Time for a Superfund Compromise, 10245 [9MY]

Job Deaths and Injuries Seem To Be Increasing After Years of Decline, 5546 [19MR]

Keep the Pressure on Congress for a New Superfund Bill, 6527 [27MR]

Last Hurdle for Superfund, 32337 [16OC]

Last Push for Superfund, 32337 [16OC]

Laughable Acid-Rain Argument, 9952 [7MY]

Lautenberg Leads Way on Radonproofing, 11783 [21MY]

Nuclear-Plant Issue Political Fallout, 33666 [17OC]

$150 Million Superfund Bill Favored, 6529 [27MR]

Radonproof Homes To Be Built in Jersey, 11783 [21MY]

Reason Fails With Qaddafi, Bombs May Get His Attention, 8837 [28AP]

Renew Superfund, 32337 [16OC]

Researchers Report Finding Telltale Sign of Agent Orange, 27125 [29SE]

Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 4847 [13MR]

Saving Minds From Waste, 14867 [20JN]

Saving Superfund, 6526 [27MR]

Senate Sends Reagan Stopgap Superfund Bill, 6529 [27MR]

Site of EPA Toxics Lab Is Itself Contaminated, 17161 [21JY]

Sixty Percent of Trucks Fail New York Area Inspections, 33650 [17OC]

Strangling Superfund With Affection, 3222 [27FE]

Superfund Insurance, 8576 [23AP]

Superfund Needs Temporary Funding, 6527 [27MR]

Superfund Paralyzed, 1766 [5FE]

Superfund Tax Liability, 33625 [17OC]

Superfund Up to Conferees Now, 3255 [27FE]

Superfund—A Hazardous Waste of Taxpayer Money, 19471-19474 [6AU], 29731-29734 [8OC]

Superfund—Congress Steps Up to an Environmental Problem, 31234 [14OC]

Swallow the Toxic Smorgasbord, 33580 [17OC]

There's Time To Fight Dump, 1802 [5FE]

Views of the News—Saying No, 18842 [1AU]

Waste-Disposal Firms To Set Up Insurance Pool, 2228 [18FE]

Bills and resolutions

Asbestos: EPA information clearinghouse (see H.R. 5078)

———EPA regulations on inspection of schools (see H.R. 5073)

———EPA standards for identification and abatement in schools (see S. 2083; H.R. 4311)

———EPA standards for public buildings (see S. 2300)

———information from manufacturers (see H.R. 5369)

———inspection and sample requirements for owners of buildings (see H.R. 5369)

———relief bill (H.R. 5551) referred to Claims Court (see H. Res. 555)

———relief for certain manufacturers or suppliers (see H.R. 5551)

———tax rules for accrual of, and carryback of losses from, deduction for product liabilities (see S. 2901)

Asbestos Information Clearinghouse: establish (see S. 2720)

Butyl nitrite: prohibit sale and advertisement of certain inhalants (see S. 2831)

Disasters: emergency response procedures (see H.R. 5396)

———repayable advance to response trust fund (see H.J. Res. 573)

EPA: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4634)

———avoid long-term disruption of Superfund (see S. Res. 307)

———establish Asbestos Information Clearinghouse (see S. 2720)

———Superfund interim financing and borrowing authority (see S. 2211, 2212; H.R. 4381, 4445)

Fireworks: OSHA inspection of certain storage facilities (see H.R. 4209)

Foreign trade: enforcement of plant and animal quarantine laws (see H.R. 5684)

———international basic standards to prevent air and water pollution, soil erosion, and hazardous waste contamination (see H.R. 4681)

Foundations: tax treatment of removal costs (see H.R. 4603)

Inhalants: prohibit sale and advertisement of certain (see S. 2831)

National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission: establish (see S. 2571, 2593)

Occupational health and safety: additional information to workers (see H.R. 4793)

Pipelines: appropriations for safety programs (see H.R. 4426)

———community notification, additional testing, and inspection (see S. 2780; H.R. 5401)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB): disposal requirements (see H.R. 5141)

Radioactive waste disposal: compliance with environmental laws (see S. 2930)

———Dept. of Energy environmental impact statement for repository site characterization activities (see H.R. 5148)

———liability and indemnification for incidents arising out of Federal storage or transportation (see H.R. 4394)

———management (see H. Con. Res. 303)

———prohibit development of repository in proximity of a monitored retrievable storage facility (see S. 2032; H.R. 4088)

———single repository (see S. 2354, 2383; H.R. 4637, 4664, 4668)

———State participation in selection of repository sites (see S. 2201)

———State participation in sites selection for repositories (see H.R. 5148)

———suspend site characterization process for repository (see S. 2743; H.R. 5423)

———suspend site selection process for repositories (see S. 2556)

Radioactivity: State regulation of hazards of production and utilization facilities (see H.R. 5652)

Radon: EPA research program and technical assistance to States (see H.R. 5202)

———EPA technical assistance to States and dissemination of information to the public (see S. 2710; H.R. 5312)

Radon gas: tax deduction of expenses for home improvement to mitigate air contaminant (see S. 2577)

Santa Monica Bay, CA: FDA study of toxic contamination of fish (see S. 2126; H.R. 4277)

Sheboygan, WI: EPA cleanup of harbor waste site (see H.R. 5049)

Superfund: reauthorize (see S. 2840)

———repayable advance (see S.J. Res. 393, 399; H.J. Res. 713)

———repayable advances (see H.J. Res. 727)

Toys: regulate certain (see H.R. 4427)

Transportation: improve safety (see H.R. 4612)

———prohibit in certain obsolete railroad tank cars (see H.R. 5396)

Colloquies

Draft on retroactivity of changes to the judicial provisions of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: Chemical Manufacturers Association, 28409 [3OC]

Suits to force compliance with pollution control requirements: several Members of Congress, 28417 [3OC]

Court decisions

Nuclear substances in Palau (excerpts), 27054 [29SE]

Documents

Clean Water Act, NRDC v. EPA (excerpt), 31965 [15OC]

Letters

Acid rain: American Lung Association, 15737 [26JN]

———Representative Dingell, 15737 [26JN]

Annual determination of the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry: Dept. of Energy, 32428 [16OC]

Asbestos in schools: Florida mother, 22623 [10SE]

Attorneys fees relative to certain EPA registration deadlines: Pesticide users, 24770 [19SE]

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program: Brian McKay, 9797 [7MY]

Cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites: coalition of sundry environmental groups, 17705 [24JY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act administrative record provision: Chemical Manufacturers Association, 28409 [3OC]

EPA Superfund reauthorization—waste-end tax, 30421 [10OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments: John R. Bolton, 24770 [19SE]

FEMA nuclear disaster management proposals: Representative Dorgan, 11964 [22MY]

Funds for nuclear reactor operation at Hanford, WA, and site selection procedure for potential nuclear reactor repository: Environmental Policy Institute, 17456 [23JY]

———Health & Energy Institute, 17456 [23JY]

———Natural Resources Defense Council, 17456 [23JY]

———Sierra Club, 17456 [23JY]

———sundry, 17473-17475 [23JY]

Ground water contamination: New Mexico Health and Environment Department, 27977 [2OC]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 19610 [6AU]

———sundry, 29354 [7OC]

Interim funding of Superfund: National Governors' Association, 6799 [8AP]

———Representatives Fazio and Moody, 7216 [10AP]

———several environmental organizations, 6526 [27MR]

———several Senators, 5667 [20MR]

Lexington-Bluegrass Army Depot and chemical munitions: Dept. of Defense, 19487, 19488 [6AU]

———Senator Ford, 19488 [6AU]

Onboard recovery system for controlling gasoline vapors: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 33659 [17OC]

Patent term restoration for pesticide inventions: Senator Mathias, 32303 [16OC]

Radioactive waste disposal: Representative Broyhill, 8471 [23AP]

Shoreham nuclear power plant: FEMA, 12797 [5JN]

———Senator D'Amato, 12796, 12797, 12798 [5JN]

Superfund Interim Financing Act: EPA, 3182 [27FE]

Superfund reauthorization: Ayer City Homeowners Association, Lowell, MA, 29763 [8OC]

———EPA, 21815-21817 [15AU], 29781 [8OC]

———Lee M. Thomas, 25453 [23SE]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 21436 [13AU]

———several Members of Congress, 21815 [15AU]

Toxic waste disposal: David J. Snodgrass, 1649 [4FE]

Lists

Supporters of the Downey-Frenzel proposal for funding Superfund, 3484 [4MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 18769 [1AU]

Louisiana, 15772 [26JN], 16371 [14JY]

Maine, 11713 [21MY]

New Hampshire, 6638 [8AP], 7004 [9AP]

Pennsylvania, 396 [23JA]

Utah, 10606 [14MY]

Messages

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Report: President Reagan, 560 [27JA]

Petitions

Burn of toxic chemicals in ocean area research: Stone Harbor, NJ, Borough Council, 8062 [18AP]

High level radioactive waste management: Nuclear Waste Board, 22148 [15AU]

High-level radioactive waste: Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, 6933 [9AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, 20418 [9AU]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act implementation: Conference of Western Attorneys General, 22446 [9SE]

Nuclear waste siting policy: Conference of Western Attorneys General, 16505 [15JY]

Prohibit nuclear waste repositories on Penobscot lands: tribal council, 396 [23JA]

Site selection process for nuclear waste: Commission on Nuclear Projects, 20744 [11AU]

Transportation corridors for high-level radioactive waste: Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, 14079 [17JN]

Transportation of radioactive material: New York, NY, City Council, 12365 [4JN]

Polls of opinion

Environmental issues could become a factor in congressional races: Louis Harris, 15633 [25JN]

Proposals

Advance payment to Superfund (S.J. Res. 399), 21611 [14AU]

Questions and answers

Superfund reauthorization, 29729 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (H.R. 4567), 7242, 7245, 7254, 7256 [10AP], 7600 [15AP], 8838 [28AP], 10717 [14MY], 11958 [22MY], 12300 [3JN], 12833 [5JN], 13441 [12JN], 14864, 14865 [20JN], 15646 [25JN], 15737 [26JN]

Acid rain: clean coal technology program, 5851 [20MR]

———environmental effects, 9952 [7MY]

Agent Orange: study to detect evidence of dioxin in veterans, 27124 [29SE]

Agent orange: effects on veterans of Southeast Asia, 30393 [10OC]

Air pollution: EPA policy relative to ozone, 12009 [22MY]

Appalachian States low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (H.R. 5338), 19326 [5AU]

Army: investigation and cleanup of hazardous substances created by production of shells at Wisconsin manufacturing site, 21712 [14AU]

Asbestos Emergency Response Act: enact (H.R. 4311), 13042 [9JN]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: enact, 4847 [13MR]

———enact (H.R. 4311), 6815 [8AP], 8837 [28AP]

———enact (H.R. 5073), 20993-21001 [12AU], 22216 [15AU], 27481-27495 [1OC]

———enact (H.R. 5090), 15614, 15625 [25JN]

Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act: enact, 15625 [25JN]

———enact (H.R. 5078), 20203 [8AU]

Asbestos removal industry: EPA model contractor certification plan, 6815 [8AP]

Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1626), 3582 [4MR]

Atomic energy: implementation of Dept. of Energy uranium enrichment services criteria (H.J. Res. 699), 33620 [17OC]

———waste repository site selection, 16658 [16JY], 17454-17469 [23JY]

Atomic power: future of industry in U.S., 29396 [7OC]

Atomic power plants: development of technology, 5340 [18MR]

———safety liability, 30146 [9OC]

———State regulation, 33666 [17OC]

Brazil, IN: safety at the Chinook coal mine, 17722 [24JY]

Chemical industries: safety and health protection procedures, 6904 [9AP]

Chernobyl Accident Study Act: enact (H.R. 5121), 16260 [26JN]

Chrysotile asbestos: EPA regulations, 6155 [25MR]

Clean Water Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), appointment of conferees, 7525 [15AP]

———amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), conference report, 33593 [17OC]

———amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), conference report (H. Res. 588), 31954-31975 [15OC]

———amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), permission to file conference report, 30193 [10OC], 30821 [14OC]

Columbia River: environmental effects of Hanford nuclear facility, 3252 [27FE]

Courts: use of health studies as basis for determining individual rights, 18595 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: disapprove uranium enrichment criteria supplied to Congress (H.J. Res. 699), 20185 [8AU]

———Uranium Enrichment Program, 33662 [17OC]

Dept. of Transportation: safe transport regulations, 33650 [17OC]

Disasters: repayable advance to response trust fund (H.J. Res. 573), 5811 [20MR]

Ecology: preservation of resources, 16236 [26JN]

Edgewood Chemical Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: toxic waste cleanup, 9715 [7MY]

Environment issues: Louis Harris opinion poll, 15633 [25JN]

Environmental protection legislation: achievements of 99th Cong., 2d sess., 32798 [17OC]

EPA: authority over cleanup of Superfund sites, 534 [27JA]

———enforcement of environmental laws, 17161 [21JY]

———regulation of motor vehicles and/or service stations relative to vapor controls, 32101 [17OC]

———standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (H.R. 4311), 4238 [11MR]

———Superfund interim financing and borrowing authority (H.R. 4381), 4584 [12MR]

———Superfund reauthorization, 534 [27JA], 1463 [4FE], 1748, 1766 [5FE], 4382 [11MR], 11923 [22MY], 12038 [22MY], 25452 [23SE], 26198 [25SE], 27322 [30SE]

———Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2005), conference report, 28038, 28040 [2OC], 28710, 28713 [6OC], 29606, 29702, 29714 [8OC], 29788 [9OC], 29789 [10OC]-29790 [8OC], 30392, 30419, 30421, 30426 [10OC], 31234 [14OC], 33580, 33591, 33624, 33641 [17OC]

———Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2005), veto, 29958 [9OC]

———Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 3222, 3255 [27FE], 3783 [6MR], 6799 [8AP], 7216 [10AP], 10245 [9MY], 17705 [24JY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 23279 [12SE], 23645-23657, 23662 [17SE], 23851 [17SE], 23948, 24144-24154 [18SE], 24727, 24731 [19SE], 24754 [23SE]-24771 [19SE]-25708 [23SE], 28681 [3OC], 32273 [16OC], 32303 [18OC]-32310 [16OC], 33614 [17OC]-33915 [18OC]

———amend (H.R. 2482), authorizing technical corrections, 24771 [19SE]

———amend (H.R. 5440), 23851 [17SE]

———amend (H.R. 5536), 28713, 28738 [6OC], 28740 [8OC]-28741 [6OC]

Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act: enact (H.R. 4394), 5327 [18MR]

Federally funded facilities: community response to placement, 16509 [15JY]

FEMA: nuclear disaster management proposals, 11963 [22MY]

Gasoline: prohibit introduction of certain additives (H.R. 4015), 208 [21JA]

Great Britain: Environment Committee of the House of Commons report relative to radioactive wastes, 11965 [22MY]

Ground water: environmental risks, 7249 [10AP]

Hanford, WA: require Dept. of Energy to comply with Federal and State environmental laws at nuclear reservation (H.R. 4848), 11998 [22MY]

Hanford Nuclear Reservation: release of radioactive iodine, 4119 [10MR]

Hazardous cargo: tanker car safety, 21443 [13AU]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 23413-23419 [16SE]

Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: making a repayable advance (H.J. Res. 713), 21436 [13AU], 22035 [15AU], 22213 [15AU]

———making repayable advances (H.J. Res. 727), 23429-23432 [16SE], 24092 [18SE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1309), 5545 [19MR], 10733 [14MY], 16246 [26JN], 16498 [15JY], 17035 [21JY], 19609 [6AU], 19641 [7AU], 21633 [14AU], 23009-23012 [11SE], 27402 [30SE], 29354-29358 [7OC], 29394 [7OC]

House Environmental and Energy Study Conference, Task Force on Toxic Emergencies: release of report, 25071, 25072, 25073, 25075, 25076 [19SE]

Iowa: toxic pesticides leakage from train wreckage, 18147 [30JY]

Methyl isocyanate: toxicity, 30844 [14OC]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: enact (H.R. 3906), 14752 [19JN], 23856 [17SE]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 23413-23419 [16SE]

Naval vessels: liability costs of hazardous waste cleanup, 21667 [14AU]

New England: hazardous waste disposal, 2448 [19FE]

New Jersey: Agent Orange Commission research efforts, 15623 [25JN]

New York: toxic waste site clean-up projects, 23253 [12SE]

New York, NY: transport of radioactive wastes, 5852 [20MR]

Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act: enact (H.R. 5192), 17005 [17JY]

Nuclear Safety Inspector General Act: enact (H.R. 4835), 11124 [15MY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 5031), 13646 [12JN]

———amend (H.R. 5423), 21743 [14AU], 22168 [15AU]

Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act: enact (H.R. 4664), 8436, 8437 [22AP], 13173 [10JN]

Nuclear waste repository: site selection, 8379 [22AP]

Nuclear Whistleblower's Protection Act: amend, 29848 [8OC]

Occupational Hazard Communication Act: enact (H.R. 4793), 10123 [8MY], 10251, 10259 [9MY]

Ohio: opening of Perry 1 nuclear power plant, 4869 [13MR]

Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5418), 22226 [15AU]

Pesticides: ban on dinoseb, 30844 [14OC]

Pipelines: testing, inspection, and community notification (H.R. 5401), 20945 [12AU]

Polychlorinated biphenyls: establish certain disposal requirements (H.R. 5141), 16277 [26JN]

Postal service: prohibit use of mail for transport of plant materials containing agricultural pests, 30396 [10OC]

Price-Anderson Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3653), 30456 [10OC]

Public Lands Cleanup Act: enact (S. 1888), 22230 [15AU]

Radioactive waste disposal: liability and indemnification for incidents arising out of Federal storage or transportation (H.R. 4394), 4579, 4592 [12MR]

———prohibit development of repository in proximity of a monitored retrievable storage facility (H.R. 4088), 1320 [30JA]

———single repository concept (H.R. 4668), 8470-8474 [23AP]

Radon: establish research, information, and technical assistance program relative to effects of exposure (H.R. 5202), 17024 [17JY], 17319 [22JY]

Safe Pipeline Act: enact (H.R. 5401), 20945 [12AU], 21413 [13AU]

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study of effects of toxic contamination (H.R. 4277), 3027 [27FE]

Smoking: ban on all domestic airline flights, 29845 [8OC]

Soviet Union: international cooperative effort to evaluate health effects of atomic power plant accident (H. Con. Res. 373), 18036 [29JY]

St. Clair River, MI: assess water quality, 3242 [27FE]

State Nuclear Safety Participation Act: enact (H.R. 5652), 29838 [8OC]

Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5737), 33618 [17OC]

Superfund: funding extension (H.J. Res. 713), 21436 [13AU], 22035 [15AU], 22213 [15AU]

Superfund Program: conference agreement, 19013 [5AU]

———extension, 10170 [8MY]

Tort Action Procedure Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4920), 12286 [3JN]

Transportation: community right to know, 18147 [30JY]

———safety, 8033 [17AP]

———strengthen and coordinate Federal, State, and local regulations (H.R. 4612), 7831 [17AP], 8055 [17AP]

Union Carbide Corp.: plant safety, 12521 [4JN]

Washington: selection of Hanford Nuclear Reservation as nuclear waste site, 18841 [1AU]

Wisconsin: radioactive waste disposal sites, 1802 [5FE]

Yucca Mountain, NV: remove from consideration as radioactive waste site, 12969 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: control program, 5702 [20MR]

Agriculture: permit use of pesticides in compliance with registered uses without further research (S. 2704), 18571 [31JY]

Air pollution: control acid rain (S. 2003), 164 [21JA]

Appalachian States: establish low-level radioactive waste compact (S. 2679), 17393 [23JY]

Asbestos: EPA standards for identification and abatement in schools (S. 2083), 2537, 2542 [20FE], 22618-22626 [10SE], 23051 [12SE]

———tax rules for accrual of, and carryback of losses from, deduction for product liabilities (S. 2901), 27689 [1OC]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: enact (H.R. 5073), 28581 [3OC], 28583 [7OC]-28588 [3OC]

Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 2720), 19253 [5AU], 19255 [6AU]

Atomic energy: repository site designation, 10569 [14MY]

———restructure selection process for waste repositories (S. 2743), 21385 [13AU]

———Shoreham nuclear power plant in Long Island, NY, 12796 [5JN]

———study Chernobyl nuclear accident and domestic safety issues (S. 2593), 17933 [29JY]

Atomic power: high-level nuclear waste, 27262 [30SE]

Birds: research of contaminants affecting waterfowl, 22407 [9SE]

Butyl nitrite: prohibit sale and advertisement of certain inhalants (S. 2831), 23899 [18SE]

Canada: control acid rain, 27132 [30SE]

Chemical warfare: place restrictions on storage and demilitarization of chemical agents (S. 662), 19487 [6AU]

———provide that no weapons be shipped into Lexington-Bluegrass Army Depot, KY, 19486-19489 [6AU]

Clean Water Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1128), conference report, 32380-32403-32407 [16OC]

Coal: clean coal technology and clean air, 15177 [24JN]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), funding for EPA, 9038-9046 [30AP]

———setting forth for 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), funding for Superfund, 9038-9046 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: increase funds for hazardous waste cleanup and make offsetting reductions in other accounts, 19548-19551 [6AU]

Dept. of Energy: funding for waste repository programs, 32424 [16OC]

———uranium enrichment, 32428-32430, 32433, 32536 [16OC]

Dept. of Energy Environmental Compliance Act: enact (S. 2930), 32581 [16OC]

Dept. of Transportation: accident response system, 17341 [23JY]

Disasters: repayable advance to response trust fund (H.J. Res. 573), 5900 [21MR]

Drug industry: reform certain regulatory procedures governing the export of banned and severely restricted substances, 10393-10395 [13MY]

Ecology: impact of environmental protection legislation, 17824 [28JY]

EPA: emergency extension of Superfund, 10284 [12MY]

———establish standards for asbestos abatement in public buildings (S. 2300), 7403-7408 [14AP]

———extend Superfund taxes (S. 1920), 1424 [3FE]

———impact of veto of Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2005), 32622 [16OC]

———interim funding of Superfund, 6526 [27MR]

———reauthorize Superfund (H.R. 2005), appointment of conferees, 2705 [25FE]

———reauthorizing Superfund, 25739 [24SE]

———reauthorizing Superfund (H.R. 2005), conference report, 28406-28451, 28456 [3OC]

———restore Radon Research Program, 27825 [2OC]

———signing of Superfund reauthorization bill by President Reagan, 33179 [17OC]

———study distribution of cyanide, 26772 [27SE]

———study distribution of cyanide (S. 2704), 18428 [31JY]

———Superfund funding, 3483 [4MR]

———Superfund interim funding, 5702, 5709 [20MR]

———Superfund interim funding (S. 2212), 5665 [20MR]

———Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29533 [8OC], 29936, 29937 [9OC], 30478 [14OC], 32336 [16OC], 33474-33475, 33553 [17OC]

———Superfund reauthorization (H.R. 2817), 23579 [16SE]

———treatment of Indian drinking water systems, 27979 [2OC]

Ground Water Protection Act: enact (S. 1836), 17255 [22JY]

Hanford Reservation, Washington and Oregon: radioactive waste cleanup, 28471 [3OC]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 29445 [8OC]

Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund Temporary Funding Act: enact (S. 2211), 5665 [20MR]

Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act: enact (S. 2710), 18776 [1AU]

Inhalants: prohibit sale and advertisement of certain (S. 2831), 23899 [18SE]

International relations: agreement on control of chlorofluorocarbons, 33558 [17OC]

Milk: contamination of supplies with heptachlor, 5005 [14MR]

National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission: establish (S. 2571), 14595 [19JN]

———establish (S. 2593), 15148 [24JN]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2092), 29445 [8OC]

New Jersey: radon-proofing project, 11783 [21MY]

Nuclear Safety Board: establish, 33867 [18OC]

Nuclear Waste State Participation Act: enact (S. 2201), 5161 [18MR]

Pipeline Safety Act: enact (SD. 2780), 21947 [15AU]

Radioactive waste disposal: prohibit development of repository in proximity of a monitored retrievable storage facility (S. 2032), 1226 [30JA]

———repository site characterization, 27560 [1OC]

———single repository (S. 2354), 8254, 8300-8305 [22AP]

———single repository (S. 2383), 8943 [29AP]

———suspend site selection process for repositories (S. 2556), 13836 [16JN]

Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (S. 2577), 14614 [19JN]

Riverton, WY: funding for inactive uranium mill tailings site cleanup, 32432 [16OC]

Santa Monica Bay, CA: study health effects of toxic contamination of fish (S. 2126), 3188 [27FE]

Superfund: advance payment (S.J. Res. 393), 21397 [13AU]

———advance payment (S.J. Res. 399), 21610 [14AU]

———funding, 27973, 27974 [2OC], 29124 [7OC]

———funding extension (H.J. Res. 713), 21811-21817 [15AU]

———provide additional funds for hazardous waste sites clean up, 28339 [3OC]

———reauthorize (S. 51), 19470 [6AU], 23579 [16SE], 25018 [19SE]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2840), 24970-25017, 25058 [19SE]

Superfund Interim Financing Act: enact (S. 2120), 3181 [27FE]

Taxation: deductions for medical expenses, 14503, 14517 [19JN]

———provide for certain costs of private foundations for hazardous substance removal, 28342 [3OC]

———treatment of certain costs of private foundations in removing, 14565 [19JN]

Toledo, OH: Davis-Besse nuclear plant, 18129 [30JY]

Reports

Air Emissions and Incident Reduction Program: Union Carbide Corp., 12522 [4JN]

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program: Dept. of Energy, 9797-9799 [7MY]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (excerpt), 28410 [3OC]

EPA Superfund Reauthorization Conference Report—Regional Analysis of Tax Provisions: Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 30392 [10OC]

Federal Food and Drugs Act: House report (1906 excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: White House Conference of Food, Nutrition and Health (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Health Effects of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Indian Council of Medical Research (excerpt), 9940 [7MY]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: John Higginson, 29394 [7OC]

Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act: Committee on Appropriations (excerpt), 27262 [30SE]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Program Funding, 23418 [16SE]

Ozone Pollution: Josh Hassol, 12010 [22MY]

Public Hearing on Toxic Chemicals and Water Quality in the St. Clair River: Representative Bonior, 3242-3244 [27FE]

Reports by conference committees

Clean Water Act Amendments and Reauthorization (S. 1128), 31577-31630 [15OC]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5635), 28212-28315 [3OC]

Superfund Reauthorization (H.R. 2005) (excerpt), 33475 [17OC]

Reports filed

Asbestos Manufacturers Submit Product Information to EPA and Require Owners of Buildings Containing Asbestos To Inspect Buildings Before Commencing Civil Actions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5369) (H. Rept. 99-863), 25456 [23SE]

Clean Water Act: committee of conference (S. 1128) (H. Rept. 99-1004), 32155 [15OC]

———Committee on Rules (S. 1128; H. Res. 588) (H. Rept. 99-990), 30217 [10OC]

Development of Asbestos Management Plans for Schools: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5073) (H. Rept. 99-763), 19744 [7AU]

EPA Standards for Asbestos Identification and Abatement in Schools: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2083) (S. Rept. 99-427), 22264 [8SE]

Establishment of Emergency Response Program Within NRC: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5192) (H. Rept. 99-902), 26427 [26SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2482) (H. Rept. 99-695), 17054 [21JY]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2792) (S. Rept. 99-424), 22264 [8SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2482; H. Res. 536) (H. Rept. 99-803), 22143 [15AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5536) (H. Rept. 99-895), 28178 [2OC]

Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4426) (H. Rept. 99-779), 20742 [11AU]

Neurotoxins at Home and the Workplace: Committee on Science and Technology (H. Rept. 99-827), 23472 [16SE]

Provide for Reclamation With Respect to Mill Tailings at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1004) (S. Rept. 99-464), 24968 [19SE]

Repayable Advances to Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: Committee on Appropriations (H.J. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 99-830), 23472 [16SE]

System for Preventing Illness Among High Risk Workers of Occupational Disease: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1309) (H. Rept. 99-691), 16965 [17JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1309; H. Res. 506) (H. Rept. 99-703), 17317 [22JY]

Training of Workers Involved in Highway Transport of Hazardous Materials: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-985), 30116 [9OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 24729, 24769 [19SE]

Statements

Acid Rain: Richard Ayres, 15737 [26JN]

———TVA, 15737 [26JN]

Casa Grande, CA, High School Natural Resource Program, 16257 [26JN]

Comprehensive Municipal Storm Sewer System: EPA official, 32381 [16OC]

EPA Superfund Reauthorization: National Governors' Association, 6799 [8AP]

———sundry excerpts, 29745 [8OC], 30419 [10OC]

FDA Study of Alkyl and Butyl Nitrites: Senator Hatch, 27298 [30SE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: L.T. Kurland, 27403 [30SE]

Implementation of Dept. of Energy Uranium Enrichment Services Criteria (excerpt), 33620 [17OC]

Land Disposal of Hazardous Wastes: Representative Eckart, 1980 [6FE]

Radioactive Waste Disposal: Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia, 8473 [23AP]

School Asbestos: sundry members of Congress, 28581 [3OC]

What Others Say About the Waste-End Tax, 30420 [10OC]

Studies

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Food and Drug Programs: FDA (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]

Summaries

Acid Deposition and the West: several research scientists, 5703 [20MR]

Acid Deposition Control Act (H.R. 4567), 10717-10718 [14MY]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (S. 2083), 22623 [10SE]

Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act (S. 2720), 19255 [5AU]

EPA Standards for Asbestos Identification and Abatement in Schools (S. 2083), 2542 [20FE]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act (S. 2300), 7407 [14AP]

H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act, 8839 [28AP]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (S. 2840), 25016 [19SE]

Superfund Funding Extension (H.J. Res. 713), 21811 [15AU]

Tables

Economic effects of promulgated changes in emission standards for model years 1987-91, 11958 [22MY]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 1309), 16501 [15JY]

Legislative timetable of mandated due dates of Dept. of Energy studies for radioactive waste disposal, 5162 [18MR]

Pipeline accidents, 1973-83, 21948 [15AU]

Superfund cost summary, 21611 [14AU]

World nuclear fuel cycle requirements, 1985, 8471 [23AP]

Testimonies

Chrysotile Asbestos: Alvin Gerhardt, 6155 [25MR]

———Mike Wood, 6156 [25MR]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: Jane Shea, 14752 [19JN]

Nuclear Reactor Safety: James K. Asselstine, 14596 [19JN]

———Nunzio J. Palladino, 14596 [19JN]

Safety at the Atomic Reactor at Hanford, WA (sundry), 17476 [23JY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 713, Superfund funding extension, 22035 [15AU]

H.J. Res. 727, making repayable advances to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, 24092 [18SE]

H.R. 1309, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 16246-16249 [26JN]

H.R. 2092, Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act appropriations, 23413 [16SE]

H.R. 4394, Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act, 4592 [12MR]

H.R. 4612, strengthen and coordinate Federal, State, and local regulations regarding transportation of hazardous substances, 8055-8059 [17AP]

H.R. 4668, radioactive waste disposal's single repository concept, 8472 [23AP]

H.R. 4793, Occupational Hazard Communication Act, 10252 [9MY]

H.R. 5073, Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 20993-20998 [12AU]

H.R. 5202, establish research, information, and technical assistance program relative to effects of exposure, 17319 [22JY]

H.R. 5401, Safe Pipeline Act, 21413-21415 [13AU]

H.R. 5536, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments, 28713-28738 [6OC]

Relief for certain Thiokol Chemical Corp. employees in Georgia, 26560 [26SE]

S. 662, place restrictions on storage and demilitarization of chemical agents used in munitions, 19487 [6AU]

S. 2083, Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 22618-22623 [10SE]

S. 2083, EPA standards for asbestos identification and abatement in schools, 2538-2542 [20FE]

S. 2120, Superfund Interim Financing Act, 3181 [27FE]

S. 2201, Nuclear Waste State Participation Act, 5162 [18MR]

S. 2211, Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund Temporary Funding Act, 5666 [20MR]

S. 2212, interim funding of Superfund, 5667 [20MR]

S. 2300, Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act, 7405-7407 [14AP]

S. 2354, provide for radioactive waste disposal in a single repository, 8302 [22AP]

S. 2571, establish National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission, 14597 [19JN]

S. 2577, Radon Mitigation Clarification Act, 14614 [19JN]

S. 2704, EPA study on distribution of cyanide, 18428 [31JY]

S. 2710, Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act, 18777 [1AU]

S. 2720, Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act, 19254 [5AU]

S. 2743, restructure selection process for nuclear waste repositories, 21386 [13AU]

S. 2780, Pipeline Safety Act, 21948 [15AU]

S. 2840, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, 24970-25016 [19SE]

S. 2930, Dept. of Energy Environmental Compliance Act, 32582-32584 [16OC]

S.J. Res. 399, advance payment to the Superfund, 21611 [14AU]