HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES see also Consumers; Health

Amendments

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 37836 [21DE]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 31541 [10NO]

Transportation: improve safety (S. 1269), 13604 [21MY]

Treaty on Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships: ratification, 31061, 31150 [5NO]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14704 [4JN]

Analyses

Compensation of Public in Event of Accident (S. 748), 29177 [23OC]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act (S. 981), 8780 [9AP]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act (S. 513), 3115 [5FE]

Regional Monitored Retrievable Storage Act, 22049 [3AU]

Solid Waste Disposal Act (H.R. 3782), 36500 [18DE]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse (H.R. 2599), 14759 [4JN]

Articles and editorials

Accident One More Reason To Bar MRS, 15409 [11JN]

Acidity Termed a Lead Hazard in Jersey Water—Coastal Area Study Cites Dangers in Plumbing, 14075 [28MY]

Agent Orange and the Anguish of an American Family, 7662-7665 [1AP]

Asbestos May Still Be a Threat for N.J. Students, 4037-4039 [24FE]

Bad Riddance—Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 8780 [9AP]

EPA Officials May Inspect Tank Farm, 7848 [2AP]

Evans Leads on Waste Idea, 13974 [28MY]

Farmers' Purse Strings May Tie Up Chemical Legislation, 5698 [13MR]

Florio Predicts New Fight Over Ocean Dumping, 25670 [29SE]

Generic Pesticides Get a Boost, 5698 [13MR]

Houston Learns There's More Than Growth to Growing Up, 2822 [4FE]

Incinerators—National Standards Are Needed, 23018 [6AU]

India Urges Swift Bhopal Settlement, 30246 [29OC]

Injustice in Uniontown, 36001 [17DE]

Jobs and Illness in Petrochemical Corridor, 38289-38291 [22DE]

Landfill Closings—Costly Crisis for the Northeast, 36001, 36002 [17DE]

Officials—Spill Tainted Water, 7847 [2AP]

Only Decent Thing To Do, 31237 [6NO]

Ozone Depletion, 34324 [8DE]

Plague of ``Hellish Poison'', 28781 [21OC]

Plea for Protection, 8268 [7AP]

Psychological Assessment of Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 33782 [2DE]

Race Against Time, Fatigue Competition, 6913 [25MR]

Risky Proposition, 31238 [6NO]

Scaring the Public, 22989 [6AU]

Tanker Leaks on Deegan—Two Passersby, Emergency Volunteers, Helped Ease Problem, 33790 [2DE]

Ten-State Survey Finds Peril From Radon in 1 in 5 Homes, 27094 [8OC]

Waste-Disposal Steps Should Come in Order, 13974 [28MY]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: control emissions of dioxin from certain resource recovery plants and municipal waste incinerators (see H.R. 2452)

———regulation of certain hazardous air pollutants (see S. 1446)

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant charter (see S. 1551)

———grant consent (see H.R. 3025)

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: EPA grants (see H.J. Res. 153)

———funding (see S.J. Res. 54)

California: prohibit burning and dumping of toxic waste in certain areas (see S. 884)

Chemicals: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (see H.R. 2210)

Clean Air Act: amend (see S. 1894)

———amend to protect against interstate transport of pollutants, to control existing and new sources of acid deposition (see H.R. 1664)

———regulate certain hazardous pollutants (see H.R. 2622)

———regulate emissions of certain hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 2488)

———sanctions (see S. 1941)

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials: ratification by foreign countries (see S. Res. 37)

Dept. of Defense: guidelines for transporting rocket fuel (see H.R. 3554)

Dept. of Energy: defense waste cleanup fund (see S. 1432)

Dept. of Transportation: designation of safest transportation routes (see H.R. 3677)

District of Columbia: reduction of carbon monoxide emissions from motor vehicles (see H.R. 3028)

Ecology: impose a manufacturer's excise tax on the sale of chemicals which deplete the ozone layer (see H.R. 2854)

Endangered Species Act: implementation of pesticide regulations (see H.R. 3477)

EPA: air quality standards (see S. 787)

———alternative water supplies for contaminated groundwater (see H.R. 2657)

———asbestos regulations (see H.R. 2693)

———data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800)

———establish Waste Reduction Clearinghouse (see H.R. 2599)

———impact of disposal of certain plastics (see H.R. 2527)

———management of infectious and pathologic waste (see H.R. 3467)

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (see H.R. 3515)

———standards for identification and abatement of hazardous asbestos in certain buildings (see S. 1809)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see H.R. 2463)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: renewal of water quality (see S. 1)

Foreign trade: transportation of plutonium between the U.S. and Japan (see H.R. 3796)

Fullerton, CA: hazardous waste site (see H.R. 2894)

Hazardous Materials Rail Safety Act: enact (see H.R. 2056)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: nuclear materials (see H.R. 3836)

———registration of certain carriers (see H.R. 895)

———restrict transport of radioactive materials through high-density city areas (see H.R. 1646)

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (see S. 1429)

Health: threat posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see H.R. 3809)

Housing: radon testing and reduction (see S. 1067)

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (see S. 1629)

Labeling: benzene levels in gasoline (see S. 1724)

———requirement (see H.R. 2866)

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (see S. 1846)

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: construction and operation of monitored retrievable storage facility (see S. 1423)

———construction of regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (see H.R. 3077)

———continuation of research on the subseabed disposal of waste (see H.R. 3499)

———land acquisition and site characterization activities (see H.R. 2189)

———redirect disposal program (see H.R. 3430), 26706 [6OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2888)

Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2967)

Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act: enact (see S. 1980)

Nuclear Waste Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1395)

Nuclear Waste Transportation Prohibition Through Urbanized Areas Act: enact (see S. 833)

Occupational health and safety: develop standards for notification of individuals exposed (see S. 638)

———hazards in the workplace (see H.R. 3566)

Ocean incineration (see H.R. 737)

Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator: establish (see H.R. 2967)

Oil spills: a comprehensive system of liability and compensation for damage and removal costs (see H.R. 1632)

Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (see S. 1788)

OTA: report on hazardous waste reduction and management (see H.R. 3300)

Pesticides: coordinate and synchronize data requirements (see H.R. 2869)

———ground water contamination (see H.R. 3174)

———registration (see S. 746)

Petroleum: regulate above-ground storage tanks (see S. 899)

Plastics: disposal of certain materials at sea (see H.R. 940)

———EPA study of effects of dumping on land and in water (see S. 534, 559)

———research and regulations on certain drift nets (see H.R. 940)

Poisons: grants for control centers (see S. 154)

Polychlorinated biphenyls: disposal (see H.R. 2685)

———requirements for handling (see H.R. 3070)

Preventive Environmental Protection and Waste Reduction Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 3094)

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1631)

Radioactive waste: State regulation of transportation (see S. 1008)

———transport of in interstate commerce by specially licensed individuals (see H.R. 1649)

———transportation (see H.R. 2118)

Radioactive waste disposal: suspend site selection process (see H.R. 266)

Radioactive waste disposal (see S. 621)

———enter into agreement with certain States and Indian tribes (see S. 839)

———establish regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (see S. 1266)

———protection in connection with transportation (see H.R. 3598)

———repository requirements (see H.R. 1324)

———single repository concept (see H.R. 1185)

———State participation in approval of repository (see S. 1007)

———use certain public lands in Eddy County, NM, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (see S. 1272)

Radon: amend Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States (see H.R. 1697)

———exposure (see H.R. 2837)

———testing and reduction in homes (see H.R. 2187)

———testing requirements in building codes (see H.R. 1610)

Radon Detection in School Buildings Act: enact (see S. 743)

Railroads: require occupied cabooses on the rear of all trains over 2,000 feet in length that contain certain hazardous materials (see H.R. 2559)

———transportation of high-level nuclear waste (see S. 1436)

Refuse and refuse disposal: regulate dumping of medical waste (see H.R. 3478)

Safe Incineration Act: enact (see S. 1565, 1566)

Sheboygan, WI: EPA cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1757)

Solid waste: transportation (see H.R. 3516)

Solid Waste Disposal Act: Dept. of Energy (see H.R. 3784)

———Federal facilities (see H.R. 3782, 3783, 3785)

———reduce hazards from municipal incinerator ash (see H.R. 2517)

Spent Fuel Contingency Act: enact (see H.R. 2319)

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (see S. 744)

Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act: enact (see S. 1428)

Taxation: credit for recycling of hazardous waste (see H.R. 3491)

Testing of consumer products: modernization (see H.R. 1635)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 981)

Transportation: improve safety (see S. 1269)

———radioactive waste disposal (see H.R. 3598)

———safety (see H.R. 2650, 3334, 3682)

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (see H.R. 1046)

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act: amend (see S. 1991)

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 1331)

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (see S. 717; H.R. 1530)

Briefs

Ned R. McWherter, Governor of Tennessee v. George Bush, Vice President of U.S.: Wells D. Burgess, 14317 [2JN]

Explanations

Solid Waste Disposal Act (H.R. 3785), 36496 [18DE]

Hearings

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: groundwater contamination from agricultural application of pesticides (testimony), D293 [29AP]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): chemical munitions disposal facilities (testimony from David Leland and Katherine Flood), D102 [3MR]

———chemical munitions disposal facilities (testimony from Senator Ford, Representative Bentley, Robert B. Barker, James R. Ambrose, David Nydam, Tom J. Brew, and David L. Armstrong), D102 [3MR]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act budget (testimony), D266 [22AP], D282 [24AP]

Committee on Education and Labor: environmental hazards of ash from municipal incinerators (testimony), D176 [19MR]

———harmful impact on school children from delays in the EPA Asbestos in Schools Program (testimony from John A. Moore), D71 [19FE]

———nationwide ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment problems (testimony from Lee M. Thomas), D71 [19FE]

———Toxic Substances Control Act amendments (H.R. 1697) (testimony), D279 [23AP]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (S. 744), D300 [30AP]

———Dept. of Energy implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, focusing on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste (testimony), D274 [23AP]

———dumping of PCB's by Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. in West Amwell, NJ (testimony), D156 [17MR]

———effects of ozone and carbon monoxide in nonattainment areas (testimony), D252 [9AP]

———examine the impact on marine environment of the use of tributyltin in marine paints (testimony), D294 [29AP]

———health threats posed by indoor air pollutants (testimony), D282 [24AP]

———implementation of the Superfund Program (testimony), D294 [29AP]

———radon gas issues (S. 743, 744) (testimony), D226 [2AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D253 [9AP]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (testimony from Craig Berrington, Eugene Humphrey, James F. Patterson, and Allyn Tatum), D125 [9MR]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (testimony from Edward J. Burger, Jr., John Higginson, Frederick Hoerger, Martin Reape, Wallace Parker, and Peter Ruane), D125 [9MR]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (testimony from John A. Knebel, Bernard Roy, Earl Arp, Gerry Raabe, George A. Rodenhausen, and Bruce W. Karrh), D125 [9MR]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: contained aquatic disposal method for the disposal of contaminated dredged materials in Puget Sound and elsewhere in the marine environment, D72 [19FE]

Letters

Agent orange exposure in Vietnam veterans: John H. Gibbons, OTA, 26149 [1OC]

———Zachary Stalberg, 27330 [9OC]

Asbestos: American Cancer Society, 3797 [19FE]

Diversion of Superfund monies: Representative Boland, 9567 [23AP]

———Representative Dingell, 9567 [23AP]

———Representative Rostenkowski, 9567 [23AP]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 11625 [7MY]

Monitored retrievable storage facility: Thomas R. Kuhn, 31473 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 31470 [10NO], 32572 [18NO]

———Lando W. Zech, Jr., NRC, 31471, 31472, 31473, 31490 [10NO], 32570 [18NO]

———S.A. White, 31087 [5NO]

———Senator Johnston, 31472 [10NO]

———several Members of Congress, 31488 [10NO]

———W.F. Willis, 31088 [5NO]

Organotin-based antifoulant paint control: Representative de la Garza, 31357 [9NO]

———Representative Walter B. Jones, 31357 [9NO]

Patent restoration: Otis N. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 5697 [13MR]

Plastic waste pollution: Senator McCain, 9747 [24AP]

———Stephen K. Lambright, Anheuser-Busch Co., 9747 [24AP]

Radioactive waste disposal: Kenneth M. Carr, 31481 [10NO]

———Meyer Steinberg, 31505 [10NO]

———several members of Washington State Legislature, 13975 [28MY]

Radioactive waste site and Canyonlands National Park: Bruce Blanchard, 3873 [19FE]

———Peter L. Parry, 3872 [19FE]

Radon home improvements expenses: Daniel G. Walter, Associated Specialty Contractors, Inc., 27093 [8OC]

———David H. Brockway, Joint Committee on Taxation, 27094 [8OC]

———Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, 27093 [8OC]

———M.R. Sullivan, Jr., American Subcontractors Association, Inc., 27093 [8OC]

———Stephen D. Driesler, National Association of Realtors, 27093 [8OC]

———Susan A. Weiss, Consumer Federation of America, 27093 [8OC]

———William C. Montgomery, American Academy of Pediatrics, 27093 [8OC]

School asbestos removal funding: Charles G. Brown, 3976 [24FE]

Superfund Program relative to Olean, NY: John J. Ash, 5076 [6MR]

Superfund reauthorization: Lee M. Thomas, 19084 [8JY]

———Representative Dannemeyer, 19084 [8JY]

U.S. contribution to international project for subseabed disposal alternative for high-level nuclear waste: Edwyna G. Anderson, Michigan Dept. of Commerce, 31750 [12NO]

———several Senators, 31750 [12NO]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: George S. Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, 5349 [11MR]

———William J. Janklow, 5349 [11MR]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. 756, Radon Mitigation Clarification Act, 27094 [8OC]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: compensation of public in event of certain accidents involving nuclear materials (S. 748), D245 [8AP], D266 [22AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D289 [28AP]

Memorandums

Tennessee Construction of Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility (McWherter v. Bush): Senate Legal Counsel, 12288 [13MY]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 16082 [15JN], 16147 [16JN]

California, 25417 [28SE]

Colorado, 17436 [25JN], 18805 [7JY]

Louisiana, 20986 [23JY]

Massachusetts, 17103 [23JN], 17568 [25JN]

Michigan, 22915 [6AU], 30982 [5NO], 33252 [30NO], 35741 [15DE], 36583 [19DE]

Mississippi, 11615 [7MY]

Nevada, 8669 [9AP], 9733 [24AP], 14952 [9JN], 16143 [16JN], 16775 [18JN], 17567 [25JN], 19055 [8JY], 19382 [10JY]

Oregon, 20780 [22JY], 20986 [23JY]

Messages

Hazardous Materials: President Reagan, 3719 [19FE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Reagan, 3500 [19FE]

Papers

Development and Relationship of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons—Evolving an Acceptable Nuclear Power Fuel Cycle: Meyer Steinberg, 31509-31511 [10NO]

Reduction of Radon Levels: EPA, 18920 [8JY]

Petitions

Radioactive waste repository: West Texas County Judges' and Commissioners' Association, 13736 [27MY]

Radioactive waste repository in Yucca Mountain: Bullfrog County, NV, County Commissioners, 30650 [3NO], 30763 [4NO]

Proposals

National Water Quality Assessment Program, Geological Survey, 3115-3121 [5FE]

Provisions

Fullerton, CA, hazardous waste site (H.R. 2894) (excerpt), 19084 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control, 4442 [27FE]

———control emissions, 24319 [17SE]

———health effects, 3228 [9FE]

Agent orange: effect on veterans in Vietnam, 27329 [9OC]

Air pollution: control acid rain, 7759 [2AP], 8006 [6AP], 8082 [7AP], 14208 [2JN], 15603 [11JN], 24319 [17SE]

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant consent (H.R. 3025), 27695 [13OC]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: EPA grants (H.J. Res. 153), 3888 [19FE], 4037 [24FE]

Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories: Northwest Hazardous Substance Research Center, 4122 [25FE]

Bhopal, India: gas tragedy anniversary, 33782 [2DE]

Chemical warfare: disposal of chemical weapons, 30261 [29OC]

———vulnerability of U.S. servicemen to chemical weapons, 28781 [21OC]

Chemicals: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 10614 [29AP], 31354-31358 [9NO], 36300-36306 [18DE]

Chlorofluorocarbons: international negotiations on protection of atmospheric ozone layer (H. Con. Res. 47), 3448 [18FE], 3962 [24FE]

Clean Air Act: regulate certain hazardous pollutants (H.R. 2622), 14804 [4JN], 20798 [22JY]

Consumer products: modernization of testing (H.R. 1635), 21201 [27JY]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Agency: establish (H.R. 2047), 9032 [10AP]

Dept. of Defense: guidelines for transporting rocket fuel (H.R. 3554), 29530 [27OC]

Dept. of Energy: high-level nuclear waste transportation contractors to carry maximum insurance, 21600 [30JY]

———radioactive waste management, 35651 [15DE]

———suspend activities under the Nuclear Waste Act (H.R. 2888), 18676, 18679 [1JY], 19886 [15JY]

Diseases: asbestos-related, 33802 [2DE]

East Olean, NY: Wellfield Superfund Project, 6242 [18MR]

Ecology: impact of ocean dumping, 25670 [29SE]

———impose a manufacturer's excise tax on the sale of chemicals which deplete the ozone layer (H.R. 2854), 18370 [30JN], 23882 [14SE]

EPA: asbestos health hazard regulations for schools, 11869 [8MY]

———data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (H.R. 2800), 17872, 17883, 17886 [26JN], 20120 [15JY], 35746 [15DE], 38289 [22DE]

———establish Office of Waste Reduction, 14783 [4JN]

———establish Waste Reduction Clearinghouse (H.R. 2599), 14759 [4JN]

———funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools (H.J. Res. 153), 3975-3978 [24FE]

———management of infectious and pathologic waste (H.R. 3467), 27332 [9OC]

———PCB removal plant locations, 15497 [11JN]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 28533 [20OC]

Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste laws, 36080, 36084 [17DE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2463), 13035, 13036 [19MY]

———amend (H.R. 463), 966 [7JA]

Federal Railroad Administration: rail safety, 19067 [8JY]

Foreign trade: transportation of plutonium between the U.S. and Japan (H.R. 3796), 36512 [18DE]

Formaldehyde: health risk, 22989 [6AU]

Fullerton, CA: hazardous waste site (H.R. 2894), 19083 [8JY]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 162), 91 [6JA]

India: Union Carbide Corp. settlement, 30246 [29OC]

Nevada: radioactive waste disposal site, 36083 [17DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1315), 20834 [22JY], 22258-22277, 22278 [4AU], 22537-22566 [5AU]

Nuclear energy: funds for cleanup from defense activities (H.R. 2625), 14874 [8JN]

———Hanford Nuclear Reservation, WA, 13040 [20MY]

———protection in connection with transportation (H.R. 3598), 30812 [4NO]

———radioactive waste disposal, 22049 [3AU]

———radioactive waste disposal (H.R. 3598), 30812 [4NO]

———radioactive waste disposal repository in East, 4733 [4MR], 5192 [10MR]

———radioactive waste repositories (H.R. 2885), 18712 [1JY]

———radioactive waste transportation (H.R. 2118), 9282 [22AP], 9354 [22AP]

———State participation in site selection (H.R. 2475), 13319 [20MY]

———suspend site selection process (H.R. 266), 26608 [6OC]

———transport and disposal, 36087 [17DE]

Nuclear power plants: liability for accidents (H.R. 2082), 8640 [9AP], 8922 [9AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1324), 4446 [2MR]

———continuation of research on the subseabed disposal of waste (H.R. 3499), 28164 [15OC]

———land acquisition and site characterization activities (H.R. 2189), 10285, 10293 [28AP]

———redirect disposal program (H.R. 3430), 26724 [6OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 2888), 18676, 18679 [1JY], 19886 [15JY]

Occupational health and safety: hazards in the workplace (H.R. 3566), 29764 [28OC]

———notify workers of risk (S. 79), 13034 [19MY]

OSHA: chronic hazard labeling of art and craft material, 18706 [1JY]

———funding, 8268 [7AP]

Otisca Industries, Ltd., Syracuse, NY: tribute, 4442 [27FE]

Ozone layer: international negotiations to reduce chlorofluorocarbons (H. Con. Res. 47), 4140 [26FE]

Pesticides: coordinate and synchronize data requirements (H.R. 2869), 18707 [1JY]

Pipeline safety: improve, 934 [7JA]

Plastics: disposal of certain materials at sea (H.R. 940), 27680, 27685 [13OC], 27692 [14OC], 27693, 27701 [13OC], 27945 [14OC], 28547 [20OC]

———research and regulations on certain drift nets (H.R. 940), 27680, 27685 [13OC], 27692 [14OC], 27693, 27701 [13OC], 27945 [14OC], 28547 [20OC]

Polychlorinated biphenyls: requirements for handling (H.R. 3070), 21805, 21806 [30JY]

Radon: exposure (H.R. 2837), 18106 [29JN]

Railroads: hazardous materials emergency response procedures (H.R. 2056), 8649 [9AP]

Refuse and refuse disposal: regulate dumping of medical waste (H.R. 3478), 27458 [13OC]

Safe Pipeline Act: enact (H.R. 262), 934 [7JA]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: Dept. of Energy (H.R. 3784), 36502 [18DE]

———Federal facilities (H.R. 3782), 36499 [18DE]

———Federal facilities (H.R. 3783), 36493 [18DE]

———Federal facilities (H.R. 3785), 36496 [18DE]

———reduce hazards from municipal incinerator ash (H.R. 2517), 23018 [6AU]

Spent Fuel Contingency Act: enact (H.R. 2319), 11670 [7MY], 11745 [7MY]

Superfund: OMB management, 2015 [27JA]

———reauthorize, 36673 [19DE]

Texas Eastern Pipeline: hazardous substance dumping at Bechtelsville, PA, 8303 [8AP]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (H.R. 1697), 6220 [18MR]

Transportation: safety (H.R. 3334), 25433 [29SE]

———solid waste (H.R. 3516), 28533 [20OC]

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (H.R. 1046), 9698 [23AP]

Water pollution: New Jersey, 14075 [28MY]

Water Quality Act: carcinogens, 2511 [3FE]

———chemical drainage from farmlands, 2510 [3FE]

———Chesapeake Bay programs, 2513 [3FE]

———EPA's Great Lakes program, 2508 [3FE]

———municipal and industrial stormwater drainage into waterways, 2511 [3FE]

———toxic substances, 2510 [3FE]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste depository, 36265 [18DE]

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 321), 7966 [3AP]

Air pollution: regulation of certain hazardous air pollutants (S. 1446), 17856 [26JN]

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant charter (S. 1551), 21137 [24JY]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: funds for school buildings (S.J. Res. 54), 4404 [26FE], 3797 [19FE]

Asbestos: funding for school abatement programs (H.J. Res. 153), 4570 [3MR]

———funding for schol abatement programs (H.J. Res. 153), place on calendar, 4407 [26FE]

———standards for identification and abatement in certain buildings (S. 1809), 28977 [22OC]

California: prohibit burning and dumping of toxic and hazardous waste in certain areas (S. 884), 7531 [31MR]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 33121 [20NO], 35985 [17DE]

———sanctions (S. 1941), 35289 [11DE]

Clean Air Standards Attainment Act: enact, 36630 [19DE]

Dept. of Energy: defense waste cleanup fund (S. 1432), 17583 [25JN]

———Golden Fleece of the Month recipient, 28621 [21OC]

Ecology: ozone depletion, 34324 [8DE]

EPA: air quality standards (S. 787), 6375 [19MR]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act: enact (S. 981), 8775 [9AP]

Food imports: inspection, 301 [6JA]

Gasoline: labeling of benzene levels (S. 1724), 25419 [28SE]

Gulf of Mexico: designate as special area, 31061-31065 [5NO]

Hanford, WA: funding for waste revitrification plant (project 88-D-173), 31778 [12NO]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (S. 1429), 17576, 17579 [25JN]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 79), 536, 540 [6JA]

High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act: enact (S. 1266), 13583 [21MY], 13974 [28MY]

Housing: radon testing and reduction (S. 1067), 9244 [22AP]

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (S. 1629), 23206, 23212 [7AU]

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 34549 [9DE], 37836 [21DE]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: enact (S. 513), 3112 [5FE]

Nuclear energy: agreement with certain States and Indian tribes relative to disposal (S. 839), 6879 [25MR]

———disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste (S. 1481), 19398, 19401 [10JY]

———establish regional monitored retrievable storage facilities (S. 1266), 13583 [21MY], 13974 [28MY]

———long-term disposal of waste, 5962 [17MR]

———radioactive waste disposal (S. 621), 4588 [3MR]

———rail transportation of high-level nuclear waste (S. 1436), 17829 [26JN]

———reprocessing technologies, 31504 [10NO]

———safety of facilities (S. 1085), 9431 [23AP], 27325 [9OC], 30805 [4NO]

———site for monitored retrievable storage facility at Oak Ridge, TN (S.J. Res. 150), 14364 [2JN]

———site selection (S. 1668), cost estimate, 23861 [11SE]

———State participation in approval of waste repository (S. 1007), 8835 [9AP]

———State regulation of transportation (S. 1008), 8956 [10AP]

———Swedish program, 4361 [26FE]

———Tennessee disapproval of radioactive waste site, 14315 [2JN]

———transportation safety, 15409 [11JN]

———use certain public lands in Eddy County, NM, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (S. 1272), 13596 [21MY]

———waste disposal, 23526 [9SE]

Nuclear Energy Waste Policy Act: enact (S. 1141), 11523 [6MY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (S. 1668), 28622 [21OC]

———construction and operation of monitored retrievable storage facility (S. 1423), 17572 [25JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Review Commission Act: enact (S. 1980), 36612 [19DE]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Act: enact (S. 1395), 16845, 16847 [19JN]

Nuclear Waste Transportation Prohibition Through Urbanized Areas Act: enact (S. 833), 6873 [25MR]

Occupational health and safety: develop standards for notification of individuals exposed (S. 638), 4609 [3MR]

———notify workers of risk (S. 79), 6123 [18MR], 11625 [7MY], 12317-12321 [13MY], 31237 [6NO], 31542 [10NO]

Olean, NY: Superfund Program, 5076 [6MR]

Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (S. 1788), 28127-28130 [15OC], 35274 [11DE], 35812 [16DE]

Pesticides: registration (S. 746), 5697 [13MR]

Petroleum: regulate above-ground storage tanks (S. 899), 7846 [2AP]

Plastics: ecological effects, 9747 [24AP]

———EPA study of effects of dumping on land and in water (S. 534), 3392 [17FE]

———EPA study of effects of dumping on land and in water (S. 559), 3757 [19FE]

Pollution: effect of plastic waste, 9747 [24AP]

Radioactive Materials Transportation Act: enact (S. 1631), 23214 [7AU]

Radon Detection in School Buildings Act: enact (S. 743), 5625 [12MR]

Radon Proficiency Development Act: enact (S. 1067), 9244 [22AP]

Refuse and refuse disposal: solid waste, 36001 [17DE]

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 5626, 5629 [12MR], 16411 [17JN], 18914, 18915-18921 [8JY]

Subseabed Nuclear Waste Disposal Research Act: enact (S. 1428), 17821 [26JN]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 981), 8775 [9AP]

Transportation: improve safety (S. 1269), 13587, 13590, 13605, 13636 [21MY]

Treaty on Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships: ratification, 31060-31065 [5NO]

Veterans: Centers for Disease Control study of agent orange, 26147-26152 [1OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: agent orange, 7661 [1AP]

Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 1331), 14695 [4JN]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (S. 717), 5346, 5349 [11MR]

Reports

Managing Nation's High-Level Radioactive Waste: OTA, 31742-31745 [12NO]

Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility: GAO, 31497 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Site Selection Cost Estimate (S. 1668): CBO, 23861 [11SE]

Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1788) (S. Rept. 100-237), 34327 [8DE]

Recommendation of Candidate Sites for the Characterization for the First Radioactive Waste Repository: Dept. of Energy, 10293 [28AP]

Serum Dioxin in Vietnam-Era Veterans: Centers for Disease Control, 26148 [1OC]

Special Envoys on Acid Rain: Drew Lewis and William Davis, 7970-7977 [3AP]

Timing of State Objections to Location of Monitored Retrievable Storage Sites: Michael V. Seitzinger, 14316 [2JN]

Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Office of Technology Assessment, 13605 [21MY]

Reports filed

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 100-322), 26813 [7OC]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 100-322), 25748 [30SE]

Atomic Energy Act Amendments: Committee on Energy and National Resources (S. 748) (S. Rept. 100-70), 16149 [16JN]

Clean Air Act Amendment: Committee Environment and Public Works (S. 1894) (S. Rept. 100-231), 33121 [20NO]

Consent to Western Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1530) (H. Rept. 100-24), 14777 [4JN]

Disposal of Certain Plastic Materials at Sea: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 940) (S. Rept. 100-266), 36584 [19DE]

Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Program Redirection: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1688) (S. Rept. 100-152), 23571 [9SE]

Establish Office of Nuclear Waste Negotiator: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2967) (H. Rept. 100-425), 31423 [9NO]

Health Threat Posed by Exposure to Radon: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 744) (S. Rept. 100-91), 18182 [30JN]

High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 79) (S. Rept. 100-166), 25022 [23SE]

Nuclear Energy Procedures for Protection From Accidents: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1865) (H. Rept. 100-218), 31818 [12NO]

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-232), 33122 [20NO]

Oil Spill Damage Liability and Compensation: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1632) (H. Rept. 100-163), 16567 [17JN], 22312 [4AU]

Prohibit Use of Certain Organotin-Based Antifoulant Paints: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2210) (H. Rept. 100-400), 29306 [27OC]

Promoting Safer Highway Routing of Ultrahazardous Cargoes: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-458), 33230 [30NO]

Safety of Nuclear Facilities: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-173), 25184 [24SE]

Statements

Acid rain: U.S. Shamrock Summit envoy, 7966 [3AP]

Another OSHA Looms in Washington: John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 13034 [19MY]

Chlordane Ban: Representative Ray, 20798 [22JY]

Clean Air Hearing—Subcommittee on Environmental Protection: Senator Stafford, 6979 [26MR]

Dept. of Energy Production of Weapons and Waste Disposal, 36502 [18DE]

Federal Facilities Compliance With the Solid Waste Disposal Act: Kathleen Mix, 36499 [18DE]

Maxey Flats, KY, Nuclear Waste Spill, Geological Survey, 28623 [21OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments: NRC, 31472, 31479 [10NO]

Nuclear Waste Site Selection: Booth Gardner, Governor of Washington, 31218, 31219 [6NO]

———Carl-Erik Nyquist, 4361 [26FE]

———Charles E. Kay, Dept. of Energy, 31485 [10NO]

———NRC, 31484 [10NO]

Organotin-Bearing Paints: William Waldegrave, 35812 [16DE]

Pesticide Case Arbitration Award: Library of Congress, 5697 [13MR]

Superfund Program Relative to Olean, NY: John M. Hart, Jr., and Peter Marcus, 5076 [6MR]

Wellfield Superfund Project: East Olean, NY, 6242-6243 [18MR]

Studies

Comparison of Serum Levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD With Indirect Estimates of Agent Orange Exposure in Vietnam Veterans: Centers for Disease Control, 26149 [1OC]

Delay in Health Study Attributed to OMB Conditions, 7662 [1AP]

OTA Comments on Proposed Protocol for the ``Women Vietnam Veterans Health Study'': New England Research Institute, Inc., 26151 [1OC]

Summaries

Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Amendments (S. 1269), 13589 [21MY]

Indoor Air Quality Act (S. 1629), 23212 [7AU]

Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility: Dept. of Energy, 31474 [10NO]

Radioactive Waste Management Program: Victor Stello, Jr., NRC, 31480 [10NO], 31482

Regulation of Above-Ground Storage Tanks (S. 899), 7847 [2AP]

Tables

Indoor radon measurements results, by states, 6220 [18MR]

Public laws on regulation of exposures to carcinogens, 26685 [6OC]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 153, EPA funding for asbestos abatement programs in schools, 3975 [24FE]

H.R. 940, disposal of certain plastic materials at sea, 27680-27684 [13OC]

H.R. 2056, Hazardous Materials Rail Safety Act, 8649 [9AP]

H.R. 2082, Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act, 8640 [9AP]

H.R. 2210, Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act, 31354 [9NO], 36300-36304 [18DE]

H.R. 2319, Spent Fuel Contingency Act, 11670 [7MY]

H.R. 3025, consent of Congress to Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, 27698-27701 [13OC]

H.R. 3796, transportation of plutonium between the U.S. and Japan, 36513 [18DE]

S. 44, compensation mechanism for nuclear power plant accidents, 486-489 [6JA]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 537-540 [6JA]

S. 513, National Ground Water Contamination Research Act, 3114 [5FE]

S. 638, develop standards for notification of individuals exposed to hazardous substances, 4609

S. 717, Western low-level waste disposal compact, 5346-5349 [11MR]

S. 743, Radon Detection in School Buildings Act, 5625 [12MR]

S. 744, State Radon Program Development Act, 5628 [12MR], 18915-18917 [8JY]

S. 787, EPA air quality standards, 6376 [19MR]

S. 884, prohibit burning and dumping of toxic and hazardous waste in certain areas off California, 7532 [31MR]

S. 981, Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act, 8776-8780 [9AP]

S. 1007, State participation in approval of waste repository, 8836 [9AP]

S. 1067, Radon Proficiency Development Act, 9245 [22AP]

S. 1085, Nuclear Protections and Safety Act, 9432-9435 [23AP]

S. 1266, High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Act, 13975-13977 [28MY]

S. 1269, improve safe transportation of hazardous substances, 13587 [21MY]

S. 1331, Waste Reduction Clearinghouse Act, 14697 [4JN]

S. 1395, Nuclear Waste Transportation Act, 16845 [19JN]

S. 1423, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 17572 [25JN]

S. 1429, Hazardous Waste Reduction Act, 17577 [25JN]

S. 1432, Dept. of Energy defense waste cleanup fund, 17584 [25JN]

S. 1446, regulation of certain hazardous air pollutants, 17857 [26JN]

S. 1481, disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste, 19399-19401 [10JY]

S. 1551, Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact charter grant, 21137-21141 [24JY]

S. 1629, Indoor Air Quality Act, 23207-23211 [7AU]

S. 1631, Radioactive Materials Transportation Act, 23214 [7AU]

S. 1788, Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act, 28127 [15OC], 35275 [11DE]

S. 1809, EPA standards for identification and abatement of hazardous asbestos in certain buildings, 28978-28981 [22OC]

S. 1941, Clean Air Act sanctions, 35289 [11DE]

S.J. Res. 150, site for monitored retrievable storage facility at Oak Ridge, TN, 14365 [2JN]