COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS (Senate)

Bills and resolutions

Funding: authorize (see S. Res. 67)

Hearings

Acid rain (testimony from Senator Byrd, Michael D. High, Gene G. Mannella, Flynt Kennedy, James R. Tacheny, Lawrence T. Papay, Paul G. Lahaye, and F.P. Boer), D109 [4MR]

Acid rain controls and attainment strategies: (testimony), D267 [22AP]

Activities of the NRC: (testimony), D701 [8OC]

Administration of the Federal aid highway program: (testimony), D827 [19NO]

Air quality management: (testimony), D198 [26MR]

Assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (S. 744), D300 [30AP]

Authorize a study to determine the extent to which radon in the Nation's schools poses a threat to children and employees (S. 743)

Big Creek Watershed, TX: (testimony), D754 [27OC]

Clean air: (testimony), D446 [19JN]

Construction of a Federal office building and a trade and cultural center in District of Columbia (testimony), D307 [1MY]

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

Dept. of Energy's high-level waste program: (testimony), D390 [2JN], D439 [18JN]

Developments and innovation within the public and private infrastructure sector of the economy, D785 [4NO]

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

Effects of ozone and carbon monoxide in non-attainment areas: (testimony), D252 [9AP]

Endangered Species Act budget (S. 675): (testimony), D237 [7AP]

Extend and improve the procedures for the protection of the public from nuclear incidents (S. 44, 843)

———(testimony), D300 [30AP]

Federal-Aid Highway Act (H.R. 2) (testimony), D288 [28AP]

Fisheries and wildlife land acquisitions: (testimony), D606 [10SE]

Greenhouse gases: (testimony from David D. Doniger and Richard Barnett), D33 [28JA]

———(testimony from John D. Negroponte, J. Craig Potter, Fitzhugh Green, Vaun Newill, EPA, Tom M.L. Wigley, Ralph J. Cicerone, V. Ramanathan, Wallace S. Broecker, Gordon J. MacDonald, and Jessica T. Mathews), D33 [28JA]

GSA funds, focusing on construction and acquisition of new Federal office space: (testimony), D432 [17JN]

Handling and disposal of municipal solid waste: (testimony), D674 [1OC]

Health effects of acid rain precursors, focusing on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides: (testimony from Richard Narkewicz, Thomas Godar, Anthony Robbins, and Phillip Landrigan), D46 [3FE]

Health effects of ozone and carbon monoxide in non-attainment areas (testimony), D211 [31MR]

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

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

Implementation of the Superfund program (testimony), D294 [29AP], D463 [25JN]

Implementation of the superfund program, focusing on manpower and program delay issues: (testimony), D542 [23JY]

Improper influence on the NRC's Shoreham adjudicatory licensing proceeding: (testimony), D349 [14MY]

Infrastructure: (testimony), D535 [22JY], D688 [6OC], D740 [21OC]

Limited extensions in Clean Air Act deadlines for areas that violate national air quality standards (S. 1351) (testimony), D426 [16JN], D432 [17JN], D535 [22JY], D542 [23JY]

Management of municipal solid waste: (testimony), D590 [6AU]

National program to reduce contaminants in indoor air (S. 1629): (testimony), D833 [20NO]

Nomination of Kenneth C. Rogers to the NRC: (testimony), D499 [9JY]

———of Linda J. Fisher to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, D888 [15DE]

———of Marvin T. Runyon to the TVA Board of Directors, D888 [15DE]

North American Waterfowl Management Plan: (testimony), D606 [10SE]

North Deer Creek Watershed, OK: (testimony), D754 [27OC]

NRC and FEMA's radiological emergency preparedness programs: (testimony), D325 [7MY]

NRC budget (testimony), D320 [6MY]

NRC regulatory interface with industry: (testimony), D733 [20OC]

Organizational proposals relative to the NRC: (testimony), D767 [29OC]

Ozone depletion and protection of the stratosphere

Performance of Thomas M. Roberts within the NRC: (testimony), D395 [3JN]

Programs contained in President's proposed budget: (testimony from Lee M. Thomas and A.J. Barnes), D55 [5FE]

Radon gas (S. 743, 744) (testimony), D226 [2AP]

Reduce the pollution of U.S. waters and coastal areas by plastic debris: (testimony), D627 [17SE]

Regulation of biotechnology: (testimony), D792 [5NO]

Require vessels to manifest the transport of municipal or other nonhazardous commercial wastes transported offshore: (testimony), D785 [4NO]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act relative to disposal of hazardous wastes: (testimony), D406 [5JN]

Role of the U.S. Antarctic program in research and stratospheric ozone depletion in the Antarctic: (testimony), D754 [27OC]

Stratospheric ozone depletion: (testimony), D337 [12MY], D344 [13MY], D349 [14MY]

Technologies for control of acid rain precursors, clean coal technology, and U.S.-Canada report on acid rain: (testimony from J.A. Wampler, Mary L. Walker, Craig J. Potter, Frank Princiotta, and David G. Hawkins), D137 [11MR]

Transportation of radioactive materials: (testimony), D395 [3JN]

VA, NRC and TVA budgets: (testimony from James K. Asselstine and Kenneth M. Carr), D64 [18FE]

———(testimony from Senator Gore, Charles H. Dean, Jr., John B. Waters, William F. Willis, Edward S. Christenbury, B.J. Bond, John T. Shields, Lando W. Zech, Jr., Thomas M. Roberts, and Fred Bernthal), D64 [18FE]

Letters

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 19451 [10JY]

Sequential testing of radioactive waste disposal sites: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 32024 [17NO]

Meetings

Acquisition of additional lands for the Kilauea National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai (S. 1193), D745 [22OC], D801 [10NO]

Alan Bible Federal Building (S. 1901), D897 [17DE]

Assist States in responding to health threat posed by radon (S. 744), D432 [17JN]

Authorize construction of a public building for the EPA (S. 1425), D576 [4AU]

Authorizing GSA funds, including Federal office space maintenance, D432 [17JN]

Authorizing the development of Federal office space and an international cultural and trade center on the Federal Triangle (S. 1550), D557 [29JY]

Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and U.S. Post Office (H.R. 307), D722 [15OC]

Controlling plastic pollution, D801 [10NO]

Endangered Species Act appropriations (S. 675), D744 [22OC], D801 [10NO]

Highway construction programs, D22 [21JA]

Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse (H.R. 614), D722 [15OC]

Limited extensions in Clean Air Act deadlines for areas that violate national air quality standards, D472 [29JN], D477 [30JN], D562 [30JY], D557 [29JY], D617 [16SE], D641 [23SE], D652 [25SE], D682 [2OC], D695 [7OC], D722 [15OC], D744 [22OC]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation use of Federal funds for land acquisition (S. 1389), D744 [22OC], D801 [10NO]

Nomination of Ernest Edgar III to the Mississippi River Commission, D722 [15OC]

————of Frank H. Walk to the Mississippi River Commission, D722 [15OC]

———of Grant C. Peterson to be an associate director of FEMA, D897 [17DE]

———of Kenneth C. Rogers to the NRC, D576 [4AU]

———of Linda J. Fisher to be assistant administrator of the EPA, D897 [17DE]

———of Marvin T. Runyon to the board of directors of the TVA, D897 [17DE]

———of Wesley V. Hull to the Mississippi River Commission, D897 [17DE]

Operating expenses (S. Res. 67), D17 [16JA]

Protect the aquatic environment from certain chemicals used in antifoulant paints (S. 1788), D745 [22OC], D801 [10NO]

Protection of the public from nuclear accidents, D548 [24JY], D576 [4AU]

Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93), D722 [15OC]

Soil conservation watershed projects, D801 [10NO]

Study and control the disposal of plastic waste, D745 [22OC]

Subcommittee assignments, D22 [21JA]

Technical correction to Federal Aid Highway Act, D432 [17JN]

Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Federal Building in Boston, MA (S. 1113), D432 [17JN]

Transfer ownership of the Frankfort National Fish Hatchery to Kentucky (S. 1143), D744 [22OC], D801 [10NO]

Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul, MN (S. 1337), D432 [17JN]

Water resources study resolutions, D897 [17DE]

Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, DC (S. 1371), D432 [17JN]

Questions and answers

Nomination to TVA Board of Directors: Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., 37646 [21DE]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: control acid rain, 7759 [2AP], 14208 [2JN]

Remarks in Senate

Meetings: during sessions, 7072 [26MR], 8878 [9AP], 9746 [24AP], 10359 [29AP], 10656 [30AP], 10931 [1MY], 11405, 11564 [6MY], 11624 [7MY], 12311 [13MY], 14370 [2JN], 14499 [3JN], 14866 [5JN], 16411 [17JN], 17588 [25JN], 18209 [30JN], 19261 [9JY], 20650 [22JY], 21023 [23JY], 21535 [29JY], 22212 [4AU], 24224 [16SE], 24450 [17SE], 25029 [23SE], 25332 [25SE], 26343 [2OC], 26585 [6OC], 26922 [7OC], 28137 [15OC], 28434 [20OC], 28753 [21OC], 28991 [22OC], 29481 [27OC], 29891 [29OC], 30786 [4NO], 31154 [5NO], 31543 [10NO], 32841 [19NO], 33169 [20NO]

Notices of hearings, 18576 [1JY], 26185 [1OC], 27128 [8OC]

Nuclear energy: disapproval of waste site by Tennessee, 14315 [2JN]

Stafford, Senator: ranking member (S. Res. 72), 1460 [20JA]

TVA: nomination of Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., 37646 [21DE]

Reports

Appropriations (S. Res. 67), 1381 [16JA]

Appropriations for Roads and Highways (S. 387), 1965 [27JA]

———(S. Res. 85), 1965 [27JA]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 7941 [3AP], 20232, 20233 [17JY], 32806 [19NO], 36192 [18DE]

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

Reports filed

Alan Bible Federal Building, Las Vegas, NV (S. 1901), 35990 [17DE]

Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, Lansing, MI (H.R. 307), 29156 [23OC]

Clean Air Act Amendment (S. 1894) (S. Rept. 100-231), 33121 [20NO]

Conveyance of Frankfort National Fish Hatchery to Kentucky (S. 1143) (S. Rept. 100-268), 37793 [21DE]

Federal Triangle Development Act (S. 1550) (S. Rept. 100-139), 22021 [3AU]

Health Threat Posed by Exposure to Radon (S. 744) (S. Rept. 100-91), 18182 [30JN]

Hugo L. Black Courthouse, Birmingham, AL (H.R. 614) (H. Rept. 100-207), 29156 [23OC]

Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge, HI, Additional Lands (S. 1193) (S. Rept. 100-269), 37793 [21DE]

Legislative Activities During 99th Congress: (S. Rept. 100-40), 9120 [21AP]

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendment (S. 1389) (S. Rept. 100-255), 35631 [15DE]

Nomination Frank H. of Walk, 28284 [16OC]

———of Charles E. Edgar III, 28284 [16OC]

———of Kenneth Rogers, 22208 [4AU]

Nominations, 35990 [17DE]

Public Buildings Authorization Act (S. 1502), 20239, 20240 [17JY]

———(S. Rept. 100-118), 20518 [21JY]

Study of Pollution of Aquatic Environments From plastic Materials (S. 1986) (S. Rept. 100-270), 37793 [21DE]

Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (S. 1337), 18182 [30JN]

Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (S. 1371), 18182 [30JN]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (S. 1383), 16385 [17JN]

Rules

Procedure, 5071 [6MR]

Testimonies

Clean Coal Technologies: Senator Byrd, 4972-4974 [6MR]

TVA: Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., 36548 [19DE]

Texts of

S. Res. 67, authorizing expenditures, 1408 [16JA]