REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

Amendments

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

Analyses

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

Articles and editorials

Camden County Sets the Recycling Pace, 23881 [14SE]

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

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

Injustice in Uniontown, 36001 [17DE]

Invasion of Trash From Sea Overwhelming Coastal States, 19451 [10JY]

Landfill Closings—Costly Crisis for the Northeast, 36001

Messy N.Y. Town Cries Foul Over Bottle Industry Ad Here—Deposit Bill Didn't Halt Oneonta Recycling, 30265 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions

Clean Air Act: municipal waste incinerators (see H.R. 2516)

Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (see H.R. 3524)

Dept. of Energy: pollution control (see H.R. 3781)

———regulations (H.R. 3784)

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

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

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

Gateway National Recreation Area: delete Fountain Avenue landfill from boundary (see H.R. 3650)

Hazardous substances: disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (see H.R. 2685, 3070)

———ocean incineration (see H.R. 737)

———regulate dumping of medical waste (see H.R. 3478)

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

Local governments: reduce hazards from municipal incinerators (H.R. 2517)

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 389)

Navy: implementation of an environmentally sound trash disposal procedure (see S. Con. Res. 70)

———trash compacting or disposal system (see H. Con. Res. 183)

Nonhazardous refuse: record to ensure against illegal disposal at sea (see H.R. 3595)

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

Plastic Pollution Control Act: enact (see S. Con. Res. 70)

Plastic Waste Study Act: enact (see H.R. 474)

Plastics: disposal of certain materials at sea (see S. 633; H.R. 940)

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

Renewable Resources Extension Act: extend (see H.R. 357)

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

Sewage sludge: transportation on U.S.-built vessels (see S. 1292; H.R. 82)

Shore Protection Act: enact (see S. 1751)

Solid waste: restrictions on disposal (see H.R. 2379)

———transportation (see H.R. 3516)

———transportation on U.S.-flag vessels (see H.R. 2552)

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)

Solid Waste Ocean Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1465)

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

Explanations

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

Hearings

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

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: require vessels used to transport sewage sludge to be built in the U.S. (H.R. 82) (testimony), D280 [23AP]

Letters

Bullfrog County, NV: Joe S. Garcia, Jr., Nye County, NV, Commission, 24476 [18SE]

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 19451 [10JY]

———Senator Helms, 20081 [15JY]

———Senators Chafee and Roth, 20081 [15JY]

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

———Representative Dannemeyer, 19084 [8JY]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, 18805 [7JY]

Louisiana, 13129 [20MY], 13737 [27MY], 16145 [16JN]

Michigan, 36583 [19DE]

New Mexico, 9648 [23AP]

Tennessee, 14144 [29MY]

Texas, 16290 [16JN]

Petitions

Monitoring of sewage barges: Berkeley, NJ, Township Council, 18948 [8JY], 19137 [9JY]

Poems

``Pollution,'' E. Sheldon Graeff, 34652 [9DE]

Provisions

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

Regulations

Testing of shipping casks for transportation of nuclear waste: NRC, 31503 [10NO]

Remarks in House

Brigantine, NJ: Marine Mammal Stranding Center problems relative to ocean dumping, 29511 [27OC]

Clean Air Act: municipal waste incinerators (H.R. 2516), 23880 [14SE]

Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (H.R. 3524), 28552 [21OC], 28773 [21OC]

Dept. of Energy: pollution control (H.R. 3781), 36156 [17DE]

———regulations (H.R. 3784), 36502 [18DE]

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

EPA: establish Office of Waste Reduction, 14783 [4JN]

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

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

Hazardous substances: reauthorize Superfund, 36673 [19DE]

———regulate dumping of medical waste (H.R. 3478), 27458 [13OC]

———requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3070), 21805, 21806 [30JY]

Iron and steel industry: economic demand for water and sewer products, 2511 [3FE]

Local governments: reduce hazards from municipal incinerators (H.R. 2517), 23018 [6AU]

National Hazardous Material Control and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 895), 2206-2208 [29JA]

National Recycling Month: designate (H.J. Res. 389), 29768 [28OC]

Navy: implementation of an environmentally sound trash disposal procedure (H. Con. Res. 183), 23633 [9SE]

Nebraska: recycling campaign to keep State beautiful, 34668 [10DE]

Nonhazardous refuse: record to ensure against illegal disposal at sea (H.R. 3595), 33800 [2DE]

Oneonta, NY: effects of a bottle bill, 30264 [29OC]

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

———study environmental impact, 14095 [28MY]

Sewage disposal: require transportation of waste in U.S.-built ships (H.R. 82), 963 [7JA], 21166-21168 [27JY]

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]

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

Stormwater control program: regulations, 2512 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: lease Fort Chaffee, AR, land for waste treatment facility, 24507 [18SE]

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

Ecology: disposal of solid waste, 36001 [17DE]

Navy: implementation of an environmentally sound trash disposal procedure (S. Con. Res. 70), 23576 [9SE]

Plastic Pollution Control Act: enact (S. Con. Res. 70), 23576 [9SE]

Plastic Waste Study Act: enact (H.R. 474), 4573 [3MR]

Plastics: coastal zone management, 19451 [10JY]

———eliminate disposal of products in U.S. waters (S. 633), 4600 [3MR], 27830 [14OC]

———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]

Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships: unanimous-consent agreement, 30803 [4NO]

———yeas and nays ordered on ratification of treaty, 30805 [4NO]

Sewage sludge: transportation on U.S.-builtvessels (S. 1292), 13951 [28MY]

Shore Protection Act: enact (S. 1751), 26335 [2OC]

Solid Waste Ocean Transportation Act: enact (S. 1465), 18538 [1JY]

Reports

Economic Demand of Water and Sewer Products on Iron and Steel Production: David J. Cantor, Library of Congress, 2511 [3FE]

Superfund 1987—Public Health Remains at Risk—A One-Year Report on EPA's Cleanup Program Under the New Superfund Law: Clean Water Action Project, 36673 [19DE]

Reports filed

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

Landfills on Dept. of the Interior Lands: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-457), 33230 [30NO]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Waste Reduction, 25047 [23SE]

Statements

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

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

Refuse Disposal in the Ocean: Representative Hughes, 33801 [2DE]

Tables

Possible effect of spending $1 billion on water and sewer projects on steel demand, 2511 [3FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 183, Navy implementation of an environmentally sound trash disposal procedure, 23633 [9SE]

H.J. Res. 389, designate National Recycling Month, 29769 [28OC]

H.R. 82, require transportation of sewage waste in U.S.-built ships, 21166 [27JY]

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

S. 559, EPA study of effects of dumping plastics on land and in water, 3758 [19FE]

S. 633, eliminate disposal of plastic products in U.S. waters, 4601-4603 [3MR]

S. 1292, require that vessels transporting sewage sludge be built in U.S., 13951 [28MY]

S. 1465, Solid Waste Ocean Transportation Act, 18538 [1JY]

S. 1751, Shore Protection Act, 26335 [2OC]

S. Con. Res. 70, Plastic Pollution Control Act, 23577 [9SE]