WATER POLLUTION see also Ecology

Addresses

Future of San Francisco Bay: Representative George Miller, 5516 [11MR]

Amendments

Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships: implement provisions of annex V (S. 560), 22037 [3AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 836 [7JA], 1292, 1331-1354 [14JA]

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

Analyses

Development of Methods for Management and Control of Aquatic Plants (H.R. 3244), 23680 [9SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments (H.R. 1), 840-854 [7JA]

Ground Water Protection Act (H.R. 963), 3188 [5FE]

Implement Certain Provisions of International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (S. 1562), 21530 [29JY]

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

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

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Is Killing More Than Lakes and Trees, 14063 [28MY]

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

Acid-Rain Damage to Lakes Minimal, EPA Advisers Find, 8391 [8AP]

Approve Clean Water Act, 1573 [21JA]

Bucking the Clean Water Tide, 1573 [21JA]

Canada Wants Action To Back Up Reagan's Words on Acid Rain, 8907 [9AP]

Canadian Anger at U.S. Grows With Each Rain-Poisoned Lake, 8906 [9AP]

Canadians Want U.S. To Act Now, 8904 [9AP]

Clean Water, Postponed, 1576 [21JA]

Clean Water Veto Unwise, 1575 [21JA]

Clean Water—Return Bill to the President, 1576 [21JA]

Colorado River Task Is All Red White and Blue, 21115 [24JY]

Council OK's Riverfront Funds, 21115 [24JY]

Dirty Move on Clean Water, 1572 [21JA]

Florida Port Loses BMW's Business Over Acid Rain, 332 [6JA]

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

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

Northern Neighbors Want Same Sweet Deal Southern Ones Got, 8905 [9AP]

Pioneers Fight To Save Sea Mammals, 29512 [27OC]

Playing Macho on Water Bill, 1575 [21JA]

Poland's Devastation of Natural Resources, 6707 [24MR]

Politics Dirties the Water, 1574 [21JA]

President Acts Against Clean Water, 2806 [4FE]

President Asks for It, 1576 [21JA]

President's Ear Shut on Water Bill, 1574 [21JA]

Reagan Shouldn't Veto Clean Water Legislation, 1574 [21JA]

Reckless Veto by Mr. Reagan, 1575 [21JA]

Reporter at Large—The Environment, 18213-18224 [30JN]

Resuscitating Clean Water Bill, 1572 [21JA]

Saving the Chesapeake Bay, 34104 [4DE]

Sudbury's Cure Begets Neighbors' Malady, 8905 [9AP]

Time Is Running Out for Major Urban Areas, 1573 [21JA]

2 Environmental Problems on Which Soviets Could Help, 11735 [7MY]

Veto Sets Back Cleanup, 1577 [21JA]

``Voodoo Science'' Is Acid Rain's Friend, 27707 [13OC]

Water Act Veto an All-Count Loser, 1576 [21JA]

Water Veto Would Hurt Kansas, 1572 [21JA]

Water—Keep It Clean, 1573 [21JA]

Whopping Sentiment, 1574 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see S. 1696; H.R. 3069)

California: prohibit disposal of waste water in certain bays and estuaries (see H.R. 2415)

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

———clarify authority of Administrator in enforcing Ocean Dumping Act and Clean Water Act (see H.R. 3411)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 1; H.R. 1)

Geological Survey: authorizing water resources research activities (see S. 513)

Ground water: State protection programs (see H.R. 963)

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships: implement provisions (see S. 1562; H.R. 3261)

———implement provisions of Annex (see S. 535, 560)

International relations: construction and operation of certain treatment works subject to regulation under treaties (see H.R. 2061)

Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act: enact (see S. 1196), 12300 [13MY]

Mexico: correct pollution of the Rio Grande (see H.R. 2046)

National Estuarine and Coastal Waters Program: establish (see H.R. 2240)

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

New York Bight Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 2791)

NOAA: inventory of pollutants discharged into the Great Lakes (see S. 1932)

Paints and varnishes: suspension of the use of marine paints containing tributyltin (see S. 428)

Plastic Pollution Control Act: enact (see S. 1986; S. Con. Res. 70)

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

———prohibit disposal in U.S. waters (see S. 633)

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

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (see S. 1569)

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

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (see S. 428; H.R. 1046)

Water Quality Act (H.R. 1)

———correction in enrollment(see H. Con. Res. 24)

Court decisions

Milwaukee v. Illinois: Supreme Court, 987 [8JA]

NRDC v. EPA, 986 [8JA]

Documents

Comparative Type, 21528 [29JY]

Factsheets

Toxic Hotspots and Sources of Pollution for Great Lakes, 1595 [21JA]

Hearings

Committee on Rules: Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments (H.R. 1), rule for consideration (testimony from Representatives Roe, Boggs, Tauzin, Hammerschmidt, Stangeland, Livingston, and Petri), D8 [7JA]

History

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

Letters

Adirondack Mountains, NY, acid rain devastation: Erik Nilsen, 27708 [13OC]

Administration substitute for Water Quality Act: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, 1577 [21JA]

———Executive Office of the President, 1577 [21JA]

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

———Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 21527 [29JY]

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

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

Memorandums

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on House Interior and Insular Affairs, 1589 [21JA]

Indian Provisions of the Clean Water Bill: Ducheneaux/Broken Rope, 999 [8JA]

Water Rights of Indians, 1281 [14JA]

Memorials of legislature

California, 24956 [23SE]

Illinois, 22019 [3AU]

Louisiana, 20360 [21JY], 20987 [23JY]

Messages

Veto of Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment: President Reagan, 2392 [2FE]

Petitions

Acid rain: Panama City, FL, City Commission, 30763 [4NO]

———Vermont Democratic State Committee, 36709 [20DE]

Clean Water Act: Trenton, NJ, City Council, 3929 [23FE]

Endangered Species Act and western water projects: Western States Water Council, 24136 [16SE]

Quality certification: Western States Water Council, 24136 [16SE]

Poems

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

Proposals

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

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control emissions, 6616 [24MR], 7680 [1AP], 7759 [2AP], 8082 [7AP], 14208 [2JN], 15603 [11JN], 24319 [17SE], 24467 [17SE]

———effects, 8904 [9AP], 14063 [28MY]

Adirondack Mountains: acid rain devastation, 27707 [13OC]

Agriculture: chemical drainage from farmlands, 2510 [3FE]

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (H.R. 3069), 21616 [30JY], 33288 [30NO]

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

California: prohibit disposal of waste water in certain bays and estuaries (H.R. 2415), 12382 [13MY]

Canada: acid rain agreement, 6956 [26MR]

Central Valley, CA: contaminated irrigation drainage water, 9559 [23AP]

Chesapeake Bay: soil conservation programs, 2513 [3FE], 3962 [24FE]

Clean Water Day: designate (S.J. Res. 160), 20315 [21JY]

East Olean, NY: Wellfield superfund project, 6242 [18MR]

Federal aid programs: budget reductions, 3178 [5FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 836, 840 [7JA], 899, 908 [7JA], 983 [8JA], 1005 [20JA]-1034 [8JA], 1422 [20JA], 2369 [29JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), debate procedure, 976-982 [8JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 24), 1423-1428 [20JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto, 2499, 2500, 2505-2515 [3FE], 2676 [4FE]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto—debate procedure, 2206 [29JA]

Great Lakes: EPA program, 2508 [3FE]

———water quality, 33797 [2DE]

Ground Water Protection Act: enact (H.R. 963), 2679 [4FE], 3187 [5FE]

Hazardous substances: effects on drinking water, 14075 [28MY]

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

———reauthorize Superfund, 36673 [19DE]

Mexico: correct pollution of the Rio Grande (H.R. 2046), 28326 [19OC]

Mississippi River: pollution control, 2514 [3FE]

National Estuarine and Coastal Waters Program: establish (H.R. 2240), 11579 [6MY]

National Ground Water Contamination Research Act: enact (H.R. 791), 2190 [28JA]

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

North American Lake Management Society: tribute, 3232 [9FE]

Ocean: impact of dumping waste, 25670 [29SE]

Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY: pollution cleanup, 1109 [8JA]

Plastics: study environmental impact of certain waste, 14095 [28MY]

Poland: devastation of natural resources, 6707 [24MR]

Research, 14049 [28MY]

Rio Grande: correct pollution (H.R. 2046), 28326 [19OC]

Soviet Union: cleanup of environmental problems in Eastern Europe, 11735 [7MY]

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (H.R. 1046), 3226 [9FE]

Water Quality Act: carcinogens, 2511 [3FE]

———marine life, 2510 [3FE]

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

———State and local government responsibilities, 2510 [3FE]

———toxic substances, 2510 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: impact, 332 [6JA], 15487 [11JN]

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

Agriculture: minimize impact of nitrogen on ground and surface water quality (S. 1696), 22962 [6AU], 24437 [17SE]

Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1), 2153 [28JA]

Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships: implement provisions of annex V (S. 560), 3757 [19FE], 20081 [15JY], 22038 [3AU]

Ecology: status of Earth's environmental problems, 33965 [3DE]

———water quality, 28071 [15OC]

EPA: report reviewing the quality of lakes, streams, and ground water, 32057 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 1250, 1251, 1252, 1260-1298 [14JA], 1419 [16JA], 1463-1466 [20JA], 1568-1572, 1577-1599, 1613, 1682 [21JA], 2227 [29JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 24), 1599 [21JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), enrollment corrections (S. Con. Res. 10), 1656 [21JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), time-limitation agreement on amendment in nature of substitute, 1460, 1469 [20JA]

———amend (H.R. 1), veto, 2795-2809, 2812 [4FE]

———amend (S. 1), 210 [6JA]

Grand Junction, CO: Colorado River clean up project, 21114 [24JY]

Great Lakes: NOAA inventory of pollutants discharged into (S. 1932), 34338 [8DE]

Groundwater Protection Act: enact (S. 20), 438-441 [6JA]

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

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships: implement certain provisions (S. 1562), 21526 [29JY]

———ratification, 31060-31065 [5NO]

———removal of injunction of secrecy, 3426 [17FE]

Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act: enact (S. 1196), 12300 [13MY], 22426-22429 [5AU]

Mississippi River: limitations on discharge of gypsum and stormwater, 1656 [21JA]

Montana: EPA clean water study, 28064 [15OC]

National Acid Rain Control Act: enact (S. 95), 556 [6JA]

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

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

NOAA: inventory of pollutants discharged into the Great Lakes (S. 1932), 34338 [8DE]

Paints and varnishes: suspension of the use of marine paints containing tributyltin (S. 428), 2447-2449 [2FE]

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

Plastics: ecological effects, 9747 [24AP], 19451 [10JY]

———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]

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (S. 1569), 21742 [30JY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: eliminate disposal of plastic products in U.S. waters (S. 633), 4600 [3MR], 27830 [14OC]

Rhode Island: EPA water quality demonstration program, 28065 [15OC]

Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act: enact (S. 428), 2447-2449 [2FE]

Water Quality Act: enact (S. 76), 248 [6JA]

Reports

Acid Rain Partnership: Carolyn Baldwin and other delegates, 15488-15491 [11JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House), 13782 [27MY]

Great Lakes Program in Clean Water Act, 1596 [21JA]

National Water Quality Inventory: EPA, 32057 [17NO]

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

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]

Toxic Pollutants in Great Lakes: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 217, 218 [6JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1, Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 27) (H. Rept. 100-2), 832, 854 [7JA]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Relations With Canada, 11572 [6MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Syracuse, NY, Common Council, 2370 [29JA]

Statements

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

Clean Water Act: Senator Moynihan, 1286 [14JA]

Clean Water Program Funding: William Ruckelshaus, 1295 [14JA]

Construction Grants Program: William Ruckelshaus, 1275 [14JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Senator Burdick, 1589 [21JA]

———Senator Simpson, 1591 [21JA]

Need and Purpose, 21529 [29JY]

Sea Grant Colleges: Athelstan Spilhaus, 12303 [13MY]

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

Summaries

National Acid Rain Control Act (S. 95), 561 [6JA]

Tables

Clean Water Act's waste water grants and loans, by State, 1986-94, 1464 [20JA]

Comparison of 1986 Water Quality Act (S. 1 and S. 76), 1467-1469 [20JA]

Comparison of authorizations (S. 1, 1128; H.R. 8), 1273 [14JA]

Federal contribution to priority water treatment facilities in New York State, 1595 [21JA]

Grant equivalence of SRF loan at certain interest rates, 1465 [20JA]

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

Sources of pollution for Great Lakes, 1595 [21JA]

Testimonies

Meteorological Aspects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Alan Robock, 15099 [9JN]

Texts of

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

H.R. 1, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 1008-1033 [8JA], 1292 [14JA]

H.R. 1046, Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act, 3226 [9FE]

H.R. 2046, correct pollution of the Rio Grande, 28326 [19OC]

H.R. 2240, establish National Estuarine and Coastal Waters Program, 11579 [6MY]

H.R. 2415, prohibit disposal of waste water in certain California bays and estuaries, 12382 [13MY]

S. 1, Water Quality Act, 222-248 [6JA]

S. 76, Water Quality Act, 250-271 [6JA]

S. 95, National Acid Rain Control Act, 558 [6JA]

S. 428, Tributyltin-Based Antifouling Paint Control Act, 2448 [2FE]

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

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

S. 560, implement annex V of Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 3759 [19FE]

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

S. 1196, Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act, 12301 [13MY]

S. 1562, implement certain provisions relative to International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 21526 [29JY]

S. 1932, Great Lakes Pollutant Discharge Inventory Act, 34338 [8DE]

S. Con. Res. 10, enrollment corrections in H.R. 1, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 1656 [21JA]

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

S.J. Res. 160, Clean Water Day, 16180 [16JN], 17447 [25JN], 20316 [21JY]

Vetoes

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments (H.R. 1), 2795 [4FE]