ECOLOGY

Addresses

Condition of Our Environment: Vice President Bush, 32515 [21OC]

Frederick L. Rath's Contributions to the National Park Service: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 24118 [15SE]

Global Warming Trend: Eduard Shevardnadze, 29905 [12OC]

Herbert Hoover—Gone Fishing: Richard N. Smith, 29434 [7OC]

Joint Session of Congress: Brian Mulroney, 9135-9137 [27AP]

Living in Chemical World—Adequacy of Current Structures: Neal Neuberger, 33469-33470 [21OC]

Public Concern in Use of Chemicals: Raymond C. Tower, 3968 [15MR]

Speech in Search of a Statesman Capable of Delivering It: Howard G. Kurtz, 5074 [23MR]

Waste Management Programs: Senator Baucus, 23168 [9SE]

Advertisements

Our Quality of Life Will Be Determined by the Quality of Our Water, Washington (DC) Post, 17657 [12JY]

Amendments

Arizona: wilderness areas (S. 2840), 30276, 30412 [13OC], 32210 [20OC]

California: prohibit burning and dumping of toxic and hazardous waste in certain areas (S. 884), 13778 [8JN]

Columbia River: designate section as a study area for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3614), 29961 [12OC], 31899 [19OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 5851 [30MR], 29572 [7OC]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 4567), 11282, 11284, 11286, 11299, 11306 [17MY], 14446, 14448, 14449, 14451, 14452, 14454, 14455, 14472 [14JN]

———appropriations (H.R. 4567), conference report, 16695 [6JY]

Fish and wildlife: strengthen certain laws (H.R. 4030), 30677, 30904 [14OC], 31937-31939 [19OC]

Geological Survey: authorize water resources research activities (H.R. 791), 29409, 29544, 29563 [7OC]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 7170 [18AP]

Idaho: wilderness areas (S. 2840), 30276, 30412 [13OC], 32210 [20OC]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (S. 2667), 19425 [28JY]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), 21173, 21174, 21182, 21186, 21254, 21256 [9AU]

Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (S. 1792), 30977, 31105 [14OC], 32524 [21OC]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: enact (S. 2148), 29399-29401, 29437, 29440-29442 [7OC]

Refuse and refuse disposal: tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (S. 2680), 20118, 20148 [3AU]

Waste Minimization and Control Act: enact (S. 2773), 23278 [9SE]

Water pollution: study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials (S. 1986), 8523 [22AP]

Analyses

Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Restoration and Management Act (H.R. 4193), 4610 [21MR]

Ground Water Protection Act (S. 2091), 2337-2339 [23FE]

Marine Research Act (S. 2068), 1531-1533 [17FE]

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act, 5991 [31MR]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act (S. 2030), 21161 [9AU]

Regulate Certain Above-Ground Petroleum Storage Tanks (S. 2020), 534 [1FE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1467, Endangered Species Act appropriations, 20502 [4AU]

———H.R. 4567, making appropriations for energy and water development, 14780 [16JN]

———S. 2030, Ocean Dumping Reform Act, 28168 [4OC], 29269 [7OC]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Called Peril to Sea Life on Atlantic Coast, 9163 [27AP]

Acid Rain—Who Should Prove What To Whom?, 23434 [12SE]

Adopt a Real Energy Policy Before Plundering Alaska, 22388 [11AU]

Africa, Asia To Suffer Most From Greenhouse Effect, 14052 [9JN]

After Eons of Glacial Growing Pains, Resource-Rich Gulf Is in Prime of Life, 31917 [19OC]

Alaska Oilfield Report Cited Unexpected Harm to Wildlife, 11058 [13MY]

Alaskan Oil Follies, 22387 [11AU]

All That Soviet Activity at the U.N. Is Something U.S. May Need to Match, 33472 [21OC]

Are Things Getting Out of Hand? Nations Must Find a Way To Move Faster on the Environment, 14058 [9JN]

Barnstorming for Ways to Control Flooding, 3435 [4MR]

Blanchard Forms Task Force to Probe Medical Waste Found on Lake Shoreline, 23509 [13SE]

Bold Experiment in Lakes Tracks the Relentless Toll of Acid Rain, 24124 [15SE]

Break in the Acid Rain Impasse, 13844 [8JN]

Caribbean Dumping, 16283 [28JN]

Caribou and Oil, 16613 [30JN]

Clean Coal Would Be Cheaper Than Acid Rain Fix, 24130 [15SE]

Climbing Down Into the Deepest Cave in the State, Mark Taylor, 5348 [28MR]

Colorado Way, 13773 [8JN]

Common Enemy, 5072 [23MR]

Conservation Area, 3423 [4MR]

Conservation Reserve Sure Beats a Dust Bowl, 13034 [27MY]

Court—Ranchers Cannot Legally Kill Grizzlies, 25483 [26SE]

Crab Shell Disease Found Widespread Near Ocean Dump, 12012 [23MY]

Critics Say EPA Blocks Alternatives to Sludge Dumping, 450 [28JA]

Cuomo and Governor of Ohio Join in Proposal on Acid Rain, 13524 [7JN]

Deadly Combination Felling Trees in East, 20561 [4AU]

Debt Relief Strategies To Preserve the Environment, 33484 [21OC]

Decisions Without Facts on Drilling—End Run Around Environmental Studies Shuts Out the Public, 17294 [7JY]

Deforestation Plays Major Role in Greenhouse Effect, 33485 [21OC]

Des Plaines River Basin May Get a New Look, 3433 [4MR]

Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project, 3430 [4MR]

Dilemma—Save a Fish or a Wetland, 10475 [11MY]

Dirty Seas—Threatened by Rising Pollution, Oceans Are Sending Out an SOS, 19840-19843 [2AU], 21162-21166 [9AU]

Doing Something Right in the Gulf, 1664 [17FE]

Don't Go Near Water—After Decades of Abuse, Our Waters Are Dying, 21166 [9AU]

Draft Report on Global Warming Foresees Environmental Havoc in U.S., 32614 [21OC]

Drill, and Hang the Consequences?, 22388 [11AU]

Drill With Care in Alaska, 18507 [14JY]

Drilling in Alaska—U.S. Should Develop Other Energy Sources, 12752 [26MY]

Earth First! Comes Out of the Shadows—Environmental Commandos Teach Monkey-Wrenching, 30811 [14OC]

Edmund Evans—We'll All Be Better for Emulating One of Our City's Kindest Residents, 29413 [7OC]

Environment Should Be Protected From Needless Energy Development, 28260 [4OC]

Environmental Treasures, the Arctic, 11059 [13MY]

EPA Comes Under New Fire on Its Management of Superfund Program, 17295 [7JY]

EPA Regional Head Draws Praise From Both Sides, 26512 [29SE]

Eskimo Comes to Washington, 6441 [12AP]

Ethanol for Cleaner Air, 19104 [27JY]

Even With Action Today, Ozone Loss Will Increase, 5305-5306 [25MR]

Evidence of Ozone Depletion Found Over Big Urban Areas, 5306 [25MR]

Face Up to Nuclear Waste—Bury It Deep Beneath the Sea, 18646 [25JY]

Fatal Elements, 20563 [4AU]

Fire Policy Review—Alteration Must Consider ``Why'' of Parks, 24098 [15SE]

Florio Chides Bush on His Environment Record, 28268 [4OC]

For Cronin, the Job Is Just Like a Hobby, 1446 [16FE]

Fuel Standard for 1989 Car Set at 26.5 MPG, 28033 [4OC]

Giving Nature a Chance, 3423 [4MR]

Global Program Is Urged To Preserve Rapidly Dwindling Wetlands, 3434 [4MR]

Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate—Sharp Cut in Burning of Fossil Fuels Is Urged to Battle Shift in Climate, 16317 [29JN]

Great Outdoors of Akron, 6978 [14AP]

Great Procrastinators, 18474 [14JY]

Greenhouse Doomsday Scenario, 20562 [4AU]

Greenhouse Effect a False Alarm?, 20561 [4AU]

Greenhouse Effect Real Enough, 16319 [29JN]

Gulf of Maine Breeds Abundant and Diverse Life, 31917 [19OC]

Gulf's Natural Blender Whips Up Meals for Sea Life, 31917 [19OC]

Hazardous Waste Exportation Proposals Proliferate, 22382 [11AU]

Heat Is On—Calculating the Consequences of a Warmer Planet Earth, 16317 [29JN]

How To Clean Up Needle Beach, 20117 [3AU]

Illinois Prairie Path, 18949 [26JY]

Illinois Wetlands Experiment Illustrates National Trend, 3430 [4MR]

In Its Wake, 1664 [17FE]

Kohl Urges Cooperation on Debt, Environment, 29904 [12OC]

Learn From Yellowstone—Don't Hunt for Scapegoats, 24097 [15SE]

LWCF Success Story in Delaware—How DuPont, Delaware and Pennsylvania Saved the White Clay Creek Valley, 20009 [2AU]

LWCF Success Story in Delaware—How Seaford, DE, a Town of Less Than 6,000 People, Achieved the Impossible Dream, 20009 [2AU]

Major Greenhouse Impact Is Unavoidable, Experts Say, 19419 [28JY]

Major Radon Peril Is Declared by U.S. in Call for Tests, 23709 [14SE]

Medical Debris Closes Oceana County Coast, 23510 [13SE]

Medical Junk on Lakeshore Shuts Beaches, 23508 [13SE]

Medical Junk—Sharp Laws Should Needle Those Who Dump in Our Lakes, 23508 [13SE]

Medical Waste Closes Fifth State Beach, 23510 [13SE]

Medical Waste Disposal Rules Voluntary, 23511 [13SE]

Mideast Unrest Increases U.S. Need for Arctic Oil, 15895 [23JN]

More Toxic Waste Renegade Ships Prowl Caribbean, 16284 [28JN]

Muir's Wisconsin Meadow, 8356 [21AP]

Nation Needs a Real Energy Policy, 22387 [11AU]

National Disgrace, 23040 [8SE]

Natural Importance, 29904 [12OC]

Natural Water Project, 3424 [4MR]

New Finding on Ozone ``Hole'' Raises Concern, 472 [1FE]

New Ozone Study Shows Depletion Exceeds Estimates, 5308 [25MR]

New Standard for Emissions, 13194 [1JN]

New Study Shows Global Ozone Depletion, 5308 [25MR]

New Wetlands—Fooling With Mother Nature—Most Development Mitigation Projects Don't Work, 13651 [7JN]

Next Big Crisis, 19248 [27JY]

No Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge, 22387 [11AU]

Norway and Canada Call for Pact To Protect Atmosphere, 16316, 16404 [29JN]

Oil Drilling, Wildlife Don't Mix, After All, 22386, 22388 [11AU]

Oil Exploration Justified if Environment Protected, 16753 [6JY]

Oil Not Well in Refuge, 22387 [11AU]

Ottawa Beach Open—Oceana Cleans Up, 23509 [13SE]

Out of Sight, Out of Control—The Continued Dumping of Contaminated Sewage Sludge Off the Northeast U.S. Coast Is Poisoning the Water and Killing Sea Life, It's Got To Stop, 21178-21179 [9AU]

Ozone Level Fell 5 Percent From 1979 to 1986, 472 [1FE]

Phenomena, Comment and Notes, 14498 [14JN]

Pollution and the Jaws of Defeat, 21180 [9AU]

Pollution Caused by Development Plagues Asbury Park, 31917 [19OC]

Pollution Muddies Gulf of Maine (series), 31917 [19OC]

Preserving Wetlands, 13650 [7JN]

Project Would Recreate Des Plaines River Marshes, 3426 [4MR]

Protect ``America's Serengeti'', 22388 [11AU]

Protecting a National Treasure, 22389 [11AU]

Race To Save the Ozone Shield, 5113 [24MR]

Rebirth Off a Swamp—Doing It Nature's Way on Des Plaines River, 3436 [4MR]

Scientists Says Greenhouse Effect Is Setting In, 20563 [4AU]

Senator Wallop Finds Scapegoat for Tragic Yellowstone Fire, 24097 [15SE]

``Sodbuster'' Law Is Good, so Why Is USDA Fixing It?, 3950 [15MR]

Soviet Urges Anti-Pollution Effort, 29904 [12OC]

Standards Needed for Incinerations, 18530 [14JY]

State Wildlife Director Always Loaded for Bear, 1447 [16FE]

Stream Acidification Alarms Nature Group, 6219 [31MR]

Study Shows Significant Decline in Ozone, 5307 [25MR]

Task Force to Battle Beached Medical Waste, 23511 [13SE]

Thatcher Gives Support to War on Pollution, 29903 [12OC]

They're Terrorists—Not Environmentalist, 30812 [14OC]

Troubled Maine Gulf Reaches a Crossroad (series), 31917 [19OC]

U.S. Utility Turns to Guatemala To Aid Air, 31168 [14OC]

UAB's Impact, 8065 [20AP]

Vigilance Is Needed To Stop Waste-Dumping in Our Region, 16542 [29JN]

We Can Save the World, 24114 [15SE]

Wetlands Do World of Work—But Permits for Filling Continue To Be Granted, 13652 [7JN]

Wetlands To Be Re-Created at Des Plaines River Site, 3436 [4MR]

What America Makes Best, 11052 [13MY]

Why America Fell Asleep Over the Environment, 24110 [15SE]

Why We Must Save the Shore—The Last Wave?, 10841-10845 [12MY]

Wildlife or Oil?, 4357 [17MR]

Will Hoyte Back Off Proposal To Process U.S. Waste?, 5962 [30MR]

World Leaders Call for Drastic Action To Slow Earth's Warming, 16403 [29JN]

Worst Case Forecast, 16319 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: control (see H.R. 5562)

Agriculture: production on highly erodible land (see H.R. 4578)

Air pollution: commercialization of clean coal technologies (see H.R. 5211)

———control (see H.R. 5556)

———testing of motor vehicles at high altitudes (see H.R. 4801)

American Heritage Trust: establish (see S. 2199)

Arizona: conservation and designation of certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (see H. Res. 592)

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: establish national policies and encourage international agreements (see S. 2867)

———international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (see H.R. 5460)

———international effort to mitigate global warming (see H. Con. Res. 389)

Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area, LA: land acquisition (see S. 2253)

Birds: alter the prohibitions and penalties against hunting of migratory species by use of live birds as decoys or the use of baiting (see H.R. 5576)

Chesapeake Bay: protection from disposal of medical waste (see H.R. 5571)

Clean Air Act: acid deposition (see H.R. 5032)

———amend regarding ozone and carbon monoxide levels (see H.R. 5469)

Clean Water Act: Construction Grants Program funding (see S. Res. 389)

Coal: development of technology for separation using superconductivity (see S. 2403, 2414)

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act: enact (see H.R. 5089)

Colorado River: increase authorization for storage project (see H.R. 5028)

Conejos River, CO: enhance fish and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 4889)

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (see S. 2018)

Conservation Reserve Program: expand land eligibility (see H.R. 4377)

———improve (see H.R. 4137)

Continental Shelf: dumping of dredged material from San Francisco Bay (see H.R. 4792)

Corps of Engineers: amend authority relative to Missouri River bank stabilization and shoreline erosion (see S. 2158)

———protect and enhance recreation at certain water resource projects (see H.R. 3894)

———water resources projects in a State relative to agreement for reconstruction of lands adversely affected by projects (see H.R. 4661)

Council on Global Environmental Policy: establish (see H.R. 5421)

Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see S. 2576; H.R. 4969, 5021)

Des Plaines River, IL: restoration of wetlands (see S. 2144)

Endangered species: treatment of certain furskins (see S. 2301)

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), correcting technical errors in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 373)

Environmental Evaluation Group: preserve independence (see S. 2220)

EPA: management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 5466)

———mitigate water pollution and improve solid waste disposal through recycling (see S. 2854)

———regulation of biomedical waste (see S. 2726)

———require annual report which weighs reduction in environmental risk against expenditures and societal costs of reducing those risks (see H.R. 5435)

———rules relative to certain plastic articles (see H.R. 5193)

Fish and fisheries: conservation and management (see S. 2697)

———laws conserving American lobster (see H.R. 4553)

———strengthen certain laws (see H.R. 4030)

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4029)

Food Security Act: amend (see S. 2143)

———require that \1/8\ of the land placed in the conservation reserve be devoted to trees (see H.R. 4482)

Global Environmental Protection Act: enact (see S. 2663, 2666)

Great Lakes: protection from medical waste disposal (see H.R. 5249)

———track medical waste in border States (see H.R. 5302)

Ground Water Protection Act: enact (see S. 2091)

Hazardous substances: controlling certain sources of acid deposition and commercialization of clean coal technologies (see H.R. 4331)

Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act: enact (see S. 2685)

Idaho: conservation and designation of certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (see H. Res. 592)

International relations: cooperation to protect diversity (see H.J. Res. 648)

John Muir Historic Site, CA: expand (see S. 2233; H.R. 4315)

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (see S. 2816; H.R. 5375)

Kentucky: use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County residents (see S. 2542)

Lake Meredith: salinity control project (see H.R. 4217)

Law enforcement officers: Federal authority in criminal enforcement of environmental laws (see H.R. 4756)

Long Island Sound: EPA conservation and management plan (see H.R. 5127)

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4373)

Malaysia: promote ecology and civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 396)

Marine resources: establish a conservation fund (see H.R. 5580)

———protect environment by establishing marine research centers (see H.R. 4231)

Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act: enact (see S. 2761)

Massachusetts Bay, MA: include in National Estuary Program (see H.R. 4883)

Massachusetts Bay Protection Act: enact (see S. 2718)

Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4375)

Military bases: authorizing appropriations for conservation programs (see H.R. 4031)

Municipal Incinerator Act: enact (see H.R. 4902)

Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Act: enact (see H.R. 4357)

National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 247)

National Energy Policy Act: enact (see S. 2667)

National Environmental Policy Act: extend requirements internationally (see S. 2753)

National Grasslands Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 386; H.J. Res. 667)

National Ocean Pollution Planning Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4211)

National Recycling Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 308; H.J. Res. 469)

Natural resources: conservation of biological diversity and sustainable uses of (see H.R. 4335)

———protection of water quality and wildlife habitat (see S. 2045)

New Melones Emergency Drought Relief Act: enact (see H.R. 4583)

Novel Organism Release Act: enact (see S. 2909)

Nuclear energy: cleanup (see S. 2189)

———environmental cleanup of Federal facilities (see H.R. 4193)

———establish a standard reactor program (see S. 2639)

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (see S. 2030)

Oceanography: protect marine and near-shore coastal waters through establishment of regional marine research centers (see S. 2068)

Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 598)

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2643)

Onondaga Lake, NY: restoration, conservation and management (see S. 2824)

Outdoor America Conservation Fund: establish (see H.R. 5003)

Ozone: action by the seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric layer (see S. Res. 426)

———protect layer by requiring that products which contain chlorofluorocarbons be labeled (see H.R. 4320)

———protection of stratospheric layer (see S. 2502, S. Res. 443)

PCB Control Act: enact (see S. 2693)

Pesticides: prevent ground water contamination (see S. 2853)

Petroleum: regulate certain above-ground storage tanks (see S. 2020)

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, KS: water service and repayment contracts (see H.R. 5297)

Plastics: require that ring carrier devices be degradable (see H.R. 5117)

Platoro Reservoir, CO: transfer to Conejos Water Conservancy District (see H.R. 4889)

Public lands: authorizing appropriations for conservation programs (see H.R. 4031)

Puget Sound water quality management plan: EPA grants (see H.R. 5126)

Recreation: protect water resources projects established by the Sec. of the Army (see H.R. 4609)

Recycling of waste products: promote (see H.R. 4454, 4468)

Refuse and refuse disposal: control of medical waste (see H.R. 5119, 5223)

———degradable products (see S. Res. 412)

———penalties for dumping hospital wastes in the high seas (see H.R. 5130)

———strengthen prohibitions on dumping into ocean (see H.R. 5231)

———tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (see S. 2680)

———tracking of medical wastes in New York and New Jersey (see S. 2628)

Research: develop global plan to coordinate oceanographic, atmospheric, terrestrial, and cryospheric programs (see H.R. 5421)

Rio Grande Pollution Correction Act: enact (see S. 2406)

Safe Incinerator Act: enact (see S. 2458)

Salmon River, ID: licensing of certain facilities on portions of river (see H.R. 4252)

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA: enlarge (see H.R. 4272)

Sespe Creek, CA: designate as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4746)

Sewage disposal: prohibit ocean dumping (see H.R. 4864)

Sisquoc River, CA: designate as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4746)

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: modify boundary (see H.R. 5448)

Snake River, ID: licensing of certain facilities on portions of river (see H.R. 4252)

Solid waste: ensure that solid waste exported from the U.S. to foreign countries is managed to protect human health and the environment (see H.R. 5434)

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (see S. 2788)

———amend relative to management of municipal incinerator ash (see H.R. 4255)

South Carolina Commission of Forestry: transfer certain lands (see H.R. 5514)

Space policy: reduce amount of manmade material in space (see H.J. Res. 668)

Stafford, Senator: printing of environmental speeches as Senate document (see S. Res. 496)

Tariff: wood products from countries that do not implement reforestation programs (see H.R. 5390)

Taxation: construction of buildings near national parks (see H.R. 4602)

———environmental taxes (see S. 2092)

———establish new environmental taxes (see H.R. 5505)

Texas: install water supply and sewer facilities in certain areas (see H.R. 5156)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 2025)

U.N.: environment program concerning transboundary movement of hazardous waste (see H. Con. Res. 358)

U.S.-Canadian Environmental Information Reciprocity Act: enact (see H.R. 5134)

Urban areas: ocean dumping of municipal sludge (see S. 2066)

Waste Export Control Act: enact (see S. 2598)

Waste Minimization and Control Act: enact (see S. 2773)

Waste Minimization Revenue Act: enact (see S. 2774)

Water: pretreatment pollution requirements for certain publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 4404)

Water pollution: assistance for small communities with ground water contamination (see S. 2060)

———medical wastes in Great Lakes (see S. Res. 470)

———ocean dumping of municipal sludge (see H.R. 3938)

———penalties for the dumping of hospital wastes in the high seas (see H.R. 5225)

———pilot program for tracking medical wastes in Great Lakes (see S. 2778)

———prohibit ocean dumping of sewage sludge (see H.R. 5450)

West Virginia: protect certain segments of New, Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers (see H. Res. 566)

Wetland Enhancement and Construction Cost Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2874)

Whales: cessation of all commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 239)

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (see S. 2148)

Briefs

Des Plaines River Wetlands demonstration project: Valdas V. Adamkus, 3423 [4MR]

Chronologies

Business History of Environmental Resources Management, Inc., 14186 [13JN]

Business History of PCB, Inc., 14186 [13JN]

Descriptions

Characteristics of rivers designated in the Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (S. 2148), 29449-29451 [7OC]

Environmental Infrastructure Act, 8506 [22AP]

Documents

Constitution of Brazil (provisions related to Indians), 33486 [21OC]

Global Climate Protection Act, 32613 [21OC]

Eulogies

David Gaines, 937 [3FE]

Explanations

Acid Deposition Control Act, 33467 [21OC]

EPA's air toxics amendment to Clean Air Act, 32307 [21OC]

Tables relative to fuel consumption and mileage travelled by motor vehicles, 25284 [26SE]

Factsheets

Dept. of Environmental Protection, 16140 [28JN]

Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project, 3432 [4MR]

Environment, Safety and Health: Dept. of Energy, 31645 [19OC]

Ground Water Protection Act (S. 2091), 2336 [23FE]

Lecture

Women as Leaders in Population and Environment: Dona Margarita Penon de Arias, 33478 [21OC]

Letters

Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 19128 [27JY]

Clean coal technology: President Reagan, 18231 [13JY]

Clean Water Act programs: several Senators, 18093 [13JY]

Congaree Swamp: Fred T. Brinkman, 529 [1FE]

———James A. Timmerman, Jr., South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Dept., 529 [1FE]

———Martha M. Griffin, 529 [1FE]

———Miles O. Hayes, 529 [1FE]

———National Parks and Conservation, 529 [1FE]

———Richard Watkins, 528 [1FE]

———Steven C. Whitney, 529 [1FE]

Coverage of legal expenses for small business' defense against unjustified actions by executive departments: Allen Neece, 11270 [17MY]

———John J. Motley III, 11270 [17MY]

———Representatives Rodino and Kastenmeier, 11269 [17MY]

Des Plaines River Wetlands demonstration project: Donald L. Hey, Wetlands Research, Inc., 3435 [4MR], 3437, 3439 [4MR]

———Galen H. Yanagihara, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Dept. of the Army, 3435 [4MR]

———James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois, 3432 [4MR]

———Lee M. Thomas, EPA, 3439 [4MR]

———Neil R. Fulton, Bureau of Resource Management, 3439 [4MR]

———Robert K. Dawson, Assistant Sec. of the Army, 3439 [4MR]

———Robert P. Brooks, Pennsylvania State University, 3439 [4MR]

———Senator Dixon, 3432 [4MR]

———Senator Simon, 3432, 3434 [4MR]

Deterioration of Long Island Sound: David Kunstler, 12463 [25MY]

———George J. Doll, Jr., 12461 [25MY]

———William J. Kolodnicki, 12461 [25MY]

Disposal of refuse in Virgin Islands area: Delegate de Lugo, 2715 [11AU]

Dumping garbage in the Saba Bank: Delegate de Lugo, 16542 [29JN]

———George A. Seaman, 16542 [29JN]

Environmental problems of global climate change and greenhouse effect: Lee M. Thomas, 17687 [12JY]

———several Senators, 17686 [12JY]

FERC authority over environmental laws: Charles A. Trabandt, 28039 [4OC]

———Charles G. Stalon, 28038 [4OC]

———Elizabeth A. Moler, 28038 [4OC]

———Martha O. Hesse, 28036 [4OC]

———Senator Lautenberg (sundry), 28036-28039 [4OC]

Forest lands study: Charles P. Pray, 18157 [13JY]

———John R. McKernan, Jr., Governor of Maine, 18158 [13JY]

Global climate change: EPA, 16405 [29JN]

———several Senators, 16404 [29JN]

Handling of polychlorinated biphenyls: Don Siegelman, 19238 [27JY]

———Hubert H. Humphrey III, 19238 [27JY]

———Nancy N. Lynch, 19239 [27JY]

———Nancy Stearns, 19239 [27JY]

———Thomas J. Miller, 19238 [27JY]

Illegal disposal of medical wastes: EPA, 20112 [3AU]

———Senator Bradley, 20117 [3AU]

———Senator Lautenberg, 20112 [3AU]

———Senators Lautenberg, Bradley, Moynihan, and D'Amato, 20117 [3AU]

Klamath River Basin Compact: Oregon Dept. of Justice, 29446-29448 [7OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: Michael O. Blair, 22900 [8SE]

Missouri River streambank erosion: James Duffus III, 3768 [14MR]

Ocean dumping of sewage sludge: Clifton E. Curtis and John G. Catena, Oceanic Society, 21179 [9AU]

———David R. Urian, 21178 [9AU]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: F. Dale Robertson, 30127 [12OC]

———Fred Hansen, 30127 [12OC]

———Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon, 30126 [12OC]

———several Members of Congress, 29445 [7OC], 30126 [12OC]

Pontano Lake primitive road: Dept. of the Interior, 15341 [21JN]

Protection: William Heyen, 32404 [20OC]

Sea turtle conservation study: John E. Burris, Commission on Life Sciences, 25479 [26SE]

Vice President Bush's ecology policy: several Representatives, 23404 [9SE]

Water development in New Mexico: Leland D. Tillman, Eastern Plains Council of Governments, 14446 [14JN]

Lists

Cosponsors: H.R. 4375, Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act, 6805 [13AP]

Organizations supporting S. 659, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments, 25909 [28SE]

Memorandums

Des Plaines Wetlands: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 3432 [4MR]

Ozone Concentration: EPA, 25620 [27SE]

Reformulation and Operation of the Cedar Bluff Unit: Dept. of the Interior, Kansas, and the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District, KS, 23783-23786 [14SE]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 6443 [12AP], 15361 [21JN]

California, 8370 [21AP], 18759 [26JY], 18925 [26JY], 32117 [20OC]

Hawaii, 15361 [21JN]

Idaho, 9522 [29AP], 14018 [9JN]

Illinois, 8371 [21AP]

New Jersey, 2997 [2MR], 4570 [21MR]

Oklahoma, 11946 [23MY]

Virginia, 15362 [21JN]

Washington, 2768 [1MR], 15361 [21JN]

Messages

Environmental Quality Report: President Reagan, 27464 [3OC]

Greenhouse Effect Activities Report: President Reagan, 150 [26JA]

Motions

Conservation of natural resources: certain lands in Arizona and Idaho (S. 2840), recommit, 32214 [20OC]

Forests and forestry: study decline in U.S. forest productivity and determine effects of atmospheric pollutants (H.R. 2399), concur in Senate amendment, 29114 [6OC]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), substitute text of H.R. 5430, 28168 [4OC]

Plastic materials: study pollution of aquatic environments (S. 1986), suspend the rules and pass bill, 28199 [4OC]

Water pollution: study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials (S. 1986), suspend the rules and pass bill, 28199 [4OC]

Notices

New production reactor environmental impact statement: Dept. of Energy, 31645 [19OC]

Papers

Evolving an Acceptable Nuclear Power Fuel Cycle: Meyer Steinberg, 8539 [22AP]

Petitions

Acid precipitation: Florida Conference of Black State Legislators, Inc., 11946 [23MY]

Clean air: Chautauqua County, NY, Council, 18926 [26JY]

———Erie County Environmental Management Council, 2999 [2MR]

Dumping sludge in the Atlantic Ocean: Ocean County, NJ, Board of Chosen Freeholders, 15362 [21JN]

EPA's endangered species program and pesticides: Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 8372 [21AP]

Marine research centers: Hawaii County, HI, Council, 11946 [23MY]

National Wetlands Inventory examination: Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 8372 [21AP]

U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Commission: International Good Neighbor Council, 15995 [27JN]

Questions and answers

FERC authority over environmental laws: Senator Lautenberg to Jerry J. Langdon, 28037 [4OC]

Remarks in House

Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (H.R. 2666), 6219 [31MR], 14766 [15JN], 18546 [14JY], 23294 [9SE]

Acid rain: control, 13797, 13844 [8JN], 16770 [7JY], 20900 [8AU], 24255 [16SE], 31796 [19OC]

———control (H.R. 2666), 6219 [31MR], 14766 [15JN]

———control (H.R. 2787), 13194 [1JN]

———control (H.R. 5556), 32412 [20OC]

———effects, 22600 [7SE]

———impact on estuaries in Carolinas, 16546 [30JN]

Air pollution: adequacy of current structures, 33469 [21OC]

———global warming trend, 22398 [11AU]

———New York-Ohio compromise, 18476 [14JY]

———nitrogen oxide emissions and clean coal technologies, 22401 [11AU]

Alaska: designate wilderness areas (H.R. 39), 12752 [26MY], 22352 [11AU]

Alaska National Wildlife Refuge: impact of oil and gas exploration, 10581 [12MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 448 [28JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: development, 4357 [17MR]

———future of coastal plain, 1679 [17FE]

Arizona: conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), 32187-32196, 32210-32215 [20OC]

———conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), authorizing clerk to make technical corrections, 32215 [20OC]

———conservation certain lands (S. 2840), consideration (H. Res. 592), 32184-32187 [20OC]

Arts: tribute to ``At Mono Lake'' exhibition, 295 [27JA]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (H.R. 5460), 28664 [5OC], 29166-29169 [6OC]

———research, 33442 [21OC]

Bangladesh: flood control, 24134 [15SE]

Beeson, Gault, Jr.: tribute, 2551 [25FE]

Brazil: protection of tropical rain forests, 30631 [13OC]

Bush, Vice President: ecology policies, 23404 [9SE], 28268 [4OC]

California: prohibit ocean dumping of dredged material near San Mateo and San Francisco coast (H.R. 4792), 14500 [14JN]

Canada: agreement on acid rain, 8793, 8794 [26AP], 8853 [26AP], 9054-9057, 9150 [27AP], 9163, 9172 [27AP]

Capitol power plants: emission standards violations, 23409 [9SE]

Caribbean nations: refuse disposal at sea, 18456 [14JY]

Caribbean Sea: dumping of garbage, 16283 [28JN]

Caves: protection on public lands (H.R. 1975), 5345-5349 [28MR], 6346 [11AP]

———protection on public lands (H.R. 1975), concurring in Senate amendment, 32858-32860 [21OC]

Chemicals: use in our society, 3968 [15MR]

Chesapeake Appreciation Day: observance, 27351 [30SE]

Clean Air Act: acid deposition (H.R. 5032), 18476 [14JY]

———control of pollution, 31794, 31795 [19OC], 33511 [21OC]

———deadlines for cities and States to meet requirements, 31792 [19OC]

———extension of deadlines, 20355 [3AU]

———ozone and carbon monoxide levels (H.R. 5469), 29188-29193 [6OC]

———reauthorization, 25070 [23SE]

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act: enact (H.R. 5089), 18517 [14JY]

Coastweeks 1988: observance in Massachusetts, 28248 [4OC]

Colorado: Wilderness on Wheels Foundation, 33498 [21OC]

Columbia River: designate section as a study area for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3614), 25391-25393 [26SE], 31899-31902 [19OC]

Conejos River, CO: enhance fish and wildlife habitat (H.R. 4889), 15744 [22JN]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 25397-25400 [26SE]

Conservation Reserve Program: expand land eligibility (H.R. 4377), 6610 [13AP], 6989 [14AP]

———improvement (H.R. 4137), 3639 [10MR]

Corps of Engineers: water resources projects in a State relative to agreement for reconstruction of lands adversely affected by projects (H.R. 4661), 12103 [24MY]

Council on Global Environmental Policy: establish (H.R. 5421), 26851 [29SE]

Curbside recycling, 25607 [26SE]

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish, 1411 [16FE]

Dept. of Energy: clean coal program, 27293 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior: Lake Meredith salinity control project (H.R. 4217), 4815 [22MR]

Education: contributions of the media to public, 24114 [15SE]

Endangered Species Act: appropriations (H.R. 1467), appointment of conferees, 20502 [4AU]

———appropriations (H.R. 1467), conference report, 25477 [26SE], 25486 [27SE]-25487 [26SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 1467), correcting technical errors in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 373), 25487 [26SE]

EPA: control of hazardous air pollutants, 32307 [21OC]

———enforcement of environmental laws (H.R. 4756), 13885 [8JN], 14058 [9JN]

———ground water contamination in California, 8403 [21AP]

———management of infectious medical wastes (H.R. 5466), 29185 [6OC]

———require annual report which weighs reduction in environmental risk against expenditures and societal costs of reducing those risks (H.R. 5435), 27341 [30SE]

———rules relative to certain plastic articles (H.R. 5193), 22399 [11AU]

———Superfund Program, 17294 [7JY]

Fish and wildlife: strengthen certain laws (H.R. 4030), 18844-18849 [26JY], 31937, 31939 [19OC]

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4029), 2514 [25FE], 2561 [25FE]

Forest fires: national disaster, 23294 [9SE]

———Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, 23294 [9SE]

Forest Service: congressional oversight, 22601 [7SE]

Forests and forestry: delay of timber sales due to national forest plans, 10531-10534 [11MY]

Friends of the Sea Otter: tribute, 27334 [30SE]

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 1979), 21017-21019 [8AU]

Great Lakes: coast preservation, 24728 [20SE]

———protect from medical waste disposal (H.R. 5249), 22782 [7SE]

Great Lakes Week: observance, 2779 [1MR]

Ground water: contamination in California, 8403 [21AP]

Ground water policy: development (S. 1992), 25052 [22SE]

Guatemala: Environmental and Energy Supply Institute's reforestation project, 31168 [14OC]

Guyana: toxic waste treatment plant, 5962 [30MR]

Hazardous substances: access to information regarding local environments, 12230 [25MY]

———controlling certain sources of acid deposition and commercialization of clean coal technologies (H.R. 4331), 5999 [31MR]

———disposal of PCB waste, 2713 [11AU]

———prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 12126-12130 [24MY]

———requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3070), 14180-14186 [13JN], 19238 [27JY], 28988 [6OC]

———requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3070), corrections in engrossment, 14187 [13JN]

Heal the Bay (organization): tribute, 18551 [14JY]

Hydrofluoric acid: environmental hazard, 33514 [21OC]

Iceland: illegal killing of whales, 324 [28JA]

Idaho: conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), 32187-32196, 32210-32215 [20OC]

———conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), authorizing clerk to make technical corrections, 32215 [20OC]

Illinois Prairie Path: tribute, 18949 [26JY]

Institute of Tropical Forestry, PR: tribute, 20356 [3AU]

International relations: cooperation to protect diversity (H.J. Res. 648), 23046 [8SE], 24629 [20SE], 24927 [22SE]

Japan: illegal killing of whales, 324 [28JA]

John Muir Historic Site, CA: expand (H.R. 4315), 5963 [30MR], 17398, 17399 [11JY]

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (H.R. 5375), 25269, 25278 [23SE]

Keep North Carolina Beautiful, Inc.: Take Pride in America Award recipient, 6253 [31MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: beneficial programs in Arkansas, 22404 [11AU]

Leopold, Aldo: tribute (S.J. Res. 40), 19836 [2AU]

Long Island Sound: deterioration, 12461 [25MY]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4209), 25492-25494 [26SE]

Marine Research Act: enact, 22929 [8SE]

Marine resources: protect environment by establishing marine research centers (H.R. 4231), 5047 [23MR]

Massachusetts: acid rain research program, 18513 [14JY]

———Fund for Renewable Energy's State of the States award, 2529 [25FE]

Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4375), 6805 [13AP], 17399, 17402 [11JY]

Missouri River: land erosion, 19258 [27JY]

Montana: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 2090), 32240 [20OC]

Mount Graham, AZ: telescope site, 14498 [14JN]

Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Act: enact (H.R. 4357), 6347 [11AP]

NASA: Mission to Planet Earth Program, 574 [2FE]

National Arbor Day: designate (S.J. Res. 247), 8062 [20AP]

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act: enact (H.R. 4335), 5990 [31MR]

National Conservation Achievement Award: awarded to Representative Bonior, 3557 [8MR]

National Forest Products Week: observance, 33509 [21OC]

National Grasslands Week: designate (H.J. Res. 667), 26825 [29SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 386), 32803 [21OC]

National Ocean Pollution Planning Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4211), 27924 [3OC]

National Policy on Technology: report, 33559 [21OC]

National Recycling Month: designate (H.J. Res. 469), 12172 [24MY]

———observance, 15020 [16JN]

New Jersey: commend efforts to end coastal pollution, 15032 [16JN]

New Jersey Pinelands Preservation Act: enact (S. 1165), 24691-24693 [20SE]

Nuclear energy: cleanup (S. 2189), 9695 [2MY]

———environmental cleanup of Federal facilities (H.R. 4193), 4610 [21MR], 9694 [2MY]

Obey, Representative: leadership, 33469 [21OC]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), 28165-28168 [4OC], 31791 [19OC]

———enact (S. 2030), conference report, 31213 [21OC], 31910-31937 [19OC]

Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 598), 32300-32307 [20OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), correcting enrollment of H. Res. 598, 32754 [21OC]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: enact (S. 2148), 30119-30128 [12OC], 31989 [19OC], 33445 [21OC]

Ozone: depletion of stratospheric layer, 5113 [24MR]

———protection of stratospheric layer (H.R. 2036), 26681 [29SE]

PCB Control Act: enact (S. 2693), 21126 [8AU]

Petroleum: exploration impact, 16753 [6JY]

———offshore drilling, 17294 [7JY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, KS: water service and repayment contracts (H.R. 5297), 23783 [14SE]

Plastics: require that ring carrier devices be degradable (H.R. 5117), 28198 [4OC]

———study pollution of aquatic environments (S. 1986), 28199 [4OC]

Platoro Reservoir, CO: transfer to Conejos Water Conservancy District (H.R. 4889), 15744 [22JN]

Poland: political and economic actions by workers, 12224 [24MY]

Power resources: national energy policy (H.R. 5380), 25846 [27SE]

Protection: cooperation, 5072 [23MR]

Puget Sound water quality management plan: EPA grants (H.R. 5126), 19839 [2AU], 20006 [2AU]

Quayle, Senator: views on the ecology, 29200 [7OC]

Rath, Frederick L.: tribute, 24118 [15SE]

Recreation: protect water resource projects established by the Sec. of the Army (H.R. 4609), 11367 [17MY]

Recycled materials: protect used oil recycling system (H.R. 5513), 30600 [13OC]

Recycling of waste products: promote (H.R. 4454), 9057 [27AP]

———promote (H.R. 4468), 8794 [26AP]

Refuse and refuse disposal: exports, 22382 [11AU]

———ocean dumping, 449 [28JA]

Republican Party: views, 24110 [15SE]

Research: develop global plan to coordinate oceanographic, atmospheric, terrestrial, and cryospheric programs (H.R. 5421), 26851 [29SE]

Salmon River, ID: licensing of certain facilities on portions of river (H.R. 4252), 5111 [24MR]

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA: enlarge (H.R. 4272), 5553 [29MR], 25463-25465 [26SE]

Santa Catalina Island, CA: anniversary of Tuna Club of Avalon, 7529 [19AP]

Sespe Creek, CA: designate as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 4746), 13386 [3JN]

Sisquoc River, CA: designate as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 4746), 13386 [3JN]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission: reauthorize (S. 2436), 30151 [19OC]

Snake River, ID: licensing of certain facilities on portions of river (H.R. 4252), 5111 [24MR]

Solano, CA, water project: prepayment of remaining balance (H.R. 4791), 14156 [10JN]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: establish waste reduction, reuse and recycling as primary methods of management (H.R. 4290), 6226 [31MR]

South Carolina: acid rain threat to black ducks, 18407 [14JY]

Tariff: wood products from countries that do not implement reforestation programs (H.R. 5390), 25582 [26SE], 33512 [21OC]

Taxation: establish new environmental taxes (H.R. 5505), 30607 [13OC]

———manufacturer's excise tax on the sale of chemicals which deplete the ozone layer (H.R. 2854), 5875 [30MR]

Technology: energy efficiency exhibition on display at Cannon rotunda, 2548 [25FE]

Texas: install water supply and sewer facilities in certain areas (H.R. 5156), 20639 [4AU]

Triangle Distributing Co., Santa Fe Springs, CA: tribute, 6348 [11AP]

Tropical Forest Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3010), 33484 [21OC]

U.N.: environment program concerning transboundary movement of hazardous waste (H. Con. Res. 358), 22404 [11AU]

U.S.-Canadian Environmental Information Reciprocity Act: enact (H.R. 5134), 19995 [2AU]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: contributions to local community, State, and Nation, 8064 [20AP]

Virgin Islands: disposal of garbage in area, 27146 [11AU]

Washington: designate wilderness within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park complex (H.R. 4146), 25386, 25389-25391 [26SE]

Water pollution: penalties for the dumping of hospital wastes in the high seas (H.R. 5225), 25579-25582 [26SE], 26834 [29SE]

———study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials (S. 1986), 28199 [4OC]

Waukegan, IL: harbor pollution abatement, 20360 [3AU]

Weather: global climate change, 14052 [9JN]

West Michigan Environmental Action Council: anniversary, 20644 [4AU]

West Virginia: protect certain segments of New, Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers, amending the Senate amendment to H.R. 900 (H. Res. 566), 27952-27957 [3OC]

Wetlands: preservation, 13650 [7JN]

Whales: cessation of all commercial whaling (H. Con. Res. 239), 1208 [8FE]

———illegal killing by Japan and Iceland, 324 [28JA]

Yellowstone National Park: forest fires, 24097 [15SE]

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: congressional responsibility, 29237 [7OC]

———control, 23434 [12SE], 26513 [29SE], 27083 [30SE], 30988 [14OC], 31312 [18OC]

———national assessment program, 28460 [5OC]

———reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 316), 13523 [7JN]

Agriculture: final regulations on sodbuster law, 3949 [15MR]

Air pollution: atmospheric contamination, 25283 [26SE], 26857 [30SE], 27994 [4OC], 28322, 28323 [5OC]

———atmospheric contamination by chlorofluorocarbons, 24145 [16SE], 24390 [19SE], 24462 [20SE], 24750 [22SE]

———chlorofluorocarbons and coal, 23703 [14SE]

———depletion of earth's ozone layer, 471 [1FE], 23704 [14SE]

———effects on health and environment, 16002 [27JN]

———executive departments' double standard, 21801 [11AU]

———global warming trend, 25203 [23SE], 26511 [29SE], 29902 [12OC]

———Ohio-New York acid rain agreement, 13523, 13527 [7JN]

———progress, 23420 [12SE], 23487 [13SE]

Alabama: designate wild and scenic rivers and wilderness areas (S. 2838), 25695 [27SE]

Alaska: Native lifestyle and oil and gas exploration, 6441 [12AP]

American Forestry Association: Global Releaf project, 29902 [12OC]

American Heritage Trust: establish to protect natural, historical, cultural, and recreational heritage (S. 2199), 4441 [18MR], 15146 [17JN]

Arbor Day: observance, 8391 [21AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: environmental impacts of oil development, 11058 [13MY]

———Sec. of the Interior authority to make land exchanges (S. 1493), 18390 [14JY]

Arizona: conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), 27089-27091 [30SE], 30275-30287 [13OC], 32147, 32165 [20OC]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: impact, 20559 [4AU]

———international convention, 17685-17687 [12JY]

———national policies and encourage international agreements (S. 2867), 28872 [6OC]

———reduction in grain production, 27368 [3OC]

———worldwide ban on chlorofluorocarbons, 27371 [3OC]

Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area, LA: land acquisition (S. 2253), 6157 [31MR]

Birmingham, AL: tribute to Southern Research Institute, 1080 [4FE]

California: prohibit burning and dumping of toxic and hazardous waste in certain areas (S. 884), 13778 [8JN]

Caves: protection on public lands (H.R. 1975), 32449-32451 [21OC]

Clean Air Act: amend, 28325 [5OC]

———amend (S. 1894), 18632 [25JY]

———ecology problems and potential solutions, 28028-28035 [4OC]

Clean Water Act: construction grants program funding (S. Res. 389), 2736-2737, 2740 [1MR], 2895 [2MR]

Coal: development of technology for separation using superconductivity (S. 2403), 11171 [16MY]

Columbia River: designate section as a study area for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3614), 29936-29938 [12OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2018), 527 [1FE], 5851 [30MR], 21207 [9AU]

———enact (S. 2018), House amendments, 29572 [7OC]

Congress: summary of action, 23066 [9SE]

Corps of Engineers: amend authority relative to Missouri River bank stabilization and shoreline erosion (S. 2158), 3767, 3769 [14MR]

Davis Creek Dam, NE: funding, 14520 [15JN]

Degradable plastics: use, 7165 [18AP]

Dept. of Energy: Globe Rotter award, 21801 [11AU]

———management of nuclear weapons program, 28290 [5OC]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (S. 2576), 16139, 16141 [28JN], 18091 [13JY], 24855 [22SE]

Des Plaines River, IL: restoration of wetlands (S. 2144), 3422-3440 [4MR]

Endangered Species Act: appropriations (H.R. 1467), conference report, 23926-23931 [15SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 1467), correcting technical errors in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 373), 26877 [30SE]

———implementation of EPA programs (S. 1844), 1362 [16FE]

Environmental Evaluation Group: preserve independence (S. 2220), 5399 [28MR]

Environmental Infrastructure Act: enact (S. 2311), 8504 [22AP]

EPA: budget, 6425 [12AP]

———clean lakes program, 17699 [12JY]

———economic and environmental impacts from implementation of reducing ozone depleting substances, 17683 [12JY]

———mitigate water pollution and improve solid waste disposal through recycling (S. 2854), 27542 [3OC]

———regulation of biomedical waste (S. 2726), 21623 [10AU]

———report on feasibility of using treated effluent waters from communities within Carson River Basin, NV, 17684 [12JY]

———transfer of funds from NASA, 17657 [12JY]

Fish and wildlife: strengthen certain laws (H.R. 4030), 30672 [14OC], 30675-30678 [14OC]

Food Security Act: amend (S. 2143), 3421-3422 [4MR]

Forests and forestry: timber sale programs, 3072 [3MR]

Geological Survey: authorize water resources research activities (H.R. 791), 29544-29571 [7OC]

Global Climate Protection Act: burning of fossil fuels, 32611 [21OC]

Global Environmental Protection Act: enact (S. 2663), 19076, 19093 [27JY]

———enact (S. 2666), 19393 [28JY]

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 1979), 17273-17275 [7JY]

Great Lakes: medical waste pollution, 23507 [13SE]

———pilot program for tracking medical wastes (S. 2778), 29833 [11OC]

———undeveloped, unprotected shoreline areas (S. 1955), 18644 [25JY]

Ground water: national policy (S. 1992), 22040 [11AU]

———national research program (S. 1105), 2389 [23FE]

———protection, 15222 [20JN]

Ground Water Protection Act: enact (S. 2091), 2333, 2376-2381, 2413 [23FE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 7168-7174 [18AP]

Health care: tax deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical expenses (S. 756), 23709 [14SE]

Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act: enact (S. 2685), 20591 [4AU], 21174 [9AU]

Idaho: conservation of certain lands (S. 2840), 27089-27091 [30SE], 30275-30287 [13OC], 32147, 32165 [20OC]

———management of national forest lands, 22791 [8SE]

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory: waste management, 28055 [4OC]

John Muir Day: observance, 8356-8358 [21AP]

John Muir Historic Site, CA: inclusion of certain lands (S. 2233), 5842 [30MR]

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (S. 2816), 24815 [22SE]

Kentucky: use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County residents (S. 2542), 15368 [21JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, 23435 [12SE]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4209), 31112 [14OC]

Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act: enact (S. 2761), 22872, 22875 [8SE]

Massachusetts Bay Protection Act: enact (S. 2718), 21606 [10AU]

Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4375), 25972 [28SE], 29842 [11OC]

Milwaukee, WI: Rain Forest—Exploring Life on Earth exhibit, 32691 [10NO]

Mining and mineral resources: agenda for next Congress, 31605 [18OC]

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: establish (H.R. 2530), 30449 [13OC]

Montana: wilderness areas, 30186 [13OC]

National Arbor Day: designate (S.J. Res. 247), 537 [1FE]

———observance, 2629 [26FE]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (S. 2667), 19393-19396, 19419 [28JY], 19700 [1AU]

National Environmental Policy Act: extend requirements internationally (H.R. 2753), 22789 [8SE]

National Grasslands Week: designate, 30986 [14OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 386), 25698 [27SE]

National Public Lands Cleanup Day: designate, 31239 [18OC]

National Recycling Month: designate (H.J. Res. 469), 13057 [27MY]

Natural resources: protection of water quality and wildlife habitat (S. 2045), 1108 [4FE]

Nevada: wetlands, 10474 [11MY]

New Jersey: pollution of coastal waters, 10840 [12MY]

New Jersey Pinelands Preservation Act: enact (S. 1165), 26875 [30SE]

Nicaragua: environmental impact of Contra war, 17727 [12JY]

Novel Organism Release Act: enact (S. 2909), 31544 [18OC]

Nuclear energy: cleanup (S. 2189), 4333 [18MR]

———establish a standard reactor program (S. 2639), 18246 [13JY]

Ocean Dumping Act: amend, 772 [3FE]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), 664, 665 [2FE], 20754 [5AU], 20862 [8AU], 21159, 21172, 21183-21193 [9AU]

———enact (S. 2030), appointment of conferees, 29269 [7OC]

———enact (S. 2030), conference report, 31509-31514 [18OC]

Oceanography: protect marine and near-shore coastal waters through establishment of regional marine research centers (S. 2068), 1526-1535 [17FE]

Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), 31107 [14OC], 32535 [21OC]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1792), 31104-31107 [14OC], 32524 [21OC]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 2643), 18349 [14JY]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: enact (S. 2148), 29437 [7OC]

Onondaga Lake, NY: restoration, conservation and management (S. 2824), 24830 [22SE]

Oregon Timber Sale Program, 3193 [3MR]

Ozone: action by the seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric layer (S. Res. 426), 10266 [10MY]

———control strategy, 17689 [12JY]

———depletion of stratospheric layer, 4707 [22MR], 5304 [25MR]

———protection by industrial nations (S. Res. 443), 15000 [16JN]

Ozone Layer Protection Act: enact (S. 2502), 14268 [13JN]

PCB Control Act: enact (S. 2693), 20720 [5AU]

Petroleum: regulate certain above-ground storage tanks (S. 2020), 530-535 [1FE]

Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge: establishment, 31123 [14OC]

Plastic materials: study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials (S. 1986), 8523 [22AP], 31132-31134 [14OC]

Power resources: research, development and demonstration of renewable energy and energy conservation (S. 1554), 22797 [8SE], 28479 [5OC]

Project 88: release of report, 28317 [5OC]

Proxmire, Senator: leadership, 31245 [18OC]

Radioactive waste disposal, 8538 [22AP], 18646 [25JY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: degradable products (S. Res. 412), 7267 [19AP], 28014 [4OC]

———tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (S. 2680), 17540 [11JY], 20110-20120 [3AU]

Reynolds Metals Co.: anniversary of consumer aluminum recycling program, 6193 [31MR]

Rio Grande Pollution Correction Act: enact (S. 2406), 11251 [17MY]

Safe Incinerator Act: enact (S. 2458), 13005 [27MY]

Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to Jackson Elementary School, 13049 [27MY]

San Joaquin Valley, CA: air quality study, 17698 [12JY]

Sewage disposal: ocean dumping off the coast of New England, 18981 [27JY]

Shore Protection Act: enact (S. 1751), 21183, 21185 [9AU]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 2788), 23754 [14SE]

Stafford, Senator: printing of environmental speeches as a Senate document (S. Res. 496), 29945 [12OC]

Taxation: deduction for home improvements to mitigate indoor air contaminants as medical care expenses (S. 756), 23709 [14SE]

Tongass National Forest, AK: GAO report, 7192 [19AP]

———timber management and resource conservation (S. 708), 7192 [19AP], 7541 [20AP], 8364 [21AP]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 2025), 663 [2FE]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: alter consequences, 5480 [29MR]

United Mine Workers: position on acid rain, 31312 [18OC]

University of North Dakota: weather research, 17688 [12JY]

Urban areas: ocean dumping of municipal sludge (S. 2066), 1524 [17FE]

Waste Export Control Act: enact (S. 2598), 16372 [29JN], 25246 [23SE]

Waste Minimization and Control Act: enact (S. 2773), 23155, 23167 [9SE]

Water pollution: assistance for small communities with ground water contamination (S. 2060), 1518 [17FE]

———implementing annex V of MARPOL international convention, 32514 [21OC]

———ocean dumping of sewage sludge, 12011 [23MY]

———pilot program for tracking medical wastes in Great Lakes (S. 2778), 23529 [13SE], 25243 [23SE]

———study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials (S. 1986), 8523 [22AP], 31132-31134 [14OC]

Weather: global climate change, 23884, 23886 [15SE], 25849 [28SE]

West Michigan Environmental Action Council: tribute, 20746 [5AU]

West Virginia: protect certain segments of New, Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers (H.R. 900), 22915-22919 [8SE], 29478-29482 [7OC]

Westchester County, NY: environmental impact of airport construction, 17625 [12JY]

Wetland Enhancement and Construction Cost Reduction Act: enact (S. 2874), 29367 [7OC]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (S. 2148), 3442-3446 [4MR]

Wisconsin Recycles: video on benefits of recycling, 15996 [27JN]

World Conference on Changing Atmosphere: stabilization of global climate change, 16403-16405 [29JN]

Reports

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act (S. 2018): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 20866 [8AU]

Des Plaines River Microorganisms: Illinois Natural History Survey, 3431 [4MR]

Environmental Infrastructure Act: Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing, 8507-8508 [22AP]

Oil and Gas Development in Northern California: Dept. of the Interior, 16450, 16472 [29JN]

Project 88: Senators Wirth and Heinz, 28318-28321 [5OC]

Sewage Sludge Management Options: Claudia Copeland, 21180 [9AU]

Status on EPA's Air Toxics Assessment and Regulatory Program, 32412-32415 [20OC]

Reports by conference committees

Endangered Species Act Appropriations (H.R. 1467), 24284-24293 [16SE]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act (S. 2030) (H. Rept. 100-1090), 31199-31213 [18OC]

Reports filed

Alabama Sipsey River Wild and Scenic Designation, Sipsey and Cheaha Wilderness Area Expansion and Bankhead National Forest Preservation: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5395) (H. Rept. 100-1057), 28655 [5OC]

Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2018) (S. Rept. 100-449), 20708 [5AU]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S. 2018) (H. Rept. 100-977), 25169 [23SE]

Conservation of Certain Lands in Arizona and Idaho: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2840), 25685 [27SE]

———Consideration of S. 2840: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 592) (H. Rept. 100-1096), 31902, 31974 [19OC]

Degradable Requirement for Plastic Ring Carrier Devices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5117) (H. Rept. 100-946), 28242 [4OC]

Columbia River Segment Inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3614) (H. Rept. 100-960), 25168 [23SE]

Disposal of Degradable Products: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. Res. 412), 27033 [30SE]

Endangered Species Act: committee of conference (H.R. 4907) (H. Rept. 100-927), 24336 [16SE]

Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1979) (S. Rept. 100-403), 16049 [27JN]

Geological Survey's Water Resources Research Activities Authorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 791) (S. Rept. 100-567), 27033 [30SE]

Ground Water Policy Development: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1992) (S. Rept. 100-475), 21588 [10AU]

Inclusion of Massachusetts Bay in National Estuary Program: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4883) (H. Rept. 100-1005), 26817 [29SE]

International Cooperation To Protect Biological Diversity: Committee on Foreign Relations (H.J. Res. 648), 25685 [27SE]

John Muir National Historic Site, CA, Expansion: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4315) (H. Rept. 100-743), 16596 [30JN]

Marine Mammal Protection Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2810) (S. Rept. 100-592), 29364 [7OC]

Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2761) (S. Rept. 100-595), 29365 [7OC]

Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act (H.R. 4375) (H. Rept. 100-758), 17106 [7JY]

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: Committee on Foreign Relations (Treaty Doc. 100-10) (Exec. Rept. 100-14), 1865 [19FE]

National Arbor Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 247), 2304 [23FE]

National Environmental Policy Act Extension: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2753) (S. Rept. 100-498), 22464 [7SE]

National Grasslands Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 386), 28359 [5OC]

National Park of Samoa: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4818) (H. Rept. 100-916), 23676 [13SE]

New Jersey Pinelands Preservation Act (S. 1165) (H. Rept. 100-933), 24336 [16SE]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: committee of conference (S. 2030) (H. Rept. 100-1090), 31223 [18OC]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2030) (S. Rept. 100-431), 18760 [26JY]

Office of Environmental Quality Appropriations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1792) (S. Rept. 100-502), 23432 [12SE]

Production of Degradable Plastic Ring Carrier Devices: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5117) (H. Rept. 100-946), 25021 [22SE]

Protection of Caves on Public Lands: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1975) (H. Rept. 100-534), 5358 [28MR]

Protection of Marine and Near-Shore Coastal Waters Through Establishment of Regional Marine Research Centers: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2068) (S. Rept. 100-406), 16358 [29JN]

Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1554) (S. Rept. 100-523), 24808 [22SE]

Requirements for the Handling of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3070) (H. Rept. 100-692), 14206 [13JN]

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4272) (H. Rept. 100-971), 25169 [23SE]

Shore Protection Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1751) (S. Rept. 100-467), 21242 [9AU]

Strengthen Fish and Wildlife Laws: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 4030) (S. Rept. 100-563), 27033 [30SE]

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4030) (H. Rept. 100-732), 15994 [27JN]

Strengthen Prohibitions on Dumping Into Ocean Waters: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5231) (H. Rept. 100-1102), 33323 [21OC]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2148) (S. Rept. 100-570), 27033 [30SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect, 20927 [10AU]

———1988 Agenda, 947 [3FE]

Statements

Advantages to Farmers and Environmentalists Alike in Conservation Reserve Program: Senator Boschwitz, 6989 [14AP]

Agreement With Canada on Acid Rain, 8853 [26AP]

Ban Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge: Senator Bradley, 31510 [19OC]

Conservation: Theodore Roosevelt, 3617 [9MR]

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Proposed Rollback: Senator Wirth, 28032 [4OC]

Deterioration of Long Island Sound: LeRoy R. Subit, 12463 [25MY]

———Mark King, 12467 [25MY]

———Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation, Inc., 12466 [25MY]

Earth's Ozone Layer: John Gille, 5305 [25MR]

———NASA, 5305 [25MR]

Management of National Forests: F. Dale Robertson, 22792 [8SE]

Wilderness as National Heritage: John Muir, 15340 [21JN]

Studies

Farmer's Perspectives on Agriculture and Ground Water Quality Issues: Steve Padgitt, 15222 [20JN]

Wetlands—A Strategic National Resource, 3424-3426 [4MR]

Summaries

American Heritage Trust Act (S. 2199), 4444 [18MR]

Global Environmental Protection Act (S. 2663), 19092 [27JY]

———(S. 2666), 27995 [4OC]

Global Warming Prevention Act (S. 2867), 28872-28874 [6OC]

National Energy Policy Act (H.R. 2667), 19419 [28JY]

Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (S. 2148), 3446 [4MR]

Protection of Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat (S. 2045), 1109 [4FE]

Quick Hit Acid Rain/Greenhouse Program, 30988 [14OC]

Recycling Markets Development Act (H.R. 4290), 6226 [31MR]

Tables

Air pollution level in U.S. and West Germany forested areas, 24462 [20SE]

Annual emissions of environmentally important trace gases, 1925-85, 23704 [14SE]

Atmospheric concentrations of environmentally important trace gases, 1959-86, 23704 [14SE]

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, 23885, 23886 [15SE]

National Energy Policy Act funds, 1990-92, 19419 [28JY]

Production and release of chlorofluorocarbons, 24145 [16SE]

State allotments for Clean Water Act programs, 2736 [1MR]

U.S. fuel savings from Stafford-Baucus bill, 25285 [26SE]

Vehicle miles traveled and fuel consumption, 25285 [26SE]

Testimonies

Deterioration of Long Island Sound: Basil P. Tangredi, 12463 [25MY]

———Francis V. Padar, 12465 [25MY]

———Henry Bokuniewicz, 12466 [25MY]

———Judy McEvoy, 12461 [25MY]

———Kenneth L. Robinson, 12462 [25MY]

———Nina Marden, 12465 [25MY]

———Patrick G. Halpin, 12464 [25MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 373, correcting technical errors in enrollment of H.R. 1467, Endangered Species Act appropriations, 25487 [26SE]

H. Res. 566, amending the Senate amendment to H.R. 900, protection of certain segments of New, Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers, in West Virginia, 27952-27955 [3OC]

H. Res. 592, consideration of S. 2840, conservation and designation of certain lands in Arizona and Idaho, 32184 [20OC]

H. Res. 598, concurring in Senate amendment, with an amendment, to H.R. 2020, authorizing appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality, 32300-32302 [20OC]

H. Res. 1975, protection of caves on public lands, 5345, 5346 [28MR]

H.J. Res. 469, National Recycling Month, 12172 [24MY]

H.J. Res. 648, international cooperation to protect biological diversity, 24629 [20SE]

H.R. 900, West Virginia National Interest River Conservation Act, 22916-22918 [8SE]

H.R. 1467, authorizing appropriations for the Endangered Species Act, 19280-19283 [28JY]

H.R. 1975, Federal Cave Resources Protection Act, 32449-32450 [21OC], 32858 [21OC]

H.R. 2020, Office of Environmental Quality, 32536-32538 [21OC]

H.R. 2210, Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act, 7168-7170 [18AP], 12126 [24MY]

H.R. 3070, requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls, 14180 [13JN]

H.R. 3614, designate a section of the Columbia River as a study area for inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 25391 [26SE]

H.R. 4030, strengthen fish and wildlife laws, 30672-30675 [14OC]

H.R. 4146, designate wilderness areas within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and North Cascades National Park complex, WA, 25386-25389 [26SE]

H.R. 4209, Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, 25492 [26SE]

H.R. 4217, Lake Meredith salinity control project, 4815 [22MR]

H.R. 4272, enlarge San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, CA, 25463 [26SE]

H.R. 4315, include certain lands in the John Muir Historic Site, CA, 5963 [30MR]

H.R. 4375, Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act, 6805 [13AP]

H.R. 4567, energy and water development appropriations, 11281 [17MY], 14439-14444 [14JN]

H.R. 5117, require that plastic ring carrier devices be degradable, 28198 [4OC]

H.R. 5134, U.S.-Canadian Environmental Information Reciprocity Act, 19995 [2AU]

H.R. 5225, penalties for the dumping of hospital wastes in the high seas, 25579 [26SE]

S. 1165, New Jersey Pinelands Preservation Act, 24691 [20SE]

S. 1193, add lands to Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge, HI, 176 [26JA]

S. 1792, authorizing appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality, 32526 [21OC]

S. 1914, designate Wildcat River, NH, as wild and scenic, 29946 [12OC]

S. 1979, establish Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, 17273 [7JY]

S. 1986, study pollution of aquatic environments from plastic materials, 28199 [4OC]

S. 1992, ground water policy development, 22021 [11AU]

S. 2018, Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act, 528 [1FE], 21207 [9AU], 25397 [26SE]

S. 2020, regulate certain above-ground petroleum storage tanks, 531-534 [1FE]

S. 2030, Ocean Dumping Reform Act, 664 [2FE], 21159, 21189-21192 [9AU]

S. 2039, Ocean Dumping Reform Act, 28165-28168 [4OC]

S. 2060, assistance for small communities with ground water contamination, 1518 [17FE]

S. 2066, ocean dumping of municipal sludge, 1525 [17FE]

S. 2144, Des Plaines River wetlands restoration, 3422 [4MR]

S. 2148, amend Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 3444-3446 [4MR], 30119-30123 [12OC]

S. 2158, amend Corps of Engineers' authority relative to Missouri River bank stabilization and shoreline erosion, 3769 [14MR]

S. 2199, establish American Heritage Trust, 4441 [18MR]

S. 2233, inclusion of certain lands in John Muir Historic Site, CA, 5842 [30MR]

S. 2253, land acquisition of Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area, LA, 6157 [31MR]

S. 2311, Environmental Infrastructure Act, 8505 [22AP]

S. 2458, Safe Incinerator Act, 13006 [27MY]

S. 2502, Ozone Layer Protection Act, 14269 [13JN]

S. 2542, use unobligated abandoned land mine funds to provide clean water for Butler County, KY, residents, 15368 [21JN]

S. 2576, Dept. of Environmental Protection, 16139 [28JN]

S. 2598, Waste Export Control Act, 16372 [29JN]

S. 2643, Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, 18350-18355 [14JY]

S. 2663, Global Environmental Protection Act, 19078-19090 [27JY]

S. 2667, National Energy Policy Act, 19396-19419 [28JY]

S. 2680, New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act, 20118 [3AU]

S. 2685, Health Waste Anti-Dumping Act, 20591 [4AU]

S. 2693, PCB Control Act, 20720 [5AU]

S. 2718, Massachusetts Bay Protection Act, 21607 [10AU]

S. 2761, Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act, 22873-22875 [8SE]

S. 2773, Waste Minimization and Control Act, 23156-23167 [9SE]

S. 2778, pilot program for tracking medical wastes in Great Lakes, 23529 [13SE]

S. 2788, Solid Waste Disposal Act, 23754 [14SE]

S. 2816, Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, 24815 [22SE]

S. 2824, restoration, conservation and management of Onondaga Lake, NY, 24830 [22SE]

S. 2840, Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act, 32197-32210 [20OC]

S. 2854, mitigate water pollution and improve solid waste disposal through recycling, 27543 [3OC]

S. 2909, Novel Organism Release Act, 31545-31549 [18OC]

S. Res. 226, international negotiations to protect ozone, 3723 [14MR]

S. Res. 312, Montreal Protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 3723 [14MR]

S. Res. 389, Clean Water Act, 2735 [1MR]

S. Res. 412, degradable products, 7266 [19AP], 28015 [4OC]

S. Res. 426, action by seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric ozone layer, 10266 [10MY]

S. Res. 443, ozone protection by industrial nations, 14987 [16JN], 15003 [16JN]

S. Res. 470, medical wastes in Great Lakes, 23547 [13SE]

S. Res. 471, printing of a history of the Committee on Environment and Public Works as a Senate document, 23736, 23756 [14SE]

S. Res. 496, printing of Senator Stafford's environmental speeches as Senate document, 29959 [12OC]

S.J. Res. 40, tribute to Aldo Leopold, 19837 [2AU]

S.J. Res. 247, National Arbor Day, 537 [1FE], 2600 [26FE], 8062 [20AP]

S.J. Res. 386, National Grasslands Week, 25698 [27SE], 29532 [12OC], 32804 [21OC]

Transcripts

Lake Placid, NY, Public Hearing on Acid Rain, 27084-27088 [30SE], 28460-28465 [5OC]