REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

Addresses

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

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

Amendments

Connecticut: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20118, 20148 [3AU]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (S. 1429), 31752 [19OC]

New Jersey: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20118, 20148 [3AU]

New York: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20118, 20148 [3AU]

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

Patents: solid waste disposal (H.R. 4362), 28098 [4OC], 32452 [21OC]

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

Analyses

Fees for Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge and Industrial Waste (H.R. 5430), 27866 [3OC]

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

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

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

Caribbean Dumping, 16283 [28JN]

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

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

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

Discovery Could Reduce Risks of Radioactive Waste Storage, 15225 [20JN]

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

Fair Compromise on Sludge Dumping, 27870 [3OC]

Hazardous Waste Exportation Proposals Proliferate, 22382 [11AU]

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

How To Handle New York's Sludge, 23860 [14SE]

How We Can Get on With the Job, 22775 [7SE]

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]

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

National Disgrace, 23040 [8SE]

New Standard for Emissions, 13194 [1JN]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions

Connecticut: tracking medical wastes (see S. 2680)

Degradable products (see S. Res. 412)

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

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

Great Lakes: track medical waste in border States (see H.R. 5302)

Hazardous substances: comdemn the export of certain (see H. Con. Res. 375)

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

Medical equipment: penalties for dumping in the high seas (see H.R. 5130, 5225)

———regulate the disposal of certain (see H.R. 5119, 5223, 5400)

Municipal Safe Incinerator Act: enact (see S. 2458; H.R. 4902)

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

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

New Jersey: tracking medical wastes (see S. 2628, 2680)

New York: tracking medical wastes (see S. 2628, 2680)

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

Oceans: discharge criteria (see H.R. 5081)

———fees for dumping industrial waste (see H.R. 4338, 5430)

———strengthen dumping prohibitions (see H.R. 5231)

Paoli, PA: railroad yard Superfund site (see H.R. 5116)

Radioactive waste disposal (see H. Res. 453)

———New Mexico waste isolation pilot plant (see H.R. 4283)

Recycling of waste products: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 5000)

———promote (see H.R. 4454, 4468)

Rural areas: municipal corporations acquisition of water supply or sewer service corporations through eminent domain (see H.R. 5559)

San Diego, CA: Federal assistance for planning and construction of waste water treatment works (see H.R. 5269)

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

Sewage sludge: fees for disposal in oceans (see H.R. 4075, 4338, 5430)

———prohibit ocean dumping (see H.R. 5450)

Solid waste: conditions for U.S. exports (see H.R. 5434)

———disposal (see H.R. 4362)

———disposal through recycling (see S. 2854)

———patents' limited reverter provision for certain lands (see S. 2202)

———prohibit export of certain (see H.R. 5018)

———prohibit disposal in any State other than the State in which it was generated (see S. 2892)

———reduction, reuse and recycling as primary methods of management (see H.R. 4290)

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

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

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend relative to hazardous waste disposal (see H.R. 4394)

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

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 pollution: mitigate (see S. 2854)

Chronologies

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

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

Documents

Hazardous Waste Management System—Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Infectious Waste Management: EPA, 20112-20114 [3AU]

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 9468 [28AP]

Examples

Ways the Recreation and Public Purposes Act amendment can help communities in need of solid waste disposal sites: BLM, 24448 [19SE]

Letters

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: John R. Bolton, 9469, 9471 [28AP]

———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, Michael N. Castle, Governor of Delaware, William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, and Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia, 9469 [28AP]

———Senator Biden, 9470, 9471 [28AP]

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]

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

———Hubert H. Humphrey III, 17279 [7JY], 19238 [27JY]

———Nancy N. Lynch, 17278 [7JY], 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]

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

———David R. Urian, 21178 [9AU]

Memorials of legislature

Idaho, 9155 [27AP]

Louisiana, 17703 [12JY]

Virginia, 9791 [3MY]

Messages

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

Motions

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

Petitions

Dumping of plastic and other waste in ocean: Volusia County, FL, Council, 25024 [22SE]

Remarks in House

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

Caribbean nations: disposal at sea, 16283 [28JN], 18456 [14JY]

Coastal zones: illegal dumping of medical waste, 19572 [28JY]

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

Curbside recycling, 25607 [26SE]

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

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

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

Hazardous substances: disposal of PCB waste, 2713 [11AU]

———exports, 22382 [11AU]

———involvement of organized crime in disposal, 21752-21754 [10AU]

———regulate dumping of medical waste (H.R. 3478), 22339 [11AU], 29174 [6OC]

———requirements for the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3070), 14180-14186 [13JN], 17278 [7JY], 19238 [27JY], 28988 [6OC]

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

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

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

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

———observance, 15020 [16JN]

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

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

Oceans: prohibit dumping, 449 [28JA]

Paoli, PA: railroad yard Superfund site (H.R. 5116), 19470 [28JY]

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

Radioactive waste disposal (H. Res. 453), 13062 [1JN]

———New Mexico waste isolation pilot plant (H.R. 4283), 5682 [29MR]

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

———promote (H.R. 4468), 8794 [26AP]

San Diego, CA: Federal assistance for planning and construction of waste water treatment works (H.R. 5269), 23402 [9SE]

Sewage sludge: fees for ocean dumping (H.R. 5430), 27863-27876 [3OC]

Solid waste: patents' limited reverter provision for certain lands (H.R. 4362), 24681-24684 [20SE]

———patents' limited reverter provision for certain lands (H.R. 4362), concurring in Senate amendment, 32860 [21OC]

———reduce hazards from municipal incinerator ash (H.R. 2517), 13194 [1JN]

———reduction, reuse and recycling as primary methods of management (H.R. 4290), 6226 [31MR]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (H.R. 5018), 17837 [12JY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend relative to hazardous waste disposal (H.R. 4394), 6813 [14AP]

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

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

Waste disposal: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (H.R. 5000), 28664 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate

Connecticut: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20110-20120 [3AU]

Degradable products (S. Res. 412), 7267 [19AP], 28014 [4OC]

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

EPA: participation in Pacific Northwest Hazardous Substance Research, Development, and Demonstration Center, 17682 [12JY]

———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]

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

Hawaii: task force to evaluate effluent from sugar cane processing mills, 17668 [12JY]

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: enact (S. 1429), 1146 [4FE], 28677 [6OC]

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

Industrial waste: mitigate water pollution through recycling (S. 2854), 27542 [3OC]

Mexico: control sewage from endangering U.S., 17698, 17701 [12JY]

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

New Jersey: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20110-20120 [3AU]

———tracking of medical wastes (S. 2628), 17540 [11JY]

New Mexico: military nuclear waste storage facility, 23733 [14SE]

New York: tracking medical wastes (S. 2680), 20110-20120 [3AU]

———tracking of medical wastes (S. 2628), 17540 [11JY]

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]

Radioactive waste: subseabed disposal, 15224 [20JN]

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

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

Sewage sludge: prohibit ocean dumping, 12011 [23MY]

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

Solid waste: disposal through recycling (S. 2854), 27542 [3OC]

———patents' limited reverter provision for certain lands (S. 2202), 4574 [21MR]

———patents' limited reverter provision for certain lands (H.R. 4362), 26876 [30SE], 32452 [21OC]

———prohibit disposal in any State other than the State in which it was generated (S. 2892), 30322 [13OC]

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

Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 5232), 32675 [21OC]

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

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

Water pollution: implementing annex V of MARPOL international convention, 32514 [21OC]

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

Reports

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

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

Reports by conference committees

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

Reports filed

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

Imposing Fees on Ocean Disposal of Sewage Sludge: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4338) (H. Rept. 100-747), 16597 [30JN]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 4338) (H. Rept. 100-747), 21027 [8AU]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4338) (H. Rept. 100-747), 20331 [3AU]

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]

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

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

Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendment Relative to Federal Facilities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3785) (H. Rept. 100-1060), 29161 [6OC]

Solid Waste Disposal Patent: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4362) (H. Rept. 100-934), 24336 [16SE]

Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5232) (H. Rept. 100-931), 24336 [16SE]

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

Studies

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Robert D. Poling, Library of Congress, 9472-9475 [28AP]

Summaries

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

Texts of

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

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

H.R. 4362, patents relative to lands for solid waste disposal, 24681 [20SE]

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

H.R. 5430, establish fees for ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, 27863-27865 [3OC]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S. 2809, Recreation and Public Purposes Act amendment, 24447 [19SE]

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

S. Res. 412, degradable products, 7266 [19AP], 28015 [4OC]