WATER POLLUTION see also Ecology

Addresses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analyses

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

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

Appointments

Conferees: 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]

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, 19840-19843 [2AU]

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

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

Fair Compromise on Sludge Dumping, 27870 [3OC]

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

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]

Ocean Leaves Warning on Jersey Shores, 31917 [19OC]

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]

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

Stream Acidification Alarms Nature Group, 6219 [31MR]

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]

Water Agency's New Strategy Winning Friends, 1674 [17FE]

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

Bills and resolutions

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

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

Clean Water Act: construction grants program funding (see S. Res. 389)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: grant program for operation of certain treatment works (see H.R. 4974)

———revolving loan funds (see S. 2433)

Great Lakes: medical wastes (see S. 2778, S. Res. 470; H.R. 5249)

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

Ground water contamination: assistance for small communities (see S. 2060)

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

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

Hospital wastes: disposal (see H.R. 5119, 5223)

———EPA management of certain (see S. 2726; H.R. 5466)

———penalties for dumping into oceans (see H.R. 5130, 5225)

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

———tracking in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (see S. 2628, 2680)

Interstate Sanitation Commission: require funding (see H.R. 5074)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sewage sludge: fees for ocean disposal (see H.R. 4075, 4338)

———prohibit ocean dumping (see H.R. 4864)

Solid waste: improve disposal through recycling (see S. 2854)

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

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

Documents

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

Explanations

Acid Deposition Control Act, 33467 [21OC]

Factsheets

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

Letters

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

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, 690 [2FE], 2715 [11AU]

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

———George A. Seaman, 16542 [29JN]

EPA funding: Brent Blackwelder: several environmental organizations, 17666 [12JY]

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]

Water quality: several professional organizations, 17666 [12JY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 18759 [26JY]

Colorado, 13866 [8JN]

Kansas, 11877 [20MY]

Virginia, 9791 [3MY]

Motions

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]

Petitions

Acid rain control: Crawford County, KS, Board of County Commissioners, 11878 [20MY]

———Florida Conference of Black State Legislators, Inc., 11878 [20MY], 11946 [23MY]

———Mulberry, KS, 11878 [20MY]

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

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

Remarks in House

Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (H.R. 2666), 23294 [9SE]

Acid rain: control, 13797 [8JN], 16770 [7JY], 20900 [8AU], 22600 [7SE]

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

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

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

Caribbean Sea: dumping of garbage, 690 [2FE], 16283 [28JN], 18456 [14JY]

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

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

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

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

———penalties for dumping in the high seas (H.R. 5225), 25579-25582 [26SE], 26834 [29SE]

Long Island Sound: deterioration, 12461 [25MY]

Marine Research Act: enact, 22929 [8SE]

Massachusetts: strategies for placement of public works projects, 1674 [17FE]

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

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

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

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

Oceans: dumping of pollutants, 28118 [4OC]

Ohio River: news media reporting of possible illegal dumping, 3575 [9MR]

Oil spills: comprehensive system of liability and compensation for damage and removal costs (H.R. 1632), 1211 [8FE]

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

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

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

Refuse and refuse disposal: ocean dumping, 449 [28JA]

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

Trumka, Richard L.: leadership on acid rain problems, 33526 [21OC]

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

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

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: control, 23434 [12SE], 26513 [29SE], 27083 [30SE], 30988 [14OC]

Clean Water Act: Construction Grants Program funding (S. Res. 389), 2736, 2737, 2740 [1MR], 2895 [2MR]

Canada: agreement on acid rain, 8879 [27AP]

EPA: clean lakes program, 17699 [12JY]

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

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: revolving loan funds (S. 2433), 12410 [25MY]

Great Lakes: disposal of medical waste, 23507 [13SE]

———tracking medical wastes (S. 2778), 23529 [13SE], 25243 [23SE], 29833 [11OC]

Ground water contamination: assistance to small communities (S. 2060), 1518 [17FE]

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

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

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

Hospital wastes: tracking in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (S. 2680), 20110-20120 [3AU]

———tracking in New York and New Jersey (S. 2628), 17540 [11JY]

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

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

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

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

Mexico: correct pollution of the Rio Grande (H.R. 2046), 24442 [19SE]

———correct pollution of the Rio Grande (H.R. 2046), unanimous-consent agreement, 24244 [16SE]

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

Ocean Dumping Act: amend, 772 [3FE]

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), 21159, 21172 [9AU]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sewage disposal: ocean dumping, 12011 [23MY]

———ocean dumping off the coast of New England, 18981 [27JY]

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

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

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

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

Reports

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

Correct Pollution of the Rio Grande: Committee on Foreign Relations (H.R. 2046), 23746 [14SE]

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-), 20331 [3AU]

National Ocean Pollution Planning Act Reauthorization: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4211) (H. Rept. 100-657), 12561 [26MY]

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

Prevent Pesticide Contamination of Ground Water: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2853) (S. Rept. 100-583), 27464 [3OC]

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

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

Statements

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

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

———Mark King, 12467 [25MY]

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

Summaries

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

Tables

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

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

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

S. 2030, Ocean Dumping Reform Act, 21159 [9AU]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S. Res. 389, Clean Water Act, 2735 [1MR]

S. Res. 470, medical wastes in Great Lakes, 23547 [13SE]

Transcripts

Public Hearing Regarding Acid Rain, 27084-27088 [30SE]