HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES see also Health

Addresses

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

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

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

Amendments

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

Chemicals: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (H.R. 2210), 7163, 7170 [18AP]

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 18632 [25JY], 23177 [9SE], 27770 [3OC]

EPA: promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 29409, 29532 [7OC]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515) Senate amendments, 30113 [12OC]

———standards for identification and abatement of hazardous asbestos in certain buildings (S. 1809), 667 [2FE]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (S. 2424), 27069, 27130-27133 [30SE]

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

Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (S. 1629), 6471 [12AP]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (S. 2424), 27069, 27130-27133 [30SE]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2370-2372 [23FE], 4580, 4581-4584 [21MR], 4688-4691, 4703-4707 [22MR], 4846, 4848, 4940, 4954 [23MR], 4953, 4954, 4971-4977 [23MR], 5140-5145, 5147, 5167, 5186-5225 [24MR], 5269, 5270, 5316, 5317 [25MR], 5368, 5401 [28MR], 5534 [29MR]

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

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 29461-29464 [7OC]

Analyses

Asbestos Information Act (H.R. 5442), 28217 [4OC]

Robert Nathan and Associates Study of the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Senators Metzenbaum and Stafford, 5190 [24MR]

Submission of Asbestos Management Plans Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 3893), 17296 [7JY]

Appointments

Monitored Retrievable Storage Review Commission: Frank Parker, 11685 [19MY]

———Victor Gilinsky, 11685 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

Accidents Roll On—Train Wrecks Raise Issues of Profit Versus Safety, 29957 [12OC]

Administration, Japanese Face Deadline for Winning Okay for Pu Sea Shipments, 24238 [16SE]

Advanced Fuels, 7080 [15AP]

Alert Sounded on Potentially Lethal Refinery Chemical, 2494 [24FE]

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

Asbestos Hazard Seen in Commercial Buildings, 5372 [28MR]

Bill on Smokers' Suits Praised, 11373 [17MY]

Caught in a Bureaucratic Circle, 17391 [8JY]

Common Enemy, 5072 [23MR]

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

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

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

EPA Releases Asbestos-in-Public-Buildings Study and Recommendations to Congress, 5372 [28MR]

EPA's ``Safe'' Level on Radon Is Much Too High, 32411 [20OC]

Hazardous Waste Exportation Proposals Proliferate, 22382 [11AU]

Homeless Workers Endangered by Asbestos, 20356-20357 [3AU]

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

Indonesia Succeeds in Raising Low-Pesticide Rice, 17293 [7JY]

James Florio Takes Issue With the EPA, 12765 [26MY]

Japan Seeks United States Okay To Ship Pu by Sea, 24238 [16SE]

Japan's 1987 Waste Management Activities, 7079 [15AP]

Jersey Village That Fought Radon With Fans and Won, 24231 [16SE]

Job Conditions That Need Fixing, 25186 [23SE]

Moving Plutonium by Sea Is Assailed, 24239 [16SE]

Negotiations on Importing Plutonium by Sea, 24238 [16SE]

Network of Ideas Can Do Much for Our Modern World, 19793 [1AU]

New Defense for Workers' Health, 5135 [24MR]

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

New IPM Techniques Drop Pesticide Applications, Lower Costs, 17293 [7JY]

New N-Power Pact With U.S. Gives Japan More Elbow Room, 7079 [15AP]

Next Europe-Japan Plutonium Shipment Could be by Sea, Not Air Transport, 24239 [16SE]

On Chemicals and Cancer Clusters—A Farmers Perspective, 29585 [7OC]

Over-Enriched, 170-172 [26JA]

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

Plutonium Talks Revived—Japan Takes New Tack, Hopes To Ship Nuclear Cargo by Sea, 24240 [16SE]

Radon Scares Buyers—Home Sales Delayed for Tests, 29467 [7OC]

Radon Work Not Just for Contractors, 29467 [7OC]

Refinery Blast Sparks Warning on Possibility of Poisonous Gas Release, 2495 [24FE]

Risk High for Chemical Disaster—Report Identifies 3 Local Facilities, 2495 [24FE]

State Health Officials Place West Virginians on Radon Alert, 29466 [7OC]

State Probes Illnesses at Boeing Plant, 25186 [23SE]

Study Disputes Exposure, Agent Orange Death Rates, 31426 [18OC]

Unacceptable Human Cost, 16002 [27JN]

United States May OK Shipping Plutonium by Sea—Japan Would Get Weapons-Grade Material; Lawmakers Opposed, 24238 [16SE]

Unlikely Story, 4822 [22MR]

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

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

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

Worker Safety—Congress Should Ignore a Bill That Costs More Than It's Worth, 5286 [25MR]

Worker's Worry—Is She Dying for the Defense of Her Nation?, 25185 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: controlling certain sources of acid deposition and commercialization of clean coal technologies (see H.R. 4331, 5211)

Anhydrous ammonia: transportation (see H.R. 5376)

Art materials: labeling of certain (see H.R. 4847)

Asbestos: extending deadlines for management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (see S. 2329; H.R. 4215)

———additional EPA information (see H.R. 5442)

———management and cleanup of schools (see H.R. 4364)

———management plan and financial assistance to States for cleanup activities (see H.R. 4495)

———public buildings regulation (see H.R. 5311)

———submission of management plans (see H.R. 3893)

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: amend (see S. 2024)

Asbestos Information Act: enact (see S. 2687)

Chemical Warfare Control Act: enact (see S. 2819)

Chemicals: develop methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (see H.R. 5179)

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

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act: enact (see S. 2814)

Dept. of Energy: feasibility of burning nuclear materials that have been removed from dismantled nuclear weapons (see H.R. 4224)

Dept. of HUD Radon Policy Act: enact (see S. 2844)

Drugs: cleanup of dangerous chemicals at illegal laboratories (see H.R. 4384)

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

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

Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act: enact (see S. 2884)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: classification of anhydrous ammonia (see S. 2841)

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (see S. 2424)

———appropriations (H.R. 2266), concur in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 583)

Health: reduce threat of exposure to indoor air contaminants (see H.R. 5373)

Municipal sludge: ocean dumping (see S. 2066; H.R. 3938)

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (see S. 2424)

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

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

Patents: issuance with limited reverter provision to lands devoted to solid waste disposal (see S. 2202)

PCB Control Act: enact (see S. 2693)

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

Refuse and refuse disposal: liability insurance for underground storage tanks (see H.R. 4090, 4098)

Safe Incinerator Act: enact (see S. 2458)

Safety: transport of hazardous substances near sources of drinking water (see H.R. 5087)

Solid waste: foreign countries export of certain (see H. Con. Res. 375)

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

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

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

Taxation: deduction for home improvements to mitigate radon gas (see H.R. 5371)

Tobacco industry: authorizing study of smoke (see H.R. 4543)

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

———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)

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (see H.R. 4489)

Books

``New Nuclear Nations,'' Leonard Spector, 4512 [21MR]

Chronologies

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

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

Cloture motions

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 4502 [21MR], 4843 [23MR], 5135 [24MR], 5287 [25MR]

Definitions

Occupational health hazard, 4860 [23MR]

Population at risk of disease, 4863 [23MR]

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]

Explanations

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

Factsheets

Material Safety Data Sheet: General Electric Co., 4868 [23MR]

Interviews

Radon: Representative Florio with the Camden County, NJ, Board of Realtors, 32411 [20OC]

Letters

Acid rain legislation: Lawrence D. Downing, 5175 [24MR]

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]

Asbestos management in public schools: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and others organizations, 5675 [29MR]

Classification of anhydrous ammonia as poisonous gas: Keith Hora, 17607 [12JY]

———M. Cynthia Douglass, 17605 [12JY]

———Senator Harkin, 17605 [12JY]

———Senators Burdick and Conrad, 17606 [12JY]

———several Senators, 17606 [12JY]

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]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: American Farm Bureau Federation, 5380 [28MR]

———American Feed Industry Association, 5382 [28MR]

———American Heart Association, 5371 [28MR]

———American Lung Association, 5370 [28MR]

———Anna M. Carroll, 5393 [28MR]

———David S. Hollingsworth, 5456 [29MR]

———John F. Finklea, Philip J. Landrigan and James J. Melius, 5392 [28MR]

———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 5382, 5387 [28MR]

———National Council of Agricultural Employees, 5381 [28MR]

———Richard J. Levine, 5462 [29MR]

———University of Alabama, 5375 [28MR]

———W.T. Stephens, 4675 [22MR]

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]

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: Mostafa K. Tolba, 3722 [14MR]

———several Senators, 3722 [14MR]

Safety standards for removal of asbestos: Representatives Pelosi, Dellums, Boxer, and Stark, 20236 [3AU]

Suspended and cancelled pesticides: Lee M. Thomas, 15592 [22JN]

Transfer of public lands in vicinity of residual radioactive material processing sites: James E. Cason, 31895 [19OC]

———Theodore J. Garrish, 31896 [19OC]

Transporting large quantities of plutonium: Dept. of Defense, 24240 [16SE]

Worker exposure to betanaohthylamine: Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., 5378 [28MR]

———National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 5378 [28MR]

Lists

Associations opposed to S. 79, the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4841 [23MR]

Associations supporting S. 79, the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4687 [22MR]

Dept. of Labor standards for hazardous substances, 5281, 5284 [25MR]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 14742 [15JN], 16049 [27JN]

Illinois, 10369 [10MY], 11017 [13MY]

Indiana, 4135 [16MR], 4568 [21MR]

Louisiana, 16598 [30JN], 17703 [12JY]

Massachusetts, 16665 [6JY]

Messages

Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Reagan, 1865 [19FE]

Papers

Reshaping Fission for Social Acceptability: Chauncey Starr, 8540-8543 [22AP]

Questions and answers

Radon: Representative Florio with the Camden County, NJ, Board of Realtors, 32411 [20OC]

Remarks in House

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

Art materials: labeling of certain (H.R. 4847), 15032 [16JN], 30116-30118 [12OC]

Asbestos: cleaning done by homeless workers, 20356 [3AU]

———additional EPA additional information (H.R. 5442), 28216 [4OC]

———exposure, 12765 [26MY]

———management plans by local educational agencies (H.R. 4215), 4740 [22MR]

———public buildings regulation (H.R. 5311), 24122 [15SE]

———school management and cleanup (H.R. 4364), 6608 [13AP]

———submission of management plans (H.R. 3893), 685, 690 [2FE], 5674 [29MR], 6254 [31MR], 15981-15986 [27JN]

Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories: development of Geosafe Co., 19793 [1AU]

California: effects of pesticides on table grapes, 30603 [13OC]

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

Chemicals: develop methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (H.R. 5179), 21023 [8AU]

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

———use in our society, 3968 [15MR]

Dept. of Energy: feasibility of burning nuclear materials that have been removed from dismantled nuclear weapons (H.R. 4224), 4717 [22MR]

———Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, 8442 [21AP]

Dukakis, Michael S.: choice of nuclear waste dumping sites, 31791 [19OC]

Ecology: cooperation to protect, 5072 [23MR]

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

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

———data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (H.R. 2800), 28211 [4OC], 28215 [7OC]-28216 [4OC]

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

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 28200-28202 [4OC], 28210, 29169, 29174 [6OC], 30116 [14OC]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), Senate amendments, 30113-30116 [12OC]

———Superfund Program, 17294 [7JY]

Freedom of information: local environments, 12230 [25MY]

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

Health: reduce threat of exposure to indoor air contaminants (H.R. 5373), 25831 [27SE]

Hydrofluoric acid: environmental hazard, 2494 [24FE], 33514 [21OC]

Iraq: use of chemical weapons, 23666 [13SE]

Labeling: requirement (H.R. 2866), 15032 [16JN]

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

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]

Ozone: depletion, 4081 [16MR]

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

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

Pesticides: effects on California table grapes, 30603 [13OC]

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

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

———waste disposal, 2713 [11AU], 30453 [13OC]

Radon: exposure (H.R. 2837), 22363 [11AU], 28550, 28553-28559 [5OC], 29195 [6OC], 29629 [7OC], 32410 [20OC]

———tax relief for persons involved in preventing entering buildings or homes (H.R. 3915), 25363 [26SE]

———tax relief for persons involved in preventing entering buildings or homes (H.R. 3915), 972 [4FE], 1197 [4FE]

———testing, 972 [4FE]

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

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

———liability insurance for underground storage tanks (H.R. 4090), 3261 [3MR]

———liability insurance for underground storage tanks (H.R. 4098), 3309, 3318 [3MR]

———ocean dumping, 449 [28JA]

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

Safety: transport of hazardous substances near sources of drinking water (H.R. 5087), 18551 [14JY]

———transportation of plutonium through U.S. airspace, 3295 [3MR]

Shipping industry: transporting of rocket fuel and oxidizers by sea, 86 [25JA]

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

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

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 28559 [5OC]

———enact (S. 744), H.R. 2837 passed in lieu, 28562 [5OC]

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

Tobacco industry: authorizing study of smoke (H.R. 4543), 11372 [17MY]

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]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act: amend (S. 1991), 31894-31896 [19OC]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (H.R. 4489), 9193 [28AP], 16620 [30JN]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: atmospheric contamination, 4588 [21MR], 27994 [4OC]

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

———ozone depletion, 471 [1FE]

Anhydrous ammonia: classification as poisonous gas, 17604 [12JY]

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant consent (H.R. 3025), 9468-9477 [28AP]

Art materials: labeling of certain (H.R. 4847), 31674 [19OC]

Asbestos: extending deadlines for management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (S. 2329), 4969, 4970 [27AP]

———funding of worker training in abatement programs, 17670 [12JY]

———removal by incompetent contractors, 17670 [12JY]

———submission of management plans (H.R. 3893), 16061 [27JN], 16397-16400 [29JN]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: amend (S. 2024), 652 [2FE]

Asbestos Information Act: enact (S. 2687), 20711 [5AU]

———enact (S. 2687), House-passed legislation, 28960 [6OC]

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

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

Chemicals: health hazards in aerospace and defense industry, 25184, 25244 [23SE]

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

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 5167-5178 [24MR], 10104 [9MY], 18632 [25JY], 23177 [9SE], 24579 [20SE]

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act: enact (S. 2814), 24811 [22SE]

Dept. of Defense: disposal of radioactive waste, 10920 [13MY]

———handling of hazardous substances, 21802 [11AU]

Dept. of Energy: management of nuclear weapons program, 28290 [5OC]

Dept. of HUD Radon Policy Act: enact (S. 2844), 26613 [29SE]

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

EPA: health dangers of radon, 24231 [16SE]

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

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 29532-29534 [7OC]

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (S. 2424), 12009 [23MY], 27125-27133 [30SE]

Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act: enact (S. 2884), 29954-29956 [12OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: classification of anhydrous ammonia (S. 2841), 25851, 25860, 25861 [28SE]

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

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

Mining and mineral resources: viable domestic uranium industry (S. 1846), 170 [26JA], 266 [27JA], 5253 [25MR]

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act: appropriations (S. 2424), 12009 [23MY], 27125-27133 [30SE]

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

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2372 [23FE], 4421 [18MR], 4671-4693 [22MR], 4838-4875, 4970-4984 [23MR], 5133-5178, 5183-5193, 5215 [24MR], 5269-5287, 5288, 5296 [25MR], 5363-5395 [28MR], 5454-5465 [29MR], 6581 [13AP]

Patents: issuance with limited reverter provision to lands devoted to solid waste disposal (S. 2202), 4574 [21MR]

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

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

Pipelines: operation safety, 27130 [30SE]

———taxation of interstate, 6198 [31MR]

Radon: health dangers, 23422 [12SE]

Refuse and refuse disposal: tracking medical wastes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (S. 2680)-20120 [3AU]

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

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

Seattle, WA: Golden Arrow Award to NOAA's Hazardous Material Response Branch, 5548 [29MR]

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

State Radon Program Development Act: enact (S. 744), 29461, 29465-29466-29468 [7OC]

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

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act: amend (S. 1991), 29927 [12OC]

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

Reports

Acid Rain Data Uncertainties Preclude Control Decision: National Acid Rain Assessment Program, 5177 [24MR]

Acid Rain Is Killing More Than Lakes and Trees: Environmental Action (organization), 5169-5171 [24MR]

Case Control Study of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: Sheila H. Zahm, 21995 [11AU]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke: OTA, 6583 [13AP]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 6582 [13AP]

Health Effects of Pollutants That Cause Acid Rain: National Clean Air Coalition, 5169 [24MR]

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

Toxic Chemicals in Coastal and Estuarine Sites: NOAA, 1527 [17FE]

Transportation Alternatives for the Secure Transfer of Plutonium From Europe to Japan, 24240-24243 [16SE]

Reports filed

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2024) (S. Rept. 100-405), 16137 [28JN]

EPA Data Collection and Dissemination Relative To Chemical Emissions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2800) (H. Rept. 100-1018), 27327 [30SE]

EPA's Asbestos Regulations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2693) (H. Rept. 100-1074), 29693 [11OC]

Indoor Air Quality Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1629) (S. Rept. 100-442), 19943 [2AU]

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

Response to Threat of Radon Exposure: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2837) (H. Rept. 100-1047), 28242 [4OC]

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

Toxic Substances Control Act Amendment Relative to Submission of Asbestos Management Plans: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3893) (H. Rept. 100-734), 15994 [27JN]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1991) (S. Rept. 100-543), 25235 [23SE]

Resignations

Monitored Retrievable Storage Review Commission: Victor Gilinsky, 11310 [17MY]

Statements

Accuracy of Radon Detection Technology (sundry), 28555 [5OC]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Dept. of Agriculture, 5382 [28MR]

Special Isotope Separation Plant: Dept. of Energy, 11158 [16MY]

Tort Claims in the Workers' Compensation System: Victor E. Schwartz, 4845 [23MR]

Studies

Association Between Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Exposure to Phenoxyacetic Acids—A New Case-Referent Study: Lennart Hardell and Mikael Eriksson, 21996 [11AU], 22580 [7SE]

Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Agricultural Factors in Eastern Nebraska: S. Hoar Zahm, D.D. Weisenburger, P.A. Babbitt, R.C. Saal, K.P. Cantor, and A. Blair, 22580 [7SE]

Summaries

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

Tables

Major program eliminations or reductions in President's budget, 10432 [11MY]

Occupational exposure to dioxin-contaminated substances resulting in human illness, 21998 [11AU]

Texts of

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

H.R. 2800, EPA data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions, 28211-28213 [4OC]

H.R. 2837, response to threat of radon exposure, 28550-28553 [5OC]

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

H.R. 3893, submission of asbestos management plans, 15981 [27JN]

H.R. 4543, authorizing study of tobacco smoke, 11373 [17MY]

H.R. 4847, labeling of chronically hazardous art materials, 30116 [12OC]

H.R. 5442, provide EPA and the public with additional information relative to asbestos, 28216 [4OC]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4415-4421 [18MR]

S. 744, State Radon Program Development Act, 28559-28562 [5OC]

S. 1991, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Act, 29927 [12OC], 31894 [19OC]

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

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

S. 2202, patents issuance to solid waste disposal, 4575 [21MR]

S. 2329, extending deadlines for asbestos management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies, 4970 [27AP]

S. 2424, Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Act, 27125-27127 [30SE]

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

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

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

S. 2687, Asbestos Information Act, 20712 [5AU]

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

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

S. 2814, Consumer Products Safe Testing Act, 24811 [22SE]

S. 2844, Dept. of HUD Radon Policy Act, 26614 [29SE]

S. 2884, Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Safety Act, 29956 [12OC]

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

S. Res. 443, protection of stratospheric layer of ozone, 14987 [16JN]