POLLUTION see also Ecology

Addresses

Ethanol Fuels—The Pollution Solution: Senator Durenberger, 28858 [6OC]

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

Joint Session of Congress: Brian Mulroney, 9013 [27AP], 9135-9137 [27AP]

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

Amendments

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 1894), 23177 [9SE]

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

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 [14OC], 32524 [21OC]

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

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]

Analyses

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 Imperils Adirondacks Fish, 17091 [7JY]

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

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

Big Chemical Concerns Hasten To Develop Biodegradable Plastics, 21564 [10AU]

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

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

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

Common Enemy, 5072 [23MR]

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

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

Deadly Combination Felling Trees in East, 19091 [27JY], 20561 [4AU]

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]

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

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

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

Fatal Elements, 20563 [4AU]

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

Great Procrastinators, 18474 [14JY]

Greenhouse Doomsday Scenario, 20562 [4AU]

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

Greenhouse Effect Real Enough, 16319 [29JN]

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

High-Oxygen High, 2866 [2MR]

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

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

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

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

Natural Importance, 29904 [12OC]

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

New Standard for Emissions, 13194 [1JN]

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

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

Oft-Targeted EPA Finds Congress Is Air Polluter—Capitol Hill Power Plant Emissions Exceed Limit, 23409 [9SE]

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

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

Oxy Fuel Slashed Carbon Monoxide by 9 Percent, State Says, 2866 [2MR]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Standards Needed for Incinerations, 18530 [14JY]

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

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

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

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

Worst Case Forecast, 16319 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: control (see H.R. 5032, 5562)

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)

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

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)

Clean Air Act: national primary ambient air quality standards (see H.R. 3995)

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

———commercialization of clean burning technologies (see H.R. 5211)

EPA: regulation of biomedical waste (see S. 2726)

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

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

Forest and forestry: study the effects of atmospheric pollutants (see S. 2851)

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

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

Hazardous waste: comdemn the export to foreign nations (see H. Con. Res. 375)

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

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)

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

Motor vehicles: Government use of those capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas (see S. 2720; H.R. 4968)

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

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

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

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

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

Ocean: prohibit dumping of sewage sludge (see H.R. 3938, 5450)

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

Ozone Layer Protection Act: enact (see S. 2502)

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

PCB Control Act: enact (see S. 2693)

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

Power resources: national energy policy (see H.R. 5380)

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

———penalties for dumping hospital wastes in the high seas (see H.R. 5130, 5225)

———regulate the disposal of certain medical equipment (see H.R. 5400)

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

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

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

Safe Incinerator Act: enact (see S. 2458)

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

Sewage disposal: fees on municipal sludge dumped in oceans (see H.R. 4075)

Solid waste: mitigate water pollution through recycling (see S. 2854)

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

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

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

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

States: air quality standards (see S. 2656)

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)

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

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

———pretreatment requirements for certain publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 4404)

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]

Explanations

Acid Deposition Control Act, 33467 [21OC]

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

Letters

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

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]

Emissions standards violations by the Capitol power plant: Architect of the Capitol, 23410 [9SE]

———Representatives Jerry Lewis and Fazio, 23409 [9SE]

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

———several Senators, 17686 [12JY]

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]

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

———several Senators, 3722 [14MR]

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

———David R. Urian, 21178 [9AU]

Memorandums

Ozone Concentration: EPA, 25620 [27SE]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 15361 [21JN]

California, 18759 [26JY]

Colorado, 13866 [8JN], 15363 [21JN]

Hawaii, 15361 [21JN]

Kansas, 11877 [20MY]

New Jersey, 4570 [21MR]

Virginia, 15362 [21JN]

Washington, 15361 [21JN]

Messages

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

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: Arcadia, KS, City Council, 17702 [12JY]

———Cherokee County, KS, Commissioners, 16137 [28JN]

———Crawford County, KS, Board of County Commissioners, 11878 [20MY]

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

———mayor of Mulberry, KS, 11878 [20MY]

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

———Denton County, TX, Council, 18088 [13JY]

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

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control, 13797, 13844 [8JN], 17090 [7JY], 20900 [8AU]

———control (H.R. 5032), 18476 [14JY]

———effects, 22600 [7SE]

Air pollution: atmospheric greenhouse effect, 33442 [21OC]

———control emissions, 33511 [21OC]

———control emissions (H.R. 2787), 13194 [1JN]

———control emissions (H.R. 5556), 32412 [20OC]

———health costs, 955 [3FE]

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

California: ground water contamination, 8403 [21AP]

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

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: EPA's air pollution training institute, 15619 [28JN]

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

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

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

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

———use in our society, 3968 [15MR]

Clean Air Act: extension of deadlines, 20355 [3AU]

———national primary ambient air quality standards (H.R. 3995), 2496 2[24FE]

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

Ecology: international cooperation to protect, 5072 [23MR]

EPA: enforcement of environmental laws (H.R. 4756), 13885 [8JN]

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

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

———Superfund Program, 17294 [7JY]

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

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

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

———disposal of toxic PCB waste, 30453 [13OC]

———hydrofluoric acid, 2494 [24FE]

———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]

Long Island Sound: deterioration, 12461 [25MY]

Marine Research Act: enact, 22929 [8SE]

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

Motor vehicles: use by the Government of certain, capable of running on alcohol, natural gas, or electricity (H.R. 4968), 16594 [30JN]

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

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]

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]

———protection from depletion (H.R. 2036), 26681 [29SE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water pollution: ocean dumping of pollutants, 28118 [4OC]

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

Water purification: use of approved individual residential units, 6969 [11AU]

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

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

Remarks in Senate

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

———efforts to get coal and utility interest to support legislation, 18800 [26JY]

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

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

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (S. 2298), 21564 [10AU]

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

———effects on health and environment, 16002 [27JN], 25620 [27SE]

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

Allied-Signal, Inc.: research for substitute for chlorofluorocarbons, 10848 [12MY]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: global warming trend, 25203 [23SE], 25849 [28SE], 26511 [29SE], 29902 [12OC]

———impact, 20559 [4AU]

———impact of chlorofluorocarbons, 24390 [19SE], 24462 [20SE], 24750 [22SE]

———impact on weather, 23884, 23886 [15SE]

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

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

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

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

Carbon monoxide: emissions, 4588 [21MR]

Clean Air Act: amend, 28325 [5OC]

———amend (S. 1894), 5167-5178 [24MR], 10104 [9MY], 18632 [25JY], 24579 [20SE]

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

———States' air quality standards (S. 2656), 18765 [26JY]

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

Degradable plastics: use, 7165 [18AP]

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

———summary of congressional action, 23066 [9SE]

EPA: clean lakes program, 17699 [12JY]

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

Executive departments: double standard, 21801 [11AU]

Forests and forestry: study the effects of atmospheric pollutants (S. 2851), 27041 [30SE], 28470 [5OC]

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

———enact (S. 2666), 19393 [28JY]

Great Lakes: pilot program for tracking medical wastes (S. 2778), 25243 [23SE]

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

———protection, 15222 [20JN]

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

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

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

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: ratification, 3718-3724 [14MR]

Motor vehicles: Government use of those capable of operating on alcohol or natural gas (S. 2720), 21608 [10AU]

———reduction of pollution in emissions, 2866 [2MR]

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

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

Ocean Dumping Reform Act: enact (S. 2030), 664-665 [2FE], 772 [3FE], 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]

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

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1792), 32524 [21OC]

Ozone layer: depletion, 471 [1FE]

———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]

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

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

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

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

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

Sewage sludge: ocean dumping, 12011 [23MY]

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

———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]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

Reports filed

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

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5117) (H. Rept. 100-946), 25021 [22SE]

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

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

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]

———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]

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

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]

Studies

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

Summaries

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

Global Environmental Protection Act (S. 2666), 27995 [4OC]

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

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

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

Tables

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

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

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

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

Pollution damage in West Germany forests, 24462 [20SE]

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

H.R. 3995, Clean Air Act amendments, 2497 [24FE]

H.R. 4968, use by the Government of certain vehicles, capable of running on alcohol, natural gas, or electricity, 16594 [30JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S. Res. 426, action by seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric ozone layer, 10266 [10MY]

S. Res. 443, ozone layer protection by industrial nations, 14987 [16JN], 15003 [16JN]

S. Res. 496, printing of Senator Stafford's environmental speeches as Senate document, 29959 [12OC]

Transcripts

Lake Placid, NY, Public Hearing on Acid Rain, 27084-27088 [30SE], 28460-28465 [5OC]