WATER POLLUTION see also Ecology

Addresses

Acid Rain: Senator Byrd, 6957 [18AP]

———Senator Durenberger, 12514-12516 [20JN]

Effects of Alaska Oil Spill: Elenore McMullen, 24146 [11OC]

World Ocean—The Human Stake: Gilvin M. Slonim, 13970 [29JN]

Agreements

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), 18377 [3AU]

Amendments

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 26590 [31OC], 26877 [1NO], 27809 [7NO], 27940, 27941, 27947, 27957, 27961, 27967, 27969, 27970 [8NO], 28222, 28224, 28226, 28229, 28234, 28235, 28240-28246, 28254, 28255, 28258-28260, 28262, 28266 [9NO]

———limitations on liability (S. 686), 18289, 18300, 18301, 18311, 18315, 18317, 18358, 18360-18363, 18365, 18372, 18373, 18377, 18378, 18435, 18440-18444 [3AU], 18712-18715, 18717, 18719, 18723, 18725, 18726, 18728, 19017 [4AU]

Analyses

Comprehensive Ocean Assessment and Strategy (Coast) Act (S. 1179), 11718 [14JN]

Marine Protection Act (S. 1178), 11712 [14JN]

Oil Pollution Act (H.R. 3394), 26849-26862 [1NO]

Pollution Prevention Act (S. 585), 4371 [15MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1465, oil pollution liability limitations, 31311 [21NO]

Articles and editorials

Alaska Spill Energizes Vigilance in California, 8729 [9MY]

Broken Promises—Alyeska Record Shows How Big Oil Neglected Alaskan Environment, 15693-15695 [20JY]

Coast Guard's Oil Sleuths Are Really Slick Operators, 24919 [17OC]

Exxon Slips Away, 20239 [12SE]

Lesson of Sullom Voe, 11306 [8JN]

Oilspill, 30651-30653 [20NO]

Once Oil Hit the Water the Cause Was Lost, 20643-20645 [18SE]

Puget Sound Tanker Safety Act, 28249 [9NO]

Roger Diamond Sparkles as 1988 Citizen, 5178 [22MR]

Spill Would Devastate South Florida, 8459 [8MY]

Tankers Full of Trouble-Bottom Line—Safety Runs Skin Deep, 30707 [21NO]

Telco, Vendor Aid in Oil Cleanup Effort, 12579 [20JN]

The Delaware—A Messy Past, 18381 [3AU]

Three From CG Commended for Spill Cleanup, 14742 [14JY]

Valdez Connection, 7465-7469 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: control (see H.R. 144)

Agriculture: minimize impact of nitrogen on water quality (see S. 1596)

Agriculture Nitrogen Education and Management Act: enact (see S. 779)

Casco Bay, ME: priority consideration under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 1189)

Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369)

Coast Guard: oil and hazardous materials discharge response planning, equipment, and national contingency plan (see H.R. 3124)

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act: enact (see H.R. 1327)

Coastal zone: water protection (see S. 1178, 1179)

Corporate Environmental Responsibility Act: enact (see S. 1378)

Courts: injury determinations under countervailing duty and antidumping duty laws (see H.R. 2355)

Ecology: impact of Federal actions on oceans and Great Lakes (see H.R. 1003)

EPA: increase number of criminal investigators (see H.R. 2561)

Estuaries and oceans: control discharges (see H.R. 2913)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 1393)

———grant program for treatment (see H.R. 700)

Fish and wildlife response plan: develop (see H.R. 3296)

Great Lakes Critical Programs Act: enact (see S. 1646)

Groundwater: research on contamination and remediation (see S. 203)

Hazardous substances: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (see H.R. 978)

———identify areas of concern relative to discharges into the environment (see S. 1517)

———listing of available resources for responding to discharges (see H.R. 2695)

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1281)

Lake Champlain: inclusion in Clean Lakes Demonstration Program (see S. 1539)

Marine resources: pollution restoration program (see H.R. 2953)

———research on effects of oil spills (see H.R. 3224)

Mississippi River Interstate Pollution Phase-Out Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 510)

New York, NY: Corps of Engineers to remove floating debris from harbor (see S. 506; H.R. 906)

Ocean dumping: criminal penalties (see H.R. 1469, 1560)

Ocean Dumping Enforcement Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 3503)

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 686, 1066)

———enact (S. 686), return to Senate (see H. Res. 287)

Oil Spill Bill: enact (see S. 771)

Oil Spill Cleanup and Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1223)

Oil spills: clean up, prevention, containment, and dispersion (see H.J. Res. 258)

Onondaga Lake, NY: Federal program for conservation and management (see S. 27)

Patuxent River, MD: national water quality management demonstration site (see S. Res. 109)

Pollution Prevention Act: enact (see S. 585)

Prince William Sound, AK: improve maritime safety (see H.R. 2158)

Prince William Sound Oil Tanker Navigation Safety Act: enact (see S. 941)

Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, WA: EPA grants (see H.R. 2670)

Rural areas: assistance to small communities with ground water radium contamination (see S. 397)

Shipping industry: enhance navigation safety of oil tankers (see S. 1461)

States: allow flexibility in use of allocated funds (see H.R. 3431)

Tampa Bay, FL: add to National Estuary Program (see H.R. 1063)

Taxation: deny deductions for removal or liability costs attributable to an oil spill (see H.R. 2060, 2073)

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil spill cleanups (see H.R. 2223, 2532)

Treatment works facilities: State priority lists of construction projects relative to funding distribution within such State (see H.R. 1145)

Year of Clean Water: designate (see S.J. Res. 181; H.J. Res. 369)

Colloquies

Camden, NJ: appropriation, 10569 [1JN]

Factsheets

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act (S. 1066), 9886 [18MY]

Letters

Alaska oil spill: Allison Dunn, 9432 [16MY]

———Berna Griffith, 9432 [16MY]

———Claire Reclosado, 9586 [17MY]

———Deborah Dickerson, 9586 [17MY]

———James J. Brogden, 9586 [17MY]

———Jason Patterson, 9432 [16MY]

———Kenitra Davis, 9586 [17MY]

———Mary Manaloto, 9586 [17MY]

———Rickey E. Medders, 9586 [17MY]

———Ricky Blair, 9432 [16MY]

———Senator Adams, 5519 [5AP]

———Senator Murkowski, 11307 [8JN]

———several Olympia, WA, students (excerpts), 7998 [3MY]

———several Senators, 10951 [6JN]

———Shannon Morlin, 9432 [16MY]

———Shawn Smith, 9586 [17MY]

———Zach Vogel, 9432 [16MY]

Chesapeake Bay clean-up program: William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, 2155 [9FE]

Funds for sewage treatment programs: Senator Lautenberg, 1080 [25JA]

New York harbor refuse: Senator Lautenberg, 3483 [3MR]

———Senator Moynihan, 3485 [3MR]

———Steven Dola, 3484 [3MR]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: Michael Fischer, 18369 [3AU]

Oil spill protocols: Senator Pell, 18730 [4AU]

Oil spills in Great Lakes: Senator Levin, 20871 [19SE]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 1465, Oil Pollution, Prevention, Response, Liability, and Compensation Act to be offered by Representative Richardson, 26891 [1NO]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 10959 [6JN]

California, 15621 [20JY], 20774 [19SE]

Florida, 10961 [6JN]

Hawaii, 9996 [22MY], 15620 [20JY]

Ohio, 19923 [7SE]

Messages

Convention on the Prevention of Pollution From Ships: President Bush, 28147 [9NO]

Motions

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), 18310 [3AU]

Poems

``Leaders of the Crowd,'' William B. Yeats (excerpt), 8385 [4MY]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control, 12451 [20JN], 12735 [21JN], 13616 [27JN], 27930 [8NO]

———control (H.R. 144), 180 [3JA]

———premature enactment of legislation, 24032 [11OC]

Casco Bay, ME: priority consideration under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1189), 3080 [1MR]

Chesapeake Bay: pollution from agricultural pesticide, 16436 [26JY]

Coast Guard: tribute to Groton, CT, Research and Development Center, 24919 [17OC]

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act: enact (H.R. 1327), 3830 [8MR]

Dingell, Representative: tribute on anniversary of National Environmental Policy Act, 4016 [9MR]

Ecology: European summit issue, 14927, 14930 [18JY]

———impact of Federal actions on oceans, Great Lakes, atmosphere, and global environment (H.R. 1492), 5002 [20MR]

EPA: monitoring of ocean sludge dumping, 6796 [17AP]

Exxon Valdez: Alaska oil spill, 1185 [27JA], 5333 [3AP], 5363 [4AP], 5486 [5AP], 5674, 5675 [6AP], 5930-5938 [12AP], 6234-6237 [12AP], 6336, 6341, 6358, 6360 [12AP], 6638, 6652, 6665, 6668 [13AP], 6842 [18AP], 7465 [25AP], 7589 [27AP], 7724, 7727 [2MY], 8008 [3MY], 8010 [3MY], 8459 [8MY], 8729 [9MY], 9432 [16MY], 9586 [17MY], 20431, 20432 [14SE], 20590 [14SE], 20642-20645 [18SE], 20723, 20724 [19SE], 20952 [20SE], 24766 [17OC]

———Alaska oil spill cleanup extension (H. Res. 219), 16825 [28JY]

———committee investigation of oil spill in Prince William Sound, 15693 [20JY]

———obligation to clean up Alaska oil spill (H. Con. Res. 175), 20239 [12SE]

Fish and wildlife response plan: develop (H.R. 3296), 21190 [21SE]

Great Lakes: control the influx of exotic species (H.R. 1497), 4998 [20MR]

———protection, 13496 [27JN]

Hazardous substances: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (H.R. 978), 2195 [9FE]

———listing of available resources for responding to discharges (H.R. 2695), 12625 [20JN]

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1281), 3667 [7MR]

Marine resources: research on effects of oil spills (H.R. 3224), 19679 [6SE]

———review protection policy, 27051 [2NO]

Massachusetts: emergency standards for plumbing products, 3186 [1MR]

Mississippi River: funding of Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program, 28362 [9NO]

Nuclear energy: environmental projects at the Savannah River Site, SC, 16543-16546 [27JY]

Ocean dumping: uniform penalties (H.R. 1469), 4710 [16MR]

Ocean Dumping Enforcement Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3503), 25321 [19OC]

Oceans: protection, 13496 [27JN]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), return to Senate (H. Res. 287), 28271 [9NO]

Petroleum: compensation and liability scheme for discharges (H.R. 3394), 26849 [1NO], 27930 [8NO], 30078 [17NO]

———deny tax deductions relative to cleanup costs for spills (H.R. 2073), 7402 [25AP]

———deny tax deductions relative to cleanup costs for spills (H.R. 2532), 13855 [28JN]

———limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 4708 [16MR], 5793 [6AP], 16766 [27JY], 26793 [1NO], 26933-26956 [2NO], 27939-27987 [8NO], 27988 [9NO], 28222-28236, 28240 [9NO], 28268-28271 [9NO], 28362 [9NO], 30707 [21NO]

———limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), consideration (H. Res. 277), 26843-26848 [1NO]

———limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), corrections in engrossment, 28271 [9NO]

———oil spill accountability, 20724 [19SE]

———oil spill liability standards, 30088 [17NO]

———oil spill response teams (H.R. 2291), 8689 [9MY], 17123 [1AU]

———ocean discharge criteria (H.R. 403), 9455 [17MY]

Prince William Sound, AK: improve maritime safety (H.R. 2158), 7629 [27AP]

Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, WA: EPA grants (H.R. 2670), 12204 [15JN]

States: enforcement of oil spill laws relative to Federal enforcement, 27988 [9NO]

Storage tanks: contamination from faulty, 4142 [14MR]

Taxation: limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (H.R. 2532), 13855 [28JN]

University of Texas: oil spill cleaning technology, 25157 [18OC]

Valdez, AK: meeting with French mayors affected by oil spills, 24146 [11OC]

Washington: protection from oil spills, 22272 [28SE]

Waste Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 1457), 4156 [15MR], 4462 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Acid rain: control, 6957 [18AP], 12514 [20JN], 16668 [27JY], 23885 [7OC], 26152 [26OC]

———distributing incurred costs of regulation, 22898 [3OC]

Agricultural Nitrogen Education and Management Act: enact (S. 779), 6561, 6562 [13AP]

Agriculture: minimize impact of nitrogen on water quality (S. 1596), 20059 [12SE]

Canada: treaty on cooperation in the event of oil spills in the Arctic Ocean, 15222, 15254-15256 [19JY]

Coast Guard: environmental programs for the Great Lakes, 20299 [13SE]

Coastal zone: marine and coastal waters (S. 1178), 11704, 11741 [14JN]

———marine and coastal waters (S. 1179), 11712, 11741 [14JN]

Corporate Environmental Responsibility Act: enact (S. 1378), 15639 [20JY]

Exxon Valdez: Alaska oil spill, 5384, 5385 [4AP], 5698 [6AP], 5804, 5807, 5817-5819 [7AP], 7893, 7997 [3MY], 8384 [4MY], 9079, 9096 [12MY], 10781 [2JN], 10950, 10951 [6JN], 11305 [8JN], 20241 [13SE], 20597, 20625 [15SE], 25631 [24OC]

Great Lakes Critical Programs Act: enact (S. 1646), 21137-21140 [20SE]

Groundwater: research on contamination and remediation (S. 203), 878, 897, 901-904 [25JA]

Hazardous substances: identify areas of concern relative to discharges into the environment (S. 1517), 18417 [3AU]

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute: tribute, 28628 [14NO]

Lake Champlain: inclusion in Clean Lakes Demonstration Program (S. 1539), 18942 [4AU], 31333 [21NO]

Mead, NE: Corps of Engineers investigation of soil and water contamination at former Army ordnance plant, 16227 [26JY]

New York, NY: removal of floating debris in harbor (S. 506), 3483 [3MR]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 31652 [21NO]

———limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), substitute text of S. 686, 30150 [19NO]———limitations on liability (S. 686), 5402 [4AP], 5847 [10AP], 18285-18328, 18358-18381 [3AU], 18712-18733, 18749, 18877 [4AU]

———limitations on liability (S. 1066), 9884 [18MY]

Oil Spill Bill: enact (S. 771), 6553 [13AP]

Oil Spill Cleanup and Enforcement Act: enact (S. 1223), 13062 [22JN]

Onondaga Lake, NY: Federal program for conservation and management (S. 27), 574 [25JA], 3163 [1MR]

Patuxent River, MD: national water quality management demonstration site (S. Res. 109), 7326 [19AP]

Petroleum: demonstration projects involving terminal environmental oversight and monitoring (S. 1474), 17968 [2AU]

———Dept. of Commerce staff of experts to respond to oil spills, 18717-18719 [4AU]

———effective oil spill cleanup planning (S. 986), 9089 [12MY]

———expand authority for penalties relative to oil spills (S. 687), 5409 [4AP], 9304 [16MY]

———Federal funding for the removal of spilled oil, 18715-18717 [4AU]

———increase liability for oil spills, 18719-18728 [4AU]

———oil spill research and development center and a coastal zone restoration fund (S. 950), 8522 [9MY]

———prevent and disperse oil spills on the seas (S.J. Res. 90), 5416 [4AP]

———receipt of spill removal costs by political subdivisions of the State, 18713 [4AU]

Pollution: require State coastal zone management agencies to prepare water quality improvement plans for approval by Sec. of Commerce (S. 1189), 11732 [14JN]

Pollution Prevention Act: enact (S. 585), 4367, 4371, 4372 [15MR]

Prince William Sound Oil Tanker Navigation Safety Act: enact (S. 941), 8522, 8527 [9MY]

Rural areas: assistance to small communities with ground water radium contamination (S. 397), 2087 [9FE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 932), 8500, 8504 [9MY]

Taxation: deductibility of oil spill and hazardous substances cleanups, 10550-10556 [1JN]

Year of Clean Water: designate (S.J. Res. 181), 15287-15289 [19JY], 25380 [20OC]

Reports

Coastal Waters Pollution: OTA (excerpt), 11704 [14JN]

Reports filed

Lake Champlain Inclusion in the Clean Lakes Demonstration Program: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1539), 30531 [20NO]

Oil Pollution Liability Compensation: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3027) (H. Rept. 101-241), 20402 [13SE]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3027) (H. Rept. 101-241), 21407 [22SE]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 686) (S. Rept. 101-94), 16915 [31JY]

Oil Pollution Liability Limitations: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1465) (H. Rept. 101-242), 20647 [18SE], 22874 [3OC]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1465) (H. Rept. 101-242), 20647 [18SE]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 1465) (H. Rept. 101-242), 21003 [20SE]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 277) (H. Rept. 101-323), 26574, 26588 [31OC]

Prince William Sound, AK, Maritime Safety: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2158) (H. Rept. 101-200), 17096 [31JY]

Year of Clean Water: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 181), 24993 [18OC]

Statements

Alaska Oil Spill: Frank Young, FDA, 8384 [4MY]

———Martyn Smith, 8384 [4MY]

———Richard Jackson, National Academy of Science, 8384 [4MY]

Federal Oil Spill Legislation: Senator Mitchell, 5403 [4AP]

Oil Spill Liability Legislation: American Waterway Operators, 23104 [3OC]

Potential of Oil Spill in Puget Sound: Warren G. Magnuson, 6236 [12AP]

Puget Sound Tanker Safety Act: Edward Sheets, 28249 [9NO]

Reduction of Acid Rain: Brian Mulroney, 13617 [27JN]

White House Conference on Environment: President Bush, 27581 [7NO]

World Ecology (excerpts), 11409 [9JN]

Summaries

Civil Air Patrol Activity Relative to Alaska Oil Spill, 5675 [6AP]

Clean Up New York Harbor: Corps of Engineers, 3484 [3MR]

Coastal Zone Improvement Act (S. 1189), 11736 [14JN]

Ground Water Research, Management, and Education Act (S. 203), 898-901 [25JA]

Oil Spill Research and Development Center and a Coastal Zone Restoration Fund (S. 950), 8527 [9MY]

Prince William Sound Oil Tanker Navigation Safety Act (S. 941), 8526 [9MY]

Testimonies

Coastal Waters Pollution: Kenneth M. Curtis, 11704 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 219, Exxon Corp. oil spill cleanup extension, 16825 [28JY]

H. Res. 277, consideration of H.R. 1465, limitations on liability for damages from oil pollution, 26843 [1NO]

H. Res. 287, return S. 686, Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, to the Senate, 28271 [9NO]

H.R. 1465, limitations on liability for damages from oil pollution, 28257, 28260-28265 [9NO]

H.R. 3394, limitations on liability for damages from oil, 27940 [8NO]

S. 27, conservation and management program for Onondaga Lake, NY, 575 [25JA]

S. 203, Ground Water Research, Management, and Education Act, 878-897 [25JA]

S. 506, removal of floating debris in New York, NY, harbor, 3483 [3MR]

S. 585, Pollution Prevention Act, 4368-4371 [15MR]

S. 686, Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, 5404-5409 [4AP], 18274-18283 [3AU], 18733-18749 [15AU]

S. 687, expand authority for penalties relative to oil spills, 5410 [4AP]

S. 771, Oil Spill Bill, 6554 [13AP]

S. 779, Agricultural Nitrogen Education and Management Act, 6561 [13AP]

S. 932, amend Solid Waste Disposal Act, 8500 [9MY]

S. 941, Prince William Sound Oil Tanker Navigation Safety Act, 8523-8526 [9MY]

S. 950, oil spill research and development center and a coastal zone restoration fund, 8526 [9MY]

S. 986, oil spill cleanup planning, 9090 [12MY]

S. 987, study water pollution of New York Harbor, Delaware River and adjoining waters, 9091 [12MY]

S. 1066, Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, 9884-9886 [18MY]

S. 1178, marine and coastal waters pollution, 11705-11712 [14JN]

S. 1179, marine and coastal waters pollution, 11714, 11718 [14JN]

S. 1189, require State coastal zone management agencies to prepare water quality improvement plans for approval by Sec. of Commerce, 11733-11736 [14JN]

S. 1223, Oil Spill Cleanup and Enforcement Act, 13063-13065 [22JN]

S. 1378, Corporate Environmental Responsibility Act, 15639 [20JY]

S. 1517, identify areas of concern relative to discharges into the environment, 18418 [3AU]

S. 1539, include Lake Champlain in Clean Lakes Demonstration Program, 18942 [4AU], 31334 [21NO]

S. 1646, Great Lakes Critical Programs Act, 21137-21139 [20SE]

S. Res. 109, Patuxent River, MD: national water quality management demonstration site, 7326 [19AP]

S.J. Res. 181, Year of Clean Water, 15288 [19JY], 25380 [20OC]