ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Agreements

Alar sales and uses: with Uniroyal Chemical Co., 10884, 10886 [6JN]

Appointments

Administrator: confirmation of William K. Reilly, 1624 [2FE]

Articles and editorials

Environmental Activist To Head EPA—Property Rights Endangered?, 1428 [2FE]

Environmental Showdown, 27810 [7NO]

EPA Says Radon Threatens Schools, 10371 [31MY]

New Fuel Storage Rules Put Pressure on Station Owners, 18973 [4AU]

Numbers Game, 7868 [2MY]

Radon Found in All Fargo Schools—School Official Says Levels Not Serious Problem, but Will Be Monitored, 10371 [31MY]

Bills and resolutions

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3677)

Chemicals: data on toxic emissions (see H.R. 1457)

Cleanup costs: reward funds for the identification and recovery of certain (see H.R. 3786)

Criminal investigators: increase number (see H.R. 2561)

Ecology: impact of Federal actions (see H.R. 1003)

Fluoridation: increases in levels (see H.J. Res. 139)

Foreign countries: inform Congress relative to environmental requirements in other nations (see H.R. 3409)

Hazardous substances: environmental response programs for Federal nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3065)

———management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 353)

———regulations relative to the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (see H.R. 3303)

Long Island Sound Office: establish (see H.R. 3722)

Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act: enact (see S. 1422)

Newsprint: recycling percentage requirements for producers and importers (see H.R. 3483)

Pesticides: permit executive departments to use on public lands without duplicating EPA analyses (see H.R. 146)

Petroleum: suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321)

———underground storage tank regulation (see S. 1560)

Pittsburgh, PA: EPA grants for the construction of the Saw Mill relief sewer (see H.R. 1146)

Plastic articles: rules relative to composition (see H.R. 1439)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls Waste Regulatory Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1649)

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

Radon: appropriations for assessment and contamination studies (see H.R. 2004)

———carry out programs for assessment and mitigation (see S. Res. 136)

———nationwide testing for contamination in schools (see H.R. 2210)

Recycled materials: tax on the sale of paper products not containing an amount of recovered materials as specified by EPA (see H.R. 1691)

Refuse and refuse disposal: reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1804, 3127)

Rural areas: study growth and development (see H.R. 2457)

Solid waste: Federal assistance for local management (see H.R. 3235)

———State and local research and assistance programs (see H.R. 2676)

Solid Waste Compact Act: enact (see S. 1585)

Texas: EPA demonstration program for sewer and water supply facilities for certain colonias (see H.R. 2117)

University of Nevada: relocate certain laboratory facilities from (see S. 1359)

Urban areas: study growth and development (see H.R. 2457)

Wastewater construction projects: State priority lists relative to funding distribution within such State (see H.R. 1145)

Communications from

Activities: report, 11241 (EC1327) [7JN], 11893 (EC1277) [15JN], 26644 (EC1853) [31OC]

Advertising of unregistered pesticides: report, 1684 (EC532) [6FE]

Appropriations for research and development: legislation, 5560 (EC821) [5AP]

Appropriations for research, development, and demonstration: report, 4198 (EC782) [15MR]

Assessment of Publicly Owned Wastewater Treatment Facilities in U.S.: report, 2268 (EC631) [21FE], 2391 (EC579) [22FE]

Availability, Adequacy, and Comparability of Testing Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants: report, 101 (EC137) [3JA], 313 (EC190) [20JA]

Availability of liability insurance to local educational agencies and asbestos contractors: study, 1109 (EC392) [25JA]

Comparative health effects assessment of drinking water treatment technologies: report, 27 (EC99) [3JA]

Competition for contracts: report, 1744 (EC565) [7FE], 2957 (EC622) [28FE]

Conditional registration of pesticides: report, 22743 (EC1757) [2OC]

Drinking water treatment technologies: report, 98 (EC44) [3JA]

Effectiveness of the Innovative and Alternative Wastewater Treatment Technology Program: report, 22743 (EC1770) [2OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: regulation, 1108 (EC371) [25JA]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act applications: report, 22987 (EC1729) [3OC]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 7612 (EC1066) [27AP], 7954 (EC1041) [3MY]

Hungary's environmental reforms, 20441 (EC1682) [14SE]

Indian wastewater treatment needs and assistance: report, 345 (EC385) [24JA], 2390 (EC546) [22FE]

Indoor air quality: report, 19611 (EC1536) [6SE]

Inspector General: report, 99 (EC92) [3JA], 27662 (EC1894) [7NO]

Internal control and financial systems: report, 317 (EC338) [20JA]

Joint Drug Enforcement Administration and EPA Federal Task Force: report, 30182 (EC1976) [19NO]

Liability coverage of local educational agencies and asbestos contractors: report, 344 (EC336) [24JA]

Management of Hazardous Wastes From Educational Institutions: report, 7752 (EC1100) [2MY], 8776 (EC1078) [10MY]

Mandated Superfund audit activities: report, 26 (EC38) [3JA]

New York, NY, bight pollution: report, 7648 (EC1096) [1MY]

Plastic debris in New York bight: study, 1472 (EC422) [2FE], 7953 (EC1019) [3MY]

Poland's environmental reforms, 20441 (EC1682) [14SE]

Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act: report, 26 (EC59) [3JA], 27028 (EC1879) [2NO], 30032 (EC2041) [17NO]

Progress in the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution: report, 6703 (EC943) [17AP]

Progress Toward Implementing Superfund: report, 9527 (EC1134) [17MY]

Records system: report, 263 (EC245) [19JA]

Review and regulation of new and existing chemicals: report, 26644 (EC1853) [31OC]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: report, 4198 (EC777) [15MR], 5560 (EC820) [5AP]

Status of Radon Mitigation Demonstration Program: report, 2390 (EC543) [22FE]

Superfund: report, 9481 (EC1221) [17MY], 27086 (EC1970) [3NO]

———audit report, 98 (EC43) [3JA]

Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program: report, 7953 (EC1020) [3MY]

Toxic substances: report, 26368 (EC1904) [27OC]

Toxic Substances Control Act: report, 4198 (EC776) [15MR], 5560 (EC822) [5AP]

Wastewater Treatment Technology Program: report, 22412 (EC1712) [28SE]

Water quality: report, 7648 (EC1092) [1MY], 7955 (EC1062) [3MY]

Water quality of lakes: report, 24813 (EC1849) [17OC], 24880 (EC1804) [17OC]

Letters

Ban use of daminozide: Linda Fisher, 20602 [15SE]

Christopher Columbus Center of Marine Research and Exploration funding, 19526 [6SE]

Garfield Heights, OH, Rockside Sanitary Landfill, 5913 [10AP]

Memorandums

State Legislative Barriers to Hazardous Waste Management, 20685 [18SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 15621 [20JY]

Hawaii, 15620 [20JY]

Idaho, 5895 [10AP]

Remarks in House

Asbestos: health hazards, 7471 [25AP]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3677), 29631 [17NO]

Dept. of the Interior: proposal to renew irrigation contract, 27810 [7NO]

Ecology: impact of Federal actions (H.R. 1492), 5002 [20MR]

Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands (H.R. 991), 2198 [9FE]

Foreign countries: inform Congress relative to environmental requirements in other nations (H.R. 3409), 23318 [4OC]

Hazardous substances: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 333 [20JA]

———monitor releases at storage, treatment, and disposal facilities (H.R. 3702), 30087 [17NO]

———regulations relative to the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 3303), 21183 [20SE]

———response programs for Federal nuclear facilities (H.R. 3065), 17591 [1AU]

Long Island Sound, NY: ecological condition, 3048 [28FE]

Motor vehicles: emission standards education, 19492 [4AU]

Newsprint: recycling percentage requirements for producers and importers (H.R. 3483), 24769 [17OC]

Ozone layer: depletion, 27181 [6NO]

———production of destroying chemicals, 7554 [26AP]

Pesticides: groundwater contamination (H.R. 599), 334 [20JA]

Petroleum: suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (H.R. 3321), 21362 [21SE]

Plastic articles: rules relative to composition of certain (H.R. 1439), 4456 [15MR]

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

Radon: appropriations for assessment and contamination studies (H.R. 2004), 6761 [17AP]

———nationwide testing for contamination in schools (H.R. 2210), 8010 [3MY], 8093 [3MY]

Recycled materials: tax on the sale of paper products not containing an amount of recovered materials as specified by EPA (H.R. 1691), 23664 [6OC]

Refuse and refuse disposal: incinerator ash management, 8602 [9MY]

———monitoring of ocean sludge dumping, 6796 [17AP]

———reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 3127), 18691 [4AU]

Sewage disposal: regulate toxic materials in sludge, 15970 [24JY]

Solid waste: municipal reduction programs (H.R. 1804), 6358 [12AP]

Storage tanks: implementation of congresional instructions, 26515 [31OC]

Texas: EPA demonstration program for sewer and water supply facilities to certain colonias (H.R. 2117), 7539 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Federal Facility Compliance Act: enact (S. 1140), 11120 [7JN]

Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Response Act: enact (S. 1462), 17508 [1AU]

Great Lakes: EPA funding, 20870-20872 [19SE]

Hazardous substances: underground storage financial assurance regulations, 20858-20862 [19SE]

Iowa: FMC Corp. plant emission standard, 30411 [20NO]

Long Island Sound Improvement Act: enact (S. 1722), 22991-22995 [3OC]

Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act: enact (S. 1422), 16686-16688 [27JY]

Petroleum: underground storage tank regulation (S. 1560), 18973 [4AU]

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

Polychlorinated Biphenyls Waste Regulatory Improvements Act: enact (S. 1649), 21140 [20SE]

Radon: programs of assessment and mitigation (S. Res. 136), 10371 [31MY]

Reilly, William K.: nomination as Administrator, 1425-1432 [2FE]

Rosenberg, William G.: nomination, 8385 [4MY]

Senior Environmental Employment Program, 18925 [4AU]

Reports

Management Review of Superfund Program, 18925 [4AU]

Reports filed

Nomination of Don R. Clay To Be EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 29740 [17NO]

————of E. Donald Elliott To Be Assistant Administrator of EPA: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 25278 [19OC]

————of Frank H. Habicht II To Be Deputy Administrator: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 9528 [17MY]

————of James M. Strock To Be Assistant Administrator: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 29740 [17NO]

————of LaJuana S. Wilcher To Be Assistant Administrator: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 25278 [19OC]

————of William K. Reilly To Be Administrator of the EPA: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 1473 [2FE]

Regulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-118), 13959 [29JN]

Statements

Environmental Concerns: President Bush, 1430 [2FE]

Tables

Appropriations under H.R. 2916, 15359 [20JY]

Testimonies

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Alaska Oil Spill, D206 [19AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1457, Waste Reduction Act, 4469-4471 [15MR]

S. 643, tax credit for radon repair expenditures, 4788 [17MR]

S. 1140, Federal Facility Compliance Act, 11120 [7JN]

S. 1462, Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Response Act, 17510-17514 [1AU]

S. 1649, Polychlorinated Biphenyls Waste Regulatory Improvements Act, 21141-21143 [20SE]

S. 1722, Long Island Sound Improvement Act, 22991-22994 [3OC]

S. Res. 136, programs for radon gas assessment and mitigation, 10371 [31MY]