HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES related term(s) Consumers; Health

Amendments

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 29095, 29104 [15OC]

Ecology: problems affecting environmental cleanup activities (S. 3187), 30928, 30952 [18OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2936), 33309, 33333 [23OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1465, limitations on liability for damages from oil pollution, 8341 [26AP]

———H.R. 1465, limitations on liability for damages from oil spills, 17101 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

Arlington Courthouse Fire Spreads Asbestos, 12664 [5JN]

Asbestos Removal Fiasco, 5876 [29MR], 8548 [27AP]

Asbestos—Scientific Developments and Implications for Public Policy, 1602-1607 [7FE]

District Decides To Keep Kelly Walsh Closed for Year After New Asbestos Found, 1601 [7FE]

EPA Warns Against Asbestos Removal, 29107 [15OC]

Federal Limits on Use of Lead Long Overdue, 10766 [16MY]

Lafarge Plants Fuel Debate Over Hazardous Waste Disposal, 31873 [22OC]

NC Schools' Cash Cushion Faces Drop by Two-Thirds, Officials Say, 3779 [7MR]

Ne Mange Pas les Poissons, 21617 [1AU]

Nevada—Shaky Site for a Nuclear Dump, 25197 [20SE]

Puncturing a Panic, 5877 [29MR]

Report Warns of Impact of Hanford's Radiation, 21615 [1AU]

Revision of EPA's Nuke Dump Safety Standards Urged, 25198 [20SE]

School Repairs To Cost Estimated $83 Million, 3779 [7MR]

Stewart Udall's War of the West, 7774-7776 [20AP]

Toxic Waste-Using Kilns Condemned by Midlothians, 31873 [22OC]

U.S. Sees Danger in 1940's Radiation in the Northwest, 21616 [1AU]

U.S. Tells of 1940's Radiation in Northwest, 21615 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: repeal (see S. 2248; H.R. 4220)

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5334)

Chemicals: maximum contaminant level for trichloroethylene (see H.R. 5096)

Clean Air Act: amend to provide benefits to workers terminated as a consequence of revision of that act's standards (see H.R. 4460)

Ecology: establish an environmental restoration program for the cleanup of Dept. of Agriculture facilities (see H.R. 4782)

———prohibit incineration of certain materials transported in commerce (see H.R. 5910)

———reduce the levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 5372)

EPA: authorizing grants to groups that oppose the issuance of certain permits (see H.R. 4856)

———criteria for issuing permits for hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 4855)

———identification and monitoring of environmental areas for toxic substances (see H.R. 4579)

———radon measurement proficiency (see H.R. 5138)

———regulation of the use of fiberglass and mineral wool as substitutes for hazardous chemicals (see S. 3193)

Executive departments: prohibit from selling contaminated property (see H.R. 4527)

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: oil and hazardous substance liability (see H.R. 4910)

Florida Memorial College: assistance for asbestos removal (see H.R. 5552)

Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Act: enact (see S. 2238)

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (see S. 2318)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2936)

Health: reduce threats posed by exposure to indoor air contaminants (see H.R. 5155)

Housing: lead-based paint (see H.R. 4906)

Independent Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act: enact (see S. 2258)

Interstate compacts: host compacting state construction with another compact for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (see S. 3139)

———regulation of construction of radioactive waste facilities near State borders (see S. 3138)

———transportation of low-level radioactive waste on routes within the compact (see S. 3140)

Johnston Atoll: prohibit transport of chemical munitions for demilitarization or storage (see S. 3119)

Land use: limited extension for land treatment facilities (see H.R. 5873)

Lead Ban Act: enact (see S. 2593)

Lead Exposure Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2637)

Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (see H. Res. 508)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: study of hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 5085)

National Radon Action Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 317; H.J. Res. 583)

Nuclear energy: health compensation for defense nuclear facilities' employees exposed to radiation (see H.R. 5953)

Occupational health and safety: expand rights of victims of hazards (see H.R. 4928)

———study the contamination of workers' homes transported from their workplaces (see S. 3234)

Packaging: reduction of metals (see S. 3169)

Pesticides: prohibit spraying toxic substances over densely populated areas (see H.R. 5188)

Pipelines: issuance of certain liquid pipeline facility regulations (see S. 2323)

Postal service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (see H.R. 5209)

Power resources: national energy strategy reflecting ecological concerns (see H.R. 5767, 5786)

Radioactive waste disposal: prohibit States that are not members of interstate compacts from disposing such matter in facilities close to international borders (see H.R. 5477)

Radon: increase testing in residential housing and schools (see H.R. 5971)

Recycled materials: establish standards for spent lead-acid batteries (see S. 2892)

Recycling of hazardous waste: tax credit (see H.R. 5270)

Refuse and refuse disposal: management standards and recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 5359)

———prohibit disposal of low-level radioactive waste at certain high-level radioactive waste sites (see H.R. 4502)

———treatment and disposal of waste at the site on which it was generated (see H.R. 5719)

Refuse and refuse removal: prohibit disposal of solid waste in any State other than the State the waste originated (see H.R. 4832)

SBA: lending institution liability relative to loans for acquiring environmentally damaged property (see H.R. 5764)

Shipping industry: require State-licensed pilots to operate vessels carrying oil or hazardous material (see H.R. 4686)

Solid waste: ensure safe burning (see S. 3226)

———treatment and disposal (see H.R. 3885)

States: prohibit importation of hazardous wastes for treatment or disposal (see H.R. 5184)

Superfund: liability for hazardous substances at sites (see H.R. 5027)

Taxation: provide a refundable income tax credit for the recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 4947)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend provisions relative to tobacco products (see H.R. 5208)

Underground Storage Tank Pollution Prevention and Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2175)

Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2324; H.R. 4478)

Veterans: benefits for individuals who may have been exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 5624)

———time period during which leukemia is presumed service-connected (see H.R. 4941)

Books

``Day of Two Suns,'' Jane Dibbins (excerpt), 21612 [1AU]

Court documents

Asbestos litigation, 31079 [19OC]

Examples

States with carcinogenic emissions risk assessment limits that may preclude operation, 775 [30JA]

Explanations

Justification for plutonium recovery modification project: Dept. of Energy, 14645 [19JN]

Letters

EPA removal of asbestos in Wyoming: Senator Wallop, 3778 [7MR]

EPA's enforcement authority: National Wildlife Federation, 12503 [24MY]

Low-level radioactive waste disposal: Anna F. Prager, 27861 [5OC]

———Arthur A. Davis, 27861 [5OC]

———James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois, 27860 [5OC]

———John Waihee, 27861 [5OC]

———Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, 27861 [5OC]

———Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, 27860 [5OC]

———Steve Cowper, Governor of Alaska, 27861 [5OC]

Nuclear materials production: (sundry), 14295 [14JN]

Oilspill response technology: Coast Guard, 6870 [4AP]

———Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense, 6870 [4AP]

———EPA, 6870 [4AP]

———Manuel Lujan, Jr., Sec. of the Interior, 6870 [4AP]

———Piro Implementation, Inc., 6871 [4AP]

Plutonium recovery modification project: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, 14643, 14644 [19JN]

Underground storage tanks: Doug Rogness, 2590 [26FE]

———Jim Watson, 2590 [26FE]

———Robert A. Nystuen, 2590 [26FE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 22087 [2AU]

Michigan, 5401 [27MR], 5780 [28MR], 14110 [14JN]

Pennsylvania, 10475 [15MY]

Virginia, 7338 [18AP], 8069 [24AP], 13263 [6JN]

Messages

Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Bush, 35803 [26OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Report: President Bush, 1160 [5FE]

Remarks in House

Asbestos: exposure, 12658-12661 [5JN]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 34921-34929 [26OC], 37134 [27OC], 37177 [2NO]

Budget: Superfund Program funding, 34897 [2NO]

Dept. of Energy: conduct epidemiological studies of the effects of exposure to radiation and toxic substances (H.R. 3212), 17209 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: analyses of transportation incidents (H.R. 584), 35948 [26OC]

Diseases: lead poisoning, 23109 [3AU]

Ecology: establish an environmental restoration program for the cleanup of Dept. of Agriculture facilities (H.R. 4782), 10118 [10MY]

———reduce the levels of lead in the environment (H.R. 5372), 19486 [26JY]

EPA: identification and monitoring of environmental areas for toxic substances (H.R. 4579), 7687 [20AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: oil and hazardous substance liability (H.R. 4910), 12502 [24MY]

Foreign trade: pesticide export reform, 32704 [23OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2936), 34168 [25OC], 37129 [27OC]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2936), authorizing correction in enrollment, 34187 [25OC]

Health: compensation for victims of occupational disease, 31078 [19OC]

Housing: lead-based paint (H.R. 4906), 12518 [24MY]

Military bases: cleanup of toxic sites, 7275 [18AP]

Motor vehicles: prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), 5499-5506 [27MR]

———prohibit use of cargo tanks for food and hazardous materials (H.R. 3386), consideration of the Senate amendment (H. Res. 508), 29449-29455 [15OC]

National Radon Action Week: designate (S.J. Res. 317), 29927 [16OC]

Nuclear energy: health compensation for defense nuclear facilities' employees exposed to radiation (H.R. 5953), 35989 [26OC]

———health effects, 21611-21617 [1AU]

Occupational health and safety: expand rights of victims of hazards (H.R. 4928), 12573 [24MY]

Pesticides: prohibit spraying toxic substances over densely populated areas (H.R. 5188), 16626 [28JN]

Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), 6869 [4AP]

———limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 22283-22300 [3AU]

Postal Service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (H.R. 5209), 26813, 26814 [1OC]

Public utilities: regulation of air toxics, 35375 [2NO]

———regulation of radionuclide standards, 35376 [2NO]

Radon: increase testing in residential housing and schools (H.R. 5971), 37099 [27OC]

Railroads: GAO report on transportation of hazardous substances, 9118 [2MY]

Refuse and refuse disposal: prohibit disposal of low-level radioactive waste at certain high-level radioactive waste sites (H.R. 4502), 6616 [4AP]

San Francisco, CA: toxic waste cleanup at Ferallon Islands, 14907 [20JN]

SBA: lending institution liability relative to loans for acquiring environmentally damaged property (H.R. 5764), 26919 [1OC]

States: prohibit importation of hazardous wastes for treatment or disposal (H.R. 5184), 16084, 16089 [27JN]

———regulation of low-level radioactive waste disposal (H.R. 5505), 23085 [3AU], 27860 [5OC]

Superfund Program: cleanup of toxic sites, 7404 [19AP]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend provisions relative to tobacco products (H.R. 5208), 16618 [28JN]

Transportation: consistency interstate and international laws (H.R. 3520), 35948 [26OC]

Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 4478), 6852 [4AP]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: allowable radiation dosage, 36061 [27OC]

———electric utility emissions of air toxics, 36062 [27OC]

———regulating cancer-causing toxics, 1601 [7FE]

———regulation of air toxics, 36056-36059 [27OC]

Alaska Native Corporations: identification of transferred contaminated lands, 33273 [23OC]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: repeal (S. 2248), 3777, 3779 [7MR]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1893), 29101-29114 [15OC]

Children: lead poisoning, 3283 [5MR]

Comprehensive Environment Response Compensation and Liability Act: lenders' liability in site cleaning up cases, 18233 [19JY]

Ecology: problems affecting environmental cleanup activities (S. 3187), 30952 [18OC]

EPA: regulation of the use of fiberglass and mineral wool as substitutes for hazardous chemicals (S. 3193), 28935 [12OC]

Hawaii: water safety at Schofield Army Barracks, 24669 [17SE]

Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Act: enact (S. 2238), 3528 [6MR]

Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act: enact (S. 2318), 5159 [22MR]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2936), 20337 [30JY], 33328-33339 [23OC], 36711 [2NO]

———authorizing apropriations (S. 936), House amendment, 35772-35784 [26OC]

Indians: Navajo uranium miners, 7773 [20AP]

Interstate compacts: host compacting state construction with another compact for disposal of low-level radioactive waste (S. 3139), 26525 [28SE]

———transportation of low-level radioactive waste on routes within the compact (S. 3140), 26525 [28SE]

Johnston Atoll: prohibit transport of chemical munitions for demilitarization or storage (S. 3119), 26390 [27SE]

Johnston Island: storage of chemical weapons, 22812 [3AU]

Lawn chemicals: regulations, 7851 [23AP]

Lead Ban Act: enact (S. 2593), 9615 [8MY]

Lead Exposure Reduction Act: enact (S. 2637), 10761, 10766 [16MY]

———enact (S. 2637), star print, 11288 [21MY]

National Radon Action Week: designate (S.J. Res. 317), 11175 [18MY]

Nevada: radioactive waste disposal, 21105 [1AU]

Occupational health and safety: study the contamination of workers' homes transported from their workplaces (S. 3234), 33296 [23OC]

Packaging: reduction of metals (S. 3169), 27833 [5OC]

Pipelines: issuance of certain liquid pipeline facility regulations (S. 2323), 5173 [22MR]

Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 21706 [2AU]

Postal Service: child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items (H.R. 5209), 29631 [16OC]

Product safety: prohibit organically grown product storage in chemical containers, 18197 [19JY]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: reauthorizing, 11613, 11614 [22MY]

Solid waste: ensure safe burning (S. 3226), 31872 [22OC]

Soviet Union: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 8622 [27AP]

Transportation: emergency response and training grants, 36711 [2NO]

Underground Storage Tank Pollution Prevention and Assistance Act: enact (S. 2175), 2587 [26FE]

Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act: enact (S. 2324), 5175 [22MR]

Yucca Mountain, NV: use as a nuclear waste site, 25196 [20SE]

Reports

Asbestos—Ohio Schools Get Failing Marks: James D. August, 12664-12667 [5JN]

Health Effects of Exposure to Low-Levels of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects of Ionization Committee, 22855 [3AU]

Oilspill Response Technology: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 6869 [4AP]

Reports filed

Amending the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: Committee Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3520) (H. Rept. 101-444), 6356 [3AP]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1893) (S. Rept. 101-353), 16438 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1465, Limiting Liability of Oil Pollution Damages: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 452) (H. Rept. 101-658), 22085 [2AU]

Consistency in Laws and Regulations in Interstate, Intrastate, and Foreign Commerce: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3520) (H. Rept. 101-444), 30250 [17OC]

Environmental Cleanup Activities: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 3187) (S. Rept. 101-520), 28557 [11OC]

EPA Data on Toxic Chemical Emissions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1457) (H. Rept. 101-555), 15466 [25JN]

Federal Facility Compliance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1140) (S. Rept. 101-553), 33530 [24OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2936) (S. Rept. 101-449), 23570 [10SE]

Indoor Air Pollution: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 5155) (H. Rept. 101-826), 28447 [10OC]

Lead Exposure Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2637) (S. Rept. 101-540), 30887 [18OC]

Make Nonmailable Any Unsolicited Sample of a Drug or Other Hazardous Household Substance Which Does Not Meet Child-Resistant Packaging Requirements: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5209) (H.R. 101-758), 26175 [26SE]

National Radon Action Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 317), 14230 [14JN]

Prohibit Use of Refrigerated Motor Vehicles for Transportation of Solid Waste: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3386) (H. Rept. 101-390), 4459 [15MR]

Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1697) (S. Rept. 101-551), 31872 [22OC]

State Regulation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5505) ((H. Rept. 101-967), 37088 [27OC]

Waiving Certain Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 1465, Limitations on Liability for Pollution Damages from Oil: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 452) (H. Rept. 101-658), 22025 [2AU]

Statements

Asbestos Reduction in Schools: Linda J. Fisher, EPA, 29108 [15OC]

EPA's Asbestos Disaster: Warren Brookes, 3778 [7MR]

Lead-Poisoning in Children: Herbert Needleman, 20227 [27JY]

Radionuclides: William Ruckelshaus, 300 [24JA]

Studies

Carcinogenic Risk of Asbestos Exposures in Buildings, William J. Nicholson, 12661-12664 [5JN]

To Reprocess or Not to Reprocess—The PUREX Question: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 19466-19468 [25JY]

Tables

500 largest releases of toxics, 1987, 778 [30JA]

Risk assessment for the regulation of cancer-causing air toxics, by State, 774 [30JA]

Sources of ionizing radiation exposure, average annual effective dose equivalent in the U.S. population, 3724 [7MR]

Summary of State pesticide applicator record keeping programs, 19831 [27JY]

Testimonies

Technology To Control Sources of Air Pollutants: Bruce Maillet (excerpts), 775 [30JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 508, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3386, prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles and cargo tanks for food for transportation of solid waste and hazardous materials, 29449-29452 [15OC]

H.R. 3386, prohibit use of refrigerated motor vehicles for transportation of solid waste and the use of cargo tanks for transportation of food and hazardous materials, 5499 [27MR]

H.R. 5188, prohibit spraying toxic substances over densely populated areas, 16626 [28JN]

H.R. 5209, child-resistant packaging of unsolicited sample drugs or hazardous items, 26813 [1OC]

H.R. 5971, Radon Awareness And Disclosure Act, 37099-37102 [27OC]

S. 1893, Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act, 29102-29104, 29111-29114 [15OC], 34921-34923 [26OC]

S. 2175, Underground Storage Tank Pollution Prevention and Assistance Act, 2589 [26FE]

S. 2248, Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 3778 [7MR]

S. 2318, Hazardous Materials Safe Transportation Act, 5160 [22MR]

S. 2323, issuance of certain liquid pipeline facility regulations, 5175 [22MR]

S. 2593, Lead Ban Act, 9616 [8MY]

S. 2637, Lead Exposure Reduction Act, 10762-10766 [16MY]

S. 2936, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act appropriations authorization, 33328-33332 [23OC], 34172-34187 [25OC]

S. 3119, prohibit transport of chemical munitions for demilitarization or storage on Johnston Atoll, 26391 [27SE]

S. 3138, regulation of construction of radioactive waste facilities near State borders, 26526 [28SE]

S. 3139, host compacting state construction with another compact for disposal of low-level radioactive waste, 26526 [28SE]

S. 3140, transportation of low-level radioactive waste on routes within an interstate compact, 26526 [28SE]

S. 3169, Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act, 27834 [5OC]

S. 3187, environmental cleanup activities, 30953 [18OC]

S. 3193, EPA regulation of the use of fiberglass and mineral wool as substitutes for hazardous chemicals, 28936 [12OC]

S. 3226, ensure safe burning, 31873 [22OC]

S.J. Res. 317, National Radon Action Week, 11175 [18MY], 14475 [18JN], 29927 [16OC]