ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT related term(s) Ecology and Environment; Hazardous Substances; Recycling; Water
Addresses
Constitutional Perspective on Free Trade Agreement: Representative LaFalce, E1640 [7MY]
Domestic Policy: President Bush, S7625-S7627 [12JN]
Energy and the Environment: Michael Fischer, E1578-E1581 [2MY]
Environmental Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement: Ronald H. Merrett, E1617 [7MY]
Environmental Issues and the Military Officers: William P. Pendley, S7230-S7233 [5JN]
Fast-Track's Impact on U.S. Environment: Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (consumer organization), E1770 [15MY]
Importance of Politics and Government in American Life: Representative Rostenkowski, E1557 [2MY]
Mexican Integrated Environmental Border Plan: Patricio Chirinos, E3673-E3675 [1NO]
National Energy Security Act: President Bush, S12000 [2AU]
National Energy Strategy: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S10838 [25JY]
———President Bush, S10837 [25JY]
New World Order? Cyrus R. Vance, S6206-S6208 [21MY]
Politics and Science of Garbage—Exploring Waste Management Policies in America: Robert A. Powers, E2852 [2AU]
Agreements
New Mexico Congressional Delegation Timber Task Force, H3027 [14MY]
Amendments
Arizona: environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School (S. 2034), S18644, S18713 [27NO]
Dept. of the Environment: establish (S. 533), S13962, S13963, S13986 [30SE]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S14847 [16OC], S14884, S14897, S14922, S14932 [17OC], S14966, S15016, S15021 [22OC], S15122, S15203 [24OC]
Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (S. 1156), S18110 [25NO]
National Arbor Day: designate (S.J. Res. 64), S2357 [26FE]
Native Americans: environmental quality on Indian reservations (S. 668), S12133 [2AU]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S10157 [16JY], S12315 [2AU], S15811 [1NO]
Analyses
Carbon Dioxide Offsets Policy Efficiency Act (S. 1323), S8141 [19JN]
Chesapeake Bay Restoration (S. 14), S596 [14JA]
Environmental Marketing Claims' Regulation (H.R. 1408), E898 [12MR]
Federal Facility Compliance Act (S. 596), S14969 [22OC]
Lakes Assessment and Protection Act (S. 1069), S5789 [14MY]
National Energy Security Act (S. 1220), S10161-S10163 [16JY]
———American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, S11928-S11930 [1AU]
———several conservation and environmental groups, S11930 [1AU]
National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act (S. 1273), S7496 [11JN]
National Waste Reduction, Recycling and Management Act (H.R. 3865), H10991-H10993 [22NO]
Pollution Prevention, Community Recycling, and Incinerator Control Act (H.R. 3253), E2948 [2AU]
Taxation Relief to Utilities Installing Acid Rain Reduction Equipment (S. 1234), S7317 [6JN]
Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act (H.R. 3026), E2679 [24JY]
Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act (S. 1557), S10954 [25JY]
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (S. 1007), S5506 [8MY]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 2194, Federal Facility Compliance Act, S15138 [24OC]
Task Force on Environmental Restoration at Military Bases Scheduled for Closure: members, H5214 [27JN]
Articles and editorials
``60 Minutes'' on Acid Rain—CBS' Big Turnaround on Environmentalism, E128 [11JA]
Acid Rain Boondoggle, S14022 [1OC]
Administration Cuts Conservation From Energy Plan, E92 [7JA]
Administration—Need Friends in High Places?, S16253 [7NO]
Administrative Costs Drain Superfund, S14015-S14017 [1OC]
Alice Wainwright, Crusader for Environment, Dies at 83, E1495 [30AP]
Amazon Crude, E1940-E1943 [24MY]
Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, S10988 [26JY]
Arizona's True Nature, E2487 [11JY]
Arsenio Milian—Environmental Advocate, E1208 [11AP]
Baca Criticizes Administration Energy Plan, Calls for Conservation, Alternatives, E861 [8MR]
``Big E'' Reactors a Big Pain, Say Veteran Refuelers, S13783 [26SE]
Big Park Coming at You?, S1685 [6FE]
Bombs Away on Polystyrene?, S14018 [1OC]
Border Boom's Dirty Residue Imperils U.S.-Mexico Trade, H2163 [11AP]
Born Free, Sold Dear, E1790 [16MY]
Brazil Rain Forest Hunter-Gatherer Takes in the Town, S7241 [5JN]
Britain Censures U.S. Global Warming View, S11156 [29JY]
Build Ties With Mexico—Fast Track for More Trade, S6789 [24MY]
Building Trust With Toothpaste—Entrepreneur Makes Human Dignity the Bottom Line, S5957 [15MY]
Bush's Acid Rain Plan—Expensively Futile, S14023 [1OC]
California's Liquid Deficit, E875 [11MR]
Chemical Firms Find That It Pays To Reduce Pollution at Source—By Altering Processes To Yield Less Waste They Make Production More Efficient—Dow Reuses a Toxic Solvent, E2518 [11JY]
Clean Air Act Overkill, S16891 [18NO]
Cleaning Up—Chemical Firms Find That It Pays To Reduce Pollution at Source, E2247 [19JN]
Cleaning Up—Chemical Firms Find That It Pays to Reduce Pollution at Source-By Altering Process To Yield Less Waste, They Make Production More Efficient-Dow Reuses a Toxic Solvent, S8295 [20JN]
Compromise Will Reopen Lumber Mill, H3028 [14MY]
Conservation—Then and Now, S4418-S4420 [16AP]
Copper Mining Test Unveiled, E2803 [1AU]
Cowboy State Could Benefit From National Energy Security Act, S15396 [29OC]
Dangerous Criminal Nabbed!, S14014 [1OC]
Debate Hotter Than the Earth?, S1683 [6FE]
Debt-for-Nature Swaps—U.S. Policy Issues and Options, E1263-E1266 [16AP]
Defending Dolphins—Why Won't Mexico Take Steps to Stop the Killing?, E3365 [10OC]
Development for a Favored Few?, S1687 [6FE]
Don't Let Lenders Off Hook in Their Superfund Duties, E1673, E1689 [9MY]
1872 + 119=Trouble—Federal Mining Law is Frontier Relic, E2129 [10JN]
Energy and Peace, S14714 [15OC]
Energy Realism, S8839 [27JN]
Energy Strategy Under Siege, S15397 [29OC]
Environmental Consequences of a Gulf War, S431 [14JA]
Environmental Laws Could Cost Oil Industry $79 Billion, E146 [12JA]
EPA Accused of Muddying Its Jackboots in Pennsylvania Wetlands, S14014 [1OC]
EPA in Your Bedroom?, S14019 [1OC]
European Community Asks Heavy Energy Tax To Curb Emissions, E3314 [8OC]
Exclusive Club of R&R?, S1688 [6FE]
Fast Track Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, S6092 [17MY]
Fast-Track Needs Two Tracks, H2546 [25AP]
Fighting for a Northern Treasure, S15419 [29OC]
Firms Find a Haven From U.S. Environmental Rules, E3967 [22NO]
First Summer Thinning Found in U.S. Ozone Layer—Skin Cancer Risk Increases, Experts Say, S15098 [24OC]
Five Ways to Determine Validity of Forecasts of High-Tech Doom, E4176 [26NO]
50,000 Premature Deaths?, S14019 [1OC]
Forked Tongues Speak Against Arctic Oil Search, E2063 [6JN], E2357 [25JN]
Fresh Eye on the Environment, S1562 [5FE]
Friend of Nature, and of All—Alice Wainwright, 83, E1495 [30AP]
Global Warming Continues, but Cause Is Uncertain—Buildup of Pollutants in Earth's Atmosphere Studied—Definitive Evidence Is Lacking, S1489 [5FE]
Gorilla in the Greenhouse, S11155 [29JY]
Government Lawyers Fight ``Trust Responsibility'', S18129 [25NO]
Graham's Measure To Protect Wildlife Refuges Rates Passage, S15077 [23OC]
Great Green Scam?, S1688 [6FE]
Greening California, E875 [11MR]
Greenlining—Backdoor to Limiting Our Use of Land?, S1685 [6FE]
Guy Behind the Tree, S7226 [5JN]
Hawaiian Islands Face Extensive Ecological Peril, S16325 [7NO]
High Cost of Going California, S16890 [18NO]
Hijacking Development?, S1686 [6FE]
Hole in Senate Heads Rivals Ozone Gap, S14020 [1OC]
Idaho Wilderness Negotiations, E2525 [15JY]
Illegal Dumpers Scar Indian Land, S18130 [25NO]
Indians Say EPA Not Doing Enough, S18128 [25NO]
Industry Charges International Push To Cut Lead Exposure Overstates Risks, S14017 [1OC]
Interagency Memos Reveal White House Influencing EPA Clean-Air Proposals, S16256 [7NO]
It's Official—1990 Warmest Year in Record, S1488 [5FE]
It's Time To Drill Alaska's Refuge, S10988 [26JY]
Japan Shifts Policy on Antarctic Mining, S5066 [25AP]
Land Trusts or Government Advance Men?, S1686 [6FE]
Last Chance for an Energy Policy, S15685 [31OC]
Last Refuge—Federal Bureau Joins Battle To Ensure That Pacific Flyway Has the Wetlands for Wildlife, E328 [29JA]
Legacy of War—The Battles are Over, But Gulf Environment Still Fights for Its Life, H10591 [19NO]
Less McWaste, H2592 [30AP]
Let's Hunt for Oil—It's Time To Drill Alaska's Refuge, S760-S762 [14JA]
Mining Law Needs Reform, E2129 [10JN]
Moral Equivalent of Surrender, S3618 [19MR]
Nature Can Live With Free Trade, S6573 [23MY], H3252 [20MY]
Needed—An Energy Strategy, H598 [18JA]
New Materials to Keep the Refrigerator Cool, E2224 [14JN]
New Mexico Wants Energy in Trade Talks, E1617 [7MY]
Newton—A History of ``Thinking Green''—Visionary Mayor Nurtures Program, E3772 [8NO]
Nogales Health, S11019 [26JY]
Nuclear Navy Sails in for Repairs, Raises Concerns, S13783 [26SE]
Ohio Power Decision Could Close Coal Mine, E593 [22FE]
Oil and Caribou Can Mix, S760, S763 [14JA]
Oil and the Inupiat Eskimos, E3264 [3OC]
Oil Card Up His Sleeve, H11859 [26NO]
On the Horizon—Port of Entry at Santa Teresa, NM, E1622 [7MY]
Overhaul 1872 Mine Law, E1388 [23AP]
Pact on Forest Will Preserve Elk Mountain, H3029 [14MY]
PBS's View of Global Warming Blinding It on Documentary, E795 [6MR]
Persistent American Yearning, E2295 [20JN]
Pesticide Safety Tests—Can They Be Trusted? EPA Probes Alleged Fraud by Texas Lab, S3565 [19MR]
Pioneer Recycler—Water Is Not Over the Dam at Irvine Ranch, E1256 [16AP]
Plan To Clean GM Site Assailed—EPA Proposal Inadequate, Mohawks Fear, S18128 [25NO]
Plan To Fight Mini-Oil ``Spills'', S10597 [23JY]
Poisoned Mandate—Government Fails in Its Legally Established Role as Protector of Indians, S18128 [25NO]
Poisoned Water—Pollution of St. Lawrence River Is Destroying Old Ways of Life on Reservation for Mohawks, S18127 [25NO]
Polluters Undermine the Superfund, E3117 [24SE]
Power and the Glory—Should We Trade the Grand Canyon's Wonder for Cheap Electricity?, E355 [30JA]
Property Busters, S14014 [1OC]
Quayle Aide's Firm Is Linked to Pollution, S17289 [21NO]
Quayle Requests Look at Breeden Testimony, S16257 [7NO]
Quayle's Quiet Coup, S16253-S16255 [7NO]
Rabbits Blinded by Ozone Hole, S16670 [14NO]
Radon Risk in Our Water?, S14018 [1OC]
Real Estate and the Environment—For Those Who'd Rather Resolve Than Litigate, E3355 [10OC]
Recycling Team—Coke, Hoechst Offer Refills on Bottling, H1679 [13MR]
Regulatory Advisor Has Stake in Chemical Firm, S17288 [21NO]
Reservations Live With Third World Sanitation Systems, S18130 [25NO]
Resource Constraints in Petroleum Production Potential, S11924-S11928 [1AU]
Rogue Regulator, S10824 [25JY]
Safe Transportation of Oil, S8644 [26JN]
Safety-Kleen Facility Refines Oil Recovery, S10598 [23JY]
Saving Nature, But Only for Man, S7848
Saw-Toothed Despair Leaves Mark on Northwestern Loggers, S13218 [18SE], H6378 [2AU]
Seeking the Truth in Toxics, S14017 [1OC]
Separate Studies Rank 1990 as World's Warmest Year, S1488 [5FE]
Shootout in the Greenhouse CAFE, S15397 [29OC]
``Silent Extinctions'' Befalls Hawaii's Flora, Fauna, S16325 [7NO]
Silver Fox—Richard Cook—Savvy Businessman or ``Environmental Outlaw?'', H11081 [23NO]
Smoke Screen Is Hiding Advantages of Energy Legislation, S15396 [29OC]
Spotted Owls Doing Fine, But Loggers in Trouble, S13988 [30SE]
Strict Energy-Saving Urged To Combat Global Warming, S4288 [11AP]
Study Improves Odds of ANWR Development, S1680 [6FE]
Subsidizing Oil Spills, E1503 [30AP]
Summertime Harm To Shield of Ozone Detected Over United States—New Peril, Scientists Say, S15098 [24OC]
Tatshenshini River—Saving the Heartland of a Great Wilderness, S15420-S15422 [29OC]
Thrawn Rickle, E1295 [17AP], E1306 [18AP]
Thy Neighbour's Drains, E1502 [30AP]
Time to Rethink the CVP?, H10331 [18NO]
U.S. Energy Transition—On Getting From Here to There, S12003-S12007 [2AU]
U.S. Gets Mixed Reviews on Global Warming Plan—``Action Agenda'' Lacks Carbon Dioxide Target, S1487 [5FE]
U.S.-Mexico Pact Proposed—Fighting Border Pollution, S11019 [26JY]
Undoing the Mistakes of the Past, H10331 [18NO]
United States Accepts Greenhouse Target, S1487 [5FE]
Urgent Steps Urged on Warming Threat, S4288 [11AP]
Utilities To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions 20 Percent, E1865 [21MY]
Vienna Correctional Center Honored—Inmate-Run Ethanol Plant Cited by Judges, S8047 [18JN]
Warmer, Greener, Better?, S1684 [6FE]
Warming Up to the Facts, E127 [11JA]
Washington Offers Mountain of Debt To Save Forests, S1327 [30JA]
Waste Sites Face Massive Cleanup Task, S13783 [26SE]
We in New Mexico Can Show Bush How To Conserve Energy, E1649 [8MY]
Wetlands First, People Second, S14015 [1OC]
When the Government Runs Afoul of Its Own Regulations, S3356 [14MR]
White House Competitiveness Council Provokes Sharp Anger Among Democrats in Congress, S16255 [7NO]
Why We Must Conserve Energy, E920 [13MR]
Wildlife or Oil?, S760 [14JA]
Zero Incidents Goal, E715 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions
Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (see H.R. 1408, H1669 [12MR])
Agriculture: exempt from certain requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 2564, H4097 [6JN])
Air pollution: carbon dioxide emissions (see H. Res. 120, H2136 [10AP])
———carbon dioxide emissions reductions (see S. Res. 53, S1790 [7FE])
———compliance to certain EPA regulations for existing incinerators (see H.R. 3855, H10841 [21NO])
———global warming (see H.R. 3006, H5817 [24JY])
———greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 1323, S8136 [19JN]; H.R. 2663, H4611 [18JN])
Antarctic regions: ecological protection (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])
———environmental protection treaty (see S. Con. Res. 26, S4338 [11AP]; H.R. 1920, H2085 [22MR]; H. Con. Res. 109, H2392 [18AP])
———impact of tourism on the environment (see H.R. 2051, H2535 [24AP])
———oil spill protection (see H.R. 1921, H2392 [18AP])
Antarctica World Park: establish (see H.R. 2826, H5267 [27JN])
Appropriations: authorizing for research and development (see S. 1655, S12181 [2AU]; H.R. 2404, H3279 [20MY])
Arizona: environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School (see S. 2034, S17989 [23NO]; H.R. 3901, H11114 [23NO])
Beaches: safety and quality of recreational waters (see S. 1277, S7628 [12JN])
Bonneville Salt Flats: study of salt loss and preservation (see S. 1184, S6857 [24MY])
Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H988 [6FE])
California: designate central coast waters as a national marine sanctuary (see H.R. 3099, H6137 [30JY])
Central Valley project: fish and wildlife habitats in California (see S. 2016, S17433 [21NO]; H.R. 3876, H10930 [22NO])
CERCLA: Federal property transferred by Federal agencies (see H.R. 4024, H11888 [26NO])
———identification of real property where no hazardous substance was stored relative to the termination of certain activities (see H.R. 4016, H11888 [26NO])
Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see H.R. 850, H988 [6FE])
———restore (see S. 14, S434 [14JA])
Clean Air Act: technical corrections (see S.J. Res. 187, S11807 [1AU])
Coal: research and development of clean coal technology (see H.R. 2871, H5431 [11JY])
Coastal Zone Impact Assistance Fund: establish (see S. 49, S435 [14JA])
Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1297, H1455 [6MR])
———improve quality of recreation waters (see H.R. 12, H54 [3JA])
———study environmental quality (see S. 737, S3929 [21MR])
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: clarify the liability of lending institutions (see H.R. 1643, H2084 [22MR])
———withholding of remedial action funds by the President (see H. Con. Res. 167, H4612 [18JN])
Congress: purchase of recycled paper and paper products (see H.R. 242, H77 [4JA])
Conservation of natural resources: biological diversity (see S. 58, S435 [14JA]; H.R. 585, H605 [18JA])
———diversity of fish, wildlife, and biological systems (see H.R. 2082, H2536 [24AP])
———promote materials use reduction, reuse, and recycling (see H.R. 3939, H11885 [26NO])
Continental shelf: restrict activities off Florida coast (see H.R. 1667, H2107 [9AP])
Convention on Climate Change: international negotiations (see S.J. Res. 181, S10287 [17JY]; H.J. Res. 302, H5514 [16JY])
Crime: environmental offenses (see S. 1605, S11550 [31JY])
Dept. of Defense: environmental activities funding and reporting (see H.R. 1970, H2399 [22AP])
Dept. of Energy: establish an area office in Grand Junction, CO (see S. 1199, S6996 [4JN])
———private sector participation in refuse disposal missions (see H.R. 1636, H2084 [22MR])
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 67, H55 [3JA])
Dept. of the Environment: establish (see S. 533, S2507 [28FE]; H.R. 3121, H6192 [31JY])
Earth Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 116, S4337 [11AP]; S.J. Res. 119, S4337 [11AP]; H.J. Res. 144, H1137 [21FE])
Ecology and environment: global warming (see H.R. 3006, H5817 [24JY])
Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands surrounding a waste isolation pilot plant (see S. 1007, S5502 [8MY]; H.R. 3692, H8919 [31OC])
Education: pilot program for the composting of yard waste and cafeteria waste in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3658, H8662 [29OC])
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: amend (see S. 849, S4736 [18AP])
Endangered species: economic impact analyses of protection measures (see H.R. 4058, H11889 [26NO])
———strengthen conservation programs (see H.R. 4045, H11889 [26NO])
Environment for the Americas Board: correct the representation and positions (see H.R. 1294, H1455 [6MR])
Environmental Health Research Act: enact (see H.R. 1634, H2084 [22MR])
EPA: assessment of information on and protection from environmental risks to health and natural resources (see S. 2132, S18690 [27NO])
———benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 3271, H6383 [2AU])
———encourage purchase of new fuel-efficient motor vehicles (see H.R. 1583, H2015 [21MR])
———establish an office near the U.S.-Mexican border (see H.R. 3773, H10268 [14NO])
———establish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 3710, H9392 [5NO])
———establish standards for environmental marketing claims (see S. 615, S3020 [12MR])
———regulations concerning compliance assurance activities (see S. 1153, S6654 [23MY])
———research on the management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 215, H60 [3JA])
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S2926 [7MR])
Federal Facilities Energy Efficiency Bank: establish (see S. 1874, S15158 [24OC])
``Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands'': prohibit implementation (see H.R. 1010, H1078 [20FE])
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 733, S3929 [21MR]; H.R. 2538, H3855 [4JN])
———amend relative to research and development activities (see H.R. 3640, H8495 [24OC])
———enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 3429, H6940 [26SE])
———enforcement of compliance programs (see S. 1843, S14976 [22OC])
———reauthorization (see H.R. 2029, H2469 [23AP])
———reauthorizing (see S. 1081, S5899 [15MY])
———wetlands guidelines (see H.R. 404, H82 [4JA])
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
Fish: protect, restore, and conserve important habitat (see H.R. 1679, H2108 [9AP])
———require a report on improved fisheries enforcement capabilities (see H.R. 1680, H2108 [9AP])
———restoration of New England stocks of groundfish (see H.R. 2919, H5513 [16JY])
Florida: prohibit exploratory activities on outer continental shelf (see S. 734, S3929 [21MR])
Foreign loans: relief of debt for commitments to undertake certain approved environmental improvement projects or activities (see S. 1124, S6355 [22MY])
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (see H. Con. Res. 247, H11114 [23NO])
Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246, H10842 [21NO])
———study impact of environmental agreements (see S. 59, S435 [14JA])
Forest Service: use of paper with recycled content (see S. 282, S1221 [29JA])
Forests: conservation of northern spotted owl on non-Federal lands (see H.R. 3196, H6317 [1AU])
———ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (see S. 1536, S10769 [24JY])
———expand Six Rivers National Forest and designate the Headwaters Forest Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2274, H2901 [8MY])
———foreign assistance to protect the rain forests (see H.R. 3840, H10841 [21NO])
———increased penalties for individuals guilty of tree-spiking (see H.R. 1185, H1323 [28FE])
———plant trees in areas of environmental damage (see S. 942, S5136 [25AP]; S. 943, S5136 [25AP]
———protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see S. 1156, S6654 [23MY]; H.R. 2463, H3623 [23MY]; H.R. 3263, H6383 [2AU])
———protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (see H.R. 1969, H2399 [22AP])
———protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (see H.R. 842, H987 [6FE])
———protection of timber industry and endangered species (see H.R. 2807, H5266 [27JN])
———timber resources (see H.R. 3745, H9614 [8NO])
GATT: support efforts to protect world environment (see H. Con. Res. 227, H8334 [23OC])
Global environment: U.S. policy (see S. 201, S439 [14JA])
Government: carbon dioxide emissions policy (see H. Res. 130, H2469 [23AP])
Grand Junction, CO: establish an independent branch of the Dept. of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (see H.R. 2787, H5209 [26JN])
Great Lakes: protection (see S. 1497, S10442 [18JY])
———reduction of sediments (see S. 829, S4456 [16AP])
Gulf of Mexico: environmental preservation (see S. 1715, S13056 [16SE])
———protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])
Hawaii: prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam (see S. 1171, S6654 [23MY]; S. 1172, S6654 [23MY]; S. 1903, S15801 [1NO])
Hazardous substances: Dept. of Transportation designation of hazardous materials relative to the Coast Guard's designation (see H.R. 3423, H6940 [26SE])
———implementation of the Federal cleanup program (see S. 1557, S10951 [25JY])
———improve accuracy of radon testing products and services (see H.R. 3258, H6383 [2AU])
———indemnify State entities from liability relative to release at certain closed military bases (see S. 1960, S16611 [13NO])
———methods for disposal of PCB's (see H.R. 3547, H7800 [10OC])
———phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (see S. Res. 95, S4230 [9AP]; S. Res. 217, S16213 [7NO])
———reduce levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 3554, H7815 [11OC])
———reduce pollution (see S. 761, S3930 [21MR])
———regulation of waste recycling (see S. 982, S5137 [25AP])
———revise system for designation (see H.R. 3424, H6940 [26SE])
———Superfund site cleanup cost responsibility (see H.R. 139, H58 [3JA])
———transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal outside the State of origin (see H.R. 3235, H6382 [2AU])
House of Representatives: commend Architect of the Capitol for recycling program (see H. Res. 128, H2374 [17AP])
———ensure that the stationery used is made from recycled paper (see H. Res. 245, H7801 [10OC])
International relations: encourage efforts by Brazil to protect forests and support U.S. efforts to reduce pollution (see H.J. Res. 251, H2901 [8MY])
———unfair practices in international trade resulting from differing national environmental policies (see H. Res. 161, H3624 [23MY])
International trade: coordination of international trade policy with international environmental programs (see H.R. 3431, H6940 [26SE])
Lakes: quality assessment and protection (see S. 1069, S5753 [14MY])
Local government: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (see S. 729, S3929 [21MR])
———indemnify certain entities from liability relative to the release of hazardous substances at military bases (see H.R. 4025, H11888 [26NO])
Long Island Sound: water quality (see H.R. 3660, H8662 [29OC])
Lorton, VA: sanitary landfill (see H.R. 3582, H8101 [17OC])
Marine Protection Research, and Sanctuaries Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3749, H9700 [12NO])
Mexico: environmental protection of the border region with the U.S. (see S. 503, S2309 [26FE])
———technology and educational transfer (see S. 1684, S12182 [2AU])
Middle East: environmental damage (see H. Con. Res. 230, H8919 [31OC]; H. Con. Res. 242, H10365 [18NO])
———Iraqi environmental terrorism in the Persian Gulf (see S. Con. Res. 23, S3713 [20MR])
———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 55, H781 [29JA]; H. Con. Res. 57, H781 [29JA]
Military bases: requirements for clean up of certain bases scheduled for closure (see H.R. 2197, H2767 [2MY])
Mining: lease of public lands within North Slope of Alaska for oil and gas exploration (see S. 109, S437 [14JA])
———protection of water resources during coal operations (see H.R. 3052, H5909 [25JY])
Morro Bay, CA: add to the priority list of the national estuary program (see H.R. 622, H684 [23JA])
National Academy of Sciences: implementation of recommendations on greenhouse warming (see H. Res. 134, H2537 [24AP])
———recommendations on global warming (see S. Res. 141, S8499 [24JN])
National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 64, S1506 [5FE])
National Commission on the Environment and National Security: establish (see H.R. 3756, H9758 [13NO])
National energy policy: establish (see S. 324, S1368 [31JA])
National Environmental Policy Act: determination of the Strategic Target System Program as a major Federal action (see S. 125, S437 [14JA]; H.R. 374, H81 [4JA])
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: study of hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 1148, H1278 [27FE])
National Institutes for the Environment: establish (see H. Res. 153, H3149 [15MY])
National parks: protect the natural and cultural resources of the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon (see S. 144, S438 [14JA])
National Recycling Day: designate (see S. Res. 41, S1506 [5FE]; H.J. Res. 169, H1342 [4MR])
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H1758 [13MR])
National Scientific Coastal Area System: establish (see S. 1440, S9363 [9JY])
National Wildlife Refuge System: management (see S. 1862, S15072 [23OC])
Native Americans: authorize grants to regulate environmental quality on Indian reservations (see H.R. 2143, H2601 [30AP])
———environmental quality on Indian reservations (see S. 668, S3386 [14MR])
———waste management programs on Indian lands by tribal governments (see S. 1687, S12182 [2AU])
Natural gas: safety for humans and the environment relative to pipeline transport (see H.R. 977, H1076 [20FE])
Natural resources: recovery and conservation (see S. 976, S5137 [25AP])
———tree planting programs (see H.R. 2015, H2468 [23AP]; H.R. 2016, H2468 [23AP]
New Jersey: moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the coast (see H.R. 2505, H3739 [30MY])
NOAA: establish National Undersea Research Program (see H.R. 3247, H6383 [2AU])
Noise pollution: FAA policies on aircraft noise abatement (see H.R. 3639, H8495 [24OC])
North American Free Trade Agreement: adjustment assistance during implementation and phase-in (see S. 1894, S15522 [30OC])
Noxious weeds: include melaleuca quinquenervia (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])
NSF: authorize environmental activities in the Antarctic (see H.R. 3065, H5978 [29JY])
Nuclear energy: disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (see H.R. 3631, H8494 [24OC]; H.R. 3784, H10268 [14NO])
Nuclear weapons: terminate production of certain components and direct funds saved toward cleanup at facilities (see H.R. 3794, H10365 [18NO])
Ocean and Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund: establish (see S. 49, S435 [14JA])
Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1278, S7628 [12JN]; H.R. 1271, H1415 [5MR])
Office of Recycling Research and Information: establish (see H.R. 1511, H1913 [20MR])
Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (see H.R. 3509, H7380 [3OC])
———source reduction (see S. Res. 40, S1506 [5FE])
Patents: moratorium on granting on certain animals (see S. 1291, S7809 [13JN])
Pesticides: biological testing facility (see S. 683, S3563 [19MR])
———improve safety (see H.R. 3742, H9580 [7NO])
Petroleum: recycling and management of used oil (see H.R. 3956, H11886 [26NO])
Pikeville Lake: water quality improvement modifications (see H.R. 3691, H8919 [31OC])
Pipelines: authorizing appropriations for safety (see S. 1429, S9116 [28JN]; H.R. 2836, H5299 [9JY])
———improve safety (see S. 1055, S5753 [14MY])
———increase safety to humans and environment (see H.R. 1489, H1848 [19MR])
———regulations relative to underwater hazardous liquid pipelines (see H.R. 2201, H2767 [2MY])
Pollution: protect coastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 2029, H2469 [23AP])
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (see S. 1018, S5614 [9MY]; S. 1220, S7169 [5JN]; S. 2020, S17667 [22NO]; S. 2058, S18334 [26NO]; H.R. 1301, H1455 [6MR]; H.R. 2666, H4611 [18JN])
———encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])
———encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H1757 [13MR])
———increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (see H.R. 560, H604 [18JA])
———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (see S. 1351, S8458 [21JN])
———promote energy conservation and develop alternative sources (see S. 661, S3386 [14MR])
———regulation of produced water from oil and gas exploration and production (see H.R. 3854, H10841 [21NO])
———revise environmental processes for natural gas pipelines (see H.R. 2809, H5266 [27JN])
President: require annual report to Congress on national energy and environmental strategy (see H.R. 138, H58 [3JA])
Public buildings: water conservation requirement (see S. 1619, S11807 [1AU])
Public lands: establish topsoil replacement programs (see H.R. 227, H60 [3JA])
———management (see S. 1662, S12181 [2AU])
———protection of fish and wildlife resources on lands located on closed military bases (see H.R. 3199, H6317 [1AU])
Real property: environmental remediation in transfers (see H.R. 1090, H1137 [21FE])
Recycling: automobile components (see S. 1908, S15801 [1NO]; H.R. 3369, H6690 [19SE])
———beverage containers (see S. 1318, S8014 [18JN])
———degradable plastics (see S. 603, S2926 [7MR]; H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])
———establish national research centers and a clearinghouse on plastics recycling (see S. 1907, S15801 [1NO])
———expand markets for recycled paper and Federal procurement of recycled products (see S. 832, S4612 [17AP])
———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 755, H824 [30JA]; H.R. 828, H890 [5FE])
———model construction standards to enhance collection and storage of recycled materials (see S. 988, S5406 [7MY])
———plastics (see H.R. 2891, H5450 [15JY])
———promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (see H.R. 659, H712 [28JA])
———promote research (see H.R. 300, H78 [4JA])
———purchase of recycled paper products by Congress (see S. 255, S1053 [23JA])
———treatment of newsprint (see S. 397, S1790 [7FE]; H.R. 873, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of scrap tires (see S. 396, S1790 [7FE]; S. 1038, S5615 [9MY]; H.R. 871, H989 [6FE])
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see S. 398, S1790 [7FE]; H.R. 870, H989 [6FE]; H.R. 1510, H1912 [20MR])
———treatment of used oil (see S. 399, S1790 [7FE]; H.R. 872, H989 [6FE])
———use of recycled materials in packaging (see H.R. 3934, H11885 [26NO])
Reforestation Trust Fund: expend funds (see S. 535, S2507 [28FE])
Refuse disposal: enhance recycling efforts (see S. 1473, S10043 [15JY])
———ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 2358, H3149 [15MY])
———establish degradable plastics standards (see S. 554, S2618 [5MR])
———implementation of State compacts providing for regional municipal and industrial solid waste facilities (see S. 175, S439 [14JA])
———improve State compacts providing for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 116, H57 [3JA])
———inspection of garbage from Canada (see S. 1884, S15292 [28OC])
———local government authorization for out-of-State waste disposal (see H.R. 3952, H11886 [26NO])
———military installation program for the composting of yard waste and cafeteria waste (see H.R. 2138, H2601 [30AP])
———moratorium on the burning of hazardous wastes in cement kilns (see S. 1108, S6210 [21MY])
———nuclear waste management at Dept. of Energy weapons facilities (see S. 1402, S8952 [27JN])
———prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H5817 [24JY])
———program for composting of solid waste produced by commercial and recreational fishing (see H.R. 2139, H2601 [30AP])
———protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H1670 [12MR])
———reduce use of toxic chemicals (see H.R. 2880, H5432 [11JY])
———regulation (see H.R. 3661, H8662 [29OC])
———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (see H.R. 3253, H6383 [2AU])
———White House conference on solid waste disposal and reduction (see H. Con. Res. 52, H712 [28JA])
Rio Grande: designate segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 2021, S17667 [22NO])
Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 2822, H5267 [27JN])
Roads and highways: conservation of significant environmental, historic, and recreational resources (see H.R. 2279, H2952 [9MY])
———improve high occupancy vehicle facilities (see S. 1118, S6210 [21MY])
Rural areas: assistance to small towns with facilities and compliance activities (see H.R. 3609, H8187 [22OC])
———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (see S. 1226, S7169 [5JN]; H.R. 3246, H6383 [2AU])
San Diego, CA: water reclamation and reuse study (see H.R. 808, H890 [5FE])
San Gabriel Basin: cleanup of water pollution (see S. 1676, S12182 [2AU]; H.R. 3207, H6381 [2AU])
San Luis Valley, CO: protection of water resources (see S. 1812, S14426 [4OC])
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3268, H6383 [2AU])
Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (see H.R. 3477, H7313 [2OC])
Small business: impact of EPA regulations (see H.R. 370, H81 [4JA])
Smithsonian Institution: acquire land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (see S. 1598, S11550 [31JY]; H.R. 2757, H5049 [25JN])
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])
———authorize a private right of action to enforce certain regulations (see H.R. 2587, H4186 [7JN])
———authorize private sector participation in defense waste cleanup (see S. 1030, S5614 [9MY])
———extend authorization for the regulation of the management of infectious waste (see S. 1083, S5899 [15MY])
———extend certain public land orders relative to the waste isolation pilot plant (see S. 136, S437 [14JA]; H.R. 526, H506 [14JA])
———liability of certain municipalities for generation and transportation (see H.R. 2767, H5049 [25JN])
———prohibit importation into States for incineration or disposal (see H.R. 2671, H4611 [18JN])
———reauthorize waste treatment construction grants program (see H.R. 916, H990 [6FE])
———refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 997, H1077 [20FE])
———regulate ash from municipal incinerators as a hazardous waste (see H.R. 2670, H4611 [18JN])
———regulation of exports of hazardous and additional wastes (see S. 1643, S12181 [2AU])
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see S. 486, S2309 [26FE]; H.R. 2095, H2563 [25AP])
———safe management of incineration unit ash (see H.R. 2291, H2952 [9MY])
———scrap tire management and recovery program (see H.R. 3058, H5909 [25JY]; H.R. 3059, H5909 [25JY]
———State laws relative to the acceptance of waste from other States (see H.R. 3091, H6137 [30JY])
———State regulation (see H.R. 3386, H6797 [24SE])
———State regulation of interstate disposal of hazardous waste (see S. 592, S2926 [7MR])
———withdraw lands for the waste isolation pilot plant (see H.R. 2637, H4549 [13JN])
Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (see S. 174, S439 [14JA])
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3865, H10930 [22NO])
———regulation of municipal solid waste incinerators' fly ash (see H.R. 2266, H2901 [8MY])
Spark M. Matsunaga Renewable Energy and Ocean Technology Center: establish (see S. 804, S4337 [11AP])
St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (see H.R. 2927, H5595 [17JY])
States: regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 645, H697 [24JA])
Taxation: deductions for vehicles fueled by clean-burning fuels (see S. 1178, S6655 [23MY])
———establish a special valuation of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes (see S. 887, S4836 [23AP])
———exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 2149, H2601 [30AP])
———impose on fuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (see H.R. 1086, H1136 [21FE])
———income tax credit for the installation of water conservation systems (see H.R. 988, H1077 [20FE])
———income tax credit for the recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 1272, H1415 [5MR])
———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H1912 [20MR])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H1913 [20MR]; H.R. 1561, H2014 [21MR])
———relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (see S. 1234, S7290 [6JN]; H.R. 1054, H1135 [21FE])
———treatment of contributions in aid of construction of water mains necessitated by contamination of well water (see H.R. 774, H840 [31JA])
———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1609, H2083 [22MR]; H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])
———treatment of recycling facilities relative to the tax-exempt bond rules (see H.R. 2172, H2685 [1MY])
Toxic Substances Control Act: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 1750, H2178 [11AP])
U.N. Conference on Environment and Development: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 263, H12063 [3JA])
———U.S. position on environmental protection (see H. Res. 185, H5210 [26JN])
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: conservation of fish and wildlife species (see S. 1491, S10287 [17JY]; H.R. 3195, H6317 [1AU])
Upper Mississippi River Environmental Education Center: establish (see S. 1048, S5752 [14MY])
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1885, S15400 [29OC])
Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary: designate (see S. 1041, S5615 [9MY]; H.R. 2307, H2953 [9MY])
Water: conduct certain reclamation projects (see H.R. 3674, H8787 [30OC])
———conservation standards for showerheads and faucets (see H.R. 2220, H2768 [2MY])
———construction of publicly owned treatment works which discharge pollutants into coastal waters (see H.R. 3257, H6383 [2AU])
———establish quality standards for dioxin (see H.R. 2084, H2536 [24AP])
———ground water protection (see S. 939, S5136 [25AP])
———improve management of national resources (see H.R. 844, H988 [6FE])
———improve quality (see H.R. 3821, H10544 [19NO])
———improve quality flowing from the Leadville Mine, CO drainage tunnel and the Upper Arkansas River Basin (see H.R. 484, H385 [11JA])
———national standards for plumbing products to conserve and protect resources (see S. 1273, S7464 [11JN])
———planning and management of Corps of Engineers' civil works projects (see S. 735, S3929 [21MR])
———protection of sole source aquifers (see H.R. 688, H780 [29JA])
———studies for reuse of wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface waters (see S. 485, S2309 [26FE])
Water pollution: establish a penalty fund and use amounts to restore damaged water (see H.R. 2724, H4867 [20JN])
———establish permit requirements for overflows from combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems (see H.R. 2126, H2570 [29AP])
———global environmental protection incentives and enhanced competiveness of domestic business (see S. 1965, S16747 [14NO])
———identification of contaminated sediments in Great Lakes and coastal waters (see S. 31, S435 [14JA])
———liability for illegal ocean dumping (see H.R. 3789, H10268 [14NO])
———removal and disposal of sediments in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, East Chicago, IN (see H.R. 2725, H4867 [20JN])
Western Hemisphere: concerns (see H. Con. Res. 263, H12063 [3JA])
Wetlands: administration of Federal permits for activities (see H.R. 3492, H7379 [3OC])
———conservation and management (see S. 1463, S9839 [11JY]; H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])
———environmental research (see H.R. 3578, H8101 [17OC])
———promote conservation and enhancement (see H.R. 251, H77 [4JA])
———protection and preservation of property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (see H.R. 3523, H7648 [8OC])
———stewardship (see H.R. 2400, H3279 [20MY])
Wetlands Research and Policy Center: establish (see H.R. 2917, H5513 [16JY])
Wildlife refuges: enhance fish and wildlife resources (see H.R. 1320, H1472 [7MR])
———limit killing of wildlife (see H.R. 330, H80 [4JA])
World Forest Convention: international negotiations (see S.J. Res. 181, S10287 [17JY])
World Forests Convention: international negotiations (see H.J. Res. 302, H5514 [16JY])
Yakima River: water enhancement project (see S. 1609, S11550 [31JY]; H.R. 3097, H6137 [30JY])
Year of the Bay: designate (see H.J. Res. 338, H7199 [1OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see S.J. Res. 194, S13056 [16SE]; H.J. Res. 327, H6675 [17SE])
Year of the Wetlands: designate (see H.J. Res. 352, H7980 [16OC])
Cloture motions
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S14774 [16OC], S14865 [17OC]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15542 [30OC], S15754 [1NO]
Commentaries
Effect of carbon dioxide on the planet: Paul Harvey, E4202 [26NO]
Comparisons
Side-by-side comparison—energy efficiency and renewable energy, S8831-S8834 [27JN]
Court documents
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (S. 596): U.S. District Court for Maine, S14967 [22OC]
Descriptions
Hazardous Pollution Prevention Planning Act (S. 761), S4054 [21MR]
1991 domestic appropriations priorities, H5761 [24JY]
Project WILD (organization), E3902 [19NO]
Documents
Bellagio, Italy, Declaration of Principles on the Environment, S14624 [15OC]
Bellagio Declaration of Principles on the Environment, S14100 [1OC]
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, S15398 [29OC]
Ratification of Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, S18233 [26NO]
Ratification of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, S14588 [8OC]
Essays
Demise of the U.S. Tuna Industry: Teresa M. Floridi, E2167 [12JN]
Explanations
Arctic refuge and energy security policy charts, S15617 [31OC]
Exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (H.R. 2149), E1505 [30AP]
Factsheets
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—Recoverable Oil Resource Update: Dept. of the Interior, S1680 [6FE]
Lead Battery Recycling, S1816-S1818 [7FE]
Storage and Treatment of Mixed Waste at Federal Facilities, S14900 [17OC]
Used Newspaper, S1815 [7FE]
Used Tire, S1815 [7FE]
Waste Stream Treatment Technology, S14901 [17OC]
Letters
Antarctic environment: several Senators, S5066 [25AP]
Antarctic environmental protection agreement: Dept. of State, E3267 [3OC]
———Representatives Broomfield, Davis, and Walker, E3267 [3OC]
Authorizing appropriations for pipeline safety: Samuel Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, S9133 [28JN]
Automobile recycling: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., S15806 [1NO]
Brookline, MA, town meeting on Federal spending: Justin L. Wyner, S14124 [2OC]
Central Valley project: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, H10335 [18NO]
Chesapeake Bay restoration: Chesapeake Bay Commission, S596 [14JA]
———Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S596 [14JA]
———L. Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia, S596 [14JA]
———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, S596 [14JA]
Community Right To Know More Act: several environmental organizations, E2518 [11JY]
Compliance with hazardous waste control laws by executive departments: EPA, Dept. of Defense, and James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S14892 [17OC]
———NASA, S14892 [17OC]
———OMB, S14894 [17OC]
Construction industry standards for collection and storage of recycled materials: National Recycling Coalition, Inc., S5408 [7MY]
Drought assistance: Dept. of Interior, S3694 [20MR]
Environmental concerns and free trade: Sierra Club, S4822 [23AP]
Environmental Marketing Claims Act: Consumers Union, S3039 [12MR]
———Environmental Action, Inc., S3039 [12MR]
———Environmental Defense Fund, S3039 [12MR]
———Hubert H. Humphrey III, S3038 [12MR]
———Natural Resources Defense Council, S3039 [12MR]
———Robert Abrams, S3038 [12MR]
Environmental redevelopment of closed military bases: William K. Reilly, S11938 [2AU]
Extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority: William K. Reilly, EPA, H3540 [23MY]
Federal Facilities Act: Representative Ray, H4882 [24JN]
Federal Facilities Compliance Act: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S14968 [22OC]
———National Association of Attorneys General, S14969 [22OC]
Forest protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California: BLM, E3684 [1NO]
———Dept. of Agriculture, E3683 [1NO]
———Northwest Timberworkers Resource Council, S18111 [25NO]
———Representatives Herger, Riggs, Bob Smith, and Doolittle, E3683 [1NO]
———Union County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S18111 [25NO]
GATT negotiations: Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, E2009 [4JN]
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for the Environment Act: Senator Bentsen, S708 [14JA]
———Senators Moynihan and Burdick, S709 [14JA]
High Quality Forests Act: Dept. of Agriculture, S12231 [2AU]
Infiltration of Zebra Mussel into inland waterways: Representative Durbin, E4104 [26NO]
Krakow environmental protection: Tadeusz Piekarz, S18742 [27NO]
Mbaracayu, Paraguay, nature reserve: Senator Wirth, S8872 [27JN]
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: several Senators, S18231 [26NO]
Moratorium on granting of patents on certain animals: Dept. of Commerce, S7819 [13JN]
———Humane Society, S7818 [13JN]
National Energy Security Act: AFL-CIO, S15636 [31OC]
———American Legion, S15637 [31OC]
———American Maritime Congress, S15637 [31OC]
———Brent Scowcroft, S15687 [31OC]
———CBO, S11250 [29JY]
———Colin L. Powell, S15687 [31OC]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S10473 [19JY]
———Dept. of Energy, S8836 [27JN]
———Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense, S15627 [31OC]
———EPA, S15627 [31OC]
———Friends of the Earth (organization), S15730 [31OC]
———James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S10064 [16JY], S12998 [13SE], S15628-S15636 [31OC]
———Jimmy Carter, S15639 [31OC]
———Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford, S15628 [31OC]
———National Energy Coalition, S12002 [2AU]
———National Governors' Association, S15628 [31OC]
———National Grange, S15637 [31OC]
———National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, S15637 [31OC]
———National Taxpayers Union, S15731 [31OC]
———National Wildlife Federation, S11930 [1AU]
———Senators Chafee, Durenberger, Burdick, Baucus, Lautenberg, and Graham, S15612 [31OC]
———Senators Johnson and Wallop, S15612 [31OC]
———Sierra Club, S12997 [13SE]
———South/West Energy Council, S15638 [31OC]
———Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, S15628 [31OC]
———Union of Concerned Scientists, S12007 [2AU]
———Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, S15687 [31OC]
National energy strategy: several scientists and energy professionals, E3172 [26SE]
North American Free-Trade Agreement: several Representatives, E2009 [4JN]
Pan-American Cultural Survival Act: Environmental Defense Fund, S7238 [5JN]
———National Wildlife Federation, S7238 [5JN]
———Rainforest Foundation, S7238 [5JN]
Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances: several Senators, S4254 [9AP], S16286 [7NO]
Preservation of the ozone layer: Keri Peevler, E1369 [22AP]
Protection of Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Trust, S832 [14JA]
Ratification of the Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region: Senators Johnston and Wallop, S6901 [24MY]
Release of oil in the Persian Gulf: Michael Sandlofer, E492 [7FE]
Solid waste and hazardous waste incinerator requirements: several environmental organizations, E3999 [22NO]
State regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, E282 [24JA]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: several environmental groups, S7992 [18JN]
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: Dept. of Energy, S5507 [8MY]
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Extension Act: Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, E152 [14JA]
———Natural Resources Defense Council, E152 [14JA]
———Southwest Research and Information Center, E152 [14JA]
Water conservation requirements for Federal buildings: Fife Symington, Governor of Arizona, S11820 [1AU]
White Clay Creek Study Act: Audubon Society, S10778 [24JY]
———Delaware Water Resources Center, S10778 [24JY]
———National Wildlife Federation, S10778 [24JY]
———White Clay Creek Preserve, S10778 [24JY]
———White Clay Flyfishermen (organization), S10778 [24JY]
World dependence on fossil fuels: Katie Helms, E1520 [1MY]
Lists
Environmental regulations affected by the Private Property Rights Act, S7556 [12JN]
Grassroots groups in support of the Federal Lands and Families Protection Act (S. 1156), S6681 [23MY]
Highlights of accomplishments of H.R. 3839, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H10894 [22NO]
National Energy Security Act (S. 1220) supporters, S15626 [31OC]
Supporters of the Federal Facilities Compliance Act, H4885 [24JN]
U.S. and Soviet Union environmental protection institutions participants in the Bellagio, Italy, Declaration of Principles on the Environment, S14624 [15OC]
U.S.-Mexico trade issue representatives, S6786 [24MY]
Memorandums
Environmental Impact of Oil Fires in the Persian Gulf: Dept of Energy, H5225 [27JN]
Native American Relations With the EPA and the States: William K. Reilly, EPA, S12288 [2AU]
Memorials of legislature
Alaska, S11215 [29JY]
California, S16844 [15NO], H7801 [10OC]
Forest protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California: Oregon, S18111 [25NO]
Louisiana, S10040, S10041 [15JY], S10947 [25JY], H5432 [11JY]
Nevada, S6918 [3JN], S8007 [18JN], S10948 [25JY], H2469 [23AP]
New Jersey, H62 [3JA], H1670 [12MR]
Washington, H6138 [30JY]
Wyoming, H1914 [20MR]
Messages
Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality: President Bush, S4731 [18AP]
Dept. of Transportation Activities: President Bush, S17431 [21NO]
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: President Bush, S5814 [14MY]
Papers
Federal, Tribal, and State Roles in the Protection and Regulation of Reservation Environments: EPA, S12288 [2AU]
How Should the U.S. Clean Up Its Solid Waste Problem? Tommy Schwab, E2127 [7JN]
Latin America Program—Mbaracayu Tract: Nature Conservancy, S8872 [27JN]
World Water Resources Bank—Private Financial Structure for World-Wide Water Projects: Michael Curley, E2151 [11JN]
Petitions
Key West, FL, City Commission, H2571 [29AP]
National energy strategy: several scientists and energy professionals, E3172 [26SE]
Seattle, WA, City Council, H8189 [22OC]
Wakefield, Gogebic County, MI, H2138 [10AP]
Proposals
Land exchange between the Potlatch Corp. and the Federal Government, E3747 [7NO]
Remarks in House
Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (H.R. 1408), E898 [12MR]
Agriculture: exempt from certain requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 2564), H4128 [6JN]
Air pollution: carbon dioxide emissions (H. Res. 120), H2121 [10AP]
———clean air standards, E1295 [17AP]
———compliance to certain EPA regulations for existing incinerators (H.R. 3855), E3978 [22NO]
———control acid rain, E167 [15JA]
———global warming (H.R. 3006), H5748 [24JY]
———greenhouse gas emissions (H.R. 2663), E2259-E2261, E2265 [19JN]
Alaska: petroleum resources, E1819 [16MY]
Allegheny National Forest, PA: oil and gas exploration, E3978 [22NO]
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty, E2430 [27JN], E3266 [3OC]
———environmental protection treaty (H. Con. Res. 109), H2579-H2584 [30AP]
———environmental protection treaty (H.R. 1920), E1340 [18AP]
———impact of tourism on the environment (H.R. 2051), E1447 [24AP]
———oil spill protection (H.R. 1921), E1340 [18AP]
Arizona: tribute to Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Muleshoe Ranch Preserve, E2487 [11JY]
———tribute to the participants in the Navajo Generating Station and Salt River project, E3123 [24SE]
BankAmerica Corp.: efforts to save the rain forest, E2261 [19JN]
Barsness, Mike: author of resolution calling for recovery system for chlorofluorocarbons, E3350 [9OC]
BASF Corp.: commend efforts for implementing community advisory panels to listen and respond to public concerns over chemicals and the environment, E1887 [22MY]
———tribute to Community Advisory Panel, E3131 [24SE]
BLM: endangered species committee on Oregon timber sales, H7125 [1OC]
Bronx, NY: tribute to Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, E3404 [16OC]
Budget: deficit, H1149 [26FE]
Bush, President: domestic policy, H10707 [20NO], H10729, H10730, H10735, H10736, H10737 [21NO]
———domestic policy concerns versus foreign policy concerns, H9584, H9585, H9598 [8NO]
Business and industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (H.R. 843), E467 [7FE]
California: designate central coast waters as a national marine sanctuary (H.R. 3099), H6303 [1AU]
Canada: environmental policy, E1502 [30AP]
Center for Marine Conservation: coastal cleanups, E2736 [26JY]
Central Valley project: fish and wildlife habitats in California (H.R. 3876), E4011 [22NO], E4070 [25NO]
CERCLA: identification of real property where no hazardous substance was stored relative to the termination of certain activities (H.R. 4016), E4146 [26NO]
Charles, Cheryl: recipient of the President's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award for Excellence in Education, E3902 [19NO]
Charlotte County, FL: tribute to Port Charlotte Junior High School's recycling efforts, E290 [24JA]
Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 850), E461 [7FE]
Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge: Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Conservation Award recipient, E2288 [19JN]
Claremont, CA: use of propane to fuel police vehicles, E869 [8MR]
Clean Air Act: technical corrections (S.J. Res. 187), H11217-H11219 [25NO]
Climate: effects of global warming, E127 [11JA], E795 [6MR], E1564 [2MY], E3314 [8OC]
Coal: clean technology program, H8529-H8532 [24OC]
———research and development of clean coal technology (H.R. 2871), E2511 [11JY]
Coastal zones: authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices, H10686 [20NO]
———authorize use of apportionments for pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices (H.R. 1297), H7823-H7825 [15OC], E813 [7MR]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: clarify the liability of lending institutions (H.R. 1643), E1129 [22MR]
———withholding of remedial action funds by the President (H. Con. Res. 167), E2284 [19JN]
Concord, MA: tribute to Walden Woods project, E3633 [31OC]
Congress: domestic policy, H9708 [13NO], H10207 [14NO]
———purchase of recycled paper and paper products (H.R. 242), H1152 [26FE]
———use of post-consumer waste paper products, H3968 [5JN]
Conservation of natural resources: biological diversity (H.R. 585), E228 [18JA]
———promote materials use reduction, reuse, and recycling (H.R. 3939), E4155 [26NO]
Continental shelf: protect Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Maria Basin, E1480 [25AP]
Craighead County, AR: tribute Westside School students, H9499 [7NO]
Cuba: nuclear reactor, H3920 [5JN]
Dept. of Defense: Superfund site cleanup on bases targeted for closure, H3409, H3412, H3414 [22MY]
Dept. of Energy: penalties for noncompliance with EPA, E1820 [16MY]
———privatization of waste management, H10283 [18NO]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (H.R. 67), H11295, H11300, H11758 [26NO]
Dept. of the Environment: establish, H11813 [26NO]
———establish (H.R. 3121), H7207 [2OC], E2825 [1AU]
———establish (S. 533), E4019 [22NO]
Earth Day: designate (H.J. Res. 144), E552 [21FE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 119), H2336-H2338 [17AP]
———observance, H2396 [22AP], E1356, E1370 [22AP], E1471 [25AP]
Ecology and environment: global warming (H.R. 3006), H5748 [24JY]
Economy: impact of environmental extremism, H9864-H9868 [13NO]
———impact of environmental protection legislation, H11383-H11386 [26NO]
Edwards, David: Alabama Wildlife Federation's Water Conservationist of the Year Award recipient, E3532 [24OC]
Eleven Point River: establish certain boundaries (H.R. 472), E411 [5FE]
Emerging Environmental Consensus: publication, E4225 [26NO]
Employment: impact of environmental protection legislation of the workforce, H11371, H11372 [26NO]
Endangered species: conservation practices, E4031 [23NO]
———economic impact analyses of protection measures (H.R. 4058), E4165 [26NO]
———strengthen conservation programs (H.R. 4045), E4125 [26NO]
Endangered Species Act: evaluate socioeconomic impact of certain applications for protection, H5968 [29JY]
Environmental Health Research Act: enact (H.R. 1634), E1099 [22MR]
EPA: benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (H.R. 3271), E2940 [2AU]
———elevate to Cabinet-level status, H10847 [22NO]
———encourage purchase of new fuel-efficient motor vehicles (H.R. 1583), E1074 [22MR]
———establish an office near the U.S.-Mexican border (H.R. 3773), E3855 [14NO]
———establish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control (H.R. 3710), E3712, E3715 [5NO]
———regulation policy, H1852 [20MR]
———small community environmental compliance planning program (H.R. 3246), E2883 [2AU]
———Superfund cleanups, H4772 [20JN]
Executive departments: create a Dept. of the Environment, H10286 [18NO]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to research and development activities (H.R. 3640), E3550 [25OC]
———enforcement and compliance programs (H.R. 3429), E3852 [14NO]
———reauthorization (H.R. 2029), H2445 [23AP]
———wetlands guidelines (H.R. 404), H33 [3JA], E55 [3JA]
Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (H.R. 1450), H1769 [14MR], H2498 [24AP], E987 [19MR], E1688 [9MY]
Fire fighting: combatting of oil fires in the Persian Gulf, H5222-H5225 [27JN]
Fish: require a report on improved fisheries enforcement capabilities (H.R. 1680), E1143 [9AP]
———restoration of New England stocks of groundfish (H.R. 2919), H5494 [16JY]
Florida: issuance of oil and gas drilling permits and leases, E1566 [2MY]
Foreign countries: initiate a world water resources bank, E2151 [11JN]
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (H. Con. Res. 247), E4029 [23NO]
Forests: ban on harvesting trees in Sierra Nevada pending California spotted owl study, H5304 [10JY]
———cutting of old-growth redwood timber (H.R. 2696), E2285 [19JN]
———expand Six Rivers National Forest and designate the Headwaters Forest Wilderness Area (H.R. 2274), E1678 [9MY]
———impact of wildlife protection legislation on the timber industry, H6377 [2AU]
———increased penalties for individuals guilty of tree-spiking (H.R. 1185), H4018 [6JN], E728 [1MR]
———protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California, E3682 [1NO]
———protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (H.R. 2463), E1925 [24MY]
———protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (H.R. 3263), H6323 [2AU]
———protection of biodiversity and restraint on clearcutting (H.R. 1969), E1431 [24AP]
———protection of non-Federal landowners, H6146 [31JY]
———protection of remaining ancient forests on public lands (H.R. 842), H10599-H10605 [19NO], E4040 [25NO], E4084 [26NO]
———tree planting funds (H.R. 2015), E1409 [23AP]
Garden Club of City Island: anniversary, E1829 [17MY]
GATT: support efforts to protect world environment (H. Con. Res. 227), E3513 [23OC]
GNP: level of exports, E3294 [7OC]
Government: carbon dioxide emissions policy (H. Res. 130), E1407 [23AP]
———Michigan constituents answer questionnaire on Federal spending, E2331 [24JN]
Grand Canyon: EPA cleanup of air pollution, H845 [4FE]
Grand Junction, CO: establish an independent branch of the Dept. of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (H.R. 2787), E2369
Green Bay Packaging (company): President's 1991 Environment and Conservation Challenge Award recipient, E3681 [1NO]
Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (H.R. 3777), E3864 [15NO]
Hazardous substances: cleanup of hazardous waste, H5399 [11JY]
———improve accuracy of radon testing products and services (H.R. 3258), E2906 [2AU]
———national policy relating to legislative and regulatory action, E4176 [26NO]
———pollution reduction, E2247 [19JN]
———reduce levels of lead in the environment (H.R. 3554), E3383 [11OC]
———use of Superfund appropriations for purposes other than cleanup of contaminated sites, E4208 [26NO]
Hazardous Waste Action Coalition: tribute, E3687 [4NO]
Holland Dairy Co.: tribute, E1412 [23AP]
House of Representatives: ensure that the stationery used is made from recycled paper (H. Res. 245), E3965 [22NO]
———recycling program in all offices, H1168 [27FE]
Housing: environmental regulations on development, H5401 [11JY]
Hudson River: restoration, E1737 [14MY]
International relations: encourage efforts by Brazil to protect forests and support U.S. efforts to reduce pollution (H.J. Res. 251), E1659 [8MY]
Kauai County, HI: effect of Strategic Target System Program, H3413 [22MY]
Kuwait: combatting of oil fires, H2378 [18AP]
Land use: definition and regulation of wetlands, H6802 [25SE]
———land exchange negotiations between Federal Government and Potlatch Corp., E3747 [7NO]
Listen/Global Releaf Tree Program: tribute, E740 [1MR]
Long Island Sound: water quality (H.R. 3660), E3589 [30OC]
Lorton, VA: sanitary landfill (H.R. 3582), H9678 [12NO]
Los Angeles, CA: Dept. of Water and Power efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, E1865 [21MY]
Mann, Theodore D.: tribute to recycling efforts, E3772 [8NO]
McDonald's Corp.: tribute on recycling program, H2592 [30AP], E1612 [6MY]
Mexico: drift net fishing practices, E3364 [10OC]
Miami, FL: observance of Fight Litter Month, E913 [13MR]
———Virginia Key Beach restoration, E1778 [16MY]
Michigan Audubon Society: tribute, E1207 [11AP]
Middle East: environmental damage (H. Con. Res. 230), E3639 [1NO]
———environmental damage (H. Con. Res. 242), H10590-H10593 [19NO], E3892 [19NO]
———Iraqi environmental terrorism in the Persian Gulf, H3041 [15MY]
———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf, H2255, H2256 [16AP], H7867 [16OC]
———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 55), H715 [29JA]
———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (H. Con. Res. 57), H1824-H1827 [19MR], H2115 [10AP]
———U.S. help in cleaning up crude oil dumped in the Persian Gulf and burning oil wells, H1344 [5MR]
Military bases: requirements for cleanup of certain bases scheduled for closure (H.R. 2197), E1576 [2MY]
Mining: new copper mining technique, E2803 [1AU]
Morro Bay, CA: add to the priority list of the national estuary program (H.R. 622), E250 [23JA]
National Academy of Sciences: implementation of recommendations on greenhouse warming (H. Res. 134), E1419, E1420 [24AP]
———report on effects of global warming, H2144 [11AP]
National Arbor Day: designate (S.J. Res. 64), H2340 [17AP]
National Commission on the Environment and National Security: establish (H.R. 3756), E3833 [14NO]
National forests: Angeles National Forest centennial, E2016 [4JN]
National Park Service: tribute to recycling program, E4206 [26NO]
National parks: restoration of wolf population, H2969 [14MY]
National Recycling Month: designate (H.J. Res. 188), E947 [14MR]
Native Americans: authorize grants to regulate environmental quality on Indian reservations (H.R. 2143), E1498 [30AP]
Natural gas: safety for humans and the environment relative to pipeline transport (H.R. 977), E536 [20FE]
Natural resources: recovery and conservation (S. 976), H7730 [10OC]
———tree planting programs (H.R. 2016), E1409 [23AP]
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program: GAO report on environmental and safety practices, H2968 [14MY]
New Jersey: moratorium on oil and gas leasing off the coast (H.R. 2505), E1985 [30MY]
———study of certain rivers for wild and scenic designation, E2919 [2AU]
New Mexico: timber agreement, H3027 [14MY]
New York, NY: tribute to Bedford-Stuyvesant Magnolia Tree Earth Center, E2660 [23JY]
NIH: conference on the impact of environmental pollutants on the ears, nose, throat, and sinuses, E4149 [26NO]
North American Free Trade Agreement: impact of Ohio-based firms operating in Mexico, H2660 [1MY]
———impact on agricultural issues, H2612 [1MY]
———impact on employment issues, H2402, H2403, H2405 [23AP], H2497 [24AP], H2608, H2609, H2610, H2632, H2659 [1MY]
———impact on environmental issues, H2402, H2403, H2404, H2406 [23AP], H2542, H2544, H2545 [25AP], H2609, H2610, H2612, H2657, H2659, H2665, H2668 [1MY], H2788 [7MY], H2908 [9MY], E1617 [7MY], E2037 [5JN], E3364 [10OC]
North American Free-Trade Agreement: impact on environmental issues, H3252 [20MY]
Noxious weeds: include melaleuca quinquenervia (H.R. 3753), E3803-E3805 [12NO]
NSF: authorize environmental activities in the Antarctic (H.R. 3065), E2750 [29JY]
Nuclear energy: disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (H.R. 3631), E3534 [24OC]
———disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (H.R. 3784), E3853 [14NO]
Nuclear weapons: testing in the South Pacific, H9697 [12NO]
N-Viro Energy Systems: tribute to winners of President's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award, E3662 [1NO]
Oceans: opposition to driftnet fishing to protect marine life, E612 [25FE]
Olympia, WA: recycling efforts, H4774 [20JN]
Orange County, CA: tribute to the Irvine Ranch Water District on water recycling efforts, E1255 [16AP]
Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (H.R. 3509), H7320 [3OC], E3256 [3OC]
Pesticides: improve safety (H.R. 3742), E3751 [7NO]
Petroleum: oil drilling, H4870 [24JN]
———recycling and management of used oil (H.R. 3956), E4185 [26NO]
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to middle school students for winning President's Environmental Youth Award, H542 [17JA]
Pipelines: increase safety to humans and environment (H.R. 1489), E997 [20MR], E2370 [26JN]
———regulations relative to underwater hazardous liquid pipelines (H.R. 2201), E1569 [2MY]
Pollution: protect coastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes (H.R. 2029), H2445 [23AP]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, H116, H117 [10JA], H296 [11JA], H563, H565 [18JA], H789, H804 [30JA], H844 [4FE], H898, H899 [6FE], H1028, H1029, H1030, H1031, H1032, H1058 [20FE], H1085, H1086, H1087, H1089, H1090, H1091 [21FE], H1450 [6MR], H1906-H1908 [20MR], H1921 [21MR], H2403 [23AP], H5456 [16JY], H6608 [17SE], H7554 [8OC], H7657 [9OC], H9406 [6NO], H10734 [21NO], H11858, H11859 [26NO], E103 [9JA], E582, E586, E604 [22FE], E1089 [22MR], E1232 [11AP], E1255 [16AP], E1442 [24AP], E2357 [25JN], E3172 [26SE]
———comprehensive energy security policy (H.R. 2666), E2239 [18JN]
———encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (H.R. 1543), H2004-H2007 [21MR]
———encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (H.R. 1418), H1677 [13MR]
———increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (H.R. 560), H596 [18JA], E1127 [22MR]
———issuance of certain oil and gas leases for the Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin, E1480 [25AP]
———regulation of produced water from oil and gas exploration and production (H.R. 3854), E3978 [22NO]
Presidents: require annual report to Congress on national energy and environmental strategy (H.R. 138), E1551 [1MY]
Public lands: protection of fish and wildlife resources on lands located on closed military bases (H.R. 3199), E2866 [2AU]
Radioactive materials: State regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste (H.R. 645), E282, E294 [24JA]
Recycling: degradable plastics (H.R. 1318), H1557 [7MR], E869 [8MR]
———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 755), E359 [30JA]
———improve collection of information that promotes the recycling of municipal solid waste (H.R. 828), H859 [5FE], H5673 [23JY]
———participation in voluntary program, H5435 [15JY]
———plastic bottles, H1679 [13MR]
———promote greater use of recycled paper by mailers of third-class mail matter (H.R. 659), H688 [24JA]
———promote research (H.R. 300), H2498 [24AP]
———treatment of newsprint (H.R. 873), E466 [7FE]
———treatment of scrap tires (H.R. 871), E466 [7FE], E1238 [15AP]
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (H.R. 870), E466 [7FE], E1484 [29AP], E2968 [15AU]
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (H.R. 1510), E1038 [21MR]
———treatment of used oil (H.R. 872), E466 [7FE], E730 [1MR]
———use of recycled materials in packaging (H.R. 3934), E4197 [26NO]
Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (H.R. 2358), E1798, E1801 [16MY]
———inspection of garbage from Canada, H8790 [31OC]
———local government authorization for out-of-State waste disposal (H.R. 3952), E4126 [26NO]
———military installation program for the composting of yard waste and cafeteria waste (H.R. 2138), E1511 [30AP]
———prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (H.R. 3026), E2679 [24JY], E3010 [12SE]
———program for composting of solid waste produced by commercial and recreational fishing (H.R. 2139), E1511 [30AP]
———protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (H.R. 1411), H6397 [11SE], E921 [13MR]
———reduce use of toxic chemicals (H.R. 2880), H5400 [11JY], E2516 [11JY], E2840 [2AU], E3852 [14NO]
———requirements for solid waste and hazardous waste incinerators (H.R. 3253), E2947 [2AU], E3424 [17OC], E3999 [22NO]
———White House conference on solid waste disposal and reduction (H. Con. Res. 52), H701 [28JA], E308 [28JA]
Rhode Island: tribute to recycling program, E2506 [11JY]
Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2822), E2417 [27JN]
Rivers: clean up of Rouge River in Michigan, H4048 [6JN]
Roads and highways: State assistance in tree-planting on Federal-aid highways, H8353-H8355 [23OC]
San Diego, CA: tribute to Therapy for a Dying Planet program, E2935 [2AU]
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: wetlands preservation, H4913 [24JN]
San Gabriel Basin: cleanup of water pollution (H.R. 3207), E2932 [2AU]
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (H.R. 3268), E2886 [2AU]
Severn River Association: anniversary, E1147 [9AP]
Sewage disposal: regulate combined sewer overflows (H.R. 3477), H7556 [8OC]
Simi Valley Transportation Management Association: California Rideshare Week observance, E3040 [16SE]
Smithsonian Institution: acquire land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (H.R. 2757), H5601 [18JY]
Snoqualmie, WA: preservation of natural resources, E4222 [26NO]
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), H2692, H2694, H2697 [2MY], H4878-H4887 [24JN], E1594, E1601 [2MY]
———authorize a private right of action to enforce certain regulations (H.R. 2587), H4179 [7JN]
———extend certain public land orders relative to the waste isolation pilot plant (H.R. 526), E151 [14JA]
———liability of certain municipalities for generation and transportation (H.R. 2767), E2362 [25JN]
———prohibit importation into States for incineration or disposal (H.R. 2671), H4565 [18JN], H6648 [17SE]
———reauthorize waste treatment construction grants program (H.R. 916), E439 [6FE]
———refund value for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 997), E529 [20FE]
———regulate ash from municipal incinerators as a hazardous waste (H.R. 2670), E2264 [19JN]
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (H.R. 2905), E1476 [25AP]
———safe management of incineration unit ash (H.R. 2291), E1706 [9MY]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3865), H10990 [22NO]
Southern California Edison Co.: commend efforts to reduce global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, E1865 [21MY]
St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: establish (H.R. 2927), H9346-H9349 [5NO], E2582 [18JY], E3495 [22OC]
Superfund Program: impact of industrial pollution, E3117 [24SE]
Synthetic fuels: use of ethanol, H2477 [24AP]
Task Force on International Development And Environmental Security: recommendations, H4542-H4547 [13JN]
Taxation: exclude from gross estate value of certain land subject to a qualified conservation easement (H.R. 2149), E1505 [30AP]
———impose on fuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (H.R. 1086), H1109 [21FE]
———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (H.R. 1497), E1039 [21MR], E1091 [22MR]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (H.R. 1561), E1079 [22MR]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (H.R. 1609), E1126 [22MR]
———relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (H.R. 1054), E558 [21FE], E593 [22FE]
———treatment of contributions in aid of construction of water mains necessitated by contamination of well water (H.R. 774), E371 [31JA]
———treatment of recycling facilities relative to the tax-exempt bond rules (H.R. 2172), E1548-E1550 [1MY]
Tennessee Valley Authority: tribute to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant employees, E2233 [17JN]
Times Mirror Magazines: Partner: tribute on Partnership for Environmental Education Program, E1598 [2MY]
Tufts University: President's 1991 Environment and Conservation Challenge Award recipient, E3677 [1NO]
U.N. Conference on Environment and Development: U.S. position on environmental protection (H. Res. 185), H5054 [26JN]
Water: conduct certain reclamation projects (H.R. 3674), E3615 [31OC]
———improve management of national resources (H.R. 844), E467 [7FE]
———protection of sole source aquifers (H.R. 688), E338 [29JA]
Water pollution: clean up of the Rouge River, H11874 [26NO]
———establish a penalty fund and use amounts to restore damaged water (H.R. 2724), E2359 [25JN]
———liability for illegal ocean dumping (H.R. 3789), H9850 [13NO]
———study wetlands relative to fish and wildlife conservation, H8625-H8632 [29OC]
Water Quality Incentive Program: funding, H5178-H5181 [26JN]
Waterways: inland infiltration of the zebra mussel, E4104 [26NO]
Westchester County, NY: Healthy Neighborhoods Program anniversary, E2378 [26JN]
Wetlands: conservation and management (H.R. 1330), H2787 [7MY], H6142, H6145 [31JY], H6199 [1AU], H6320 [2AU], E835, E843 [8MR], E923 [13MR], E2946 [2AU]
———environmental research (H.R. 3578), H8365 [23OC], H8585 [29OC], E3447 [21OC]
———preservation, H539 [17JA]
———protection, E3429 [17OC]
———protection and preservation of property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (H.R. 3523), E3319 [8OC]
———regulation, H8614 [29OC]
———resource funding progam, H5176 [26JN]
Wetlands Research and Policy Center: establish (H.R. 2917), E2565 [16JY]
Wildlife refuges: enhance fish and wildlife resources (H.R. 1320), E847 [8MR], E1790 [16MY]
———limit killing of wildlife (H.R. 330), H2498 [24AP]
Yakima River: water enhancement project (H.R. 3097), H5984 [30JY]
Year of the Bay: designate (H.J. Res. 338), H7149 [1OC]
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (H.J. Res. 327), H8176, H8177 [22OC], E3080 [18SE]
Year of the Wetlands: designate (H.J. Res. 352), H8066 [17OC]
Zion, IL: tribute to Beulah Park and West Schools' solid waste disposal and recycling programs, E1011 [20MR]
Zipf, Cindy: recipient of Junior League of Monmouth, NJ, community environmental award, E4042 [25NO]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: purchase of developmental rights on prime farmland, S18550 [26NO]
Air pollution: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (S. Res. 53), S1756-S1760, S1779 [7FE], S1873 [19FE]
———clean air standards, S5325 [25AP], S16447 [12NO]
———control acid rain, S16447 [12NO]
———greenhouse gas emissions (S. 1323), S8136 [19JN]
———stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change, S7878 [17JN], S15097 [24OC]
Alaska: disposition of judgment funds paid for Exxon Valdez oil spill, S17615, S17617 [22NO]
Alhambra, CA: tribute to Santa Fe International for role in the extinguishing of oil well fires in Kuwait, S16304 [7NO]
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty, S5066 [25AP], S8558 [25JN], S9275 [8JY]
———environmental protection treaty (S. Con. Res. 26), S4374 [11AP], S6759, S6760 [23MY]
Appropriations: authorizing for research and development (S. 1655), S12220, S12226 [2AU]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: disposition of Gwich'in Indians on Alaskan oil development, S14232 [2OC]
———impact of oil and gas exploration on Eskimo population, S10985-S10989 [26JY]
———oil and gas leasing, S10703 [24JY]
———petroleum resources, S1679 [6FE]
Arizona: environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School (S. 2034), S17990 [23NO], S18644, S18645 [27NO]
———preservation of Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon, S12940, S12949 [13SE]
———recycling hotline, S10170 [16JY]
Army Environmental Policy Institute: funding, S13763, S13764 [26SE]
Arthur, Bob and Patti: OPIC Ecotourism Award recipients, S7049 [4JN]
Beaches: safety and quality of recreational waters (S. 1277), S7629-S7631 [12JN]
Bellagio, Italy: Declaration of Principles on the Environment, S14623 [15OC]
Bonneville Salt Flats: study of salt loss and preservation (S. 1184), S6859 [24MY]
Boston, MA: cleanup for Boston Harbor, S10253 [17JY]
Brazil: tribute to President Fernando Collor de Mello for protection of Yanomani Indian land, S16863 [15NO]
Brookline, MA: town meeting on Federal spending, S14124 [2OC]
Bush, President: domestic policy, S16311, S16312 [7NO]
———visit to Grand Canyon, S13202 [18SE]
Business and industry: tribute to the 1991 Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Award recipients, S9112 [28JN]
Census: use most current data in laws relative to environment and public works laws, S8060-S8062 [19JN]
Central Valley project: fish and wildlife habitats in California (S. 2016), S17465 [21NO]
Chemical weapons: disposal of stockpiles at Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot, Richmond, KY, S13825 [26SE]
———disposal on Johnston Atoll, S13691 [25SE]
———safe disposal, S4912 [23AP]
Chesapeake Bay: restore (S. 14), S593, S597 [14JA]
Clean Air Act: anniversary of implementation of certain amendments, S16666-S16675, S16743 [14NO]
———suspend implementation, S16889 [18NO]
———technical corrections (S.J. Res. 187), S11799 [1AU]
Clean Coal Technology Program: funding, S13374 [20SE]
Climate: administration policy on global warming, S1493-S1495 [5FE], S1683, S1684, S1689 [6FE]
———effects of global change, S11153-S11156 [29JY]
———effects of global warming, S4287, S4334 [11AP], S14468 [7OC], S15768-S15770 [1NO]
———U.N. convention on global warming, S1469 [5FE]
———use of market place to solve effects of global warming, S5362 [7MY]
Coastal Zone Impact Assistance Fund: establish (S. 49), S684 [14JA]
Coastal zones: study environmental quality (S. 737), S3962 [21MR]
Colorado Institute for Fuels and High Altitude Engine Research: commend efforts to establish fuel saving and emission-reducing technologies, S8818 [26JN]
Columbia River: protection of salmon, S3918 [21MR]
Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: report on Corps of Engineers reorganization, S9355 [9JY]
Competitive Policy Council: funding, S6896 [24MY]
Congress: exemption from certain laws, S15332 [29OC]
Conservation of natural resources: biological diversity (S. 58), S704 [14JA]
———debt-for-nature swaps, S1326 [30JA]
Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region: ratification, unanimous consent request, S6900 [24MY]
Convention on Climate Change: international negotiations (S.J. Res. 181), S10297 [17JY]
Council on Competitiveness: allegations of conflict-of-interest by Director Alan Hubbard, S17287 [21NO]
Crime: environmental offenses (S. 1605), S11572 [31JY]
———require compliance audits of those committing environmental law felonies, S9308, S9310, S9311 [9JY]
Dept. of Defense: cleanup of hazardous waste at military sites, S13823 [26SE]
———environmental restoration at military facilities, S12075, S12076, S12084 [2AU]
———red water contamination treatment of certain military facilities, S13693 [25SE]
Dept. of Energy: establish an area office in Grand Junction, CO (S. 1199), S6999 [4JN]
———transfer funds from weapons activities to environmental restoration and waste management programs, S9346-S9355 [9JY]
———weapons research, development, and testing, S8694 [26JN]
Dept. of the Environment: establish (S. 533), S2523, S2524, S2570 [28FE], S13959-S13969 [30SE], S14012-S14027 [1OC], S14233 [2OC], S14436 [4OC]
———establish (S. 533), unanimous-consent agreement, S13915 [27SE], S14012 [1OC]
District of Columbia: reducing volume or quantity of solid waste generated, S3691 [20MR]
Domestic policy: national objectives, S16002-S16004 [6NO]
Drought: relief for Western States, S3691, S3692, S3693 [20MR]
Duffy, Leo P.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy, S18687 [27NO]
Earth Day: designate (S.J. Res. 116), S4369 [11AP]
———designate (S.J. Res. 119), S4387 [11AP]
Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands surrounding a waste isolation pilot plant (S. 1007), S5504 [8MY]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: amend (S. 849), S5059 [25AP]
Endangered species: methods of management and recovery, S18539 [26NO]
———northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest, S7226 [5JN]
Energy and Environment Study Institute: global economic development, S12374 [2AU], S12574, S12575, S12576 [15AU]
EPA: add as member of Capital Projects Board, S10870 [25JY]
———assessment of information on and protection from environmental risks to health and natural resources (S. 2132), S18702 [27NO]
———Clean Air Small Business Technical Compliance Assistance Program, S10415 [18JY]
———establish an additional regional office in Alaska, S10370 [18JY]
———establish standards for environmental marketing claims (S. 615), S3034 [12MR]
———Office of Pollution Prevention, S10416, S10424 [18JY]
———regulations concerning compliance assurance activities (S. 1153), S6664 [23MY]
———Tijuana River water treatment facilities, S10411 [18JY]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S2947-S2949 [7MR], S3117 [12MR], S13730 [25SE], S14774 [16OC], S14855, S14856, S14862, S14865-S14871, S14873, S14874, S14883-S14895, S14897-S14904, S14932 [17OC], S14958, S14966-S14969 [22OC], S15134-S15138 [24OC], S15789 [1NO]
———compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), unanimous-consent agreement, S14958 [22OC], S15070 [23OC]
Federal Facilities Energy Efficiency Bank: establish (S. 1874), S15197 [24OC]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (S. 733), S3962 [21MR]
———enforcement of compliance programs (S. 1843), S14978 [22OC]
———reauthorizing (S. 1081), S5902-S5934 [15MY], S6010 [16MY], S7267 [6JN]
Fish: moratorium on large-scale drift net fishing, S10696 [23JY]
Florida: prohibit exploratory activities on outer continental shelf (S. 734), S3962 [21MR]
Foreign loans: relief of debt for commitments to undertake certain approved environmental improvement projects or activities, S11009 [26JY]
———relief of debt for commitments to undertake certain approved environmental improvement projects or activities (S. 1124), S6359 [22MY]
Foreign trade: study impact of environmental agreements (S. 59), S707 [14JA], S10514 [22JY]
Forest Service: use of paper with recycled content (S. 282), S1238 [29JA]
Forests: conservation programs, S9260 [8JY]
———economic development of forest lands in New England, S18166 [26NO]
———ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (S. 1536), S10773 [24JY]
———impact of endangered species protection on the timber industry, S13216, S13217 [18SE]
———plant trees in areas of environmental damage (S. 942), S5151 [25AP]
———protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (S. 1156), S6668, S6681 [23MY], S6835 [24MY], S13987 [30SE], S18111 [25NO]
GATT: negotiations, S18552 [26NO]
Geneva Convention: add reference relative to use of environmental techniques, S4718 [18AP]
Georgia Wildlife Federation: tribute, S3299 [13MR]
Global environment: U.S. policy (S. 201), S903 [14JA]
Great Lakes: protection (S. 1497), S10448 [18JY]
———reduction of sediments (S. 829), S4482, S4483 [16AP], S4521 [17AP]
Gulf of Mexico: environmental preservation, S12652 [10SE]
Hamilton Air Force Base, CA: cleanup of hazardous waste, S13687, S13688 [25SE]
Hawaii: endangered species preservation efforts, S16324 [7NO]
———prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam (S. 1171), S6704 [23MY]
———prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam (S. 1172), S6704 [23MY]
Hazardous substances: cleanup of nuclear waste products, S13782, S13785 [26SE]
———control of certain chemicals from entering the marketplace and the environment, S18158 [26NO]
———implementation of the Federal cleanup program, S14888 [17OC]
———implementation of the Federal cleanup program (S. 1557), S10952 [25JY]
———indemnify State entities from liability relative to release at certain closed military bases (S. 1960), S16619 [13NO]
———phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S14939 [22OC], S15097 [24OC]
———phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (S. Res. 217), S16284-S16286 [7NO]
———phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (S. Res. 95), S4253 [9AP], S15230 [25OC]
———reduce pollution (S. 761), S4048 [21MR]
———regulation of waste recycling (S. 982), S5296 [25AP]
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation: ratification, S15398 [29OC]
International relations: efforts to control pollution, S14099 [1OC]
Jefferson Proving Ground, IN: environmental restoration and cleanup, S11499, S11500 [31JY]
Lakes: quality assessment and protection (S. 1069), S5786, S5790 [14MY]
Local government: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (S. 729), S3948, S3953, S3954 [21MR]
Louisiana: tribute to Take Pride in America Program award recipients, S10589, S10590 [22JY]
Mexico: environmental protection in the border region with the U.S., S11018-S11020 [26JY]
———environmental protection of the border region with the U.S. (S. 503), S2346, S2349 [26FE]
———technology and educational transfer (S. 1684), S12271 [2AU]
Middle East: environmental effects of war, S431 [14JA]
———international agreement on environmental monitoring, assessment, remediation, and restoration of the Persian Gulf, S3494, S3495 [19MR]
———Iraqi environmental terrorism in the Persian Gulf (S. Con. Res. 23), S3810, S3811 [20MR]
———oil well fires in Kuwait, S16018 [6NO], S16304 [7NO]
Middle East Environmental Defense Network: establish, S10797-S10799 [24JY], S10929 [25JY], S11027 [26JY]
Mines and mineral resources: lease of public lands within North Slope of Alaska for oil and gas exploration (S. 109), S759, S762 [14JA]
Mining: comprehensive energy security policy, S1944 [20FE]
———development, S7230 [5JN]
Missouri: Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority recipient of Presidential Environmental Conservation Challenge Award, S18520 [26NO]
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: ratification, S18226-S18233 [26NO]
National Academy of Sciences: recommendations on global warming (S. Res. 141), S8505 [24JN]
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: funding, S10368 [18JY]
National Arbor Day: designate (S.J. Res. 64), S1606 [5FE], S2364 [26FE]
National Center for Atmospheric Research: authorization to share usage of Dept. of Defense supercomputers, S3692, S3693 [20MR]
National energy policy: establish (S. 324), S1474-S1476, S1489-S1493 [5FE]
National forests: regulate timber industry for protection of spotted owl, S8629-S8631 [25JN]
National objectives: priorities, S12617 [10SE]
National parks: protect the natural and cultural resources of the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon (S. 144), S829 [14JA], S18742 [27NO]
National parks and recreation areas: signing of Navajo Generating Station Agreement, S13192 [17SE]
National Recycling Day: designate (S. Res. 41), S1623-S1624 [5FE], S4264 [9AP]
National Scientific Coastal Area System: establish (S. 1440), S9369 [9JY]
National Wildlife Refuge System: management (S. 1862), S15074 [23OC]
Native Americans: environmental quality on Indian reservations (S. 668), S3403 [14MR], S12132 [2AU]
———pollution on reservations, S18126 [25NO]
———waste management programs on Indian lands by tribal governments (S. 1687), S12282, S12375 [2AU]
Natural resources: recovery and conservation (S. 976), S5055, S5261, S5282-S5285 [25AP], S6472 [23MY], S8295 [20JN]
New Jersey: pollution prevention award recipients, S7395 [6JN]
NOAA: coastal and fisheries programs, S11349 [30JY]
Nobles County, MN: tribute to recycling program, S10588 [22JY]
North American Free Trade Agreement: adjustment assistance during implementation and phase-in (S. 1894), S15523, S15524 [30OC], S15764 [1NO]
———impact on employment issues, S4821 [23AP]
———impact on environmental issues, S4821 [23AP], S5369, S5371 [7MY], S13169 [17SE], S15247 [25OC]
Ocean and Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund: establish (S. 49), S684 [14JA]
Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (S. 1278), S7631-S7634 [12JN]
102d Congress: agenda, S3897 [21MR]
Ozone hole: depletion, S4281 [11AP]
Pacific Northwest: protection of forests and rural communities, S18167, S18168 [26NO]
Packaging: source reduction (S. Res. 40), S1622 [5FE]
Paraguay: establish the Mbaracayu nature reserve, S8871, S8872 [27JN]
Patents: moratorium on granting on certain animals (S. 1291), S7817 [13JN]
Pesticides: biological testing facility (S. 683), S3564 [19MR]
Pipelines: authorizing appropriations for safety (S. 1429), S9131 [28JN]
———improve safety (S. 1055), S5764 [14MY]
Poland: U.S. allocation of economic assistance, S18742 [27NO]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, S1934, S2051 [20FE], S2055-S2057, S2066, S2087, S2097, S2242 [21FE], S8385, S8476 [21JN], S12704 [11SE]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1018), S5615 [9MY]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S8827-S8846 [27JN], S10060 [15JY], S10063-S10068, S10160 [16JY], S10183 [17JY], S10307-S10310 [18JY], S10470-S10474 [19JY], S10512 [22JY], S10596 [23JY], S10699-S10706 [24JY], S10837, S10933 [25JY], S10992 [26JY], S11250 [29JY], S11258-S11260 [30JY], S11393, S11396 [31JY], S11717-S11719, S11923 [1AU], S11998, S12002 [2AU], S12997 [13SE], S13210 [18SE], S13388 [20SE], S14259, S14262-S14265 [3OC], S14714 [15OC], S15116, S15208 [24OC], S15395 [29OC], S15542 [30OC], S15600-S15603, S15605-S15643, S15671, S15679, S15681-S15693, S15725-S15731 [31OC], S15733-S15761, S15765-S15768 [1NO], S15978-S15980 [5NO], S16010, S16011 [6NO], S18118-S18126 [25NO]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), cloture motion, S15542 [30OC]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), withdraw motion to proceed, S15788 [1NO]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 2020), S17680 [22NO]
———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 2058), S18363 [26NO]
———national energy strategy, S3004 [12MR]
———national objectives, S7848 [13JN]
———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (S. 1351), S8460 [21JN]
———promote energy conservation and develop alternative sources (S. 661), S3387 [14MR]
———renewable energy resources, S10596 [23JY]
Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping: ratification, S6901 [24MY]
———ratification, unanimous consent request, S6900 [24MY]
Public buildings: water conservation requirement (S. 1619), S11820 [1AU]
Public lands: management (S. 1662), S12230 [2AU]
Recycling: automobile components (S. 1908), S15805 [1NO]
———beverage containers (S. 1318), S8024 [18JN], S8221 [19JN], S9916 [15JY]
———degradable plastics (S. 603), S2965 [7MR]
———establish national research centers and a clearinghouse on plastics recycling (S. 1907), S15804 [1NO]
———expand markets for recycled paper and Federal procurement of recycled products (S. 832), S4612 [17AP], S14436 [4OC]
———model construction standards to enhance collection and storage of recycled materials (S. 988), S5407 [7MY]
———purchase of recycled paper products by Congress (S. 255), S1092 [23JA]
———treatment of newsprint (S. 397), S1814-S1818 [7FE]
———treatment of scrap tires (S. 396), S1814-S1818 [7FE]
———treatment of scrap tires (S. 1038), S5651 [9MY]
———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (S. 398), S1814-S1818 [7FE]
———treatment of used oil (S. 399), S1814-S1818 [7FE]
Red River: chloride control project funding, S9425 [10JY]
Reforestation Trust Fund: expend funds (S. 535), S2524 [28FE]
Refuse disposal: enhance recycling efforts (S. 1473), S10047 [15JY]
———environmental impact statement on the sanitary landfill at Lorton, VA prior to expansion, S14891 [17OC]
———environmental impact statement on the sanitary landfill at Lorton, VA prior to expansion (S. 1089), S6054 [16MY]
———establish degradable plastics standards (S. 554), S2667, S2669 [5MR]
———implementation of State compacts providing for regional municipal and industrial solid waste facilities (S. 175), S871 [14JA]
———inspection of garbage from Canada (S. 1884), S15297 [28OC], S17506 [21NO]
———moratorium on the burning of hazardous wastes in cement kilns (S. 1108), S6215 [21MY]
———nuclear waste management at Dept. of Energy weapons facilities (S. 1402), S8961 [27JN]
Research: global climate change and the impact of ultraviolet rays on crops funding, S11280 [30JY]
———marine studies programs funding, S11343, S11348 [30JY]
———shellfish water standards, S11345, S11346 [30JY]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, S2767 [6MR]
———inventorying and disposition of certain environmental lands, S2768 [6MR]
Rhode Island: national award from the EPA for statewide mandatory comprehensive recycling program, S5748 [14MY]
Roads and highways: erosion control guidelines, S7590 [12JN]
———improve high occupancy vehicle facilities (S. 1118), S6223 [21MY]
Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, CO: health and environmental concerns-S1852 [7FE]
Rural areas: establish a small community environmental compliance planning program, S14888-S14891 [17OC]
———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (S. 1226), S7172-S7175 [5JN]
San Francisco, CA: tribute to Bechtel Group, Inc., for role in the extinguishing of oil well fires in Kuwait, S16304 [7NO]
San Gabriel Basin: cleanup of water pollution (S. 1676), S12260 [2AU]
San Luis Valley, CO: protection of water resources (S. 1812), S14431 [4OC]
Senate: elections for the Environmental and Energy Study Conference, S4789 [18AP]
Small business: incubator business assistance programs for starting firms, S12919 [12SE]
Smithsonian Institution: acquire land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (S. 1598), S11556 [31JY]
Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), S15138 [24OC]
———application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (H.R. 2194), print as passed, S17281 [20NO]
———authorize private sector participation in defense waste cleanup (S. 1030), S5634 [9MY]
———extend authorization for the regulation of the management of infectious waste (S. 1083), S5898 [15MY], S6031 [16MY]
———extend certain public land orders relative to the waste isolation pilot plant (S. 136), S816 [14JA]
———regulation of exports of hazardous and additional wastes (S. 1643), S12193 [2AU]
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling, S14887 [17OC], S15027 [22OC]
———require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (S. 486), S2320 [26FE]
———State regulation of interstate disposal of hazardous waste (S. 592), S2935-S2938 [7MR]
———State treatment and disposal fees (S. 197), S532 [15JA], S900, S901 [14JA], S1017 [22JA]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: amend (S. 174), S869 [14JA]
Soviet Union: social and political reform, S7285-S7289 [6JN]
Spark M. Matsunaga Renewable Energy and Ocean Technology Center: establish (S. 804), S4348 [11AP]
States: environmental permits, S12369 [2AU]
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program: funding, S13761, S13763 [26SE]
———supercomputer center in the Arctic regions funding, S17807 [23NO]
Tatshenshini River: ecological impact of proposed copper mine, S15419 [29OC]
Taxation: deductions for vehicles fueled by clean-burning fuels (S. 1178), S6738-S6740 [23MY]
———establish a special valuation of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes (S. 887), S4848 [23AP]
———relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (S. 1234), S7263, S7314, S7317, S7318 [6JN]
Technology: conversion of coal combustion by-products into fertilizer, S11206 [29JY]
Transportation: clean gasoline requirement on refiners who transport gasoline products in pipelines, S8109 [19JN]
Treaties: Antarctica Treaty negotiations, S8480, S8481, S8487 [24JN]
Tree-Mendous Maryland (organization): tribute to tree and seedling planting efforts, S18850 [18DE]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: conservation of fish and wildlife species (S. 1491), S10294 [17JY]
University of Missouri: recipient of Presidential Environmental Conservation Challenge Award, S18520 [26NO]
Upper Mississippi River Environmental Education Center: establish (S. 1048), S5762 [14MY]
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (S. 1885), S15400 [29OC]
Urban areas: assisting small communities to build or upgrade environmental facilities, S4082 [21MR]
Vienna Correctional Center: use of ethanol plant, S8047 [18JN]
Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary: designate (S. 1041), S5661 [9MY]
Water: ground water protection (S. 939), S5317 [25AP]
———National Marine Sanctuary program, S11349 [30JY]
———national standards for plumbing products to conserve and protect resources (S. 1273), S7495 [11JN]
———planning and management of Corps of Engineers' civil works projects (S. 735), S3962 [21MR]
———studies for reuse of wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface waters (S. 485), S2313 [26FE]
Water pollution: global environmental protection incentives and enhanced competiveness of domestic business (S. 1965), S16747 [14NO]
———identification of contaminated sediments in Great Lakes and coastal waters (S. 31), S653 [14JA]
Westvaco Corp.: purchase and management of the Carlisle County, KY, Wildlife Preserve, S15024 [22OC]
Wetlands: conservation and management (S. 1463), S9875-S9880 [11JY], S10815-S10825 [25JY]
White Clay Creek: designate as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1552), S10778 [24JY]
Wisconsin: recycling efforts, S5961 [15MY]
World Forest Convention: international negotiations (S.J. Res. 181), S10297 [17JY]
Wyoming: environmental simulation facility at the University of Wyoming, S14863 [17OC]
Yakima River: water enhancement project (S. 1609), S11576 [31JY]
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (H.J. Res. 327), S16965 [18NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 194), S16966 [18NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 194), indefinitely postponed, S16966 [18NO]
Reports
Changing by Degrees—Steps To Reduce Greenhouse Gases: OTA, S1780-S1782 [7FE]
Global Warming: OTA (excerpt), S8829 [27JN]
Habitat Preservation Plan-Endangered Citsnoq: Snoqualmie, WA, Flood Task Force, E4222 [26NO]
National Energy Security Act (S. 1220) Cost Estimate: CBO, S11250-S11255 [29JY]
Patenting Life: OTA, S7819 [13JN]
Project WILD—Report on Program Activities From a National Perspective, E3903 [19NO]
Rouge River Basin Wide Water Quality Management Program, H11875 [26NO]
Reports filed
Activities: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. Rept. 102-55), S5406 [7MY]
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone: Committee on Foreign Relations (Ex. Rept. 102-21), S16848 [15NO]
Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. Con. Res. 109), H2601 [30AP]
Authorization for States To Regulate the Disposal of Certain Low-Level Radioactive Waste: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 645) (H. Rept. 102-289), H9492 [6NO]
Authorization of the Use of Apportionments for Shoreside Pumpout Stations for Marine Sanitation Devices: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1297) (H. Rept. 102-251), H7862 [15OC]
Clarification of Provisions Concerning Solid Waste Requirements Relative to Federal Facilities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2194) (H. Rept. 102-111), H4549 [13JN]
Compliance by Executive Departments With Hazardous Waste Control Laws: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 596) (S. Rept. 102-67), S6922 [3JN]
Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region: Committee on Foreign Relations (Ex. Rept. 102-8), S6653 [23MY]
Corrections for the Representation and Positions on the Environment for the Americas Board: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 1294) (H. Rept. 102-67), H3159 [16MY]
Environmental Protection Treaty for Antarctic Regions: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 26), S5406 [7MY]
Environmental Research Necessary for the Conservation of Biological Diversity: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 585) (H. Rept. 102-259), H8120 [21OC]
Establishment of Environmental Protection of the Border Region With Mexico: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. 503), S17042 [19NO]
Establishment of St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2927) (H. Rept. 102-285), H9392 [5NO]
Establishment of the Dept. of the Environment: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 533) (S. Rept. 102-82), S7809 [13JN]
Establishment of the St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, VI: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2927) (S. Rept. 102-243), S18079 [25NO]
Extension of Authorization for the Regulation of the Management of Infectious Waste: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1083), S5898 [15MY]
Improve Quality of Recreation Waters of Coastal Zones: Committee on Merchant Marines and Fisheries (H.R. 12) (H. Rept. 102-424), H12062 [3JA]
Increase of Safety to Humans and Environment From the Transportation by Pipeline of Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1489) (H. Rept. 102-247), H7647 [8OC]
National Energy Security Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1220) (S. Rept. 102-72), S7111 [5JN]
Office of Environmental Quality Appropriations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1278) (S. Rept. 102-180), S14587 [8OC]
Phase Out the Production of Ozone Destroying Substances: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 95), S17042 [19NO]
Reauthorize the Marine Protection Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3749) (H. Rept. 102-423), H12062 [3JA]
Study of Salt Loss at the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT, and on How To Preserve That Resource: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1184) (S. Rept. 102-207), S16449 [12NO]
Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act Relative to Economic Growth Indicators: Committee on the Budget (S.J. Res. 137), S5406 [7MY]
Withdrawal of Lands for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 102-241), H11884 [26NO]
———Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 102-241), H11885 [26NO]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 102-241), H7551 [7OC]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Lee H.: Tropical Deforestation, E2288 [19JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Construction industry standards for collection and storage of recycled materials: National Recycling Coalition, Inc., S5408 [7MY]
Driftnet fishing: California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, E612 [25FE]
National Energy Security Act: Western Governors' Association, S12001 [2AU]
Recovery system for Chlorofluorocarbons: Princeton University Model Congress, E3107 [23SE]
Silvio O. Conte: Sierra Club, E2029 [5JN]
State regulation of disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste: National Association of Attorneys General, E283 [24JA]
Resolutions for consideration of
Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region: ratification, S6901 [24MY]
Statements
Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, S1474 [5FE]
Chesapeake Bay Restoration: William D. Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, S596 [14JA]
Climate Control: Gro Harlem Brundtland, S1234 [29JA]
Earth Day: Gaylord Nelson, E552 [21FE]
Environmental Concerns and Free Trade: Calos Salinas de Gortari, S4821 [23AP]
EPA Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations: William D. Ruckelshaus, S12287 [2AU]
Forest Protection and Management in Washington, Oregon, and California: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, S18112 [25NO]
Global Warming: National Academy of Sciences, S8829 [27JN]
Government and the Environment: Fredric P. Sutherland, E3185 [30SE]
Hazardous Waste at U.S. Plants in Mexico, H5222 [27JN]
Impact of Comprehensive Energy Security Policy: Sarah James, S8828 [27JN]
National Comprehensive Energy Security Policy: Senator Byrd, S15611 [31OC]
———William L. Armstrong, S15611 [31OC]
National Energy Security Act: Senator Kennedy, S16010 [6NO]
———Union of Concerned Scientists, S8836 [27JN], S12008 [2AU]
New Mexico's Energy Plan—Setting the Stage: Jim Baca, E862 [8MR]
North American Free-Trade Agreement Impact on Environmental Issues: National Resources Defense Council, H3252 [20MY]
———National Wildlife Federation, H3252 [20MY]
Ocean Beacon to a New World Order: Gilven M. Slonim, E2963 [15AU]
Persian Gulf Environmental Policy: Noel Brown, H5225 [27JN]
Presidential Waiver on Ban of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Relative to the Persian Gulf Conflict Cease-Fire: David M. Ackerman, S13692 [25SE]
River Pollution: John F. Kennedy, H4048 [6JN]
Westvaco Corp. Purchase and Management of the Carlisle County, KY, Wildlife Preserve: John A. Luke, S15024-S15026 [22OC]
Studies
Impact of Environmental Legislation on U.S. Economic Growth, Investment, and Capital Costs: Dale W. Jorgenson and Peter J. Wilcoxen, S16891-S16898 [18NO]
Summaries
Authorizing Appropriations for Environmental Research and Development (S. 1655), S12225 [2AU]
Authorizing Appropriations for Pipeline Safety (S. 1429), S9132 [28JN]
Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act (S. 1843), S14981 [22OC]
Comprehensive Energy Policy Act (H.R. 1543), H2005-H2007 [21MR]
Economic Impact Analyses of Protection Measures for Endangered Species (H.R. 4058), E4166 [26NO]
Energy Security and Price Stability Act (H.R. 2666), E2239 [18JN]
Enhance Fish and Wildlife Resources (H.R. 1320), E848-E850 [8MR]
Environmental Quality on Indian Reservations (S. 668), S3404 [14MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (S. 733), S3963 [21MR]
Indian Tribal Government Waste Management Act (S. 1687), S12285-S12287 [2AU]
International Economic and Environmental Improvement Act (S. 1124), S6362 [22MY]
National Energy Policy Act (H.R. 560), H598 [18JA]
National Energy Policy (S. 324), S1485-S1487 [5FE]
National Energy Security Act (S. 1220), S7397-S7402 [6JN], S10185 [17JY]
North American Free Trade Agreement Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (S. 1894), S15524 [30OC]
Pipeline Safety Act (H.R. 1489), E997 [20MR]
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (S. 1055), S5765 [14MY]
Planning and Management of Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Water Projects (S. 735), S3963 [21MR]
Prohibit Exploratory Activities on Outer Continental Shelf of Florida (S. 734), S3963 [21MR]
Project 88/Round II Study, S5363-S5369 [7MY]
Project EDEN—Middle East Environmental Defense Network, S10797 [24JY], S11027 [26JY]
Protection and Management of Forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (H.R. 2463), E1926-E1930 [24MY]
Research and Development and Coal Technology Portions of S. 1220, National Energy Security Act, S10702 [24JY]
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments (S. 976), S5280-S5282 [25AP]
Restoration of New England Stocks of Groundfish (H.R. 2919), H5494 [16JY]
Scientific Assessment of Stratospheric Ozone: U.N., S15099-S15101 [24OC]
Specification of the Content of a Satisfactory Environmental Protocol, S4822 [23AP]
Study Environmental Quality of Coastal Zones (S. 737), S3963 [21MR]
Sustainable Energy Transition Act (S. 2020), S17681 [22NO]
Task Force on International Development And Environmental Security Report, H4543 [13JN]
U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Act (S. 503), S2349 [26FE]
Waste Tire Recycling, Abatement and Disposal Act (S. 1038), S5655 [9MY]
Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act (S. 1081), S5927 [15MY]
Wetlands Protection and Regulatory Reform Act (H.R. 404), E55 [3JA]
Tables
Atomic energy defense activities—House and Senate differences, S8695 [26JN]
Environmental Management Program funding (1988-97), H3645 [29MY]
Environmental restoration costs for military base closings, S11648 [1AU]
Ownership source for timber exported from Washington, S10774 [24JY]
Shares of national research budget by function, E4227 [26NO]
Top 25 states discharging toxics to sewers, E3852 [14NO]
Washington log exports, S10774 [24JY]
Testimonies
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (S. 596): EPA, S14967 [22OC]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 57, Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf, H1824 [19MR]
H. Con. Res. 109, Antarctic regions environmental protection treaty, H2579 [30AP]
H. Con. Res. 227, support of efforts to protect world environment by GATT, E3514 [23OC]
H. Con. Res. 230, Middle East environmental damage, E3640 [1NO]
H. Con. Res. 242, environmental damage in Persian Gulf region, H10590 [19NO]
H. Res. 120, carbon dioxide emissions, H2121 [10AP]
H. Res. 134, implementation of National Academy of Sciences recommendations on greenhouse warming, E1419 [24AP]
H.J. Res. 251, support efforts by Brazil to protect forests and support U.S. efforts to reduce pollution, E1659 [8MY]
H.J. Res. 327, Year of the Gulf of Mexico, H8177 [22OC]
H.J. Res. 338, Year of the Bay, H7150 [1OC]
H.R. 622, add Morro Bay, CA, to the priority list of the national estuary program, E250 [23JA]
H.R. 850, restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, E462 [7FE]
H.R. 997, National Recycling Resource Act, E530 [20FE]
H.R. 1054, Environmental Tax Credit Act, E593-E596 [22FE]
H.R. 1086, impose tax on fuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, H1110 [21FE]
H.R. 1297, Clean Vessel Act, H7823 [15OC]
H.R. 1318, Plastic Recycling Assistance Act, H1558 [7MR]
H.R. 1450, liability limit on financial institutions having holdings in violation of certain environmental laws, E987 [19MR]
H.R. 2194, Federal Facilities Compliance Act, H4878 [24JN]
H.R. 2197, requirements for cleanup of certain military bases scheduled for closure, E1576 [2MY]
H.R. 2201, Underwater Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, E1569 [2MY]
H.R. 2564, Agricultural Wetlands Exemption Act, H4128 [6JN]
H.R. 2927, establish St. Croix Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, H9346 [5NO]
H.R. 3099, California Central Coast National Marine Sanctuary Act, H6304 [1AU]
H.R. 3253, Pollution Prevention, Community Recycling, and Incinerator Control Act, E2949-E2951 [2AU]
H.R. 3509, Solid Waste Metals Reduction Act, E3256-E3258 [3OC]
H.R. 3756, establish the National Commission on the Environment and National Security, E3833-E3835 [14NO]
H.R. 4016, identification of Federal property free of hazardous waste for sale upon termination of use, E4146 [26NO]
S. 14, restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, S594 [14JA]
S. 31, Great Lakes and Coastal Sediment Assessment and Restoration Act, S654-S656 [14JA]
S. 59, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for the Environment Act, S708 [14JA]
S. 136, extend certain public land orders relative to the waste isolation pilot plant, S816 [14JA]
S. 144, protect the natural and cultural resources of the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon, S831 [14JA]
S. 174, Solid Waste Disposal Act amendments, S871 [14JA]
S. 175, Solid Waste Compact Act, S872 [14JA]
S. 197, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposition Fee Act, S901 [14JA], S1018 [22JA]
S. 255, Congressional Recycling Act, S1092 [23JA]
S. 282, National Forest Recycled Paper Act, S1238 [29JA]
S. 324, establish national energy policy, S1476 [5FE]
S. 485, Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act, S2318 [26FE]
S. 503, environmental protection of the U.S.-Mexican border region, S2347 [26FE]
S. 533, establish Dept. of the Environment, S13954-S13958 [30SE], S14028-S14032 [1OC]
S. 535, expend funds of the Reforestation Trust Fund, S2525 [28FE]
S. 554, Degradable Plastics Standards Act, S2668 [5MR]
S. 592, Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Act, S2936 [7MR]
S. 596, Federal Facility Compliance Act, S2948 [7MR]
S. 603, recycling of degradable plastics, S2966 [7MR]
S. 615, Environmental Marketing Claims Act, S3035-S3038 [12MR]
S. 668, environmental quality on Indian reservations, S3403 [14MR]
S. 729, Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act, S3949-S3953 [21MR]
S. 761, Hazardous Pollution Prevention Planning Act, S4050-S4054 [21MR]
S. 829, Great Lakes Sediment Reduction Act, S4521 [17AP]
S. 832, expand markets for recycled paper and Federal procurement of recycled products, S4613 [17AP]
S. 849, Notification of Chemical Application Act, S5060 [25AP]
S. 976, amend Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, S5262-S5280 [25AP]
S. 982, Hazardous Waste Recycling Act, S5297 [25AP]
S. 988, Recycling Building Code Act, S5408 [7MY]
S. 1007, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, S5505 [8MY]
S. 1018, Energy Goals Act, S5616 [9MY]
S. 1038, Waste Tire Recycling, Abatement and Disposal Act, S5651-S5655 [9MY]
S. 1041, Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary, S5661 [9MY]
S. 1069, Lakes Assessment and Protection Act, S5787-S5789 [14MY]
S. 1081, Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act, S5904-S5927 [15MY]
S. 1083, extend authorization for the regulation of the management of infectious solid waste, S6032 [16MY]
S. 1118, HOV Facility Improvement Act, S6224 [21MY]
S. 1124, relief of debt for commitments to undertake certain approved environmental improvement projects or activities-S6362 [22MY]
S. 1124, relief of debt for commitments to undertake certain approved environmental improvement projects or activities, S6360 [22MY]
S. 1153, EPA regulations concerning compliance assurance activities, S6665 [23MY]
S. 1156, Federal Lands and Families Protection Act, S6669-S6681 [23MY]
S. 1178, Alternative Fuels Incentive Act, S6738 [23MY]
S. 1184, Bonneville Salt Flats Preservation Study Act, S17898 [23NO]
S. 1220, National Energy Security Policy, S7111-S7169 [5JN]
S. 1226, Small Town Environmental Planning Act, S7172-S7174 [5JN]
S. 1234, taxation relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment, S7314-S7316 [6JN]
S. 1277, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act, S7630 [12JN]
S. 1278, authorizing Office of Environmental Quality appropriations, S7633 [12JN]
S. 1318, National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act, S8221-S8223 [19JN]
S. 1323, Carbon Dioxide Offsets Policy Efficiency Act, S8138-S8141 [19JN]
S. 1429, authorizing appropriations for pipeline safety, S9131 [28JN]
S. 1440, National Scientific Coastal Area System, S9370-S9372 [9JY]
S. 1473, Materials Recycling Enhancement Act, S10048-S10052 [15JY]
S. 1491, Partnerships for Wildlife Act, S10296 [17JY]
S. 1497, Great Lakes Protection Act, S10449-S10452 [18JY]
S. 1557, Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act, S10953 [25JY]
S. 1598, acquisition of land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, S11556 [31JY]
S. 1609, water enhancement project for Yakima River, S11576-S11580 [31JY]
S. 1655, authorizing appropriations for environmental research and development, S12221-S12225 [2AU]
S. 1662, High Quality Forests Act, S12231 [2AU]
S. 1676, cleanup of water pollution in the San Gabriel Basin, S12261 [2AU]
S. 1684, U.S.-Mexico Environmental Technology Transfer and Partnership Act, S12271 [2AU]
S. 1687, Indian Tribal Government Waste Management Act, S12283-S12285 [2AU]
S. 1843, Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act, S14979-S14981 [22OC]
S. 1862, National Wildlife Refuge System Management and Policy Act, S15075-S15077 [23OC]
S. 1874, Federal Energy Efficiency Bank Establishment Act, S15198 [24OC]
S. 1907, National Plastics Recycling Research and Development Act, S15805 [1NO]
S. 1908, Automobile Recycling Study Act, S15806 [1NO]
S. 1965, Global Clean Water Incentive Act, S16748 [14NO]
S. 2034, environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School in Arizona, S18809 [18DE]
S. 2058, Western Hemisphere Energy Security Promotion Act, S18363 [26NO]
S. 2132, Environmental Risk Reduction Act, S18703-S18705 [27NO]
S. Con. Res. 23, Iraqi environmental terrorism in the Persian Gulf, S3810 [20MR]
S. Con. Res. 26, environmental protection treaty for the Antarctic regions, S6760 [23MY]
S. Con. Res. 26, environmental protection treaty on Antarctic regions, S4374 [11AP]
S. Res. 40, source reduction in packaging to aid environment, S1622 [5FE]
S. Res. 41, National Recycling Day, S1622 [5FE], S4264 [9AP]
S. Res. 53, carbon dioxide emissions reductions, S1843 [7FE]
S. Res. 95, phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4253 [9AP]
S. Res. 141, recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences on global warming, S8505 [24JN]
S. Res. 217, phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S16284 [7NO]
S.J. Res. 64, National Arbor Day, S1606 [5FE], S2364 [26FE], H2340 [17AP]
S.J. Res. 70, National Recycling Day, S4264 [9AP]
S.J. Res. 116, Earth Day, S4370 [11AP]
S.J. Res. 119, Earth Day, S4387 [11AP], H2338 [17AP]
S.J. Res. 187, technical corrections to the Clean Air Act, S11799 [1AU], H11217 [25NO]
Transcripts
Acid Rain: ``60 Minutes,'' CBS News, S14021 [1OC]
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: 60 Minutes (television program), E168 [15JA]