WATER POLLUTION related term(s) Ecology and Environment; Pollution

Articles and editorials

How Soon Is Soon Enough To Clean Up Florida Bay?, E698 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions

Acid rain: repeal certain Clean Air Act provisions (see H.R. 5215), H11199 [6OC]

Chesapeake Bay: environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the watershed area (see H.R. 4320), H2937 [2MY]

Coastal zones: protection of coastal waters (see H.R. 4668), H5316 [28JN]

Coeur d'Alene Basin Management Conference: convene (see H.R. 4962), H8052 [12AU]

Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Corp.: establish (see H.R. 4961), H8052 [12AU]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 4308), H2913 [28AP]

———ocean discharge and waste water reclamation (see H.R. 5176), H11000 [5OC]

———permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]

———regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (see H.R. 4412), H3344 [12MY]

EPA: infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 4475), H3887 [23MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 2093; H.R. 3948), S5449 [10MY], H1057 [3MR]

Hazardous substances: EPA differentiation between animal and vegetable fats and oils, and other petroleum oils and greases (see S. 2065), S5049 [3MY]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (see H. Con. Res. 262), H5316 [28JN]

National urban watershed restoration program: establish (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]

Oil Pollution Act: implementation relative to animal fats and vegetable oils (see S. 2559), S15036 [8OC]

Pollution: issuance of tax-exempt bonds for air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4880), H6549 [1AU]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (see S. 1919; H.R. 4010), S2779 [10MR], H1253 [10MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (see H.R. 4314), H2913 [28AP]

Sewage disposal: improve stormwater management (see S. 2507), S14242 [5OC]

States: reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (see H.R. 3957), H1057 [3MR]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treatment works (see S. 1985), S3953 [25MR]

Waterways: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (see H.R. 4614), H4779 [21JN]

———eligibility of State and local government employees to serve on State boards that issue permits for discharges into navigable waters (see H.R. 5150), H10445 [30SE]

———establish a national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program (see H.R. 4226), H2367 [14AP]

Documents

Declaration of Principles of the U.S.-Eastern European Conference on the Environment Relative to Regional Water Problems, S4772-S4774 [25AP]

Factsheets

Requirement for Differentiation Between Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils and Other Oils Under Certain Regulations, E2331-E2333 [29NO]

Letters

Conservation and management of wetlands: Farm Project (organization), S5011 [3MY]

Cranberry production relative to Clean Water Act compliance: several environmental organizations, S6890 [15JN]

EPA's cluster rule for the pulp and paper industry: P.M. Henson, International Paper Corp., S10512 [3AU]

Establishment of State source water protection petition procedures: several organizations, S5651 [12MY]

State revolving loan fund: Roberta Savage, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, S10576 [4AU]

Use of phosphates in laundry products: R. Kerry Clark, Procter & Gamble Co., S1523 [11FE]

Washington Aqueduct financing: Mary Margaret Whipple, S5652 [12MY]

Questions and answers

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments (H.R. 3948), E1232 [16JN]

Remarks in House

Coastal zones: protection of coastal waters (H.R. 4668), E1364 [29JN]

Coeur d'Alene Basin Management Conference: convene (H.R. 4962), H8046 [12AU]

Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Corp.: establish (H.R. 4961), H8046 [12AU]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), H9034-H9037, H9079 [12SE], E818 [2MY]

———efforts of children living along the Hudson River to petition for clean water, E267 [24FE]

———ocean discharge and waste water reclamation (H.R. 5176), H10944, H10945 [5OC], E2129 [6OC]

———regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (H.R. 4412), E914 [12MY]

EPA: infrastructure projects funding under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 4475), E1026 [23MY]

———non-point-source pollution, water infrastructure, and wastewater treatment grants funding, H5376, H5377 [29JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1114), H1418 [16MR]

———amend (H.R. 3948), E353, E354 [7MR], E1232 [16JN], E1379 [30JN]

Fort Morgan, CO: EPA lawsuit for noncompliance with Clean Water Act, H1075 [8MR]

Marinas: treatment as offshore facilities (H. Con. Res. 262), E1343 [28JN]

Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act: improve implementation, H9492-H9494 [22SE]

National urban watershed restoration program: establish (H.R. 3873), H796 [24FE], E236 [23FE]

NOAA: coordination of Great Lakes activities (H.R. 1394), H1610, H1611 [21MR]

Oil Pollution Act: implementation relative to animal fats and vegetable oils (S. 2559), E2331, E2335 [29NO]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (H.R. 4010), E414 [11MR]

———improve water quality and management practices (S. 1919), H10664-H10666 [3OC], H10804, H10805 [4OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), E787, E788 [28AP]

States: reserve portion of funding to the State revolving loan program for States devoting financial resources above minimum requirements (H.R. 3957), E342 [3MR]

Water: development of groundwater protection methods in Nebraska, E891 [11MY]

Waterways: discharge from sewer overflow into navigable waters (H.R. 4614), E1311 [23JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: cranberry production relative to Clean Water Act compliance, S6889 [15JN]

Clean Water Act: State revolving loan fund, S10576-S10578 [4AU]

Corps of Engineers: access to the Federal Financing Bank relative to the Washington Aqueduct, S5652 [12MY], S9318 [20JY]

Ecology and environment: authorizing appropriations for conservation and management of wetlands (H.R. 4308), S14079 [4OC]

———conservation and management of wetlands, S5011 [3MY]

———ocean discharge and waste water reclamation (H.R. 5176), S15022 [8OC]

———regulatory differentiation between agricultural oils and toxic oils (S. 2065), S15423 [1DE]

———U.S.-Eastern European Conference on the Environment relative to regional water problems, S4772 [25AP]

EPA: cluster rule for the pulp and paper industry, S10508, S10509, S10511, S10512 [3AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend and reauthorize (S. 1114), S1522 [11FE]

———amend (S. 2093), S6998 [16JN]

Hazardous substances: EPA differentiation between animal and vegetable fats and oils, and other petroleum oils and greases (S. 2065), S5074-S5076 [3MY]

Lakes: assess and protect quality (S. 1198), S1522 [11FE]

Oil Pollution Act: financial responsibilities of offshore facilities for oilspills, S5884 [18MY]

———implementation relative to animal fats and vegetable oils (S. 2559), S15022 [8OC], S15437 [1DE]

Rio Puerco watershed: improve water quality and management practices (S. 1919), S2788 [10MR], S10271 [2AU]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorization (H.R. 4314), S5125 [4MY], S13816 [30SE]

Sewage disposal: grant funding for water sanitation technologies for Native American reservations and villages, S5389-S5393 [9MY]

———improve stormwater management (S. 2507), S14259 [5OC]

States: exempt for certain labor standards commitment of repayments to State revolving funds, S5897-S5899 [18MY]

Water: establish State source water protection petition procedures, S5650 [12MY]

Waterways: establish a national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program (H.R. 4226), unanimous-consent agreement, S9184 [18JY]

Reports filed

Conservation and Management of Wetlands Appropriations: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House) (H.R. 4308) (H. Rept. 103-717), H9087 [12SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2093) (S. Rept. 103-257), S5449 [10MY]

Rio Puerco Watershed Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 1919) (H. Rept. 103-820), H10538 [3OC]

Water Quality and Management Practices at the Rio Puerco Watershed: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1919) (S. Rept. 103-306), S8484 [11JY]

Statements

Clean Water for Hudson River: several students of the Hagan Elementary School, Poughkeepsie, NY, E267 [24FE]

Texts of

H.R. 1394, coordination of Great Lakes activities, H1610 [21MR]

H.R. 4308, conservation and management of wetlands appropriations, H9034 [12SE]

H.R. 5176, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act, H10945 [5OC]

S. 1919, improve water quality and management practices of Rio Puerco watershed, S2789 [10MR]

S. 1919, improve water quality and management practices of the Rio Puerco watershed, S10271 [2AU]

S. 1919, Rio Puerco Watershed Act, H10665 [3OC], H10804 [4OC]

S. 2065, EPA differentiation between animal and vegetable fats and oils, and other petroleum oils and greases, S5075 [3MY]

S. 2507, Stormwater Control Reform Act, S14259 [5OC]

S. 2559, implementation of the Oil Pollution Act relative to animal fats and vegetable oils, S15222 [30NO]