HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES related term(s) Radioactive Substances

Amendments

CERCLA: amend (S. 1285), S14760 [29SE]

Nuclear energy: waste disposal (H.R. 1020), H14239, H14240 [7DE], H14311, H14315 [12DE], H14927 [14DE]

Analyses

Pipeline Safety Act (S. 836), S7018 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

End the Nightmare—Boxer Should Support Bilbray's Sewage Bill, H4812 [11MY]

France Claims No Radiation Increase From Test, H10846 [25OC]

Message to Clinton Clear—Reform Super Fund Program, S12678 [6SE]

My Superfund Nightmare, S15844 [26OC]

Pass the Sewage Bill—Filner, Boxer Should Not Bow to Pressure, H4812 [11MY]

S.D. Group Criticizes Liability Rules, S12679 [6SE]

Scientists Fear Atomic Explosion of Buried Waste—Debate by Researchers, S3490 [6MR]

Superfund Reformers Start Group in S.D., S12679 [6SE]

Suspicion Clouds French Nuclear Tests, H10845 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: reduction in emissions of pollutants contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks (see H.R. 2682), H13730 [28NO]

CERCLA: abatement and liability of hazardous substances relative to State and Federal solid waste disposal laws (see H.R. 521), H242 [13JA]

———amend (see S. 1285; H.R. 200, 228, 1969, 2500), S14710 [29SE], H169, H170 [9JA], H6656 [29JN], H10307 [18OC]

———liability allocation process among potentially responsible parties (see H.R. 1616), H4873 [11MY]

———liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (see H.R. 854, 855), H1371 [7FE]

———moratorium on enforcement actions against certain individuals (see H.R. 795), H1156 [2FE]

———redevelopment of marginal brownfield sites (see H.R. 2742), H14238 [7DE]

Chemical weapons: transportation of munitions (see H.R. 1123), H2650 [3MR]

Chemicals: require one-call notification system to protect against spills (see H.R. 2440), H9738 [29SE]

———sulfur dioxide reportable quantity for regulatory notification (see H.R. 2595), H11938 [8NO]

Dept. of Energy: disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste (see H.R. 1174), H2892 [8MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: compensation for children of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 2401), H9591 [27SE]

Diseases: eligibility for certain compensation for stomach cancer resulting from radioactive exposure (see H.R. 1725), H5607 [25MY]

Ecology and environment: transition from use of halons and chlorofluorocarbons to substitute compounds (see H.R. 2367), H9363 [20SE]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (see S. 123, 229), S50 [4JA], S944 [13JA]

EPA: delay implementation of remedial action and design at certain sites (see H.R. 1901), H6159 [20JN]

———remove New Hanover County, NC, airport burn pit from the Superfund national priorities list (see H.R. 1902), H6159 [20JN]

Financial institutions: immunity from liability for asbestos in building in which owners have an asbestos management plan (see H.R. 544), H296 [17JA]

Health: indoor air quality improvement program (see H.R. 933), H1751 [14FE]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H13804 [29NO]

Landfills: disposal of organic sorbents (see S. 689; H.R. 1257), S5403 [6AP], H3326 [16MR]

Los Angeles, CA: construction of thermal destruction facility (see H.R. 2583), H11767 [2NO]

Nuclear energy: importation and shipment of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 2278), H8683 [7SE]

———privatization of interim waste storage program (see S. 1478), S18662 [14DE]

———receipt of credits by commercial nuclear utilities to offset the cost of storing spent fuel (see S. 429), S2822 [16FE]

———waste disposal (see S. 167, 443, 1271; H.R. 1020, 1032), S480 [5JA], S2823 [16FE], S14203 [25SE], H2175, H2176 [23FE]

OSHA: reform regulatory process (see S. 526, 1423), S3744 [9MR], S17336 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (see S. 592), S4365 [22MR]

Pesticides: reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S18999 [20DE]

Pipelines: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 164, 836; H.R. 431), S480 [5JA], S7014 [19MY], H177 [9JA]

———require one-call notification system to protect underground facilities from excavation damage (see H.R. 2482), H10077 [13OC]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see S. 1505), S19250 [22DE]

Radioactive substances: interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 1924), H6269 [22JN]

———provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H9897 [11OC]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

Refuse disposal: improve management of remediation waste (see S. 1274, 1286), S14312 [26SE], S14710 [29SE]

———require community information statements for new waste treatment or disposal (see H.R. 422), H177 [9JA]

San Bernardino County, CA: land conveyance for radioactive waste disposal facility (see H.R. 2334), H8994 [14SE]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2522), H10726 [24OC]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 227), H170 [9JA]

———limit disposal of out-of-State municipal waste (see S. 589; H.R. 1288), S4365 [22MR], H3571 [22MR]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see S. 373; H.R. 24, 225, 342), S2332 [8FE], H163, H170, H173 [9JA]

Taxation: allow credit for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites (see H.R. 1799), H5752 [8JN]

———eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (see S. 1022), S9717 [11JY]

———refundable income credit for the recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 132), H167 [9JA]

Transportation: exempt small cargo tank vehicles carrying petroleum products from certain transportation regulations (see S. 787; H.R. 1203), S6462 [10MY], H3048 [10MR]

Veterans: extend eligibility period for inpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see S. 338), S2034 [2FE]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1329), H3878 [28MR]

———extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1565), H4545 [3MY]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: amend (see S. 1402; H.R. 1663), S16821 [8NO], H5190 [17MY]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treatment works (see S. 365), S2268 [7FE]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]

Chronologies

Idaho's nuclear waste timeline, S18897 [19DE]

Critique

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material, S3638 [7MR]

Documents

Historical Review of San Diego's Efforts To Meet Clean Water Act Requirements, H4812-H4815 [11MY]

Explanations

Proposed Environmental Laws Relative to Government Activities and Congressional Committee Jurisdiction, H7950-H7952 [28JY]

Letters

Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination charter renewal: John H. Gibbons, Executive Office of the President, S4649 [27MR]

———Senator Glenn, S4649 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense advisory boards: Gary D. Vest, Dept. of Defense, S11570 [5AU]

Disposal of spent nuclear fuel: Richard H. Stallings, Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator, E796-E798 [6AP]

Environmental cleanup funding: Senator McCain, S3590 [7MR]

EPA classification and risk assessment of suspected carcinogens: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1534 [25JA]

———Jeanette A. Wiltse, EPA, S1534 [25JA]

Importation of spent nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors through commercial U.S. ports: Senator Murray and Representatives McDermott and Dicks, S9475 [29JN]

International ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste: Vice President Gore, H13977 [5DE]

National policy for radiation protection: Mary D. Nichols, EPA, S4650 [27MR]

———Senator Glenn, S4647, S4648, S4649 [27MR]

Risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking: Jack Lynch, S9846 [13JY]

———Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S9845 [13JY]

Superfund program funding: Representatives Bliley, Shuster, and Oxley, H8018 [31JY]

———Teresa D. Hay, Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, H8019 [31JY]

Water quality research: Glenn Reinhardt, Water Environment Research Foundation, H4758 [10MY]

Water treatment requirements for certain municipal facilities: Arthur L. Coe, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, H4812 [11MY]

———James M. Strock, California Environmental Protection Agency, H4811 [11MY]

———Susan Golding, H4815 [11MY]

Yucca Mountain, NV, waste disposal facility: Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H14872 [13DE]

Lists

Group A Carcinogens: EPA, S1533 [25JA]

Messages

Dept. of Transportation Report on Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Clinton, S15030 [11OC], H9859 [11OC]

Papers

Activities on Superfund Sites in Colorado: EPA, H7947-H7949 [28JY]

Poems

``Dulce Et Decorum Est'', S18305 [11DE]

Proposals

Superfund reform: Senator Smith, S9874-S9878 [13JY]

Remarks in House

CERCLA: amend (H.R. 200), E31 [5JA]

———amend (H.R. 228), H112 [4JA]

———emergency cleanups of hazardous chemicals near residential areas, H7898, H7899 [27JY]

———liability allocation process among potentially responsible parties (H.R. 1616), E1009 [11MY]

———liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (H.R. 854), E286 [7FE]

———liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (H.R. 855), E286 [7FE]

———moratorium on enforcement against certain individuals and on the authority for contribution actions (H.R. 795), H1216 [6FE]

Chemical weapons: demilitarization of stockpiles, H6013 [15JN]

———disposal of stockpiles, H4418 [7AP]

Dept. of Energy: cleanup of hazardous substances at municipal sites, H1992, H1993 [22FE]

———defense environmental restoration and waste management account funding, H6810-H6813 [11JY]

EPA: enforcement of certain environmental laws, H7933-H7955, H7957-H7963 [28JY], H8015, H8045, H8046, H8048, H8050, H8051, H8061 [31JY], H11692-H11704 [2NO], E1566 [31JY], E2163 [10NO]

———funding, H13358 [20NO]

———funding for cleanup of hazardous waste sites, H7690 [25JY]

Federal-State relations: exempt school safety issues from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H865-H867, H879 [30JA]

Fort McClellan, AL: closing, H2379 [28FE], H2784 [7MR]

Government regulations: regulation of production, transportation, storage, and disposal, H525-H527 [23JA]

Health: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (H.R. 2691), H13734 [29NO]

Illinois: funding for the treatment and reduction of atrazine in Lake Springfield, H7331 [20JY]

Landfills: disposal of organic absorbents (H.R. 1257), E625 [16MR]

Los Angeles, CA: construction of thermal destruction facility (H.R. 2583), E2134 [8NO]

Manistique Harbor, MI: installation of sand and stone cap in navigation project, H6787 [11JY]

New York: tribute to West Valley demonstration project, E1037 [15MY]

Nuclear energy: cleanup costs for Hanford nuclear facility, H2220-H2222 [24FE]

———waste disposal (H.R. 1020), H14261 [12DE], H14872 [13DE], H14877 [14DE], E429, E435 [24FE], E2413 [19DE]

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund: funding, H6882 [12JY]

OSHA: reform regulatory process, H2316 [28FE], H2724 [7MR], H3794 [24MR]

Radioactive substances: disposal of spent nuclear fuel, E796 [6AP]

———forum on the dangers of plutonium, E417 [23FE]

———international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste, H13977, H13978 [5DE]

———provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (H.R. 2463), E1925 [11OC]

Real estate: compensate landowners whose property is devalued due to Federal nuclear waste, H14877 [14DE]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (H.R. 1522), E777 [4AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (H.R. 1525), E777 [4AP]

Refuse disposal: treatment and regulation of solid waste incinerators, E222 [30JA]

Safety: exempt aircraft, mines, and nuclear waste disposal from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2187-H2192 [24FE]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (H.R. 2522), E2001 [24OC]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (H.R. 227), H112 [4JA], E441 [27FE]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 225), H112 [4JA]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 24), E31 [5JA], E291 [8FE]

Superfund: program funding, H8015-H8020 [31JY]

Superfund Program: funding, H12066 [9NO]

Trenton, NJ: EPA Brownfields pilot grant recipient, E1516 [26JY]

Veterans: extend eligibility period for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (H.R. 1565), H6319-H6323 [27JN], H7079 [18JY]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (H.R. 1400), E773 [4AP]

———industrial discharge standards, H4778-H4781 [10MY]

———municipal stormwater drainage permits, H4781 [10MY], H4821 [11MY]

Remarks in Senate

CERCLA: amend (S. 1285), S14711, S14737 [29SE], S15844 [26OC]

———reform, S12678 [6SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification, S18305-S18307 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: allow leasing of property undergoing environmental restoration, S11557 [5AU]

———defense environmental restoration and Technology Reinvestment Program funding, S3587-S3593 [7MR]

———environmental cleanup of communities near chemical weapons stockpile installations, S12539, S12540 [5SE]

———funding of environmental cleanup activities, S5373 [6AP], S5554-S5556 [7AP]

———maintenance of pentaborane prior to eventual disposition, S12125 [10AU]

———Strategic and Environmental Research Program funding, S12566 [5SE]

Dept. of Energy: nuclear weapons cleanup program, S3794 [10MR]

Ecology and environment: funding for Superfund, Council on Environmental Quality, and State revolving funds, S14348-S14355 [27SE]

———use of risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking, S9729 [12JY], S9840, S9844-S9855, S9874 [13JY]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 123), S372-S374 [4JA]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 229), S946 [13JA]

EPA: adding new sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, S14375 [27SE]

———expansion of the toxic release inventory relative to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, S14374 [27SE]

———reform, S14224 [26SE], S14390 [27SE]

———specify dangerous exposure levels of certain carcinogens, S1532-S1535 [25JA]

Government regulations: Toxic Release Inventory requirements, S9886-S9892, S9893, S9894, S9898 [13JY]

Landfills: disposal of organic sorbents (S. 689), S5421 [6AP]

Manistique Harbor, MI: installation of sand and stone cap in navigation project, S11093 [1AU]

Nevada: high-level nuclear waste repository proposal, S3489-S3492 [6MR], S3637 [7MR]

Nuclear energy: importation of spent nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors through commercial U.S. ports, S9474 [29JN]

———privatization of interim waste storage program (S. 1478), S18662 [14DE]

———receipt of credits by commercial nuclear utilities to offset the cost of storing spent fuel (S. 429), S2824 [16FE]

———storage of commercial spent nuclear fuel, S7491 [25MY], S7632 [26MY]

———storage of nuclear waste, S6232 [8MY]

———storage of nuclear waste at Prarie Island nuclear power plant, S6648 [15MY]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel, S18880, S18897 [19DE]

———waste disposal, S16398, S16399 [31OC]

———waste disposal (S. 167), S496 [5JA]

———waste disposal (S. 1271), S14204 [25SE]

OSHA: reform regulatory process (S. 526), S3757 [9MR]

———reform regulatory process (S. 1423), S17344-S17348 [17NO]

———transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor (S. 592), S4370 [22MR]

Pesticides: reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (S. 1491), S19009 [20DE]

Petroleum: cleanup costs of offshore drilling facilities, S17395, S17396 [17NO]

Pipelines: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (S. 164), S493 [5JA]

———require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (S. 836), S7017 [19MY]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (S. 1505), S19254 [22DE]

Radioactive substances: dumping of high-level nuclear waste in Nevada, S15200 [17OC]

———national policy, S4644-S4651 [27MR]

———penalties for an act of sabotage against a train or motor vehicle carrying spent nuclear fuel or high level nuclear waste, S17594 [28NO]

———treatment and disposal of waste, S1340-S1343 [23JA]

Refuse disposal: improve management of remediation waste (S. 1274), S14314 [26SE]

———improve management of remediation waste (S. 1286), S14738 [29SE]

Solid waste: limit disposal of out-of-State municipal waste (S. 589), S4368 [22MR]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 373), S2336 [8FE]

Superfund: program funding, S11336 [3AU]

Taxation: eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (S. 1022), S9718, S9719 [11JY]

Transportation: exempt small cargo tank vehicles carrying petroleum products from certain transportation regulations (S. 787), S6463 [10MY]

Veterans: extend eligibility period for inpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (S. 338), S2055 [2FE]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: amend (S. 1402), S16822 [8NO]

Water: require certain community water systems to issue a report relative to level of contaminants in drinking water, S17768-S17771, S17772 [29NO]

Reports

Superfund—Information on Current Health Risks: GAO, S11336-S11338 [3AU]

What Have We Done?—Environmental Management Accomplishments, S3796 [10MR]

Reports filed

Eligibility Period for Priority Health Care to Those Veterans Exposed to Toxic Substances, Radiation, or Environmental Hazards: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 1565) (H. Rept. 104-158), H6311 [26JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1020) (H. Rept. 104-254), H9363 [20SE]

U.S. Enrichment Corp. Privatization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 755) (S. Rept. 104-173), S17336 [17NO]

Resolutions by organizations

State control over transportation of municipal solid waste: National Governors' Association, E291 [8FE]

Statements

Treatment and Regulation of Solid Waste Incinerators: Michael W. Turlek, Lyons Incinerator Opponent Network (organization), E223 [30JA]

Summaries

Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 1285), S14736 [29SE]

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material: Charles Bowman and Francesco Venneri, S3638 [7MR]

Tables

Dept. of Energy environmental management program sites, S3794 [10MR]

Superfund remedial cleanups scheduled for fiscal year 1996, H8016 [31JY]

Superfund removal cleanups scheduled for fiscal year 1996, H8017 [31JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1400, Chlorine Zero Discharge Act, E773 [4AP]

H.R. 1565, extend eligibility period of veterans for priority health care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards, H6320 [27JN]

H.R. 2522, Small Business Remediation Act, E2001 [24OC]

S. 123, Environmental Risk Evaluation Act, S374 [4JA]

S. 164, Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act, S494 [5JA]

S. 167, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S497-S503 [5JA]

S. 229, use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decision making, S947 [13JA]

S. 338, extend eligibility period for inpatient care to veterans exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards, S2055 [2FE]

S. 373, State Regulation and Management of Solid Waste Act, S2337 [8FE]

S. 589, limit disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste, S4368 [22MR]

S. 592, Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S4371-S4374 [22MR]

S. 836, Pipeline Safety Act, S7018 [19MY]

S. 1022, eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium relative to taxation, S9719 [11JY]

S. 1274, improve management of remediation waste, S14314-S14316 [26SE]

S. 1285, Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act, S14711-S14736 [29SE]

S. 1286, improve management of remediation waste, S14738-S14740 [29SE]

S. 1423, Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act, S17345-S17347 [17NO]

S. 1505, Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act, S19255-S19259 [22DE]