COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT

Amendments

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S569 [21JA]

Analyses

Encourage Cleanup of Brownfield Sites and Creation of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (S. 235), S859 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: assist local governments with health and safety concerns of hazardous waste sites (see S. 1317), S11192 [24OC]

Amend (see H.R. 2750), H9614 [28OC]

Business and industry: require polluters to cleanup hazardous substances (see H.R. 2087), H4834 [26JN]

Corps of Engineers: require performance of contract oversight of remedial actions (see H.R. 1157), H1258 [20MR]

Courts: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H7364 [16SE]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

———assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 1395), H1706 [17AP]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8, 18; H.R. 990, 1049), S158, S159 [21JA], H803 [6MR], H949 [12MR]

Education: restrict liability of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1158), H1258 [20MR]

EPA: certify State voluntary cleanup programs for brownfield sites and clarify liability of landowners and prospective purchasers (see H.R. 1392), H1705 [17AP]

———establish loan program to States for cleanup of brownfield sites that have private investment potential (see H.R. 1462), H1891 [24AP]

Government: ensure Federal compliance (see S. 1224; H.R. 1195), S10055 [26SE], H1260 [20MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on enforcement actions against certain individuals (see H.R. 1878), H3796 [12JN]

Recycling: clarify liability for certain transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Superfund: limit funding expended for administration, oversight, support, studies, investigations, monitoring, assessments, evaluations, and enforcement activities (see H.R. 2086), H4834 [26JN]

Superfund Program: reauthorization and reform (see H.R. 2727), H9501 [23OC]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 997), H804 [6MR]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 235; H.R. 505), S855 [30JA], H282 [4FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 996), H804 [6MR]

Letters

Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act: Linda P. Morgan, Regional Plan Association, S352 [21JA]

Superfund Program funding: Carol M. Browner, EPA, H5250 [15JY]

———Franklin D. Raines, OMB, H5251 [15JY]

———Vice President Gore, H5250 [15JY]

Notices

Public comment period relative to deletion of Harrisburg International Airport from Superfund list: EPA, E1420 [14JY]

Remarks in House

Corps of Engineers: require performance of contract oversight of remedial actions (H.R. 1157), E533 [20MR]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 1049), H2652-H2654 [14MY]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 3020), E2311 [10NO]

Education: restrict liability of local educational agencies (H.R. 1158), E533 [20MR]

EPA: deletion of Harrisburg International Airport from Superfund list, E1419 [14JY]

Recycling: clarify liability for certain transactions (H.R. 2733), E2086, E2093 [24OC]

Superfund Program: funding, H5250, H5262, H5263 [15JY], H5366, H5368 [16JY], E1457 [17JY]

Taxation: allow expensing and rapid amortization of expenditures for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 997), E412 [6MR]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (H.R. 505), E148 [4FE]

———issuance of tax-exempt remediation bonds to finance cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 996), E412 [6MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: assist local governments with health and safety concerns of hazardous waste sites (S. 1317), S11197 [24OC]

Colorado School of Mines: compliance with CERCLA, S10057 [26SE]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, S6701, S6702 [27JN]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 18), S129, S346 [21JA]

———cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S124, S136, S237-S264 [21JA], S631 [22JA], S5709 [16JN]

Government: ensure Federal compliance (S. 1224), S10057, S10058 [26SE]

Taxation: encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 235), S856-S862 [30JA]

Statements

Deletion of Harrisburg International Airport From Superfund List: Representative Gekas, E1421 [14JY]

Summaries

Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act (S. 18), S351 [21JA]

Deletion of Harrisburg International Airport From Superfund List: Federal Register, E1420 [14JY]

Texts of

S. 8, Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act, S239-S264 [21JA]

S. 18, Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act, S347-S351 [21JA]

S. 235, encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, S857-S859 [30JA]

S. 1317, Environmental Health Protection Act, S11198-S11200 [24OC]