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

Articles and editorials

In Honor of Norman M. Cole, Jr., E565 [21MR]

Slighting Nature in Chile, H1968 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions

Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see S. 971; H.R. 2094), S6496 [26JN], H4835 [26JN]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see S. 618; H.R. 1578), S3349 [17AP], H2589 [13MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see S. 1097; H.R. 2365), S8531 [31JY], H6705 [31JY]

Clean Water Act: subject Federal facilities discharging radioactive waste into surface water to the same standards as private facilities (see H.R. 2222), H5664 [23JY]

Ecology and environment: establish a Community Recreation and Conservation Endowment with certain oil and gas revenues (see H.R. 2945), H10419 [8NO]

———establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of pollution (see H.R. 550), H284 [4FE]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities (see S. 769), S4748 [20MY]

———improve protection of wetlands and watersheds (see H.R. 2762), H9729 [29OC]

———provide certain off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund and limit fund relative to State financial assistance (see H.R. 1487), H2089 [30AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 706, 1732), H522 [12FE], H3202 [22MY]

———provide State grants to stabilize and remove tire piles that are near drinking water sources and sensitive populations (see H.R. 1041), H948 [12MR]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 873, 1206), H700 [27FE], H1260 [20MR]

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see S. Con. Res. 28; H. Con. Res. 91), S5002 [22MY], H3203 [22MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to the effect of administrative orders on civil penalty actions (see H.R. 2415), H6962 [5SE]

———improve enforcement and compliance programs (see S. 645; H.R. 1453), S3662 [24AP], H1891 [24AP]

Government: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 1194), H1260 [20MR]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see S. 659; H.R. 1481), S3727 [25AP], H1988 [29AP]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see S. 1219; H.R. 2565), S9969 [25SE], H8054 [26SE]

Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 455), H242 [21JA]

———prohibit dumping of dredged material (see S. 1553; H.R. 55), S12575 [13NO], H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

National clean water trust fund: establish (see H.R. 806), H588 [13FE]

New Jersey: terminate ocean dumping off the coast at the Mud Dump Site and other sites within the New York Bight Apex (see H.R. 244), H147 [9JA]

Petroleum: improve prevention of, response to, and compensation to communities affected by oil spills (see H.R. 238), H147 [9JA]

Pollution: expand the coverage of the single transport region established to control interstate pollution (see S. 733), S4285 [9MY]

Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 953), S6186 [24JN]

Refuse disposal: continuation of national permit for discharges of dredged or fill materials into headwaters and isolated waters (see H.R. 2155), H5177 [11JY]

———provide conditional exemption relative to discharges of dredged or fill materials for maintenance of certain flood control projects (see H.R. 2741), H9558 [24OC]

Rivers: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222, 1321; H.R. 2374, 2670), S9969 [25SE], S11289 [28OC], H6715 [1AU], H8833 [9OC]

San Francisco Bay: remove navigational hazards to prevent oil spills (see H.R. 882), H700 [27FE]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 2138), H5131 [10JY]

———facilitate the remediation of contaminated sediments in U.S. waters (see S. 1386), S11863 [6NO]

Waterways: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1188), H1260 [20MR]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act: Gary G. Allen, Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

———Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland, S3368 [17AP]

———Russell Pettyjohn, Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

———W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., Chesapeake Bay Commission, S3368 [17AP]

———William C. Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S3369 [17AP]

———William Rumsey, Jr., Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

Right-To-Know-More and Pollution Prevention Act: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S4758 [20MY]

———Carolyn Hartmann and Andrea Askowitz, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S4758 [20MY]

———Philip E. Clapp, Environmental Information Center, S4759 [20MY]

Notices

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

Outlines

National Institute for the Environment establishment (H.R. 2914), E2254 [8NO]

Remarks in House

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 1578), E905, E907 [13MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (H.R. 2365), E1577 [1AU]

Clean Water Act: subject Federal facilities discharging radioactive waste into surface water to the same standards as private facilities (H.R. 2222), E1479 [23JY]

Coast Guard: Ports and Waterways Safety System Program funding, H8895 [21OC]

Corps of Engineers: Sediment Remediation Technology Program funding, H5754 [24JY]

Ecology and environment: establish a Community Recreation and Conservation Endowment with certain oil and gas revenues (H.R. 2945), E2283 [9NO]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (H.R. 1636), H2796 [16MY], E948 [16MY]

———provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (H.R. 1732), E1041 [22MY]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (H.R. 1206), H2173 [6MY]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (H.R. 873), E349 [27FE]

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

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (H.R. 2565), H8986 [22OC]

National clean water trust fund: establish (H.R. 806), E256 [13FE]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (H.R. 2914), E2254 [8NO]

NOAA: non-point source pollution control programs funding, H7892-H7896 [25SE]

Petroleum: improve prevention of, response to, and compensation to communities affected by oil spills (H.R. 238), E14 [7JA]

Potomac River: efforts to reduce pollution in West Virginia, H3216 [3JN]

San Francisco Bay: remove navigational hazards to prevent oil spills (H.R. 882), E341 [27FE]

Ships and vessels: regulations relative to double-hulled oil tankers, H4211 [23JN], E1393 [10JY]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (H.R. 2138), E1414 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (S. 971), S6505 [26JN]

Boston, MA: Boston Harbor cleanup funding, S10747 [9OC]

Charlotte, NC: Mecklenburg County streambank stabilization and restoration project funding, S7479 [15JY]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (S. 618), S3365-S3367 [17AP]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 1097), S8547-S8550 [31JY]

———requirements relative to clean up of coal-fired powerplants, S12567 [13NO]

Ecology and environment: expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities (S. 769), S4753 [20MY]

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (S. Con. Res. 28), S5016 [22MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve enforcement and compliance programs (S. 645), S3670 [24AP]

Great Lakes: anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada, S12641 [13NO]

———implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (S. 659), S3735 [25AP]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (S. 1219), S9969, S9970 [25SE]

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (S. 1553), S12597 [13NO]

Native Americans: contamination of ground water on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, S9611 [18SE]

NIH: conduct study relative to effects of perchlorate on humans, S8903, S8909 [8SE]

Pollution: expand the coverage of the single transport region established to control interstate pollution (S. 733), S4285 [9MY]

Potomac River: efforts to reduce pollution in West Virginia, S5392 [9JN], S7991 [24JY]

Real property: private property owner rights (S. 953), S6187-S6190 [24JN]

Rivers: estuary conservation and management programs funding (S. 1222), S9975, S9976 [25SE], S10095 [26SE]

———estuary conservation and management programs funding (S. 1321), S11290 [28OC]

South Dakota: tribute to Freeman Wastewater Treatment Plant, S9089 [10SE]

Water: Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program funding, S10741 [9OC]

———facilitate the remediation of contaminated sediments in U.S. waters (S. 1386), S11871 [6NO]

Reports filed

Pfiesteria Research Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1219) (S. Rept. 105-132), S11666 [4NO]

Statements

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

Summaries

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

Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act (S. 1222), S9975 [25SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1578, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, E906 [13MY]

H.R. 2138, Municipal Biological Monitoring Use Act, E1415 [11JY]

S. 618, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, S3367 [17AP]

S. 645, Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act, S3671-S3675 [24AP]

S. 733, Acid Deposition and Ozone Control Act, S4286 [9MY]

S. 769, Right-To-Know-More and Pollution Prevention Act, S4754-S4758 [20MY]

S. 953, Private Property Owners' Bill of Rights, S6188 [24JN]

S. 971, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act, S6505 [26JN]

S. 1097, Acid Deposition Control Act, S8548-S8550 [31JY]

S. 1219, Pfiesteria Research Act, S9970 [25SE]

S. 1321, estuary conservation and management programs funding, S11290 [28OC]

S. 1386, facilitate the remediation of contaminated sediments in U.S. waters, S11872 [6NO]

S. 1553, Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act, S12597 [13NO]

S. Con. Res. 28, request EPA take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury, S5016 [22MY]