HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

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Amendments

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (S. 1090), S7263 [18JN]

Clean Air Act: exclude flammable fuels from reporting requirements and other activities under the risk management plan program (S. 880), S7536, S7543 [23JN], H6087 [21JY]

Ecology and environment: assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and increase fairness in litigation (S. 1105), S7263 [18JN]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 199), S12844, S12858 [19OC]

Analyses

Dept. of Energy Compensation Programs for Employees Sustaining Illnesses From Exposure to Beryllium and Other Hazardous Substances and Examine Health Effects of Exposure to Hazardous Substances (S. 1954), S14736-S14739 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Cost, Not Safety, Imperils Nuclear Power, S3675 [14AP]

Joe Poe Works Every Day To Find Answers for Him and Others About What Has Caused His Gulf War Illness, H1900 [13AP]

MTBE Risk to Drinking Water Was Known for Years, S2849 [17MR]

Poor Me, S14732 [17NO]

Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning and Building Healthy Communities, E2179-E2181 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: harmonization of registrations of certain pesticides (see H.R. 1913), H3503 [24MY]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 394), S1391 [9FE]

Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (see S. 775), S3634 [13AP] (see H.R. 1463), H2132 [15AP]

Bikini Atoll: assist in resettlement and relocation of people (see H.R. 2368), H5091 [29JN]

Cargo transportation: authorizing appropriations for safe transportation of hazardous material (see H.R. 968), H956 [3MR]

CERCLA: amend (see H.R. 617), H480 [8FE]

———amend relative to settlements by certain qualified businesses (see H.R. 2921), H8556 [22SE]

———authorize certain research, development, and demonstration activities (see H.R. 3207), H11480 [3NO]

———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 1528), S10389 [5AU]

———clarify liability for sale of certain facilities for residential use (see H.R. 1418), H2054 [14AP]

———exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 2247), H4470 [16JN]

———limit portion of Superfund expended for administration, oversight, support, studies, design, investigations, monitoring, assessment and evaluation, and enforcement activities (see H.R. 2754), H7882 [5AU]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (see H.R. 2940), H8628 [23SE]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 2956), H8872 [27SE]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see S. 1090), S5738 [20MY] (see S. 1537), S10389 [5AU] (see H.R. 1300), H1799 [25MR]

Chemicals: ensure adequate actions are taken to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of criminal attacks on chemical plants (see S. 1470), S9946 [30JY]

———prevent inhalant abuse (see S. 609), S2648 [15MR]

Children and youth: require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (see S. 1120), S5954 [25MY] (see H.R. 1996), H3710 [27MY]

Clean Air Act: exclude flammable fuels from reporting requirements and other activities under the risk management plan program (see S. 880), S4185 [26AP]

———reduce acid deposition (see S. 172), S342 [19JA] (see H.R. 25), H225 [6JA] (see H.R. 657), H538 [9FE]

Coast Guard: clarify authority to control vessels in U.S. territorial waters (see S. 498), S2095 [2MR]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (see H.R. 2179), H4128 [10JN]

Courts: clarify jurisdiction and procedures for compensating injuries resulting from the production and mining of beryllium (see H.R. 675), H585 [10FE]

———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (see S. 758), S3440 [25MR] (see H.R. 1283), H1799 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: use of funds to pay for environmental fines and penalties (see H.R. 3387), H12107 [16NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish a compensation program for employees injured in Federal nuclear activities (see H.R. 3495), H12793 [18NO]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see S. 1954), S14696 [17NO] (see H.R. 3418), H12225 [17NO] (see H.R. 3478), H12792 [18NO]

———provide compensation and increase safety for on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (see H.R. 1309), H1800 [25MR]

———terminate exemption of nonprofit institutions from civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements (see H.R. 3383), H12107 [16NO]

Dept. of HUD: provide assistance for startup costs of community programs to prevent residentially based lead poisoning in children (see H.R. 1518), H2272 [21AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for a disease incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3230), H11556 [4NO]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H7025 [4AU]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1756), H2997 [11MY]

———assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1750), H2997 [11MY]

———assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (see S. 20), S338 [19JA]

———assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and increase fairness in litigation (see S. 1105), S5834 [24MY]

———development and use of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1537), H2299 [22AP]

———encourage State response programs for contaminated sites, remove barriers to cleanup of brownfield sites, and return contaminated sites to economically productive or other beneficial uses (see H.R. 2580), H6198 [21JY]

———establish standards for cleanup of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2726), H7881 [5AU]

———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. 1657), H2552 [3MY]

———improve the management of environmental information and encourage innovation to enhance environmental quality (see H.R. 3448), H12791 [18NO]

———promote environmental justice by establishing links between pollution and community health problems and assist such communities (see H.R. 1510), H2272 [21AP]

———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (see S. 1112), S5834 [24MY] (see H.R. 199), H238 [7JA]

Electric power: facilitate modernization, establish efficiency requirements, reduce hazardous emissions, and promote alternative energy sources (see S. 1949), S14696 [17NO]

———reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 2980), H9076 [30SE]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: subject Federal facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same standards as private facilities (see S. 857), S4109 [22AP]

EPA: certify State voluntary cleanup programs for brownfield sites and clarify liability of landowners and prospective purchasers (see H.R. 1391), H1971 [13AP]

———prohibit the importation for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) at certain concentrations (see H.R. 2408), H5178 [30JN]

———public disclosure of accidental release scenario information in risk management plans (see H.R. 1790), H3169 [13MY]

———requirements relative to disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) at certain facilities (see H.R. 2407), H5178 [30JN]

———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S9744 [29JY]

———waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (see S. 645), S2840 [17MR] (see H.R. 3449), H12791 [18NO]

Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (see H.R. 1769), H3085 [12MY]

Floods: prevent release of hazardous waste due to flooding (see H.R. 3093), H10173 [18OC]

Government regulations: extend coverage of rules governing transportation through the Postal Service (see S. 1359), S8373 [13JY]

Health: recovery from third parties the value of housing, education, or medical care furnished or paid for by the U.S. to victims of lead poisoning (see S. 1821), S13403 [28OC]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (see S. 673), S3000 [19MR] (see H.R. 2667), H6842 [2AU]

Motor vehicles: provide for annual renewal of safety permits relative to transportation of hazardous substances (see H.R. 646), H537 [9FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 199), S12234 [7OC]

NRC: require applicants for, or holders of, operating licenses for nuclear power reactors to have emergency response plans for surrounding areas (see H.R. 1072), H1256 [11MR]

Nuclear energy: Portsmouth, OH, and Paducah, KY, gaseous diffusion plants funding (see H.R. 3151), H10861 [26OC]

———power facility decommissioning funding (see S. 1793), S13165 [26OC]

———receipt of credits by commercial nuclear utilities to offset the cost of storing spent fuel (see S. 683), S3122 [23MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (see S. 1287), S7590 [24JN]

———terminate exemption of certain contractors and other entities from civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements (see S. 1280), S7590 [24JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see S. 608), S2648 [15MR] (see H.R. 45), H226 [6JA]

OSHA: exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used to identify safety and health violations by employers (see H.R. 1438), H2131 [15AP]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 1716), S12421 [12OC] (see H.R. 3275), H11853 [9NO]

———making supplemental appropriations to ensure inclusion in State source water assessment programs (see H.R. 1909), H3503 [24MY]

Pipelines: authorizing appropriations for pipeline safety activities (see H.R. 1378), H1971 [13AP]

———improve safety (see H.R. 3226), H11556 [4NO]

Poison control centers: increase funding and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see S. 632), S2729 [16MR] (see H.R. 1221), H1595 [23MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills (see S. 367), S1257 [4FE] (see H.R. 1516), H2272 [21AP]

———compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines, mills, or during transport (see H.R. 1045), H1069 [9MR]

———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (see S. 1515), S10389 [5AU]

———remove requirement that exposure resulting in stomach cancer occur before a certain age (see H.R. 930), H890 [2MR]

Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 393), H270 [19JA] (see H.R. 1559), H2304 [26AP]

Railroads: authorize activities under Federal railroad safety laws (see S. 1496), S10221 [4AU] (see H.R. 2666), H6759 [30JY] (see H.R. 2683), H6963 [3AU]

———reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 2450), H5333 [1JY]

Rongelap Atoll: prescribe certain terms for resettlement of residents due to conditions created from nuclear testing (see H.R. 2970), H9021 [29SE]

Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (see S. 618), S2648 [15MR]

Small business: provide capital for the redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 1408), S8952 [21JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: management of remediation waste at brownfields and other remediation sites (see H.R. 2718), H7881 [5AU]

South Carolina: eliminate use of Savannah River nuclear waste separation facilities (see H.R. 2603), H6352 [22JY]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see S. 1939), S14696 [17NO] (see H.R. 1303), H1800 [25MR]

———allow private foundations to treat certain costs of removing hazardous substances as qualifying distributions (see S. 904), S4346 [28AP] (see H.R. 2284), H4664 [18JN]

———apply exception for developable sites to Round 1 empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 1540), S10389 [5AU]

———credit for recycling of hazardous wastes (see H.R. 286), H241 [7JA]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs to contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (see H.R. 2264), H4615 [17JN]

———permanently extend environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 1630), H2544 [29AP]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 1286), H1799 [25MR]

Water: study and establish a national primary drinking water standard for radium 224 (see H.R. 2665), H6759 [30JY]

Cost Estimates

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository (S. 1287): CBO, S8077 [1JY]

Explanations

Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act (S. 673), S3015 [19MR]

Histories

Clarify CERCLA Liability Provisions for Certain Recycling Transactions, S15048-S15050 [19NO]

Uranium Mining in South Dakota, 1951-1973: Mine Safety and Health Administration, S1264 [4FE]

Letters

Clarify liability for certain recycling transactions under CERCLA: several organizations, S7262 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program funding: David R. Warren, GAO, S10370-S10372 [5AU]

———John J. Hamre, Dept. of Defense, S10369 [5AU]

Designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S3674 [14AP]

———President Clinton, S3675 [14AP]

Expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans: Andrew A. Kistler, DAV, S1882 [24FE]

———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, S1881 [24FE]

———Kenneth W. Kizer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S5909 [25MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act: Thomas P. Martin, Rutland Fire Clay Co., S13604 [1NO]

Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H6085 [21JY]

———Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), H6085 [21JY]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judicary (House), H6085 [21JY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Don Ryan, Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning, S12246 [7OC]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S12245 [7OC]

———President Clinton, S13244 [27OC]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act application process and compensation criteria for individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing: Arden D. Davis and Cathleen J. Webb, S10417 [5AU]

———Nettie H. Myers, S10417 [5AU]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Improvement Act: Sharon D. Kane, S1265 [4FE]

Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site cleanup funding: Ken Salazar, Colorado Attorney General, H8314 [15SE]

Superfund excise taxes: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S14401 [9NO]

———Red Cavaney, American Petroleum Institute, and Thomas J. Donahue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14402 [9NO]

———Robert E. Vagley, American Insurance Association, S14401 [9NO]

———Robert N. Burt, Business Roundtable (organization), S14401 [9NO]

Lists

Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning, S12246 [7OC]

Citations of the millsite limits under the 1872 Mining Law, S9357 [27JY]

Mining site ecological contamination examples, S9359 [27JY]

Memorandums

Expand List of Diseases Presumed To Be Service Connected With Respect to Radiation-Exposed Veterans: Kenneth W. Kizer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S1882 [24FE]

Messages

NRC Report: President Clinton, S7523 [23JN], H4804 [23JN], H10142 [18OC]

Veto of H.R. 2606, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: President Clinton, H10142 [18OC]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: reform Superfund program, E1572 [16JY]

Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council: assist in resettlement and relocation of people of Bikini Atoll, E1435 [29JN]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: harmonization of registrations of certain pesticides (H.R. 1913), E1068 [24MY]

Bikini Atoll: assist in resettlement and relocation of people (H.R. 2368), H8115-H8118 [13SE], E1435 [29JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, E2535 [3DE]

———exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 2247), H4349 [16JN]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (H.R. 1300), H10230 [19OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2956), E1979 [28SE]

———reform Superfund program, E1572 [16JY]

Charlop, Megan: Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader honoree, E2460 [19NO]

Children and youth: require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (H.R. 1996), E1122 [27MY]

Clean Air Act: exclude flammable fuels from reporting requirements and other activities under the risk management plan program (S. 880), H6082-H6089 [21JY]

Coast Guard: clarify authority to control vessels in U.S. territorial waters, H1370 [17MR]

Colorado: management as open space of certain lands at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (H.R. 2179), E1215 [10JN]

Colorado River: transfer jurisdiction over cleanup from NRC to Dept. of Energy, H2276 [22AP]

Cuba: safety of nuclear powerplants, H2355 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: local decision-making relative to destruction of certain non-stockpile materials at chemical stockpile facilities, H4082 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: cooperative initiatives with Russia relative to nuclear weapons disarmament, H6514 [27JY]

———mixed oxide fuel transportation route requirements, H8334-H8336 [15SE]

———nuclear waste transmutation research and development programs funding, H8336 [15SE]

———Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site cleanup funding, H6507 [27JY], H8314 [15SE]

———terminate exemption of nonprofit institutions from civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements (H.R. 3383), E2408 [17NO]

———worker and community transition programs funding, H6519 [27JY]

Dept. of HUD: brownfield redevelopment, HOME Investments Partnership, and homeless assistance grants funding through rescissions in NASA funding, H7951, H7952 [8SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H1899 [13AP]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H4231 [15JN]

———encourage State response programs for contaminated sites, remove barriers to cleanup of brownfield sites, and return contaminated sites to economically productive or other beneficial uses (H.R. 2580), E1626 [22JY]

———improve the management of environmental information and encourage innovation to enhance environmental quality (H.R. 3448), E2464 [19NO]

———promote environmental justice by establishing links between pollution and community health problems and assist such communities (H.R. 1510), E733 [21AP]

———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (H.R. 199), E48 [7JA]

Electric power: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 2980), H9009, H9010 [29SE], H9178 [30SE]

EPA: public disclosure of accidental release scenario information in risk management plans, H6082-H6085 [21JY]

Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (H.R. 1769), E938 [12MY]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (H.R. 2667), H6846 [3AU], E1713 [2AU]

Mining and mineral resources: disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste into U.S. waters, H12750, H12751 [18NO]

———regulation of public lands surrounding claims used for waste disposal, H5509-H5519 [14JY], H9276-H9282 [4OC]

———waiver of regulations on public lands surrounding claims used for waste disposal, H3227, H3228, H3231, H3232, H3256 [18MY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: observance, E2179 [25OC]

NBC: depiction of transportation of hazardous materials in television movie ``Atomic Train'', H3004 [12MY], H3213 [17MY]

Nevada: testing of Yucca Mountain to determine feasibility as a nuclear waste disposal repository, H6517 [27JY], H7890 [8SE]

Nuclear energy: Portsmouth, OH, and Paducah, KY, gaseous diffusion plants funding (H.R. 3151), H11628 [5NO]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H8876 [28SE], H8970 [29SE]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 45), H249 [19JA], H284 [2FE], H421 [4FE], H577 [10FE], H587 [11FE], H664 [23FE], H836 [2MR], H961 [4MR], H1026 [9MR], H1173 [11MR], H1261 [15MR], H1781 [25MR], H2135 [19AP], H2207 [21AP], H2301 [26AP], H3004 [12MY], H3213 [17MY], H3465 [24MY], H3707 [27MY], H3769 [8JN]

OSHA: exempt voluntary self assessments and audits from being used to identify safety and health violations by employers (H.R. 1438), E661 [15AP]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (H.R. 3275), E2370 [11NO]

Poison control centers: increase funding and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (H.R. 1221), E532 [23MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines, mills, or during transport (H.R. 1045), H1062 [9MR]

Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT, H6546, H6547 [27JY]

———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 1559), E766 [26AP]

———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 393), H1480 [23MR], E83 [20JA]

Railroads: authorize activities under Federal railroad safety laws (H.R. 2666), E1704 [30JY]

Rongelap Atoll: prescribe certain terms for resettlement of residents due to conditions created from nuclear testing (H.R. 2970), H10787-H10789 [26OC]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: management of remediation waste at brownfields and other remediation sites (H.R. 2718), E1767, E1768 [5AU]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (H.R. 1303), E589 [25MR]

———permanently extend environmental remediation costs (H.R. 1630), E819 [29AP]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, E765 [26AP]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (H.R. 1286), E567 [25MR]

Water: prohibit funding for a national primary drinking water standard for Radium 226 and 228, H8049, H8050 [9SE]

———study and establish a national primary drinking water standard for radium 224 (H.R. 2665), E1699 [30JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: designate as nuclear waste disposal site, H487 [9FE], H8970 [29SE], H9310 [5OC], H10372 [20OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 394), S1393 [9FE]

Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (S. 775), S3640 [13AP]

Bluegrass Army Depot, KY: require demonstration projects on alternative chemical weapons disposal methods before construction of a chemical demilitarization facility, S7042, S7043 [16JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, S7262, S7263 [18JN], S14987, S15028, S15046, S15048, S15051 [19NO]

———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (S. 1528), S10431-S10433 [5AU], S13086 [25OC]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, S14401, S14402 [9NO]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (S. 1090), S5742-S5756 [20MY], S7262, S7263 [18JN]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (S. 1537), S10442-S10458 [5AU]

Chemical weapons: impact of demilitarization program on local commuities, S6272 [27MY]

Chemicals: ensure adequate actions are taken to detect, prevent, and minimize consequences of criminal attacks on chemical plants (S. 1470), S9947 [30JY]

———prevent inhalant abuse, S3823 [19AP]

———prevent inhalant abuse (S. 609), S2657 [15MR], S2695 [16MR], S4508 [30AP]

Children and youth: require lead poisoning screening for enrollees in certain Federal programs (S. 1120), S5961 [25MY], S7164-S7166 [17JN]

Clean Air Act: exclude flammable fuels from reporting requirements and other activities under the risk management plan program (S. 880), S4341 [28AP], S7368 [21JN], S7543-S7549 [23JN], S10059-S10062 [2AU], S11351, S11352 [23SE]

———reduce acid deposition (S. 172), S599 [19JA], S13325 [27OC]

Coast Guard: clarify authority to control vessels in U.S. territorial waters (S. 498), S2107 [2MR]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (S. 758), S3509-S3511 [25MR], S13603 [1NO]

Dept. of Defense: Chemical Demilitarization Program funding, S10368 [5AU]

———disclose information on environmental contamination at former U.S. military facilities in foreign countries, S5905, S5909-S5911 [25MY]

———use interferometric sensor for detection of chemical and biological threats, S6682, S6683 [8JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (S. 1954), S14736 [17NO], S14774 [18NO]

———International Radioecology Laboratory funding, S7110 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Office of Pipeline Safety reform and funding, S10922, S10923 [15SE], S10974, S10975 [16SE]

Ecology and environment: assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs (S. 20), S388 [19JA], S3977 [21AP]

———assist States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and increase fairness in litigation (S. 1105), S5837-S5839 [24MY], S7262, S7263 [18JN]

———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (S. 1112), S5866 [24MY]

Electric power: facilitate modernization, establish efficiency requirements, reduce hazardous emissions, and promote alternative energy sources (S. 1949), S14726 [17NO], S14832 [18NO]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: subject Federal facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same standards as private facilities (S. 857), S4109 [22AP]

EPA: high production volume chemicals testing programs funding, S11351 [23SE], S12658 [15OC]

———improve underground storage tank safety regulations, S11405 [24SE]

———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (S. 1464), S9938, S9939, S9940 [30JY], S10065 [3AU]

———waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (S. 645), S2847-S2849 [17MR]

Government regulations: extend coverage of rules governing transportation through the Postal Service (S. 1359), S8383 [13JY]

Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage, S12776 [18OC]

Health: recovery from third parties the value of housing, education, or medical care furnished or paid for by the U.S. to victims of lead poisoning (S. 1821), S13406 [28OC]

Idaho: cleanup of areas surrounding the Bunker Hill Superfund site, S9057 [22JY]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions, S11412 [24SE]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (S. 673), S3007 [19MR]

Mining and mineral resources: disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste into U.S. waters, S14781-S14793, S14798, S14800-S14802 [18NO]

———regulation of public lands surrounding claims used for waste disposal, S9350-S9369 [27JY]

———waiver of regulations on public lands surrounding claims used for waste disposal, S5669 [20MY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 199), S12245-S12247 [7OC], S12858 [19OC]

———observance, S13243-S13248 [27OC], S13399 [28OC]

Navy: bioenvironmental hazards research, S6685 [8JN]

NBC: depiction of transportation of hazardous materials in television movie ``Atomic Train'', S5194, S5260 [13MY]

Nuclear energy: power facility decommissioning funding (S. 1793), S13182 [26OC]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S11529-S11531 [28SE], S14080, S14081-S14085 [5NO]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), unanimous-consent request, S13530 [29OC]

———waste disposal, S4428 [29AP], S7115 [16JN], S13534-S13542 [29OC]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 45), S1405 [9FE], S3673-S3676 [14AP]

———amend (S. 608), S2654-S2657 [15MR], S13534-S13542 [29OC]

Pipelines: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage, S926 [22JA]

Poison control centers: increase funding and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S. 632), S2772 [16MR], S10523 [5AU]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: compensation for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills (S. 367), S1259-S1264 [4FE]

———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S10415-S10419 [5AU], S11754 [30SE], S14918-S14921, S14957, S15082 [19NO]

Radioactive substances: refuse disposal and storage facilities, S1793 [1OC]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: reform remediation waste requirements relative to cleanup of hazardous waste sites, S1031, S1032 [27JA]

Rutland Fire Clay Co.: misrepresentation of views in advertisment for the Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act, S13603 [1NO]

Safety: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage, S12776 [18OC]

Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (S. 618), S2672 [15MR]

Small business: provide capital for the redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 1408), S8955, S8956 [21JY]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances, S9930 [30JY]

———apply exception for developable sites to Round 1 empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 1540), S10461 [5AU]

———reinstate Superfund excise taxes, S14401, S14402 [9NO]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans, S1880-S1883 [24FE], S5907-S5909 [25MY], S11348-S11350 [23SE], S11379, S11380 [24SE]

Yucca Mountain, NV: designate as nuclear waste disposal site, S1405 [9FE], S3673-S3676 [14AP], S11529-S11531 [28SE], S13534-S13542 [29OC]

Reports

Presumption of Service Connection for Radiation-Related Disabilities, S1882 [24FE]

Reports filed

Application Process and Compensation Criteria Improvements Relative to Radiation Exposure From Uranium Mines, Mills, and Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1515), S13678 [2NO]

Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2368) (H. Rept. 106-267), H6581 [27JY]

Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 880) (S. Rept. 106-70), S6790 [9JN]

Nomination of Gerald V. Poje to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S12834 [19OC]

Nomination of Ivan Itkin To Be Dept. of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S11255 [22SE]

Nomination of Paul L. Hill, Jr., to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S11640 [29SE]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 45) (H. Rept. 106-155), H3459 [20MY]

Pipeline Safety Activities Appropriations: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1378) (H. Rept. 106-153), H3459 [20MY]

Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 632), S10220 [4AU]

Recycle America's Land Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1300) (H. Rept. 106-353), H9076 [30SE]

Rongelap Resettlement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2970) (H. Rept. 106-404), H10611 [20OC]

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1287) (S. Rept. 106-98), S7590 [24JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans: DAV, S1882 [24FE]

Statements

Fuels Regulatory Relief Act: Several Representatives, Committee on Commerce (House), H6084 [21JY]

Rongelap Resettlement Act: Banny deBrum, Ambassador of the Marshall Islands, H10788 [26OC]

Summaries

Assist States and Local Governments in Assessing and Remediating Brownfield Sites and Encouraging Environmental Cleanup Programs (S. 20), S388 [19JA]

Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act (S. 1949), S14731 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program: Dept. of Defense, S10369 [5AU]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Executive Office of the President, S13244-S13247 [27OC]

Superfund Litigation Reduction and Brownfield Cleanup Act (S. 1105), S5848 [24MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2368, Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act, H8115 [13SE]

H.R. 2970, Rongelap Resettlement Act, H10787 [26OC]

S. 172, Acid Deposition and Ozone Control Act, S601-S603 [19JA]

S. 367, Radiation Exposure Compensation Improvement Act, S1260-S1262 [4FE]

S. 394, permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada, S1394 [9FE]

S. 498, clarify Coast Guard authority to control vessels in U.S. territorial waters, S2107 [2MR]

S. 609, prevent inhalant abuse, S2658 [15MR], S4508 [30AP]

S. 632, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, S10626 [8SE]

S. 645, waive EPA oxygen content requirements for certain reformulated gasoline, S2849 [17MR]

S. 673, Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act, S3008-S3015 [19MR]

S. 880, Fuels Regulatory Relief Act, S7548 [23JN]-H6085 [21JY]

S. 1090, Superfund Program Completion Act, S5743-S5753 [20MY]

S. 1105, Superfund Litigation Reduction and Brownfield Cleanup Act, S5839-S5848 [24MY]

S. 1112, Children's Environmental Protection Act, S5866-S5868 [24MY]

S. 1359, Postal Hazardous Materials Safety Enhancement Act, S8383 [13JY]

S. 1408, Small Business Brownfields Redevelopment Act, S8955 [21JY]

S. 1464, Regulatory Openness and Fairness Act, S9759-S9762 [29JY]

S. 1515, improve application process and compensation criteria under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, S14918-S14921 [19NO]

S. 1528, Superfund Recycling Equity Act, S10432 [5AU]

S. 1537, Superfund program reauthorization and reform and promote brownfields redevelopment, S10444-S10456 [5AU]

S. 1793, Nuclear Decommissioning Assurance Act, S13183 [26OC]

S. 1821, Lead Poisoning Expense Recovery Act, S13406 [28OC]

S. 1949, Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act, S14727-S14731 [17NO], S14832-S14836 [18NO]

S. Res. 199, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S12245 [7OC], S12858 [19OC]