ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Amendments

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), H2163 [12AP]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement, encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, and phase out use of MTBE (S. 2962), S7937 [27JY]

Clean Lakes Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2328), H2153, H2155 [12AP]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H219 [7FE], H255 [8FE], H343 [10FE], H373, H374 [14FE], H398, H400, H401, H402, H403, H404, H405, H406, H407, H455 [15FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10296, S10302, S10308, S10428, S10444, S10457 [12OC], H4338, H4339 [13JN], H4485, H4486, H4487 [14JN], H4593 [15JN], H4627, H4632, H4675, H4676 [19JN], H4725, H4729, H4735, H4738, H4746, H4751, H4753, H4759, H4762, H4767, H4772, H4784 [20JN], H4818, H4824, H4841, H4843, H4848, H4853, H4857, H4861, H4862, H4867, H4868, H4870, H4877, H4881, H4887, H4893, H4897 [21JN], H4969 [22JN]

Florida Keys: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (H.R. 673), H2561 [4MY]

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791 [13AP]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S494, S498, S499, S503 [8FE], S522, S552 [9FE], H1173 [21MR]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2565 [4MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10332 [12OC], H9992 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Bottom Line—New EPA Study Shows Just How Affordable It Is To Fight Pollution, S9935 [5OC]

Approval of Nuclear Waste Plan Advocated, S11477 [1NO]

Dirty Water Rider, S6222 [30JN]

Experts Urge Immediate Action To Ease Fire Threat in Watershed, S6222 [30JN]

Pettiness on Capitol Hill, S11116 [26OC]

Release Study on Acid Rain, S9934 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 3108), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 5187), H7651 [14SE]

Air pollution: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (see S. 2362), S2233 [5AP]

Alaska: establish regional office (see H.R. 4589), H3924 [6JN]

CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see S. 2590), S4190 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S4820 [8JN]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), consideration (see H. Res. 470), H2121 [11AP]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement, encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, and phase out use of MTBE (see S. 2723), S5027 [13JN] (see S. 2962), S7839 [27JY]

———continue transportation projects funding relative to lapses in conformity requirements (see S. 2088), S741 [23FE] (see H.R. 3686), H509 [16FE]

———exempt mass transit projects from certain conformity requirements (see H.R. 3583), H253 [8FE]

———phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (see S. 2971), S7839 [27JY]

Clean Lakes Program: reauthorize (H.R. 2328), consideration (see H. Res. 468), H2121 [11AP]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (see H. Res. 422), H339 [10FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4635), H4220 [12JN] (see H.R. 5482), H10256 [18OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (see H. Res. 525), H4336 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 638), H10256 [18OC]

Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology: establish (see H.R. 5195), H7722 [18SE]

Ecology and environment: grant States final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 5638), H11954 [4DE]

———increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (see S. 2934), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5077), H7209 [27JY]

———study health effects of ingesting methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), research methods for removal from water supplies, and require public water systems to monitor for its presence (see H.R. 3536), H49 [27JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 4917), H6718 [20JY]

———improve enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 5606), H11621 [30OC]

Florida Keys: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (see S. 2711), S4953 [12JN]

———authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (H.R. 673), consideration (see H. Res. 483), H2409 [2MY]

Government regulations: establish integrated environmental reporting system (see S. 2800), S5884 [27JN] (see H.R. 4757), H5168 [26JN] (see H.R. 5422), H9504 [6OC]

———increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 5305), H8200 [26SE]

———streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (see H.R. 4480), H3308 [17MY]

Great Lakes: make grants for the remediation of sediment contamination in certain areas (see H.R. 4283), H2337 [13AP]

Great Lakes Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3670), H509 [16FE]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Project (see S. 2750), S5360 [19JN] (see H.R. 4692), H4674 [19JN]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H1162 [21MR]

Office of Ombudsman: reauthorize (see H.R. 3656), H454 [15FE]

Petroleum: allow State regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), increase production and use of renewable fuels, and provide EPA funds to States for leaking underground storage tanks (see S. 2503), S3513 [4MY]

———permit States to waive the oxygenate content requirements for reformulated gasoline if a separate implementation plan attains and maintains the ambient air quality standards (see H.R. 4120), H1587 [29MR]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline, accelerate cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, and assist communities with drinking water contamination (see H.R. 3798), H631 [1MR]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 2233), S1392 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see S. 2546), S3916 [11MY] (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]

Philadelphia, PA: designate the Logan Triangle as a brownfield site for purposes of the EPA brownfields economic redevelopment initiative (see H.R. 3658), H454 [15FE]

Pollution: disapprove rules on proposed national pollutant discharge elimination system, antidegradation policy, and water quality planning and management regulations concerning total maximum daily load (see H.J. Res. 104), H6052 [13JY]

Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat): establish to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (see S. 2296), S1747 [27MR]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S2727 [13AP]

Tullahoma, TN: authorize retention of all funds received under certain EPA construction grants (see H.R. 4355), H2410 [2MY]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), consideration (see H. Res. 485), H2409 [2MY]

———authorize studies on water supply management and development (see S. 2368), S2347 [6AP]

Water pollution: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H6776 [24JY]

———establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund (see S. 2756), S5460 [20JN]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see S.J. Res. 50), S7072 [17JY] (see H.J. Res. 105, 106), H6470 [18JY]

Brochures

Why Is Ethanol Good for Your Car? Mobil Corp., H1281 [22MR]

Bulletins

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) potential for water contamination: Dick Newpher, American Farm Bureau Federation, H1277 [22MR]

Cloture motions

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S464, S469 [8FE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]

Conference reports

Dept. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4635), H10083-H10224 [18OC]

Letters

Brownfields Revitalization Act: Kenny Guinn and Tom Vilsack, National Governors' Association, S4199 [18MY]

Clean Lakes Program reauthorization: Robert MacMillan, Saratoga, NY, Lake Protection and Improvement District, H2153 [12AP]

Clean Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load Program: Ken Kirk, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, H4880 [21JN], E1120 [26JN]

———several environmental organizations, H4879 [21JN], E1119 [26JN]

Delaware River channel deepening project, S8278 [8SE]

EPA Office of Civil Rights backlog of cases: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S10316 [12OC]

———Monique Harden and Joan Mulhern, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, S10316 [12OC]

Limit EPA fines for environmental compliance violations at military facilities: National Governors' Association, National Association of Attorneys General, and the National Conference of State Legislatures, S6543 [12JY]

———several organizations, S6543 [12JY]

Limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation: Representatives Gilman and Sensenbrenner, H4825 [21JN]

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) potential for water contamination: Ed Wiederstein, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, H1278 [22MR]

———Eric Vaughn, Renewable Fuels Association, H1277 [22MR]

———Leon Corzine, Illinois Corn Growers Association, H1278 [22MR]

———Lynn Jensen, National Corn Growers Association, H1277 [22MR]

Prohibit application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children: W. Michael McCabe, EPA, S7091 [18JY]

Prohibit application of dangerous presticides in areas used by children: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S7034 [17JY]

Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act: Representative Dingell, H4826, H4840 [21JN], H5261 [27JN], H5688 [10JY], E1139 [28JN]

———Representatives McIntosh and Calvert, H4826-H4828 [21JN]

Storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S571 [10FE]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S518 [9FE]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S3206 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S3214 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino, CA, Board of Supervisors, S571 [10FE]

———Michael Dorame, Inyo County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3213 [2MY]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S531 [9FE]

———Robert A. Laurie, California Energy Commission, S572 [10FE], S3215 [2MY]

———Robert P. Gruber, North Carolina Public Staff Utilities Commission, S3223 [2MY]

———Senator Boxer, S571 [10FE]

———Thomas P. Walters, Ventura County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3214 [2MY]

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act: Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., S5908 [27JN]

———Christian Richter, several trade and professional associations, S5909 [27JN]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S5908 [27JN]

———Jeremiah Baumann, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S5909 [27JN]

———Kevin Mills, Environmental Defense (organization), S5909 [27JN]

———Patricia G. Kenworthy, National Environmental Trust, S5909 [27JN]

———Patricia Gallagher, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, S5909 [27JN]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: Francisco de Lamadrid, Mayor of Tijuana, Mexico, H7473 [12SE]

Lists

Payments to local counties eliminated, and land conveyances retained, in Nevada relative to designation of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S573 [10FE]

Memorandums

Authority To Regulate Pollutants Emitted by Electric Power Generation Sources, H4836 [21JN]

Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Potential for Water Contamination, H1274 [22MR]

Messages

Veto of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: President Clinton, S3017 [27AP]

Motions

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10309 [12OC], H4639 [19JN]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S138 [31JA], H1197 [22MR]

Questions and answers

Application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S7090, S7091 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4681, H4682 [20JN], H4882-H4886 [21JN], H10367, H10384 [19OC], E1081 [22JN], E1139 [28JN]

———release of Toxics Release Inventory report relative to Texas, H3053 [16MY]

Aspen Skiing Co.: tribute, E577 [13AP]

Business and industry: impact of regulations and inspectors' decisions on business, H9513 [10OC]

Buy American Act: compliance, H407 [15FE]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, H5174 [27JN]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (H.R. 1300), H8131 [26SE]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration, H9871 [12OC]

———restoration (H.R. 3039), H2156-H2163 [12AP]

———restoration (H.R. 3039), consideration (H. Res. 470), H2148, H2149 [12AP]

Clean Lakes Program: prohibit sale of fresh water from the Great Lakes, H2153-H2155 [12AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2328), H2149-H2156 [12AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2328), consideration (H. Res. 468), H2147, H2148 [12AP]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H4658 [19JN], H4913 [21JN]

Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H7375 [12SE]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H392-H409 [15FE], E166 [16FE]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (H. Res. 422), H389-H392 [15FE]

Corps of Engineers: modify regulation of wetland permit programs, H5243, H5244 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Natural Resources and the Environment funding relative to proposed EPA rules on water quality total maximum daily load, H5574-H5577 [29JN]

Dept. of Energy: report on all possible means to increase domestic oil production without harming the environment, H1235, H1236 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical research funding through reductions in EPA programs and management, H4731, H4733 [20JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4613-H4651 [19JN], H4681, H4724-H4776 [20JN], H4823-H4909 [21JN], H9992 [17OC], E1062 [20JN], E1077, E1078, E1081 [22JN], E1095, E1107 [23JN], E1119 [26JN], E1136 [28JN], E1149 [29JN], E1167, E1169 [30JN], E1225 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10369-H10393 [19OC], E1893 [24OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration (H. Res. 525), H4489-H4498 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 638), H10366-H10369 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), unanimous-consent request, H4649 [19JN], H4724, H4729 [20JN]

Diseases: breast cancer research programs funding relative to environmental factors, H10383, H10384 [19OC]

Ecology and environment: carbon cycle research and sequestration funding, H7603, H7604 [14SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1678 [4AP], H2321 [13AP], H4906 [21JN], H7923-H7929 [20SE], H8774-H8781 [4OC], H9868-H9874 [12OC], E2012 [28OC]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1187, H1188 [22MR]

Florida Keys: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (H.R. 673), H2558-H2562 [4MY]

———authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (H.R. 673), consideration (H. Res. 483), H2555-H2557 [4MY]

Geological Survey: participation in the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, H401, H402 [15FE]

Government regulations: regulatory process implementation, H4914 [21JN]

———streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (H.R. 4480), E750 [17MY]

Great Lakes Program: reauthorize (H.R. 3670), E157 [16FE]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 2980), H8775, H8776 [4OC]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (H.R. 2667), H8775 [4OC]

Houston, TX: address condition of air quality, H67 [31JA]

Long Island Sound: management plan implementation funding (H.R. 3313), H2720-H2726 [9MY]

McDonald's Corp.: EPA Waste Wise Partner of the Year recipient, E1810 [17OC]

Mexico: treatment of Mexican sewage flowing into U.S. waters (H.R. 3378), H7470-H7475 [12SE]

National Estuary Program: funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4824 [21JN]

National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman: funding, H4841-H4843 [21JN], E1112 [26JN]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Projects, H11828 [3NO]

NRC: memorandum of understanding with the EPA, H4868 [21JN]

Nuclear energy: allow nuclear utilities to invest the Dept. of Energy surcharge fee and use the interest to fund onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel, H1195 [22MR]

———Alloy 22 storage containers for spent nuclear fuel, H10033 [17OC]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1128, H1140 [21MR], H1176, H1183-H1200 [22MR], E427 [28MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1178-H1183 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to commit, H1197-H1199 [22MR]

Office of Ombudsman: reauthorize (H.R. 3656), E149 [15FE]

Petroleum: impact of EPA implementation of reformulated gasoline regulations on gasoline prices, H6055 [17JY]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (H.R. 4011), H1272-H1282 [22MR]

Pollution: acid rain monitoring programs funding, H4847 [21JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, H8921 [5OC]

Sewage disposal: require that discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, H12500 [15DE]

———wastewater treatment of raw sewage entering into the U.S. from Mexico, H4866 [21JN]

Taxation: extend incentives for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H12500 [15DE]

Treaties and agreements: impact of implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions on energy prices, H6475 [19JY]

———implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H1835-H1840 [5AP], H4451 [14JN]

———limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4824-H4841 [21JN], H5136-H5138 [26JN], H5260 [27JN], H5687 [10JY], H5888, H5902 [12JY], E1037 [19JN], E1206 [11JY]

Water: authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), H2562-H2566 [4MY]

———authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available water supply and develop alternative water sources (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 485), H2557, H2558 [4MY]

———dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, H4877-H4881 [21JN], H10384, H10390, H10392 [19OC], E1119 [26JN]

———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, H4877-H4881 [21JN], E1119 [26JN]

———radon in drinking water regulations, H4867 [21JN]

Water pollution: dredging of contaminated sediments, H4865, H4866 [21JN]

———ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (H.R. 4922), E1310 [24JY]

———estuary conservation and management programs funding (H.R. 1237), H2621-H2623 [8MY], E1466 [13SE]

———water quality standards total maximum daily load program final rule, E1249 [14JY]

———water quality standards total maximum daily load program funding, H4853 [21JN], H5603 [29JN], E1119 [26JN]

Western Michigan University: Environmental Research Institute Kalamazoo River watershed study funding, H10384 [19OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 3108), S9267 [26SE]

Air pollution: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (S. 2362), S2236 [5AP]

———postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, S10311, S10312 [12OC]

———prohibit designation of nonattainment areas relative to air quality standards under the Clean Air Act, S10296-S10302, S10305, S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC], S10585 [13OC]

CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (S. 2590), S4194 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 2700), S4835-S4843 [8JN], S10775 [19OC]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration, S2013 [30MR], S2037 [3AP]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement, encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, and phase out use of MTBE (S. 2962), S7850-S7853 [27JY], S9242 [26SE]

———continue transportation projects funding relative to lapses in conformity requirements (S. 2088), S745 [23FE]

———phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (S. 2971), S7884 [27JY]

———reduce acid deposition (S. 172), S9934 [5OC]

———require continued submission of certain environmental reports (S. 1731), S1751 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service emissions trading research relative to implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S7373, S7374 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: limit EPA fines for environmental compliance violations at military facilities, S6538-S6544 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S6209 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S7033, S7034 [17JY], S7089 [18JY]

———prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children and pregnant women, S7090-S7092 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10275-S10333 [12OC], S10585 [13OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10751-S10767 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10753 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), unanimous-consent agreement, S10210 [11OC]

Ecology and environment: enforcement of Federal regulations, S10703-S10705 [18OC]

———hardrock mining regulations, S7358-S7361 [20JY]

———increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (S. 2934), S7674 [26JY]

———national objectives priority assignments, S528 [9FE], S3220, S3222 [2MY], S6837 [14JY]

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: implementation, S10312, S10313 [12OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: require continued submission of certain environmental reports (S. 1730), S1751 [27MR]

FEMA: role in wetland permit programs, S10310 [12OC]

Florida Keys: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality (S. 2711), S4953, S4954 [12JN]

Government regulations: allow congressional analysis prior to implementation of rules and regulations by Federal agencies, S841 [28FE]

———establish integrated environmental reporting system (S. 2800), S5906 [27JN]

Great Lakes: fish and wildlife restoration projects funding, S7093 [18JY]

Great Lakes Program: toxic contaminants monitoring funding, S10311 [12OC]

Lobbyists: money spent to influence legislation relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S534 [9FE]

Lyons, James: revocation of certain authorities as Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources, S11115 [26OC]

Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791, S2792 [13AP]

Minnesota: disposal of hazardous nuclear waste, S556-S559 [9FE]

Nevada: implementation of the Las Vegas Wash Wetland Restoration and Lake Mead Water Quality Improvement Project (S. 2750), S5362 [19JN]

North Providence, RI: Centredale Manor Restoration Project funding, S10311 [12OC]

Nuclear energy: circuit court ruling that power companies may seek damages against the Dept. of Energy relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel, S8648-S8650 [18SE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S1623 [23MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S457, S462-S477, S480-S482 [8FE], S514-S520, S522-S535, S556-S559 [9FE], S564-S579, S596-S598 [10FE], S1652 [23MR], S2879 [25AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S138, S139 [31JA]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3201-S3230 [2MY], S8649 [18SE], S11477 [1NO]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S2910 [26AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), vitiation of cloture vote, S301 [2FE]

Office of Civil Rights: backlog of cases, S10315 [12OC]

Petroleum: allow State regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), increase production and use of renewable fuels, and provide EPA funds to States for leaking underground storage tanks (S. 2503), S3514-S3519 [4MY]

———dependence on foreign sources, S4969 [12JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S4969 [12JN]

———impact of EPA implementation of reformulated gasoline regulations on gasoline prices, S7145-S7149 [18JY]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 2233), S1402-S1406 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (S. 2546), S3919-S3921 [11MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S9128-S9132 [25SE]

Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat): establish to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (S. 2296), S1747 [27MR]

Public lands: encourage domestic oil, gas, and coal exploration and production, S1623 [23MR]

Radioactive substances: statutory authority to set radioactive release standards relative to public health and the environment, S522-S534 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE], S3202, S3207, S3226 [2MY]

San Onofre, CA: storage of spent nuclear fuel rods, S11477 [1NO]

Schools: notify parents in advance of the use of certain pesticides and provide school districts with current EPA pesticides manual and list, S1089, S1090, S1095, S1096 [2MR], S1170 [6MR]

States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (S. 2417), S2729-S2732 [13AP], S10156 [10OC]

Treaties and agreements: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S528 [9FE], S5291 [16JN], S10485 [12OC], S11766 [14DE]

———limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, S5536, S5537 [21JN], S7035 [17JY]

Water: clean up of river and ocean sites contaminated with hazardous materials, S10302-S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC]

———dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, S10311, S10312 [12OC], S10760, S10761, S10765 [19OC]

———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, S10296-S10302, S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC], S10585 [13OC]

Water pollution: establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund (S. 2756), S5463 [20JN]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (S.J. Res. 50), S7076 [17JY]

———water quality standards total maximum daily load program funding, S6233, S6236, S6243 [30JN]

Reports

Alloy 22 Storage Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel: Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, H10033 [17OC]

CO2—A Pollutant? National Mining Association Legal Affairs Committee, H4828-H4836 [21JN]

Economic Effects of Replacing Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) With Ethanol: Dept. of Agriculture, H1275-H1277 [22MR]

Ethanol Use in Gasoline: Sarah R. Armstrong, Cambridge Environmental, Inc., H1278-H1280 [22MR]

Reports filed

Alternative Water Sources Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1106) (H. Rept. 106-593), H2409 [2MY]

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3039) (H. Rept. 106-550), H1587 [29MR]

Clean Lakes Program Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2328) (H. Rept. 106-560), H1762 [4AP]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 638) (H. Rept. 106-990), H10256 [18OC]

Consideration of H.R. 673, Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 483) (H. Rept. 106-601), H2409 [2MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1106, Alternative Water Sources Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 485) (H. Rept. 106-603), H2409 [2MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 422) (H. Rept. 106-496), H339 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2328, Clean Lakes Program Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 468) (H. Rept. 106-571), H2121 [11AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 470) (H. Rept. 106-573), H2121 [11AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 525) (H. Rept. 106-675), H4336 [13JN]

Consideration of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 106-532), H1162 [21MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4635) (H. Rept. 106-988), H10256 [18OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4635) (H. Rept. 106-674), H4219 [12JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4635) (S. Rept. 106-410), S8501 [13SE]

EPA Office of Air and Radiation Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1743) (H. Rept. 106-511), H646 [6MR]

EPA Office of Research and Development and Science Advisory Board Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1742) (H. Rept. 106-512), H646 [6MR]

EPA Reinstatement of Transportation Conformity Regulations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1053) (S. Rept. 106-228), S285 [2FE]

Estuary Conservation and Management Programs Funding: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1237) (H. Rept. 106-596), H2409 [2MY]

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2962) (S. Rept. 106-426), S9464 [28SE]

Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 673) (H. Rept. 106-592), H2409 [2MY]

Land Recycling Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2580) (H. Rept. 106-775), H6717 [20JY]

Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 855) (H. Rept. 106-595), H2409 [2MY]

Long Island Sound Restoration Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3313) (H. Rept. 106-597), H2409 [2MY]

National Materials Corridor Partnership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 397) (S. Rept. 106-232), S1390 [9MR]

Nomination of W. Michael McCabe To Be EPA Deputy Administrator: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S538 [9FE]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3378) (H. Rept. 106-842), H7501 [12SE]

Wet Weather Water Quality Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 828) (H. Rept. 106-943), H9503 [6OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4629 [19JN], H4729, H4744, H4759, H4761, H4765, H4774 [20JN], H4843, H4845, H4857, H4861, H4870 [21JN]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1187 [22MR]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: OMB, S7363 [20JY]

Limit EPA Fines for Environmental Compliance Violations at Military Facilities: Executive Office of the President, S6543 [12JY]

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository Legislation Veto: Vice President Gore, S3207 [2MY]

Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act: Surfrider Foundation, H7473 [12SE]

Summaries

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 2700), S4841 [8JN]

Clean and Renewable Fuels Act (S. 2971), S7884-S7886 [27JY]

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act (S. 2800), S5910 [27JN]

Tables

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4620-H4624 [19JN]

———conference report, H10372-H10377 [19OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 422, consideration of H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, H389 [15FE]

H. Res. 444, consideration of S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1178 [22MR]

H. Res. 468, consideration of H.R. 2328, Clean Lakes Program reauthorization, H2147 [12AP]

H. Res. 470, consideration of H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H2148 [12AP]

H. Res. 483, consideration of H.R. 673, Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act, H2555 [4MY]

H. Res. 485, consideration of H.R. 1106, Alternative Water Sources Act, H2557 [4MY]

H. Res. 525, consideration of H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H4489 [15JN]

H. Res. 638, consideration of conference report on H.R 4625, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H10366 [19OC]

H.R. 673, Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act, H2560 [4MY]

H.R. 1106, Alternative Water Sources Act, H2565 [4MY]

H.R. 1237, estuary conservation and management programs funding, H2621 [8MY]

H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, H398-H400 [15FE]

H.R. 3039, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H2161-H2163 [12AP]

H.R. 3313, Long Island Sound Restoration Act, H2720 [9MY]

H.R. 3378, Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act, H7470 [12SE]

H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10275-S10289, S10317-S10332 [12OC]

S. 397, National Materials Corridor and U.S.-Mexico Border Technology Partnership Act, S2791 [13AP]

S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S574-S578 [10FE], H1183-H1187 [22MR]

S. 1730, require continued submission of certain environmental reports under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S1751 [27MR]

S. 1731, require continued submission of certain environmental reports under the Clean Air Act, S1751 [27MR]

S. 2233, MTBE Elimination Act, S1404 [9MR]

S. 2362, Air Quality Standard Improvement Act, S2237 [5AP]

S. 2417, Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act, S10156 [10OC]

S. 2503, Renewable Fuels Act, S3515-S3519 [4MY]

S. 2590, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S4195-S4199 [18MY]

S. 2700, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S4835-S4840 [8JN]

S. 2711, Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act, S4953 [12JN]

S. 2756, National Clean Water Trust Fund Act, S5463 [20JN]

S. 2800, Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act, S5907 [27JN]

S. 2962, Federal Reformulated Fuels Act, S7853-S7855 [27JY]