REFUSE DISPOSAL related term(s) Recycled materials

Bills and resolutions

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 1064), S6448 [19JN] (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (see H.R. 2869), H5487 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: encourage use of agricultural products in producing renewable energy (see H.R. 2000), H2710 [24MY]

Dept. of Energy: assign equal priority to providing renewable energy production incentive payments for landfill gas facilities as other biomass facilities (see H.R. 983), H875 [13MR]

Ecology and environment: authorize grants for certain water and waste disposal facility projects in rural areas (see H.R. 1378), H1409 [3AP]

Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for safe transportation of hazardous material (see S. 1669), S11612 [8NO] (see H.R. 3276), H8034 [9NO]

———provide for temporary storage of private sector mercury supplies at Dept. of Defense facilities and develop a plan for the safe disposal of mercury (see H.R. 2266), H3463 [21JN]

———reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 1335), H1407 [3AP]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 351), S1462 [15FE]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see S. 1875), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 2729), H5333 [2AU]

Housing: provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H1604 [25AP]

Mining and mineral resources: make receipts from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover certain environmental costs (see H.R. 2187), H3201 [14JN]

Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (see S. 1006), S6008 [8JN]

Recycling: require refund values for beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 845), H623 [1MR] (see H.R. 1667), H1715 [1MY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1187 [27MR]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see S. 1194), S7878 [18JY]

———phase out incineration (see H.R. 1548), H1554 [24AP]

———State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H1187 [27MR]

———State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 667), H396 [14FE]

South Carolina: eliminate use of Savannah River nuclear waste separation facilities (see H.R. 2298), H3465 [21JN]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H2387 [21MY]

Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see H.R. 1863), H2280 [16MY]

———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (see S. 1566), S10835 [18OC]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 845), S4508 [8MY] (see S. 1832), S13300 [14DE]

Water: biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing relative to publicly owned treatment works (see H.R. 109), H59 [6JA]

Letters

Make receipts from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover certain environmental costs: Representative Hansen, Committee on Resources (House), H10180 [18DE]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H10180 [18DE]

Memorandums

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act: Robert E. Fabricant, EPA, S14063 [20DE]

Remarks in House

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 1831), H2348-H2354 [21MY], E797 [15MY]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10893-H10904 [19DE]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), unanimous-consent agreement, H10892 [19DE]

Connecticut: infrastructure improvement and economic development projects funding, E2093 [15NO]

Dept. of Energy: conversion of municipal waste and sewage into ethanol study funding, H5109 [1AU]

Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for safe transportation of hazardous material (H.R. 3276), E2052 [9NO]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H2187 [16MY], H2390 [22MY], H2894 [6JN], H8751 [4DE], H10357 [19DE], E771 [10MY]

———reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, H883 [14MR], H1045 [21MR]

Mexico: treatment of Mexican sewage flowing into U.S. waters, H8889 [5DE]

Mining and mineral resources: make receipts from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover certain environmental costs (H.R. 2187), H10179-H10181 [18DE], E2377 [20DE]

Nuclear Waste Fund: budget status, H4996, H4997 [1AU]

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: evaluate technical issues relative to transporting nuclear waste to Nevada disposal site, H3724-H3726 [28JN]

Oak Creek, WI: Oak Creek Water and Sewer Utility and CH2M Hill, Inc., recipients of the American Consulting Engineers Council Engineering Excellence Awards, E343 [13MR]

Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants program funding through reductions in EPA Superfund program funding, H4829-H4832 [30JY], E1492 [1AU]

Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, H1066 [22MR], H3212 [19JN]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (H.R. 1927), E866 [21MY]

———regulate interstate transportation of garbage, H9054 [6DE]

Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas, H5045 [1AU]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (H.R. 1863), E839 [17MY]

Remarks in Senate

Animals: research on the conversion of animal waste into renewable energy resources, S11083, S11084 [25OC]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 1831), S14064 [20DE]

———exempt small businesses from certain liability (S. 1064), S6455 [19JN]

———provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), S14063, S14064 [20DE]

Dept. of Energy: Savannah River Site plutonium disposition activities, S7870 [18JY], S7901, S7902, S7903 [19JY]

Ecology and environment: water and waste disposal facility projects in rural areas funding, S3664 [6AP]

Hazardous substances: authorizing appropriations for safe transportation of hazardous material (S. 1669), S11625-S11630 [8NO]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S7840-S7843, S7852 [18JY], S11520 [7NO]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S1491 [15FE]

Michigan: sewer infrastructure project funding, S7898 [19JY]

Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (S. 1006), S12466 [6DE]

Nuclear energy: investigation of possible conflict of interests by law firm representing the Dept. of Energy and nuclear power industry relative to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site, S11869-S11871 [15NO]

———nuclear waste recycling technology funding, S7852 [18JY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (S. 1194), S7881 [18JY]

Taxation: modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (S. 1566), S10840 [18OC]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (S. 845), S4515 [8MY]

Reports filed

Make Receipts From Mineral Leasing Activities on Certain Naval Oil Shale Reserves Available To Cover Certain Environmental Costs: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2187) (H. Rept. 107-191), H5487 [10SE]

Statements

Small Business Liability Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H2350 [21MY]

Tables

Report card for America's infrastructure for 1998, S1910 [6MR]

Texts of

H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act, H2348 [21MY]

H.R. 2187, make receipts from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover certain environmental costs, H10179 [18DE]

H.R. 2869, Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, H10893-H10899 [19DE]

S. 351, Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act, S1492 [15FE]

S. 845, modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource, S4515 [8MY]

S. 1669, safe transportation of hazardous material appropriations, S11625-S11629 [8NO]