ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Amendments
Water pollution: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (H.R. 1070), S10735, S10740 [17OC], H8079 [12NO]
Analyses
Federal Reformulated Fuels Act (S. 950), S482-S484 [7FE]
Impact of Alternative and Replacement Fuel Use on Oil Prices: David L. Greene, Dept. of Energy, S3133 [23AP]
———Dept. of Energy, S3133 [23AP]
Articles and editorials
Can California Avoid the Next Energy Mess?, S2509 [11AP]
Effective Agency, S2286 [21MR]
Highway Robbery—Corn Is for Eating, Not for Driving, S2515 [11AP]
Memos Show Possible Ethanol Price-Fixing, S3344 [25AP]
This Clean Air Looks Dirty, S2514 [11AP]
Bills and resolutions
Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada: enforcement relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see S. 2792), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5244), H5993 [26JY]
Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (see H.R. 3886), H737 [6MR]
Boca Raton, FL: cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2988), S8981 [20SE]
———direct EPA to provide technical assistance for cleanup of first anthrax attack site (see S. 2985), S8980 [20SE]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 5732), H9023 [14NO]
———limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence analysis information (see S. 2579), S5041 [5JN]
———permit the sale, in certain States, of gasoline from other regions relative to supplies and prices (see H.R. 3946), H832 [12MR]
———reduce powerplant pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs and an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to such programs (see S. 2815), S7469 [29JY] (see H.R. 5266), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a Water Supply Technologies Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (see S. 2599), S5205 [6JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2797), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 5605), H7892 [10OC]
District of Columbia: restoration of urban watersheds and community environments in the Anacostia River (see H.R. 4610), H1673 [25AP]
Ecology and environment: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H1673 [25AP]
———provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3291 [6JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend relative to marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 3673), H140 [5FE]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see S. 2780), S7308 [24JY] (see H.R. 5194), H5452 [24JY]
———improve enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 5079), H4424 [9JY]
Government regulations: deem a certain memorandum of agreement issued by the EPA and the Corps of Engineers to be a final rule (see H.R. 5100), H4552 [11JY]
Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]
Lake Champlain: implement a plan to enhance the environmental integrity and the social and economic benefits of the basin (see S. 2928), S8565 [12SE]
New Jersey: status of EPA and Corps of Engineers memorandum of agreement relative to Historic Area Remediation Site ocean sediment polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (see H.R. 5470), H6775 [26SE]
Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (see S. 2118), S2578 [11AP] (see H.R. 4935), H3561 [13JN]
———prohibit from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge elimination system permits (see S. 3049), S9901 [3OC] (see H.R. 5554), H7018 [3OC]
Recycling: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 5158), H4930 [18JY]
Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2471 [14MY]
Terrorism: protect the public against the threat of chemical attacks (see H.R. 5300), H5996 [26JY]
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see S. 2064), S2261 [21MR] (see H.R. 4670), H2164 [7MY]
Water pollution: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see S. 2544), S4702 [22MY]
Cost Estimates
Federal Reformulated Fuels Act (S. 950): CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S484 [7FE]
Factsheets
Air Conditioner Efficiency Standards, S3369-S3371 [25AP]
Letters
Air conditioner efficiency standards, S3369 [25AP]
EPA study on emissions from ethanol production facilities: Senator Feinstein, S4027, S4028 [8MY]
———Stephen Rothblatt, EPA, S4028 [8MY]
Federal Reformulated Fuels Act: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA, S482 [7FE]
Motor vehicle renewable fuel content requirements: Association of California Water Agencies, American Water Works Association, and Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, S3347 [25AP]
———Mary J. Hutzler, Dept. of Energy, S3136 [23AP]
National Park Service snowmobile regulations: Max H. Dodson, EPA, S4055 [8MY]
Study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources: Carl M. Smith, Dept. of Energy, S1634 [7MR]
———Carol M. Browner, EPA, S1633 [7MR]
———Michel J. Paque, Ground Water Protection Council, S1637 [7MR]
Memorandums
Ethanol Auction Bids: Douglas Vind, Regent International (business), S3141 [23AP]
———Douglas Vind, Western Ethanol Co. LLC, S3140 [23AP]
———Douglas Vind, Western Petroleum Importers Inc., S3141 [23AP]
———Jeffrey Tuite, ED & F Man Alcohols (business), S3141 [23AP]
———Richard Vind, Regent International (business), S3141, S3142 [23AP]
Remarks in House
Air pollution: loosening of new source review regulations relative to the installation of pollution-control equipment by large industrial plants, H4074 [27JN]
Clean Air Act: permit the sale, in certain States, of gasoline from other regions relative to supplies and prices (H.R. 3946), E322 [12MR]
Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology: establish (H.R. 64), H1702-H1705 [30AP]
District of Columbia: restoration of urban watersheds and community environments in the Anacostia River (H.R. 4610), E644 [26AP]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1192-H1198 [10AP], H1343 [17AP], H4412-H4416 [9JY], E563 [17AP]
———reinstatement of EPA Superfund tax, H4412-H4416 [9JY], E451 [9AP], E561 [17AP]
Garces, Grace Omega: EPA Environmental Achievement Award recipient, E1130 [21JN]
National Park Service: snowmobile regulations, H3922, H3923 [25JN]
Nuclear energy: transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H637 [28FE]
Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (H.R. 4935), E1054, E1067 [14JN]
Treaties and agreements: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, E1332 [24JY]
Water pollution: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (H.R. 1070), H6009-H6012 [4SE], H8079-H8083 [12NO], E1505 [5SE], E2007 [14NO], E2059 [15NO]
Waukegan, IL: cleanup of contaminated sediment from Waukegan Harbor, E2059 [15NO]
Remarks in Senate
Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada: enforcement relative to importation of municipal solid waste (S. 2792), S7374 [25JY]
Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 532), S7030 [18JY]
Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements, S3010 [22AP]
Aviation: emissions study funding, S3154 [23AP]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S11556, S11557 [19NO]
Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), S1695 [8MR], S2320 [22MR], S3409 [25AP], S5443-S5446 [12JN]
———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 950), S482 [7FE]
———limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence Analysis information (S. 2579), S5043 [5JN]
———reduce powerplant pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs and an alternative regulatory classification for units subject to such programs (S. 2815), S7472 [29JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a Water Supply Technologies Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (S. 2599), S5211 [6JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5605), S10546 [16OC]
———making appropriations (S. 2797), S10880 [13NO]
Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush Administration policies, S5320-S5323, S5340 [11JN]
———national objectives priority assignments, S4427-S4430 [16MY], S5921 [24JN], S9779 [2OC]
Executive departments: elevate to cabinet level position, S4054-S4056 [8MY]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (S. 2780), S7310 [24JY]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: improve air quality, S6805 [15JY]
Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (S. 2641), S5708-S5710 [18JN]
Lake Champlain: implement a plan to enhance the environmental integrity and the social and economic benefits of the basin (S. 2928), S8567, S8568 [12SE], S9415 [26SE]
Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish a multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border, S1654 [7MR], S1718, S1725 [11MR]
Motor vehicles: EPA treatment of State petitions to waive renewable fuel content requirements, S2508-S2511, S2558-S2560 [11AP]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S2511-S2516, S2561, S2562, S2565, S2569-S2571 [11AP], S2894-S2898, S2904-S2906, S2908 [18AP], S3112, S3122-S3142 [23AP], S3294 [24AP], S3343-S3354, S3391, S3410 [25AP]
National Park Service: snowmobile regulations, S4054-S4056 [8MY]
Nuclear energy: transportation of spent nuclear fuel, S2563 [11AP], S2993 [22AP]
Office of Ombudsman: provide additional authority (S. 606), S11656-S11658 [19NO]
Petroleum: provide flexibility within the oxygenate requirements for gasoline, S3405, S3406 [25AP]
Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (S. 2118), S2591 [11AP]
Power resources: promote Energy Star Program to small businesses, S2462, S2463 [10AP], S2903 [18AP]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S791 [13FE], S2335 [22MR], S8027 [1AU]
Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources, S1633-S1637, S1642 [7MR]
Terrorism: ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals, S11188 [15NO]
Treaties and agreements: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S2998 [22AP], S3146 [23AP]
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (S. 2064), S2286, S2287 [21MR], S9996 [4OC]
Water: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic, S5340 [11JN]
Water pollution: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (H.R. 1070), S10739-S10742 [17OC], S10833, S10834 [12NO]
———make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (S. 2544), S4710 [22MY]
Reports filed
Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1079) (S. Rept. 107-244), S8091 [3SE]
Chemical Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1602) (S. Rept. 107-342), S11214 [15NO]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5605) (H. Rept. 107-740), H7892 [10OC]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2797) (S. Rept. 107-222), S7371 [25JY]
Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2064) (S. Rept. 107-168), S5901 [21JN]
EPA Office of Ombudsman Additional Authority: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 606) (S. Rept. 107-320), S10674 [17OC]
Great Lakes Legacy Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1070) (S. Rept. 107-312), S10442 [15OC]
———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1070) (H. Rept. 107-587), H4930 [18JY]
Lake Champlain Basin Program Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2928) (S. Rept. 107-339), S10887 [13NO]
Nomination of John P. Suarez To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S7371 [25JY]
Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1850) (S. Rept. 107-316), S10570 [16OC]
Summaries
Clear Skies Act (S. 2815), S7472 [29JY]
National Energy Policy (S. 517): Daschle-Bingaman Substitute Amendment Provisions on Renewable Fuels Standards and MTBE (Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether), S2321 [22MR]
Tables
Additional gasoline costs from proposed renewable fuels standards for 2003-2007, S2514 [11AP]
Texts of
H.R. 64, Strengthening Science at the Environmental Protection Agency Act, H1702 [30AP]
H.R. 1070, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act, H8079-H8081 [12NO]
H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act, S10740-S10742 [17OC], H6009 [4SE]
H.R. 5605, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations: concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits provisions, S10546 [16OC]
S. 606, provide additional authority to the EPA Office of Ombudsman, S11656-S11658 [19NO]
S. 2064, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act, S2287 [21MR], S9996 [4OC]
S. 2599, Water Supply Technologies Act, S5211-S5213 [6JN]
S. 2641, Ban Asbestos in America Act, S5710-S5712 [18JN]