AIR POLLUTION related term(s) Clean Air Act; Ecology and Environment

Addresses

Beyond Petroleum—Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century: John Browne, BP p.l.c., E452 [9AP]

Global Warming: Calvert A. Morgan, S3116 [23AP]

Amendments

Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (S. 1926), S566 [8FE]

Analyses

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act (S. 950): EPA, 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]

Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding (MEGA Fund) Act (S. 3132), S10694-S10696 [17OC]

Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding Part II (MEGA Fund Part II) Act (S. 3133), S10696 [17OC]

Appointments

National Urban Air Toxic Research Center Board of Directors, H3840 [24JN]

National Urban Air Toxics Research Center Board of Directors, H535 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses Into Sea, E580 [18AP]

Arizona's Experience With Alternative Fuels and Tax Credits, S3384 [25AP]

Can California Avoid the Next Energy Mess?, S2509 [11AP]

Debate on Fuel Economy Turns Emotional, S1756 [12MR]

Ford Aims To Sell a Gas-Electric SUV That Will Offer Sizable Fuel Efficiency, S1759 [12MR]

Highway Robbery—Corn Is for Eating, Not for Driving, S2515 [11AP]

Legislature Must Attack Brown Clouds, S1757 [12MR]

Memos Show Possible Ethanol Price-Fixing, S3344 [25AP]

On Hot Trail of Tiny Killer in Alaska, S7306 [24JY]

This Clean Air Looks Dirty, S2514 [11AP]

Winterless Olympics, S844 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions

Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (see H.R. 3886), H737 [6MR]

Clean Air Act: amend mass transit projects relative to conformity requirements (see H.R. 5732), H9023 [14NO]

———ensure reasonable emissions standards for highway motorcycles (see H.R. 5433), H6558 [24SE]

———prohibit issuance of new construction permits that would result in deposition of additional mercury into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 5261), H5994 [26JY]

———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 the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see S. 2697), S6250 [27JN] (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]

Ecology and environment: promote and coordinate global change research (see H.R. 5688), H8022 [16OC]

Electric power: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 3135), S10676 [17OC]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H1673 [25AP]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6059 [4SE]

Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see S. 2507), S4281 [13MY]

Mexico: prohibit exportation of natural gas from the U.S. for use in electric powerplants near the border that do not comply with U.S. air quality control requirements (see S. 2588), S5041 [5JN] (see H.R. 4867), H3229 [5JN]

———prohibit importation of electricity into the U.S., if produced in powerplants near the border, that do not comply with U.S. air quality control requirements (see H.R. 5038), H4324 [27JN]

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (see S. Res. 241), S2675 [15AP]

National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program: establish (see H.R. 4900), H3291 [6JN]

Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (see S. 1926), S545 [8FE]

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]

Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding (see S. 3132), S10676 [17OC]

Southern Ute Indian Tribe: implement intergovernmental agreement with Colorado on air quality control (see S. 2065), S2261 [21MR]

Taxation: extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source to facilities that produce environmentally beneficial qualified fuels from coal (see H.R. 3728), H284 [12FE]

———make Highway Trust Funds available for Federal-aid highway funding (see S. 3133), S10676 [17OC]

———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (see S. 1942), S732 [13FE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3036 [23MY]

Cost Estimates

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act (S. 950): CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S484 [7FE]

Letters

Alternative vehicles and fuel incentives tax credit: Mark A. Weinberger, Dept. of the Treasury, S3384 [25AP]

———Senator Kyl, S3383 [25AP]

Federal Reformulated Fuels Act: Christine Todd Whitman, EPA, S482 [7FE]

Greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements: several business associations, S3394 [25AP]

Increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: Charles E. Frank, ``Z'' Frank Chevrolet, LLC, S1771 [12MR]

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]

Renewable motor vehicle fuels standards: Bob Holden, John Hoeven, and Mike Johanns, Governors' Ethanol Coalition, S1809, S1820 [13MR]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S2867 [17AP]

———Brian S. Appel, Changing World Technologies, Inc., S1819 [13MR]

———Daryl E. Harms, Masada Resource Group LLC, S1819 [13MR]

———Dennis B. Griffin, Griffin Industries, Inc., S1819 [13MR]

———John K. Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union, S1818 [13MR]

———Mark F. Weber, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, S1817 [13MR]

———Mark Schweers, Nebraska Corn Growers Association, S1818 [13MR]

———Roger Burken, Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc., S1819 [13MR]

———Tim Hume, National Corn Growers Association, S1820 [13MR]

———Todd C. Sneller, Nebraska Ethanol Board, S1818 [13MR]

———Trevor Guthmiller, American Coalition for Ethanol, S1818 [13MR]

Safety consequences of reducing vehicle weights to improve fuel economy: Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, S1769 [12MR]

Southern Ute Indian Tribe implementation of intergovernmental agreement with Colorado on air quality control: Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado, S2288 [21MR]

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

BP p.l.c.: tribute to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from company operations, E438 [21MR], E452 [9AP]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration on environmental issues, H181-H184 [6FE]

California: motor vehicle emissions standards, H5460 [25JY]

Clean Air Act: prohibit issuance of new construction permits that would result in deposition of additional mercury into the Great Lakes, H4920 [18JY]

———prohibit issuance of new construction permits that would result in deposition of additional mercury into the Great Lakes (H.R. 5261), E2059 [15NO]

Clean Air Communities Project Partners: tribute, E1784 [8OC]

Climate: global warming, H1194 [10AP], H3677 [19JN], H3921, H3925 [25JN], E580 [18AP]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities, H4074 [27JN]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1527-H1531 [23AP]

———promote and coordinate global change research (H.R. 5688), E1883 [17OC]

———require industrial polluters to reduce small particulate emissions, H1193 [10AP]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, E1332 [24JY]

———loosening of new source review regulations relative to the installation of pollution-control equipment by large industrial plants, H4074 [27JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (H.R. 5329), E1502 [5SE]

Lewis and Clark College: tribute to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, E166 [14FE]

Mexico: prohibit exportation of natural gas from the U.S. for use in electric powerplants near the border that do not comply with U.S. air quality control requirements (H.R. 4867), E979 [6JN]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, H910 [14MR]

National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program: establish (H.R. 4900), E985 [7JN]

National Park Service: snowmobile regulations, H3922, H3923 [25JN]

Power resources: fuel cell power system development, H4075 [27JN], E1440 [29JY]

———fuel cell research funding, H4731 [16JY]

Smoot, Leon D.: Dept. of Energy Homer H. Lowry Award recipient for research into computer modeling of fuel combustion, E1953 [24OC]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: effects of climate changes on spruce tree beetle infestations, S7306 [24JY]

Aviation: emissions study funding, S3154 [23AP]

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]

———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]

Climate: global warming, S843, S844, S850 [14FE], S2997-S2999 [22AP], S3115 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Biodiesel Fuel Education Program funding, S684 [13FE]

———establish pilot programs to assist in the development of a carbon sequestration inventory and accounting system, S3398 [25AP]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush Administration policies, S5320-S5323, S5340 [11JN]

———greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements, S3010 [22AP], S3394, S3395 [25AP], S5033, S5034 [5JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2993 [22AP]

———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts, S3146, S3154-S3156 [23AP], S3293 [24AP]

Electric power: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (S. 3135), S10699-S10705 [17OC]

———reduce emissions from electric powerplants (S. 556), S6052 [26JN]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S2998 [22AP], S3146 [23AP]

———provide flexibility within the oxygenate requirements for gasoline, S3405, S3406 [25AP]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: improve air quality, S6805 [15JY]

Mexico: prohibit exportation of natural gas from the U.S. for use in electric powerplants near the border that do not comply with U.S. air quality control requirements (S. 2588), S5051 [5JN]

Montreal Protocol Amendment on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: ratification, S10231 [9OC]

Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (S. 1006), S9415 [26SE]

———EPA treatment of State petitions to waive renewable fuel content requirements, S2508-S2511, S2558-S2560 [11AP]

———establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1805-S1821 [13MR], S2320 [22MR]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S1830-S1834 [13MR]

———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1517, S1526 [5MR], S1561, S1578, S1588 [6MR], S1745-S1775 [12MR], S1812, S1821-S1828 [13MR], S1889, S1894 [14MR], S2459 [10AP], S2900 [18AP], S3009 [22AP], S3371-S3381 [25AP]

———prohibit increase in corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for pickup trucks, S1828-S1830 [13MR]

———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]

———require Federal agencies to use ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel where available, S1883 [14MR]

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (S. Res. 241), S2687 [15AP]

National Park Service: snowmobile regulations, S4054-S4056 [8MY]

Roads and highways: Federal-aid highway funding (S. 3132), S10688 [17OC]

Southern Ute Indian Tribe: implement intergovernmental agreement with Colorado on air quality control (S. 2065), S2287 [21MR]

Taxation: alternative vehicles and fuel incentives tax credit, S3382-S3386, S3391 [25AP]

———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (S. 760), S2320 [22MR]

———expand tax credits for biodiesel fuel and conduct study on alternative fuels and fueled vehicles, S2039, S2040 [19MR]

———make Highway Trust Funds available for Federal-aid highway funding (S. 3133), S10688 [17OC]

———provide a credit for clean coal technology expenses, S2236 [21MR]

———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel, S3150 [23AP], S3415 [25AP]

———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (S. 1942), S845 [14FE]

———provide tax credits for biodiesel blends in fuel (S. 1058), S684 [13FE]

Reports filed

Clean Power Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 556) (S. Rept. 107-347), S11573 [19NO]

Montreal Protocol Amendment on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 107-10), S9845 [2OC]

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2065) (S. Rept. 107-346), S11573 [19NO]

Resolutions of ratification

Montreal Protocol Amendment on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, S9845 [2OC], S10231, S10232 [9OC]

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]

Testimonies

Stabilize Greenhouse Gas Concentrations at Levels That Would Prevent Dangerous Interference With the Climate System While Minimizing Adverse Economic and Social Impacts: Senator Byrd, S3146 [23AP]

Texts of

S. 2697, Yellowstone Protection Act, S6260 [27JN]

S. 2815, Clear Skies Act, S7473-S7498 [29JY]

S. 3132, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding (MEGA Fund) Act, S10689-S10694 [17OC]

S. 3133, Maximum Economic Growth for America Through Highway Funding Part II (MEGA Fund Part II) Act, S10694 [17OC]

S. 3135, Clean Air Planning Act, S10699-S10705 [17OC]

S. Res. 241, National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day, S2682, S2687 [15AP]