HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Advertisements

Bush administration mercury emissions policies: National Resources Defense Council and MoveOn.org (organization), S4194 [21AP]

Affidavits

Savannah River Site nuclear waste storage facility cleanup: David E. Wilson, Jr., South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, S6399 [3JN]

Amendments

Oceans: establish a program to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety (S. 2488), S11811 [20NO]

Articles and editorials

Choosing the Wrong Side, S5911 [20MY]

Dangerous Games—Federal Effort To Bury Nuclear Wastes at West Valley Is Unconscionable, S5910 [20MY], S6409 [3JN]

Debate Needed on Nuclear Waste, S5912 [20MY]

Fix Energy Department, Not the Law It's Breaking, S5911 [20MY]

Former Governors Raise Concern About DOE Bill on Nuclear Waste, S6398 [3JN]

Lead Pipes Unsatisfactory, H5103 [25JN]

Potomac Water and Lead Pipe, H5103 [25JN]

Remembering Chernobyl, E710 [29AP]

Rescuing SRS Cleanup, S6420 [3JN]

Senate Should Halt Nuclear Waste Plan, S5911 [20MY]

Shortcut on Nuclear Waste, S6402 [3JN]

Specter Says Frist's Asbestos Plan Is `Counterproductive', S4112 [20AP]

State Cleanup Faces All-or-All Proposition, S5911 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (see S. 2504), S6481 [4JN]

Armed Forces: identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 4463), H3439 (see H.R. 4463), H3539 [20MY]

———prohibit requirement of anthrax and smallpox immunizations without members' consent and correct records of those previously punished for refusing such vaccines (see H.R. 5166), H7863 [29SE]

Chemicals: prohibit the importation, manufacture, distribution, or storage of detonable nitrate fertilizers without a license (see H.R. 5140), H7574 [23SE]

Colorado: improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (see H.R. 3843), H632 [25FE]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 2290), S3919 [7AP]

CPSC: declare Yo-Yo Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 5172), H7863 [29SE]

———issue a rule banning children's toys containing mercury (see H.R. 4828), H5654 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: develop health advisories to provide notice and education on effects of mercury exposure and require posting or availability at seafood businesses where the potential for mercury exposure exists (see H.R. 4762), H5195 [6JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (see H.R. 4824), H5654 [13JY]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (see S. 2139), S1683 [26FE] (see H.R. 3864), H699 [26FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish the Pipeline Safety Administration (see H.R. 4277), H2656 [5MY]

———provide a more focused research organization and improve pipeline and hazardous materials transportation safety (see S. 2952), S10845 [8OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 4179), H2199 [20AP]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 4215), H2372 [22AP]

EPA: provide remedial actions and other assistance to affected residents near the Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund Site (see H.R. 5387), H9999 [18NO]

Explosives: provide for the safe and secure storage of explosive materials by State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5162), H7863 [29SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H2153 [2AP]

India: recognize anniversary of chemical plant accident in Bhopal and ensure provision of environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected area by Union Carbide Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 503), H7864 [29SE]

Labeling: require imported explosives to be marked in the same manner as domestically manufactured explosives (see S. 2563), S7311 [23JN]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see H.R. 4636), H4765 [22JN]

Mercury: prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment (see S. Res. 453), S10703 [7OC]

———reduce quantity in the environment (see H.R. 4260), H2547 [4MY]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 448), S10568 [6OC]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 457), S11090 [10OC]

National security: expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H2547 [4MY]

New York, NY: provide health services for individuals assisting with the response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4974), H6703 [22JY]

Nuclear energy: provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain circumstances (see H.R. 5326), H9049 [8OC]

———provide for nuclear waste cleanup (see S. 2457), S5949 [20MY]

Nuclear Waste Fund: reclassify fees as offsetting collections (see H.R. 3981), H1229 [17MR]

———redirect into research, development, and utilization of risk-decreasing technologies for onsite storage and reduction of radiation levels of nuclear waste (see H.R. 4627), H4646 [21JN]

Oceans: establish a program to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety (see S. 2488), S6348 [2JN]

Radioactive substances: make the consent of Congress to certain compacts contingent on party States sharing the long-term liability for damages caused by radioactive releases from regional facilities (see S. 2518), S6803 [15JN]

Railroads: prohibit use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials (see H.R. 5119), H7442 [22SE]

———require information on tank cars containing hazardous materials be available to first reponders (see H.R. 4802), H5470 [9JY]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to ricin exposure in Senate complex (see S. Res. 329, 329), S3605 [2AP]

———declaration of adjournments and recesses when an imminent terrorist threat exists (see S. Res. 296), S541 [3FE]

Ships and vessels: temporarily exempt scrapping of naval and Maritime Administration vessels from certain environmental statutes governing the handling of hazardous materials (see H.R. 4397), H3391 [19MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see S. 2926), S10703 [7OC] (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———encourage businesses to establish hazardous waste remediation reserves (see H.R. 3892), H870 [4MR]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see S. 2394), S5043 [7MY]

Veterans: codify certain additional diseases as establishing a presumption of service-connection when occurring in veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during active duty (see H.R. 4172), H2198 [20AP]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 5137), H7574 [23SE]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (see S. 2377), S4837 [4MY] (see H.R. 4268), H2548 [4MY]

Cloture motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), motion to proceed, S4144 [20AP], S4257 [22AP]

Cost Estimates

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): CBO, S4134 [20AP], S4259 [22AP]

Court documents

Proposed EPA standards on mercury emissions from powerplants, H1294-H1297 [18MR]

Summary of argument on Natural Resources Defense Council case on nuclear waste site cleanup, S6407 [3JN]

Letters

Dept. of Homeland Security regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials: Joseph C. Carter, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police, E1366 [14JY]

Dept. of Labor coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees: Alan M. Varela, New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration, S6843 [16JN]

———James Conrad, Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation, S6842 [16JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program special cohort rule: several Senators, S1693 [26FE]

Facilitate cleanup of nuclear waste sites: Aiken County, SC, State legislative delegation, S6404 [3JN]

———Angela Viney, South Carolina Wildlife Federation, S6401 [3JN]

———Charles Weiss, Greater Aiken, SC, Chamber of Commerce, S6405 [3JN]

———David H. Wilkins, South Carolina House of Representatives, S6404 [3JN]

———Dell Isham, Sierra Club, S6401 [3JN]

———Fred B. Cavanaugh, Mayor of Aiken, SC, S6405 [3JN]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S6409 [3JN]

———Henry McMaster, South Carolina Attorney General, S6404 [3JN]

———John T. Conway, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, S5905 [20MY]

———Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina, S5930 [20MY], S6400 [3JN]

———Nils J. Diaz, NRC, S5921 [20MY]

———Robert W. King, Jr., South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, S6404 [3JN]

———Ronnie Young, Aiken County, SC, Council, S6405 [3JN]

———Senator Bingaman, S5935 [20MY]

———Senators Murray and Cantwell and Representative Doc Hastings, S6403 [3JN]

———several State environmental agencies, S6407 [3JN]

———Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American Indians, S6420 [3JN]

———William F. Kane, South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environment Control, S5932 [20MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Anne M. Ferrazzi, W.D. Hilton, Jr., and Mark A. Peterson, Fuller-Austin Asbestos Settlement Trust, S4133 [20AP]

———Cathleen C. Amdor, S4202 [21AP]

———Jennifer L. Biggs, American Academy of Actuaries, S4079 [19AP]

National Resources Defense Council and MoveOn.org (organization) advertisement on Bush administration mercury emissions policies: Senator Inhofe, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S4194, S4195 [21AP]

Proposed EPA standards on mercury emissions from powerplants: Anne D. (Andy) Burt, Maine Council of Churches, H1299 [18MR]

———Becky Lee Simmons, H1304 [18MR]

———Greg Ponte, Maine Council of Trout Unlimited, H1302 [18MR]

———Paul A. Liebow, H1303 [18MR]

———Representatives Allen, Waxman and Schakowsky and Senator Leahy, H1307-H1309 [18MR]

———Representatives Allen and Waxman, H1307 [18MR]

———several organizations, H1292 [18MR]

System for identifying and tracking trucks carrying hazardous materials and performing background checks for commercial driver licenses: American Trucking Association, S9115 [13SE]

Lists

Changes to S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S2175 [3MR]

Important dates concerning S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S3990 [8AP]

Senate staff assisting in efforts on Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program coverage for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination, S10950 [9OC]

Memorandums

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Edward R. Becker, S2987 [23MR]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): Edward R. Becker, S5454 [13MY]

Proposals

Legislation dealing with nuclear waste site cleanup funding, S6415 [3JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: prohibit requirement of anthrax and smallpox immunizations without members' consent and correct records of those previously punished for refusing such vaccines (H.R. 5166), E1752 [30SE]

Colorado: improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (H.R. 3843), E223 [25FE]

Corps of Engineers: District of Columbia lead pipe replacement funding, H5102, H5103 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: cleanup of contaminants, pollution and unexploded ordnance at certain transferred military property, H6465 [21JY]

———treatment of unexploded ordnance, H4584 [21JN], H4699, H4703, H4706, H4707 [22JN], H8988 [8OC]

Dept. of Energy: facilitate cleanup of nuclear waste sites, H3424, H3425 [20MY], H5125 [25JN]

———processing of nuclear waste stored in Idaho and South Carolina, H9003 [8OC]

———prohibit funding to reclassify high-level radioactive waste as ``waste incidental to reprocessing'' relative to removal of waste stored in underground tanks, H5126, H5127 [25JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (H.R. 4824), E1366 [14JY]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (H.R. 3864), E258 [26FE]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, H2339 [22AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, H2601, H2604 [5MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: improve, H8987, H9001, H9005 [8OC], E1967 [11OC]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 411), H2603 [5MY]

Explosives: provide for the safe and secure storage of explosive materials by State and local law enforcement agencies (H.R. 5162), E1755 [30SE]

Health: safety of vaccines containing mercury and thimerosal, H415 [10FE], H1615 [29MR]

———study link between child vaccinations and autism, H415 [10FE], H1615 [29MR], H4564-H4568 [18JN]

India: recognize anniversary of chemical plant accident in Bhopal and ensure provision of environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected area by Union Carbide Corp. (H. Con. Res. 503), E1746 [30SE]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions, H601 [25FE], H1284-H1310 [18MR]

National security: expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (H.R. 4258), H5738 [14JY]

New York, NY: EPA report on air quality relative to collapse of World Trade Center, H2527 [4MY]

NOAA: funding, H5266 [7JY]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, E1146 [16JN]

Postal Service: funding, E120 [4FE]

Savannah River, SC: nuclear waste disposal site funding, H5125 [25JN]

Senate: investigation of ricin mailed to Senate office, E120 [4FE]

U.S. Conference of Mayors: request for additional Superfund program funding, E1555 [8SE], E1592 [10SE]

Ukraine: anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, E687 [28AP], E710 [29AP]

Waukegan, IL: cleanup of contaminated sediment from Waukegan Harbor, H10191 [20NO]

Yucca Mountain, NV: circuit court decision on nuclear waste disposal site radiation level standard, H5797 [15JY]

———court ruling on radiation standards relative to use as nuclear waste disposal site, H6877 [8SE]

———nuclear waste disposal site funding, H5092, H5096, H5124, H5125 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: assess lead levels at the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma, S140 [22JA]

Air pollution: effects of powerplant pollution on the environment and public health, S1515-S1517 [24FE]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): jurisdiction over matters dealing with the cleanup of defense nuclear waste sites, S6414 [3JN]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure, S2412 [9MR], S9398 [21SE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), S1881 [27FE], S2173-S2176 [3MR], S2208, S2209 [4MR], S2987 [23MR], S3628 [5AP], S3989-S3991 [8AP]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), S3921-S3924, S3950 [7AP], S3965-S3967, S3989-S3991, S4002-S4005, S4008, S4011, S4059, S4060 [8AP], S4078-S4088 [19AP], S5072 [10MY], S5172 [11MY], S5453 [13MY], S8643 [22JY]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), motion to proceed, S4103-S4114, S4122-S4146, S4166-S4169 [20AP], S4184-S4192, S4200-S4204, S4206-S4208, S4212-S4218, S4233 [21AP], S4238-S4241, S4247-S4260, S4286, S4287 [22AP]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), unanimous-consent request, S4103 [20AP]

Dept. of Energy: facilitate cleanup of nuclear waste sites, S5903-S5907, S5909-S5921, S5929-S5933, S5935, S5936 [20MY], S6053 [21MY], S6396-S6421 [3JN], S6848-S6850 [16JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: chemical facility security funding, S9057-S9059 [10SE], S9179-S9181 [14SE]

———Dugway Proving Ground, UT, first responder training programs funding, S9209, S9210 [14SE]

———provide funding to establish identification and tracking system for trucks carrying hazardous material and a background check system for commercial driver licenses, S9018, S9019 [9SE], S9113-S9116 [13SE]

Dept. of Labor: provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination, S6837-S6847 [16JN], S10950 [9OC], S11288 [11OC]

———provide coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for atomic weapons facilities employees during periods of residual contamination (S. 2139), S1693 [26FE]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, S4339 [26AP]

———National Resources Defense Council and MoveOn.org (organization) advertisement on Bush administration mercury emissions policies, S4192-S4195 [21AP]

EPA: approve requests from certain communities to delay compliance with arsenic standards for drinking water, S8671 [22JY]

Health: reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (S. 1115), S4188 [21AP]

Labeling: require imported explosives to be marked in the same manner as domestically manufactured explosives (S. 2563), S7320 [23JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 448), S10584 [6OC]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 457), S11012, S11013 [10OC]

National security: accelerate removal or security of fissile and radioactive materials at vulnerable sites worldwide, S5771, S5774 [19MY]

Nuclear energy: provide for nuclear waste cleanup (S. 2457), S6067 [21MY]

Oceans: establish a program to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety (S. 2488), S6350 [2JN], S11840 [20NO]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, S8827 [7SE]

Project BioShield: correct budget scoring, S2674, S2675 [11MR]

Protocol to the Agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency for Application of Safeguards in the U.S.: ratification, S3511-S3515 [31MR], S3561 [1AP]

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade: ratification, S9518 [22SE]

Safety: strengthen capabilities to safely and securely dispose of certain low-level radioactive waste (S. 1045), S1515 [24FE]

Savannah River, SC: nuclear waste disposal site funding, S11288 [11OC]

Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to ricin exposure in Senate complex (S. Res. 329), S3610 [2AP]

———continuation of duties during investigation of ricin mailed to Senate office, S383, S384, S545, S546 [3FE], S549, S555, S556 [4FE], S675 [6FE]

———declaration of adjournments and recesses when an imminent terrorist threat exists (S. Res. 296), S384 [3FE]

———impact of ricin mailed to Senate office on individuals who were potentially exposed, S384 [3FE]

———investigation of ricin mailed to Senate office, S509, S545, S546 [3FE], S549, S555, S556 [4FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (S. 2926), S10725 [7OC]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites, S5208, S5209 [11MY]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (S. 2394), S5044 [7MY]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes, S2615-S2620, S2638, S2644 [11MR]

———provide for a brownfields demonstration program for qualified green building and sustainable design projects, S4894 [5MY]

Terrorism: assist States and communities in preparing for and responding to threats to agriculture (S. 427), S1675 [26FE], S9027 [9SE], S12044 [8DE]

———enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, preparation, and response planning (S. 430), S1675 [26FE], S9027 [9SE], S12044 [8DE]

Transportation: exempt certain agricultural producers from certain hazardous materials requirements, S571, S572 [4FE], S1996 [2MR]

Treaties and agreements: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (S. 1486), S9518 [22SE]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (S. 2377), S4839 [4MY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste disposal site funding, S2685 [11MR]

Reports filed

Chemical Facilities Security Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 994) (S. Rept. 108-261), S5226 [11MY]

Implement Certain International Conventions Dealing With Organic Pollutants, Chemicals, and Pesticides: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1486) (S. Rept. 108-256), S4686 [29AP]

Marine Debris Research and Reduction Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2488) (S. Rept. 108-401), S11305 [11OC]

Protocol to the Agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency for Application of Safeguards in the U.S.: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 108-12), S3213 [26MR]

Reclassify Nuclear Waste Fund Fees as Offsetting Collections: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3981) (H. Rept. 108-594), H5535 [12JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Increasing appropriation levels for EPA Superfund: U.S. Conference of Mayors, E1592 [10SE]

Resolutions of ratification

Protocol to the Agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency for Application of Safeguards in the U.S., S3213 [26MR], S3511 [31MR]

Rules

Standing Rules of the Senate: committee jurisdiction clarifications, S6414 [3JN]

Summaries

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): Changes From S. 1125, S4107-S4111 [20AP]

Rocky Flats Special Cohort Act (H.R. 3843), E223 [25FE]

Testimonies

Proposed EPA Standards on Mercury Emissions From Powerplants: Ann Brewster Weeks, Clean Air Task Force (organization), H1290 [18MR]

———Chris Coleman, Chewonki Foundation, H1300 [18MR]

———Conrad Schneider, Clean Air Task Force (organization), H1291 [18MR]

———Debra Davidson, Izaak Walton League of America, H1291 [18MR]

———Ellen K. Silbergeld, H1298 [18MR]

———Everett (Brownie) Carlson, Natural Resources Council of Maine, H1287 [18MR]

———James H. Maier, H1304 [18MR]

———Jon Devine, Natural Resources Defense Council, H1302 [18MR]

———Lani Graham, H1288 [18MR]

———Marjorie Monteleon, H1302 [18MR]

———Maureen Drouin, Sierra Club, H1289 [18MR]

———Patricia Philbrook, Maine People's Alliance, H1299 [18MR]

———Philippe Grandjean, H1300 [18MR]

———Rebecca Weinstein, Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, H1301 [18MR]

———Sharon Treat, Maine Senate Majority Leader, H1286 [18MR]

———Steven Rowe, Maine Attorney General, H1286 [18MR]

———Susan Gallo, Maine Audubon (organization), H1289 [18MR]

Texts of

S. 2139, Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act, S1694 [26FE]

S. 2488, Marine Debris Research and Reduction Act, S6350-S6352 [2JN]

S. 2926, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S10725-S10727 [7OC]

S. Res. 296, declaration of Senate adjournments and recesses when an imminent terrorist threat exists, S384, S545 [3FE]

S. Res. 329, authorize Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to ricin exposure in Senate complex, S3605, S3610 [2AP]

S. Res. 448, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S10583 [6OC]

S. Res. 453, prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment, S10748 [7OC]

S. Res. 457, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S11015, S11107 [10OC]

Transcripts

Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Hearing: Senator Allard and Jessie Roberson, Dept. of Energy, S5931 [20MY]