HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Addresses

Private Nuclear Waste Dump on Native American Lands: Representative Kucinich, E1695 [29JY]

Amendments

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 43), S3083, S3086 [17MR]

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. 362), S7915 [1JY]

Articles and editorials

'91 Memo Warned of Mercury in Shots, H482 [9FE]

Deadly Immunity, H5074-H5077 [23JN]

W.R. Grace Indicted in Libby Asbestos Deaths—Mine Company and Seven Executives Face Criminal Charges, S1102 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions

Airports: conduct a study to assess and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of ground and flight operations (see H.R. 3597), H7560 [28JY]

Ammonium nirtrate: prohibit importation, manufacture, distribution, receipt, or storage without a license or permit (see H.R. 1389), H1692 [17MR]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (see S. 879), S4108 [21AP]

Armed Forces: identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 202), H78 [4JA]

———prohibit requirement of anthrax and smallpox immunizations without members' consent and correct records of those previously punished for refusing such vaccines (see H.R. 514), H347 [2FE]

CERCLA: provide additional funding for cleanup activities for facilities on the National Priority List (see H.R. 434), H283 [1FE]

———provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H10501 [16NO]

———require public availability of accounting of funds used, or required to be used, in response to release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 1718), H2393 [20AP]

Chemicals: assist manufacturers and importers in preparing material safety data sheets in compliance with hazard communication standard and establish Global Harmonization Commission (see S. 2067), S13361 [18NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 227), H136 [6JA]

Colorado: improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (see S. 585), S2383 [9MR] (see H.R. 428), H235 [26JA]

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. 852), S3897 [19AP] (see H.R. 1360), H1690 [17MR]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos or silica exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos or silica exposure (see H.R. 1957), H2734 [28AP]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (see S. 2048), S13161 [17NO] (see H.R. 668), H412 [8FE]

———declare Yo-Yo Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 3738), H7860 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: preservation of historical radiation records (see H.R. 2633), H4072 [25MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor in northwest Arkansas (see S. 64), S143 [24JA]

———external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health responsibilities at any nonmilitary energy laboratory (see H.R. 755), H582 [10FE]

———purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims (see S. 1835), S11212 [6OC] (see H.R. 3978), H8732 [6OC]

———remediation and disposal of nuclear waste at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, Ashford, NY (see S. 1806), S10796 [30SE] (see H.R. 3101), H5434 (see H.R. 3101), H5478 [29JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop regulations regarding the transportation of extremely hazardous materials (see H.R. 3510), H7556 [28JY]

———issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (see S. 1256), S6740 [16JN] (see H.R. 1414), H1693 [17MR]

———provide for coordination and use of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (see S. 1986), S12607 [9NO] (see H.R. 4267), H10144 [9NO]

———provide interagency planning for preparing for, defending against, and responding to, the consequences of terrorist attacks against the Yucca Mountain Project (see H.R. 895), H792 [17FE]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 280), H137 [6JA]

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. 1198), H1263 [9MR]

———provide same type of vocational rehabilitation benefits and services for certain children with spina bifida as are currently available to veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2929), H4560 [15JN]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 1807), H2471 [21AP]

District of Columbia: prohibit implementation of District of Columbia law prohibiting the shipment of certain hazardous materials near the Capitol building to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2057), H2879 [3MY]

Ecology and environment: promote healthy communities (see S. 2047), S13161 [17NO]

———provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 336), H194 [25JA] (see H.R. 1237), H1369 [10MR]

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (see S.J. Res. 20), S7614 [29JN] (see H.J. Res. 56), H5434 (see H.J. Res. 56), H5479 [29JN]

———enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2109), H2977 [4MY]

———establish performance standards for fine particulates for certain pulp and paper mills that use tires as a fuel source (see S. 2011), S12839 [15NO] (see H.R. 4333), H10226 [15NO]

———extend date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water (see H.R. 4495), H11327 [8DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see S. 1422), S8487 [19JY] (see H.R. 881), H791 [17FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (see S. 2042), S13161 [17NO] (see H.R. 3849), H8247 [21SE]

Federal Railroad Administration: make welded rail and tank car improvements (see S. 763), S3481 [12AP]

Health: protect human health from toxic mold (see H.R. 1269), H1416 [14MR]

Hurricanes: establish a Comprehensive Environmental Sampling and Toxicity Assessment Plan (CESTAP) to assess and monitor air, water, soil and human populations in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4139), H9102 [25OC]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (see S. 2019), S12949 [16NO] (see H.R. 798), H627 [15FE]

Libby, MT: require vermiculite mining companies to establish a medical trust fund for treating asbestos-related illnesses before emerging from bankruptcy (see S. 1788), S10594 [28SE]

Mercury: phase-out use in dental fillings (see H.R. 4011), H8734 [6OC]

———prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment (see S. Res. 64), S1624 [17FE]

———reduce quantity in the environment (see H.R. 2391), H3434 [17MY]

———require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (see S. 730), S3278 [6AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 43), S1116 [8FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 278), S11477 [18OC]

National Radiation Protection Professionals Week: designate (see S. Res. 335), S13786 [16DE]

National security: enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see S. 2145), S14064 [19DE]

———prepare and strengthen biodefenses against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness (see S. 1873), S11422 [17OC]

———protect human health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by terrorists (see H.R. 1562), H1894 [12AP]

———protect the public against threat of chemical attacks (see H.R. 2237), H3113 [10MY]

———strengthen the national biodefense system (see S. 3), S142 [24JA]

NRC: establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments (see S. 1194), S6225 [8JN]

Nuclear energy: prohibit operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a State and county certified radiological emergency response plan (see H.R. 4601), H12048 [16DE]

———require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (see S. 2099), S13570 [14DE] (see H.R. 4538), H11653 [14DE]

Nuclear Waste Fund: redirect into research, development, and utilization of risk-decreasing technologies for onsite storage and reduction of radiation levels of nuclear waste (see H.R. 526), H348 [2FE]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (see H.R. 1194), H1263 [9MR]

Occupational safety and health: provide enhanced criminal penalties for willful violations of occupational standards for asbestos (see S. 668), S2995 [17MR]

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. 362), S1260 [10FE] (see H.R. 3692), H7742 [7SE]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 1619), S9727 [7SE] (see H.R. 110), H74 [4JA]

———making supplemental appropriations to ensure inclusion in State source water assessment programs (see H.R. 1679), H2148 [19AP]

Product safety: reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 1391), S8217 [13JY] (see H.R. 4308), H10156 [10NO]

Public Health Service Act: enhance biodefense and pandemic preparedness activities (see S. 1880), S11422 [17OC]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Guam eligible to receive compensation (see H.R. 2910), H4560 [15JN]

———make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 2132), S13786 [16DE]

———make residents of Idaho who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 998), S4936 [11MY]

———make residents of Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 977), S4645 [9MY]

Radioactive substances: expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat radiation resulting from a nuclear or radiological attack (see H.R. 1291), H1506 [15MR]

———improve security of radiation sources (see S. 1150), S6021 [26MY] (see H.R. 2689), H4140 [26MY]

———procure and stockpile safe and effective radioprotectant drugs (see H. Con. Res. 97), H1509 [15MR]

———provide for the disposition of U.S. uranium inventories (see H.R. 904), H792 [17FE]

———strengthen capabilities to secure sealed sources of nuclear materials from terrorists (see S. 979), S4646 [9MY]

———study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (see H.R. 2410), H3434 [17MY]

Railroads: ensure safe and secure transportation of extremely hazardous materials (see S. 773), S3555 [13AP]

———improve quality of life and safety of persons living and working near railroad tracks (see H.R. 3596), H7560 [28JY]

———increase safety (see S. 230), S738 [1FE]

———prohibit use of remote control locomotives to carry hazardous materials (see H.R. 2843), H4355 [9JN]

Research: establish a hazardous materials cooperative research program (see H.R. 909), H792 [17FE]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: provide assistance for residential properties designated as Superfund sites (see S. 255), S739 [1FE] (see H.R. 433), H283 [1FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend to clarify definition of the term ``underground injection'' (see S. 837), S3817 [18AP]

———require use of nontoxic products in the case of hydraulic fracturing that occurs during oil or natural gas production activities (see S. 1080), S5531 [19MY]

Safety: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see S. 1110), S5851 [24MY] (see H.R. 2567), H3892 [24MY]

Sewage disposal: require information on the contents of sludge to be provided to purchasers of the sludge and the public (see H.R. 4130), H9102 [25OC]

Sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080): prohibit manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution, collect and destroy remaining stocks, and compensate persons who turn any in for destruction (see H.R. 4567), H12047 [16DE]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see S. 1198), S6225 [8JN] (see H.R. 2491), H3693 [19MY]

Taxation: clarify that certain CERCLA settlement funds are beneficially owned by the U.S. and are not subject to tax (see H.R. 2940), H4655 [16JN]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 1680), H2148 [19AP]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see S. 398), S1513 [16FE] (see H.R. 877), H791 [17FE]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H7559 [28JY]

———extend Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate (see H.R. 1270), H1416 [14MR]

———extend Superfund financing for purposes of cleanup activities relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H.R. 4481), H11326 [8DE]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see S. 2053), S13360 (see S. 2073), S13361 [18NO] (see H.R. 453), H283 [1FE] (see H.R. 4464), H11219 [7DE]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see S. 2052), S13360 [18NO] (see H.R. 713), H522 [9FE]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]

———treatment of tax attributes in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy case of a company having asbestos-related claims against it (see H.R. 3533), H7557 [28JY]

Terrorism: criminalize acts of agroterrorism and enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, detection, response, and recovery planning (see S. 1532), S9284 [28JY]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (see S. 975), S4547 [28AP]

———reduce risk to food supply from intentional contamination (see S. 1534), S9284 [28JY]

Transportation: improve transportation security (see S. 1052), S5300 [17MY]

Treaties and agreements: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4591), H12048 [16DE]

Veterans: add nasopharyngeal cancer to the statutorily prescribed presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange during military service in Vietnam (see H.R. 3209), H5739 [12JY]

———improve availability of benefits for veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 4183), H9472 [1NO]

———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service, or who were exposed to ionizing radiation, herbicides, or chemical agents during their service (see H.R. 2370), H3330 [16MY]

———provide that veterans of conflicts where depleted uranium munitions are used shall be considered radiation-exposed for purposes of the service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 4184), H9472 [1NO]

———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. 2962), H4721 [17JN]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (see H.R. 4259), H10038 [8NO]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (see S. 1328), S7613 [29JN] (see H.R. 3178), H5601 [30JN]

Factsheets

Community Health and Land Use Issues: National Association of County and City Health Officials, S4926 [11MY]

Medical Isotope Production, S7242 [23JN]

Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Contamination, H2425, H2426 [21AP]

Letters

Disapproval of EPA rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions: Senator Specter, S9959 [13SE]

———several State attorneys general and chief environmental officers, S9917 [12SE]

———several environmental organizations, S9956 [13SE]

———several health organizations, S9955 [13SE]

———several organizations, S9956 [13SE]

EPA administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act relative to hydraulic fracturing that occurs during oil or natural gas production activities: Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA, S7277-S7279 [23JN]

———Gwen Lachelt, Oil and Gas Accountability Project (organization), S7279 [23JN]

———Jim Lyon, National Wildlife Federation, S7279 [23JN]

———Senators Jeffords and Boxer, S7275-S7277 [23JN]

EPA promulgation of regulations as required by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: Senator Obama, S9368 [29JY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S3939 [19AP]

———Barry B. Direnfeld, Asbestos Study Group, S3940 [19AP]

———Senators Specter and Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7287-S7289 [23JN]

———several veterans' organizations, S3940 [19AP]

Implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols: Michael O. Leavitt, EPA, S13170 [17NO]

———Senator Harkin, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S13170 [17NO]

———T.J. Halstead, Congressional Research Service, S13171 [17NO]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S13170 [17NO]

Maintain current export controls on highly-enriched uranium relative to medical isotope production: John O. Pastore and Robert K. Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility (organization), S7242 [23JN]

———Nils J. Diaz, NRC, S7238 [23JN]

Occupational safety and health law enforcement relative to recovery and cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, H10240 [16NO]

Protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination: several organizations, H2422, H2426 [21AP]

Review studies on human testing of pesticides before issuing EPA final rule: Joseph M. Conlon, American Mosquito Control Association, S7557 [29JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act enforcement relative to hydraulic fracturing: Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA, S5535-S5537 [19MY]

———Senators Jeffords and Boxer, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5534 [19MY]

Superfund program oversight: Stephanie N. Daigle, EPA, S13774 [16DE]

Lists

Communities that have filed methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) lawsuits against oil companies, H2425 [21AP]

Groups against the EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3666 [19MY]

House Members who voted to protect oil companies from methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) litigation who also represent communities with methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in drinking water, H2426 [21AP]

States with methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) found in tap water, H2425 [21AP]

Motions

EPA: disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S9921 [12SE]

Proposals

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S1013-S1042 [7FE]

Questions

Nomination of Susan P. Bodine to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response: Senators Boxer, Lautenberg, and Obama, S13774 [16DE]

Remarks in House

Camden County, NC: environmental impact of proposed landfill, H9540 [2NO]

Chemicals: eliminate use of methyl bromide for fumigation purposes, E1357 [27JN]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of Asbestos Workers' Union Local No. 3, E1826 [13SE]

Coast Guard: study ecological and health effects of 1978 oil spill in Newtown Creek in New York, NY, H8035 [15SE]

Colorado: improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, H3793 [24MY]

———improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (H.R. 428), E82 [26JA]

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 (H.R. 1360), E506 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations until a strategy is submitted for environmental clean up of previously closed bases, H3746 [23MY], H3771 [24MY], H3898, H3906 [25MY], H4082, H4091, H4099, H4100-H4103 [26MY], E1099 [25MY]

———preservation of historical radiation records, H4023 [25MY]

———treatment of unexploded ordnance, H4082, H4102 [26MY], H4736 [20JN], E1099 [25MY]

Dept. of Energy: increase energy efficiency research funding through reductions in Spent Fuel Recycling Initiative funding, H3859-H3862 [24MY]

———provide retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, E2328 [10NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: chemical facility security funding, H3379-H3381 [17MY], H3535 [18MY], H3747 [23MY], E1052 [20MY]

———chemical plant security funding, H8691 [6OC]

Dept. of HUD: Brownfields Economic Development Initiative funding, H5419-H5421 [29JN]

———facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 280), H11455-H11459 [13DE], E2568 [17DE]

———lead hazard control grants funding, H5398, H5399 [29JN]

District of Columbia: prohibit implementation of District of Columbia law prohibiting the shipment of certain hazardous materials near the Capitol building to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks, E1089 [25MY]

———prohibit implementation of District of Columbia law prohibiting the shipment of certain hazardous materials near the Capitol building to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks (H.R. 2057), E1045 [20MY]

East Deer, PA: tribute to disaster response team responding to train derailment, E309 [1MR]

EPA: brownfield site assessment and cleanup program funding, H3644, H3645 [19MY]

———continue ban on human testing of pesticides, H3671 [19MY], H7020 [28JY]

———improve Leaking Underground Storage Tank program, H2197 [20AP], H6964-H6966 [28JY], E1781 [7SE]

———increase Superfund funding through reductions in science and technology programs funding, H3638, H3639 [19MY]

———prohibit funding for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for municipal wastewater treatment during wet weather conditions, H3665-H3669 [19MY]

Hanford, WA: nuclear waste site reclamation project funding, H3778 [24MY], H10062 [9NO]

Health: link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H481 [9FE], H5074 [23JN], H9451 [1NO]

Houston, TX: conduct risk assessment of air toxics in communities near industrial facilities, H7022 [28JY]

Hurricanes: enforcement of occupational safety and health laws relative to recovery and cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H10240-H10242 [16NO]

Jersey City, NJ: Liberty State Park environmental restoration activities funding, H5869, H5870 [14JY]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (H.R. 798), H11462-H11467 [13DE], E2534 [14DE]

Mercury: phase-out use in dental fillings (H.R. 4011), H9282 [27OC]

National security: protect the public against threat of chemical attacks (H.R. 2237), H3747 [23MY], H4490 [15JN]

———strengthen the national biodefense system, H5105 [24JN], H5714 [12JY]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (H.R. 4538), E2536 [14DE]

———spent nuclear fuel storage sites, H3789, H3791, H3794 [24MY]

Nuclear weapons: ensure the security of nuclear material and weapons, H261 [1FE]

———protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (H.R. 1194), H1209 [9MR]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H2174-H2178, H2184, H2191, H2195, H2206 [20AP], H2418-H2427 [21AP], H5369 [29JN], H5772-H5777 [13JY], H6939, H6954 [28JY], E818 [28AP], E1490 [14JY], E1505 [15JY]

Product safety: reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (H.R. 4308), E2337 [10NO]

Radioactive substances: expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat radiation resulting from a nuclear or radiological attack (H.R. 1291), E449 [16MR]

———procure and stockpile safe and effective radioprotectant drugs (H. Con. Res. 97), E456 [16MR]

———study health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions and require cleanup and mitigation of such contaminated sites (H.R. 2410), H3338 [17MY]

Real estate: encourage the cleanup and use of brownfields and other sites that contain hazardous contaminants in cases of eminent domain, H9596, H9597 [3NO]

Research: establish a hazardous materials cooperative research program, H1045 [9MR]

———establish a hazardous materials cooperative research program (H.R. 909), H768 [17FE]

Scott, Almon: relief, H4082 [26MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs, H11243, H11244 [8DE]

———extend Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate (H.R. 1270), H1526, H1527 [16MR]

Transportation: hazardous material transport research projects funding, H7580 [29JY]

———increase security, H3447-H3452 [18MY]

Veterans: improve availability of benefits for veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (H.R. 4183), E2240 [1NO]

———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service, or who were exposed to ionizing radiation, herbicides, or chemical agents during their service (H.R. 2370), E983 [16MY]

———provide that veterans of conflicts where depleted uranium munitions are used shall be considered radiation-exposed for purposes of the service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 4184), E2240 [1NO]

Veterans' Right To Know Commission: establish (H.R. 4259), E2493 [8DE]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (H.R. 3178), E1432 [1JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste disposal site funding, H418 [9FE], H1626 [17MR], H2190 [20AP], H3778, H3787, H3862, H3867 [24MY], H10061 [9NO]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: exclude agricultural operations from Superfund litigation, S12349 [3NO]

Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector, S4461 [28AP]

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (S. 879), S4128 [21AP]

Arms control: support nonproliferation programs, S380 [25JA]

Chemicals: assist manufacturers and importers in preparing material safety data sheets in compliance with hazard communication standard and establish Global Harmonization Commission (S. 2067), S13370 [18NO]

Colorado: improve compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (S. 585), S2398 [9MR]

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, S12 [4JA], S1009-S1042 [7FE], S1101 [8FE]

———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. 852), S3905-S3941 [19AP], S5493 [19MY], S6278 [9JN], S7287 [23JN], S12873, S12875 [16NO], S13483 [13DE]

CPSC: classify certain children's products containing lead as banned hazardous substances (S. 2048), S13175 [17NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S110 [24JA]

Dept. of Energy: disposal of mixed oxide nuclear waste, S12744, S12745 [14NO]

———prohibit spent nuclear fuel from being deposited into, or transported to, a non-federally-owned, offsite facility and conduct study on the storage, reprocessing, and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, S7218-S7220 [23JN]

———provide regular and early retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, S7789, S7790 [30JN], S8729-S8731 [22JY]

———provide retirement benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, S12386-S12389 [4NO], S12440-S12442 [7NO], S12514 [8NO]

———purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resources damage liability claims relative to conversion of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site into a wildlife refuge, S8788, S8789 [25JY], S12808 [15NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: chemical facility security standards, S8249 [14JY]

———hazardous materials shipments identification and tracking funding, S8175, S8176 [13JY], S8252 [14JY]

———issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (S. 1256), S6743 [16JN]

———provide for coordination and use of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (S. 1986), S12615 [9NO]

Ecology and environment: promote healthy communities (S. 2047), S13174 [17NO]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, S7552-S7561 [29JN], S7800 [30JN]

———disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), S7640 [29JN], S8416 [18JY], S9912-S9924 [12SE], S9955-S9962 [13SE]

———disapprove rule to delist coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act relative to mercury emissions (S.J. Res. 20), unanimous-consent agreement, S9860 [8SE]

———establish performance standards for fine particulates for certain pulp and paper mills that use tires as a fuel source (S. 2011), S12849 [15NO]

———promulgate regulations as required by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, S7595 [29JN], S9367 [29JY]

———proposed new National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter, S14300 [21DE]

———review studies on human testing of pesticides before issuing final rule, S7552-S7560 [29JN], S7800 [30JN]

———Superfund program oversight, S13774 [16DE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (S. 2042), S13168-S13170 [17NO]

Federal Railroad Administration: make welded rail and tank car improvements (S. 763), S3486 [12AP]

Hanford, WA: nuclear waste site reclamation project funding, S12748 [14NO]

Health: safety of vaccines containing mercury and thimerosal, S11994 [27OC]

Law enforcement: provide for research on and standards for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories (S. 2019), S12954 [16NO]

Libby, MT: require vermiculite mining companies to establish a medical trust fund for treating asbestos-related illnesses before emerging from bankruptcy, S2055 [4MR], S2215 [8MR]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (S. 730), S3312 [6AP], S3356 [7AP]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 43), S1138 [8FE], S3086 [17MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 278), S11498 [18OC]

National security: enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (S. 2145), S14065-S14068 [19DE]

———strengthen the national biodefense system, S1598 [17FE]

———strengthen the national biodefense system (S. 3), S109, S146 [24JA], S3262-S3265 [6AP], S3442 [12AP]

NRC: establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments (S. 1194), S6228 [8JN]

———maintain current export controls on highly-enriched uranium relative to medical isotope production, S7236-S7244, S7247, S7248, S7250 [23JN]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored (S. 2099), S13574 [14DE]

———spent nuclear fuel storage sites, S10222 [20SE]

Occupational safety and health: provide enhanced criminal penalties for willful violations of occupational standards for asbestos (S. 668), S3054 [17MR]

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. 362), S1296 [10FE], S7926, S7929 [1JY]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (S. 1619), S9729 [7SE]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, S9269, S9272 [28JY]

Product safety: reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (S. 1391), S8235, S8236 [13JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make former nuclear weapons workers in Iowa who were exposed to radiation eligible to receive compensation, S6813 [20JN]

———make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (S. 2132), S13775, S13776, S13797 [16DE]

———make residents of Idaho who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (S. 998), S4940 [11MY], S11993, S11994 [27OC]

———make residents of Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation, S4540 [28AP]

———make residents of Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (S. 977), S4648 [9MY], S4861, S4862 [10MY]

Radioactive substances: improve security of radiation sources (S. 1150), S6044 [26MY]

———strengthen capabilities to secure sealed sources of nuclear materials from terrorists (S. 979), S4648 [9MY]

Railroads: ensure safe and secure transportation of extremely hazardous materials (S. 773), S3560 [13AP]

Russia: disposal of excess weapons-grade plutonium, S8478 [19JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: require use of nontoxic products in the case of hydraulic fracturing that occurs during oil or natural gas production activities, S7274 [23JN]

———require use of nontoxic products in the case of hydraulic fracturing that occurs during oil or natural gas production activities (S. 1080), S5533 [19MY]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (S. 1198), S6232-S6234 [8JN]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (S. 398), S1530 [16FE]

———extend Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate (H.R. 1270), S3087 [17MR]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 2053), S13364 [18NO]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 2073), S13379 [18NO]

Technology: nanosensor development for chemical and radiological warfare agents funding, S7795 [30JN]

Terrorism: criminalize acts of agroterrorism and enhance agricultural biosecurity through increased prevention, detection, response, and recovery planning (S. 1532), S9296 [28JY]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack, S14237 [21DE]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological, chemical, or radiological weapons attack (S. 975), S4590-S4595, S4607 [28AP], S4787 [9MY], S9433 [29JY], S11602 [20OC]

Transportation: hazardous material transport research projects funding, S5208 [16MY]

———improve transportation security (S. 1052), S5306-S5309 [17MY]

Water: ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water (S. 1328), S7616 [29JN]

Reports filed

Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1873), S11768 [24OC]

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 280) (H. Rept. 109-138), H4654 [16JN]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 852), S6740 [16JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 852) (S. Rept. 109-97), S7818 [30JN]

International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2491) (H. Rept. 109-235), H8386 [27SE]

Marine Debris Research Prevention and Reduction Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 362) (S. Rept. 109-56), S3555 [13AP]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 362) (H. Rept. 109-332), H11326 [8DE]

Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 798) (H. Rept. 109-42), H1967 [13AP]

Statements

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, S3940 [19AP]

———Senator Specter, S3906-S3908 [19AP]

Maintain Current Export Controls on Highly-Enriched Uranium Relative to Medical Isotope Production: Physicians for Social Responsibility (organization), S7242 [23JN]

Summaries

Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act (S. 730), S3313 [6AP]

Rocky Flats Employee Benefit Initiatives: Dept. of Energy, S12388 [4NO]

Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users (H.R. 3): Committee on Commerce (Senate) Titles Relative to Motor Carrier Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Household Goods, and Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, S4624 [9MY]

Texts of

H.R. 280, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, H11455 [13DE]

H.R. 798, Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act, H11462 [13DE]

H.R. 1270, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate extension, H1526 [16MR]

S. 362, Marine Debris Research Prevention and Reduction Act, S1296-S1298 [10FE], S7926-S7929 [1JY]

S. 585, Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act, S2400 [9MR]

S. 763, Welded Rail and Tank Car Safety Improvement Act, S3486 [12AP]

S. 773, Extremely Hazardous Materials Rail Transportation Act, S3561 [13AP]

S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S3908-S3939 [19AP]

S. 879, Arctic Research and Policy Act improvement, S4128 [21AP]

S. 979, Safe Storage of Radiological Materials Act, S4649 [9MY]

S. 1052, Transportation Security Improvement Act, S5309-S5321 [17MY]

S. 1080, Hydraulic Fracturing Safety Act, S5537 [19MY]

S. 1150, Dirty Bomb Prevention Act, S6044-S6046 [26MY]

S. 1194, Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act, S6228 [8JN]

S. 1198, International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act, S6232-S6234 [8JN]

S. 1256, Hazardous Materials Vulnerability Reduction Act, S6744-S6746 [16JN]

S. 1619, School Environment Protection Act, S9729-S9734 [7SE]

S. 1873, Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act, S11424-S11433 [17OC]

S. 2011, Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act, S12849 [15NO]

S. 2053, Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, S13363 [18NO]

S. 2067, HazCom Simplification and Modernization Act, S13375 [18NO]

S. 2073, Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, S13380 [18NO]

S. 2099, Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act, S13575 [14DE]

S. 2132, make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, S13798 [16DE]

S. Res. 43, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S1138 [8FE], S3086 [17MR]

S. Res. 64, prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment, S1683 [17FE]

S. Res. 278, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S11483, S11498 [18OC]

S. Res. 335, National Radiation Protection Professionals Week, S13811 [16DE]

Transcripts

Energy Policy Act Conference Committee Meeting Excerpts Relative to Protection From Liability of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Producers for Groundwater Contamination: Representatives Stupak and Barton, S9259 [28JY]