COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

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

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

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

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

Hazardous substances: 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]

Recycled materials: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 2211), H3112 [10MY]

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]

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

Letters

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

Remarks in Senate

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

Dept. of Energy: 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]

EPA: Superfund program oversight, S13774 [16DE]

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]

Reports filed

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

Texts of

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

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