POLLUTION

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 2724), S4050 [4MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]

Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (see H.R. 5049), H1320 [29MR]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]

Ecology and environment: ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (see S. 3515), S5874 [14JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 2783), S4468 [11MY]

Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4800), H388 [16FE]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (see H.R. 4673), H24 [31JA]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 5235), H1916 [27AP]

National Clean Beaches Week: designate (see S. Res. 510), S5779 [13JN]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1452 [4AP]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 2440), S2313 [16MR]

Power resources: require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3503), S5779 [13JN]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4918), H866 [9MR]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see S. 3509), S5874 [14JN]

Lists

Studies on impact of global warming, S6365 [22JN]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: monitor and control fine particulate matter emissions, H2800 [18MY]

Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (H.R. 5049), H1399 [4AP], H2829 [18MY], E446 [29MR]

———global warming, H946, H947 [14MR], H1200, H1293 [29MR], H2481 [10MY], H2784, H2785, H2826 [18MY], H3913 [14JN], H4209 [19JN], E899 [19MY]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (H.R. 5642), E1213 [20JN]

Denton Biodiesel Industries, Inc.: EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program Project of the Year award recipient, E217 [28FE]

Dept. of Commerce: global warming impact study funding, H4701, H4702 [28JN]

Dept. of Energy: implement accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for advanced clean coal technologies and provide financial incentives to encourage early commercial deployment, H143 [1FE], H1984 [3MY]

EPA: conduct study of pollution in Newton Creek caused by underground oil spills in Brooklyn, NY, H4527 [26JN]

———global warming programs funding, H2826-H2829 [18MY]

———National Clean Diesel Initiative funding, H2815 [18MY]

FEMA: global warming impact study funding, H3292 [25MY]

Foreign countries: use of Environmental Performance Index (EPI) to draft environmental policies, E1036 [7JN]

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 (H.R. 4139), H361 [16FE]

Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (H.R. 4673), E33 [31JA]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H1366 [30MR]

Power resources: eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, H1842 [26AP]

———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H2874 [18MY], H3219 [24MY]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, H1169 [28MR], H1902-H1905 [27AP], H2480, H2492, H2493 [10MY], H3124, H3132 [23MY]

———reduce emission levels of carbon dioxide, H2767, H2768, H2770, H2787 [18MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of ethanol and diesel fuel contain a certain percentage of biodiesel (H.R. 1398), H1823 [26AP]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, H3720 [9JN]

Recycling: promote, H4786 [28JN]

60 Minutes (television program): report on Bush administration treatment of global warming, H1135 [28MR]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic Research and Policy Act: improve (S. 879), S4645, S4646 [16MY]

Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (S. Res. 312), S4962 [23MY]

———global warming, S2795 [4AP], S6365 [22JN], S6593 [28JN], S7261 [10JY]

Ecology and environment: ensure that liable entities meet environmental cleanup obligations (S. 3515), S5878 [14JN]

EPA: clean water and drinking water State revolving funds funding, S2006, S2007 [13MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (S. 2783), S4522 [12MY]

Hazardous substances: increase efforts to clean up Superfund sites, S6593 [28JN]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: repeal certain provisions relative to transport of petroleum products (S. 1977), S1600 [2MR]

National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (H.R. 5235), S5433 [5JN]

National Clean Beaches Week: designate (S. Res. 510), S5814 [13JN]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 2440), S2329 [16MR]

Power resources: expand production and use of renewable fuel and decrease energy dependence, S2230 [16MR]

———increase the production and use of ethanol, S1860 [8MR], S4106 [5MY]

———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, S4106 [5MY]

Reports

Worldwide Environmental Rankings—Will Nations Compete To Be Green? Yale University and Columbia Earth Institute, E1036 [7JN]

Reports filed

Address Global Climate Change Through the Negotiation of Fair and Effective International Commitments: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 312), S5226 [25MY]

Oil Pollution Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2023) (S. Rept. 109-272), S6783 [29JN]

Statements

Methyl Bromide—Are U.S. Interests Being Served by the Critical Use Exemption Process? Representative Kucinich, E168 [15FE]

Post 9/11 Pollution: Kimberly Flynn, 9/11 Environmental Action (organization), E1306 [28JN]

Texts of

S. 879, Arctic Research and Policy Act improvement, S4646 [16MY]

S. 2400, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S2330-S2334 [16MR]

S. Res. 510, National Clean Beaches Week, S5813 [13JN]