REFUSE DISPOSAL related term(s) Recycled materials

Articles and editorials

Responsibility? Yucca Choice Squanders $8B Investment, H3612 [18MR]

Yucca Plan Poses `Grave' Risk, H3612 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Energy: establish a grant program to facilitate production of clean, renewable energy from municipal solid waste (see S. 1172), S6030 [3JN]

Dept. of the Interior: promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ``other wastes'' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see H.R. 493), H323 [14JA]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H3640 [18MR]

———convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 276), H70 [7JA]

———establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (see H.R. 3106), H7704 [26JN]

———promulgate regulations on management of medical waste (see H.R. 2552), H6008 [21MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see S. 696), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]

———reauthorize the sewer overflow control grants program (see H.R. 895), H1043 [4FE]

Foreign trade: restrict certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2595), H6010 [21MY]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see S. 861), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2372), H5484 [12MY]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see S. 1336), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 1191), H2834 [25FE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (see S. 1292), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 1359), H3054 [5MR]

Postal Service: require post offices to have running water and sanitation facilities (see H.R. 1973), H4523 [2AP]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see S. 232), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 515), H324 [14JA]

Sewage disposal: ensure that publicly owned treatment plants monitor for and report sewer overflows (see H.R. 753), H778 [28JA]

———ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see S. 937), S4963 [30AP]

Solid waste: authorize States to regulate receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1481), H3400 [12MR]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 274), H70 [7JA]

———require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 2046), H4686 [22AP]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for producing oil from recycled waste (see H.R. 3592), H9729 [17SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 2030), H4686 [22AP]

Letters

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act: Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H13420 [2DE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H13420 [2DE]

Remarks in House

Bolton & Menk, Inc.: American Council of Engineering Companies Engineering Excellence Award recipient, E1009 [29AP]

Climate: reduce global warming by addressing methane gas that escapes from municipal solid waste landfills, E547 [4MR]

Dept. of Energy: nuclear powerplant recycling technologies research funding, H8111-H8113 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ``other wastes'' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 493), E82 [14JA]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (H.R. 1580), H4606-H4610 [22AP]

———conduct a study on environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water supply and develop recommendations on treatment and prevention, H3353, H3361 [12MR]

———convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals, H3366, H3367 [12MR]

———establish wastewater and stormwater reuse and recycling technology demonstration program, H4709 [23AP]

FAA: follow existing guidelines in determining if the proposed College Point Marine Transfer Station in New York, NY, would propose an air navigation hazard, H5976 [21MY]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (H.R. 2372), H5588 [14MY]

———Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2793, H2794, H2801 [25FE], H3080 [9MR], H3611 [18MR], H8338, H8339 [17JY], H10426 [1OC]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (H.R. 1191), E386 [25FE], E489-E492 [26FE]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (H.R. 515), H13419-H13424 [2DE]

Solid waste: require refund value for certain beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 2046), E934 [22AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation, H7860, H7874 [9JY]

———enhance implementation (H.R. 2030), H4588 [22AP], H6309 [9JN], H6438 [10JN], E936 [22AP]

Remarks in Senate

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (S. 696), S3789 [25MR]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, S8261 [29JY]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (S. 1292), S6810 [18JN]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (S. 624), S3185 [17MR]

Reports filed

Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 1580) (H. Rept. 111-75), H4579 [21AP]

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 515) (H. Rept. 111-348), H13465 [2DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act: Salt Lake County, UT, Council, H13421 [2DE]

Texts of

H.R. 515, Radioactive Import Deterrence Act, H13419 [2DE]

H.R. 1580, Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act, H4606-H4608 [22AP]

S. 624, Water for the World Act, S3186-S3188 [17MR]

S. 696, Appalachia Restoration Act, S3789 [25MR]