REFUSE DISPOSAL see also Recycled materials; Sewage Disposal

Amendments

Coal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5370, H5371, H5372, H5373, H5374 [22JY]

——— encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), consideration (H. Res. 369), H5355 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Company Wants To Expand Nuclear Waste Site in Texas, H2690 [30AP]

Federal Judge Rules Against Washington State Dairy, Says Manure Pollution Threatens Water (excerpt), H4834 [7JY]

New Mexico Joins Race To Build Storage for Nuclear Waste, H2690 [30AP]

Yucca Mountain—Unsafe Site Won’t Ever Be Safe for Nuclear Waste, H2690 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Canada: ensure the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see S. Res. 134), S2110 [13AP] (see H. Res. 194), H2153 [13AP]

Coal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see S. 1803), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 1734), H2151 [13AP]

——— encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), consideration (see H. Res. 369), H5329 [21JY]

Corps of Engineers: undertake remediation oversight of West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, MO (see S. 2306), S8159 [19NO] (see H.R. 4100), H8410 [19NO]

Dept. of Energy: enter into contracts for storage of certain high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, take title to such materials, and make certain expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund (see H.R. 3643), H6704 [29SE]

EPA: allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land (see H.R. 3271), H5589 [28JY]

——— authorize States to restrict interstate waste imports and impose a higher fee on out-of-State waste (see S. 1953), S6380 [5AU]

——— award grants for municipal solid waste prevention and recycling program development (see H.R. 3237), H5588 [28JY]

——— clarify and confirm authority to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site (see S. 54), S57 [7JA] (see S. 234), S420 [22JA]

——— establish national goals for the reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste, address growing problem of marine debris, and promulgate regulations to attain those goals (see H.R. 1960), H2416 [22AP]

——— implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (see S. 1914), S6187 [30JY] (see H.R. 3434), H5782 [31JY]

——— remove authority to retroactively disapprove permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters that have been issued by the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 1203), H1525 [2MR]

Great Lakes: foster bilateral engagement and scientific analysis of storing nuclear waste in permanent repositories in the Great Lakes Basin (see S. 2026), S6605 [10SE] (see H.R. 3483), H5942 [10SE]

NRC: obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before authorizing the construction of a nuclear waste repository (see S. 691), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 1364), H1635 [13MR]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (see S. 854), S1781 [24MR]

Taxation: revise definition of municipal solid waste for purposes of the renewable electricity production credit (see S. 1246), S2730 [7MY]

Motions

Coal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5378 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Coal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), H5284 [16JY], H5341, H5358–H5380 [22JY], H5601 [29JY], E1169 [29JY]

——— encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), consideration (H. Res. 369), H5345–H5357 [22JY]

——— encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (H.R. 1734), motion to recommit, H5378, H5379 [22JY]

——— require all inactive coal ash surface impoundments that begin closure procedures to follow groundwater monitoring safeguards, H5372 [22JY]

——— require an owner or operator of coal ash waste to respond immediately to a spill or release, H5371 [22JY]

——— require coal ash dam owners and operators to identify all drinking water supply wells within a certain radius and provide an alternate water supply if drinking water becomes contaminated, H5373, H5374 [22JY]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit updating of regulations relating to the definitions of ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’, H2640, H2641 [29AP]

Dept. of Energy: Nuclear Energy University Program funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2686 [30AP]

EPA: ensure coal ash storage requirements protect vulnerable populations, H5364, H5374, H5375 [22JY]

——— prohibit funding to expand regulation of solid waste disposal to include animal feeding operations, H4833, H4834 [7JY]

——— require coal ash impoundments be sufficient to prevent toxic contamination of groundwater and sources of drinking water including the Great Lakes, H5378, H5379 [22JY]

——— require utilities to publish information on the use of coal ash on a public Internet site, H5370 [22JY]

Garbarino, Patricia: San Rafael, CA, Chamber of Commerce Women of Industry Business Leader award recipient, E1634 [17NO]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2260–H2263 [15AP], H2689–H2691 [30AP], E527 [17AP], E642 [1MY]

LG Electronics, Inc.: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc., Design for Recycling Award recipient, H4019 [10JN]

National Park Service: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce a ban on sale of water in disposable plastic bottles, H4838, H4839 [7JY]

NRC: obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before authorizing the construction of a nuclear waste repository (H.R. 1364), H2690 [30AP]

Palm Beach County, FL: opening of Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 2, E962 [24JN]

Recycling: tribute to efforts of aluminum industry to promote recycling, E1620 [16NO]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation, H108 [8JA]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: implement guidelines for specification of certain dredged or fill material disposal sites (S. 1914), S6191 [30JY]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (S. 854), S1783 [24MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act and H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 369) (H. Rept. 114–216), H5329 [21JY]

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1734) (H. Rept. 114–143), H4000 [9JN]

Statements

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act: Executive Office of the President, H5347 [22JY]

NRC Budget: Senator Alexander, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, S1582 [17MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 369, consideration of H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act and H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act, H5345 [22JY]

H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act, H5365–H5370 [22JY]

S. 691, Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act, S1387 [10MR]

S. Res. 134, ensure the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin, S2112 [13AP]