[Senate Report 105-13]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

 1st Session                                                     105-13
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REPORT TO THE SENATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND 
                  PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE 104TH CONGRESS





                 April 22, 1997.--Ordered to be printed



                                     
               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                       one hundred fifth congress

                 JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island, Chairman

JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia             MAX BAUCUS, Montana
ROBERT SMITH, New Hampshire          DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho               FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            HARRY REID, Nevada
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming                BOB GRAHAM, Florida
CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri        JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas             BARBARA BOXER, California
WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado               RON WYDEN, OREGON
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama

                   Steven J. Shimberg, Staff Director
               J. Thomas Sliter, Minority Staff Director

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Committee jurisdiction...........................................     2
Full committee activities........................................     2
    Surface transportation.......................................     3
    Clean water..................................................     4
    Water resources..............................................     5
    Public buildings.............................................     6
    Drinking water...............................................     6
    Fish and wildlife............................................     8
    Wetlands.....................................................     9
    Endangered species...........................................     9
    Nonindigenous species........................................    10
    National Environmental Education Act.........................    10
    Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.........    10
    Nominations..................................................    11
Full committee hearings..........................................    12
Full committee field hearings....................................    17
Full committee business meetings.................................    17
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure meetings.......    25
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment 
  meetings.......................................................    28
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and 
  Nuclear Safety meetings........................................    30
Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife meetings.    32
Publication list--104th Congress.................................    36
  


105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

 1st Session                                                     105-13
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REPORT TO THE SENATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND 
                  PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE 104TH CONGRESS

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                 April 22, 1997.--Ordered to be printed

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Mr. Chafee, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and in 
accordance with section 8(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, submits the following report on the committee's activities for 
                          the 104th Congress.

                              R E P O R T

    This report describes the activities of the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works during the 104th 
Congress.
    The 104th Congress was a period of intense activity for the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Under the leadership 
of Chairman John H. Chafee and Ranking Minority Member Max 
Baucus, the committee approved 65 bills, 50 of which became 
public law, and approved 8 Presidential nominations. In 
addition, the committee and subcommittees held 60 hearings and 
18 business meetings.
    The 104th Congress marked the culmination of several major 
legislative initiatives for the committee: including enactment 
of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, the 
Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1996 and the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996.
    The committee notes with sadness the death of former 
Senator Edmund S. Muskie, who was a member of this committee 
for over 19 years. As chairman of the Environmental Protection 
Subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, 
Senator Muskie tirelessly worked to create bipartisan support 
for the numerous landmark environmental laws that passed in the 
1970's.
    The remainder of this report describes the committee's 
activities in detail.

                         Committee Jurisdiction

      (Pursuant to rule XXV, sec. 2, Standing Rules of the Senate)

    The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is one 
of 16 standing committees established by rule XXV of the 
Senate, under which committee jurisdictions were last revised 
by the adoption of S. Res. 4, Senate Committee Reorganization, 
February 11, 1977.
    Section 2 of rule XXV as amended on January 5, 1981, 
provides that the committee shall consist of 16 Senators. On 
March 29, 1996, two additional members were added by Senate 
Resolution 236.
    Section (h) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
states that the Committee on Environment and Public Works:

 ``. . . shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
petitions, memorials, and other materials relating to the 
following subjects:
   1. Air pollution.
   2. Construction and maintenance of highways.
   3. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.
   4. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than 
    pesticides.
   5. Environmental policy.
   6. Environmental research and development.
   7. Fisheries and wildlife.
   8. Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors, 
    including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.
   9. Noise pollution.
  10. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of 
    nuclear energy.
  11. Ocean dumping.
  12. Public buildings and improved grounds for the United 
    States generally, including Federal buildings in the 
    District of Columbia.
  13. Public works, bridges, and dams.
  14. Regional economic development.
  15. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
  16. Water pollution.
  17. Water resources.
    (2) Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental 
protection and resource utilization and conservation, and 
report thereon from time to time.''

                       Full Committee Activities

    The full committee, under the leadership of Chairman John 
H. Chafee and Ranking Minority Member Max Baucus, held 22 
hearings and 15 business meetings in the 104th Congress. The 
committee carefully examined and successfully passed many 
environmental initiatives throughout the legislative session. 
Listed below are the major issues the committee considered.

                         surface transportation

    In 1995, in compliance with the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the committee considered 
legislation to provide for the designation of the National 
Highway System. The National Highway System Designation Act of 
1995, S. 440, provides an interconnected system of principal 
arterial routes which: serve major population centers, 
international border crossings, ports, airports, public 
transportation facilities, and other intermodal transportation 
facilities and other major travel destinations; meet national 
defense requirements; and serve interstate and regional travel.
    The Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held 
four hearings on S. 440. The first hearing was held on February 
23, 1995, to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal 
year 1996, for the Department of Transportation. The second 
hearing was held on March 23, 1995, to consider the effects of 
transportation conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act of 
1990 and the air quality programs of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Act of 1991. The third hearing was held on March 
30, 1995, to consider transportation and safety matters. The 
final hearing was held on April 6, 1995, to consider 
infrastructure financing issues, as well as the status of the 
Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-95 between Virginia and Maryland. 
Altogether the subcommittee heard testimony from 28 witnesses.
    S. 440 was introduced by the subcommittee chairman, Senator 
John W. Warner, on February 16, 1995, with 15 cosponsors 
including Chairman John H. Chafee and Ranking Minority Member 
Max Baucus. On May 3, the subcommittee held a business meeting 
and ordered the bill favorably reported to the full committee 
with an amendment. The full committee held a business meeting 
May 10, and ordered the bill to be favorably reported with an 
amendment.
    S. 440 was reported and placed on the Senate Calendar on 
May 22, and taken up on June 15, after a cloture petition was 
filed and subsequently withdrawn. Senators Warner, Chafee, and 
Baucus managed the bill during the six legislative days it was 
under consideration. The Senate approved the bill on June 22, 
by a voice vote.
    A House/Senate conference was convened on September 26, to 
reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill. The 
conference committee held one public meeting and then filed a 
conference report (H. Rept. 104-245) on November 15. The 
conference report was agreed to in the Senate by a vote of 80-
16 on November 17, and in the House by voice vote on November 
18. The final bill was signed into law by President Clinton on 
November 28, 1995 (Public Law 104-59).
    The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
approved the National Highway System which is a network of 
approximately 160,000 miles of highway in our nation. Although 
they account for only a small part of the total public road 
miles, these roads carry the majority of the nation's commerce. 
Passage of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
allowed States to receive annual apportionments of 
approximately $6.5 billion, consisting of $3.6 billion for the 
National Highway System and $2.9 billion for interstate 
maintenance.
    In addition, the Act significantly reduces paperwork and 
regulatory burdens; increases flexibility in the management 
systems; allows for the preservation of environmental and 
scenic values to be taken into consideration when designing 
highways; allows the use of Federal-aid funds for preventive 
maintenance; postpones the mandate requiring metric signs until 
2000; and implements the transportation enhancement program.
    On July 11, 1995, the committee held a business meeting to 
mark up an original bill to authorize an increased Federal 
share of the costs of certain transportation projects in the 
District of Columbia for fiscal years 1995 and 1996. The draft 
bill was ordered favorably reported. On July 12, the bill was 
introduced and reported to the Senate (S. Rept. 104-111). S. 
1023 passed in the Senate by a voice vote on July 20. The 
Senate agreed to the House passed version, H.R. 2017, on July 
31. H.R. 2017 was signed into law by President Clinton on 
August 4, 1995 (Public Law 104-21).
    S. 1023 was introduced because the District of Columbia was 
experiencing budget problems that jeopardized the 
transportation infrastructure of the Federal City. The 
legislation authorized the Secretary of Transportation to 
increase the Federal cost share of the Federal-aid highway 
program up to 100 percent for the District of Columbia for 
fiscal years 1995-1996. In addition, the bill permitted the 
Secretary to increase the Federal cost share only for projects 
on the National Highway System and any other projects that the 
Secretary determined to be of regional significance. The 
District was obligated to repay the local match by September 
30, 1996.

                              clean water

    Chairman John Chafee introduced S. 1033, a bill to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish uniform 
national discharge standards for the control of water pollution 
from vessels of the Armed Forces. The committee held a business 
meeting to consider the draft legislation and ordered it 
reported on July 11, 1995. On July 13, the bill was reported to 
the Senate and placed on the Calendar (S. Rept. 104-113). S. 
1033 was later adopted as an amendment to S. 1026, Fiscal Year 
1996 Department of Defense authorization bill.
    S. 1390, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to permit a private person against whom a civil or 
administrative penalty is assessed to use the amount of the 
penalty to fund a community environmental project, was 
introduced and referred to the committee on November 3, 1995. A 
full committee hearing was held on December 13.
    S. 1391, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to prohibit the imposition of any civil or 
administrative penalty against a unit of local government for a 
violation of the Act when a compliance plan with respect to the 
violation is in effect, was introduced and referred to the 
committee on November 3, 1995. A full committee hearing was 
held on December 13, 1995.
    S. 811, the Water Desalination Research and Development Act 
of 1996, a bill to authorize research into the desalinization 
and reclamation of water and authorize a program for States, 
cities, or qualifying agencies desiring to own and operate a 
water desalinization or reclamation facility to develop such 
facilities, was introduced on May 17, 1995, and referred to the 
committee. The full committee held a business meeting on March 
28, 1996, and ordered the bill to be reported favorably, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute (S. Rept. 104-254). 
On May 3, the bill was passed in the Senate. The Senate agreed 
to an amended House version of the bill on September 27, by 
voice vote. On October 11, 1996, President Clinton signed the 
bill (Public Law 104-298).
    S. 1730, a bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
make the Act more effective in preventing oil pollution in the 
Nation's waters through enhanced prevention of, and improved 
response to, oil spills, and to ensure that citizens and 
communities injured by oil spills are promptly and fully 
compensated, was introduced by Chairman Chafee and referred to 
the committee on May 7, 1996. The committee held a hearing on 
June 4, 1996. The committee considered the bill on June 18 and 
June 20 and ordered it favorably reported with an amendment (S. 
Rept. 104-292). A modified version of the bill was included in 
S. 1004, a bill to authorize appropriations for the United 
States Coast Guard, during conference. The conference report on 
S. 1004 was agreed to in the Senate on September 28, by voice 
vote (H. Rept. 104-854). President Clinton signed S. 1004 into 
law on October 19, 1996 (Public Law 104-324).

                            water resources

    The committee has jurisdiction over the water resources 
activities within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works 
program. During the 104th Congress the Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure held one hearing on a 
proposal to authorize funds for the programs of the Water 
Resources Development Act and to examine the President's budget 
request for Fiscal Year 1996 for the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers.
    Senator John Warner introduced S. 640, The Water Resource 
Development Act of 1996. The bill provided for the conservation 
and development of water and related resources and authorized 
the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States. On 
August 2, 1995, the committee ordered S. 640 favorably reported 
with amendments (S. Rept. 104-170). On July 11, 1996, after one 
day of floor debate, the Senate passed S. 640 by a voice vote.
    On July 30, 1996, S. 640 passed in the House by voice vote 
after being amended to contain the text of H.R. 3592. On 
September 25, 1996, the conference report was filed in the 
House (H. Rept. 104-843). The House agreed to the conference 
report on the bill by voice vote on September 26, 1996. The 
Senate agreed to the conference report by voice vote on 
September 27, 1996. The final bill was signed into law by 
President Clinton on October 12, 1996 (Public Law 104-303).
    S. 1406, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
convey to the city of Eufaula, OK, a parcel of land located at 
the Eufaula Lake project, was introduced and referred to the 
committee on November 9, 1995. The committee ordered the bill 
favorably reported on December 19, 1995 (S. Rept. 104-205). The 
Senate passed S. 1406 as amended on June 5 by voice vote. In 
the House, the S. 1406 was referred to committee and it was 
incorporated into H.R. 3593, which subsequently became the 
substitute language for S. 640, the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996. S. 640 was passed in the Senate on July 11, 1996 
and signed into law by President Clinton on October 12, 1996 
(Public Law 104-303).

                            public buildings

    The committee has jurisdiction over the public buildings 
activities of the U.S. General Services Administration. The 
committee is responsible for all specific building projects and 
oversight of the activities of the Public Buildings Service. 
The committee also has jurisdiction over the naming of public 
facilities, except post offices, or buildings not under the 
jurisdiction of the General Services Administration.
    During the 104th Congress the Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure held three oversight 
hearings, on July 13, 1995, November 2, 1995, and June 25, 
1996, on the design, purchase, construction, and lease of 
Federal buildings and courthouses within the jurisdiction of 
the General Services Administration, and to consider S. 1005, 
the Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995. In addition, the 
subcommittee held one hearing, on May 7, 1996, to consider the 
authorization request for the Public Buildings Program for 
fiscal year 1997, and to hear a proposal to transfer General 
Service Administration-owned property to Fairfax County, VA, 
for the possible future use as a site for a major league 
baseball stadium. Twenty-three bills to name or rename public 
facilities within the jurisdiction of the committee were signed 
into law during the 104th Congress.
    S. 1005, the Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995 was 
introduced by Senator Max Baucus on June 29, 1995. On December 
19, 1995, the committee ordered S. 1005 favorably reported, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. On February 9, 
1996, S. 1005 was reported to the Senate (S. Rept. 104-232) 
and, by a voice vote on May 16, the Senate adopted the 
committee amendment. No similar action, however, was taken in 
the House on this measure.
    The objective of S. 1005 was to establish a process that 
will achieve greater discipline on the cost of new Federal 
buildings and courthouses, assuring that the priorities for 
public building construction projects are clearly identified. 
The bill would require a prioritization of all General Service 
Administration Federal buildings projects: construction, 
acquisition, purchasing and leasing. This prioritization, based 
on criteria established in the bill, would ensure that adequate 
information is submitted to Congress for each request.

                             drinking water

    The committee's most significant environmental 
accomplishment during the 104th Congress was the development of 
legislation to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act, S. 1316, 
which was enacted into law.
    In 1986, Congress enacted comprehensive amendments to Title 
XIV of the Public Health Service Act, commonly known as the 
Safe Drinking Water Act. However, as EPA began to implement the 
1986 amendments, there were concerns that several of the new 
provisions were too stringent, especially the contaminant 
selection and monitoring provisions. In September, 1992, the 
Senate approved an amendment by Senators Chafee and Lautenberg 
to an appropriations bill, requiring EPA to issue a report on 
the quality of drinking water and on the implementation of the 
1986 amendments making ``recommendations concerning the 
reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act.'' In September, 
1993, EPA issued the report required by the 1992 amendment. The 
report found that, overall, ``[d]espite progress so far, 
threats of waterborne disease and chemical contamination remain 
a national concern.'' It also identified several shortcomings 
to the SDWA. One was insufficient funding of state and local 
drinking water programs. Another was the ongoing requirement 
that EPA regulate an additional 25 contaminants every 3 years, 
which, EPA argued, ``will add considerably to the regulatory 
burden on States and drinking water systems (especially small 
systems), and detract from implementation of priority 
contaminants.'' Another was the failure to focus on the special 
needs of small communities. In addition, the report recommended 
that there should be a greater focus on source water 
protection.
    During the 103d Congress, the committee developed 
legislation to address these and other concerns. The bill, S. 
2019, was reported by the committee by a vote of 17-0 and 
passed by the Senate by a vote of 95-3, but was not enacted 
into law.
    During the 104th Congress, the committee resumed its effort 
to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act. Senators Kempthorne, 
Chafee, Baucus, and Reid introduced S. 1316, on October 12, 
1995, with 20 co-sponsors. The bill proposed comprehensive 
amendments to reauthorize the Act and correct the impairments 
in our Nation's drinking water supply. The bill included 
several key themes--

  Authorized a new grant program to capitalize State revolving 
    funds to make grants and loans for drinking water 
    treatment;

  Established new principles for the selection of contaminants 
    for regulation;

  Allowed EPA to weigh relative costs and health benefits and 
    competing health risks in new standards;

  Improved the provisions for notifying the public about the 
    quality of the local drinking water;

  Authorized variances for small system that cannot afford to 
    comply with national standards;

  Encouraged voluntary partnerships at the local level to 
    protect source waters from contamination;

  Gave each State flexibility to tailor monitoring requirements 
    to the conditions that exists in the State; and

  Increased funding for State program administration and 
    technical assistance.

    The committee held one hearing to consider S. 1316, on 
October 19, 1995. The committee met on October 24, 1995, and 
ordered the bill favorably reported with amendments by a 
rollcall vote of 16 ayes to 0 nays (S. Rept. 104-169). S. 1316 
was considered and approved in the Senate on November 29, 1995 
by an unanimous vote of 99 yeas and 0 nays.
    A House/Senate conference was convened on July 26, 1996, to 
reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill. The 
conference committee held one public meeting and filed a 
conference report on August 1, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-741). The 
conference report was agreed to in the House by a vote of 392 
yeas to 30 nays and in the Senate by a vote of 98 yeas to 0 
nays on August 2, 1996. The conference report was signed into 
law by President Clinton on August 6, 1996 (Public Law 104-
182).

                           fish and wildlife

    S. 268, a bill to authorize the collection of fees for 
expenses for triploid grass carp certification inspections was 
introduced on January 24, 1995. The bill authorized the 
Secretary of the Interior to charge fees for expenses to the 
Federal Government for triploid grass carp certification 
inspections requested by a person owning or operating an 
aquaculture. On March 23, 1995 the committee ordered the bill 
favorably reported. The bill was reported to the Senate on 
April 18. The Senate passed S. 268 by voice vote on April 26 
(S. Rept. 104-51). The House passed an identical version of the 
bill on October 17, by voice vote. The bill was signed into law 
by President Clinton on November 1, 1995 (Public Law 104-40).
    Three national fish hatchery conveyance bills (H.R. 535, 
H.R. 584, and H.R. 614) were passed by the Senate on August 9, 
1995, after they were favorably reported by the committee on 
August 2, 1995. These bills directed the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey, without reimbursements, the national fish 
hatcheries and related property to the States in which they are 
located. The three hatcheries are: Corning National Fish 
Hatchery, Arkansas; Fairport National Fish Hatchery, Iowa; and 
New London National Fish Hatchery Production Facility, 
Minnesota. President Clinton signed the bills into law on 
September 6, 1995, (Public Laws 104-23, 104-24, and 104-25, 
respectively).
    Chairman John Chafee introduced S. 776, reauthorizing the 
Striped Bass Act on May 9, 1995. S. 776 would continue funding 
the successful Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 
including the authority for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
and the National Marine Fisheries Service to continue the 
Striped Bass Study, through fiscal year 1998. A full committee 
hearing was conducted on December 12, 1995, and the committee 
ordered the bill favorably reported on December 19. No further 
action was taken by the Senate.
    The committee considered a number of National Wildlife 
Refuge bills during the 104th Congress, including the 
following:
    On March 28, 1996, the committee ordered favorably reported 
S. 1422, The Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, which 
authorized the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 98 acres, 
known as the ``Shadmoor Parcel,'' in East Hampton, New York for 
inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge. On April 
19, the committee reported the bill favorably and it was placed 
on the Senate Calendar (S. Rept. 104-255). On April 24, the 
Senate received the House companion bill, H.R. 1836, and the 
Senate agreed to the House version on May 3, 1996, by voice 
vote. On May 24, H.R. 1836 was signed into law (Public Law 104-
148).
    H.R. 2679, a bill to revise the boundary of the North 
Platte National Wildlife Refuge was reported on June 25, 1996. 
In addition, the committee ordered favorably reported S. 1871, 
a bill to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife 
Refuge. On June 25, 1996, S. 1871 and H.R 2679 were placed on 
the Senate Calendar (S. Rept. 104-291 and 104-527 
respectively). The text of S. 1871 was added to H.R. 2679 as 
the Chafee amendment and subsequently passed in the Senate by a 
voice vote on June 27. On October 1, 1996, H.R. 2679 was signed 
into law (Public Law 104-212).
    H.R. 1772, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for 
inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex was 
ordered favorably reported by the committee on June 25, 1996, 
without a written report. On September 18, H.R. 1772 passed in 
the Senate by voice vote. On October 1, H.R. 1772 was signed 
into law (Public Law 104-209).
    H.R. 2660, a bill to increase the amount authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the Tensas 
River National Wildlife Refuge was ordered reported on June 25, 
1996. On September 24, H.R. 2660 passed in the Senate by voice 
vote. On October 9, H.R. 2660 was signed into law (Public Law 
104-253).
    S. 1802, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife facility 
to the State of Wyoming was reported by the committee on June 
25, 1996 (S. Rept. 104-290). On September 24, S. 1802 was 
considered and passed in the Senate by a voice vote with 
amendments. On October 9, S. 1802 was signed into law (Public 
Law 104-276).
    S. 1611, a bill to establish the Kentucky National Wildlife 
Refuge was reported by the committee on April 25, 1996 (S. 
Rept. 104-257). No further action was taken by the Senate.

                                wetlands

    S. 851, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to reform the wetlands regulatory program, was introduced 
and referred to the committee on May 25, 1995. The Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety 
held one hearing on S. 851 and two oversight hearings on 
wetlands issues. The full committee held a hearing on wetlands 
mitigation banking on March 14, 1996.

                           endangered species

    The Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife 
held six hearings in Washington DC and three field hearings in 
Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming on the Endangered Species Act. The 
hearings covered a wide variety of areas including 
reauthorization of the Act, oversight, improved consultation 
among the Federal agencies responsible for regulating the Act, 
and the imposition of a moratorium on certain activities under 
the ESA. In addition, the subcommittee held one business 
meeting to consider S. 503, a bill to amend the Endangered 
Species Act to impose a moratorium on the listing of species as 
endangered or threatened and the designation of critical 
habitat.
    On January 11, 1995, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 
introduced S. 191, the Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Act of 1995, 
which would amend the Endangered Species Act to impose a 
moratorium on certain activities under the Act. On March 6, 
1995, Senator Hutchison introduced a modified version of the 
bill as S. 503. On March 7, the subcommittee held a hearing on 
S. 191 and S. 503. On March 14, the subcommittee met and 
reported S. 503 to the full committee with amendments. On March 
16, Senator Hutchison proposed the substance of S. 503 to the 
Department of Defense emergency supplemental appropriations 
bill, H.R. 889, and the amendment was adopted by a voice vote 
after the Senate voted to overturn a point of order against the 
amendment (as legislation on an appropriations bill) by a vote 
of 42-57. The amendment was included in the final version of 
H.R. 889, which President Clinton signed into law on April 10, 
1995 (Public Law 104-6).

                         nonindigenous species

    S. 1660, a bill to provide for ballast water management to 
prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous species 
into the waters of the United States, was introduced by Senator 
John Glenn on March 29, 1996, and referred to the committee. S. 
1660 was sequentially referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation for 20 calendar days. The 
Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife held a 
hearing on the bill on September 19, 1996. A similar bill, H.R. 
4283, was referred to the committee on October 3, and 
subsequently discharged by unanimous consent. H.R. 4283 was 
passed in the Senate by voice vote on October 3, 1996. 
President Clinton signed the final version on October 26, 1996 
(Public Law 104-332).

                  national environmental education act

    S. 1873, a bill to amend the National Environmental 
Education Act to extend the programs under the Act, was 
introduced and referred to the committee on June 13, 1996. The 
committee ordered the bill favorably reported with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute on July 24, 1996. On July 29, 
1996, the bill was reported to the Senate and was placed on the 
Calendar (S. Rept. 104-366). S. 1873 passed in the Senate after 
agreeing to the committee amendment by voice vote on August 2, 
1996. No further action was taken by the House.

          superfund and resource conservation and recovery act

    During the 104th Congress the Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment held seven oversight 
hearings prior to the introduction of a bill to reauthorize the 
laws pertaining to the Superfund. On September 29, 1996, 
Senators Smith and Chafee introduced S. 1285, ``The Accelerated 
Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 1995.'' Two full 
committee hearings were held on the bill after its 
introduction.
    S. 1497, a bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to 
make certain adjustments in the land disposal program to 
provide needed flexibility, was introduced on December 21, 
1995, and referred to the committee. H.R. 2036, a similar bill, 
was referred to the committee on February 1, 1996. On February 
20, 1996, the committee agreed to discharge the bill and it was 
passed in the Senate with amendments. The House agreed to the 
Senate amendments on March 7. President Clinton signed the bill 
into law on March 26, 1996 (Public Law 104-119).
    The committee considered S. 534, the Interstate 
Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1995. The 
subcommittee held one hearing on March 1, 1995 and one business 
meeting on March 15, 1995. On March 23, 1995, the full 
committee favorably reported S. 543 with amendments. On May 16, 
1995, by a vote of 94 to 6, the Senate agreed to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and amendments proposed 
thereto after 4 days of floor debate (S. Rept. 104-52). No 
action was taken in the House.
    S. 534 would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, to provide 
authority for States to regulate the interstate transportation 
of municipal solid wastes and to provide States and political 
subdivisions authority to flow control waste.
    S. 619, a bill to phase out the use of mercury in batteries 
and provide for the efficient and cost-effective collection and 
recycling or disposal of used nickel cadmium batteries, small 
sealed lead-acid batteries, and certain other batteries, was 
introduced on March 24, 1995. On August 2, 1995, the full 
committee held a business meeting and favorably reported the 
bill with amendments. S. 619 passed in the Senate by voice vote 
on September 21, 1995 after the adoption of committee 
amendments (S. Rept. 104-136). The House companion bill, H.R. 
2024, was received from the House and passed by the Senate on 
April 25, 1996. H.R. 2024 was signed into law by President 
Clinton on May 13, 1996 (Public Law 104-142).

                              nominations

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works approved 
eight Presidential nominations during the 104th Congress. The 
nominations which the committee approved and for which the 
Senate gave advice and consent were as follows:
Council on Environmental Quality
    Kathleen A. McGinty, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Council on Environmental Quality, having been appointed by the 
President during a Senate adjournment.
Department of Commerce
    Phillip A. Singerman, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
Mississippi River Commission
    John Carter Albright, of Washington, serving as Director, 
National Pacific Marine Center, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, to be a 
Member of the Mississippi River Commission.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Shirley Ann Jackson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
    Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General, 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.

                        Full Committee Hearings

    The full committee held the following hearings:

    On February 15, 1995, hearing on the President's proposed 
budget for Fiscal Year 1996 for the Environmental Protection 
Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

    On February 16, 1995, hearing on the nomination of Shirley 
Ann Jackson and Dan M. Berkovitz, to be members of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission. The nominees testified and answered 
questions on their own behalf. Ms. Jackson was introduced by 
Senators Lautenberg and Bradley. Mr. Berkovitz was introduced 
by Senator Graham.

    On March 17, 1995, hearing on the impact of consultations 
by the Department of the Interior and Department of Defense on 
the Endangered Species Act and military operations at Ft. 
Bragg, NC; and on rights of access to the Back Bay National 
Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, receiving testimony from George 
Frampton, Assistant Secretary for Fish ad Wildlife and Parks, 
Department of the Interior; Lewis D. Walker, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Army; Major General Richard E. Davis, U.S. 
Army; General Carl Stiner, U.S. Army (Retired); Robert 
Shallenberger, Chief, Division of Refuges, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Joseph McCauley, 
Acting Manager, Back Bay Wildlife Refuge; Joseph Elton, 
Director of State Parks, Virginia Department of Conservation 
and Recreation, Richmond, VA; and Molly Brown, Citizens for 
Solutions, Virginia Beach, VA.

    On March 22, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight on the 
impact of certain regulatory reform proposals on environmental 
laws, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Sally Katzen, Administrator, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget; John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; Steven Kaplan, General Counsel, 
Department of Transportation; Tom Looby, director, Office of 
Environment, Colorado Department of Public Health and 
Environment; Thomas McGarity, professor, University of Texas 
Law School, Austin, TX; Cass Sunstein, professor, University of 
Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL; John Graham, director, 
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Boston, MA; Michael Baroody, 
vice president for public affairs, National Association of 
Manufacturers; and George C. Freeman, Jr. and Philip J. Harter, 
cochairs, American Bar Association's Working Group on 
Regulatory Reform.

    On June 27, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight on effects 
of Federal regulations upon the use and value of private 
property, and possible applications of the ``takings'' 
provisions of the U.S. Constitution, receiving testimony from 
John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Joseph L. Sax, Counselor to the Secretary of the 
Interior; Roger J. Marzulla, Esq., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & 
Feld, Washington, DC; Frank I. Michelman, professor, Harvard 
Law School, Cambridge, MA; Roger Pilon, CATO Institute, 
Washington, DC; Jim Little, National Cattlemen's Association, 
Emmett, ID; Don Martin, National Homebuilders Association, 
Albuquerque, NM; Richard Russman, New Hampshire State Senator, 
Kingston, NH; Edward M. Thompson, Jr., American Farmland Trust, 
Washington, DC.

    On June 29, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight, in a joint 
hearing with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, over the environmental effects of pipeline leaks and 
oil spills in the Komi region of Russia, receiving testimony 
from Robert J. Huggett, Assistant Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Jerry A. Galt, Chief, Modeling and 
Simulations Studies Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; Patricia Fry Godley, Assistant Secretary for 
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; Gary Brass, U.S. Arctic 
Research Commission; Jacqueline Michel, Research Planning; 
Richard Golob, World Information Systems; Cameron Duncan, 
Greenpeace International; Tom Royer, University of Alaska, 
Fairbanks, AK.

    On July 12, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight on effects 
of Federal regulations upon the use and value of private 
property, and possible applications of the ``takings'' 
provisions of the U.S. Constitution, receiving testimony from 
Alice Rivlin, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Paul 
Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; John Shanahan, 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; Michael L. Davis, 
Assistant for Regulatory Affairs, Office of Civil Works, 
Department of the Army; Gary S. Guzy, Deputy General Counsel, 
Environmental Protection Agency; C. Ford Runge, professor, 
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Dean Kleckner, American 
Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC; Richard Lazarus, 
professor, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO; 
Jonathan H. Adler, Competitive Enterprise Institute, 
Washington, DC; and Steven J. Eagle, professer, George Mason 
Law School, Arlington, VA.

    On August 10, 1995, hearing on the nomination of Greta Joy 
Dicus to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The 
nominee testified and answered questions on her own behalf. Ms. 
Dicus was introduced by Senator Bumpers.

    On September 27, 1995, hearing on the nomination of 
Kathleen A. McGinty to be a member of the Council on 
Environmental Quality. The nominee testified and answered 
questions on her own behalf.

    On October 19, 1995, hearing to consider S. 1316, the 
``Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995''; receiving 
testimony from Carol Browner, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Nebraska Governor E. Benjamin Nelson, 
Lincoln, NE; Ohio Governor George V. Voinovich, Columbus, OH; 
Jeffrey Wennberg, Mayor of Rutland, VT; Gurnie C. Gunter, 
Director, Kansas City Water Services Department, Kansas City, 
MO, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water 
Agencies; Erik D. Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council, on 
behalf of the Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water; 
Donald Satchwell, East Green Acres Irrigation District, Post 
Falls, Idaho, on behalf of the American Waterworks Association; 
Dan Keil, Montana Rural Water Systems, Conrad, MT, on behalf of 
the National Rural Water Association; David Ozonoff, Boston 
University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Richard J. 
Bull, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA; 
and William R. Mills, Jr., Orange County Water District, Orange 
County, California, on behalf of the Association of California 
Water Agencies.

    On November 7, 1995, hearing on the nominations of Phillip 
A. Singerman, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Economic Development. Also on the nomination of 
John C. Albright, of Washington, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission. Mr. Singerman was introduced by 
Senators Santorum and Lieberman. The nominees testified and 
answered questions on their own behalf.

    On December 12, 1995, hearing to consider S. 776, the 
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act of 1995, as reported 
from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, receiving testimony from Jamie Geiger, 
Assistant Regional Director for Fisheries, Northeast Region, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; 
Richard H. Schaefer, Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation 
and Management, National Marine Fisheries Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; 
John H. Dunnigan, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 
Washington, DC; Mark R. Gibson, Rhode Island Department of 
Environmental Management, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 
Wickford, RI; Damon M. Tatem, Jr., Tatem's Fish and Tackle 
Shop, Nags Head, NC, on behalf of Atlantic States Marine 
Fishery Commission; and Charles Bergmann, Axelsson and Johnson, 
Cape May, NJ.

    On December 13, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
Clean Water Act, focusing on municipal and stormwater 
management issues, receiving testimony from Senator Pressler, 
Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor Jeffrey Wennberg, 
Rutland, VT; Paul Pinault, executive director, Narragansett Bay 
Commission, Providence, RI, on behalf of the Association of 
Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies; Paul Marchetti, executive 
director, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, 
Harrisburg, PA; Jessica Landman, attorney, Natural Resources 
Defense Council, Inc.; Al Bilik, president, Public Employee 
Department, AFL-CIO; and Ronald S. Dungan, senior vice 
president, United Water Resources, on behalf of the National 
Association of Water Companies.

    On March 14, 1996, hearing to review proposals for wetland 
mitigation banking reforms, receiving testimony from H. Martin 
Lancaster, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, who 
was accompanied by Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator 
for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Thomas R. Hebert, 
Deputy Under Secretary for Conservation, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; John Dorney, Wetlands Manager, North Carolina 
Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources, 
Raleigh, NC; Steve Gordon, Council of Lane County Governments, 
Eugene, OR; John Ryan, president, Land and Water Resources, 
Inc., Rosemont, IL; Denver Stutler, partner, ECOBANK, 
Winterpark, FL; Robert D. Sokolove, president, U.S. Wetlands 
Services, L.P.; Bethesda, MD; William J. Mitsch, professor, 
School of Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, 
OH; Leonard Shabman, professor, Department of Agriculture, 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA; Charlie Ruma, 
vice president, National Association of Home Builders, 
Columbus, OH; Jan Goldman-Carter, National Wildlife Federation; 
and Curtis C. Bohlen, Center for Estuarine and Environmental 
Studies, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD.

    On March 27, 1996, hearing to review legislative proposals 
to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, particularly relative 
to issues raised by the oil spills from marine accidents in the 
waters off Rhode Island and Texas, receiving testimony from 
Rear Admiral James C. Card, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, 
accompanied by Daniel Sheehan, Director, National Pollution 
Funds Center, Arlington, VA; Hon. Douglas K. Hall, Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of 
Commerce; Tim Keeney, Director, Rhode Island Department of 
Environmental Management, Providence, RI; Tom Allegretti, 
President, American Waterways Operators, Arlington, VA; George 
Blake, Executive Vice President, Maritime Overseas Corporation, 
New York, NY; Sally Ann Lentz, executive director, Ocean 
Advocates, Columbia, MD, on behalf of the Natural Resources 
Defense Council; Barry M. Hartman, Counsel to Rhode Island 
Lobstermen's Association, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart; Richard H. 
Hobbie III, President, Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, New 
York, NY; Mark Miller, President, National Response 
Corporation, Calverton, NY; and Bill Gordon, Professor of 
Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

    On April 23, 1996, hearing to consider S. 1285, the 
``Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 
1995,'' as amended by Senate Amendments 2846 and 3563 (in the 
nature of a substitute), receiving testimony from Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Sherri 
W. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental 
Security; Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice; Thomas P. Grumbly, Acting Under Secretary of Energy; 
Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere; J. Lawrence Wilson, chairman, Rohm & Haas Co., 
Philadelphia, PA, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers 
Association; Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund; Barbara 
J. Price, vice president for health, safety, and the 
environment, Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK, on 
behalf of the American Petroleum Institute; and John Spisak, 
chief executive officer, Terranext Corp., Lakewood, CO.

    On April 24, 1996, hearing to resume consideration of S. 
1285, the ``Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration 
Act of 1995,'' as amended by Senate Amendments 2846 and 3563 
(in the nature of a substitute), receiving testimony from 
Senator Santorum, of Pennsylvania, Christine O. Gregoire, 
attorney general for Washington State, Olympia, WA, on behalf 
of the National Association of Attorneys General; Robert 
Varney, commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Environmental 
Services, Concord, NH, on behalf of the National Governors' 
Association; James C. Colman, assistant commissioner, 
Massachusetts Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, Boston, MA, on 
behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste 
Management Officials; Michael J. Farrow, resources director, 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 
Pendleton, OR; Robert L. Stickels, county administrator, Sussex 
County, Delaware, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties; Andrew J. Card, Jr., president, American Automobile 
Manufacturers Association; Robert E. Vagley, president, 
American Insurance Association; Marion Trieste, president, 
Saratoga Springs Hazardous Waste Coalition, Saratoga Springs, 
NY, on behalf of the Sierra Club; Barbara Williams, Sunny Ray 
Restaurant, Gettysburg, PA, on behalf of the National 
Federation of Independent Business; Richard B. Stewart, 
professor, New York University Law School, on behalf of the 
Coalition for Natural Resource Damages Reform; Sarah Chassis, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY; Michael A. 
Somjassy, OHM Remediation Services Corp., Findlay, OH; and 
Velma M. Smith, executive director, Friends of the Earth, 
Seattle, WA.

    On May 2, 1996, hearing on the nomination of Hubert T. 
Bell, Jr., to be the Inspector General of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission. The nominee testified and answered 
questions on his own behalf.

    On June 4, 1996, hearing to consider S. 1730, the Oil Spill 
Prevention and Response Improvement Act, receiving testimony 
from Rear Admiral James C. Card, Chief for Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Department of Transportation; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce; 
Sidney H. Holbrook, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of 
Environmental Protection; Thomas A. Allegretti, president, 
American Waterways Operators, Arlington, VA; John Torgan, Save 
the Bay, Providence, RI; Richard du Moulin, chairman, Marine 
Transport Lines, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, on behalf of the 
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners; Douglas 
Wolcott, chairman, National Research Council's Committee on the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990; George Savastano, director of public 
works, Ocean City, NJ; and Richard Hobbie, president, Water 
Quality Insurance Syndicate, New York, NY, on behalf of the 
American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

    On July 24, 1996, hearing on the nominations of Edward 
McGaffigan, Jr., and Nils J. Diaz of to be members of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The nominees testified and 
answered questions on their own behalf. Mr. McGaffigan was 
introduced by Senators Bingaman and Domenici. Mr. Diaz was 
introduced by Senators Graham and Mack.

                     Full Committee Field Hearings

    On December 9, 1995, in Bozeman, MT, hearing to consider S. 
1019, the Whirling Disease Response Act, a bill to direct the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to examine the impacts of 
whirling disease, and other parasites and pathogens, on trout 
in the Madison River, Montana, in similar habitats. The 
committee received testimony from John Rogers, Deputy Director, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; 
Robin Cunningham, president, Fishing Outfitters Association of 
Montana, Bozeman, MT; Paul Roos, Paul Roos Outfitter, Helena, 
MT; Ed Williams, Chamber of Commerce, Ennis, MT; Marshall 
Bloom, regional vice president, Trout Unlimited, and cochair, 
Montana Whirling Disease Task Force; Pat Graham, Director for 
State of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and cochair, Montana 
Whirling Disease Task Force; Karl Johnson, professor, Montana 
State University, and member Montana Whirling Disease 
Foundation; Bob Swenson, vice president of research, Montana 
State University; Beth MacConnell, fish biologist, Fish 
Technology Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dick 
Vincent, fish biologist, State of Montana Department of Fish, 
Wildlife and Parks.

    On February 14, 1996, in Narragansett, RI, hearing to 
conduct oversight concerning the oil spill that occurred 
following the accident of the barge, North Cape, in the Block 
Island Sound, Rhode Island. The hearing was held in the Town 
Council chambers of Narragansett, RI, and the committee 
received testimony from Representative Jack Reed, of Rhode 
Island; Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Almond; Vice Adm. Arthur 
E. Henn, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Phillip Singerman, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; John 
Bullard, Director of Sustainable Development and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Capt. P. 
``Barney'' Turlo, U.S. Coast Guard, Providence, RI; Charles 
Hebert, Fish and Wildlife Manager, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
U.S. Department of the Interior; Douglas Eklof, Vice President, 
Eklof Marine Corporation, Staten Island, NY; Anne Considine, 
Director of Marketing and Tourism, South County Council on 
Tourism, Wakefield, RI; Jim O'Malley, Executive Director, East 
Coast Fisheries Association, Narragansett, RI; Brian Turnbaugh, 
fisherman, Wakefield, RI; Robert Smith, President, Rhode Island 
Lobsterman's Association, Charlestown, RI; Curt Spalding, Save 
the Bay, Providence, RI; and Dennis Nixon, professor, 
Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island, 
Kingston, RI.

                    Full Committee Business Meetings

    On January 12, 1995, ordered reported an original 
resolution requesting $2,351,491 for operating expenses for the 
period from March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996, and 
$2,404,115 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 
1996, through February 28, 1997.

    On March 23, 1995, ordered reported, S. 534, as amended, 
the Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 
1995; and S. 268, authorizing the certification of triploid 
grass carp by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

    On April 4, 1995, reported the nomination of Shirley Ann 
Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.

    On May 10, 1995, ordered reported, S. 440, as amended, the 
National Highway System Designation Act of 1995.

    On July 11, 1995, ordered reported two original bills: to 
provide uniform water discharge standards for U.S. military 
naval vessels; and to authorize the Secretary of Transportation 
to provide an increased Federal cost share of highway funding 
for the District of Columbia.

    On August 2, 1995, the committee ordered reported:
     S. 640, Water Resources Development Act of 1995, as 
    amended;
     S. 619, Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery 
    Management Act, as amended;
     S. 369, Seymour H. Lynne Federal Courthouse, Decatur, AL;
     S. 734, Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal 
    Building, Reno, NV;
     S. 965, Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse, Alexandria, VA;
     S. 1076, Francis J. Hagel Building, Richmond, CA;
     H.R. 535, a bill to convey the Corning National Fish 
    Hatchery to the State of Arkansas;
     H.R. 584, a bill to convey the Fairport National Fish 
    Hatchery to the State of Iowa;
     H.R. 614, a bill to convey the New London National Fish 
    Hatchery to the State of Minnesota;
    Agreed to committee resolution to authorize:
     National Resource Conservation Service to modify project 
    at McCoy Watershed, California;
     National Resource Conservation Service to modify project 
    at Doyle Creek, Kansas;
     Study at the Fargo-Moorhead Midtown Dam, North Dakota;
     Study at the Misquamicut in Westerly, Rhode Island.

    On September 19, 1995, considered and agreed to bill 
language to be submitted to the Senate Committee on the Budget 
which identifies the reconciliation recommendations for 
authorizations under the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee 
on Environment and Public Works. The language conforms to the 
budget reconciliation instructions in H. Con. Res. 67, 104th 
Congress. In addition, the committee reported the nomination of 
Greta J. Dicus, of Arkansas, to be Commissioner, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.

    On October 24, 1995, the committee ordered reported:
     S. 1316, the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995, 
    as amended;
     S. 1097, a bill designating the ``David J. Wheeler Federal 
    Building'' , Baker City; and
     The nomination of Kathleen A. McGinty, of Pennsylvania, to 
    be Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.
    The committee also agreed to the following 35 committee 
resolutions to approve prospectuses (pursuant to 40 U.S.C., 
606):
     For the construction of a laboratory building to house the 
    Natinla Water Quality Laboratory of the U.S. Geological 
    Survey, in Lakewood, CO;
     To acquire a site and design for a U.S. Border Station in 
    Sweetgrass, MT;
     Providing for the construction of a Federal building annex 
    to the Department of Veterans Affairs Automation Center, 
    Austin, TX;
     Providing for the construction of a U.S. Border Station in 
    Blaine-Pacific Highway, WA;
     Providing for the construction of a U.S. Border Station I 
    Point Roberts, WA;
     Providing for the construction of a computing facility for 
    the Internal Revenue Service, Martinsburg, WV;
     Providing for the site acquisition, design, and 
    construction of a U.S. Border Station for the U.S. Customs 
    Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the 
    Department of Agriculture, and the General Services 
    Administration, Highgate Springs, VT;
     Providing for the alteration to replace or retrofit 
    existing air conditioning equipment currently using 
    chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants in various Federal 
    buildings;
     Providing for the alteration to replace or modernize 
    existing elevators in various Federal buildings;
     Providing for the implementation of energy retrofit and 
    conservation measures in various Federal buildings;
     Providing for the modernization of a Federal building in 
    Little Rock, AR;
     Providing for the modernization of the U.S. Customs-
    Interstate Commerce Commission-Connecting Wing Complex, 
    Washington, DC;
     Providing for the modernization of the Federal Building-
    Post Office-Courthouse in Bismarck, ND;
     Providing for the modernization of the Social Security 
    Administration's Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center, 
    Philadelphia, PA;
     Providing for the modernization of the A. Maceo Smith 
    Federal Building, Dallas, TX;
     Providing for the alteration of the J.O. Pastore Federal 
    Building-U.S. Post Office, Providence, RI;
     Providing for the lease of space to consolidate the 
    Federal Communications Commission in the Central Employment 
    Area, Washington, DC;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Western Area 
    Power Administration (WAPA), Denver, CO;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Defense, Arlington, VA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Drug Enforcement 
    Administration, New York, NY;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Internal Revenue 
    Service, San Jose, CA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Internal Revenue 
    Service, Denver, CO;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Immigration and 
    Naturalization Service, Washington, DC;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Internal Revenue 
    Service, Washington, DC;
     Providing for the lease of space for the U.S. Information 
    Agency, Washington, DC;
     Internal Revenue Service, Fort Lauderdale, FL;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Justice, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and 
    the Executive Office of Immigration Review, Miami, FL;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Environmental 
    Protection Agency, Boston, MA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the U.S. Customs 
    Service, Newark and Elizabeth, NJ;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Agriculture, Arlington, VA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Patent and 
    Trademark Office, Arlington, VA;
     Providing for the lease of space for the Department of 
    Agriculture, Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Missouri; and
     Providing for the lease of space for the Army Corps of 
    Engineers, Southbridge, MA.

    On November 9, 1995, reported the nomination of Phillip A. 
Singerman, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Economic Development. Also reported the nomination 
of John C. Albright, of Washington, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission.

    On December 19, 1995, the committee ordered reported:
     S. 776, Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments of 1995;
     S. 1005, Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995, as amended;
     S. 1315, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade 
    Center, Washington, DC;
     S. 1388, Howard H. Baker, Jr., United States Courthouse, 
    Knoxville, TN;
     H.R. 965, Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building, Louisville, 
    KY;
     H.R. 1253, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife 
    Refuge;
     H.R. 2005, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
    to make technical corrections in the Fire Island unit of 
    the Coastal Barrier Resources System;
     S. 1406, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
    convey to the city of Eufaula, OK, a parcel of land located 
    at the Eufaula Lake project.
    The committee agreed to 20 committee resolutions to approve 
prospectuses relating to courthouses providing for:
     The construction of a Federal building-U.S. Courthouse in 
    Central Islip, NY;
     The construction of a Federal building-U.S. Courthouse in 
    Tucson, AZ;
     The construction of a Federal building-U.S. Courthouse in 
    Brownsville, TX;
     The acquisition of a site and design of a U.S. Courthouse 
    in Corpus Christi, TX;
     The construction of a U.S. Courthouse in Lafayette, LA;
     The construction of a Federal building-U.S. Courthouse in 
    Omaha, NE;
     The construction of a U.S. Courthouse Annex in Scranton, 
    PA;
     The construction of a U.S. Courthouse in Tallahassee, FL;
     The construction of a Federal building-U.S. Courthouse in 
    Albuquerque, NM;
     The acquisition of a site, design and construction of a 
    U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas, NV;
     The design of a U.S. Courthouse in Jacksonville, FL;
     The design of a U.S. Courthouse Annex in Columbia, SC;
     The construction of a U.S. Courthouse in Albany, GA;
     The acquisition of a site and design of a U.S. Courthouse 
    in London, KY;
     The acquisition of a site and design of a U.S. Courthouse 
    in Greeneville, TN;
     The acquisition of a site and design of a U.S. Courthouse 
    in Covington, KY;
     The design of a U.S. Courthouse Annex at Third and 
    Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC;
     The acquisition of a site and design of a U.S. Courthouse 
    in Fresno, CA;
     The design and construction of a building for the U.S. 
    Secret Service Office of Training, at the James Rowley 
    Training Center, Beltsville, MD;
     The modernization of the U.S. Post Office-Courthouse in 
    Old San Juan, PR;
     The lease of space for the Department of Defense in 
    Arlington, VA; and
     The lease of space for the Department of Commerce in 
    Northern Virginia.
    The committee also agreed to a resolution directing the 
Secretary of the Army to study flood control and ecosystem 
improvements on the Upper Truckee River Watershed, California 
and Nevada.

    On March 28, 1996, the committee ordered reported the 
following bills:
     H.R. 255, to designate the James Lawrence King Federal 
    Justice Building, Miami, FL;
     H.R. 869, to designate the Thomas D. Lambros Federal 
    Building and U.S. Courthouse, Youngstown, OH;
     H.R. 1804 to designate the Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal 
    Building, Fort Smith, AR;
     H.R. 2415, to designate the Timothy C. McCaghren Customs 
    Administrative Building, El Paso, TX;
     H.R. 2556, to designate the Vincent E. McKelvey Federal 
    Building, Menlo Park, CA;
     H.R. 1743, Reauthorization of the Water Resources Research 
    Act of 1984, as amended;
     S. 811, Water Desalinization Research and Development Act 
    of 1995, as amended;
     S. 1611, a bill to establish the Kentucky National 
    Wildlife Refuge;
     S. 1422, a bill to authorize acquisition of property for 
    inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, East 
    Hampton, NY; and
     H.R. 2243, Reauthorization of the Trinity River Basin Fish 
    and Wildlife Management Act of 1984.
    The committee agreed to the following resolutions:
     To authorize construction of an EPA research facility in 
    Research Triangle Park, NC;
     To authorize the design phase of 15 GSA repair and 
    alteration projects; and
     To direct the Secretary of the Army to study Santa 
    Margarita River, Riverside and San Diego Counties, San 
    Diego Streams, California.

    On May 14, 1996, the committee reported the nomination of 
Hubert T. Bell, Jr., to be Inspector General of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.

    On June 18, 1996, the following measures were considered 
but no final action was taken:
     S. 1730, Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement 
    Act;
     S. 1636, a bill to designate the ``Mark O. Hatfield U.S. 
    Courthouse,'' Portland, OR;
     H.R. 3364, a bill to designate the ``William J. Nealon 
    U.S. Courthouse,'' Scranton, PA;
     H.R. 1772, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
    Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh 
    for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex;
     H.R. 2660, a bill to increase the amount authorized to be 
    appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the 
    Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge;
     H.R. 2679, a bill to revise the boundary of the North 
    Platte National Wildlife Refuge;
     H.R. 2982, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
    to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the 
    State of Alabama;
     S. 1802, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
    convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife 
    facility to the State of Wyoming; and
     S. 1871, a bill to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National 
    Wildlife Refuge.
    The following committee resolutions were considered, but no 
final action was taken:
     To direct the Secretary of the Army to review previous 
    reports by the
     Chief of Engineers on the Jordan River at Salt Lake City, 
    UT, to determine whether modifications are warranted in the 
    interest of environmental restoration, flood protection, or 
    other water resources development; and
     To direct the Secretary of the Army to review previous 
    reports by the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
    and Tributaries project to determine whether any 
    modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
    advisable for flood control and related water improvements 
    in the metropolitan Memphis area, including: Shelby, 
    Tipton, Fayett counties, in Tennessee, and Desoto and 
    Marshall counties, in Mississippi.

    On June 20, 1996, the committee reported the following 
measures:
     S. 1730, Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement 
    Act;
     S. 1636, a bill to designate the ``Mark O. Hatfield U.S. 
    Courthouse,'' Portland, OR;
     H.R. 3364, a bill to designate the ``William J. Nealon 
    U.S. Courthouse,'' Scranton, PA;
     H.R. 1772, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
    Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh 
    for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex;
     H.R. 2660, a bill to increase the amount authorized to be 
    appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the 
    Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge;
     H.R. 2679, a bill to revise the boundary of the North 
    Platte National Wildlife Refuge;
     H.R. 2982, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
    to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the 
    State of Alabama;
     S. 1802, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
    convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife 
    facility to the State of Wyoming; and
     S. 1871, a bill to to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove 
    National Wildlife Refuge.
    The following committee resolutions were agreed to:
     To direct the Secretary of the Army to review previous 
    reports by the Chief of Engineers on the Jordan River at 
    Salt Lake City, UT, to determine whether modifications are 
    warranted in the interest of environmental restoration, 
    flood protection, or other water resources development; and
     To direct the Secretary of the Army to review previous 
    reports by the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
    and Tributaries project to determine whether any 
    modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
    advisable for flood control and related water improvements 
    in the metropolitan Memphis area, including: Shelby, 
    Tipton, Fayett counties, in Tennessee, and Desoto and 
    Marshall counties, in Mississippi.

    On July 24, 1996, the committee ordered reported:
     S. 1873, National Environmental Education Amendments Act 
    of 1996;
     H.R. 2909, the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife 
    Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention Act;
     S. 1875, to designate the U.S. Courthouse in Medford, 
    Oregon, as the ``James A. Redden Federal Courthouse;''
     S. 1977, to designate the U.S. Courthouse located at 611 
    North Florida Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the ``Sam M. 
    Gibbons U.S. Courthouse;''
     H.R. 2504, to designate the Federal Building at the corner 
    of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the U.S. Courthouse 
    located on Otis Street in Asheville, N.C., as the ``Veach-
    Baley Federal Complex;''
     H.R. 3186, to designate the Federal Building at 1655 
    Woodson Street in Overland, Missouri, as the Sammy L. Davis 
    Federal Building;
     H.R. 3400, to designate the Federal Building and U.S. 
    Courthouse to be constructed at a site on 18th Street 
    between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, as 
    the ``Roman L. Hruska Federal Building and U.S. 
    Courthouse;'' and
     H.R. 3572, to designate the bridge on U.S. Route 231 which 
    crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and 
    Rockport, Indiana, as the ``William H. Natcher Bridge.''
    The committee approved resolutions authorizing the General 
Services Administration to construct the following new 
buildings:
     Philadelphia, PA, Veterans Administration;
     Brooklyn, NY, courthouse;
     Corpus Christi, TX, courthouse;
     Cleveland, OH, courthouse;
     Seattle, WA, courthouse;
     Las Vegas, NV, courthouse;
     Denver, CO, courthouse site/design;
     London, KY, courthouse;
     Columbia, SC, courthouse;
     Miami, FL, courthouse;
     Salt Lake City, UT, courthouse;
     Covington, KY, courthouse; and
     Portland, OR, consolidated law enforcement building site.
    The committee approved resolutions authorizing the General 
Services Administration to alter or repair the following 
buildings (listed in order of GSA priority):
     Fort Worth, TX, Federal building, roof repair;
     Albany, NY, Post office and courthouse alteration;
     Honolulu, HI, Federal building and courthouse;
     Nationwide (DC&VA) elevator repairs;
     Nationwide Energy program retrofit;
     Nationwide CFC program retrofit;
     Andover, MA, IRS Service Center alteration design;
     Brookhaven, NY, IRS Service Center alteration;
     Chicago, IL, E.M. Dirksen Courthouse alteration;
     Washington, DC, Ariel Rios Building alteration;
     Camden, NJ, Federal building and courthouse alteration;
     Scranton, PA, Federal building and courthouse;
     Concord, NH, Federal building alteration;
     Providence, RI, Federal building and courthouse 
    alteration;
     Washington, DC, State Department Building alteration;
     Washington, DC, Department of Justice Building; and
     Richland, WA, Federal building and courthouse.
    The committee approved resolutions authorizing the General 
Services Administration to lease the following buildings 
(listed in order of GSA priority):
     San Diego, CA, for the Veterans Administration;
     Los Angeles, CA, for the Immigration and Naturalization 
    Service;
     Northern Virginia, for the Department of Defense (3 
    leases);
     Birmingham, AL, for the Social Security Administration;
     Huntsville, AL, for the Department of Defense;
     Washington, DC, for the Department of Justice (4 leases);
     Washington, DC, for the State Department;
     Washington, DC, for the Peace Corps;
     Burlington, MA, for the Federal Aviation Administration;
     Austin, TX, for the Internal Revenue Service;
     Arlington, VA, for the Department of Defense;
     Arlington, VA, for the Drug Enforcement Administration; 
    and
     Cleveland, OH, for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    The committee approved a resolution authorizing the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service watershed project for the Upper 
Delaware and Tributaries Watershed located in Atchison, Brown, 
Jackson, and Nemaha Counties in Kansas; and a resolution 
authorizing the Secretary of the Army to review the report to 
the Chief of Engineers entitled Survey Report on Flood Control 
of Walker River and Tributaries in California and Nevada, dated 
January 23, 1941, and other pertinent Federal and non-Federal 
reports, with a view to examine flood control, water quality, 
wetlands habitat, and other environmental restoration 
opportunities within the Walker River Basin, and the other 
subbasins of the Walker River Basin, California and Nevada.

    On August 1, 1996, the committee reported the nominations 
of Nils J. Diaz and Edward McGaffigan, Jr. to be Members of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In addition, the committee 
agreed to a resolution to authorize the General Services 
Administration to alter or modify Federal buildings to improve 
safety.

       Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Meetings

    Activities of the Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, under the leadership of Subcommittee Chairman, 
John W. Warner and Ranking Minority Member Max Baucus, included 
legislative action and oversight of the Nation's 
transportation, water resources, public buildings, and disaster 
relief programs. The subcommittee held 10 hearings and 1 
business meeting.
    The subcommittee held the following hearings:


    On February 14, 1995, hearing to authorize funds for the 
programs of the Water Resources Development Act and to examine 
the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 1996 for the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, receiving testimony from John H. 
Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works; Major General Stanley Genega, Director of Civil Works, 
U.S. Army; Brigadier General Gerald E. Galloway, Jr., U.S. 
Army, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; Larry King, Acting 
Director, District of Columbia Department of Public Works; 
Jeffrey Tarbert, Mayor, Falls Church, VA; Robert R. Perry, City 
Council Member, Falls Church, VA; Mary Margaret Whipple, Member 
of the County Board of Supervisors, Arlington, VA; Doug 
Plasencia, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc., 
Richmond, VA; and Christopher J. Brescia, Midwest Area River 
Coalition 2000, St. Louis, MO.

    On February 23, 1995, hearing to provide for the 
designation of the National Highway System, S. 440, and to 
examine the President's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 1996 
for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from 
Mortimer L. Downey, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Rodney 
E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; 
Ricardo Martinez, Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration; Gordon J. Linton, Administrator, Federal 
Transit Administration; Harry W. Blunt, Jr., Concord Coach 
Lines, Inc., Concord, NH; Hank Dittmar, Surface Transportation 
Policy Project, Washington, DC; Robert E. Martinez, Virginia 
Department of Transportation; Francis B. and Francois, Virginia 
Department of Transportation.

    On March 23, 1995, hearing to provide for the designation 
of the National Highway System, S. 440, and to assess the 
effects of transportation conformity requirements of the Clean 
Air Act of 1990 and the air quality programs of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving 
testimony from Virginia Governor George Allen, Richmond, VA; 
Jane F. Garvey, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Mary D. Nichols, 
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Kirk Brown, Illinois Secretary of 
Transportation, Springfield, IL; William J. Roberts, 
Environmental Defense Fund; and Brian R. Holmes, Connecticut 
Road Builders Association, Wethersfield, CT.

    On March 30, 1995, hearing to provide for the designation 
of the National Highway Systems. 440, and to consider 
transportation and safety matters, receiving testimony from 
Senators Snowe, Lautenberg, Campbell, and Nickles; Rhode Island 
State Senator William Enos, Providence, RI; New Hampshire 
Representative Sherman A. Packard, Londonderry, NH; Illinois 
State Senator John Cullerton, Chicago, IL; Mark L. Rosenberg, 
Director, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA; Gary B. 
Sauer, chairman, National Asphalt Pavement Association, Lanham, 
MD; and Jed S. Billings, president, FNF Construction, Inc., 
Tempe, AZ.

    On April 6, 1995, hearing to provide for the designation of 
the National Highway System, S. 440, and to consider 
infrastructural financing issues, as well as the status of the 
Woodrow Wilson Bridge, receiving testimony from Jane Garvey, 
Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; Jack 
Herrity, chairman, Interstate Study Commission, Fairfax, VA; 
Ann Stern, chairman, Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation, 
New York, NY; Ralph Stanley, senior vice president, United 
Infrastructure, Chicago, IL; and Daniel V. Flanagan, chairman, 
Commission to promote Investment in America's Infrastructure, 
Arlington, VA.

    On July 13, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
General Services Administration in the design, purchase, 
construction, and lease of Federal buildings and courthouses, 
and to consider S. 1005, a bill to improve the process of 
constructing, altering, purchasing and acquiring public 
buildings, receiving testimony from Roger Johnson, General 
Services Administrator; Robert C. Broomfield, judge, Federal 
District of Arizona, and chairman, Judicial Conference 
Committee on Security, Space, and Facilities; James M. 
Rosenbaum, judge, Federal District of Minnesota; and J. William 
Gadsby, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

    On November 2, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
General Services Administration in the design, purchase, 
construction, and lease of Federal buildings and courthouses, 
and to consider S. 1005, a bill to improve the process of 
constructing, altering, purchasing and acquiring public 
buildings, receiving testimony from Roger Johnson, General 
Services Administrator; Robert E. Cowen, judge, Third Federal 
Circuit, and chairman of the Judicial Conference Space and 
Facilities Subcommittee; L. Ralph Mecham, Director, 
Administrative Conference of the U.S. Courts; Joel S. Gallay, 
Deputy Inspector General, General Services Administration.

    On May 7, 1996, hearing to consider the authorization 
request by the General Services Administration for the Public 
Buildings Program for fiscal year 1997, and to hear a proposal 
to transfer GSA-owned property to Fairfax County, VA for the 
possible future use as a site for a major league baseball 
stadium, receiving testimony from David J. Barram, Acting 
General Services Administrator; Robert E. Cowen, judge, Third 
Federal Circuit, and chairman of the Judicial Conference Space 
and Facilities Subcommittee; Thomas Sherman, Acting Regional 
Administrator, National Capital Region, General Services 
Administration; Katherine K. Hanley, chairman, Fairfax County 
Board of Supervisors; Dana Kauffman, Supervisor for Lee 
District, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; William L. 
Collins III, chairman, Virginia Baseball Club, L.C., 
Alexandria, VA; Lee Carson Fifer, Jr., counsel, Maguire, Woods, 
Battle, and Boothe, McLean, VA, on behalf of the Virginia 
Baseball Stadium Authority; and Addison L. Smith, West 
Springfield Civic Association, Springfield, Virginia.

    On June 25, 1996, hearing to conduct an oversight hearing 
on the streamlined procedures proposed by the General Services 
Administration for the leasing of Federal buildings, receiving 
testimony from Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings 
Service, General Services Administration; Thomas Sherman, 
Acting Regional Administrator for the National Capital Region, 
General Services Administration; Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks, Department of Commerce; and Michael T. Shehadi, 
Charles E. Smith Realty Co., Arlington, VA.

    On September 11, 1996, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and to 
review the role of Federal, State, and local governments in 
surface transportation, receiving testimony from Hon. Federico 
Pena, Secretary of Transportation; Kentucky Governor Paul E. 
Patton, Louisville, KY, on behalf of the National Governors 
Association; Virginia Governor George Allen, Richmond, VA, on 
behalf of the Southern Governors Association; Mayor Bill 
Campbell, Atlanta, GA, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of 
Mayors; William Burnett, president, American Association of 
State Highway and Transportation Officials; Carol Roberts, Palm 
Beach, FL, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; 
and Stephen J. Del Giudice, Prince Georges County, Maryland, on 
behalf of other Association of Metropolitan Planning 
Organization.
    The subcommittee held one business meeting on May 3, 1995, 
reported to the full committee S. 440, a bill to designate the 
National Highway System, by a vote of 9 to 0, after agreeing to 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and further 
amending the bill.

 Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Meetings

    During the 104th Congress, the Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment, under the leadership of 
Subcommittee Chairman Robert Smith and Ranking Minority Member 
Frank Lautenberg, had an active oversight and legislative 
agenda in areas under its jurisdictiction such as Superfund and 
interstate transportation of solid waste.
    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On March 1, 1995, hearing to authorize State and local 
governments to regulate the interstate flow of solid waste, 
after hearing testimony from Senator Coats; Senator Cohen; New 
Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Trenton, NJ; 
Representative Smith of New Jersey; Representative Pallone; 
Edward C. Farrell, Executive Director, New York Conference of 
Mayors and Municipal Officials; Randy Johnson, Hennepin County, 
Minnesota, Commissioner; Johnathan H. Adler, Associate Director 
of Environmental Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute; 
Tony Ciofalo, Vice President, Allied Waste Industries; Micah 
Green, Executive Vice President, Public Securities Association; 
Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense 
Council; and Michael Roush, National Federation of Independent 
Business.

    On March 10, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), hearing testimony from Carol Browner, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Don R. Clay, President, Don 
Clay Associates, Inc., Washington, DC; J. Winston Porter, 
President, Waste Policy Center, Sterling, VA; Edwin H. Clark 
II, President, Clean Sites, Alexandria, VA; Michael Steinberg, 
Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Washington, DC; John Shanahan, Policy 
Analyst for Environmental Affairs and Energy Studies, Heritage 
Foundation; Katherine Probst, Senior Fellow, Resources for the 
Future; Lloyd Dixon, Institute for Civil Justice, RAND.

    On March 29, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning remedy selection and cleanup standards, 
hearing testimony from Martin Yee, owner, White Spur Dry 
Cleaners, El Paso, TX; Timothy C. Duffy, executive director, 
Rhode Island Association of School Committees, Warwick, RI; 
Richard Bunn, president, U.G.I. Corporation, Reading, PA; James 
A. Goodrich, executive director, San Gabriel Basin Water 
Quality Authority, Covina, CA; John F. Spisak, president, 
Industrial Compliance, Inc., Lakewood, CO; Barry Johnson, 
assistant administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA: Ronald Cattany, deputy director, 
Idaho Department of Natural Resources, Denver, CO; Pat Murphy, 
Concerned Citizens of Triumph, Hailey, ID; and Rose Augustine, 
Tucson, AZ.

    On April 5, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning risk assessment issues, hearing testimony 
from Curtis C. Travis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN; 
Steven J. Milloy, president, Regulatory Impact Analysis 
Project, Washington, DC; Philip J. O'Brien, Director, Division 
of Waste Management, New Hampshire Department of Environmental 
Services, Concord, NH; Milton Russell, Joint Institute for 
Energy and Environment, Knoxville, TN; Michael Parr, DuPont 
Company, Wilmington, DE; Linda Greer, senior scientist, 
National Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Elliot 
Laws, Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Richard Brown, vice president, Groundwater Technology, Inc., 
Trenton, NJ; Robert Franz, environmental remediation program 
manager, General Electric Co., Fairfield, CT; Paul Miskimin, 
senior vice president, Jacobs Energy Group, Inc., Pasadena, CA; 
and Marcia Williams, president, Williams and Vanino, Los 
Angeles, CA.

    On April 27, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning liability issues, hearing testimony from 
Robert Burt, FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL, on behalf of the 
Business Roundtable; Richard D. Smith, president, Chubb Corp., 
Warren, NJ; Kelvin Herstad, president, United Truck Body, Inc., 
Duluth, MN, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent 
Businesses; Barbara Price, vice president for health, 
environment, and safety, Phillips Petroleum, on behalf of the 
American Petroleum Institute; Mary P. Morningstar, corporation 
counsel, Lockheed-Martin Corp., Bedford, MA, on behalf of the 
Electronics Industry Association; Richard S. Leavitt, 
president, Chelsea Clock, Inc., Chelsea, MA; Lois Schiffer, 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice; Jan Paul Acton, assistant 
director, Congressional Budget Office; Boyd Condie, City 
Council Member, Alhambra, CA; Joe J. Palacioz, City Manager, 
Hutchinson, KS; R. Brian McLaughlin, deputy attorney general 
for the State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, on behalf of the 
National Association of Attorneys General; Peter D. Prestley, 
Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York, NY, on behalf of the 
American Bar Association; and Ann Hill, assistant general 
counsel, First Interstate Bank of Oregon, Portland, OR, on 
behalf of the American Bankers Association.

    On May 4, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning the role of the States in administering the 
Superfund, hearing testimony from Robert Varney, Commissioner, 
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; James 
Colman, Assistant Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection, on behalf of the Association of State 
and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials; Russell 
Harding, Deputy Director for Environmental Protection, Michigan 
Department of Natural Resources; Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary, 
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Resources, 
on behalf of the National Academy of Public Administrators; 
David R. Tripp, Wichita, KS; Karen Florini, Environmental 
Defense Fund; Kent Jeffreys, National Center for Policy 
Analysis; and Velma Dunn, Phoenix, AZ.

    On May 9, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning the administration of Federal Superfund 
sites, hearing testimony from Thomas Grumbly, Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy; 
Sherry Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Environmental Security, Department of Defense; Frank Parker, 
professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Mary 
Morningstar, corporation counsel, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, 
Bedford, MA; Barry Steinberg, National Association of 
Installation Developers, Arlington, VA; Lenny Siegel, director, 
Pacific Studies Center, Mountain View, CA; Christopher Jones, 
Office of the Attorney General for the State of Ohio, Columbus, 
OH; and Andrew Paterson, managing director, RIMTech, Pasadena, 
CA.

    On May 11, 1995, oversight hearing of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA) concerning natural resource recovery, hearing 
testimony from Keith O. Fultz, Assistant Comptroller General, 
General Accounting Office; Chris Tweeten, Montana's chief 
deputy attorney general, Helena, MT; Charlie DeSaillan, New 
Mexico's assistant attorney general for natural resources, 
Santa Fe, NM; Keith Meiser, senior counsel, CSC Transportation, 
Jacksonville, FL; Kevin L. McKnight, manager for environmental 
remediation projects, Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, 
PA; Douglas Hall, Assistant Secretary, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; Kenneth D. Jenkins, director, 
Molecular Ecology Institute, California State University at 
Longbeach; and Jerry Hausman, McDonald Professor in Economics, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
    The subcommittee held one business meeting on March 15, 
1995, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, S. 534, a bill to 
provide authority for States to limit the interstate 
transportation of municipal solid waste; reported bill with 
amendments to the full committee.

  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
                            Safety Meetings

    During the 104th Congress, the Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, under the 
leadership of Subcommittee Chairman Lauch Faircloth and Ranking 
Minority Member Bob Graham, undertook several oversight 
activities and considered S. 851, the Wetlands Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1995.
    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On June 29, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the Clean 
Air Act of 1990 and regulatory oversight by the Environmental 
Protection Agency of the Inspection and Maintenance Program for 
vehicle emissions, receiving testimony from Becky Norton 
Dunlop, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources, Richmond, VA; 
Tom Getz, Colorado Department of Public Health and the 
Environment; Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and 
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Lynn Scarlett, 
Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; Douglas Lawson, Reason 
Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; and Michael Walsh, Arlington, VA.

    On July 19, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight over the 
wetlands provisions, to review provisions of S. 851 that would 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to review the 
general provisions of section 404 of the Act and their 
administration by the Federal government, receiving testimony 
from Senators Frank Murkowski, J. Bennett Johnston, and Larry 
Pressler; Representative Wayne Gilchrest; Dallas Harris, 
Wrightsville Beach, NC; Flora Heckert, Virginia Beach, VA; Nan 
Robbins, Paris, TN; Charles Jowaiszas (for Barry Horner), 
Weartown, NJ; John Pai White, San Juan, PR; Jack McHugh, Ocean 
County, New Jersey; Joseph L. Carter, Myrtle Beach, SC; John 
Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, 
Department of the Army; Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Charlie Hollis, Wrightsville Beach, NC; Bernie Goode, Burke, 
VA; Peggle Reigle, Cambridge, MD; William Spencer, Clinton, NC; 
Carl Loop, American Farm Bureau, Washington, DC; Glen Spain, 
Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, 
Sausalito, CA; Derb Carter, Southern Environmental Law Center, 
Chapel Hill, NC; and Don McKenzie, Wildlife Management 
Institute.

    On August 1, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
Clean Air Act of 1990 and Title V provisions of the Act 
relating to industrial permitting requirements, receiving 
testimony from David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense 
Council; Paul Eisele, Masco Corporation, Taylor, MI; Dan 
Bartosch, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX; Richard Wimbish, 
Techform, Inc., Mount Airy, NC; Jeff Saitas, Office of Air 
Quality, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 
Austin, TX; Robert Hodanbosi, Division of Air Pollution 
Control, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus, OH; 
Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; and Steven Herman, 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency.

    On August 2, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight over the 
wetlands provisions, to review provisions of S. 851 that would 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to examine the 
roles of State and local governments in implementation of 
section 404 provisions and to review scientific criteria for 
the functions and values of wetlands in the United States, 
receiving testimony from Becky Gay, Alaska Wetland Coalition, 
Anchorage, AK; Virginia Albrecht and Ted Brown, Foundation for 
Environmental and Economic Progress, Boca Raton, FL; Janet 
Llewellyn, Assistant Director, Division of Environmental 
Resource Planning, Florida Department of Environmental 
Protection, Tallahassee, FL; Scott Haussman, Chief, Water 
Regulations Section, New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, Trenton, NJ; Kevin Martin, soil consultant, 
Raleigh, NC; Jonathan Tolman, Competetive Enterprise Institute, 
Washington, DC; William Lewis, Jr., professor, Center for 
Luminology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Orie Loucks, 
professor, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH; Walter T. 
McDonald, Vice Chair of the Environmental Committee, National 
Association of Realtors, Washington, DC; Bob Szabo, National 
Wetlands Coalition, Washington, DC; Jan Goldman-Carter, 
National Wildlife Federation, West Chester, PA; Mark Davis, 
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA; and 
Mark Tipton, president, National Association of Home Builders, 
Washington, DC.

    On November 1, 1995, hearing to consider S. 851, the 
Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995, receiving testimony 
from Dr. John H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Works, Department of the Army; Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Bernie Goode, Former Chief, Regulatory Branch, U.S. Corps of 
Engineers; John Echeverria, general counsel, National Audubon 
Society; James S. Burling, attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation, 
Sacramento, CA; Robert D. Sokolove, president, U.S. Wetland 
Services, Inc., Bethesda, MD; Bill Lane, developer and private 
mitigation banker, Lane Corporation, Goldsboro, NC; Steve 
Moyer, director of governmental affairs, Trout Unlimited, 
Arlington, VA; and Ken Bierly, manager, Groundwater Enhancement 
Board, Oregon Department of Water Resources, Salem, OR.

    On October 2, 1996, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency and responses by other 
Federal agencies to the damage caused by Hurricane Fran, 
receiving testimony from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency; H. Martin Lancaster, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Dallas R. Smith, Deputy 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services; Mayor Don Betz, and Karen Carter Dixon, 
both of Wilmington, North Carolina; Mayor Koka Booth, and 
William Garman, both of Cary, North Carolina; and David C. 
Jones, Madison County Board of Supervisors, Madison, Virginia.

    Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife Meetings

    During the 104th Congress, the Subcommittee on Drinking 
Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife, under the leadership of 
Subcommittee Chairman Dirk Kempthorne and Ranking Minority 
Member Harry Reid, undertook a wide range of legislative and 
oversight activities. These included oversight of the 
Endangered Species Act, oversight of the recovery efforts for 
salmon and steelhead trout on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 
the Pacific Northwest, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 
1996, and authorization and expansion of the Nonindigenous 
Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On March 2, 1995, hearing to provide for improved 
consultation among the Federal agencies responsible for 
regulating the Endangered Species Act, hearing testimony from 
James R. Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and 
Environment, Department of Agriculture; Jack Ward Thomas, 
Chief, U.S. Forest Service; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce; 
and Rolland A. Schmitten, Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

    On March 7, 1995, hearing to consider S. 191 and S. 503, to 
impose a moratorium on certain activities under the Endangered 
Species Act, receiving testimony from Senator Hutchison; 
Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt; David Wilcove, 
Environmental Defense Fund; William J. Snape III, Defenders of 
Wildlife; Robert E. Gordon, Jr., National Wilderness Institute, 
Alexandria, VA; Rick Perry, Texas Department of Agriculture, 
Austin, TX; James A. Kraft, Plum Creek Timber Company, Seattle, 
WA; and Kenneth W. Peterson, Kern County, California, Board of 
Supervisors.

    On June 22, 1995, hearing to conduct oversight of the 
Endangered Species Act and the policies of the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the protection of endangered and 
threatened species of salmon at hydroelectric dams on the 
Columbia River and Snake River, receiving testimony from Larry 
Fidler, Aspen Sciences Limited, Cranbuck, British Columbia, 
Canada; Wesley Ebel, biologist, Seattle, WA; Gerald Bouck, 
biologist, Portland, OR; Margaret Filardo, Fish Passage Center, 
Portland, OR; Philip Mundy, Fisheries and Aquatic Services, 
Lake Oswego, OR; James Jay Anderson, University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA; Will Stelle, Northwest Regional Director, National 
Marine Fisheries Service; Michael Schiewe, Divisional Director 
for Coastal Zones, National Marine Fisheries Service; Col. 
Bartholomew Bohn, North Pacific Divisional Director, Army Corps 
of Engineers; Doug Arndt, Senior Fish Program Planner, Army 
Corps of Engineers; Ed Bowles, Anadromous Fish Manager, Idaho 
Department of Fish and Game.

    On July 13, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, receiving testimony from Bruce Babbit, 
Secretary of the Interior; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary 
for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce; Michael 
Clegg, acting dean, College of Natural and Agricultural 
Sciences, Riverside, CA; Jane Lubchenko, professor, Oregon 
State University, Corvallis, OR; Stuart Pimm, professor, 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Mark Plummer, Discovery 
Institute, Seattle, WA; Gregg Easterbrook, Arlington, VA; 
Robert Irvin, Center for Marine Conservation, Washington, DC; 
David Mazour, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation, 
Holdrege, NE; Judy DeHose, councilwoman, White Mountain Apache 
Tribe, Whiteriver, AZ; John Harja, Western Governors' 
Association, Salt Lake City, UT; Emily Swanson, Montana State 
representative, Bozeman, MT; Dick Knox, Montana State 
representative, Winifred, MT; and Dave Schmidt, National 
Association of Counties, Linn County, Oregon.

    On July 20, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, with an emphasis on species recovery 
and provisions of the Act relating to international enforcement 
issues, receiving testimony from Mollie Beattie, Director, Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Rolland 
Schmitten, Assistant Administrator, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Department of Commerce; Allan Egbert, Florida Game and 
Freshwater Fish Commission; Mike Scott, National Biological 
Service, Moscow, ID; Robert Taylor, Director of Wildlife 
Ecology, California Forestry Association, Sacramento, CA; David 
Langhorst, Idaho Wildlife Federation, Ketchum, ID; John 
Lambeth, Fairy Shrimp Study Group, Sacramento, CA; Robert J. 
Weise, Assistant Director of Conservation and Science, American 
Zoo and Aquarium Association, Bethesda, MD; Jeff Cilek, 
Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID; Gerhardus J. Hanekom and Malan 
Lindeque, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Republic of 
Namibia; Stephen Kasere, CAMPFIRE Association, Zimbabwe; Rams 
Rammutla, South African National Parks Board, Republic of South 
Africa; John Grandy, Humane Society of the United States, 
Washington, DC; and Ginette Hemley, World Wildlife Fund, 
Washington, DC.

    On August 3, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, with an emphasis on the role of 
economic incentives in species management and conservation, 
particularly on private lands, the effectiveness of critical 
habitat plans, and cost of conservation efforts, receiving 
testimony from Carl Loop, Vice President, American Farm Bureau 
Federation, Washington, DC; R.J. Smith, Competitive Enterprise 
Institute, Washington, DC; Jim Sweeney, Champion International 
Corporation, Washington, DC; Michael Bean, Environmental 
Defense Fund; Washington, DC; Mike White, Hecla Mining Company, 
Coeur d'Alene, ID; Sherl L. Chapman, Idaho Water Users 
Association, Inc., Boise, ID; Steve Quarles, Endangered Species 
Coordinating Council and American Forest and Paper Association, 
Washington, DC; George E. Meyer, Secretary, Wisconsin 
Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI; Murray Lloyd, 
Black Bear Conservation Committee, Shreveport, LA; Brian Loew, 
Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency, Riverside, CA; 
Charles E. Gilliland, Associate Research Economist, Texas A&M 
University, College Station, TX; Randy Scott, Planning Manager, 
San Bernadino, CA; Elliot Parks, Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, 
CA; and Lindell Marsh, Siemon, Larson & Marsh, Irvine, CA.

    On June 11, 1996, hearing to conduct oversight on the 
recovery efforts for salmon and steelhead trout on the Columbia 
and Snake Rivers in the Pacific Northwest, receiving testimony 
from Major General Russell Fuhrman, U.S. Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army; Mitch Sanchotena, Idaho Steelhead and 
Salmon Unlimited, Boise, ID; D.W. Chapman, Boise, ID; Richard 
N. Williams, Meridian, ID; William Stelle, Director for the 
Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
of Commerce; and Mike Field, member, Northwest Power Planning 
Council, Boise, ID.

    On September 19, 1996, hearing to consider S. 1660, a bill 
to authorize funds for and expand the programs of the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 
1990, focusing on efforts to reduce the threat posed by 
nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species originating from ballast 
water discharge, receiving testimony from Senator Glenn; Rowan 
W. Gould, Deputy Assistant Director of the Interior for 
Fisheries; Commander Richard M. Gaudiosi, Chief, Plans and 
Preparedness Division, Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection Office of Response, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; James T. Carlton, Maritime Studies Program/
Williams College and Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT; Ann P. 
Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission, Annapolis, MD; Stephen 
Hall, Association of California Water Agencies, Sacramento, CA; 
and Joseph J. Cox, United States Chamber of Shipping.
    The subcommittee held the following field hearings:

    On June 1, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, held in Douglas Hall, Douglas County 
Fairgrounds, Roseburg, OR, receiving testimony from Rod 
Johnson, an Oregon State Senator; Rudy Rosen, Oregon Department 
of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, OR; Ann Hannes, Oregon State 
forester; Doug Robertson, Douglas County, Oregon, Commissioner; 
Jerry Rust, Lane County, Oregon, Commissioner; Mark Simmons, 
Northwest Timberworkers Resource Council, Elgin, OR; Glen 
Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, 
Eugene, OR; Jim Hallstrom, Zip-O-Log Mills, Inc., Eugene, OR; 
Liz Hamilton, Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, 
Oregon City, OR; Paul Ehinger, Ehinger and Associates, Eugene, 
OR; Ernie Niemi, ECO Northwest, Eugene, OR; Bob Doppelt, 
Pacific Rivers Council, Eugene, OR; Mike Wiedeman, Oregon Lands 
Coalition, Enterprise, OR; Mark Hubbard, Oregon Natural 
Resources Council, Eugene, OR; Allyn Ford, Roseburg Forest 
Products, Roseburg, OR; Bill Arsenault, Small Woodlands 
Association, Elkton, OR; Penny Lind, Roseburg, OR; Curt Smitch, 
Assistant Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior, Olympia, WA, Regional Office; 
Nelson Wallulatum, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, 
Bend, OR; Mack Birkmeier, Oregon Cattlemen's Association, 
Joseph, OR; Bob Allen, Umpqua Watershed, Roseburg, OR; Jim 
Ince, Umpqua Watershed, Roseburg, OR; and John Crawford, 
Klamath Basin Water Users, Klamath Falls, OR.

    On June 3, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, held in the Ramada Inn, 621 21st 
Street, Lewiston, ID, receiving testimony from Laird Noh, Idaho 
State Senator; Chuck Cuddy, Idaho State Representative; Lenore 
Barrett, Idaho State Representative; Darrell Kerby, Bonners 
Ferry, ID, City Council Member; Ron Gillett, outfitter and 
motel owner, Stanley, ID; Ray Brady, Grangeville, ID; Jim 
Hawkins, Custer County Agent, Challis, ID; Phil Church, Pulp 
and Paper Resource Workers Council Union, Lewiston, ID; Sherry 
Colyer, Bruneau, ID; Dave Wilson, Idaho Homebuilders 
Association, Ketchum, ID; Rick Johnson, Idaho Conservation 
League; Sam Penney, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID; Falma Moye, 
Blue Ribbon Coalition, Challis, ID; Mitch Sanchotena, Idaho 
Salmon and Steelhead, Unlimited, Eagle, ID; Charles Ray, Idaho 
Rivers United, McCall, ID; Bill DeVeny, Idaho Farm Bureau, 
Riggins, ID; Mike Guerry, Idaho Woolgrowers, Buhl, ID; Bob 
Adams, Community Grizzly Bear Plan, Priest River, ID; Ted 
Hoffman, Idaho Cattlemen's Association, Mountain Home, ID; and 
James Peek, professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

    On August 16, 1995, hearing on the reauthorization of the 
Endangered Species Act, held in the Interstate Oil and Gas 
Commission Building, Casper, WY, receiving testimony from 
Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, Cheyenne, WY; Representative 
Barbara Cubin from Wyoming; Dan Chu, Executive Director, 
Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Cheyenne, WY; Connie Wilbert, 
Chair, Northern Plains Regional Conservation Committee, Sierra 
Club, Laramie, WY; Leah Talbott, Albany County Commissioner, 
Laramie, WY; Larry J. Bourret, Executive Vice President, 
Wyoming Farm Bureau, Federation, Laramie, WY; John Talbott, 
Director, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY; rank 
Philp, Wyoming State Representative, Shoshoni, WY; George 
Enneking, Idaho County Commissioner. Grangeville, ID; Michael 
K. Purcell, Director, Wyoming Water Development Office, 
Cheyenne, WY; Richard Tass, Johnson County Commissioner, 
Buffalo, WY; Steve Thomas, Wyoming Field Representative, 
Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Cody, MT; Tom Christiansen, 
President, Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Green 
River, WY; Jack Turnell, Pitchfork Ranch, Meeteetse, WY; John 
Winter, Two Ocean Outfitters, Moran, WY; Terry Schramm, Walton 
Ranch Company, Jackson, WY; Harold R. Fray, Jr., Casper, WY; 
Kirk Koepsel, Northern Plains Office, Sierra Club, Sheridan, 
WY; Tom Throop, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Lander, WY; Michael 
Tokonczyk, Hulett, WY; Howard Ewart, Casper, WY; Nicky 
Groenewold, Newcastle, WY; Dru Bower, National Coalition for 
Public Land and Natural Resources, Cheyenne, WY; and Herman 
Strand, Casper, WY.
    The subcommittee held a business meeting on March 14, 1995, 
to consider S. 503, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act 
to impose a moratorium on the listing of species as endangered 
or threatened and the designation of critical habitat; reported 
to the full committee with amendments.

                                        Publication List--104th Congress                                        
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                Pub. No.                                     Title                               Date           
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S. Hrg. 104-42..........................  Water Resources Development Act...........  February 14, 1995         
S. Hrg. 104-48..........................  Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal      February 15, 1996         
                                           Year 1996 Budget Request.                                            
S. Hrg. 104-57..........................  Nominations of Shirley Jackson and Dan M.   February 16, 1995         
                                           Berkovitz to the Nuclear Regulatory                                  
                                           Commission.                                                          
S. Hrg. 104-246.........................  National Highway System Designation Act of  February 23, 1995         
                                           1995, Part 1.                              March 23, 1995            
                                                                                      March 30, 1995            
                                              Part 2................................  April 6, 1995             
S. Hrg. 104-133.........................  Flow Control and Interstate Transportation  March 1, 1995             
                                           of Solid Waste.                                                      
S. Hrg. 104-122.........................  Endangered Species Act: Review of Federal   March 2, 1995             
                                           Agency Actions and Court Orders Under                                
                                           Section 7 Provisions.                                                
S. Hrg. 104-171.........................  Moratorium on Provisions of Endangered      March 7, 1995             
                                           Species Act, S. 191 and S. 503.                                      
S. Hrg. 104-279.........................  Superfund Reassessment, Part 1............  March 10, 1995            
                                                                                      March 29, 1995            
                                                                                      April 5, 1995             
                                              Part 2................................   April 27, 1995           
                                                                                      May 4, 1995               
                                                                                      May 9, 1995               
                                                                                      May 11, 1995              
S. Hrg. 104-243.........................  Endangered Species Act Conservation         March 17, 1995            
                                           Programs at Ft. Bragg, NC and Back Bay                               
                                           National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach,                            
                                           VA.                                                                  
S. Hrg. 104-166.........................  Regulatory Reform and Environmental Laws..  March 22, 1995            
S. Hrg. 104-366.........................  Reauthorization of the Endangered Species                             
                                           Act, Part 1 (ROSEBURG, OR).                June 1, 1995              
                                            (LEWISTON, ID)..........................  June 3, 1995              
                                            (CASPER, WY)............................  August 16, 1995           
                                              Part 2................................  July 13, 1995             
                                                                                      July 20, 1995             
                                                                                      August 3, 1995            
S. Hrg. 104-291.........................  Salmon Spill Policy on Columbia and Snake   June 22, 1995             
                                           Rivers.                                                              
S. Hrg. 104-299.........................  Private Property and Environmental Laws...  June 27, 1995             
                                                                                      July 12, 1995             
S. Hrg. 104-195.........................  Komi Region Oil Spills (Joint Hrg. with     June 29, 1995             
                                           Committee on Energy and Natural                                      
                                           Resources).                                                          
S. Hrg. 104-507.........................  Clean Air Act: Motor Vehicle Inspection     June 29, 1995             
                                           and Maintenance Program.                                             
S. Hrg. 104-367.........................  Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995, S.     July 13, 1995             
                                           1005.                                      November 2, 1995          
S. Hrg. 104-643.........................  Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995, S.  July 19, 1995             
                                           851.                                       August 2, 1995            
                                                                                      November 1, 1995          
S. Hrg. 104-287.........................  Clean Air Act, Title V....................  August 1, 1995            
S. Hrg. 104-317.........................  Nomination of Greta J. Dicus to Nuclear     August 10, 1995           
                                           Regulatory Commission.                                               
S. Hrg. 104-352.........................  Nomination of Kathleen A. McGinty to the    September 27, 1995        
                                           Council on Environmental Quality.                                    
S. Hrg. 104-354.........................  Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of       October 19, 1995          
                                           1995, S. 1316.                                                       
S. Hrg. 104-368.........................  Nominations of Phillip A. Singerman and     November 7, 1995          
                                           John C. Albright.                                                    
S. Hrg. 104-425.........................  Whirling Disease Response Act of 1995       December 9, 1995          
                                           (BOZEMAN, MT).                                                       
S. Hrg. 104-467.........................  Striped Bass Conservation Act Amendments    December 12, 1995         
                                           of 1996, S. 776.                                                     
S. Hrg. 104-518.........................  Clean Water Act: Municipal Issues.........  December 13, 1995         
S. Hrg. 104-578.........................  Oil Spill Prevention and Response                                     
                                           Improvement Act, S. 1730 (NARAGANSETT,     February 14, 1996         
                                           RI).                                       March 27, 1996            
                                                                                      June 4, 1996              
S. Hrg. 104-644.........................  Wetlands Mitigation Banking...............  March 14, 1996            
S. Hrg. 104-645.........................  Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental       April 23, 1996            
                                           Restoration Act, S. 1285.                  April 24, 1996            
S. Hrg. 104-515.........................  Nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., to be    May 2, 1996               
                                           Inspector General of the Nuclear                                     
                                           Regulatory Commission.                                               
S. Hrg. 104-699.........................  GSA Public Buildings Service Program......  May 7, 1996               
S. Hrg. 104-732.........................  Salmon and Steelhead Recovery in the        June 11, 1996             
                                           Pacific Northwest.                                                   
S. Hrg. 104-700.........................  GSA Public Building Leasing Program.......  June 25, 1996             
S. Hrg. 104-545.........................  Nominations of Nils Diaz and Edward         July 24, 1996             
                                           McGaffigan, Jr.                                                      
S. Hrg. 104-745.........................  Intermodal Surface Transportation           September 11, 1996        
                                           Efficiency Act (ISTEA): Review of Federal                            
                                           and State Roles.                                                     
S. Hrg. 104-746.........................  National Invasive Species Act of 1996, S.   September 19, 1996        
                                           1660.                                                                
S. Hrg. 104-733.........................  Disaster Relief Efforts Following           October 2, 1996           
                                           Hurricane Fran.                                                      
                                                                                                                
S. Prt. 104-3...........................  Rules, Committee on Environment & Public    January 1995              
                                           Works.                                                               
S. Prt. 104-61..........................  Activities of the Committee on Environment  December 1996             
                                           and Public Works during the 103d Congress.                           
S. Prt. 104-76..........................  Legislative Calendar of the Committee on    December 1996             
                                           Environment and Public Works, 104th                                  
                                           Congress.                                                            
S. Prt. 104-77..........................  Safe Drinking Water Act, As Amended by the  December 1996             
                                           Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of                                
                                           1996 (Public Law 104-182).                                           
S. Prt. 104-79..........................  Committee Resolutions Adopted by the        November 1996             
                                           Committee on Environment and Public Works                            
                                           during the 104th Congress.                                           
                                                                                                                
S. Rept. 104-51.........................  Triploid Carp Certification (S. 268)......  April 18, 1995            
S. Rept. 104-52.........................  Interstate Transportation of Municipal      April 18, 1995            
                                           Solid Waste Act of 1995, (S. 534).                                   
S. Rept. 104-86.........................  National Highway System Designation Act     May 22, 1995              
                                           (S. 440).                                                            
S. Rept. 104-111........................  District of Columbia Emergency Highway      July 12, 1995             
                                           Relief Act (S. 1023).                                                
S. Rept. 104-113........................  Uniform National Discharge Standards for    July 13, 1995             
                                           Armed Forces Vessels Act of 1995 (S.                                 
                                           1033).                                                               
S. Rept. 104-130........................  Corning National Fish Hatchery Conveyance   August 7, 1995            
                                           Act (H.R. 535).                                                      
S. Rept. 104-131........................  Conveyance of the Fairport National Fish    August 7, 1995            
                                           Hatchery to the State of Iowa (H.R. 584).                            
S. Rept. 104-132........................  Conveyance of the New London National Fish  August 7, 1995            
                                           Hatchery to the State of Minnesota (H.R.                             
                                           614).                                                                
S. Rept. 104-136........................  Battery Recycling (S.619).................  August 30, 1995           
S. Rept. 104-169........................  Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments 995 (S.  November 7, 1995          
                                           1316).                                                               
S. Rept. 104-170........................  Water Resources Development Act (S. 640)..  November 9, 1995          
S. Rept. 104-205........................  Conveying Land from Eufaula Lake Project,   January 26, 1996.         
                                           Oklahoma (S. 1406).                                                  
S. Rept. 104-229........................  Corrections in Coastal Barrier Resources    February 1, 1996.         
                                           System (H.R. 2005).                                                  
S. Rept. 104-232........................  Public Buildings Reform Act of 1995 (S.     February 9, 1996          
                                           1005).                                                               
S. Rept. 104-252........................  Reauthorization of the Water Resources      April 16, 1996            
                                           Research Act (H.R. 1743).                                            
S. Rept. 104-253........................  Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife       April 16, 1996            
                                           Management Reauthorization Act of 1995                               
                                           (H.R. 2243).                                                         
S. Rept. 104-254........................  Water Desalinization Research and           April 18, 1996            
                                           Development Act of 1995 (S. 811).                                    
S. Rept. 104-255........................  Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, East   April 19, 1996            
                                           Hampton, NY (S. 1422).                                               
S. Rept. 104-257........................  Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge           April 25, 1996            
                                           Authorization Act (S. 1611).                                         
S. Rept. 104-290........................  Wyoming Fish and Wildlife Facility          June 25, 1996             
                                           Conveyance (S. 1802).                                                
S. Rept. 104-291........................  Pettaquamscutt Cove National Fish and       June 25, 1996             
                                           Wildlife Refuge, RI (S. 1871).                                       
S. Rept. 104-292........................  Oil Spill Prevention and Response           June 26, 1996             
                                           Improvement Act (S. 1730).                                           
S. Rept. 104-336........................  National Environmental Education            July 29, 1996             
                                           Amendments Act of 1996 (S. 1873).                                    
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