[Senate Report 107-100]
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107th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE                          
 1st Session                                                    107-100
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                   REPORT TO THE SENATE ON ACTIVITIES

                                 OF THE

                              COMMITTEE ON
                      ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                                FOR THE

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                                     


                                     

               November 29, 2001.--Ordered to be printed.


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               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

   one hundred seventh congress
ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire       JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont, 
JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia             Chairman
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            MAX BAUCUS, Montana
CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri        HARRY REID, Nevada
GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio            BOB GRAHAM, Florida
MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho              JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island         BARBARA BOXER, California
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania          RON WYDEN, Oregon
BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado    THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
                                     HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York
                                     JON S. CORZINE, New Jersey

   Ken Connolly, Majority Staff 
             Director
   Dave Conover, Minority Staff 
             Director

                                 ______

               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

    one hundred sixth congress
MAX BAUCUS, Montana                  ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire, 
DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York    Chairman
FRANK L. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey      JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia
HARRY REID, Nevada                   JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
BOB GRAHAM, Florida                  CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming
JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut     CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri
BARBARA BOXER, California            GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    MICHAEL D. CRAPO, Idaho
                                     ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
                                     KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
                                     LINCOLN CHAFEE, Rhode Island

   Dave Conover, Staff Director
 J. Thomas Sliter, Minority Staff 
             Director

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                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Summary..........................................................     1
Committee jurisdiction...........................................     2
Full committee activities:
    Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act.............     3
    Water Resources Development Act..............................     5
    Estuaries Habitat Restoration................................     5
    Beaches Environment Assessment, Closure, and Health Act......     6
    Wildlife refuges.............................................     7
    Neotropical birds............................................     8
    Pittman-Robertson Act........................................     8
    Junior Duck Stamp............................................     9
    Disaster Mitigation Act......................................    10
    Nuclear regulations..........................................    11
    Brownfields reform...........................................    12
Nominations......................................................    13
Meetings and hearings:
    Full committee hearings......................................    14
    Full committee field hearings................................    21
    Full committee business meetings.............................    23
    Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and 
      Nuclear Safety hearings....................................    33
    Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and 
      Nuclear Safety field hearing...............................    37
    Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure hearings...    37
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water hearings......    39
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water field hearing.    43
    Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment 
      hearings...................................................    44
Publication list--106th Congress.................................    44


107th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                    107-100

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REPORT TO THE SENATE ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT 
                AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE 106TH CONGRESS

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               November 29, 2000.--Ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Jeffords, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

    Mr. Jeffords, 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 106th Congress.

                                Summary

    This report describes the activities of the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works during the 106th 
Congress.
    The committee noted with sadness the death of Senator John 
H. Chafee of Rhode Island. Senator Chafee was a member of this 
committee for 22 years and served as its chairman for 4 years, 
until his passing on October 24, 1999.
    The 106th Congress was a period of intense activity for the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Under the leadership 
of Chairman John H. Chafee, his successor Robert C. Smith and 
Ranking Minority Member Max Baucus, the committee approved 
numerous bills, many of which became public law, and approved 
19 Presidential nominations. In addition, the committee and 
subcommittees held 77 hearings and 15 business meetings.
    The 106th Congress marked the culmination of several major 
legislative initiatives for the committee including a 
comprehensive Everglades restoration plan, a bill to provide 
for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, a bill to encourage the restoration of estuary 
habitats, and a bill to improve the quality of coastal 
recreation waters.
    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, his successor, Chairman Robert C. Smith, and Ranking 
Minority Member Max Baucus, held 34 hearings and 15 business 
meetings in the 106th Congress. The committee carefully 
examined and successfully passed many environmental initiatives 
throughout the legislative session. Listed below are the major 
issues the committee considered.

            Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act

    On January 7, 2000, Senator Robert C. Smith held his first 
hearing as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment 
and Public Works. This hearing, held in Naples, Florida, 
focused on the restoration of America's Everglades. It was 
during this hearing that Chairman Smith committed to passing 
legislation to authorize comprehensive restoration of the 
Everglades before the end of the year in order to begin the 
process to save and restore the ecosystem of the Everglades. 
Also at the hearing committing to move forward on Everglades 
restoration were the chairman and ranking member of the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senators 
George Voinovich and Bob Graham. A second full committee 
hearing on Everglades restoration was held in Washington, DC on 
May 11, 2000. Witnesses at that hearing included Jeb Bush, 
Governor of Florida, Senator Connie Mack, and others.
    The Everglades have long been recognized as one of the 
nation's environmental treasures, equivalent to the Grand 
Canyon, Yosemite National Park, or the White Mountains in New 
England. The committee strongly believes that saving the 
Everglades is an important part of preserving our nation's 
natural heritage and conservation legacy. Following the 
leadership of Chairman Smith, this bipartisan commitment on the 
part of the committee allowed for a process that brought 
together a variety of interests to develop a common sense, 
effective solution to save the Everglades. That solution came 
in the form of the ``Restoring the Everglades, an American 
Legacy Act'' (REAL Act) that eventually was signed into law, 
P.L. 106-541. This legislation to restore the Everglades has 
been recognized as one of most historic pieces of environmental 
legislation to pass the Congress in over a generation, and the 
most ambitious environmental restoration ever authorized.
    The need for this legislation arose from the unintended 
results of congressional action more than 50 years ago. In 
response to a series of devastating floods in Florida that 
killed scores in the 1940's, Congress authorized the Central 
and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project in 1948. The intent of this 
project was to redirect water out of Lake Okeechobee into the 
Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 1.7 billion 
gallons of water per day are diverted from the southern half of 
the State. This water had once flowed through the so-called 
``river of grass,'' supporting the habitat for hundreds of 
species of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. As a result of 
the high volume of discharges of water, coastal estuaries are 
in peril, while water needed for the ecosystem and regional 
water supplies are wasted. The unintended consequence of the 
1948 C&SF Project has been the slow demise of the Everglades 
and its many habitats.
    For several decades, this committee and the Congress have 
taken steps to address many of the C&SF Project's unintended 
harms to the natural system. The Water Resources and 
Development Act (WRDA) of 1992 authorized a Comprehensive 
Review Study (Restudy) of the C&SF Project. The Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (WRDA-96) provided further direction in 
the Restudy.
    As required by WRDA-96, the Restudy or ``Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan'' (CERP) was submitted to Congress 
on July 1, 1999. The CERP defines the major project for 
ecosystem restoration, water supply, and other water-related 
purposes, as well as defining a process for implementation. The 
CERP has 68 project components to implement over a 35-year 
period. These components are expected to improve the 
functioning of over 2.4 million acres of the South Florida 
ecosystem; stabilize Lake Okeechobee water levels for littoral 
zone health; improve urban and agriculture water supply; 
improve deliveries to Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and other 
coastal estuaries; and improve regional water quality 
conditions, while maintaining the existing levels of flood 
protection. In addition, the CERP will eliminate the damaging 
freshwater releases to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie 
estuaries. A key element of the CERP is adaptive assessment, an 
approach to monitoring the progress of the CERP, providing 
built-in flexibility, and giving the implementors of the CERP 
the opportunity to respond to unforseen circumstances by making 
modifications, as necessary.
    On June 27, 2000, Chairman Smith, along with Senators 
Voinovich, Baucus, Graham and Mack, introduced S. 2797, the 
``Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act'' (REAL 
Act). The bill approved the CERP as a framework and authorized 
the first of a set of projects and implementation procedures. 
As such, the REAL Act represents the first stage of the 
Everglades restoration process.
    The REAL Act authorized ten construction projects using 
proven technologies to provide immediate benefits to the 
natural system, at a cost of $1 billion to be shared equally 
between the Federal Government and the State of Florida. REAL 
authorized an additional four pilot projects to test new and 
innovative technologies that may be employed in future 
restoration projects. The Act also required that future 
components of the plan must have a favorable Project 
Implementation Reports (PIR) from the Secretary of the Army, 
similar to the Chief of Engineer's report. Future projects will 
be authorized through the biennial Water Resources Development 
Act (WRDA).
    The REAL Act also employed an adaptive management and 
assessment mechanism to provide an unprecedented level of 
flexibility to modify and improve the overall plan as new 
technologies and new methods become available. There are also 
built in ``assurances'' that the environment will be the 
primary beneficiary of the water made available through the 
CERP.
    This historic piece of restoration and conservation 
legislation was ordered reported by the committee on June 28, 
2000. The bill was reported to the Senate on July 27, 2000, 
accompanied by Senate Rept. 106-363, and it was placed on the 
Calendar. The REAL Act was then incorporated in S. 2796 (Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000) and passed the full Senate 
by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 85-1 on September 25, 
2000. The House passed an amended version of S. 2796 that 
included the Senate Everglades language. Following a conference 
and subsequent agreement by both houses of Congress, the REAL 
Act (as included S. 2796) was signed into law by President 
Clinton on December 11, 2000 (P.L. 106-541).

                    Water Resources Development Act

    The committee has jurisdiction over the water resources 
activities within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works 
program. During the 106th Congress, much effort was expended in 
the biennial authorization of the Water Resources Development 
Act.
    Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman 
George V. Voinovich, along with Chairman Robert C. Smith and 
Ranking Member Max Baucus, introduced the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000 (S. 2796), on June 27, 2000, which was 
referred to the committee. The intent of S. 2796 notably was to 
provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army 
to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and 
harbors of the United States.
    On June 28, 2000, the committee ordered the bill to be 
reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
on July 27, 2000, the committee reported S. 2796 to the full 
Senate (S. Rept. 106-362). On September 25, 2000, S. 2796 
passed the Senate 85-1. On December 11, 2000 the bill was 
signed into law by President Clinton (P.L. 106-541).
    This legislation authorized the Secretary of the Army to 
construct a number of projects for flood control, navigation, 
and environmental restoration. The bill also modified existing 
Army Corps projects and authorized several project studies.
    S. 2796 included other project-specific and general 
provisions related to Army Corps operations. The bill 
authorized funds for shoreline protection and restoration 
projects. The funds are most often used to assist States in 
repairing damage caused by coastal storms. This legislation is 
vitally important for countless communities across the country. 
For economic and life-safety reasons, we must maintain our 
harbors, ports, and inland waterways, our flood control levees 
and shorelines, and the environment. The bill also incorporated 
the language of S. 2797, the ``Restoring the Everglades, an 
American Legacy Act.''

                   Estuaries Habitat Restoration Act

    Estuaries are those bays, gulfs, sounds, and inlets where 
fresh water meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean. 
They provide some of the most economically and ecologically 
productive habitats for an extensive variety of species of 
plants, fish, wildlife, and waterfowl. According to the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, more than 75 percent of the commercial 
fish and shellfish catch and 80 to 90 percent of the 
recreational fish catch in the United States depend on 
estuaries at some stage in their lifecycles. The commercial 
fishing industry alone contributes $111 billion per year to the 
national economy.
    Despite the critical need for estuary habitat restoration, 
there are few programs that specifically address estuaries. The 
primary program for protecting and restoring estuaries is the 
National Estuary Program (NEP). In testimony submitted to the 
committee on July 22, Richard Ribb, Director of the 
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, indicated that the NEP did 
not have sufficient resources to adequately address habitat 
restoration in addition to addressing the broad range of other 
problems included under its mandate. Furthermore, the NEP can 
only accommodate a limited number of the estimated 130 
estuaries in the United States. Estuaries that are not included 
in the NEP program must compete for funding with a variety of 
different waterbodies.
    On April 20, 1999, Chairman John H. Chafee, introduced the 
Estuaries Habitat Restoration Act (S. 835) to address these 
needs. The goal of the bill was to restore a total of one 
million acres of estuary habitat by 2010. The bill provided 
incentives and other tools to help communities carry out 
restoration projects and stretched limited Federal resources by 
encouraging State environmental agencies, local communities, as 
well as private and not-for-profit organizations to help share 
the cost of recreation projects, and to coordinate the 
restoration activities among the multitude of Federal and State 
organizations and private conservation interests.
    The committee marked up S. 835 on September 29, 1999. 
Following the death of Chairman John H. Chafee in October of 
1999, Chairman Smith continued the fight for passage of this 
legislation with the help of the newly appointed Rhode Island 
Senator, Lincoln Chafee. On March 30, 2000, the bill was passed 
by the full Senate. Following passage in the House of 
Representatives, a conference report was agreed to by the 
Senate on October 23, 2000. On November 7, 2000, the bill was 
signed into law by President Clinton (P.L. 106-457).

        Beaches Environment Assessment, Closure, and Health Act

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean 
Water Act) was enacted ``to restore and maintain the chemical, 
physical and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.'' 
There is a broad consensus that the Act has been largely 
successful. From an environmental perspective, the Clean Water 
Act has been directly responsible for removing more than a 
billion pounds of toxic chemicals per year and over 16 billion 
pounds of oxygen-depleting pollution from wastewater each year. 
At the same time, however, it is clear that there is more work 
to be done. In particular, coastal waters in some areas still 
do not meet water quality standards, especially in areas near 
pollution sources after a heavy rainfall. In recent years, 
where water quality is monitored, pollution has caused closures 
or advisories on thousands of occasions at coastal beaches 
nationwide, while countless other beaches were not monitored at 
all. While monitoring data have shown that beach pollution is 
usually infrequent and confined to limited areas, additional 
measures to address this ongoing problem are warranted.
    Improving water quality at our nation's beaches, as well as 
implementing monitoring and public notification programs, will 
benefit all Americans who have a right to expect that they can 
safely swim in the water. In the United States, over half the 
population lives near a coastal area; the great majority of 
Americans visit coastal areas to participate in recreational 
activities. It is estimated that coastal recreation, and the 
related tourism industry, together serve 180 million Americans, 
support 28.3 million jobs, and generate billions of dollars in 
goods and services every year.
    On March 3, 1999, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg introduced S. 
522, the ``Beaches Environment Assessment, Closure, and Health 
Act of 2000,'' a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to improve the quality of beaches and coastal 
recreation water, and for other purposes. This legislation made 
several significant changes to the Clean Water Act to address 
the lack of adoption by some States and Federal agencies of the 
EPA's water quality criteria for pathogen and pathogen 
indicators; the need to develop better scientific data to 
improve water quality criteria; to provide greater consistency 
between State monitoring and notification programs; and to 
improve water quality monitoring and notification efforts by 
Federal agencies over coastal waters.
    On July 22, 1999, the committee held a hearing on S. 522. 
On April 13, 2000, under the leadership of Chairman Smith, a 
business meeting was held to consider S. 522 and H.R. 999, a 
companion bill to S. 522 that was passed by the House of 
Representatives on April 22, 1999 and referred to the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works. During consideration of the 
bills, the committee ordered reported H.R. 999 and S. 522 by 
voice vote, in the text of a manager's amendment in the nature 
of a substitute that strengthened Federal/State partnerships 
and Federal assistance to the States. The text of S. 522, as 
amended, was substituted for the text of H.R. 999. H.R. 999 was 
then passed by the Senate on September 21, 2000. On October 10, 
2000, the bill was signed into law by President Clinton (P.L. 
106-284).

                            WILDLIFE REFUGES

    On March 14, 1903, by Executive Order, President Theodore 
Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on 
Pelican Island. Pelican Island is a small island in Florida's 
Indian River. The refuge was established specifically to 
protect the brown pelican. At the turn of the century, brown 
pelicans were being hunted for their feathers for hats and 
quills, causing a significant decline in the population.
    Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) 
has evolved into the most comprehensive system of lands devoted 
to wildlife protection and management in the world. Currently, 
there are 526 refuges in the United States and its territories, 
providing important habitat for 700 bird species, 220 mammal 
species, 250 species of amphibians and reptiles, and over 200 
fish species. The refuges range in size from less than one acre 
at the Mille Lac National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, to 19.2 
million in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Each 
year, the Refuge System attracts more than 34 million visitors 
who participate in a variety of recreational activities 
including observing and photographing wildlife, fishing, 
hunting and taking part in system-sponsored educational 
programs.
    During the 106th Congress, the committee passed separate 
legislation to establish three new wildlife refuges. The Cat 
Island National Wildlife Refuge, the Red River National 
Wildlife Refuge and the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. 
H.R. 3292 (Cat Island) H.R. 4286 (Cahaba River), and H.R. 4318 
(Red River) were all considered by the committee in a business 
meeting on September 21, 2000, and ordered reported to the 
Senate on October 2, 2000. The bills passed the Senate on 
October 5, 2000 and were signed into law by President Clinton 
[P.L. 106-300 (October 13, 2000), P.L. 106-331 (October 19, 
2000) and P.L. 106-369 (October 27, 2000)].

                      NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS

    Each autumn, some five billion birds from 500 species 
migrate between their breeding grounds in North America and 
tropical habitats in the Caribbean, Central and South America. 
These neotropical migrants are birds that migrate between the 
biogeographic region stretching across Mexico, Central America, 
much of the Caribbean, and the northern part of South America. 
They comprise a vast array of birds well known to many in the 
Americas: ducks, other waterfowl, and dozens of other species. 
In some parts of the United States and Canada, almost all of 
the birds migrate to the tropics for the winter.
    The natural challenges facing these migratory birds are 
profound. Many migratory birds experience a relatively low 
survival rate, due to nest predation and brood parasitism, as 
well as natural competition among species, predation and 
general hazards along their migratory routes.
    As a result of these impacts, populations of migratory 
birds have declined generally in recent years. Approximately 
210 species of migratory birds in the United States are in 
serious decline, with 90 species either threatened or 
endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The Mexican 
government has identified approximately 390 species of birds as 
endangered, threatened, vulnerable or rare. Many of these are 
neotropical migratory birds.
    The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (S. 148) 
was introduced by Senator Spencer Abraham in order to 
perpetuate healthy populations of neotropical migratory birds; 
assist in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds by 
supporting conservation initiatives in the United States, Latin 
America, and the Caribbean; provide financial resources; and 
foster international cooperation for those initiatives. This 
bill required the Secretary of Interior to provide assistance 
in the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. The bill 
was referred to the committee on January 19, 1999, and on March 
26, 1999, the bill was reported to the Senate and placed on the 
Calendar. The bill passed the Senate on April 13, 1999. The 
House considered the Senate bill and passed it with an 
amendment on June 26, 2000. Following Senate agreement to the 
House amendment on June 29, 2000, the bill was signed into law 
on July 20, 2000, by President Clinton (P.L. 106-247).

                         Pittman-Robertson Act

    The Pittman-Robertson Act and the Dingell-Johnson Act 
(later called the Wallop-Breaux Act), authorized in 1937 and 
1950, respectively, created user-pay benefit trust funds. 
Together, these programs are called the Sport Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration programs and are known more generally as the 
Federal Aid program. Since its inception, the Pittman-Robertson 
Act has provided over $4 billion for State wildlife restoration 
projects; the Wallop-Breaux Act has provided over $3.6 billion 
for State sport fish projects. In fiscal year 2000, the States 
received a total of $434 million for the Pittman-Robertson and 
Wallop-Breaux programs.
    In December 1998, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) 
began an oversight review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's (USFWS) administration of the Federal Aid program. 
The GAO investigation found that the USFWS, among other things, 
failed to maintain adequate controls over funds, expenditures, 
and grants; used administrative funds inconsistently among 
different USFWS regional offices; and had conducted limited 
auditing of the use of funds. A 1993 investigation by the GAO 
found similar problems. At that time, the USFWS indicated that 
it was taking steps to address the problems. The 1998 
investigation revealed that the changes promised had not been 
implemented. During the 1998 investigation, GAO raised 
significant concerns regarding the accountability, oversight, 
and control of the Federal Aid program. Among other things, GAO 
found that the USFWS had created two new programs unrelated to 
the administration of the wildlife restoration and sport fish 
programs and was funding these new programs with Federal Aid 
program dollars. The two new programs were: the Administrative 
Grants program and the Director's Conservation Fund.
    In response to these issues, legislation (H. Res. 455) was 
introduced and passed by the House. On April 6, 2000, H. Res. 
455 was referred to the committee. This legislation addressed 
the problems that were identified in the GAO report and 
subsequent Congressional oversight hearings by making three 
fundamental changes to the wildlife restoration and sport fish 
programs. These changes were intended to enhance accountability 
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with respect to the 
administration of the Federal Aid program; to provide further 
clarity regarding the use of administrative funds; and to 
provide additional flexibility to the States for regional 
conservation projects. First, the bill authorized a fixed sum 
that the Secretary of Interior may set aside for administration 
of both the Pittman-Robertson and Wallop-Breaux programs. 
Second, the bill enumerated legitimate administrative costs and 
limits the use of Federal Aid to those expenses. Finally, the 
bill authorized a new Multistate Conservation Grant program to 
allow for the use of some Federal Aid funds to be used for 
regional projects.
    On October 10, 2000, the bill was reported to the full 
Senate with an amendment from Chairman Smith in the nature of a 
substitute. The Senate passed the bill on October 12, 2000, and 
after the House agreed to the Smith amendment, it was signed 
into law by President Clinton on November 1, 2000 (P.L. 106-
408).

                           JUNIOR DUCK STAMP

    Early America had an abundance of marshes and wetlands that 
provided a home for an astonishing number of wild ducks, geese, 
swans, brants and other waterfowl. Over time, a great deal of 
our critical wildlife habitat has been lost due to changing 
land use patterns and other causes. In addition, frequent bouts 
of extreme weather have taken their toll. By the late 1920's, 
hunters, conservationists and government officials became 
concerned at the alarming decrease of waterfowl species.
    To address the problem, Congress passed the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act of 1929. The Act authorized the Department of 
the Agriculture to acquire and preserve wetlands as waterfowl 
habitat. Although the Act was a step in the right direction, it 
did not provide a permanent fund for the purchase of wetland 
and waterfowl habitats. To rectify this situation, Jay ``Ding'' 
Darling, political cartoonist and chief of the Bureau of 
Biological Survey, conceived of a unique idea to raise funds. 
Ding Darling thought that stamps sold to waterfowl hunters 
would generate funds to preserve the habitat. Based on Ding 
Darling's idea, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed 
into law, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act on March 16, 
1934. More commonly known as the Duck Stamp Act, it requires 
that all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and older must 
annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp. The revenue 
generated from duck stamp sales is earmarked for the Migratory 
Bird Conservation Fund to buy or lease waterfowl sanctuaries.
    The Duck Stamp Program was such a success that in 1994 
Congress created the Junior Duck Stamp Program. This extremely 
successful program allows children from kindergarten through 
the twelfth grade to participate in an integrated art and 
science curriculum designed to teach environmental art and 
science to students. Each student chooses one waterfowl species 
to focus their efforts on throughout their course of study. At 
the culmination of the course they draw that particular 
species. Each State selects a Best-of-Show winner and enters 
the piece of artwork in a national competition. The national 
winning design is used to create the Junior Duck Stamp and the 
artist receives $2,500. The national first, second, and third 
place-winning students, their parents, and their art teacher 
win a trip to Washington, DC, to attend the award ceremony.
    On September 12, 2000, Chairman Smith, along with committee 
members, Senators John Warner and Lincoln Chafee, introduced 
legislation to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 
and Design Program Act (S. 3032). On September 28, 2000, the 
committee ordered H.R. 2496 (the House companion bill to S. 
3032) reported to the full Senate. On October 2, 2000, the bill 
was reported to the Senate and placed on the Calendar. On 
October 5, 2000, the bill was passed by the Senate and was 
signed into law by President Clinton on October 19, 2000 (P.L. 
106-316).

                        DISASTER MITIGATION ACT

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act originally was enacted in 1974 and amended in 
1988 and 1993 (P.L. 93-288). The Stafford Act provides the 
principal authority for the President to provide assistance in 
mitigating against, responding to, and preparing for disasters 
and emergencies such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, 
tornadoes, and terrorist acts. The mission of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the Act, 
is to reduce loss of life and property and protect the nation's 
critical infrastructure from all types of hazards, through a 
comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program. FEMA 
programs are administered via ten regional offices (Atlanta, 
Bothell (WA), Boston, Denton (TX), Chicago, Denver, Kansas 
City, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco). FEMA also 
works with a network of State and local emergency management 
organizations and entities, as well as private sector 
companies, in providing disaster assistance and mitigation 
help. The Stafford Act authorizes Federal assistance in four 
areas:

      preparedness (e.g., emergency planning and 
training);
      mitigation (e.g., reducing potential damage 
before disasters occur);
      response (e.g., emergency assistance immediately 
following a disaster); and
      recovery (e.g., repair and reconstruction after a 
disaster).

    On October 5, 1999, Senator Inhofe introduced (S. 1691), 
``The Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999,'' a bill to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act to authorize programs 
for predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
disaster relief, to control Federal costs of disaster 
assistance, and for other purposes. This legislation amended 
the Stafford Act to authorize a new predisaster hazard 
mitigation program (`Project Impact'), streamline management 
and reduce associated costs thereof, and make other changes and 
clarifications to existing law. The authority provided in this 
3-year authorization was intended to formally authorize the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to encourage and 
promote predisaster mitigation in different localities 
throughout the country.
    The committee ordered the bill reported on February 9, 
2000, and on May 16, 2000, the bill was reported with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute by Chairman Smith, 
Ranking Member Baucus, Subcommittee Chairman Inhofe, and 
Subcommittee Ranking Member Graham. The text of S. 1691 was 
substituted for the text of H.R. 707. H.R. 707, as amended, was 
then passed by the Senate on July 19, 2000. On October 3, 2000, 
the House agreed to the Senate amendment with an amendment. On 
October 5, the Senate concurred with the House amendment with 
an additional amendment that was then agreed to by the House on 
October 10, 2000. President Clinton signed the bill into law on 
October 30, 2000 (P.L. 106-390).

                          NUCLEAR REGULATIONS

    Section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990 (P.L. 101-508) required the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) to collect fees-for-service from NRC applicants and 
annual fees from NRC licensees. With regard to fees-for-
service, OBRA-90 required that pursuant to the Independent 
Offices Appropriations Act, the NRC continue to charge any 
applicant or other person receiving a service from the NRC a 
fee covering the cost to the NRC of providing the service. With 
regard to annual charges, the legislation directed the NRC to 
collect annual fees from licensees that ``[t]o the maximum 
extent practicable . . . have a reasonable relationship to the 
cost of providing regulatory services'' and in an amount that, 
when added to the amount collected in fees for service and the 
amount appropriated for the Nuclear Waste Fund, would 
approximate 100 percent of NRC budget authority for that fiscal 
year. To meet the new requirement, the NRC adopted a policy of 
collecting annual fees not only from reactor licensees, but 
materials licensees as well.
    Concerns were raised regarding the fairness of the fee 
assessment structure. In the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 
102-486), Congress took steps to address one perceived inequity 
by statutorily excluding certain federally owned research 
reactors from the NRC annual fee requirement. In addition, the 
1992 Act directed the NRC to undertake a review of its policy 
for assessing annual charges, solicit public comment on 
necessary changes to such policy, and make recommendations to 
Congress on possible changes to existing law that could prevent 
an unfair burden from being levied on certain NRC licensees.
    After receiving NRC recommendations, Senator James M. 
Inhofe, chairman of the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, 
Private Property, and Nuclear Safety, introduced the ``NRC 
Fairness in Funding Act'' (S. 1627) on September 23, 1999. This 
legislation provided for a 5-year extension of the NRC's 
authority to collect fees in an amount sufficient to constitute 
100 percent of the NRC's fiscal year budget authority (less the 
amount appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund), with the 
addition of an exclusion for costs of those activities for 
which it would not be fair and equitable to assess charges. 
This bill would also amend current law to enhance nuclear 
safety and physical security, increase NRC efficiency, and 
maximize Commission resources.
    The bill was marked up on September 29, 2000, and reported 
to the Senate by Chairman Robert C. Smith on November 11, 1999. 
S. 1627, with a managers' amendment, was passed by the Senate 
on April 13, 2000. While the House did not take up the Senate 
legislation, the fee fairness language from S. 1627 was 
included in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that was 
eventually signed into law by President Clinton.

                           BROWNFIELDS REFORM

    Nationwide, there are over 450,000 lightly contaminated, 
abandoned former industrial sites known as ``brownfields''. The 
redevelopment of these sites would not only provide 
environmental benefit to the local communities by removing 
contamination and preserving green space through redevelopment, 
but would also provide for an increased tax base and inner-city 
jobs. Unfortunately, today there exist numerous obstacles to 
cleaning up and redeveloping these sites, from uncertainty and 
liability concerns to financial risk. Under the leadership of 
Chairman Robert C. Smith, Ranking Member Max Baucus, Superfund 
Subcommittee Chairman Lincoln Chafee and Subcommittee Ranking 
Member Frank Lautenberg, the committee moved forward on 
brownfields reform legislation in the 106th Congress. The 
Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act 
(S. 2700) was introduced on June, 2000, by Senators Chafee, 
Smith, Baucus and Lautenberg and received the cosponsorship of 
66 members of the Senate. Due to circumstances unrelated to the 
bill, S. 2700 was never able to move to the Senate floor. 
Chairman Smith has stated that Brownfields reform legislation 
will be a top priority for the 107th Congress and the committee 
is optimistic that Brownfields reform legislation will become 
law during the 107th Congress.

                              Nominations

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works approved a 
number of Presidential nominations during the 106th Congress. 
The nominations that the committee approved and for which the 
Senate gave advice and consent were as follows:
Appalachian Regional Commission
    Ella Wong-Rusinko, of Virginia, to be Alternate Federal Co-
chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
    Paul L. Hill, Jr., of West Virginia, to be Chairperson of 
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term 
of 5 years (Reappointment).
    Paul L. Hill, Jr., of West Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of 5 
years (Reappointment).
    Gerlad V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of 5 years 
(Reappointment).
Department of Commerce
    Arthur C. Campbell of Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Economic Development. (New Position)
Environmental Protection Agency
    James V. Aidala, of Virginia, to be Assistant Adminstrator, 
Office of Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency.
    Timothy Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    Michael W. McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Mississippi River Commission
    Maj. Gen. Phillips R. Anderson, U.S. Army, to be a Member 
and President of the Mississippi River Commission.
    Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission for a term of 9 years.
    Brig. Gen. Robert H. Griffin, U.S. Army, to be a Member of 
the Mississippi River Commission.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
        Policy Foundation
    Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation for a 
term expiring October 6, 2002.
    Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, to be a member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation for a 
term expiring October 6, 2004 (Reappointment).
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a term of 5 years expiring 
June 30, 2004 (Reappointment).
    Richard A. Meserve, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a term of 5 years expiring 
June 30, 2004.
Tennessee Valley Authority
    Skila Harris, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring 
May 18, 2008.
    Glenn L. McCullough, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term 
expiring May 18, 2005.

                         Meetings and Hearings

                        Full Committee Hearings

    The full committee held the following hearings:

    On February 24, 1999, to consider the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the Environmental 
Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

    On March 4, 1999, to consider the nominations of Gary S. 
Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, Office of General Counsel, Environmental 
Protection Agency, and Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, 
to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
Foundation. The nominees testified and answered questions on 
their own behalf; Mr. Guzy was introduced by Senator Lautenberg 
and Dr. Udall was introduced by Representative Udall.

    On March 11, 1999, to consider S. 507, a bill to provide 
for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and 
harbors of the United States, and the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the Army Corps of 
Engineers, receiving testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, and Michael L. Davis, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy and Legislation, both of 
the Department of the Army.

    On March 17, 1999, to examine the loss of open space and 
environmental quality, focusing on sprawl and development, and 
related proposals, receiving testimony from Mayor Paul Helmke, 
Fort Wayne, IN, on behalf of the United States Conference of 
Mayors; Terry Kauffman, Board of Commissioners, Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties; Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic 
Preservation, Kathryn Hohmann, Sierra Club; Gary Garczynski, 
National Association of Home Builders; and Nelson C. Rising, 
Catellus Development Corporation, on behalf of the National 
Realty Committee, and Steven Hayward, Pacific Research 
Institute for Public Policy, both of San Francisco, CA.

    On March 18, 1999, to continue consideration of the loss of 
open space and environmental quality, focusing on sprawl and 
development, and related proposals, receiving testimony from 
Senators Landrieu, Feinstein, and Leahy; Maryland Governor 
Parris N. Glendening, Annapolis; David Hayes, Counselor to the 
Secretary of the Interior; Andrew Falender, Appalachian 
Mountain Club, MA; Chris Montague, Montana Land Reliance, 
Billings, MT; R. Max Peterson, International Association of 
Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Roy Kienitz, Surface Transportation 
Policy Project; and Ralph Grossi, American Farmland Trust.

    On March 24, 1999, to examine voluntary greenhouse gas 
mitigation activities issues, including actions and programs in 
the United States, issues related to the design of a voluntary 
action crediting program, and S. 547, to authorize the 
President to enter into agreements to provide regulatory credit 
for voluntary early action to mitigate potential environmental 
impacts from greenhouse gas emissions, receiving testimony from 
Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 
Arlington, VA; Tia Nelson, Nature Conservatory, Arlington, VA; 
Dale A. Landgren, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Milwaukee, 
WI; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial Products, 
Chicago, IL; John Passacantando, Ozone Action; and Raymond 
Keating, Small Business Survival Committee.

    On April 28, 1999, to consider the nomination of George T. 
Frampton, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Council on Environmental Quality. The nominee testified and 
answered questions on his own behalf.

    On May 5, 1999, to consider the nomination of Timothy 
Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office 
of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions on his own behalf.

    On May 13, 1999, to consider issues relating to the 
President's Clean Water Action Plan, receiving testimony from 
Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Gary G. Beach, 
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne; John 
Godbee, International Paper Company, on behalf of the American 
Forest and Paper Association; Daniel F. Heilig, Wyoming Outdoor 
Council, on behalf of the Clean Water Network; Ross Wilson, 
Texas Cattle Feeder's Association, Amarillo, on behalf of the 
National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and Jane Nishida, 
Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore.

    On May 25, 1999, to consider S. 1090, a bill to reauthorize 
and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Liability, 
and Compensation Act of 1980, receiving testimony from Mayor 
Jim Marshall, Macon, GA, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of 
Mayors; Mayor Thomas Suozzi, Glen Cove, NY, on behalf of the 
American Communities for Cleanup Equity; Tom Curtis, National 
Governors' Association; Karen Florini, Environmental Defense 
Fund; Red Cavaney, American Petroleum Institute; Claudia 
Kerbawy, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, 
on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Solid 
Waste Management Officials; Gordon J. Johnson, New York State 
Assistant Attorney General, Albany, on behalf of the National 
Association of Attorneys General; Bernard J. Reilly, Du Pont De 
Nemours E.I. and Co., Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the 
Chemical Manufacturers Association; Mark Gregor, Rochester, NY, 
on behalf of the National Association of Local Government 
Environmental Professionals; Mike Nobis, J. K. Creative 
Printers, Quincy, IL, on behalf of the National Federation of 
Independent Business; Mike Ford, Mike Ford Agency, Clark, NJ, 
on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; and Wilma 
Subra, Subra Company, New Iberia, LA.

    On June 17, 1999, to consider S. 533, to amend the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act to authorize local governments and Governors 
to restrict receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste; S. 
663, to impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-
State municipal solid waste and to authorize State and local 
controls over the flow of municipal solid waste; and, S. 872, 
to impose certain limits on the receipt of out-of-State 
municipal solid waste, to authorize State and local controls 
over the flow of municipal solid waste, receiving testimony 
from Senators Specter, Warner, Robb and Bayh; Indiana's Lt. 
Governor Joseph E. Kernan, Indianapolis; James M. Seif, 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 
Harrisburg; Gary Sondermeyer, New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection, Trenton; Floyd H. Miles, Sr., Charles 
City County Board of Supervisors, Providence Forge, VA; Dewey 
R. Stokes, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Columbus, 
OH, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Grover 
G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform; and, Robert Eisenbud, 
Waste Management, Inc.

    On July 14, 1999, to examine transportation conformity 
activities under the Clean Air Act and the effect recent 
litigation may have on this program, and S. 1053, to amend the 
Clean Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the 
transportation conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 
1999, receiving testimony from Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Kenneth R. Wykle, Administrator, Federal 
Highway Administration, and Gordon J. Linton, Administrator, 
Federal Transit Administration, both of the Department of 
Transportation; E. Dean Carlson, Kansas Department of 
Transportation, Topeka, on behalf of the American Association 
of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Jack L. 
Stephens, Jr., Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, 
Atlanta, GA; Jacob L. Snow, Clark County Regional 
Transportation Commission, Las Vegas, NV; Mark Pisano, Southern 
California Association of Governments, Los Angeles; Michael A. 
Replogle, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC; and Jack 
Kinstlinger, KCI Technologies, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD, on behalf 
of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

    On July 21, 1999, to consider S. 835, to encourage the 
restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient project 
financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal 
restoration programs; S. 878, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary 
program to be used for the development and implementation of a 
comprehensive conservation and management plan, to reauthorize 
appropriations to carry out the program; S. 492, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Act to assist in the restoration of the 
Chesapeake Bay; S. 1119, to amend the Act of August 9, 1950, to 
continue funding of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 
and Restoration Act; S. 522, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of beaches and 
coastal recreation water; and, H.R. 999, to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of coastal 
recreation waters, receiving testimony from Senators Breaux, 
Sarbanes, and Torricelli; Representative Bilbray; J. Charles 
Fox, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Michael L. Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works; Mayor Martin L. Pagliughi, Avalon, 
NJ; Ted Danson, American Oceans Campaign, Santa Monica, CA; 
Linda Shead, Galveston Bay Foundation, Galveston Bay, TX, on 
behalf of the Restore America's Estuaries; Richard Ribb, Rhode 
Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, on 
behalf of the Association of National Estuary Programs; Michael 
F, Hirshfield, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland; 
and Len Bahr, Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge, LA.

    On September 23, 1999, to consider the nominations of 
Richard A. Meserve, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission; Paul L. Hill, Jr, of West Virginia, to 
be Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board; Maj. Gen. Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be 
a Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, and 
Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, and Brig. Gen. Robert H. 
Griffin, United States Army, each to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions on their own behalf. Mr. Hill was introduced 
by Senator Byrd.

    On October 6, 1999, to consider the nominations of Glenn L. 
McCullough, Jr, of Mississippi, and Skila Harris, of Kentucky, 
each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority, and Gerald V. Poje, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions on their 
own behalf. Mr. McCullough was introduced by Senators Cochran 
and Lott, and Representatives Wicker and Pickering, and Ms. 
Harris was introduced by Senator Thompson.

    On October 6, 1999, to conduct oversight on the role of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority in a changing electric power 
industry, and to consider S. 1323, a bill to amend the Federal 
Power Act to ensure that certain Federal power customers are 
provided protection by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, receiving testimony from Mark Medford, Executive 
Vice President, Customer Service and Marketing, Tennessee 
Valley Authority; Don Fuller, Paducah Power System, Paducah, 
KY; Robert M. Hewett, Kentucky Utilities Company, Lexington, on 
behalf of the TVA Watch; and Richard Munson, Northeast-Midwest 
Institute, Washington, DC.

    On October 7, 1999, to consider S. 968, to authorize the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make 
grants to State agencies with responsibility for water source 
development, for the purposes of maximizing the available water 
supply and protecting the environment through the development 
of alternative water sources; S. 914, to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to require that discharges from 
combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the Combined 
Sewer Overflow Control Policy of the Environmental Protection 
Agency; and, S. 1699, to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water 
pollution control revolving funds, receiving testimony from J. 
Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Mayor Raymond J. Wieczorek, Manchester, NH, 
on behalf the CSO Partnership; Gerald E. Dorfman, Dorfman 
Construction Company, Inc., Woodland Hills, California, on 
behalf of the National Utility Contractors Association; Greg 
Mason, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, Atlanta, on 
behalf of the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities; 
Tom Kamppinen, Michigan Department of Environmental Protection, 
Lansing, on behalf of the Association of State and Interstate 
Water Pollution Control Administrators; and, E.D. Vergara, 
Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville.

    On October 13, 1999, to consider S. 188, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of 
State revolving loan funds for construction of water 
conservation and quality improvements; S. 1706, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exclude from stormwater 
regulation certain areas and activities, and to improve the 
regulation and limit the liability of local governments 
concerning co-permitting and the implementation of control 
measures; and, S. 669, to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to ensure compliance by Federal facilities with 
pollution control requirements, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Burns; J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for 
Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Bruce deGrazia, 
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental 
Quality; Maryland Assistant Attorney General Mary Rosewin 
Sweeney, Annapolis, on behalf of the National Association of 
Attorneys General; Helen Walker, Victoria County Court, 
Victoria, TX, on behalf of the Texas Counties Storm Water 
Coalition; Doug Harrison, Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control 
District, Fresno, CA, on behalf of the National Association of 
Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies; Steve Fleischli, 
Santa Monica BayKeeper, Santa Monica, California; and Jan Lee, 
Oregon Water Resources Congress, Salem.

    On February 3, 2000, to consider the nominations of Eric D. 
Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation, and W. Michael 
McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions on their own behalf. Mr. McCabe was 
introduced by Senator Biden.

    February 23, 2000, to consider the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the Environmental 
Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

    On May 2, 2000, to receive information on State 
environmental success stories and environmental protection 
program improvements, focusing on the EPA's relationship with 
States, enforcement, funding, inspections, administration, land 
recycling and brownfields, data management, non-point source 
runoff, technology, and the ECOS/EPA Regulatory Innovation 
Agreement, after receiving testimony from W. Michael McCabe, 
Acting Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 
General Accounting Office; R. Lewis Shaw, South Carolina 
Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, and 
Robert W. Varney, New Hampshire Department of Environmental 
Services, Concord, both on behalf of the Environmental Council 
of the States (ECOS); James M. Seif, Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection, Harrisburg; Brent C. Bradford, Utah 
Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City; Lynn 
Scarlett, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA; and 
Erik D. Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Jason S. 
Grumet, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, 
both of Washington, DC.

    On May 11, 2000, to consider S. 2797, to approve the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by providing for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, 
and authorizing the Secretary of the Army to construct various 
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Joseph Westphal, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Gary S. Guzy, 
General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency; Mary Doyle, 
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and 
Science; Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Tallahassee; Patricia 
Power, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, FL; Dexter 
Lehtinen, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Miami; 
Michael Collins, South Florida Water Management District, 
Islamorada; Ken Keck, Florida Citrus Mutual, Lakeland; and 
David E. Guggenheim, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Naples, 
on behalf of the Everglades Coalition.

    On May 24, 2000, to consider proposed legislation that 
would use revenue generated from Outer Continental Shelf oil 
and gas production to fund coastal conservation and 
restoration, and related activities, including related 
provisions of S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to 
State and local governments, to amend the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation 
Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act 
(commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to 
establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and 
recreation needs of the American people, S. 2123, to provide 
Outer Continental Shelf Impact assistance to State and local 
governments, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, 
and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly 
referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish a fund 
to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the 
American people; and, S. 2181, to amend the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act to provide full funding for the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, and to provide dedicated funding for 
other conservation programs, including coastal stewardship, 
wildlife habitat protection, State and local park and open 
space preservation, historic preservation, forestry 
conservation programs, and youth conservation corps, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Cochran and Landrieu; 
Representatives Don Young, George Miller, Chenoweth-Hage, 
Shadegg, and Tauzin; Jamie R. Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; David Waller, 
Georgia Division of Wildlife, Social Circle, and Wayne Vetter, 
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Concord, both on behalf 
of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; 
Rindy O'Brien, Wilderness Society; Rodger Schlickeisen, 
Defenders of Wildlife; Michael Hardiman, American Land Rights 
Association; Rollin D. Sparrowe, Wildlife Management Institute; 
and Charles R. Niebling, Society for the Protection of New 
Hampshire Forests, Concord.

    On June 6, 2000, to consider S. 1311, to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish an eleventh region of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, comprised solely of the State of Alaska, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski; Romulo L. Diaz, Jr, 
Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources 
Management, Environmental Protection Agency; Michele D. Brown, 
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Ken 
Freeman, Resource Development Council, both of Anchorage, AK.

    On June 13, 2000, to consider the nominations of James V. 
Aidala, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic 
Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency, Arthur C. 
Campbell, of Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Development, and Ella Wong-Rusinko, of Virginia, 
to be Alternate Federal Co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
on their own behalf. Mr. Aidala was introduced by Senators 
Lieberman and Roberts, Mr. Campbell was introduced by Senator 
Frist and Representatives Bennie Thompson and Wamp, and Ms. 
Wong-Rusinko was introduced by Senators Warner and Hutchison.

    On September 12, 2000, to examine Department of 
Transportation proposed regulations for metropolitan and 
statewide transportation planning rules, implementation of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and related 
procedures for transportation decision-making, protection of 
public parks, wildlife and waterfowl, and historic sites, 
focusing on the proposed NEPA regulations and how they relate 
to the environmental streamlining provisions of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (P.L. 105-178), 
after receiving testimony from George T. Frampton, Jr., 
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; Kenneth R. Wykle, 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice; Carol A. Murray, New Hampshire Department of 
Transportation, Concord; Jim Currie, Montana Department of 
Transportation, Helena, on behalf of the Montana, Wyoming, 
Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Arizona, and 
Michigan Transportation Departments; Gordon D. Proctor, Ohio 
Department of Transportation, Columbus; and Thomas R. Warne, 
Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, on behalf of 
the American Association of State Highway and Transportation 
Officials.

    On September 26, 2000, to consider S. 1763, to amend the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to re-authorize the Office of 
Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency; S. 1915, to 
enhance the services provided by the Environmental Protection 
Agency to small communities that are attempting to comply with 
national, State, and local environmental regulations; S. 2296, 
to provide grants for special environmental assistance for the 
regulation of communities and habitat (SEARCH) to small 
communities; and S. 2800, to require the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to establish an integrated 
environmental reporting system, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Allard; Diane E. Thompson, Associate Administrator for 
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental 
Protection Agency; George Dana Bisbee, New Hampshire Department 
of Environmental Services, Concord, on behalf of the 
Environmental Council of the States; Jeremiah D. Baumann, U.S. 
Public Interest Research Group, Washington, DC; Deborah Spaar 
Sanchez, Overland Neighborhood Environmental Watch, Denver, CO; 
Kenneth Bruzelius, Midwest Assistance Program, Inc., New 
Prague, MN; B. Roy Prescott, Jerome County Board of 
Commissioners, Jerome, ID; and Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing 
Industries of America, Inc., Alexandria, VA.

    On October 3, 2000, to examine the Environmental Protection 
Agency's use of comparative assessment to evaluate and compare 
risks posed by certain environmental threats, and EPA's Science 
Advisory Board report on EPA's method for comparing risk, 
focusing on lessons learned from the application of comparative 
risk analysis in defining strategic goals for the environment 
and setting priorities at the Federal, State, and local level, 
after receiving testimony from Al McGartland, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Peter F. Guerrero, Director, 
Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; 
Katherine Hartnett, New Hampshire Comparative Risk Project, 
Concord; Michael J. Pompili, Columbus Health Department, 
Columbus, OH; J. Clarence Davies, Resources for the Future, 
Washington, DC; and Elizabeth L. Anderson, Sciences 
International, Inc., Alexandria, VA.

                     Full Committee Field Hearings

    The full committee held the following field hearings:

    On July 7, 1999, at the City Council Chambers, Las Vegas, 
NV, to continue consideration of the loss of open space and 
environmental quality, focusing on sprawl and development, and 
related proposals, receiving testimony from Senator Bryan; 
Representative Berkley; Nuria I. Fernandez, Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Oscar Goodman, Mayor, Las Vegas, NV; Bruce 
Woodbury, Chairman, Southern Nevada Planning Coalition; Richard 
Bunker, President, Nevada Resort Association; Mary Kincaid, 
Chairman, Southern Nevada Water Authority; Patricia Mulroy, 
Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority; Robert E. Lewis, 
President, Nevada Region, Kaufman and Broad Home Corp.; Jacob 
Snow, Executive Director, Clark County Regional Transportation 
Commission; Tom Stephens, Director, Nevada Department of 
Transportation; Allen Biaggi, Administrator, Nevada Division of 
Environmental Protection; Jim Gibson, Mayor, Henderson, NV, and 
Chairman, Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority; and Jay 
Bartok, President, Friends of Red Rock Canyon.

    On June 3, 1999, at Pattered Lounge, the Faunae House, 
Brown University, Providence, RI, to continue consideration of 
voluntary greenhouse gas mitigation activities issues, 
including actions and programs in the United States, issues 
related to the design of a voluntary action crediting program, 
and S. 547, to authorize the President to enter into agreements 
to provide regulatory credit for voluntary early action to 
mitigate potential environmental impacts from greenhouse gas 
emissions, receiving testimony from State Representative Scott 
P. Rabat, Warwick, RI; Ken Colburn, Director, Air Resources 
Division, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; 
Kevin Fay, Executive Director, International Climate Change 
Partnership; Steven Hamburg, Ittleson Associate Professor of 
Environmental Studies, Brown University; and Peggy Fantozzi, 
Chair, Massacusetts Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water 
and Related Resources.

    On December 14, 1999, at the Fairfield University School of 
Business, Fairfield, CT, to consider public health and 
environmental consequences of the mosquito-borne West Nile 
virus, receiving testimony from Durland Fish, Associate 
Professor of Epidemiology, Yale University School of 
Environment and Public Health, New Haven, CT; Theodore 
Andreadis, Department Head, Department of Soil and Water, 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Robert McLean, 
Director, National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological 
Survey; and Jane Stahl, Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut 
Department of Environmental Protection.

    On January 7, 2000, in Naples, Florida, to consider the 
report by the Army Corps of Engineers on the restoration of the 
Everglades, entitled ``Central and Southern Florida Project 
Comprehensive Review Study,'' receiving testimony from Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Joseph 
Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; 
Michael Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works; Mary Doyle, Counselor to the Secretary and Chair, South 
Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, Department of the 
Interior; David B. Struhs, Florida Secretary of Environmental 
Protection, Tallahasse, FL; Mike Collins, Chairman, South 
Florida Water Management District, Islamorada, FL; Jim Shore, 
General Counsel, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, FL; 
Dexter Lehtinen, on behalf of the Miccosukee Tribe, Miami, FL; 
Nathaniel Reed, Hobe Sound, FL; Malcolm S. ``Bubba'' Wade, Jr., 
Senior Vice President, U.S. Sugar Corporation, Clewiston, FL; 
and Nora Williams, Commissioner, Monroe County, Florida.

    On February 16, 2000, at the Memorial Gym, Libby, MT, to 
consider the Federal, State, and local response to asbestos 
contamination in Libby, receiving testimony from Rita Windom, 
Lincoln County, Montana, Commissioner; Brad Black, Medical 
Officer, Lincoln County Environmental Health Department; Ron 
Anderson, Director, Lincoln County Environmental Health 
Department; Tony Berget, Mayor, Libby, MT; Todd Damrow, State 
Epidemiologist, Montana Department of Public Health and Human 
Services, Helena, MT; Mark Simonich, Director, Montana 
Department of Environmental Quality, Helena, MT; William 
Yellowtail, administrator, Region VIII, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Denver, Co; and Henry Falk, Assistant 
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry, Atlanta, GA.

    On May 6, 2000, at the White Mountain Regional High School, 
Whitefield, NH, to consider the proposed rule regarding Total 
Maximum Daily Loads and its impact on the regulated community, 
receiving testimony from J. Charles Fox, Assistant 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Harry Stewart, 
Director of Water Division, New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services; Philip Bryce, Director, New Hampshire 
Division of Forests and Lands; John Hodsdon, Director New 
Hampshire National Association of Conservation Districts; Eric 
Kingsley, Executive Director, New Hampshire Timberland Owners 
Association; Charles Niebling, Policy Director, Society for the 
Protection of New Hampshire Forests; Ronald Poltak, Executive 
Director, Northeastern Interstate Water Pollution Control 
Commission; Joel Swanton, Manager of Forest Policy, Champion 
International; Tom Buob, University of New Hampshire 
Cooperative Extension; Nancy Girard, Conservation Law 
Foundation; Scott Mason, Northwinds Farm, Coos County Farm 
Bureau; David Paris, Water Supply Administrator, Manchester 
Water Works; and, Commissioner Ronald Lovaglio, Maine 
Department of Conservation.

                    Full Committee Business Meetings

    The full committee held the following business meetings:
January 20, 1999
    The committee agreed to committee rules for the 106th 
Congress and announced majority party subcommittee assignments.
March 17, 1999
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 507.--A bill to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, with 
amendments;
    S. 148.--A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish a program to provide assistance in the conservation 
of neotropical migratory birds;
    S. 574.--A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier 
Resources System;
    S. 67.--A bill to designate the headquarters building of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, 
DC, as the ``Robert C. Weaver Federal Building'';
    S. 272 and H.R. 396.--Bills to designate the Federal 
building located at 1301 Clay Street in Oakland, California, as 
the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building'';
    S. 392.--A bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at West 920 Riverside Avenue 
in Spokane, Washington, as the ``Thomas S. Foley Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', and the plaza at the 
south entrance of that building and courthouse as the ``Walter 
F. Horan Plaza'';
    S. 437.--A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
under construction at 338 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las 
Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States 
Courthouse'';
    S. 453.--A bill to designate the Federal building located 
at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ``Hurff A. 
Saunders Federal Building'';
    S. 460.--A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 401 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as 
the ``Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy 
Courthouse'';
    H.R. 92.--A bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 251 North Main Street in 
Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Hiram H. Ward Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'';
    H.R. 158.--A bill to designate the Federal Courthouse 
located at 316 North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the 
``James F. Battin Federal Courthouse'';
    H.R. 233.--A bill to designate the Federal building located 
at 700 East San Antonio Street in El Paso, Texas, as the 
``Richard C. White Federal Building.''
    The following nominations were reported:
    Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, to be a Member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
    The following committee resolutions were agreed to:
    Youngstown, Ohio, Courthouse construction.
    Middle Deep Red Run Watershed Project, Oklahoma.
May 11, 1999
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 880, to amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable 
fuels from the list of substances with respect to which 
reporting and other activities are required under the risk 
management plan program, with amendments.
    S. 559, to designate the Federal building located at 33 
East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle 
Federal Building''.
    S. 858, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 18 Greenville Street in Newnan, Georgia, 
as the ``Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.
    The following nomination was reported:
    George T. Frampton, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
    The following committee resolutions were ordered reported:
    United Nations Mission, New York, NY, building resolution
    Mount St. Helens water resolution.
June 29, 1999
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 1100, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
provide that the designation of critical habitat for endangered 
and threatened species be required as part of the development 
of recovery plans for those species, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
    The following resolutions were ordered reported:
    An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
    The following nomination was ordered reported:
    Timothy Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
July 27, 1999
    The committee began markup of S. 1090, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980, but did not complete 
action thereon.
August 4, 1999
    The committee continued markup of S. 1090, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980, but did not complete 
action thereon.
September 29, 1999
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 1652.--A bill to designate the Old Executive Office 
Building located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in 
Washington, District of Columbia, as the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Executive Office Building;
    S. 1567.--A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 223 Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. 
King United States Courthouse'';
    S. 1595.--A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
at 401 West Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the 
``Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse'';
    H.R. 560.--A bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at the intersection of 
Comercio and San Justo Streets, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as 
the ``Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'';
    S. 835.--A bill to encourage the restoration of estuary 
habitat through more efficient project financing and enhanced 
coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, 
with an amendment;
    S. 492.--A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to assist in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay;
    S. 1119.--A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1950, to 
continue funding of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection 
and Restoration Act;
    S. 1632.--A bill to extend the authorization of 
appropriations for activities at Long Island Sound;
    An original bill to provide that certain environmental 
reports shall continue to be required to be submitted;
    S. 1398.--A bill to clarify certain boundaries on maps 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
    H.R. 2724.--A bill to make technical corrections to the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
    S. 1144.--A bill to provide increased flexibility in use of 
highway funding, with amendments;
    S. 1627.--A bill to extend the authority of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission to collect fees through 2004, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
    S. 1053.--A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to incorporate 
certain provisions of the transportation conformity 
regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
    H.R. 2454.--A bill to assure the long-term conservation of 
mid-continent light geese and the biological diversity of the 
ecosystem upon which many North American migratory birds 
depend, by directing the Secretary of the Interior to implement 
rules to reduce the overabundant population of mid-continent 
light geese, with an amendment.
    The following nominations were ordered reported:
    Richard A. Meserve, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Paul L. Hill, Jr, of West Virginia, to be Chairperson of 
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    Maj. Gen. Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission.
    Sam Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission.
    Brig. Gen. Robert H. Griffin, United States Army, to be a 
Member of the Mississippi River Commission.
    The following committee resolutions for public buildings 
were ordered reported:
            1. Repair and Alteration Projects
          Modernization or replacement of various 
        elevators in buildings, $17,095,000;
          Modernization of Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 
        Federal Building in Montgomery, Alabama, $11,606,000;
          Alteration of Federal Building and U.S. 
        Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, $21,098,000;
          Alteration of U.S. Geological Survey Building 
        One in Menlo, California, $6,831,000;
          Alteration of U.S. Geological Survey Building 
        Two in Menlo, California, $5,284,000;
          Alteration of John E. Moss Federal Building 
        and Courthouse Sacramento, California, $7,948,000;
          Alteration of Metro West Building in 
        Baltimore, MD, $36,705,000;
          Alteration of Annex Building in Woodlawn, MD, 
        $25,890,000;
          Alteration of Bishop H. Whipple Federal 
        Building in Fort Snelling, MN, $10,989,000;
          Alteration of Senator Dennis Chavez Federal 
        Building in Albuquerque, NM, $8,537,000;
          Alteration of the Anthony J. Celebrezze 
        Federal Building, Cleveland, OH $7,234,000;
          Alteration of 1724 F Street, NW in Washington 
        DC, $2,734,000;
          Alteration of the U.S. Customhouse in New 
        Orleans, LA $8,500,000;
            2. Advanced Design Program
          Phoenix, AZ Federal Building Courthouse, 
        $1,428,000;
          Lakewood, CO Building 67, $676,000;
          Washington, DC Mary E. Switzer Memorial 
        Building, $2,392,000;
          Jacksonville, FL Charles E. Bennett Federal 
        Building, $1,930,000;
          Chicago, IL Federal Building, $1,372,000;
          Des Moines, IA Federal Building, $988,000;
          Baltimore, MD Fallon Federal Building, 
        $1,120,000;
          Detroit, MI P.V. McNamara Federal Building, 
        $1,734,000;
          Kansas City, MO Federal Building, $793,000;
          Portsmouth, NH Thomas McIntyre Federal 
        Building, $829,000;
          Las Vegas, NV Foley Federal Building, 
        $1,365,000;
          Dallas, TX Cabell Federal Building-
        Courthouse, $1,360,000;
          Seattle, WA Henry M. Jackson Federal 
        Building, $1,728,000;
            3. Construction projects
            Site and design:
          Roosville, Montana, $753,000;
          Fort Hancock, Texas, $277,000.
            Construction:
          Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, $8,263,000;
          Sweetgrass, Montana, $11,480,000;
          Oroville, Washington, $11,206,000;
          Social Security Administration Day Care 
        Center, Woodlawn, Maryland, $6,622,000;
          Federal Campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to 
        replace the Alfred Murrah Building, $40,400,000.
            Demolition:
          U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York, 
        New York, $4,300,000.
            4. Leases
          Department of Justice, Washington DC, 
        $3,650,400;
          Small Business Administration, Washington DC, 
        $10,516,240;
          National Institutes of Health, Montgomery 
        County, MD, $2,394,630;
          Department of Health and Human Services, 
        Maryland, $4,827,303;
          Internal Revenue Service, Las Vegas, NV, 
        $2,683,692;
          Internal Revenue Service, in Nassau County, 
        NY, $3,191,250;
          Internal Revenue Service in Philadelphia, PA, 
        $6,726,312;
          Department of Defense, Alexandria, VA, 
        $8,971,904;
          Department of Defense, Arlington, VA, 
        $4,070,730;
          Department of State, Arlington, VA, 
        $4,494,362;
          Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
        Seattle, WA, $4,375,000;
          Department of Education, San Francisco, CA, 
        $3,123,000 ;
          Department of Health and Human Services, San 
        Francisco, CA, $5,296,500;
          Internal Revenue Service, San Francisco, CA, 
        $4,185,000;
          National Park Service, San Francisco, CA. 
        $2,623,500;
          Department of Education, Washington, DC, 
        $9,149,720;
          Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. 
        $40,113,836;
          U.S. Southern Command Headquarters, Miami, 
        FL, $3,783,000.
October 19, 1999
    The committee ordered reported the nominations of Skila 
Harris, of Kentucky, and Glenn L. McCullough, Jr, of 
Mississippi, both to be Members of the Board of Directors of 
the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Gerald V. Poje, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board.
February 9, 2000
    The committee amended the committee rules to change the 
name of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking 
Water to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water.
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 1653.--A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act;
    S. 1752.--A bill to reauthorize and amend the Coastal 
Barrier Resources Act, with an amendment;
    S. 1946.--A bill to amend the National Environmental 
Education Act to redesignate that Act as the ``John H. Chafee 
Environmental Education Act'', to establish the John H. Chafee 
Memorial Fellowship Program, and to extend the programs under 
that Act, with amendments;
    S. 1794.--A bill to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 
East Simpson Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. 
Hansen Federal Courthouse'';
    S. 1691.--A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for 
predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster 
assistance, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
    H.R. 707.--A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a program for 
predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of 
disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster 
assistance.
    The following nominations were ordered reported:
    Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; and
    W. Michael McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
April 13, 2000
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 522.--A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to improve the quality of beaches and coastal 
recreation water, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
    H.R. 999.--A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to improve the quality of coastal recreation 
waters;
    S. 2370.--A bill to designate the Federal Building located 
at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the ``Daniel 
Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse'';
    H.R. 2412.--A bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 1300 South Harrison Street 
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the ``E. Ross Adair Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse'';
    S. 2297.--A bill to reauthorize the Water Resources 
Research Act of 1984.
    The following nomination was ordered reported:
    Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
June 28, 2000
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 2796.--A bill to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and 
for other purposes (text of S. 2797 incorporated in this 
measure).
    S. 2797.--A bill to authorize an Everglades Restoration 
Plan.
    The following resolutions were agreed to:
    A resolution requesting the review of the report of the 
Chief of Engineers on the Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers 
below Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, published as 
House Document 452 of the Eighty-seventh Congress.
    The following public building resolutions were agreed to:
            Alterations:
          Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, Salt 
        Lake City, Utah--$21,199,000.
          Federal Building-U.S. Courthouse, Phoenix, 
        Arizona--$26,962,000.
          U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pittsburgh, 
        Pennsylvania--$54,144,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, 
        New York--$5,037,000.
          Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, Cincinnati, 
        Ohio--$18,434,000.
          Santa Ana Federal Building, Santa Ana, 
        California--$27,864,000.
          Internal Revenue Service Headquarters 
        building, Washington, DC--$52,171,000.
          Social Security Administration National 
        Computer Center, Woodlawn, Maryland--$28,775,000.
          P.V. McNamara Federal Building, Detroit, 
        Michigan--$26,999,000.
          Richard Bolling Federal Building, Kansas 
        City, Missouri--$25,882,000.
          Federal Building, 8930 Ward Parkway, Kansas 
        City, Missouri--$8,964,000.
          Federal Building, 811 Grand, Kansas City, 
        Missouri--$4,304,000.
          J.W. Powell Federal Building, Reston, VA--
        $22,993,000.
          Edward Zorinsky Federal Building, Omaha, 
        Nebraska--$45,960,000.
            Design projects:
          Robert N. Giaimo Federal Building, New Haven, 
        Connecticut--$987,000.
          GSA Regional Office Building, Washington, 
        DC--$3,770,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Tallahassee, Florida--
        $518,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa--$790,000.
          Federal Office Building No. 3, Suitland, 
        Maryland--$5,200,000.
          Federal Office Building No. 104/105 
        Goodfellow, St. Louis, Missouri--$ 1,208,000.
          Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, 
        Cleveland, Ohio--$1,464,000.
          Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse, 
        Cleveland, Ohio--$1,545,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Muskogee, Oklahoma--
        $823,000.
          Moorhead Federal Building, Pittsburgh, 
        Pennsylvania--$3,464,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Milwaukee, Wisconsin--
        $774,000.
            Leases:
          Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland, 
        Ohio.
          National Park Service, San Francisco, 
        California.
          Department of the Interior, Washington, DC.
          Internal Revenue Service, Fresno, California.
          Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
          Multiple agencies, 1120 Vermont Avenue NW, 
        Washington, DC.
          Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
        Washington, DC.
          Social Security Administration, Security West 
        Building, Woodlawn, Maryland.
          Department of Health and Human Services, 
        Rockville, Maryland.
          Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
        Garden City, New York.
          Internal Revenue Service, Philadelphia, 
        Pennsylvania.
          Department of Defense, Ballston Center Tower 
        1, Arlington, Virginia.
          Department of Labor, Ballston Center Tower 3, 
        Arlington, Virginia.
          Executive Office of Immigration Review, 
        Northern Virginia.
July 26, 2000
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    S. 2417.--A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to increase funding for State non-point source 
pollution control programs, and for other purposes.
    S. 1109.--A bill to conserve global bear populations by 
prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade 
of bear viscera and items, products, or substances containing, 
or labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 2878.--A bill to commemorate the centennial of the 
establishment of the first national wildlife refuge in the 
United States on March 14, 1903, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 1729.--A bill to designate the Federal facility 
located at 1301 Emmet Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, as 
the ``Pamela B. Gwin Hall''.
    H.R. 1901.--A bill to designate the United States border 
station located in Pharr, Texas, as the ``Kika de la Garza 
United States Border Station''.
    H.R. 1959.--A bill to designate the Federal building 
located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as 
the ``Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center''.
    H.R. 4608.--A bill to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, 
Tennessee, as the ``James H. Quillen United States 
Courthouse''.
    The following nominations were ordered reported:
    Arthur C. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for Economic 
Development, Department of Commerce.
    Ella Wong-Rusinko, Alternate Federal Co-Chairman, 
Appalachian Regional Commission.
    The following committee resolutions were agreed to:
          Snake River Watershed, Minnesota.
            Site acquisition/design:
          U.S. Courthouse, Mobile, Alabama--$7,782,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia--
        $19,581,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Norfolk, Virginia--
        $10,593,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Las Cruces, New Mexico--
        $3,040,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois--
        $2,837,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Cedar Rapids, Iowa--
        $13,606,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee--
        $13,784,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Los Angeles, California--
        $36,203,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Buffalo, New York--
        $3,599,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas--$8,473,000.
          U.S. Post Office-Courthouse, Little Rock, 
        Arkansas--$1,820,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Jackman, Maine--
        $619,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Del Rio, Texas--
        $1,832,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Eagle Pass, Texas--
        $2,212,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Raymond, Montana--
        $577,000.
          Federal Bureau of Investigation Field Office, 
        Houston, Texas--$6,145,000.
            Design and construction:
          National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration, Suitland, Maryland--$51,737,000.
            Construction:
          U.S. Courthouse, Fresno, California--
        $111,737,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania--
        $26,969,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington,--
        $186,421,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Gulfport, Mississippi--
        $42,715,000.
          U.S. Courthouse, Miami, Florida--
        $121,946,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Eureka, Montana--
        $6,892,000.
          U.S. Border Station, Ft. Hancock, Texas--
        $2,140,000.
            Alteration/construction to existing courthouse:
          Parking annex and modifications to U.S. 
        Courthouse, Washington, DC--$109,498,000.
September 7, 2000
    The following bill was ordered reported:
    S. 2962.--A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to address the 
problems concern methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).
September 21, 2000
    The following public building resolutions were agreed to:
            Construction:
          U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, Laredo, 
        Texas--$37,105,000.
            Leases:
          City Crescent Building, North Howard Street, 
        Baltimore, Maryland.
          Federal Bureau of Investigation, Woodlawn, 
        Maryland.
          Federal Bureau of Investigation, Las Vegas, 
        Nevada.
          Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 
        Street SW, Washington, DC.
          Federal Trade Commission, 601 Pennsylvania 
        Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
          General Services Administration, Federal 
        Supply Service, Stockton, California.
          General Services Administration, Wanamaker 
        Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, 
        Pennsylvania.
          U.S. Customs Service, Food and Drug 
        Administration, U.S. Marshals Service, Seattle, 
        Washington.
          U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C 
        Street NW, Washington, DC.
          U.S. Secret Service, Chicago, IL.
September 28, 2000
    The following bills were ordered reported:
    H.R. 2496.--a bill to reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994;
    H.R. 4320.--A bill to assist in the conservation of great 
apes by supporting and providing financial resources for the 
conservation programs of countries within the range of great 
apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the 
conservation of great apes;
    H.R. 3671.--A bill to amend the Acts popularly known as the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds 
available for grants to States for fish and wildlife 
conservation projects and increase opportunities for 
recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and 
fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, 
maladministration, and unauthorized expenditures for 
administration and execution of those Acts, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
    H.R. 4286.--A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama;
    H.R. 3292.--A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in West Feliciana Parish, 
Louisiana with amendments;
    H.R. 4318.--A bill to establish the Red River National 
Wildlife Refuge;
    H.R. 4435.--A bill to clarify certain boundaries on the map 
relating to Unit NC-01 of the Coastal Barrier Resources System;
    H.R. 34.--A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal 
Barrier Resources System, with amendments;
    H.R. 1162.--A bill to designate the bridge on United States 
Route 231 that crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, 
and Rockport, Indiana, as the ``William H. Natcher Bridge'';
    H.R. 1605.--A bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 402 North Walnut Street in 
Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``J. Smith Henley Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse'';
    H.R. 4806.--A bill to designate the Federal building 
located at 1710 Alabama Avenue in Jasper, Alabama, as the 
``Carl Elliott Federal Building''.

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

    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On February 4, 1999, to review activities of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, including nuclear industry regulation, 
enforcement and safety concerns, and NRC organizational and 
regulatory reforms, receiving testimony from Shirley Ann 
Jackson, Chairman, and Commissioner Greta Joy Dicus, 
Commissioner Nils Diaz, Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, and 
Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield; Gary L. Jones, Associate 
Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General 
Accounting Office; Joe F. Colvin, Nuclear Energy Institute; 
David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists; and James T. 
Rhodes, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Atlanta, GA.

    On February 24, 1999, to consider potential year 2000 
computer problem issues relative to the nuclear industry and 
chemical safety, receiving testimony from Gerald V. Poje, Board 
Member, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; William 
D. Travers, Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission; and David L. Swanson, Edison Electric 
Institute.

    On March 16, 1999, to consider implementation of the 
Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Management Plan Program 
of the Clean Air Act, receiving testimony from Timothy Fields, 
Jr., Acting Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert M. 
Burnham, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Section, National Security 
Division, and Robert M. Blitzer, former Section Chief, Domestic 
Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning Section, both of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Dean 
Kleckner, Rudd, IA on behalf of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation; James E. Bertelsmeyer, Heritage Propane, Tulsa, OK, 
on behalf of the National Propane Gas Association; Thomas M. 
Susman, Ropes and Gray, and Thomas E. Natan, Jr., National 
Environmental Trust, both of Washington, DC; Paula R. Littles, 
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers 
International Union, Fairfax, VA; and Ben Laganga, Union County 
Office of Emergency Management, Westfield, NJ.

    On May 18, 1999, to conduct oversight of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed sulfur standard for gasoline as 
contained in the proposed Tier Two standards for automobiles, 
receiving testimony from Nettie H. Myers, South Dakota 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pierre; James 
D. Austin, New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, Albany; J. Louis Frank, Marathon Ashland 
Petroleum, Findlay, Ohio; Loren K. Beard, Daimler-Chrysler 
Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI, on behalf of the Alliance of 
Automobile Manufacturers; Rebecca D. Stanfield, U.S. Public 
Interest Research Group; Clint W. Ensign, Sinclair Oil 
Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT; and William E. Nasser, Energy 
BioSystems Corporation, The Woodlands, TX.

    On May 20, 1999, to conduct oversight on the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed sulfur standard for gasoline as 
contained in the proposed Tier Two standards for automobiles, 
after receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, 
and Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator for Air and 
Radiation, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.

    On June 24, 1999, to review the Environmental Protection 
Agency's NOx State Implementation Plan Call under the Clean Air 
Act, to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides in order to 
decrease the transport of ozone across State boundaries, 
receiving testimony from Maine State Senator Sharon A. Treat, 
Gardiner, ME; F. Wayne Hill, Gwinnett County Board of 
Commission, Lawrenceville, GA; Mayor Thomas Nye, Hamilton, OH; 
Russell J. Harding, Michigan Department of Environmental 
Quality, Lansing, MI; and Jane Stahl, Connecticut Department of 
Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT.

    On July 28, 1999, to review the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Tier 2 standards for cars and light-duty trucks and 
the accompanying proposed low sulfur requirements for gasoline, 
receiving testimony from Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental 
Protection Agency.

    On October 5, 1999, to examine the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Blue Ribbon Panel findings on the use of Oxygenates 
and MTBE, methyl tertiary-butyl ether, in gasoline, receiving 
testimony from former Senator Jake Garn, on behalf of the 
Huntsman Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; Daniel S. 
Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency's Blue Ribbon 
Panel; Michael P. Kenney, California Air Resources Board, 
Sacramento, on behalf of the California Environmental 
Protection Agency; and Robert H. Campbell, Sunoco, Inc. 
Philadelphia, PA.

    On October 14, 1999, to consider programs of the Clean Air 
Act, focusing on air and radiation, risk, cost/benefit, and 
exposure issues, Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) 
process, acid rain program, and the effect of multiple 
regulations directed at the same pollutants, receiving 
testimony from Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; 
John D. Graham, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; 
Richard L. Revesz, New York University School of Law, New York, 
NY; Alison Kerester, University of Texas School of Public 
Health/Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxic Research Center, 
Houston; Michel R. Benoit, Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition, 
Washington, DC; Bernard C. Melewski, Adirondack Council, 
Albany, NY; and William F. Tyndall, Cinergy Corporation, 
Cincinnati, OH, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute.

    On March 9, 2000, on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
focusing on the regulatory process in the nuclear industry, 
enforcement and safety concerns, and possible reforms for more 
effective oversight, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Sessions; Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, who was accompanied by 
Nils Diaz, Jeffrey S. Merrifield, Edward McGaffigan, and Greta 
Joy Dicus, each a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission; Gary L. Jones, Associate Director, Energy, 
Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Ralph 
Beedle, Nuclear Energy Institute, and David E. Adelman, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, both of Washington, DC; and William 
E. Kennedy, Jr., Health Physics Society, Benton City, WA, on 
behalf of the American National Standards Institute.

    On May 17, 2000, on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for programs of the Clean Air Act, focusing on an incentive-
based utility emissions reduction approach, after receiving 
testimony from David G. Wood, Associate Director, Environmental 
Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, General Accounting Office; James E. 
Rogers, Cinergy Corporation, Cincinnati, OH; Charles D. 
McCrary, Southern Company Generation, Birmingham, AL; Frank 
Cassidy, PSEG Power, Newark, New Jersey; Armand Cohen, Clean 
Air Task Force, Boston, MA, on behalf of Clean the Air: The 
National Campaign Against Dirty Power; and Wayne Brunetti, New 
Century Energies, Inc., Denver, CO.

    On June 14, 2000, on the environmental benefits and impacts 
of ethanol under the Clean Air Act, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Grassley, Harkin, and Durbin; Gordon Proctor, 
Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus; Daniel S. 
Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge Massachusetts; 
A. Blakeman Early, on behalf of the American Lung Association, 
and Bob Slaughter, on behalf of the National Petrochemical and 
Refiners Association, both of Washington, DC; Michael S. 
Graboski, Colorado Institute for Fuels and High Altitude Engine 
Research, Colorado School of Mines, Lakewood, on behalf of the 
National Corn Grower's Association; Jack Huggins, Williams Bio-
Energy, The Williams Companies, Pekin, IL; Jason S. Grumet, 
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, 
MA; and Stephen Gatto, BC International Corporation, Dedham, 
MA.

    On June 15, 2000, to examine Environmental Protection 
Agency emission standards for heavy duty trucks and buses and 
the accompanying low sulfur requirement for diesel fuel, after 
receiving testimony from Robert Perciasepe, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental 
Protection Agency; J. Louis Frank, Marathon Ashland Petroleum, 
Findlay, OH; Jerry Thompson, Citgo Petroleum Company, Tulsa, 
OK, on behalf of the National Petrochemical and Refiners 
Association; Robert J. Looney, Cenax Harvest States 
Cooperative, on behalf of the National Council of Farmer 
Cooperatives, David S. Addington, American Trucking 
Associations, Inc., and Bruce Bertelsen, Manufacturers of 
Emission Controls Association, all of Washington, DC; and James 
A Haslam, III, Pilot Oil Corporation, Knoxville, TN, on behalf 
of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America.

    On September 21, 2000, to examine the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed heavy-duty diesel emission rule 
designed to regulate heavy-duty diesel engines by (1) requiring 
the use of catalytic exhaust emissions control devices to 
reduce PM, NOx, and NMHC, and (2) reducing the amount of sulfur 
in highway diesel fuel, after receiving testimony from Ronald 
W. Williams, Gary-Williams Energy Corporation, Denver, 
Colorado; Paul Rogers, Voss Companies, Inc., Cuba, Missouri, on 
behalf of the National Association of Truck Stop Operators; 
Richard A. Kassel, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 
New York; and Christina Vujovich, Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN.

    On September 27, 2000, on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for programs of the Clean Air Act, after receiving 
testimony from Mayor Richard P. Homrighausen, Dover, OH; Karen 
Studders, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul; Jeffrey 
A. Saitas, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 
Austin; Dennis Hemmer, Wyoming Department of Environmental 
Quality, Cheyenne; John E. Terrill, Jr., Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality, and Zach D. Taylor, Association of 
Central Oklahoma Governments, both of Oklahoma City; Kenneth A. 
Colburn, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 
Concord; Ron Methier, Georgia Environmental Protection 
Division, Atlanta; and Marcia Willhite, Lincoln-Lancaster 
County Health Department, Lincoln, NE.

  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
                          Safety Field Hearing

    The subcommittee held the following field hearing:
    On February 28, 2000, at the Hamilton County Administration 
Building, Sixth Floor, East Court Street, Cincinnati, OH, to 
receive testimony on the Clean Air Act's New Source Review 
Regulatory program, receiving testimony from Representative 
Strickland; John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC; Joe Bynum, Executive Vice 
President, Fossil Power Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Chattanooga, TN; Bob Slaughter, Director for Public Policy, 
National Petrochemical Refiners Association; W. Henson Moore, 
President and CEO, American Forest and Paper Association; David 
Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Bill Tyndall, 
Vice President of Environmental Services, Cinergy Corporation, 
Cincinnati, OH.

       Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Hearings

    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On April 15, 1999, to review the Department of 
Transportation's implementation of the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st century, receiving testimony from Kenneth R. 
Wykle, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Gordon J. 
Linton, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, and 
Ricardo Martinez, Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration; Missouri State Representative Joan Bray, 
St. Louis, MO, on behalf of the National Conference of State 
Legislatures; Jean Jacobson, Racine County, Wisconsin, on 
behalf of the National Association of Counties; Mayor Kenneth 
L. Barr, Fort Worth, TX, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of 
Mayors; Mayor Robert T. Bartlett, Monrovia, CA, on behalf of 
the National League of Cities; Taylor R. Bowlden, American 
Highway Users Alliance; and Roy Kienitz, Surface Transportation 
Policy Project.

    April 29, 1999, to review the Department of 
Transportation's implementation of the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st century, receiving testimony from Delaware 
Governor Thomas R. Carper, Dover, on behalf of the National 
Governors' Association; Charles Thompson, Wisconsin Department 
of Transportation, Madison, on behalf of the American 
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; 
Brian A. Mills, Cass County, Missouri, on behalf of the 
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Jerry W. 
Alb, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia; 
Tim Stowe, Anderson and Associates, Inc., Blacksburg, VA, on 
behalf of the American Consulting Engineers Council; Roy 
Kienitz, Surface Transportation Policy Project; Brian R. 
Holmes, Connecticut Road Builders Association, Wethersfield, on 
behalf of the American Road and Transportation Builders 
Association; and Mitch Leslie, Montana Contractors' 
Association, Billings, on behalf of the Associated General 
Contractors.

    On June 9, 1999, to review the project delivery and 
streamlining provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century, receiving testimony from George T. Frampton, 
Jr., Acting Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; and 
Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Transportation for 
Transportation Policy.

    On September 28, 1999, to consider the proposed fiscal year 
2000 budget request for the Public Buildings Program of the 
General Services Administration, receiving testimony from 
Robert A. Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General 
Services Administration.

    On February 24, 2000, to review the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the Army Corps of 
Engineers, focusing on the Civil Works Program, receiving 
testimony from Joseph Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works, and Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard, Chief of Engineers 
and Commanding Officer, both of the Army Corps of Engineers.

    On March 21, 2000, on General Services Administration's 
proposed fiscal year 2001 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program, including the courthouse construction program, after 
receiving testimony from Robert A. Peck, Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service, General Services Administration; and Judge 
Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on 
behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

    On May 16, 2000, hearings on the Army Corps of Engineers 
backlog of authorized projects and the future of the Army Corps 
of Engineers mission, focusing on the Civil Works program, 
construction backlog, navigational and water resources, flood 
control, the Mississippi Valley, and the nation's coastline, 
receiving testimony from Claudia L. Tornblom, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) for Management and Budget; 
J. Ron Brinson, New Orleans Port Authority, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the National Waterways Conference, Inc. 
and the American Association of Port Authorities; Scott Faber, 
American Rivers, and Tony B. MacDonald, Coastal States 
Organization, both of Washington, DC; and Bill Parrish, 
Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, on behalf of 
the Association of Flood Plain Managers.

    On May 23, 2000, to examine programs related to the 
proposed Water Resources Development Act of 2000, including the 
Puget Sound Restoration Project, the Port of New York and New 
Jersey Project, the Ohio River Project, Brownfields 
revitalization, and the National Shore Protection Act of 1996, 
after receiving testimony from Joseph Westphal, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Mayor Dannel Malloy, 
Stamford, CT, on behalf of the National Association of Local 
Government Environmental Professionals; Doug Sutherland, Pierce 
County Executive's Office, Tacoma, WA; Lillian Borrone, Port 
Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY; R. Barry 
Palmer, Association for the Development of Inland Navigation in 
America's Ohio Valley, Pittsburgh, PA; and Howard D. Marlowe, 
American Coastal Coalition, Washington, DC.

    On September 20, 2000, to examine the role of the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan 
to improve the quality, quantity, timing, and distribution of 
water in the South Florida ecosystem, after receiving testimony 
from Barry T. Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and 
Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; Michael L. Davis, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and David B. 
Struhs, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 
Tallahassee.

    On September 28, 2000, on H.R. 809, to amend the Act of 
June 1, 1948, to provide for reform of the Federal Protective 
Service, after receiving testimony from Representative 
Traficant; Robert A. Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings, 
Service, and Joel S. Gallay, Deputy Inspector General, both of 
the General Services Administration; Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Wilmington, Delaware, on 
behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States; and 
Steven Bellew, Federal Protective Service Police, Dallas, 
Texas, on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police Federal 
Protective Service Labor Committee.

        Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Hearings

    The subcommittee held the following hearings:

    On March 3, 1999, to review the Environmental Protection 
Agency's implementation of the 1996 amendments to the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, receiving testimony from J. Charles Fox, 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Norine Noonan, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Gerry C. Biberstine, Colorado Department of Public 
Health and Environment, Denver, CO, on behalf of the 
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators; Merril 
Bingham, Provo City Water Resources, Provo, UT, on behalf of 
the American Water Works Association; Erik D. Olson, Natural 
Resources Defense Council; Gurnie Gunter, Kansas City Water 
Services Department, Kansas City, MO, on behalf of the 
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; Steven Levy, 
Atlantic State Rural Water Association, Norwich, CT, on behalf 
of the National Rural Water Association; and Andrew M. Chapman, 
Elizabethtown Water Company, Elizabethtown, NJ, on behalf of 
the National Association of Water Companies.

    On May 27, 1999, to consider S. 1100, a bill to amend the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that the designation 
of critical habitat for endangered and threatened species be 
required as part of the development of recovery plans for those 
species, receiving testimony from Senator Domenici; Jamie 
Rappaport Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior; William R. Murray, American Forest 
and Paper Association; Charles T. DuMars, University of New 
Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, on behalf of the Middle Rio 
Grande Conservancy District; and John F. Kostyack, National 
Wildlife Federation.

    On June 23, 1999, to conduct oversight relating to the 
Columbia River Basin salmon recovery, focusing on the 
activities of the Federal Caucus and the Four-H Paper, and the 
status of the 99 Decision, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Craig; George T. Frampton, Jr., Acting Chairman, 
Council on Environmental Quality; Governor Dirk Kempthorne, 
State of Idaho; Mark Dunn, J.R. Simplot Company, on behalf of 
the Northwest Food Processors Association, Boise, ID; Donald 
Sampson, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, 
OR; Scott Faber, American Rivers; Owen C. Squires, Pulp and 
Paperworkers Resource Council, Lewiston, ID, on behalf of the 
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers 
International Union Local 712; Tim Stearns, Save Our Wild 
Salmon, Seattle, WA; and Lynn Ausman, Waitsburg, WA, on behalf 
of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers and the 
Washington Barley Commission.

    On July 20, 1999, to examine the extent and quality of the 
science of the Endangered Species Act's habitat conservation 
plans, receiving testimony from Peter Kareiva, Senior 
Ecologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Stuart 
Pimm, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Dennis D. Murphy, 
University of Nevada, Reno.

    On July 21, 1999, continuation of examination of the extent 
and quality of the science of the Endangered Species Act's 
habitat conservation plans, after receiving testimony from 
Donald J. Barry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks; Monica P. Medina, General Counsel, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Lorin L. Hicks, Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., 
Seattle, WA; Steven P. Courtney, Sustainable Ecosystems 
Institute, Portland, OR; Michael A. O'Connell, Nature 
Conservancy, Mission Viejo, CA; Laura C, Hood, Defenders of 
Wildlife, Washington, DC; and Gregory A. Thomas, Natural 
Heritage Institute, San Francisco, CA.

    On October 19, 1999, to examine how species listed under 
the Endangered Species Act (ESA) benefit from conservation and 
mitigation measures required in Habitat Conservation Plans 
(HCPs), focusing on negotiation and implementation, 
appropriateness and adequacy of conservation measures, and the 
Administration's ``no surprises'' policy, receiving testimony 
from Eric R. Glitzenstein, Meyer and Glitzenstein, on behalf of 
the Spirit of the Sage Council/Defenders of Wildlife; Steven P. 
Quarles, on behalf of the American Forest and Paper 
Association; Robert D. Thornton, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox, and 
Elliott, Irvine, CA, on behalf of the Orange County 
Transportation Corridor Agencies; William C. Pauli, California 
Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento, on behalf of the American 
Farm Bureau Federation; Rudolph Willey, Presley Homes, 
Martinez, CA; Brooke S. Fox, Douglas County Board of 
Commissioners, Castle Rock, CO; James E. Moore, Nature 
Conservancy of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Don Rose, Sempra Energy, 
San Diego, CA, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute.

    On November 3, 1999, to examine solutions to the policy 
concerns with respect to Habitat Conservation Plans, receiving 
testimony from Jamie Rappaport Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Don Knowles, 
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Jimmy S. Christenson, 
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison; David 
Donnelly, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas; Maureen 
S. Frisch, Simpson Investment Company, Seattle, WA, on behalf 
of the Foundation for Habitat Conservation and Coalition for 
Habitat Conservation; Dan Silver, Endangered Habitats League, 
Los Angeles, California; James Riley, Intermountain Forest 
Association, Coeur d'Alene, ID; and Michael J. Bean, 
Environmental Defense Fund.

    On March 1, 2000, to examine the Environmental Protection 
Agency's proposed rule regarding total maximum daily loads and 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit programs 
pursuant to the Clean Water Act, receiving testimony from J. 
Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Montana Governor Marc Racicot, Helena; Jamie 
Clover Adams, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Topeka, on 
behalf of the National Association of State Departments of 
Agriculture; William Nielsen, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on behalf 
of the National League of Cities; J. David Holm, Colorado Water 
Quality Control Division, Denver, on behalf of the Association 
of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators; 
Warren E. Archey, Massachusetts Bureau of Forestry, Pittsfield, 
on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters; and 
Richard A. Parrish, Southern Environmental Law Center, 
Charlottesville, VA.

    On March 23, 2000, to examine the Environmental Protection 
Agency's proposed rules regarding changes in the total maximum 
daily load and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit programs pursuant to the Clean Water Act, receiving 
testimony from Senators Gordon Smith, Lincoln, and Hutchinson; 
Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 
General Accounting Office; Robert J. Wittman, Westmoreland 
County Board of Supervisors, Montross, VA, on behalf of the 
Virginia and Maryland Associations of Municipal Wastewater 
Agencies and Rappahannock River Basin Commission; David 
Skolasinski, Cliffs Mining Services Company, Duluth, Minnesota, 
on behalf of the National Mining Association and Iron Mining 
Association of Minnesota; Nina Bell, Northwest Environmental 
Advocates, Portland, Oregon; W. Jeffrey Pardue, Florida Power 
Corporation, St. Petersburg, on behalf of the Edison Electric 
Institute and Clean Water Industry Coalition; Norman E. 
LeBlanc, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage 
Agencies; Joan M. Cloonan, J.R. Simplot Company Food Group, 
Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the Northwest Food Processors 
Association; Thomas N. Thomson, Thomson Family Tree Farm, 
Orford, NH, on behalf of the American Tree Farm System; Sharon 
Buccino, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; 
Robert J. Olszewski, Timber Company, Atlanta, GA, on behalf of 
the American Forest and Paper Association; and Dina J. Moore, 
Kneeland, CA, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef 
Association.

    On May 18, 2000, on S. 2417, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to increase funding for State nonpoint 
source pollution control programs.

    On June 21, 2000, on S. 1787, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to improve water quality on abandoned or 
inactive mined land, and the related recommendations of the 
Western Governors Association, after receiving testimony from 
J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, 
Environmental Protection Agency; South Dakota Governor William 
J. Janklow, Pierre, on behalf of the Western Governors 
Association; Katherine Kelly, Idaho Department of Environmental 
Quality, and Jack Lyman, Idaho Mining Association, both of 
Boise; William B. Goodhard, Echo Bay Mines, Englewood, CO, on 
behalf of the National Mining Association; Sara Kendall, 
Western Organization of Resource Councils, Washington, DC; and 
David Gerard, Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, MT.

    On June 29, 2000, on the implementation of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, focusing on the primary statute for 
protecting public water supplies from harmful contaminants, 
after receiving testimony from J. Charles Fox, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Water, and Norine E. Noonan, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Research and Development, both of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; Gregg L. Grunenfelder, 
Washington Department of Health, Olympia, WA, on behalf of the 
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators; Gurnie 
Gunter, Kansas City Water Services Department, Kansas City, MO, 
on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; J. 
William Hirzy, National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 280, 
Erik D. Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council, and J. 
Richard Tompkins, National Association of Water Companies, all 
of Washington, DC; Michael J. Kosnett, University of Colorado 
Health Sciences Center Division of Clinical Pharmacology and 
Toxicology, Denver, on behalf of the National Research 
Council's Subcommittee on Arsenic in Drinking Water; David 
Paris, Manchester Water Treatment Plant, Manchester, NH, on 
behalf of the American Water Works Association; and Randy Van 
Dyke, Clay Regional Water, Spencer, IA, on behalf of the 
National Rural Water Association.

    On July 19, 2000, to examine concerns raised by the General 
Accounting Office investigation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Services administration of the Federal Aid Program, including 
controls over funds, expenditures, and grants, the use 
administrative funds among regional offices, and limited 
auditing, after receiving testimony from Barry T. Hill, 
Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 
General Accounting Office; Jamie Rappaport Clark, Director, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; R. 
Max Peterson, International Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies, and Terry Z. Riley, Wildlife Management Institute, 
both of Washington, DC; Susan R. Lamson, National Rifle 
Association of America, Fairfax, VA; and Mike Nussman, American 
Sportfishing Association, Alexandria, VA.

    On September 13, 2000, to examine the biological opinion on 
the Federal Columbia River Power System and the Federal Caucus 
Draft Basinwide Salmon Recovery Strategy, receiving testimony 
from William Stelle, Jr., Northwest Regional Administrator, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; Col. 
Eric T. Mogren, Deputy Division Engineer, Northwestern 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Judith A. Johansen, 
Administrator/ Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Department of Energy; David Cottingham, Special 
D903Assistant to the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior; Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, 
Boise; Samuel Penny, Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, ID, on behalf of 
the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Lionel Q. 
Boyer, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, Idaho; and John 
Etchart, Helena, MT; Eric J. Bloch, Portland, OR; and Frank L. 
Cassidy, Vancouver, WA, all on behalf of the Northwest Power 
Planning Council.

    On September 14, 2000, to examine the biological opinion on 
the Federal Columbia River Power System and the Federal Caucus 
Draft Basinwide Salmon Recovery Strategy, receiving testimony 
from Nicolaas Bouwes, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 
and Earl C. Weber, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 
both of Portland, OR; Edward C. Bowles, Idaho Department of 
Fish and Game; Scott Bosse, Idaho Rivers United; Norman M. 
Semanko, Idaho Water Users Association; and Derrek Batson, 
Idaho Steelhead and Salmon Unlimited, all of Boise; Keith 
Kutchins, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fisheries Department, Fort 
Hall, ID; Robert J. Masonis, American Rivers, and Sara Patton, 
Northwest Energy Coalition, both of Seattle, WA; and Glen 
Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, 
Eugene, OR.

      Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Field Hearing

    The subcommittee held the following field hearing:
    On April 29, 2000, at the Cottonwood Inn, Glasgow, MT to 
receive testimony on the Fort Peck Fish Hatchery, receiving 
testimony from Hon. Sam Kitzenberg, State Representative, 
Glasgow, MT; Hon. Eleanor Pratt, Chairman, Board of 
Commissioners, Valley County, Glasgow, MT; Col. Mark Tillotson, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE; Pat Graham, Director, 
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, MT; Bud Clinch, 
director, Montana Department of Natural Resources and 
Conservation, Helena, MT; Chuck Lawson, Chairman, Citizens for 
a Fort Peck Fish Hatchery, Glasgow, MT; Robert McColly, Valley 
County Electric Cooperative, Hinsdale, MT; Carl Seilstad, State 
President, Montana, Walleyes Unlimited, Roy, MT.

 Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Hearing

    The subcommittee held the following hearing:

    On June 29, 2000, on S. 2700, to amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide 
financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and to 
enhance State response programs, after receiving testimony from 
Timothy Fields, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, NJ, on behalf of the 
United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Preston A. Daniels, 
Des Moines, IA, on behalf of the National Association of Local 
Government Environmental Professionals; Jan H. Reitsma, Rhode 
Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence; 
Kevin P. Fitzpatrick, AIG Global Real Estate Investment 
Corporation, on behalf of the Real Estate Roundtable, and 
William McElroy, Zurich U.S. Specialities, on behalf of the 
American Insurance Association, both of New York, NY; Alan 
Front, Trust for Public Land, Washington, DC; and Vernice 
Miller-Travis, Partnership for Sustainable Brownfields 
Redevelopment, Baltimore, MD.

                    Publication List--106th Congress

                          Publications of the Committee on Environment and Public Works
                                            Hearings--106th Congress
     (Note: These publications may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/
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            Hearing Number                                   Title                                 Date
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106-39...............................  Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Review of          February 4, 1999
                                        Programs and Reforms (Subcommittee).
106-129..............................  Environmental Protection Agency's Fiscal Year     February 24, 1999
                                        2000 Budget Request (Full committee).
106-44...............................  Nuclear and Chemical Safety: Y2K Issues           February 24, 1999
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-70...............................  Implementation of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water    March 3, 1999
                                        Act Amendments (Subcommittee).
106-40...............................  Nomination of Gary Guzy and Anne Jeannette Udall  March 4, 1999
                                        (Full committee).
106-123..............................  Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (S. 507)  March 11, 1999
                                        (Full committee).
106-151..............................  EPA's Risk Management Plan (RMP) Program (Full    March 16, 1999
                                        committee).
106-148..............................  Open Space and Environmental Quality (Full        March 17-18, 1999
                                        committee).
                                       (Full committee) Field Hearing--Las Vegas, NV...  July 7, 1999
106-150..............................  Credit for Early Reductions Act (S. 547) (Full    March 24, 1999
                                        committee).
                                       (Full committee) Field Hearing--Providence, RI..  June 3, 1999
106-438..............................  Implementation of the Transportation Equity Act   April 15, 1999
                                        for the 21st Century (Subcommittee).
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  April 29, 1999
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  June 9, 1999
106-268..............................  Nomination of George Frampton (Full committee)..  April 28, 1999
                                       (Full committee) Timothy Fields.................  May 5, 1999
                                       (Full committee) Richard Meserve, Paul L. Hill,   September 23, 1999
                                        Jr., Maj. Gen. Phillip R. Anderson, Samuel E.
                                        Angel, and Brig. Gen. Robert Griffin.
                                       (Full committee) Skila Harris, Glenn L.           October 6, 1999
                                        McCullough, and Gerald V. Poje.
106-389..............................  Clean Water Action Plan (Full committee)........  May 13, 1999
106-503..............................  Clean Air Act: Tier Two Regulations on Sulfur in  May 18, 1999
                                        Gasoline (Subcommittee).
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  May 20, 1999
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  July 29, 1999
106-322..............................  Superfund Program Completion Act, S. 1090 (Full   May 25, 1999
                                        committee).
106-437..............................  Endangered Species Act: Critical Habitat          May 27, 1999
                                        Designation Reforms (Subcommittee).
106-357..............................  Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid      June 17, 1999
                                        Waste, S. 533 (Full committee).
106-453..............................  Salmon in the Columbia River Basin: Review of     June 23, 1999
                                        Proposed Recovery Plan (Subcommittee).
106-471..............................  NOx State Implementation Plans (Subcommittee)...  June 24, 1999
106-152..............................  Conformity Under the Clean Air Act (Full          July 14, 1999
                                        committee).
106-504..............................  Habitat Conservation Plans (Subcommittee).......  July 20, 1999
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  July 21, 1999
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  October 19, 1999
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  November 3, 1999
106-284..............................  Estuary and Coastal Habitat Conservation (Full    July 22, 1999
                                        committee).
106-472..............................  General Service Administration's Fiscal Year      September 28, 1999
                                        2000 Public Building Program Authorization
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-546..............................  MTBE Blue Ribbon Panel Findings (Subcommittee)..  October 5, 1999
106-536..............................  TVA Customer Protection Act (S. 1323) (Full       October 6, 1999
                                        committee).
106-618..............................  Water Infrastructure Legislation (S. 968, S.      October 7, 1999
                                        914, and S. 1699) (Full committee).
106-590..............................  Clean Water Act Issues (S. 669, S. 188, and S.    October 13, 1999
                                        1706) (Full committee).
106-611..............................  Clean Air Act: Review and Oversight               October 14, 1999
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-627..............................  Mosquito-Borne West Nile Virus, Field Hearing--   December 14, 1999
                                        Fairfield, CT (Full committee).
106-729..............................  Everglades Restoration, Field Hearing--Naples,    January 7, 2000
                                        FL (Full committee).
                                       (Full committee)................................  May 11, 2000
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  September 20, 2000
106-745..............................  Nominations of 106th Congress, Second Session:    February 3, 2000
                                        (Full committee) Eric D. Eberhard and W.
                                        Michael McCabe.
                                       (Full committee) James Aidala, Arthur C.          June 13, 2000
                                        Campbell, and Ella Wong-Rusinko.
106-950..............................  Asbestos Exposure in Libby MT, Field Hearing--    February 16, 2000
                                        Libby, MT (Full committee).
106-802..............................  Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal Year 2001  February 23, 2000
                                        Budget (Full committee).
106-809..............................  Corps of Engineers Fiscal Year 2001 Budget        February 24, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-944..............................  Clean Air Act's New Source Review Regulatory      February 28, 2000
                                        Program (Subcommittee).
106-971..............................  Clean Water Act: EPA's Proposed Rules on TMDL     March 1, 2000
                                        and NPDES Permits (Subcommittee).
                                       (Subcommittee)..................................  March 23, 2000
                                       (Full committee) Field Hearing--Whitefield, NH..  May 6, 2000
                                       (Subcommittee) Water Pollution Program            May 18, 2000
                                        Enhancements Act of 2000 (S. 2417).
                                       (Full committee) Field Hearing--Hot Springs, AR.  June 12, 2000
106-1014.............................  Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Regulatory         March 9, 2000
                                        Reforms (Subcommittee).
106-999..............................  GSA's Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Investment and     March 21, 2000
                                        Leasing Program (Subcommittee).
106-980..............................  Superfund Program: Status of Cleanup Efforts      March 21, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-911..............................  EPA's Clean Air Act Budget and Corps of           March 28, 2000
                                        Engineers Wetlands Budget (Subcommittee).
106-913..............................  EPA's Fiscal Year 2001 Budget for Office of       March 30, 2000
                                        Solid Waste and Emergency Response
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-1037.............................  Fort Peck Fish Hatchery Authorization Act of      April 29, 2000
                                        2000 (S. 2027) (Subcommittee).
106-919..............................  Successful State Environmental Programs (Full     May 2, 2000
                                        committee).
106-951..............................  Corps of Engineers Backlog of Authorized          May 16, 2000
                                        Projects and Future of the Corps' Mission
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-975..............................  Clean Air Act: Incentive-based Utility Emissions  May 17, 2000
                                        Reductions (Subcommittee).
106-976..............................  Water Resources Development Act of 2000           May 23, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-935..............................  Conservation and Reinvestment Act (S. 25, S.      May 24, 2000
                                        2123, S. 2181) (Full committee).
106-952..............................  Region XI of the Environmental Protection Agency  June 6, 2000
                                        (S. 1311) (Full committee).
106-953..............................  Clean Air Act: Environmental Benefits and         June 14, 2000
                                        Impacts of Ethanol (Subcommittee).
106-954..............................  Highway Diesel Sulfur Regulations (Subcommittee)  June 15, 2000
106-955..............................  Good Samaritan Abandoned or Inactive Mine Waste   June 21, 2000
                                        Remediation Act (S. 1787) (Subcommittee).
106-956..............................  Safe Drinking Water Act Oversight (Subcommittee)  June 29, 2000
106-957..............................  Brownfields Revitalization Act (S. 2700)          June 29, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-958..............................  Fish and Wildlife Service: Oversight of the       July 19, 2000
                                        Federal Aid Program (Subcommittee).
106-959..............................  Disposal of Low Activity Nuclear Waste (Full      July 25, 2000
                                        committee).
106-960..............................  Appalachian Regional Commission, Field Hearing--  August 8, 2000
                                        Nelsonville, OH (Subcommittee).
106-961..............................  Transportation Regulations on Planning and the    September 12, 2000
                                        Environment (Subcommittee).
106-963..............................  Testimony of Maj. Gen. Robert B. Flowers (Full    September 14, 2000
                                        committee).
106-964..............................  EPA's Proposed Regulations on Diesel Fuel         September 21, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-965..............................  Ombudsman's Office at EPA and Other Programs      September 26, 2000
                                        (Full committee).
106-966..............................  Clean Air Act Reauthorization (Subcommittee)....  September 27, 2000
                                       (Subcommittee) Field Hearing--Oklahoma City, OK.  November 13, 2000
106-967..............................  Federal Protective Service Reform Act (H.R. 809)  September 28, 2000
                                        (Subcommittee).
106-968..............................  Comparative Risk Assessment and Science Advisory  October 3, 2000
                                        Board's Residual Risk Report (Full committee).
106-962..............................  Draft Biological Opinion on the Columbia River    September 13-14, 2000
                                        Power System and Basinwide Salmon Recovery
                                        Strategy (Subcommittee).
                                       (Subcommittee) Field Hearing--Boise, ID.........  November 20, 2000
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                                        Committee Prints--106th Congress
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       Committee  Print  Number                              Title                                 Date
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106-3................................  Rules, Committee on Environment and Public Works  January 20, 1999
106-4................................  Committee membership list.......................  January 21, 1999
106-39...............................  Committee membership list.......................  February 9, 2000
106-40...............................  Rules, Committee on Environment and Public Works  February 9, 2000
106-59...............................  Safe Drinking Water Act, As Amended by the Safe   December 2000
                                        Drinking Water Act of 1996, P.L. 104-182.
106-77...............................  Resolutions Adopted by the Committee on           March 2001
                                        Environment and Public Works During the 106th
                                        Congress.
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                                         Senate Reports--106th Congress
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106-34...............................  Water Resources Development Act (S. 507)........  March 23, 1999
106-36...............................  Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (S.   March 26, 1999
                                        148).
106-39...............................  Coastal Barrier System Map Correction (S. 574)..  March 26, 1999
106-47...............................  Activities of the Committee on Environment and    May 11, 1999
                                        Public Works, 105th Congress.
106-70...............................  Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (S. 880)............  June 9, 1999
106-126..............................  Critical Habitat Designation for Endangered       July 28, 1999
                                        Species Recovery Plans (S. 1100).
106-171..............................  Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Correction   October 6, 1999
                                        Cape Hatteras Unit NC-03P (S. 1398).
106-181..............................  Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1999 (S. 492).  October 13, 1999
106-182..............................  Authorizing Appropriations for Activities at the  October 13, 1999
                                        Long Island Sound (S. 1632).
106-183..............................  Technical Corrections to the Water Resources      October 13, 1999
                                        Development Act of 1999 (H.R. 2724).
106-188..............................  Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation Act  October 14, 1999
                                        (H.R. 2454).
106-189..............................  Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of    October 14, 1999
                                        1999 (S. 835).
106-190..............................  Reports to Congress Providing for the             October 14, 1999
                                        Continuation of Federal Water Pollution Control
                                        Act Reports (S. 1730).
106-191..............................  Reports to Congress Providing for the             October 14, 1999
                                        Continuation of a Clean Air Act Report (S.
                                        1731).
106-193..............................  Reauthorizing the Coastal Wetlands Planning,      October 18, 1999
                                        Protection and Restoration Act (S. 1119).
106-194..............................  Reports to Congress Providing for the             October 18, 1999
                                        Continuation of an Endangered Species Act
                                        Report (S. 1744).
106-220..............................  NRC Fairness in Funding Act of 1999 (S. 1627)...  November 9, 1999
106-226..............................  Surface Transportation Act of 1999 (S. 1144)....  January 7, 2000
106-228..............................  Extension of Conformity Regulations Under the     February 2, 2000
                                        Clean Air Act (S. 1053).
106-230..............................  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation             March 6, 2000
                                        Establishment Act (S. 1653).
106-252..............................  Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act     April 4, 2000
                                        (S. 1752).
106-272..............................  John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (S.    April 13, 2000
                                        1946).
106-295..............................  Disaster Mitigation Act (S. 1691)...............  May 16, 2000
106-362..............................  Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (S.       July 27, 2000
                                        2796).
106-363..............................  Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act  July 27, 2000
                                        (S. 2797).
106-366..............................  Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal      August 25, 2000
                                        Health Act of 2000 (S. 522).
106-369..............................  Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2000   August 25, 2000
                                        (S. 2297).
106-370..............................  National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial        August 25, 2000
                                        Commemoration Act (S. 2878).
106-426..............................  Federal Reformulated Fuels Act ( S. 2962).......  September 28, 2000
106-457..............................  Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design         October 2, 2000
                                        Program Act (H.R. 2496).
106-459..............................  Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge               October 2, 2000
                                        Establishment Act (H.R. 3292).
106-461..............................  Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge             October 2, 2000
                                        Establishment Act (H.R. 4286).
106-462..............................  Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act (H.R.      October 2, 2000
                                        4318).
106-471..............................  Coastal Barrier Resources System Map--Captiva     October 3, 2000
                                        Island, Florida (H.R. 34).
106-472..............................  Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (H.R. 4320)..  October 3, 2000
106-473..............................  Coastal Barrier Resources System Map--Pine        October 3, 2000
                                        Island, NC (H.R. 4435).
106-484..............................  Bear Protection Act of 1999 (S. 1109)...........  October 4, 2000
106-485..............................  Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act of 2000  October 4, 2000
                                        (S. 2417).
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