bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
100-hr-5562,100,hr,5562,Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-10-21,1988-11-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3]",WA,D,B000620,0,"Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988 - Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to allocate required reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions among powerplants and States. Requires States to set emission limitations for oxides of nitrogen from: (1) electric utility steam generating units using tangential and wall-fired boilers; and (2) other electric utility steam generating units if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that reductions at comparable cost-effectiveness are reasonably feasible. Directs each State which is required to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen pursuant to this Act to submit a revised State implementation plan to the Administrator which establishes enforceable emissions limitations, compliance schedules, conservation measures, and other enforceable measures necessary to achieve such emission reductions.  Prohibits a State from allocating an emission reduction to a small utility powerplant whose costs of compliance would significantly exceed the Statewide average for all fossil-fuel fired powerplants and result in significant adverse competitive effects on the small utility. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines, within nine months of this Act's enactment, for the development and implementation of emissions trading programs.  Prohibits the Administrator from approving emission trading unless the electric utility:  (1) demonstrates that the total aggregate tonnage of emissions reduction will be no less than would be achieved absent such trading; (2) agrees to install and operate continuous emission monitoring for sulfur dioxide; and (3) maintains, and makes available to the public, records of its operations and emissions. Directs the Administrator to impose fees on persons who generate or import electric energy which shall be credited to the Acid Deposition Control Fund out of which payments will be made to electric utilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions.  Makes the portion of costs covered dependent on the control measures employed. Imposes other conditions on such payments to ensure that utilities are rewarded for cost-effective emission control measures. Requires the Administrator to survey the history of reviews and revisions of new source performance standards for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen applicable to electric utility boilers and report to the Congress, within nine months of this Act's enactment, on the results of such survey. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Clean Coal, Acid Deposition and Climate Change Control Technology Installation Program which shall provide grants, from FY 1989 through 1993, to owners or operators of fossil-fuel fired steam generating units for the installation of clean coal technology, conservation measures, or renewable resource technology, or any combination thereof, which has not been adequately demonstrated on a commercial scale and has a reasonable likelihood of achieving more cost-effective continuous emission reductions than measures or technology which has been adequately demonstrated on a commercial scale.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1992.  Authorizes the Administrator to issue an extension on emission standards compliance deadlines to owners or operators of fossil-fuel fired steam generating units who made a good faith effort to install and operate the measures or technology for which a grant has been authorized under this Act.",2025-08-28T20:08:01Z,
100-hr-5571,100,hr,5571,Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act,Environmental Protection,1988-10-21,1988-11-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. McMillen, Thomas [D-MD-4]",MD,D,M000573,0,"Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act - Prohibits dumping, discharge, disposal, or transport for such purposes of medical waste into the waters or along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.  Imposes penalties for violations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations governing the generation, transportation, and storage of medical waste in the Chesapeake Bay States and to review the adequacy of medical waste treatment and disposal methods. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a monitoring and research program under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of medical waste found in and along the Bay. Requires the issuance to all waste generators of guidance on methods to reduce medical waste in the Bay.",2025-08-28T20:07:54Z,
100-hr-5556,100,hr,5556,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to control hazardous air pollutants.,Environmental Protection,1988-10-20,1988-11-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list, within one month of this Act's enactment, of all categories and subcategories of major sources of listed air pollutants and simultaneously designate 50 percent of such the categories for emission regulation.  Requires that the remaining major stationary sources which present risks warranting regulation be designated for regulation within five years of this Act's enactment.  Permits the Administrator to designate other stationary sources as warranting regulation. Establishes a schedule for the promulgation of emission standards applicable to designated categories or subcategories of pollutant sources. Requires the Administrator, within seven years of promulgating emission standards for a source category, to evaluate public health risks remaining after application of such standards and make such standards more stringent if risks remain significant.  Provides for variances from, and extensions of, the implementation of such standards. Prohibits the construction of a new source or modification of an existing source, or emissions from a major source which is subject to emission standards unless such activity is conducted in compliance with a permit issued by the Administrator or an approved State permit program. Requires that such permits be for a fixed term not exceeding ten years. Directs the Administrator to establish and maintain an air toxics clearinghouse, control technology center, and risk information center to assist States in reducing air pollutant emissions. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to a State for the development and implementation of a permit program. Authorizes the President to exempt a source from compliance with emission standards if the means of complying with such standards are unavailable and the source is required for national security purposes.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-s-2909,100,s,2909,Novel Organism Release Act,Environmental Protection,1988-10-18,1988-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"Novel Organism Release Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to regulate the release of novel organisms.  Defines ""novel organism"" as any living organism, including nucleic acid, or a plasmid, virus, bacterium, fungus, blue-green algae, or protist or algae, or plant or animal, the genetic material of which has been deliberately manipulated or altered by human intervention through methods including gene amplification, conjugation, transformation, transduction, transposition, cell fusion, or methods of genetic engineering. Requires the publication of an Instruction Manual for Notification of Proposed Releases of Novel Organisms to be made available to biotechnology research organizations and firms. Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances a Division for Biotechnology Assistance.  Calls for the establishment of a toll-free telephone information service on laws regulating biotechnology. Establishes categories of releases of novel organisms based upon factors that contribute to risk to health and the environment, requiring notification or a permit. Creates within the National Library of Medicine a Biotechnology Environmental Release Database to coordinate the accumulation of information concerning the interactions and impacts of novel organisms with the environment. Establishes a general framework for the coordination of regulatory efforts of governmental agencies for the release of novel organisms. Requires persons submitting notification of a proposed release of a novel organism to initially contact the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires that an Internal Environmental Biosafety Committee (IEBC) be established whenever the release of a novel organism is proposed, to review the release and recommend tentative categorization.  Sets forth other IEBC duties, requires public hearings on the release, and describes authorities to withhold confidential business information regarding the release. Details procedures for petitions for review as to whether information withheld constitutes confidential business information.  Makes special provision for information to health professionals, doctors, and nurses. States that research and manufacturing facilities practicing contained use of novel organisms but which demonstrate compliance with EPA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines and compliance with Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research and Containment of Genetically Engineered Organisms shall be exempted from the notification and permit requirements under this Act.  Prohibits the release of a novel organism into the environment for any purpose except in compliance with a permit issued under this Act. Describes permit application procedures and informational requirements, including a description of the natural habitat of the organism or its parental strains and information on the relative environmental competitiveness of the microorganism. Provides for enforcement of this Act.  Allows the issuance of post de facto permits for releases made in response to emergency situations, such as oil spills, toxic chemical spills, or agricultural or environmental pest infestations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.",2025-08-28T20:08:26Z,
100-s-2892,100,s,2892,A bill to prohibit the disposal of solid waste in any State other than the State in which the waste was generated.,Environmental Protection,1988-10-13,1988-10-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,0,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the disposal of solid waste in excess of 100 pounds in any State or political subdivision other than the State in which the waste was generated, unless the State or subdivision has consented to the disposal.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hconres-389,100,hconres,389,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop a national policy and enter into international agreements to mitigate global warming from the greenhouse effect.,Environmental Protection,1988-10-12,1988-11-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,13,Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the Congress and the President should implement a national energy and natural resource policy to mitigate global warming caused by the greenhouse effect; and (2) the President should encourage and participate in international agreements to implement international strategies compatible with such policy.,2025-01-15T18:51:50Z,
100-hr-5513,100,hr,5513,Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-10-12,1988-11-01,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]",MO,D,S000465,1,"Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from listing or identifying recycled used oil as a hazardous waste under such Act. Directs the Administrator to propose management standards, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, governing the storage, transportation, and processing of recycled used oil.",2025-08-28T20:08:55Z,
100-hr-5466,100,hr,5466,A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on the management of infectious medical wastes.,Environmental Protection,1988-10-05,1988-11-01,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,1,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a research program to: (1) assess the sources, amounts, composition, and disposal of infectious medical wastes; (2) determine the hazard to public health of such wastes; (3) compare incineration processes, autoclaving, and other disposal technologies and assess each; and (4) assess the status of U.S. medical waste management practices. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
100-hr-5469,100,hr,5469,Clean Air Act Amendments of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-10-05,1988-11-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]",WA,D,S001115,8,"Clean Air Act Amendments of 1988 - Title I: Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas - Subtitle A:  General Provisions - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate rules, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, for enhanced State monitoring of ozone, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide. Authorizes States to request the Administrator to redesignate a nonattainment area for an air pollutant for which a national ambient air quality standard is applicable as having attained the standard for such pollutant if the area meets such standard, the State implementation plan is revised to provide for the maintenance of such standard, and contingency provisions of such plan assure prompt correction of violations of the standard.  Requires the Administrator to promulgate minimum criteria for the consideration of State implementation plan revisions. Revises ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas which are classified as Serious or Severe Areas and are located within Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) to include the entire MSA or CMSA.  Authorizes the Administrator to modify nonattainment areas classified as Moderate Class I or Moderate Class II areas to encompass the entire MSA or CMSA if such modification is necessary to attain the air quality standard for ozone or carbon monoxide. Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating Primarily to Ozone Air Pollution - Classifies an ozone nonattainment area as a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, Serious Area, or Severe Area depending on the extent to which the area deviates from the ozone air quality standard.  Sets forth air quality attainment dates for each classification. Authorizes the Administrator to:  (1) make no more than two one-year extensions of attainment dates for Moderate Class II or Serious Areas; and (2) reclassify Moderate or Serious Areas as Severe if they cannot meet the ozone standard before December 31, 1997.  Sets forth special rules for determining the attainment dates of reclassified areas. Requires each State to submit to the Administrator an emissions inventory of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds from all sources in ozone nonattainment areas.  Requires stationary sources within such areas to provide the State with such emissions information.  Directs the Administrator to complete development of a Regional Oxidant Model and an urban scale photochemical grid model upon which State plan revisions for ozone nonattainment areas shall be based.  Charges major stationary sources with modeling and inventory costs. Requires that State implementation plans for ozone nonattainment areas be revised to contain measures necessary for attaining the ozone standard by the applicable date, including enforceable interim schedules of compliance, contingency provisions to deal with the failure of areas to meet such schedules, and new source review provisions. Sets forth federally prescribed measures for ozone nonattainment areas, including limitations, applicable to all such areas,  on increased emissions of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds resulting from the construction or modification of stationary sources.  Requires enhanced vehicular inspection and maintenance programs and the application of reasonably available control technology to stationary sources in Moderate Class II, Serious, and Severe ozone nonattainment areas.  Requires the use of fill nozzles to recover gasoline vapors escaping when vehicle gas tanks are being filled, increases in the use of vehicles emitting low levels of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds, and the enhancement of emissions monitoring programs in Serious and Severe Areas.  Requires transportation control measures, specified reductions in volatile organic compounds emitted from stationary sources that are not in compliance with emission limitations, and the imposition of civil penalties against the owners or operators of stationary sources that do not attain such reductions in Severe Areas. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Authorizes the imposition of specified sanctions for violations of this subtitle's requirements or provisions of State implementation plans. Directs the Administrator to upgrade the classification of a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, or Serious ozone nonattainment area which fails to attain the air quality standard by the applicable date.  Requires States to submit plan revisions for such areas.  Imposes restrictions on the construction and modification of stationary sources in Severe Areas which fail to meet such standard by the applicable date. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) issue and periodically revise control technology guidelines for stationary sources of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds; (2) identify alternative controls for all categories of such stationary sources; and (3) provide States with guidance in evaluating the relative cost-effectiveness of various options for controlling emissions from stationary sources of air pollutants contributing to the nonattainment of ozone or carbon monoxide standards. Directs the Administrator to establish interstate ozone transport regions when there is reason to believe that ozone in one or more States contributes significantly to ozone in another State.  Requires the Administrator to create an ozone transport commission for each region to identify the sources of air pollution in the region which should be required to apply reasonably available control technology to reduce ozone pollution elsewhere in the region.  Requires the revision of State implementation plans to satisfy commission recommendations which have the Administrator's approval.  Authorizes a State to petition the Administrator to require out-of-State sources to install reasonably available control technology upon a finding that such sources contribute to the State's nonattainment of air quality standards. Requires each State in which is located a portion of a multi-State nonattainment area to coordinate the revision and implementation of State implementation plans applicable to the nonattainment area.  Allows such a State to escape sanctions upon a showing that it is other States in which such area is located that have violated this subtitle's provisions or caused nonattainment by the applicable date. Subtitle C:  Provisions Relating Primarily to Carbon Monoxide Air Pollution - Classifies a carbon monoxide nonattainment area as a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, or Severe Area depending on the extent the area deviates from the carbon monoxide air quality standard.  Sets forth air quality attainment dates for each classification. Authorizes the Administrator to:  (1) make no more than one one-year extension of the attainment date for a Moderate Class II Area; and (2) reclassify a Moderate Class II Area as a Severe Area if it cannot meet the carbon monoxide standard before December 31, 1995.  Sets forth special rules for determining the attainment dates of reclassified areas. Requires each State in which is located a portion of a multi-State carbon monoxide nonattainment area to coordinate revisions and implementation of State implementation plans applicable to the nonattainment area.  Allows such a State to escape sanctions upon a showing that it is other States in which such area is located that have violated this subtitle's provisions or caused nonattainment by the applicable date. Requires that State implementation plans for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas be revised to contain measures necessary for attaining the carbon monoxide standard by the applicable date, including enforceable interim schedules of compliance, a forecast of the vehicle miles to be traveled in the nonattainment area for each year prior to the attainment date, and contingency provisions if the estimate of vehicle miles traveled exceeds the forecast mileage or the area fails to meet the air quality standard by the applicable date. Sets forth federally prescribed measures for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, including vehicular inspection and maintenance programs in Moderate Class II Areas and enhanced vehicular inspection and maintenance programs, increases in the use of vehicles emitting low levels of carbon monoxide or having dual fuel capability, transportation control measures, and enhanced emissions monitoring programs in Severe Areas.  Sets forth enforcement provisions. Authorizes the imposition of specified sanctions for violations of this subtitle's requirements or provisions of State implementation plans. Directs the Administrator to upgrade the classification of a Moderate Class I or Moderate Class II carbon monoxide nonattainment area which fails to attain the air quality standard by the applicable date.  Requires States to submit plan revisions for such areas.  Mandates annual three percent carbon monoxide emissions reductions in Severe Areas which fail to meet such standard by the applicable date. Title II:  Provisions Relating to Mobile Sources - Sets standards for emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from passenger cars and light duty trucks manufactured after model year 1992. Requires carbon monoxide emissions testing of passenger cars and light duty trucks manufactured after model year 1992 at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.  Sets emission standards at such temperature.  Adds an idle test to the Federal Test Procedure for emissions from light duty vehicles. Continues the application of model year 1992 standards for emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from passenger cars and light duty trucks through model year 1997 when conducting in-use emissions testing. Directs the Administrator to complete and publish the results of a study by January 1, 1992, regarding the practicality of applying the new standards for nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides to vehicles in actual use during their useful life.  Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate rules, within two years after such study, relating to in-use complance with emission standards.  Directs the Administrator to:  (1) review, revise, and republish, within 9 months of this Act's enactment, the guidance for State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas; and (2) determine, within two years of this Act's enactment, whether a nationwide program of motor vehicle inspection and maintenance for heavy-duty trucks and buses would be an effective ozone or carbon monoxide control measure.  Expands the scope of the prohibition on tampering with vehicle emission control devices or design elements. Authorizes the Administrator to consider information collected under a State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance program in determining the compliance of vehicles in use with emissions standards. Requires the Administrator to establish at least one high altitude testing center to determine the compliance of vehicles with emission standards when in actual use throughout their useful life. Directs the Administrator to promulgate standards for emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds from non-road engines which are significant contributors to ozone or carbon monoxide concentrations in more than one ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment area.  Provides for the enforcement of such standards.  Requires the Administrator to review and, if necessary, revise aircraft emissions standards. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards requiring the use of hydrocarbon control technology on light duty vehicles if such technology is determined to be feasible and desirable.  Provides that, if such standards are not applied to all light duty vehicles, States in which there is an ozone nonattainment area must require the use of a fill nozzle to collect hydrocarbon vapors and prevent spillage.  Imposes fees upon vehicle manufacturers for vapor recovery controls. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to reduce evaporative emissions from gasoline by establishing standards for gasoline volatility. Prohibits the sale of leaded gasoline for vehicles on streets or highways after 1990. Permits a two-year extension of such prohibition if such prohibition reduces the availability of leaded gasoline for farm vehicles and alternatives to leaded gasoline for use in farm vehicles are unavailable. Requires the Administrator to promulgate a rule requiring a reduction in the sulfur content of motor vehicle diesel fuel. Directs the Administrator to provide guidance to States in which there are located ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment areas on the use of vehicles having low emissions of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, or carbon monoxide.  Requires the Administrater to determine whether and to what extent required increases in the use of low emission vehicles in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas can be extended to fleets of heavy-duty vehicles.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards, within two years of this Act's enactment, applicable to on-board natural gas storage cylinders.  Requires that, of the vehicles obtained for a Federal Government fleet of passenger cars and light-duty trucks, 30 percent of such vehciles obtained in 1994, 50 percent of such vehicles obtained during 1995 and 1996, and 90 percent of such vehicles obtained thereafter be alternative fuel vehicles.  Requires Federal facilities supplying such vehicles with alcohol or natural gas to offer such fuel for sale to the public.  Requires that other Federal gasoline powered vehicles which are not dual energy vehicles and are operated in Severe carbon monoxide nonattainment Areas be supplied with fuel that binds oxygenates with gasoline after March 31, 1989.  Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress by October 1, 1991, on the air pollutant emissions, air quality impact, and human health risks associated with the storage, distribution, and use of significant amounts of alcohols or natural gas as transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels.  Authorizes appropriations for such study for FY 1990.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996 for the extra costs of acquiring low-emission vehicles for Federal fleets.  Requires that all buses ordered after 1989 for a Federal bus fleet operating in an ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment area and having a central refueling station available to it be low emittors of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic chemicals, or carbon monoxide. Directs the Administrator to provide States with guidance on the use of transportation control measures. Title III:  Other Provisions - Includes movable stationary sources within the term ""stationary source"" if such source emits pollutants from equipment or processes other than its means of propulsion. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of emissions of volatile organic compounds into the air from various substances, products, or activities to:  (1) determine their potential to contribute to ozone levels; and (2) establish criteria for selecting substances, products, and activities to be regulated.  Authorizes the Administrator to regulate such substances, products, and activities or issue control technology guidance if such guidance will be substantially as effective as regulations in reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds.  Requires specified reductions in emissions of volatile organic compounds from commercial and consumer solvents, architectural coatings, traffic coatings, and aerospace coatings. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines, within one year of this Act's enactment, for the improved enforcement of requirements applicable to the control of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide.  Sets forth air pollution control penalty and and enforcement provisions. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) periodically review and, if necessary, revise the methods used to determine the quantity of emissions of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides from pollutant sources; and (2) establish methods to determine the quantity of such emissions from sources for which methods have not yet been established. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) conduct a study and report to the Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on whether the methodology used by the EPA for establishing a design value for ozone provides a reasonable indicator of the ozone air quality of ozone nonattainment areas; (2) conduct a study and report to the Congress, within two years of this Act's enactment, on the role of nitrogen oxide emission reductions in reductions of ozone levels at different peak ozone concentrations and volatile organic compound-to-nitrogen oxide ratios; and (3) jointly fund, with the motor vehicle manufacturing industry, research into alternative fuels and new engine designs which are more fuel efficient and less polluting. Requires the Administrator to make information regarding emission control technology available to States and the public through a central database. Authorizes appropriations for the implementation of this Act.",2025-08-28T20:08:02Z,
100-hr-5450,100,hr,5450,"A bill to prohibit the ocean dumping of sewage sludge, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1988-10-04,1988-10-19,See S.2030.,House,"Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]",PA,R,S000146,1,"Title I:  Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the issuance of permits authorizing ocean dumping of sewage sludge after 1992. Waives the tax imposed on ocean dumping of sewage sludge under title II of this Act for permittees who enter into a compliance agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by January 1, 1989, which phases out and terminates ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993 and sets forth a schedule for the implementation of an alternative sludge disposal system.  Requires permittees who are not subject to such waiver to deposit the equivalent of 60 percent of title II taxes into a trust account to be used for the development and implementation of long-term environmentally sound alternatives to ocean disposal of sewage sludge and improvements in sewage sludge pretreatment, treatment, and storage techniques. Establishes a fund, into which 15 percent of title II taxes shall be deposited, for sludge disposal research, reporting, permit, and enforcement activities. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress at six-month intervals on land-based disposal options for sewage sludge and the progress made by permittees toward the cessation of ocean dumping of such sludge.  Requires the appropriate congressional committees to hold hearings and issue a report should the Administration find a permittee unable to cease ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993. Title II:  Tax on Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax against those who dump sewage sludge into the ocean, imposing a stiffer tax upon the approach of 1993 and against those who lack a permit.  Allows permittees a tax credit or refund for amounts deposited into the trust account established under title I. Transfers 25 percent of the tax revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Title III:  Discharging into Marine Waters - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to set forth provisions identical to those in title I of this Act which shall be applicable to discharges into marine waters that are regulated under such Act. Title IV:  Tax on Discharging into Marine Waters - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax against those who discharge sewage sludge and any other material subject to specified Federal Water Pollution Act guidelines into marine waters, imposing a stiffer tax upon the approach of 1993 and against those who lack a permit.  Allows permittees a tax credit or refund for amounts deposited into the trust account established under title III.  Transfers 25 percent of the tax revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
100-hr-5442,100,hr,5442,Asbestos Information Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-10-03,1988-10-31,Became Public Law No: 100-577.,House,"Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]",OH,D,L000508,1,"Asbestos Information Act of 1988 - Requires that those who manufacture or process asbestos or asbestos-containing material report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within 90 days after this Act's enactment, on the years of manufacture, the types or classes of product, and other identifying characteristics reasonably necessary to identify or distinguish such material. Requires the Administrator to publish such information within 180 days after this Act's enactment.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-s-2853,100,s,2853,Ground Water Safety Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-10-03,1988-10-03,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1054.,Senate,"Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]",ND,D,B001077,0,"Ground Water Safety Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require a pesticide registrant or reregistrant to submit information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the pesticide's potential for groundwater leaching.  (Directs the Administrator, upon such registration, to determine a pesticide's leaching potential.) Requires registrants, in the case of a positive leaching potential, to:  (1) develop management practices to minimize such leaching; (2) disseminate such management information to applicators; and (3) conduct groundwater monitoring. Requires a registrant, upon detection of groundwater contamination, to notify EPA, the State, the owner of the property, and any other person(s) relying on the underground source for drinking water or household needs. States that if such contamination reaches or is likely to reach 25 percent of the EPA-established groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall amend the registration to impose further restrictions on the pesticide's use. Authorizes the Administrator to consider the health effects of alternative pesticides in setting such restrictions. States that if contamination reaches 50 percent of the groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall notify and provide relevant information to the affected State(s). Directs the Administrator, if an affected State fails to act, to prohibit the pesticide's use in the vicinity of the underground source of drinking water. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) collect and make available to the public information on groundwater pesticide contamination; (2) provide technical assistance to States for groundwater protection programs; (3) conduct research activities to monitor the presence of pesticides in the unsaturated zone; and (4) enter into agreements with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to develop information systems for State and local officials, farmers, and applicators regarding soil, climate, and hydrology at specific pesticide use sites. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Requires States to develop and submit for EPA approval pesticide water pollution prevention programs. Authorizes:  (1) the Administrator to provide financial assistance; and (2) FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator to issue groundwater residue guidance levels for FIFRA-registered pesticides. Exempts farmers from liability under Federal environmental laws for releases or threatened releases of pesticides into the environment if they:  (1) certify that they complied with labeling instructions and applicable law; (2) include in the certification information relating to the use of the pesticide; (3) keep records, for each pesticide application, of information required to be submitted in the certification; and (4) did not act negligently or recklessly.  Imposes liability on registrants of the pesticide and of ingredients in the pesticide and on other parties responsible under Federal law when the farmer is exempted from liability. Authorizes the Administrator to:  (1) require registrants to provide information concerning the safe storage and disposal of excess or spilled pesticides and their ability to carry out recall plans; and (2) impose requirements and procedures on persons who store, transport, or dispose of a cancelled or suspended pesticide or materials used to contain or collect excess or spilled quantities of such pesticide.  Deems a suspended or cancelled pesticide to be a hazardous waste unless its owner certifies to the Administrator, within 180 days of such cancellation or suspension, that the pesticide is to be relabeled, reformulated, exported, or otherwise used as a commercial product.  Prohibits the storage of cancelled or suspended pesticides for more than three years. Directs the Administrator to recall a suspended or cancelled pesticide when necessary for the protection of health or the environment.  Reimburses registrants for a portion of the recall costs borne by such registrants after their submission to the Administrator of a recall plan which sets forth the recall schedule, the extent of such recall, and means to verify its effectiveness. Requires the Administrator to develop:  (1) design regulations for pesticide containers that will promote the safe storage and disposal of such pesticides; and (2) regulations for pesticide container residue removal.  Directs the Administrator to conduct a pesticide container study and report the results of such study to the Congress within two years of this Act's enactment. Amends the Act's definition of a pesticide. Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prohibit such Act from precluding States or localities from imposing limits on pesticide residues in or on food that are more stringent than Federal limits. Directs the Administrator to submit a report to the Congress by May 1, 1989, summarizing available data on abandoned production and injection wells and the impacts such wells may have on ground water quality.",2025-08-28T20:07:33Z,
100-s-2854,100,s,2854,A bill to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to take certain action to protect the environment; to mitigate water pollution; to reduce solid waste and the cost in connection with the disposal of such waste through recycling; and for other purposes.,Environmental Protection,1988-10-03,1988-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Prohibits the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of not less than five cents.  Requires the retailers and distributors pay the refund on refund containers of brands sold by such retailers or distributors. Prohibits distributors and retailers from selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings. Preempts inconsistent State or local laws. Prohibits State and local governments from imposing any tax on the collection or return of refund values. Imposes penalties of up to $1,000 for violations.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
100-hr-5430,100,hr,5430,"A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to establish special fees for the ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, and for other purpose.",Environmental Protection,1988-09-30,1988-10-04,House Incorporated this Measure in S.2030 as an Amendment.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,41,"Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit persons from dumping sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean without a permit. Prohibits all such dumping after 1992.  Imposes dumping fees which increase with the approach of 1993.  Requires that 85 percent of such fees be deposited in a trust account for the development of environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping or improvement in sewage sludge and industrial waste treatment and storage techniques. Pays the remainder of such fees to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for ocean dumping permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities.  Conditions receipt of an ocean dumping permit upon the entering into of a compliance or enforcement agreement with the Administrator which includes a plan for the phasing-out and cessation of ocean dumping and the implementation of alternatives to such dumping.  Waives dumping fees charged against persons who have entered into a compliance agreement. Imposes civil monetary penalties against persons who dump sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean after 1992.  Requires that 90 percent of such penalties be paid into the trust accounts in 1993, with five percent reductions in such allotment for each succeeding year. Pays the remainder to the Administrator for the activities to which dumping fees are devoted. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires that fees and penalties not needed for use by the Administrator for permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities be used for making capitalization grants to New York and New Jersey for the establishment of a revolving fund to assist specified water pollution control efforts under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Administrator to issue orders requiring ocean dumpers to cease such dumping until they enter into a compliance or enforcement agreement and obtain a permit.  Authorizes the Administrator to request the Attorney General to commence civil actions against persons who violate such orders or this Act's ocean dumping provisions. Prohibits persons from disposing of sewage sludge at any landfill located on Staten Island, New York. Requires that New York and New Jersey use at least 20 percent of their capitalization grant and contribution associated with such grant within six months of receipt of such grant to assist persons in developing and implementing environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress, within six months of this Act's enactment, on ocean discharge guidelines established pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the President, in submitting his budget for FY 1990, to include a schedule and an estimate of the resources needed for achieving compliance with such guidelines.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-5434,100,hr,5434,Waste Act to Save the Environment,Environmental Protection,1988-09-30,1988-10-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10]",IL,R,P000444,5,"Waste Act to Save the Environment - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish as an objective of such Act the assurance that solid waste exports are managed in accordance with environmental standards no less strict than Federal standards in this country. Prohibits the export of solid waste except when there is an agreement between the United States and the receiving country which provides for the exchange of information regarding such export and its management, cooperation in the enforcement of the agreement, and biannual review of the agreement's effectiveness.  Requires exporters of solid waste to register with and submit specified export and export management information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency who shall annually submit a report to the Congress summarizing such information. Prohibits the export of a solid waste until the Administrator finds that the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such export will be carried out in accordance with environmental standards no less strict than Federal standards in this country.  Authorizes the Administrator to impose fees on exporters to defray the costs of administering this Act.  Imposes criminal penalties against persons who knowingly violate this Act's requirements.",2025-08-28T20:06:09Z,
100-hr-5435,100,hr,5435,Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-30,1988-11-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15]",PA,R,R000277,8,"Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988 - Expresses the U.S. policy regarding Federal environmental protection activities administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, including that such activities shall attain the greatest risk reduction possible with the resources available. Requires the Administrator of EPA to act to protect human health and the environment on the basis of careful assessment of risks and evaluation of control options for their management.  Requires the development of risk assessment guidelines covering specified elements, including mutagenicity assessment, carcinogenicity assessment, exposure estimates, reproductive risks, and ecological effects.  Requires guidelines to include hazard determinations, dose response assessments, exposure assessments, and risk characterizations. Requires a report to the Congress projecting the net risk reduction and costs that would result from control and abatement of environmental hazards in accordance with this Act.  Requires inclusion of a list of human and environmental risks with which the EPA is concerned and the potency, exposure, and other information for each risk.  Requires recurring reports every four years. Requires an annual report to the Congress projecting the net risk reduction and costs that would result from the implementation of each of the Agency's abatement and control programs. Requires a report on the status of risk assessment within the Federal Government, to include a review of risk assessment activities presently being carried out within Federal agencies with a mandate to protect the public health, specifying under which legislative authority they are and are not being carried out, and the limitations under such authorities which prevent the full utilization of risk assessment.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-28T20:08:58Z,
100-hr-5421,100,hr,5421,Global Environment Research and Policy Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-29,1988-11-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]",NC,D,J000256,2,"Global Environment Research and Policy Act of 1988 - Title I: National Global Change Research Plan - Directs the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (Council) to develop a National Global Change Research Plan for a ten-year national research program on the processes and factors which contribute to global environmental change, including research on increases of global sea levels.  Requires that such Plan allocate research responsibilities among Federal agencies in accordance with existing and appropriate additional agency missions and responsibilities.  Requires that such Plan be submitted to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment and revised and resubmitted at least once every three years.  Directs the Council to:  (1) oversee implementation of the Plan; (2) coordinate global change research and assessment activities among Federal agencies; (3) work with the National Research Council and other groups conducting such activities; (4) promote consistent, efficient, and compatible transfer and use of research data; and (5) cooperate with the Secretary of State in providing U.S. representation at international governmental meetings on global change. Requires each Federal agency to submit a report identifying each element of its proposed global change activities to the President and the Council when it submits its appropriations request to the President.  Directs the President to give the Council an opportunity to review and comment on the budget estimate for each agency in the context of the Plan before submitting the annual budget to the Congress, and identify in such budget the portion of each agency's annual budget that is allocated to each element of that agency's global change activities. Sets forth Council reporting requirements. Title II:  Council on Global Environmental Policy - Establishes a Council on Global Environmental Policy within the Executive Office of the President to advise the President regarding domestic and international policies, plans, and programs of the Federal Government related to global environmental change.  Sets forth reporting requirements, including the requirement that the Council on Global Environmental Policy develop and submit to the Congress and the President, within five years of this Act's enactment, a comprehensive program to abate, mitigate, and adapt to the impacts of global environmental change.  Requires that such program be updated periodically to incorporate the results of Plan research. Title III:  Miscellaneous - Defines terms.",2025-08-28T20:06:26Z,
100-hconres-375,100,hconres,375,A concurrent resolution to condemn the export of hazardous waste by the United States to foreign nations.,Environmental Protection,1988-09-27,1988-10-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.,House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,1,Condemns the export of hazardous waste by the United States to developing countries without an environmental regulatory framework to protect health and the environment.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
100-hr-5400,100,hr,5400,A bill to regulate the disposal of certain medical equipment and for other purposes.,Environmental Protection,1988-09-27,1988-10-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22]",PA,D,M001088,3,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a marking and recordkeeping system tracking medical equipment from its manufacture or importation to its disposal.  Prohibits the disposal or disinfection of medical equipment waste at a facility which is not licensed.  Requires such facilities to post a bond with the Administrator to insure compliance with licensing regulations.  Requires handlers of medical equipment to give EPA representatives or representatives of a State having an authorized medical waste program information and access to information concerning such waste.  Imposes penalties for violations of medical equipment marking, recordkeeping, and disposal requirements. Prohibits the interpretation of this Act as precluding more stringent State or local medical equipment tracking or disposal requirements. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator through FY 1991 for carrying out this Act's activities. Makes individuals who violate medical equipment tracking or disposal requirements liable for compensable damages caused by the disposal of such equipment.  Sets forth defenses to such liability.  Limits the time within which such actions may be brought.  Reduces amounts payable to a plaintiff by the total of the relief or compensation they have previously received for such damages.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-hr-5373,100,hr,5373,Indoor Air Quality Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-23,1988-10-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8]",MA,D,K000110,15,"Indoor Air Quality Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to assure the quality of indoor air, including coordinating and accelerating efforts related to the causes, detection, and correction of contaminated air.  Requires such program to include information collection and dissemination, cooperative research, grants, studies, development of techniques, facility construction, and conferences.  Requires that research focus on human health effects and the identification of types and levels of contaminants likely to cause harm, including the development of methodology and techniques for detection and control. Authorizes the Administrator to assist technology demonstration activities based on a technology's potential to cost-effectively control sources of contaminants which pose the greatest risk.  Limits Federal funding to 75 percent of costs.  Directs the Administrator to periodically publish general reports on the findings of such demonstration activities and provide such reports to the Indoor Air Clearinghouse. Requires the Administrator to publish and furnish the Indoor Air Clearinghouse with bulletins assessing technologies and management practices for the control and measurement of indoor air contaminants. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) develop protocols for the measurement of radon gas in child care facilities; and (2) disseminate information concerning techniques for measuring and reducing radon levels in child care facilities and characteristics of child care facilities with high radon risks. Authorizes the Administrator to:  (1) provide States with devices and the use of EPA laboratories for testing child care facilities for radon; and (2) undertake diagnostic and remedial efforts to reduce radon levels in nonresidential child care facilities. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on the appropriateness, feasibility, and implications of considering human exposure to indoor air pollutants in developing ambient air quality standards and national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct and report to the Congress within two years of this Act's enactment on a national assessment of the seriousness and extent of indoor air contamination in buildings owned by local educational agencies. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by the beginning of FY 1989 on activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Administrator to publish and biennially revise a list of contaminants known to occur in indoor air.  Provides for additions to such list upon application of a State Governor.  Requires the Administrator to publish advisory materials addressing the human health effects of listed contaminants which describe the properties, effects, risks, and concentrations of such contaminants.  Directs the Indoor Air Panel of the EPA Science Advisory Board to assist in the listing and advisories.  Requires that such advisories be updated every five years. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish a national indoor air quality response plan describing actions to be taken pursuant to existing statutory authority to reduce listed indoor air contaminants to safe levels.  Requires that such plans include the dissemination of information, education programs, and the provision of technical assistance.  Requires that the response plan identify the contaminant, the basis for the action, the nature of the response, the responsible Federal authority, the necessary financial resources, and situations where existing statutory authority or technology is inadequate to address contamination problems. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to prepare a response plan to reduce listed indoor air contaminants to safe levels in Federal buildings.  Exempts certain Federal buildings for national security, demolition, or special use purposes.  Requires response plans to be submitted to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the GSA to reserve 0.5 percent of funds appropriated for the construction of new Federal buildings for the design and construction of air contaminant reduction measures and report upon the completion of each Federal building on the use made of reserved funds.  Requires that any new EPA headquarters be designed and operated as a model to demonstrate principles and practices for the protection of indoor air quality. Authorizes grants to States for the development of management strategies and indoor air quality assessment and response programs similar to those of the Federal program. Directs the Administrator to establish an Office of Indoor Air Quality within EPA's Office of Air and Radiation to implement agency responsibilities under this Act.  Establishes a Council on Indoor Air Quality to coordinate Federal activities and advise the President.  Requires the Council to report to the Congress on a biennial basis.  Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), within six months of this Act's enactment, to define their respective responsibilities and planned actions to address radon hazards.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on actions taken to implement such MOU within two years of this Act's enactment. Directs the Administrator to establish a national indoor air quality clearinghouse which shall operate a toll-free line on indoor air quality. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to implement a Building Assessment Demonstration Program to support the development of methods for assessing indoor air contamination in non-residential, non-industrial buildings and to provide building owners and occupants with assistance and guidance in reducing indoor air contamination. Authorizes building owners or occupants, or representatives of employees working in a building, to submit building assessment proposals which shall be selected or denied on the basis of specified considerations, including the apparent seriousness and extent of building air contamination. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher learning to establish and operate five regional radon training centers to provide instruction on radon diagnosis and mitigation and disseminate information on radon. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.",2025-08-28T20:09:18Z,
100-s-2824,100,s,2824,Onondaga Lake Restoration Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-22,1988-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,1,"Onondaga Lake Restoration Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York. Calls for cataloging, assessing, and coordinating research on the lake and development of a plan with corrective action priorities and pollution control schedules.  Requires assessments of projects relating to the levels of dissolved oxygen, the presence of mercury, untreated sewage discharges, and high plankton levels in lake waters.  Requires that the plan's implementation be coordinated with the State of New York and other groups. Authorizes grants for research, modeling, and other plan activities.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1994.  Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to assess the cost, feasibility, duration, and effectiveness of strategies regarding the lake's restoration.",2025-08-28T20:09:09Z,
100-hr-5324,100,hr,5324,Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-16,1988-09-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.,House,"Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]",CT,D,G000120,17,"Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1988 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of vessels illegally dumping wastes into ocean waters.",2025-08-28T20:07:29Z,
100-hr-5311,100,hr,5311,Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Amendments of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-15,1988-09-26,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,12,"Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit any financial connection between the contractor who conducts a school asbestos inspection or assists in preparing a school asbestos management plan and the contractor who carries out such plan.  Requires that in monitoring school air for asbestos:  (1) transmission electron microscopes having a specified sensitivity limit be used; (2) such monitoring be conducted in the manner most likely to detect asbestos; and (3) no financial connection exist between monitors and contractors implementing asbestos response actions. Requires that the model school asbestos contractor accreditation plan for States, developed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), include a State-approved contractor training course and require that those who have passed the accreditation exam engage in supervised work experience before achieving accreditation.  Directs the Administrator and the States to establish procedures for terminating accreditation.  Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within six months of this Act's enactment on the need for and feasibility of agreements between States to create reciprocity in accreditation between States. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) develop and implement a plan for conducting random, on-site school inspections to ensure that asbestos response actions are carried out in a manner that protects human health and the environment; (2) require school asbestos contractors to provide assurances of financial responsibility for all liabilities arising out of their work; and (3) delineate the division of responsibility between the EPA and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for worker safety under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response program.  Authorizes school employees who are directed to conduct emergency repairs which may involve asbestos or to conduct operations and maintenance activities to refuse to conduct such activities unless they are provided with proper equipment and training and allowed to follow safe work practices. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within 120 days of this Act's enactment requiring owners of Federal, State, and commercial buildings to conduct asbestos inspections in and, if asbestos is present, develop and implement asbestos management plans for such buildings.  Sets deadlines for the implementation and completion of such activities.  Imposes civil monetary penalties against building owners who violate such regulations. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within 120 days of this Act's enactment on the feasibility of tracking asbestos-containing material removed from schools to assure that it is transported and disposed of in a manner protective of human health and the environment. Establishes an Asbestos Abatement Scientific Commission which shall assess available asbestos response actions for their effectiveness and appropriateness in protecting human health and the environment.  Sets forth reporting requirements.",2025-08-28T20:06:24Z,
100-hr-5302,100,hr,5302,Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-14,1988-09-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.,House,"Rep. Hertel, Dennis M. [D-MI-14]",MI,D,H000547,1,"Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in the States bordering the Great Lakes. Includes in such program the monitoring of beaches in Great Lake States where there have been reported incidences of medical waste being washed up on shore.  Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste.  Requires such parties to permit access to, and provide copies of, all records relating to such wastes to any designated representative of the EPA. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to use authority provided in the Solid Waste Disposal Act to immediately address and correct the improper disposal of medical waste.",2025-08-28T20:07:40Z,
100-s-2788,100,s,2788,A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act.,Environmental Protection,1988-09-14,1988-09-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,1,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, with respect to the standards applicable for cleanup of hazardous waste at steel and aluminum manufacturing facilities, to require that groundwater correction measure standards be met at the facility's property boundary (rather than at the boundary of each individual solid waste management unit). Requires groundwater monitoring at facility boundaries and other locations. Requires the establishment by facility owners or operators of a fund to provide financial owners or operators of a fund to provide financial responsibility for monitoring and corrective measures for 30 years following cessation of operations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-s-2778,100,s,2778,Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-13,1988-09-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,4,"Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in the States bordering the Great Lakes.  Includes in such program the monitoring of beaches in Great Lake States where there have been reported incidences of medical waste being washed up on shore. Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste. Requires such parties to permit access to, and provide copies of, all records relating to such wastes to any designated representative of the EPA. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to use authority provided in the Solid Waste Disposal Act to immediately address and correct the improper disposal of medical waste.",2025-08-28T20:07:29Z,
100-sres-470,100,sres,470,A resolution relating to Great Lakes medical waste.,Environmental Protection,1988-09-13,1988-09-13,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,6,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the conferees on legislation dealing with the medical waste issue should include protections for the Great Lakes States and that the Congress should complete action on legislation to control medical waste this calendar year.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hr-5269,100,hr,5269,San Diego Sewage Treatment Improvement Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-09,1988-09-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44]",CA,D,B000236,2,"San Diego Sewage Treatment Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make a grant of $10,000,000 from funds allotted to California under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for FY 1990 to San Diego, California, for planning the construction of secondary wastewater treatment works and for planning water reclamation projects. Requires the Administrator to make grants to San Diego for the construction of secondary wastewater treatment works.  Limits the Federal share of construction expenses to 55 percent.  Authorizes appropriations for such construction grants.",2025-08-28T20:07:42Z,
100-s-2773,100,s,2773,Waste Minimization and Control Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-09,1988-09-26,Subcommittee on Hazardous Wastes and Toxic. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,"Waste Minimization and Control Act of 1988 - Title I:  General Amendments - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a waste prevention and management policy that gives priority in the following order:  (1) source reduction; (2) recycling; (3) material and energy recovery; (4) waste treatment; and (5) contained disposal.  Establishes as a national goal the recycling of waste to the maximum extent consistent with market demand for recycled materials and the creation and expansion of markets for recycled materials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for purposes of carrying out this Act. Title II:  Solid Waste Management - Requires that State solid waste management plans: (1) identify the amount of wastes by type that are expected to be generated within the State or accepted from another State during the ensuing 20-year period; (2) identify waste management capacity needs for the same period; (3) require the development of new solid waste management facilities to satisfy such capacity needs, and a process for siting such facilities; and (4) establish a hierarchy for solid waste management, based on the State's environmental and economic conditions, which is consistent with this Act's waste reduction and recycling goals. Prohibits the storage, treatment, disposal, or transportation of solid waste one year after this Act's enactment except in accordance with a permit issued by a State or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Treats existing facilities as having a permit once they demonstrate that they are not releasing hazardous substances into the environment or are controlling such releases through corrective action.  Requires States to certify that their laws provide such regulatory authority and personnel as necessary to implement a permit program, otherwise the EPA shall issue or deny such permits.  Requires that such permits be issued for a fixed term not to exceed ten years and contain conditions that will assure compliance with solid waste management guidelines to be developed by the Administrator of the EPA.  Requires that such guidelines be developed for the management of:  (1) municipal solid waste; (2) municipal waste combustion residues; (3) emissions from municipal waste incineration facilities; (4) medical wastes; (5) mining wastes; (6) industrial nonhazardous wastes handled in surface impoundments; (7) oil, gas and geothermal wastes; (8) underground injection of nonhazardous wastes; and (9) other solid wastes. Requires that such guidelines include requirements regarding:  (1) the siting of a solid waste source; (2) construction quality assurance with respect to the installation of a source; (3) the licensing and training of persons who install or operate a source; (4) the design of a source; (5) the operation and maintenance of a source; (6) corrective action in response to releases; (7) the maintenance of records of a leak detection, sampling, or monitoring system; and (8) the maintenance of evidence of financial responsibility. Sets forth minimum guidelines for each category of solid waste. Authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to assess civil penalties and/or issue a compliance order, or commence a civil action against violators of permits or solid waste management guidelines, if a State fails to take action.  Authorizes the imposition of civil and/or criminal penalties. Prohibits the export of solid waste for disposal or storage except where there is an agreement between the United States and the receiving country that establishes notice, export, and enforcement procedures and standards protective of human health and the environment for the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such wastes. Requires exporters of solid waste to register with, and submit specified export information to the Administrator who shall submit annually to the Congress a report summarizing such information. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States and rural communities for the development and implementation of solid waste reduction and recycling plans. Title III:  Waste Reduction and Recycling Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator to establish:  (1) a national performance efficiency standard for industrial waste generators in SIC's 20-39, requiring that within ten years hazardous residuals will not exceed five percent of production throughput; (2) a national goal of 25 percent municipal solid waste recycling within four years and 50 percent within ten years where recycling constitutes least cost disposal, and a ten percent municipal solid waste reduction within four years; (3) responsibility within the EPA for the provision of waste reduction and recycling outreach and technical assistance to States and the industrial and educational communities; (4) the requirement that the responsible office for waste reduction and recycling activities review and sign-off on EPA actions; and (5) a national packaging institute to develop voluntary packaging standards that encourage waste reduction and recycling. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of the Administrator a multimedia Office of Waste Minimization with a separate section solely responsible for waste reduction activities. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to assist States in developing and implementing a program to promote the use of waste reduction and recycling techniques by businesses, local governments, or regional waste management authorities.  Limits the Federal share of program funding to 50 percent. Directs the Administrator to establish a waste reduction clearinghouse to compile information generated by grant recipient States on management, technical, and operational approaches to waste reduction and recycling. Prohibits persons who are required to file a toxic chemical release form under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 from releasing into the environment more than five percent of production throughput of hazardous substances after 120 months after this Act's enactment.  Authorizes the Administrator or a State to waive such standard on a plant by plant basis if meeting it is not technically feasible, the plant has installed and is operating continuous monitoring, has adopted all available waste minimization procedures, and all releases are in the form of managed waste or in compliance with applicable clean water or clean air permits.  Requires plant owners or operators to submit to the State or Administrator, within 48 months of this Act's enactment, a plan to quantify and report on the manner in which each hazardous substance is consumed, used, and/or released.  Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress, within one year after the submission of such plans, on waste efficiency rates by manufacturing category or process, the efficiency levels that each industry can reasonably be expected to achieve within five years, and the extent to which technical assistance may be needed.  Deems manufacturers to be in compliance with such standard if they have continuous emission and environmental monitoring equipment installed within 48 months of this Act's enactment, continue to comply with appropriate environmental permits, and report monitoring data to local, State, and Federal regulatory agencies.  Requires that persons who are required to file the toxic chemical release form and are unable to account for a hazardous substance as product or permitted discharge or emissions or as managed waste to install, operate, and maintain continuous monitoring technology within one year of such failure. Requires that persons who are required to file such form and who release toxic chemicals in violation of any Clean Air, NPDES, or waste management permit be required to install, operate, and maintain continuous monitoring technology as part of any enforcement action. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress:  (1) by September 30, 1989, and biennially thereafter on actions taken to implement waste reduction and recycling goals; (2) within two years of this Act's enactment, on the EPA's program to insure the consideration of multi-media impacts in EPA policies, regulations, and guidance, with recommendations for a permanent location of an office of waste reduction and recycling; and (3) within 36 months after this Act's enactment, on an evaluation of the capacity of industry to reduce waste volume and toxicity. Authorizes the Administrator to charter a National Packaging Institute which shall promote packaging standards and practices which minimize the quantity of packaging materials that are consumed, reduce litter, and do not adversely affect human health and the environment. Authorizes the Institute to design and license the use of a seal or symbol which may be employed by the licensed users on packages which satisfy Institute standards. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct a program of public information and education on the impact of packaging on natural resource consumption and the Nation's solid waste management system, and the benefits of implementing the Institute's standards.  Authorizes appropriations through FY 1993 for grants to the Institute. Authorizes any person to petition a Federal agency to undertake a waste reduction action if such action would bring about at least a ten percent increase in recycling of the petitioned item, reduce by at least ten percent the total volume or toxic constituents of a waste described in the petition, or would bring about a net savings in true cost to the Federal Government or be neutral in effect or cost.  Requires each Federal agency to designate a waste reduction officer to oversee compliance with Federal agency waste reduction requirements, prepare agency waste reduction plans, and report annually to the EPA on the implementation of such plans. Requires Federal contractors to use recycled material in performance of any contract for $1,000,000 or more, unless the contractor certifies that recycled material is not available or not available at a cost of not more than ten percent more than non-recycled materials. Directs the Administrator to publish and submit to the Congress, within one year of this Act's enactment, a list of at least ten products which identifies hazardous substances most frequently found in such products which present a risk to human health and the environment when incinerated or disposed of.  Provides for regulation of the disposal or incineration of such products.  Prohibits, one year after this Act's enactment, the land disposal and incineration of lead-acid and mercury batteries. Directs the Administrator to promulgate performance standards and other requirements, within one year of this Act's enactment, necessary to protect the public health and the environment from hazards associated with recycled lead-acid and mercury batteries.  Exempts recyclers of lead-acid and mercury batteries from certain liability provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 if such batteries are not mixed with other hazardous substances and are managed in compliance with standards promulgated under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to require the Federal procurement of recycled materials if the recycled materials are available at no more than ten percent of the price of alternative items.  Requires the EPA to reissue its paper procurement guidelines to ensure that they are consistent with such requirement and promulgate final procurement guidelines requiring the use of recycled lead in lead-acid batteries, used tire fragments in road cover, compost from yard waste and sewage sludge, recycled plastic from discarded bottles, recycled steel from discarded cans, recycled glass from discarded containers, and recycled aluminum from discarded cans.",2025-08-28T20:07:54Z,
100-hjres-648,100,hjres,648,A joint resolution to encourage increased international cooperation to protect biological diversity.,Environmental Protection,1988-09-08,1988-10-25,Became Public Law No: 100-530.,House,"Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2]",RI,R,S000136,1,"(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #334 (398-0)) Calls upon the President to continue exerting U.S. leadership to achieve negotiation of an international convention to preserve biological diversity. Directs the President to report to the Congress on the progress toward such negotiation.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
100-s-2761,100,s,2761,Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-09-08,1988-10-14,H.R. 4209 passed in Senate relating to this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,6,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (See H.R. 4210 as passed Senate for similar provisions))  Marine Sanctuaries Authorization Act of 1988 - Amends title III (Marine Sanctuaries) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations through FY 1992. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue special use permits for the conduct of specified activities in a national marine sanctuary if it is necessary to condition access to and use of, or promote public use and understanding of, a sanctuary resource. Requires that such permits:  (1) authorize only those activities which are compatible with the purposes for which the sanctuary is designated, and sanctuary resource protection; (2) last for no more than five years, unless renewed; and (3) require permittees to purchase and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance against claims arising out of permitted activities and agree to hold the Federal Government harmless against such claims. Authorizes the imposition of permit fees which, after recovering permit issuance costs and costs incurred by the Secretary as the direct result of permitted activities, provide the Federal Government with a reasonable return.  Authorizes the use of collected fees for the permit program, and for designating and managing sanctuaries. Imposes penalties for the violation of permit provisions.  Directs each permittee to submit an annual report to the Secretary which describes activities conducted pursuant to such permit and revenues derived from such activities during the year.  Excludes fishing from this Act's permit process. Subjects anyone who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any sanctuary resource to liability to the Federal Government for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss, or injury.  Subjects vessels to liability in rem for such costs or damages.  Sets forth defenses to such liability. Directs the Secretary to pursue civil actions against persons or vessels who may be liable for such costs or damages.  Requires the Secretary to retain recovered amounts for sanctuary restoration, management, and improvement. Authorizes specified enforcement actions against title III violators, including:  (1) the imposition of a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each day a person is guilty of a violation; (2) the forfeiture of any vessel other item used, and any sanctuary resource taken or retained in connection with or as a result of a violation; and (3) injunctive relief. Sets forth dates by which the Secretary must issue a designation notice regarding the proposed Cordell Banks, Flower Garden Banks, Monterey Bay, and Western Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuaries.  Requires the Secretary to submit a prospectus to specified congressional committees by March 31, 1991, regarding the Northern Puget Sound National Marine Sanctuary, and by September 30, 1990, regarding Stellwagen Bank. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine whether all or any part of the Santa Monica Bay area should be designated as a national marine sanctuary.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such study within two years of this Act's enactment and commence the designation process with respect to the area or any part of it if it or any part of it is found to be appropriate for designation.",2025-08-28T20:07:19Z,
100-hr-5249,100,hr,5249,Great Lakes Medical Waste Control Act,Environmental Protection,1988-09-07,1988-10-19,See S.2030.,House,"Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11]",MI,R,D000131,4,"Great Lakes Medical Waste Control Act - Prohibits the disposal or transport for disposal of medical waste into the waters or along the shores of the Great Lakes.  Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to impose civil and/or criminal penalties against persons who violate such prohibition. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations, within nine months of this Act's enactment, governing the generation, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of medical waste in the Great Lakes States. Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct a monitoring and research program under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 designed to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of medical waste found in and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Directs the Administrator to issue guidance, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, to all generators of infectious waste located in Great Lakes States on methods to reduce the volume and infectious quality of medical waste. Requires that copies of such guidance be provided to the Congress in a timely manner. Provides that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the imposition of State and local laws in Great Lakes States that are more stringent than the requirements established by the Administrator pursuant to this Act.",2025-08-28T20:08:44Z,
100-hconres-358,100,hconres,358,A concurrent resolution providing that the United States delegation to the meetings of the United Nations Environment Program working group to draft a global convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste should promote and support the inclusion in such a convention of certain provisions.,Environmental Protection,1988-08-11,1988-11-02,"Executive Comment Requested from State, Commerce, EPA.",House,"Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,A000226,28,"States that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Environment Program working group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for the purpose of drafting a global convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste should support inclusion in the convention of:  (1) a global ban on all transboundary movements of hazardous waste; (2) a definition of hazardous waste that includes all wastes potentially adversely affecting human health; (3) provisions fostering environmentally sound technologies; and (4) a requirement that the ban apply even if the receiving country is not a party to the convention.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
100-hr-5211,100,hr,5211,Acid Rain Abatement Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-11,1988-09-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4]",TN,D,C000754,0,"Acid Rain Abatement Act of 1988 - Amends the Clean Air Act to phase in, by 2004, a nationwide reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units of 10,000,000 tons measured from 1980 emissions or, if such emissions increased in a State from 1980 to 1985, measured from 1985 emissions.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allocate such reductions among States on the basis of each State's share of excess sulfur dioxide emissions from such units. Requires States to:  (1) submit for the Administrator's approval State plans establishing emissions limitations, compliance schedules, and other enforceable measures necessary for achieving required sulfur dioxide emission reductions; and (2) consider, and make available for public comment, cost and employment impact information regarding the various emission control options before adopting final plans.  Provides for the coordination of State plans with respect to electric utilities which serve ratepayers in more than one State.  Requires plan revisions, required for the final phase of sulfur dioxide emission reductions, to contain an emission tonnage ceiling for the aggregate of all electric utility steam generating units operated by a single company. Credits States with certain sulfur dioxide emission reductions achieved after 1980 and before this Act's enactment by fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units not covered by this Act.  Requires a State biannually to quantify its current level of sulfur dioxide emissions, report its findings to the Administrator on a source-by-source basis, and revise its plan if the Administrator finds it to be substantially inadequate to comply with this Act's requirements. Directs the Administrator to impose a noncompliance penalty against the owner or operator of a stationary source, based on the number of pounds of its excess emissions, if the State in which such source is located fails to: (1) submit an implementation plan to the Administrator which is approved; or (2) enforce any requirement of its approved plan against such source. Allows State plans to provide for trading of emission reduction requirements:  (1) among electric utility units within a State; (2) among electric utilities in more than one State which participate in the same power pool or are owned and operated by a single electric utility; and (3) between electric utility units and certain other major sources within the State. Requires fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units to install and operate continuous emission monitoring for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen.  Requires utility and non-utility fossil fuel fired steam generating units and major sources of process emissions to maintain, and make available to the public, records on emissions and hours of operation. Authorizes a State to extend for up to two years the date by which a stationary source which utilizes clean coal technology must meet sulfur dioxide emission reduction requirements.  Excuses State failures to meet emission reduction requirements when such failures are solely attributable to such extensions.  Prohibits the increase of aggregate annual statewide emissions of sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units beyond the emissions level required to be achieved by 1994. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of the net effects on air quality of obtaining a reduction of from one to three million tons (from 1985 levels) in emissions of oxides of nitrogen from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units, considering the effects of such air pollutant on ozone formation as well as acid deposition. Requires that such study be completed by 1993 and submitted to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) establish oxides of nitrogen emissions limitations for fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units by 1995; and (2) require States to submit plans for compliance with such limitations by 2004. Prohibits the early termination of any fossil fuel supply contract by reason of changed circumstances wrought by this Act or by State implementation plans. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator to enter into agreements with, or provide grants to, owners or operators of major sources of air emissions to test the effectiveness and feasibility of the commercial application of clean coal technologies. Requires the utilization of technology which would be appropriate for retrofit and be no more costly than conventional technology in reducing sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions. Requires the Secretary to consider whether the State regulatory authority has found the utility's application of the technology to be prudent before providing the utility with assistance.  Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of project costs. Exempts from the Clean Air Act's new source performance standards projects which receive assistance for the implementation of clean coal technologies. standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Directs the Administrator to revise the performance standards for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units which commence construction or modification after 1996 so that such standards reflect emission reduction improvements.",2025-08-28T20:08:53Z,
100-hr-5223,100,hr,5223,Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-11,1988-08-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3]",CT,D,M000992,3,"Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in Connecticut.  Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste. Requires such parties to permit access to and provide copies of all records relating to such wastes to any designated EPA representative. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste, or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress, within one year of this Act's enactment, on the medical waste treatment and disposal methods currently employed by Connecticut.",2025-08-28T20:07:14Z,
100-hr-5231,100,hr,5231,Medical Waste Sanctions Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-11,1988-11-18,See S.2030.,House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,6,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 100-1102)  Title I:  Ocean Dumping of Medical Waste - Medical Waste Sanctions Act of 1988 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping of medical waste into the ocean. Increases the civil and criminal penalties imposed against persons who knowingly violate such Act's provisions, regulations, or permits pertaining to waste disposal in the ocean.  Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to utilize payments in lieu of civil monetary penalties for environmental improvement projects. Makes any person involved in the unlawful disposal of material which affects ocean waters or the Great Lakes liable for the removal costs and damages caused by such disposal.  Sets forth defenses to such liability. Title II:  Prohibition on Disposal of Medical Waste in the Great Lakes - Great Lakes Medical Waste Control Act - Prohibits the dumping of medical waste into the Great Lakes or along their shorelines. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such prohibitions.",2025-08-28T20:06:26Z,
100-s-2737,100,s,2737,California Marine Sanctuary Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-11,1988-08-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA]",CA,R,W000607,0,"California Marine Sanctuary Act of 1988 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to designate Monterey Bay, California, and Cordell Banks, California, as national marine sanctuaries.  Requires the Secretary to:  (1) conduct a study and report to the Congress, within two years of this Act's enactment, on the appropriateness of designating Santa Monica Bay, California, as a national marine sanctuary; and (2) designate Santa Monica Bay as a national marine sanctuary if the Secretary finds such designation to be appropriate.",2025-08-28T20:08:40Z,
100-hr-5193,100,hr,5193,Degradable Plastics Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-10,1988-08-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3]",NC,D,L000045,37,"Degradable Plastics Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue rules, within two years of this Act's enactment, requiring that plastic articles which are produced, distributed, or sold in a State be made of naturally degradable material which will begin reduction to environmentally benign subunits within a specified period of time after being discarded that is not to exceed 180 days and complete such reduction within a specified period of time that is not to exceed two years. Provides that this Act does not preclude States or localities from adopting more stringent rules.  Imposes civil and criminal penalties against persons who violate such rules. Requires producers of plastic articles to make records regarding the development and production of such articles available to the Administrator for inspection and copying.  Makes the rules issued pursuant to this Act inapplicable to any plastic article produced before the end of the five-year period beginning after the issuance of such rules.",2025-08-28T20:06:56Z,
100-s-2718,100,s,2718,Massachusetts Bay Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-10,1988-08-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,1,"Massachusetts Bay Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give priority consideration to the inclusion of Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in the National Estuary program.  Supplements program financing for Massachusetts Bay conservation efforts with funds derived from fines, penalties, or settlements paid in conjunction with Massachusetts' effort to comply with the Clean Water Act.",2025-08-28T20:05:23Z,
100-s-2726,100,s,2726,Biomedical Waste Regulation and Control Act,Environmental Protection,1988-08-10,1988-08-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Biomedical Waste Regulation and Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agecy (EPA) to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, which require:  (1) the use of the best available methods and technologies in handling, treating, storing, and disposing of biomedical waste, including the use of a manifest system; (2) the separation of such waste from other wastes and its disposal in containers marked with the universal hazard symbol or in red or orange colored bags; (3) the sterilization of biomedical waste prior to treatment, storage, and disposal; (4) the transportation of such waste in rigid or semi-rigid, leak-proof containers in closed and leak-proof dumpsters or trucks; and (5) that each health care facility inform the Administrator as to the identity of entities involved in the treatment, storage, or disposal of biomedical waste generated at such facility.  Requires the Administrator, in promulgating such regulations, to appoint an advisory committee of experts in the field of biomedical waste and consider recommendations made in the May 1986 document titled ""EPA Guide for Biomedical Waste Management."" Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States for the implementation of demonstration projects requiring off-site biomedical waste treatment facilities to obtain initial operating permits and annual licenses from the State in which they are located.  Requires that such projects include background checks on applicants for and holders of licenses and permits. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Requires persons who handle or have handled biomedical waste to furnish the EPA with the information it requests regarding such waste and permit the EPA to have access to, and to copy, all records relating to such waste. Subjects persons who knowingly or recklessly violate biomedical waste regulations to a fine and/or imprisonment. Leaves States free to impose more stringent biomedical waste regulations. Prohibits the regulation of biomedical waste as a hazardous waste under the Act unless it is mixed with regulated hazardous waste.",2025-08-28T20:08:26Z,
100-hr-5179,100,hr,5179,Toxic Substances Neutralization Act,Environmental Protection,1988-08-08,1988-08-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11]",OH,D,E000031,0,Toxic Substances Neutralization Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require persons who propose to manufacture or process a new chemical substance or a chemical substance for a significant new use which will present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment to develop and test a method for neutralizing or destroying such substance and submit test data to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency before manufacturing or processing such substances.,2025-08-28T20:08:21Z,
100-s-2687,100,s,2687,Asbestos Information Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-05,1988-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,3,"Asbestos Information Act of 1988 - Requires asbestos or asbestos-containing material manufacturers to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within 90 days after this Act's enactment, on the years of manufacture, the types or classes of product, and other identifying characteristics reasonably necessary to identify or distinguish such material.  Requires the Administrator to publish such information within 180 days after this Act's enactment.",2025-08-28T20:07:06Z,
100-s-2693,100,s,2693,PCB Control Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-05,1988-09-13,Subcommittee on Hazardous Wastes and Toxic. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,"PCB Control Act of 1988 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require those who intend to deal in the transportation, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of such intent and receive an identification number from the Administrator before engaging in such activities. Directs such individuals to comply with the requirements of a manifest system set forth in rules to be promulgated by the Administrator within 60 days of this Act's enactment.  Directs the Administrator to promulgate rules, within 60 days of this Act's enactment, for the transportation of  PCBs and the implementation of a PCB storage approval process.  Conditions the Administrator's approval of the storage or disposal of PCBs on the applicant's compliance with financial responsibility, contingency plan, and closure and post-closure requirements. Requires that each approval for PCB disposal or storage be reviewed and, if necessary, modified within five years of its issuance or reissuance.  Authorizes the Administrator to revoke such approval for an individual's noncompliance with this Act's requirements.  Directs the Administrator to thoroughly inspect PCB storage and disposal facilities at least once every two years.  Requires the Administrator to publish notice, by June 30 of each year, of the identify of, and the amount of civil penalty assessed from, each person against whom the Administrator has concluded an enforcement action for noncompliance with this Act's requirements during the previous calendar year. Amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to designate PCBs as a hazardous waste to be regulated under such Act six months after this Act's enactment.  Directs the Administrator, within two years of this Act's enactment, to revise Toxic Substances Control Act requirements where necessary to protect human health and the environment or satisfy RCRA requirements",2025-08-28T20:07:19Z,
100-hr-5156,100,hr,5156,"A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a demonstration program for installation of sewer and water supply facilities for certain colonias in the State of Texas and to establish a revolving loan fund to enable residents of such colonias to connect their residences to such facilities, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1988-08-04,1988-08-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]",TX,D,C000621,11,Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to specified Texas counties covering all the costs of constructing sewage and water supply facilities for certain colonias. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Administrator to make a grant to each of such counties for the establishment of revolving loan funds that enable residents of such colonias to install plumbing in their homes and have their homes connected to sewer facilities and drinking water supplies.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and beyond.  Requires the Administrator to prepare and transmit periodic reports on this Act's programs.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-5126,100,hr,5126,A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the State of Washington Puget Sound Water Quality Authority to implement the Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan.,Environmental Protection,1988-08-02,1988-08-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]",WA,D,D000327,7,Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the State of Washington Puget Sound Water Quality Authority for use in:  (1) implementing and updating the Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan; (2) implementing a program for ambient monitoring of the water quality of Puget Sound; (3) supporting research which will increase understanding of Puget Sound and human impacts on the Sound; and (4) conducting other activities related to improving the water quality of Puget Sound.  Limits Federal funding to no more than 75 percent of the costs of grant activities.  Requires the Authority to report to the Administrator by January 31 of each year on the grant activities of the preceding year. Authorizes appropriations.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-5127,100,hr,5127,Long Island Sound Superfund Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-02,1988-08-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. DioGuardi, Joseph J. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,D000359,1,Long Island Sound Superfund Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to an interstate agency established by Connecticut and New York which cover 50 percent of the costs of implementing the comprehensive conservation and management plan for Long Island Sound developed under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.  Requires that such agency collect from persons who carry out construction projects within the drainage basin of Long Island Sound a fee of no more than one percent of the total cost of each such project.  Uses such fee to cover the remaining costs of implementing the plan for Long Island Sound.,2025-08-28T20:07:57Z,
100-hr-5129,100,hr,5129,"A bill to eliminate unnecessary and redundant data requirements requested by states or the federal government under the ""Registration of Pesticides -- Additional Data to Support Existing Registration"" (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(2)(B)) -- section of our pesticide laws.",Environmental Protection,1988-08-02,1988-08-08,"Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.",House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,3,"Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that whenever one or more States or Federal agencies request certain tests in support of a pesticide registration, they must coordinate and synchronize such tests so as to avoid unnecessary repetition and redundancy.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate rules with respect to the development and implementation of such coordination.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
100-hr-5134,100,hr,5134,United States-Canadian Environmental Information Reciprocity Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-02,1988-08-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power.,House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]",WV,D,R000011,0,"United States-Canadian Environmental Information Reciprocity Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to place a sign, within 30 days of this Act's enactment, at each highway border crossing with Canada informing persons entering the United States of the number of powerplant smokestack scrubbers in this country and their absence from powerplants in Canada.  Authorizes the Secretary to make other information regarding our acid rain programs available to visitors returning from Canada.",2025-08-28T20:05:56Z,
100-s-2680,100,s,2680,New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-02,1988-08-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,8,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.  Includes in such program the monitoring of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and New England beaches, where there have been reported incidences of medical waste being washed up on shore.  Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste. Requires such parties to permit access to, and provide copies of, all records relating to such wastes to any designated representative of the EPA. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste, or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to use authority provided in the Solid Waste Disposal Act to immediately address and correct the improper disposal of medical waste.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-hr-5119,100,hr,5119,New Jersey-New York Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-08-01,1988-08-08,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,37,"New Jersey-New York Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in New York and New Jersey.  Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste.  Requires such parties to permit access to and provide copies of all records relating to such wastes to any designated EPA representative. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste or affect any other authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the EPA to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the EPA to report to the Congress on medical waste treatment and disposal methods currently being employed by New York and New Jersey.",2025-08-28T20:05:52Z,
100-hr-5116,100,hr,5116,"A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promptly commence remedial action at the Paoli Railyard Superfund Site in Paoli, Pennsylvania.",Environmental Protection,1988-07-28,1988-08-08,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]",PA,R,S000146,0,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promptly commence remedial action at the Paoli Railyard Superfund Site in Paoli, Pennsylvania.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-hr-5117,100,hr,5117,A bill to require that plastic ring carrier devices be degradable.,Environmental Protection,1988-07-28,1988-10-04,House Incorporated this Measure in S.1986 as an Amendment.,House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,5,"(Measure passed House, amended) Title I:  Degradable Plastic Ring Carriers - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require, within two years of this Act's enactment, if feasible, that plastic ring carriers (such as those on canned beverage six-packs) which are capable, when discarded, of becoming entangled with fish or wildlife be made of naturally degradable material. Title II:  San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge - Amends Federal law establishing the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge to expand the boundaries of such refuge to include specified additional lands, marshes, tidal flats, salt ponds, submerged lands, and open waters in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Authorizes appropriations for such expansion.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-s-2666,100,s,2666,Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-28,1988-09-16,Subcommittee on Hazardous Wastes and Toxic. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,7,"Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988 - Title I: Elimination and Regulation of Global Change Pollutants - Part A: Chlorofluorocarbons and Related Chemicals - Act to Eliminate Chlorofluorocarbons and Related Chemicals - States that this Act's objectives are to restore and maintain the chemical and physical integrity of the Earth's atmosphere and to protect human health and the global environment from all known and potential dangers due to atmospheric or climatic modification. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to:  (1) publish a priority list of manufactured substances which are known, or may reasonably be anticipated, to cause or contribute to atmospheric or climatic modification, including chlorofluorocarbon-11, chlorofluorocarbon-12, chlorofluorocarbon-13, halon-1211, and halon-1301; (2) create and annually update a list of other manufactured substances which meet such criteria; (3) assign to each listed substance a numerical value representing the ozone depletion potential of such substance.  Imposes reporting requirements on producers of listed substances.  Phases out, by January 1, 1995, the production or release of other listed substances for any use other than medical purposes. Prohibits the use or introduction into interstate commerce of a priority-listed substance after 1993 or a listed substance after 1998, except for medical purposes or, for ten more years, to maintain and service household appliances. Directs the Administrator to require a producer of a listed substance to reduce its production of such substance more rapidly if new information indicates that expedition is necessary for the protection of human health or the environment or the availability of substitutes makes expedited reductions attainable. Authorizes the President to issue orders exempting from this Act's requirements the production and use of halon-1211 and halon-1301 at any specified site or facility if the President finds that adequate substitutes are not available and the production and use of such substance is necessary to protect national security interests. Prohibits the importation of a priority listed substance, any product containing such substance, or any product manufactured with a process that uses such substance unless the Administrator has certified that the nations in which such substance or product was manufactured and from which such substance or product was imported have programs that require reduced production of such substance and limit the production of other substances covered by this Act pursuant to a schedule and limitations at least as stringent as those applicable under this Act.  Deems a person who imports a listed substance or a product containing such substance to have produced such substance for purposes of this Act's requirements. Requires that containers in which listed substances are stored or transported, products containing such substances, and products manufactured with a process using such substances be labeled as harmful to public health and the environment by reason of the effect such substances have on the ozone and climate. Deems listed substances to be hazardous wastes to be disposed of by a means which assure 99.999 percent destruction of such substances.  Requires that goods which contain a listed substance in bulk be disposed of by persons licensed to accept such goods and be disposed of only after the listed substance has been removed from confinement and destroyed.  Provides that when such substance is an inherent element of a product, such product must be disposed of by a means assuring 99.999 percent destruction.  Prohibits the release of listed substances in other than de minimis quantities. Prohibits the use of listed substances in goods if more than five percent of such substance will be released during the ordinary use of the goods or the goods cannot be serviced with no more than a de minimis release of such substances. Part B:  Carbon Dioxide - Act to Reduce and Stabilize Atmospheric Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide - Requires the Administrator to revise stationary source emission standards by January 1, 1990, and express such standards in terms of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of electricity output.  Sets carbon dioxide emission standards for fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units. Amends the Clean Air Act to set motor vehicle carbon dioxide emission standards which require a reduction of such emissions of at least ten percent by 1990, 25 percent by 1995, 50 percent by 2000, and 75 percent by 2010 from 1985 carbon dioxide emission levels. Requires that, after January 1, 1992, new homes which are equipped with a central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater be equipped only with one that satisfies the carbon dioxide emission limitation achieved by the best available residential control technology.  Requires that each replacement central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater installed in a home after 1992 satisfy such limitation. Part C:  Ground Level Ozone - Act to Minimize Ground Level Ozone - Directs the Administrator to set oxides of nitrogen emission controls for stationary and vehicular sources of such emissions. Sets the oxides of nitrogen emission limit at .4 gram per mile for light duty vehicles manufactured in model year 1990 and thereafter. Requires the Administrator to set hydrocarbon emission controls for stationary and vehicular sources of such emissions. Requires that existing stationary sources:  (1) meet the hydrocarbon emission control achievable through the adoption of reasonably available control technologies; and (2) comply, upon the 35th anniversary of their construction, with hydrocarbon emission standards applicable to new major stationary sources.  Directs the Administrator to set a hydrocarbon emission limit of .25 gram per vehicle mile for light duty vehicles manufactured in model year 1992 and thereafter.  Requires vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1991  to have on board hydrocarbon control technology to recover fueling emissions. Requires the promulgation of standards concerning certain other vehicular emissions.  Prohibits, beginning with model year 1991, the manufacture, sale, or introduction into commerce of any engine that requires leaded gasoline.  Sets the useful life of a light duty vehicle, during which emission standards remain applicable, at ten years or one hundred thousand miles, whichever first occurs.  Adds an idle test mode to the Federal Test Procedure for light-duty vehicles.  Requires the Administrator to establish at least one high altitude site for testing vehicles for conformity with emission and fuel standards.  Imposes civil monetary penalties against individuals who remove or render inoperative any emission control device, except as necessary in the course of routine proper maintenance. Directs each State which is required to implement a vehicle inspection and maintenance program to adopt quality control audits to assure that such inspections detect and report to the Administrator any patterns of defects in any manufacturer's emission control systems.  Requires the Administrator to annually report to the Congress, with respect to each manufacturer, any significant finding of repeated or common emission system defects and the actions taken to remedy such nonconformity. Requires vehicle manufacturers to affix on vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1990, a label indicating the full cost of applying the warranty assuring compliance with emission and fuel standards for the useful life of the vehicle.  Authorizes manufacturers to sell extended warranties, but permits purchasers to buy an extended warranty from any other vendor of such warranties. Makes purchasers responsible for replacing and maintaining, at their expenses and at any service facility of their choosing, devices related to but not designed for emission control, unless such device is covered by an extended warranty. Sets limits on the sulfur content of diesel fuel and the Reid vapor pressure of gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends, and a floor on the oxygen content of fuel in carbon monoxide nonattainment areas.  Sets forth reporting requirements.  Imposes civil monetary penalties on violators of fuel regulations.  Requires each State to implement a vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance program to reduce in-use emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and diesel particulates from motor vehicles. Part D:  Methane - Methane Emissions Elimination Act - Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by January 1, 1991, on:  (1) the contribution of methane gas to global climate change; (2) the sources  and sinks of methane; (3) the methods of controlling methane emissions; and (4) the relationship between methane emissions and concentrations of other trace gases. Requires that State solid waste management plans provide for the minimization of emissions of methane and other gases during the operation and after the closure of sanitary landfills.  Prohibits, after 1993, mass releases and flaring of methane. Part E:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Administrator to respond to violations of this title's requirements by assessing a civil penalty against violators and/or requiring their immediate compliance, or commencing a civil action in the U.S. district court in the district in which the violation occurred for appropriate relief. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title's requirements. Provides for judicial review of the Administrator's final actions. Authorizes citizens suits to enforce any permit, regulation, condition, requirement, prohibition, or order which has become effective pursuant to this title. Title II:  Global Change Adjustment and Mitigation - Environmental Adjustment Act of 1988 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to add at the end thereof a new title entitled, ""Title III:  Global Protection."" Atmosphere Protection Act of 1987 - Authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) policies, regulations, and laws of the United States be interpreted and administered in accordance with such title's policies; and (2) all Federal agencies minimize the impacts of proposed actions on the global environment and prepare environmental impact statements regarding such actions. Requires the Federal Government to undertake a systematic and comprehensive survey of all Federal lands and structures, by January 1, 1990, to ascertain their vulnerability to changes associated with global environmental changes. Directs the President to report to the Congress, by January 1, 1992, on the results of such survey, including recommendations for generic and site-specific actions and policies to preclude further public or private investment in susceptible areas and minimize and mitigate the loss or damage likely to occur. Ground Water Recharge Research and Demonstration Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program of research, development, and demonstration of artificial groundwater recharge techniques.  Requires the Secretary of the Army to submit to specified congressional committees a final report, by May 30, 1993, and a brief interim report, within 30 months of this Act's enactment, on such activities. Title III:  International Cooperation - Directs the President to request the United Nations to promptly establish a temporary new agency, to be headed by the director of the United Nations Environmental Program, to:  (1) coordinate international efforts to minimize and mitigate the effects of unavoidable environmental alterations; (2) provide financial, technical, and other assistance to developing nations to facilitate improvements in their standard of living while minimizing or eliminating their contributions to global, continental, and subcontinental scale environmental damages.  Directs the President to request the United Nations to establish a temporary program of forestation to:  (1) assist and encourage nations in halting activities that are destroying forests; and (2) undertake a global reforestation program.  Requires the President to instruct U.S. representatives to other bilateral and multilateral organizations to assure that the activities of such organizations are consistent with this Act's goals and objectives. Title IV:  Development of Nonpolluting Energy Sources - Establishes the National Commission on Inherently Safe Nuclear Energy to report to the President and to the Congress by October 30, 1994, on:  (1) the nature and magnitude of public fears concerning the safety of nuclear energy and ways to allay such fears by responding to them substantively; (2) the prospects for developing inherently safe nuclear technologies by the year 2010; (3) the reasons for different safety records between domestic companies and between the United States and other nations and changes designed to assure that the best records become the industry standard; and (4) the prospects for developing a nuclear industry capable of supplying at least 50 percent of the Nation's electricity needs through the year 2100 in a manner which enjoys public support.  Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations for such Commission for FY 1989 through 1995. Establishes as a national goal the generation of 50 percent of the national supply of energy from nonpolluting technologies and practices by the year 2000 and 100 percent by the year 2050.",2025-08-28T20:06:51Z,
100-s-2663,100,s,2663,Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-27,1988-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,4,"Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988 - Title I: Elimination and Regulation of Global Change Pollutants - Part A: Chlorofluorocarbons and Related Chemicals - Act to Eliminate Chlorofluorocarbons and Related Chemicals - States that this Act's objectives are to restore and maintain the chemical and physical integrity of the Earth's atmosphere and to protect human health and the global environment from all known and potential dangers due to atmospheric or climatic modification. Directs the Administrator, to:  (1) publish a priority list of manufactured substances which are known, or may reasonably be anticipated, to cause or contribute to atmospheric or climatic modification, including chlorofluorocarbon-11, chlorofluorocarbon-12, chlorofluorocarbon-13, halon-1211, and halon-1301; (2) create and annually update a list of other manufactured substances which meet such criteria; and (3) assign to each listed substance a numerical value representing the ozone depletion potential of such substance.  Imposes reporting requirements on producers of listed substances.  Phases out, by January 1, 1999, the production or release of priority-listed substances for any use other than medical purposes. Prohibits the use or introduction into interstate commerce of a priority-listed Phase out, by January 1, 1999, the production or release of other listed substances for any use other than medical purposes. substance after 1993 or a listed substance after 1998, except for medical purposes or, for ten more years, to maintain and service household appliances. Directs the Administrator to require a producer of a listed substance to reduce its production of such substance more rapidly if new information indicates that expedition is necessary for the protection of human health or the environment or the availability of substitutes makes expedited reductions attainable. Authorizes the President to issue orders exempting from this Act's requirements the production and use of halon-1211 and halon-1301 at any specified site or facility if the President finds that adequate substitutes are not available and the production and use of such substance is necessary to protect national security interests. Prohibits the importation of a priority-listed substance, any product containing such substance, or any product manufactured with a process that uses such substance unless the Administrator has certified that the nations in which such substance or product was manufactured and from which such substance or product was imported have programs that require reduced production of such substance and limit the production of other substances covered by this Act pursuant to a schedule and limitations at least as stringent as those applicable under this Act.  Deems a person who imports a listed substance or a product containing such substance to have produced such substance for purposes of this Act's requirements. Requires that containers in which listed substances are stored or transported, products containing such substances, and products manufactured with a process using such substances be labeled as harmful to public health and the environment by reason of the effect such substances have on the ozone and climate. Deems listed substances to be hazardous wastes to be disposed of by a means which assure 99.999 percent destruction of such substances.  Requires that goods, which contain a listed substance in bulk be disposed of by persons licensed to accept such goods and be disposed of only after the listed substance has been removed from confinement and destroyed.  Provides that when such substance is an inherent element of a product, such product must be disposed of by a means assuring 99.999 percent destruction.  Prohibits the release of listed substances in other than de minimis quantities.  Prohibits the use of listed substances in goods if more than five percent of such substance will be released during the ordinary use of the goods or the goods cannot be serviced with no more than a de minimis release of such substances. Part B:  Carbon Dioxide - Act to reduce and stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide - Requires the Administrator to revise stationary source emission standards by January 1, 1990, and express such standards in terms of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of electricity output.  Sets carbon dioxide emission standards for fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units. Amends the Clean Air Act to set motor vehicle carbon dioxide emission standards which require a reduction of such emissions of at least ten percent by 1990, 25 percent by 1995, 50 percent by 2000, and 75 percent by 2010 from 1985 carbon dioxide emission levels. Requires that, after January 1, 1992, new homes which are equipped with a central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater, be equipped only with one that satisfies the carbon dioxide emission limitation achieved by the best available residential control technology.  Requires that each replacement central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater installed in a home after 1992 satisfy such limitation. Part C:  Ground Level Ozone - Act to minimize ground level ozone - Directs the Administrator to set oxides of nitrogen emission controls for stationary and vehicular sources of such emissions. Sets the oxides of nitrogen emission limit at .4 gram per mile for light duty vehicles manufactured in model year 1990 and thereafter. Requires the Administrator to set hydrocarbon emission controls for stationary and vehicular sources of such emissions. Requires that existing stationary sources:  (1) meet the hydrocarbon emission control achievable through the adoption of reasonably available control technologies; and (2) comply, upon the 35th anniversary of their construction, with hydrocarbon emission standards applicable to new major stationary sources.  Directs the Administrator to set a hydrocarbon emission limit of .25 gram per vehicle mile for light duty vehicles manufactured in model year 1992 and thereafter.  Requires vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1991  to have on-board hydrocarbon control technology to recover fueling emissions. Requires the promulgation of standards concerning certain other vehicular emissions.  Prohibits, beginning with model year 1991, the manufacture, sale, or introduction into commerce of any engine that requires leaded gasoline.  Sets the useful life of a light duty vehicle, during which emission standards remain applicable, at ten years or one hundred thousand miles, whichever first occurs.  Adds an idle test mode to the Federal Test Procedure for light-duty vehicles.  Requires the Administrator to establish at least one high altitude site for testing vehicles for conformity with emission and fuel standards.  Imposes civil monetary penalties against individuals who remove or render inoperative any emission control device, except as necessary in the course of routine proper maintenance. Directs each State which is required to implement a vehicle inspection and maintenance program to adopt quality control audits to assure that such inspections detect and report to the Administrator any patterns of defects in any manufacturer's emission control systems.  Requires the Administrator to annually report to the Congress, with respect to each manufacturer, any significant finding of repeated or common emission system defects and the actions taken to remedy such nonconformity. Requires vehicle manufacturers to affix on vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1990, a label indicating the full cost of applying the warranty assuring compliance with emission and fuel standards for the useful life of the vehicle.  Authorizes manufacturers to sell extended warranties, but permits purchasers to buy an extended warranty from any other vendor of such warranties. Makes purchasers responsible for replacing and maintaining, at their expense and at any service facility of their choosing, devices related to, but not designed for, emission control, unless such device is covered by an extended warranty. Sets limits on the sulfur content of diesel fuel and the Reid vapor pressure of gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends, and a floor on the oxygen content of fuel in carbon monoxide nonattainment areas.  Sets forth reporting requirements.  Imposes civil monetary penalties on violators of fuel regulations.  Requires each State to implement a vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance program to reduce in-use emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and diesel particulates from motor vehicles. Part D:  Methane - Methane Emissions Elimination Act - Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by January 1, 1991, on:  (1) the contribution of methane gas to global climate change; (2) the sources  and sinks of methane; (3) the methods of controlling methane emissions; and (4) the relationship between methane emissions and concentrations of other trace gases. Requires that State solid waste management plans provide for the minimization of emissions of methane and other gases during the operation and after the closure of sanitary landfills. Prohibits, after 1993, mass releases and flaring of methane. Part E:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Administrator to respond to violations of this title's requirements by assessing a civil penalty against violators and/or requiring their immediate compliance, or commencing a civil action in the United States district court in the district in which the violation occurred for appropriate relief. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title's requirements. Provides for judicial review of the Administrator's final actions. Authorizes citizen suits to enforce any permit, regulation, condition, requirement, prohibition, or order which has become effective pursuant to this title. Title II:  Global Change Adjustment and Mitigation - Environmental Adjustment Act of 1988 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to add at the end thereof a new title entitled, ""Title III:  Global Protection."" Atmosphere Protection Act of 1987 - Authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) policies, regulations, and laws of the United States be interpreted and administered in accordance with such title's policies; and (2) all Federal agencies minimize the impacts of proposed actions on the global environment and prepare environmental impact statements regarding such actions. Requires the Federal Government to undertake a systematic and comprehensive survey of all Federal lands and structures, by January 1, 1990, to ascertain their vulnerability to changes associated with global environmental changes. Directs the President to report to the Congress, by January 1, 1992, on the results of such survey, including recommendations for generic and site-specific actions and policies to preclude further public or private investment in susceptible areas and minimize and mitigate the loss or damage likely to occur. Ground Water Recharge Research and Demonstration Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program of research, development, and demonstration of artificial groundwater recharge techniques.  Requires the Secretary of the Army to submit to specified congressional committees a final report, by May 30, 1993, and a brief interim report, within 30 months of this Act's enactment, on such activities. Title III:  International Cooperation - Directs the President to request the United Nations to promptly establish a temporary new agency, to be headed by the director of the United Nations Environmental Program, to:  (1) coordinate international efforts to minimize and mitigate the effects of unavoidable environmental alterations; (2) provide financial, technical, and other assistance to developing nations to facilitate improvements in their standard of living while minimizing or eliminating their contributions to global, continental, and subcontinental-scale environmental damages.  Directs the President to request the United Nations to establish a temporary program of forestation to:  (1) assist and encourage nations in halting activities that are destroying forests; and (2) undertake a global reforestation program.  Requires the President to instruct U.S. representatives to other bilateral and multilateral organizations to assure that the activities of such organizations are consistent with this Act's goals and objectives. Title IV:  Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of Environmental Protection, an executive department to be administered by a Secretary of Environmental Protection appointed by the President. Title V:  Development of Nonpolluting Energy Sources - Establishes the National Commission on Inherently Safe Nuclear Energy to report to the President and to the Congress by October 30, 1994, on:  (1) the nature and magnitude of public fears concerning the safety of nuclear energy and ways to allay such fears by responding to them substantively; (2) the prospects for developing inherently safe nuclear technologies by the year 2010; (3) the reasons for different safety records between domestic companies and between the United States and other nations, and changes designed to assure that the best records become the industry standard; and (4) the prospects for developing a nuclear industry capable of supplying at least 50 percent of the Nation's electricity needs through the year 2100 in a manner which enjoys public support.  Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations for such Commission for FY 1989 through 1995. Establishes as a national goal the generation of 50 percent of the national supply of energy from nonpolluting technologies and practices by the year 2000 and 100 percent by the year 2050.",2025-08-28T20:09:16Z,
100-s-2656,100,s,2656,"A bill to further the efforts of certain States to attain air quality standards, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1988-07-26,1988-07-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]",CO,R,A000219,1,Amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to authorize a State in the Pacific or Mountain time zone to establish year-round daylight savings time if such State has:  (1) determined that attainment of the national primary ambient air quality standard for carbon monoxide is not likely for at least one nonattainment area in the State; (2) determined that year-round daylight savings time is a necessary part of its efforts to attain such standard; and (3) included in its carbon monoxide standard implementation plan its intention to adopt year-round daylight savings time and information demonstrating that doing so may reduce carbon monoxide levels in a nonattainment area in such State.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
100-hr-5074,100,hr,5074,Tidal Water Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-14,1988-07-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Molinari, Guy [R-NY-14]",NY,R,M000842,0,"Tidal Water Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, by the first day of each fiscal year, to pay, or enter into a binding agreement with the Interstate Sanitation Commission to pay, specified amounts to such Commission.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to withhold allotments for the construction of publicly owned sewage treatment works from such States to cover amounts owed to the Commission.",2025-08-28T20:07:34Z,
100-hr-5081,100,hr,5081,A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to ocean discharge criteria.,Environmental Protection,1988-07-14,1988-11-18,See S.2030.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-13]",NJ,R,S000097,30,Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include estuaries and estuarine zones within the pollutant discharge permit program.  Requires that ocean and estuary pollutant discharge guidelines take into account the need for a proposed discharge.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-5032,100,hr,5032,Acid Rain/Energy Security Initiative Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-13,1988-07-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-25]",NY,R,B000586,24,"Acid Rain/Energy Security Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to achieve specified reductions of sulfur dioxide emissions from fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units by 1993, 1998, and 2003.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate standards, within one year of this Act's enactment, for existing major stationary sources of nitrogen oxides so as to assure a 23 percent reduction in annual emissions of nitrogen oxides from the level of emissions from such sources in 1980.  Requires States to impose such standards nitrogen oxide emissions on all major stationary sources by 1998.  Directs States to adopt enforceable measures: (1) within 18 months of this Act's enactment, to achieve the reductions in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions required by 1998; and (2) by 1995, to achieve the reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions required by 2003.  Requires that such measures include continuous emission monitoring by the source and by enforcement agencies.  Requires that the owner or operator of each stationary source subject to such emission limitations certify to the State, within three years of this Acts enactment, the means by which the source intends to comply with emission limitations.  Sets time limits by which sources that intend to adopt certain emission reduction measures must enter into binding contractual commitments for the implementation of such measures. Sets emission limitations for States which fail to make an approved adoption of enforceable emission reduction measures or to enforce such measures.  Directs the Administrator to promulgate revised standards, by 1991, for emissions of nitrogen oxides from fossil fuel fired steam generating units and from large stationary diesel and turbine engines. Sets forth acceptable enforceable emission reduction programs and methods. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States for State use in making grants or revolving loans which cover up to 50 percent of the capital costs of acquiring, constructing, or installing technological systems of continuous emission reduction to the owners or operators of major stationary sources that are subject to this Act's emission limitations. Establishes an Acid Deposition Reduction Assistance Account from which such grants shall be made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to promote the rapid deployment of existing clean coal technologies and seek establishment of a bilateral group of diplomatic and environmental management officials from the United States and Canada to hold consultations and advise the directors of each nation's environmental program regarding transboundary air pollution.  Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to electricity generating facilities for the deployment of clean coal technologies.  Requires that such grant projects:  (1) provide experience regarding such technology which is applicable at commercial scale; (2) utilize technology appropriate for retrofit on a significant number of existing coal-fired sources of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions; (3) contribute to a reduction of the transboundary movement of air pollutants which are precurors of acid deposition; and (4) significantly reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at a cost which is no greater than the cost of achieving comparable reductions with conventional technology.  Sets Federal funding at no more than 50 percent of the cost of such projects. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to establish a Clean Coal Technologies Advisory Committee, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to advise the Secretary of Energy or the Administrator on policy matters relating to the control of emissions which may be the precursors of acid deposition and the selection of clean coal technology grant projects.  Authorizes appropriations for this Act's clean coal technology activities for  FY 1989 through 1998. Provides for the increase of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels of petroleum products.  Requires each importer of petroleum products to place in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve an amount of petroleum products equal to two percent of the amount imported by such person during each fiscal year.  Requires that funds appropriated for the acquisition of petroleum products for such Reserve be deposited in the Acid Deposition Reduction Assistance Account along with appropriations for this Act's clean coal technology activities.",2025-08-28T20:05:03Z,
100-hr-5018,100,hr,5018,Waste Export Prohibition Act,Environmental Protection,1988-07-12,1988-08-08,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]",MI,D,C000714,31,"Waste Export Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the exportation of solid waste from the United States, except as provided for by this Act.  Permits the exportation of solid waste in compliance with a bilateral agreement entered into before this Act's enactment between the United States and the country to which the waste is exported.  Makes the exportation prohibition inapplicable to materials exported and destined for recycling or reuse unless such material is:  (1) a hazardous waste; (2) a substance whose storage, treatment, or disposal is regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act; (3) mixed municipal solid waste; or (4) ash or other residue from the incineration of solid waste.  Subjects persons who violate the solid waste exportation prohibition to a fine and/or imprisonment.",2025-08-28T20:09:02Z,
100-s-2628,100,s,2628,New Jersey-New York Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-11,1988-07-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,3,"New Jersey-New York Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in New York and New Jersey.  Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste.  Requires such parties to permit access to and provide copies of all records relating to such wastes to any designated EPA representative. Provides for the enforcement of program requirements by use of the Act's hazardous waste management enforcement mechanisms. Prohibits the interpretation of this Act as precluding any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste. Requires the EPA to report to the Congress on the progress of the demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1991.",2025-08-28T20:05:44Z,
100-hr-5000,100,hr,5000,Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-07,1988-08-10,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1]",NY,D,H000670,61,"Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to the Congress concerning:  (1) means to increase the use of degradable materials in manufactured goods; (2) technologies for recycling nondurable consumer products; and (3) ways to expand the marketing of recycled products. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress concerning the feasibility of recycling nondegradable medical supplies and of substituting degradable for nondegradable materials in medical equipment and supplies. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Congress on the national defense and security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in defense items. Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate a pilot project to develop and demonstrate viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge.  Prescribes required features of the project. Requires the Secretary to report project results to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to:  (1) make grants to support research into innovative recycling technology; and (2) gather and disseminate information on recycling technology. Describes possible research grant activities. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits, effective five years after this Act's enactment, the production, manufacture, distribution, sale, or delivery of nonrecycled consumer goods, fast food in nondegradable containers, and packaging for specified purposes that contains any material that is not naturally degradable. Establishes both civil and criminal penalties for violations.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to issue regulations to govern the designation of goods and materials for noncompliance purposes.  Prescribes criteria with respect to these regulations, including exemptions. Directs the Secretary to publish and periodically update lists of items and materials affected by the prohibition on activities involving nonrecyclable items.",2025-08-28T20:06:33Z,
100-hr-5003,100,hr,5003,Outdoor America Conservation Fund Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-07-07,1988-07-29,Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,14,"Outdoor America Conservation Fund Act of 1988 - Establishes in the Treasury the Outdoor America Conservation Fund (Fund) which shall consist of revenues from the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and a certain amount equal to that credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.  Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest a portion of the Fund in public debt securities bearing interest. Authorizes appropriations. Allocates amounts available for expenditure from the Fund in any fiscal year as follows:  (1) at least 30 percent for Federal purposes; (2) at least 30 percent for State purposes; and (3) during the ten-fiscal year period beginning October 1, 1990, at least ten percent for State trusts. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to provide out of the Fund financial assistance to States for outdoor recreation: (1) planning; (2) acquisitions of land, waters, or interests in land or waters; or (3) development.  Requires each State to transfer not less than 50 percent of its grant to local governments and other qualifying recipients.  Requires five percent of the funds apportioned to each State to be used only for purposes of projects in which not less than ten percent of the State or local share of project costs is provided by private or nonprofit organizations or sources.  Provides that funds from State grants may be transferred from political subdivisions or public agencies to private nonprofit organizations if specified conditions are met. Provides that any State, county, or other political subdivision which is qualified to receive funds from this Act for acquisition purposes may receive planning funds to cover not more than 50 percent of the cost of revising an approved coastal management program under the Coastal Zone Management Act to retain land for recreation and conservation purposes.  Authorizes such State or local governmental entity to receive funds to cover not more than 60 percent of the cost of the acquisition of lands, waters, or interests therein upon the adoption of such plan and its approval by the Secretary of Commerce.  Requires amounts made available from the Fund for State trusts to be used, during the ten-fiscal year period beginning October 1, 1990, by the State for projects similar to those provided under this Act.  Requires such State funds to be matched with funds from non-Federal sources. Allocates funds for Federal land and waters acquisition purposes for:  (1) the national wildlife refuge system; (2) a national flood insurance program; and (3) other land acquisitions eligible for funding under the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965. Requires the head of each agency receiving funds under this Act to transmit to the appropriate congressional committees by October 1 of each year a detailed land acquisition priority list that contains the funding level of not less than the previous three years' obligations or expenditures for land acquisition for such agency. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress for each fiscal year ending on or after September 30, 1988, with respect to the financial condition and the results of the operations of the Fund during such fiscal year, including the next five fiscal years.",2025-08-28T20:08:11Z,
100-hr-4974,100,hr,4974,A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program for operation and maintenance of certain treatment works.,Environmental Protection,1988-06-30,1988-07-14,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6]",MA,D,M000264,2,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of operating and maintaining publicly owned treatment works which are located in States which limited by law on June 1, 1988, the amount of revenues which may be raised through property taxes.  Requires that such grants cover 75 percent of such costs in excess of revenues which may be raised through property taxes.  Authorizes appropriations for such grant program.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-4939,100,hr,4939,Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-06-29,1988-10-31,Became Public Law No: 100-572.,House,"Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]",MN,D,S000407,1,"(Measure passed House, amended) Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks as imminently hazardous consumer products which must be repaired, replaced, recalled, or refunded by their manufacturers and importers within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the EPA to publish and distribute to the States:  (1) a list identifying each brand and model of drinking water cooler which is not lead free, including each cooler which has a lead-lined tank; and (2) a guidance document and testing protocol to assist schools in determining the source and degree of lead contamination in school drinking water supplies and in remedying such contamination.  Bans the manufacture or sale of listed drinking water coolers and any other drinking water cooler which is not lead free.  Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violation of such ban.  Requires the States to disseminate the water cooler list and the guidance document and testing protocol to local education agencies (LEAs), private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools, and day care centers. Directs each State to establish a program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to assist LEAs in testing  for, and remedying, lead contamination in school drinking water from coolers and from other sources of lead contamination. Requires that testing results be made available for public inspection in LEA administrative offices. Requires that listed coolers be repaired, removed, or rendered inoperable within 15 months of this Act's enactment, unless they are tested and found not to contribute lead to drinking water.  Directs the EPA to make grants to States for such programs. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program through FY 1991. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to State and local governments for the initiation and expansion of community programs designed to:  (1) screen infants and children for elevated blood lead levels; (2) assure referral for treatment of, and environmental intervention for, infants and children with such blood lead levels; and (3) provide education about childhood lead poisoning.  Requires that grant priority be given to programs which will serve areas with a high incidence of elevated blood levels in infants and children.  Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the effectiveness of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program through FY 1991. Directs the EPA to:  (1) assure that drinking water testing laboratory certification programs certify only those laboratories which provide reliable accurate testing; and (2) publish a list of certified laboratories.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-s-2598,100,s,2598,Waste Export Control Act,Environmental Protection,1988-06-29,1988-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,6,"Waste Export Control Act - Prohibits the exportation of waste from the United States, except as provided for by this Act.  Sets forth the required content of applications to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste export permits, including information demonstrating that exported waste will be transported, treated, stored, and disposed of in a manner providing environmental protection no less strict than that required in this country.  Gives the public notice and an opportunity to comment on an application before the issuance of a permit. Sets a maximum term of five years for such permits.  Requires that permit terms and conditions, at a minimum, be equivalent to and consistent with the standards and requirements applicable to waste management in this country under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Directs the EPA to impose fees on permitees and permit applicants to cover all the costs of such permit program. Subjects individuals who violate any provision of this Act to monetary penalties, and individuals who export waste without a permit or in knowing violation of a material condition of a permit to a fine and/or imprisonment. Exempts certain waste from this Act's provisions on the basis of national security considerations or its exportation for recycling or reuse.",2025-08-28T20:06:35Z,
100-s-2602,100,s,2602,"A bill to establish the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1988-06-29,1988-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,2,"Establishes the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund (Fund) in the Treasury.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer monthly into such Fund any unobligated balance of the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund in excess of $195,000,000. Authorizes the appropriation of additional sums to the Fund.  Makes amounts in such Fund available, as provided in appropriation Acts, for implementing the Marine Research Act of 1988, but not amounts in excess of $33,000,000 for any fiscal year.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress each year on the condition and operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on the expected condition and operations of the Fund during the next five fiscal years.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-s-2610,100,s,2610,Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-06-29,1988-06-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,1,"Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish and distribute to the States:  (1) a list identifying each brand and model of drinking water cooler which is not lead free or which, upon corrosion, will cause drinking water to be in contact with lead; and (2) a guidance document and testing protocol to assist schools in determining the source and degree of lead contamination in school drinking water supplies and in remedying such contamination.  Bans the manufacture or sale of listed drinking water coolers and any other drinking water cooler which is not lead free.  Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violation of such ban.  Requires the States to disseminate the water cooler list and the guidance document and testing protocol to local education agencies (LEAs), private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools, and day care centers. Directs each State to establish a program, within one year of this Act's enactment, to assist LEAs in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in school drinking water from coolers and from other sources of lead contamination. Requires that listed coolers be repaired, removed, or rendered inoperable, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, unless they are tested and found not to contribute lead to drinking water.  Directs the EPA to make grants to States for such programs. Directs the EPA to identify and notify each manufacturer or importer of drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks. Requires such manufacturer or importer to publish public notice of the potential health hazards associated with such coolers and offer to repair or replace them.  Provides that, if such manufacturers or importers have not made an adequate effort to repair or replace the coolers within six months of this Act's enactment, the EPA shall make offers to cooler owners to repair or replace such coolers at the expense of such manufacturers or owners. Authorizes appropriations for this Act. Directs the EPA to:  (1) assure that drinking water testing laboratory certification programs certify only those laboratories which provide reliable, accurate testing; and (2) publish a list of certified laboratories.",2025-08-28T20:08:45Z,
100-hr-4902,100,hr,4902,"A bill entitled ""Municipal Incinerator Act of 1988"".",Environmental Protection,1988-06-23,1988-07-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,53,"Title I:  Municipal Incinerator Emissions - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate performance standards to control emissions of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, dioxins, dibenzofurans, hydrogen chloride, and mercury from municipal waste incineration units.  Requires that such standards reflect the greatest degree of emission limitation achievable through application of the best available control technologies and practices.  Deems specified practices and control technologies to be available.  Requires that such standards be promulgated within one year of this Act's enactment, take effect within 18 months of enactment, and be reviewed and, if necessary, revised within three years of promulgation and every five years thereafter. Sets forth emission control standards which will be applicable should the EPA fail to promulgate standards. Requires the EPA to promulgate a timetable, within one year of this Act's enactment, for existing municipal waste incineration units to comply with emission control standards, taking into account the remaining useful life of the unit and the threat the unit poses to human health and the environment.  Sets forth the maximum number of years which such timetable may allow for the compliance, providing more time as a unit's additional pollution control equipment costs represent a larger proportion of its capital costs. Requires owners or operators of municipal waste incineration units to monitor emissions at the point such emissions move into ambient air and at such other points as necessary to protect human health and the environment and to report the results of such monitoring.  Sets monitoring standards, including ones for continuous and periodic monitoring. Sets a 20-year limit on unit permits.  Provides for the termination of such a permit if:  (1) the unit is not in compliance with permit terms and conditions; (2) compliance with additional conditions is necessary to protect human health and the environment, or will impose minimal costs on the unit owner or operator and reduce air emissions below levels specified in the permit; or (3) enforceable contracts for the treatment or disposal of the unit's ash for the succeeding five years do not exist.  Requires that a permit be reviewed at least once every five years. Authorizes concurrent State enforcement of unit emission standards, provided such enforcement is equivalent to Federal enforcement under this Act. Requires that civil penalties imposed against municipalities pursuant to this Act be applied in support of public programs and activities that enhance the protection of the health and environment of their residents. Directs the EPA to establish a model State program, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, for the training and certification of municipal waste incinerator personnel.  Requires that incinerator personnel be certified pursuant to a State or EPA training and certification program which is consistent with such program. Subjects any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of municipal waste incineration units or components who misrepresents the performance characteristics of incinerator technology or equipment to a civil monetary penalty plus costs and damages caused by such misrepresentation. Includes as major emitting facilities under the Clean Air Act municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 50 tons of refuse per day.  (Currently, only incinerators charging more than 250 tons per day are included.) Title II:  Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendment - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the EPA to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, for the safe management of municipal incinerator ash. Requires that landfills into which such ashes are disposed be monofills with groundwater monitoring, two synthetic liners, an additional lower liner, a leachate collection system above all liners, and a leak detection system between the two synthetic liners.  Authorizes the disposal of ash in a landfill other than a monofill if requirements more stringent than those imposed on monofills apply.  Authorizes the EPA to waive the applicability of this Act's landfill design requirements to solid waste management units receiving incinerator ash if an alternative design will provide at least as effective protection of human health and the environment as such requirements. Prohibits a State from issuing a permit to any new or modified municipal waste incineration unit after 18 months after this Act's enactment unless the State prepares a solid waste management plan which provides cost-effective maximization of resource conservation and the protection of human health and the environment through solid waste reduction, source separation or control, recycling, and other measures.  Prohibits the issuance of a permit to a unit unless an ash management plan demonstrating compliance with this Act's requirements has been submitted for the ash from such unit.  Requires that before a new or modified unit begins operations it have sufficient capacity to treat or dispose of its ash for the succeeding five years. Directs the EPA, in developing regulations for the management of municipal incinerator ash, to issue criteria and testing procedures for identifying the characteristics of such ash which may pose a hazard to human health or the environment.  Authorizes the EPA to require the owner or operator of a municipal incinerator or any facility involved in ash management to test the ash in accordance with such criteria and testing procedures.  Requires that any ash which is identified as posing a hazard to human health or the environment be:  (1) disposed of pursuant to this Act's requirements; or (2) treated, in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the EPA, so as to remove the hazards associated with such ash, including the migration of hazardous constituents. Subjects facilities receiving municipal incinerator ash to a permit or other prior approval program and conditions in accordance with a State's solid waste management program.  Provides public notice and the opportunity or an informal public hearing prior to the issuance of a permit to an ash management facility.  Authorizes the EPA to issue a corrective action order or commence a civil action against the offending facility when there has been a release of a hazardous ash constituent. Directs the EPA to publish guidelines, within one year of this Act's enactment, identifying items or materials that should be removed from municipal waste prior to incineration in order to reduce air emissions.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-hr-4883,100,hr,4883,Massachusetts Bay Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-06-21,1988-11-14,See H.R.4030.,House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,7,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 100-1005 (Part I))  Massachusetts Bay Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give priority consideration to the inclusion of Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, in the National Estuary program.  Supplements program financing for Massachusetts Bay conservation efforts with funds derived from fines, penalties, or settlements paid in conjunction with Massachusetts' effort to comply with the Clean Water Act.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-hr-4864,100,hr,4864,"A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to immediately cease the dumping of sewage sludge and industrial wastes in the ocean waters of the United States.",Environmental Protection,1988-06-20,1988-06-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.,House,"Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2]",RI,R,S000136,0,"Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the ocean dumping of sewage sludge or industrial waste 30 days after this Act's enactment.  Imposes civil monetary penalties against persons who violate such prohibition.",2021-06-10T21:37:10Z,
100-sres-443,100,sres,443,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the seven major industrial nations of the world must take immediate action to protect the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer.,Environmental Protection,1988-06-16,1988-06-16,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.",Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,14,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon the leaders of the seven major industrial nations at the June Summit to take steps to protect the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer by agreeing to:  (1) deposit, by October 1, 1988, all instruments of ratification, acceptance, and approval of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; (2) call for a meeting of the parties to the Protocol as soon as possible to consider the latest scientific evidence and the necessity for further measures; (3) identify and eliminate, within one year, institutional and legal barriers to encourage recycling and conservation to the maximum extent feasible of specified ozone-depleting substances; and (4) implement, within one year, such recycling and conservation domestically.",2021-06-10T21:50:26Z,
100-hr-4801,100,hr,4801,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the testing of motor vehicles at high altitudes.,Environmental Protection,1988-06-14,1988-07-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4]",CO,R,B000919,1,"Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, at least one high altitude site for testing motor vehicles and engines for conformity with emission and fuel standards.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-s-2502,100,s,2502,Ozone Layer Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-06-13,1988-06-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,2,Ozone Layer Protection Act of 1988 - Directs the President to establish a task force to conduct a comprehensive study to identify steps which can be taken to reduce the emission of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons and halons and prepare a smooth transition to safe substitutes for such substances.  Requires the task force to report on the results of such study to the President and the Congress within 30 days of this Act's enactment.,2025-08-28T20:07:26Z,
100-hr-4792,100,hr,4792,A bill to provide that ocean dumping of dredged material from San Francisco Bay take place at a site which is beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf.,Environmental Protection,1988-06-10,1988-06-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11]",CA,D,L000090,5,Requires that the ocean dumping of dredged material from the San Francisco Bay or its connecting or tributary waters take place beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-s-2458,100,s,2458,Safe Incinerator Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-05-27,1988-05-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,"Safe Incinerator Act of 1988 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate performance standards to control emissions of particulate matter, acid gases, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, heavy metals, lead, cadmium, halogenated organic compounds, dioxins, and dibenzofurans from new or modified municipal waste incineration units. Requires that such standards reflect the greatest degree of emission limitation achievable through application of the best available control technologies and practices.  Deems specified practices and control technologies to be available.  Requires that such standards be promulgated within one year of this Act's enactment, take effect within 18 months of enactment, and be reviewed and, if necessary, revised within three years of promulgation and every five years thereafter. Requires jurisdictions served by the municipal incineration unit to have an enforceable solid waste management plan before a State program may issue a permit for a new or modified unit. Requires such plan to reflect the operation of the new or modified unit. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations and emission control standards, within one year of this Act's enactment, requiring existing units to meet such standards according to a timetable which requires compliance within at least six years. Requires the Administrator to review and, if necessary, revise such standards every five years. Establishes specific, minimum emission limitations for carbon monoxide, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen chloride emissions from new, modified, and existing units. Requires owners or operators of municipal waste incineration units to monitor emissions at the point such emissions move into the ambient air and at other points as necessary to protect human health and the environment and to report the results of such monitoring.  Sets monitoring standards, including continuous and periodic monitoring. Authorizes the Administrator to require unit owners or operators to establish and operate or pay for a program to detect impacts of the unit on humans or the environment, including the testing for and reporting of significant levels of contaminants.  Authorizes the Administrator or States to request the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to conduct health assessments, studies, or surveillance when exposure to municipal waste incinerator unit emissions may pose a potential health risk. Requires that unit permits be reviewed and, if necessary, revised every five years. Authorizes concurrent State enforcement of unit emission standards, provided such enforcement is equivalent to Federal enforcement under this Act. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines, within one year of this Act's enactment, identifying items or materials that should be removed from municipal waste prior to incineration. Directs the Administrator to establish a model State program, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, for the training and certification of municipal waste incinerator personnel.  Requires operators and management personnel to pass such training or be certified by an authorized State program. Includes as major emitting facilities under the Clean Air Act municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 50 tons of refuse per day.  (Currently, only incinerators charging more than 250 tons per day are included.) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, for the safe management of municipal incinerator ash.  Requires that landfills into which such ashes are disposed provide for groundwater monitoring and: (1) have two or more liners and a leachate collection system above and between such liners; or (2) place such ashes in a monofill having a single liner and designed to assure that there will be no future migration of any constituent into ground or surface water.  Provides that such regulations may permit bottom ash or combined bottom ash and flue which has been treated to be placed in sanitary landfills meeting current criteria. Directs the Administrator, in developing regulations for the management of municipal incinerator ash, to issue criteria and testing procedures for identifying the characteristics of such ash which may pose a hazard to human health or the environment.  Authorizes the Administrator to require the owner or operator of a municipal incinerator or any facility involved in ash management to test the ash in accordance with such criteria and testing procedures.  Requires that any ash which is identified as posing a hazard to human health or the environment be disposed of in a landfill which has two or more liners and a leachate collection system above and between such liners. Subjects facilities receiving municipal incinerator ash to a permit, or other prior approval program and conditions in accordance with a State's solid waste management program.  Provides public notice and the opportunity for an informal public hearing prior to the issuance of a permit to an ash management facility.  Authorizes the Administrator to issue a corrective action order or commence a civil action against the offending facility when there has been a release of a hazardous ash constituent.",2025-08-28T20:05:19Z,
100-s-2433,100,s,2433,Clean Water Assistance Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-05-25,1988-05-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]",WV,D,R000361,0,"Clean Water Assistance Act of 1988 - Permits the use of State water pollution control revolving funds to make direct loans to support the non-Federal share of a project receiving grant assistance from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, including grants for the construction of waste treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Extends by one year, to July 1, 1989, the deadline by which fiscally distressed local governments must complete construction of waste treatment works meeting specified effluent limitations.",2025-08-28T20:07:55Z,
100-s-2414,100,s,2414,Magnetic Coal Separation Improvement Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-05-19,1988-05-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]",LA,D,J000189,0,Magnetic Coal Separation Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct research and development through the Department of Energy and enter into cooperative research and development agreements with public and private researchers to promote high temperature superconductivity technologies for magnetic coal separation technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.,2025-08-28T20:08:45Z,
100-s-2403,100,s,2403,Magnetic Coal Separation Improvement Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-05-16,1988-05-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,Magnetic Coal Separation Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct research and development through the Department of Energy and enter into cooperative research and development agreements with public and private researchers to promote high temperature superconductivity technologies for magnetic coal separation and magnetic emissions control technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.,2025-08-28T20:08:57Z,
100-sres-426,100,sres,426,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the seven major industrial nations of the world must take immediate action to protect the earth's stratospheric ozone layer.,Environmental Protection,1988-05-10,1988-05-10,Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,17,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon the leaders of the major industrial nations at the June summit to act to protect the earth's stratospheric ozone layer by agreeing to:  (1) deposit, by October 1, 1988, all instruments of ratification, acceptance, and approval of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; (2) immediately call for a meeting of the parties to the Protocol to consider the necessity for further measures; and (3) implement, within one year, domestic prohibitions on all non-essential uses of ozone depleting substances specified in the Protocol.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
100-hr-4517,100,hr,4517,Outer Continental Shelf Operations Indemnification Clarification Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-05-03,1988-11-05,Became Public Law No: 100-610.,House,"Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]",NC,D,J000256,0,"(Measure passed senate, amended) Outer Continental Shelf Operations Indemnification Clarification Act of 1988 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to authorize any owner or operator of an offshore facility to enter into an idemnity, hold harmless, or similar agreement regarding their oil pollution liability, but prohibits such agreements from relieving them of liability under the Act or altering the Act's financial responsibility requirements. Limits the liability of any guarantor in a direct action suit brought under the Act to the monetary limits of the instrument obtained from the guarantor by the liable party. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to designate Pettaquamscutt Cove in Rhode Island as a National Wildlife Refuge.  Authorizes appropriations.",2022-12-13T14:57:21Z,
100-hr-4495,100,hr,4495,A bill to amend the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nation's schools to extend the deadline for submission of asbestos management plans and to provide financial assistance to States to carry out certain asbestos activities.,Environmental Protection,1988-04-29,1988-05-09,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,10,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to extend the deadline for local educational agencies to submit school asbestos management plans to their State Governors to April 12, 1989. Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 1989 so that the EPA may provide grants to States to:  (1) hire additional personnel to review asbestos management plans; (2) pay for the training of employees of schools or regional or intergovernmental educational entities to conduct school asbestos inspection and management activities; (3) reimburse local educational agencies or schools for excessive or unduly burdensome costs of contracts entered into before May 15, 1988, for asbestos inspection and management plan development services; and (4) reimburse each school for asbestos inspection and management plan development expenditures that exceed two percent of the school's total annual budget.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-s-2329,100,s,2329,A bill to amend the provisions of the Toxic Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nation's schools by extending the deadlines for local educational agencies to submit asbestos management plans to State Governors and to begin implementation of those plans and by requiring a sufficient number accredited contractors and laboratories.,Environmental Protection,1988-04-27,1988-04-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]",AR,D,B001057,5,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to extend the deadlines by which local educational agencies must inspect school buildings for friable asbestos-containing materials, develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for such materials, and obtain State approval of such management plans. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that there are a sufficient number of accredited contractors and laboratories to conduct school asbestos inspection, management, and evaluation activities.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hr-4454,100,hr,4454,Recycling Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-04-26,1988-05-25,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12]",NJ,R,C000809,14,"Recycling Act of 1988 - Establishes the Center for Plastics Recycling Research of Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, in Piscataway, New Jersey, as the national center (Center) for plastics recycling.  Requires that such Center:  (1) establish and operate a clearinghouse of information relating to plastics; and (2) make grants to four other colleges and universities covering 50 percent of the funds required by each such college or university to assist the Center in conducting specified plastic recycling research activities, with the remaining funds being provided by the State in which such college or university is located. Authorizes appropriations for such activities for each of the first three fiscal years beginning after this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a three-year public outreach program providing information to secondary school students, State and local governments, and the general public regarding: (1) the harmful environmental effects of the improper disposal of plastic and non-plastic wastes; (2) the importance of proper municipal waste disposal; (3) the benefits of recycling; and (4) methods to encourage voluntary recycling activities. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and operate the National Clearinghouse on Recycling to gather, catalog, and disseminate information on recycling-related issues and activities, including: (1) current and prospective recycling technologies; (2) the development and marketing of recycled waste products; and (3) intergovernmental arrangements for the public and private management of recycling activities. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study and report to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment on the adverse effects of the improper disposal of paper, glass, aluminum, and other nonplastic articles on the environment and on waste disposal, and the various methods to reduce or eliminate such effects.  Requires that the results of such study be integrated with the results of a plastic pollution reduction study required under the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987. Directs the EPA to make grants to State and local governments covering 50 percent of the costs of conducting demonstration projects related to recycling.  Requires that at least one such grant each year be awarded to a State whose laws mandate the collection, for purposes of recycling, of two or more types of household or commercial wastes. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for three years.",2025-08-28T20:08:49Z,
100-hr-4468,100,hr,4468,Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-04-26,1988-05-09,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]",PA,R,W000268,47,"Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a clearinghouse for information about the recycling of municipal solid waste, to be administered by the Office of Solid Waste. Requires that the information collected and disseminated to the public by such clearinghouse include:  (1) an annual estimate of the volume and rate of recycling of materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (2) an annual estimate of the balance of trade in recycled materials and products; (3) economic data comparing the costs and benefits of recycling various materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (4) a catalog of State and local laws that encourage or require the recycling of materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (5) a list of all purchases of recycled materials or products by the Federal Government, organized by agency and the type of recycled materials or products purchased; (6) a register announcing all solicitations by Federal agencies for the purchase of recycled materials or products; and (7) information about state-of-the-art recycling methods, programs, or technologies. Requires that a toll-free telephone hotline be established and made available to those seeking information from the clearinghouse.  Provides that, to the extent feasible, such information should be computerized to facilitate its analysis and retrieval. Authorizes appropriations for such clearinghouse.",2025-08-28T20:06:38Z,
100-hr-4404,100,hr,4404,A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt sources of discharges into certain publicly owned treatment works from compliance with pretreatment requirements for pollutants that are adequately removed by such publicly owned treatment works.,Environmental Protection,1988-04-19,1988-05-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1]",TX,D,C000312,5,Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt from pretreatment requirements industrial users that discharge wastes into certain publicly owned treatment works.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-sres-412,100,sres,412,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with regard to the use of degradable products.,Environmental Protection,1988-04-19,1988-10-04,Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,21,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that:  (1) the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage the use of biodegradable plastic bags and other degradable plastic applications; and (2) the General Services Administration should implement, when possible, the use of biodegradable bags and other degradable plastic products in its operations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hr-4394,100,hr,4394,Omnibus Hazardous Waste Protection Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-04-14,1988-05-03,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]",PA,R,S000146,2,"Omnibus Hazardous Waste Protection Act of 1988 - Title I:  PCB Management - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require that those who deal in the transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls use a manifest system to assure that such substances are designated for, and arrive at authorized treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. Requires such persons to satisfy the financial responsibility requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Prohibits an individual from arranging, on a commercial basis, for the transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls owned by another person before obtaining the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval to engage in such intermediate activities. Title II:  Toxic Chemical Data - Requires filings of the annual toxic chemical release forms required under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include a toxic chemical waste reduction and recycling report for each listed toxic chemical for the preceding calendar year.  Requires such report to include information on a facility-by-facility basis as to the amounts and disposition of each toxic chemical, including levels of waste reduction and recycling achieved and expected. Requires that toxic chemical waste reduction practices be delineated according to set categories, such as equipment, redesign, and substitution of raw materials.  Requires the inclusion of a production index for each toxic chemical waste and a list of techniques used to identify waste reduction opportunities.  Provides protection for trade secrets. Directs the Administrator to establish a central receiving facility at EPA for the storage and retrieval of waste management program information. Requires the Administrator to collect, coordinate, and consolidate data collection requirements under environmental statutes.  Requires all such information to be compiled into a data base organized on an industry-by-industry basis according to Standard Industrial Classifications and on a waste stream basis. Directs the Administrator to establish a Waste Reduction and Recycling Clearinghouse Program to include information on approaches to waste reduction and recycling and information from States receiving grants for technical assistance programs. Requires the Clearinghouse to be actively involved in technology transfer and the development of waste reduction technologies. Requires the Administrator to make matching grants to States for innovative waste reduction programs.  Requires such programs to make specific and targeted technical assistance available to businesses as well as for funding experts and research and providing training. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on the waste reduction information gathered pursuant to this Act.  Requires such report to include a profile of waste reduction levels on an industry-by-industry basis and identify priorities as to industries, pollutants, and research. Establishes the Office of Waste Reduction within EPA to collect waste reduction plans and information from other EPA offices on an industry-by-industry basis, administer the clearinghouse and State grants programs, and carry out other related responsibilities including improving EPA's ability to evaluate multi-media waste management practices and the potential for waste reduction through information collection and retrieval. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-28T20:06:11Z,
100-hr-4364,100,hr,4364,"A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish guidelines on priorities for local educational agencies to clean up asbestos in schools, to extend the deadlines for local educational agencies to comply with certain asbestos requirements, and to amend the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to authorize additional loans for such agencies to inspect for asbestos in schools and develop asbestos management plans.",Environmental Protection,1988-04-13,1988-10-20,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2]",WV,D,S000779,24,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to set priorities for asbestos cleanup in schools, giving first priority to situations which pose the most dangers to human health and the environment. Requires local educational agencies to submit asbestos in schools management plans to State Governors within six months after the Administrator establishes guidelines pertaining to such plans and to implement such plans within 15 months of such guidelines. Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations through FY 1993 for loans to local educational agencies for school asbestos inspections and the preparation of management plans.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
100-hr-4384,100,hr,4384,Illegal Drug Laboratory Cleanup  Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-04-13,1988-05-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,7,"Illegal Drug Laboratory Cleanup Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:  (1) develop guidelines and provide counseling for law enforcement agencies in protecting the public and environment from illegal drug laboratories; and (2) conduct demonstration projects to clean up hazardous substances associated with illegal drug laboratories. Exempts law enforcement agencies from liability for removing substances from illegal drug laboratories, except in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct by such agencies.  Subjects suppliers of chemicals to illegal drug laboratories to liability for damages and clean up costs caused by such chemicals, unless the supplier took reasonable steps to ensure that the chemicals were not being put to illegal use. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require the use of forfeiture proceeds for demonstration projects cleaning up hazardous substances associated with illegal drug laboratories.",2025-08-28T20:09:01Z,
100-s-2272,100,s,2272,A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 for fiscal years 1989 and 1990.,Environmental Protection,1988-04-12,1988-09-09,Subcommittee on Environmental Protection. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,Amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 to extend through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for:  (1) reimbursements to States for development and implementation of conservation plans; and (2) administration of such Act.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hr-4357,100,hr,4357,Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-04-11,1988-08-09,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).,House,"Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]",OH,D,L000508,6,"Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish guidelines, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, identifying materials which should be removed from solid waste before its incineration in a municipal solid waste incinerator. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations, within two years of this Act's enactment, applicable to the operation and management of municipal solid waste incinerators, and to the disposal, or recycling and reuse of municipal solid waste incinerator ash. Requires that landfills into which such ashes are disposed provide for groundwater monitoring and:  (1) place such ashes in a monofill having a leachate collection system and a single liner designed and operated to prevent the migration of any constituent into such liner; or (2) have two or more liners and a leachate collection system above and between such liners.  Authorizes the regulations to waive such ash disposal requirements on the basis of site specific factors or in the case of existing facilities which have been demonstrated to provide human and environmental protection equivalent to that provided by such single or double liner landfills.  Directs the Administrator to prescribe criteria and testing procedures for identifying the hazardous properties of municipal incinerator ash so that ash which does not exhibit such properties may be placed in sanitary landfills meeting current criteria.  Requires that ash which is hazardous to human health or the environment be treated prior to recycling or reuse. Requires States to adopt and implement a permit program, within 18 months after the Administrator issues incinerator and ash management regulations, to ensure that municipal solid waste incinerators and persons who deal with such ash comply with the Administrator's regulations and this Act's requirements.  Sets forth transitional provisions.",2025-08-28T20:07:59Z,
100-hr-4331,100,hr,4331,Acid Rain Abatement Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-03-31,1988-05-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4]",TN,D,C000754,0,"Acid Rain Abatement Act of 1988 - Amends the Clean Air Act to phase-in, by 2004, a nationwide reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide of 10,000,000 tons and a nationwide reduction in annual emissions of nitrogen oxides of 3,000,000 tons measured from 1980 emissions.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to allocate such reductions among States on the basis of each State's share of excess sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from fossil fuel fired steam generating units. Requires States to submit for the Administrator's approval State implementation plans establishing emissions limitations, compliance schedules, and other enforceable measures necessary for achieving required emission reductions. Provides for the coordination of State plans with respect to electric utilities which serve rate payers in more than one State.  Requires State plans to require fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units to install and operate continuous emission monitoring for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Directs the Administrator to impose a noncompliance penalty against the owner or operator of a stationary source, based on the number of pounds of excess emissions from such source, if the State in which such source is located fails to:  (1) submit an implementation plan to the Administrator which is approved; or (2) enforce any requirement of its approved plan against such source. Allows State plans to provide for trading of emission reduction requirements: (1) among major stationary sources within a State; (2) among electric utilities in more than one State which participates in the same power pool; and (3) among stationary sources owned or operated by a single electric utility operating in more than one State. Authorizes a State to extend for up to two years the date by which a stationary source which utilizes clean coal technology must meet emission reduction requirements for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Excuses State failures to meet emission reduction requirements when such failures are solely attributable to such extensions. Prohibits the early termination of any fossil fuel supply contract by reason of changed circumstances wrought by this Act or State implementation plans. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator to enter into agreements with, or provide grants to, owners or operators of major sources of air emissions to test the effectiveness and feasibility of clean coal technologies.  Requires that such demonstration projects utilize technology which would be appropriate for retrofit on a significant number of existing coal-fired emission sources and be no more costly in reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides than conventional technology.  Limits Federal funding to 20 percent of project costs.  Exempts projects which receive assistance for the implementation of clean coal technologies from the Clean Air Act's new source performance standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992. Directs the Administrator to revise the performance standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units which commence construction or modification after 1996 so that such standards reflect emission reduction improvements.",2025-08-28T20:05:35Z,
100-hr-4335,100,hr,4335,National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act,Environmental Protection,1988-03-31,1988-09-07,Executive Comment Received From DOD.,House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,90,"National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act - States that the conservation of biological diversity is a national priority.  Requires Federal actions to be consistent with such goal.  Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that environmental impact statements on proposed Federal actions include any impacts on biological diversity. Directs the President's Council on Environmental Quality to:  (1) establish guidelines for consideration of biological diversity in the preparation of environmental impact statements; and (2) identify those biotic communities, species, and populations that appear to be in decline, in imminent danger of loss of viability, or otherwise of special concern. Establishes a National Center for Biological Diversity and Environmental Research (Center) responsible for:  (1) coordinating the collection of data pertaining to the national biota and supplementing and disseminating such information; (2) arranging and conducting surveys and supplementary research of the national biota; and (3) enhancing the application of biological data to the conservation of biological diversity.  Requires the Center to report annually to the President and the Congress regarding its activities. Establishes an Interagency Working Committee on Biological Diversity responsible for preparing and implementing a coordinated Federal strategy for conservation of biological diversity.  Sets forth the required contents of such strategy which must be completed within two years of this Act's enactment.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes each agency represented on the Interagency Committee to provide grants to public agencies, private individuals, and organizations for projects to maintain or restore biological diversity. Requires that such grants be matched on at least an equal basis by the grantee, except when the grantee is a State.  Directs each agency, other than the Council on Environmental Quality, represented on the Interagency Committee to:  (1) give high priority to research and personnel training directed towards implementation of the Strategy; and (2) assess the adequacy of its environmental research and training programs. Establishes, on a permanent basis, a National Scientific Advisory Committee on Biological Diversity which shall:  (1) advise the Interagency Committee in the preparation of the Strategy; (2) assist in the coordination of interaction between the Interagency Committee and the Center; (3) assist in the evaluation of the impacts of proposed Federal activities on biological diversity; (4) review Federal progress toward implementing the Strategy; and (5) serve as a general reference and advisory resource for the Nation in matters relating to conservation of biological diversity. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the Center and the grant program for FY 1989 through 1991.",2025-08-28T20:05:42Z,
100-hr-4338,100,hr,4338,"A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to impose special fees on the ocean disposal of sewage sludge, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1988-03-31,1988-10-03,For Further Action See H.R.5430.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,37,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, amended, H. Rept. 100-747(Pt. III))  Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit any person from dumping sewage sludge into the ocean without having obtained from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a permit imposing a special disposal fee for each dry ton dumped. Requires permittees to:  (1) deposit 85 percent of such fees in a trust account for subsequent use on projects to eliminate ocean dumping after 1992; (2) pay 15 percent of such fees to the Administrator for sludge disposal research, reporting, permit, and Coast Guard surveillance and enforcement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to waive the fee requirement for permittees who have entered into a compliance agreement with the Administrator which: (1) is contained in a consent decree entered by the court in the case of the City of New York v. EPA; (2) phases out and terminates ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993; and (3) sets forth a schedule for the implementation of an alternate sludge disposal system. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months of this Act's enactment and annually thereafter on the progress being made toward the development and implementation of environmentally sound alternatives to dumping sewage sludge into the ocean and the cessation of such dumping.  Provides that if such report finds that a permittee cannot reasonably cease ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993, the congressional committees to which such report was referred shall issue a report within 270 days of such referral regarding action that should be taken to end such dumping.  Forbids the ocean dumping of municipal sludge after 1992.  Excludes materials and wastes discharged pursuant to specified permits from this Act's requirements. Imposes a civil fine for each dry ton of sludge dumped in violation of this Act's requirements. Prohibits anyone from disposing of sewage sludge at landfills on Staten Island, New York.  Authorizes injunctive relief with respect to violations of such prohibition.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
100-s-2253,100,s,2253,A bill to authorize the purchase of additional lands adjacent to or close to the Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area.,Environmental Protection,1988-03-31,1988-03-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]",LA,D,J000189,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to acquire specified lands adjacent or close to Bayou Bodcau Wildlife Management Area.  Provides that such purchased lands shall go toward fulfilling the mitigation obligation of the Chief of Engineers for fish and wildlife losses on the Red River Waterway, Louisiana. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
100-hr-4290,100,hr,4290,Recycling Markets Development Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-03-30,1988-04-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-33]",CA,R,D000492,1,"Recycling Markets Development Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish labeling requirements for all paper and cardboard products and all food and beverage containers manufactured in or imported into the United States which cannot be recycled and which are not made from at least ten percent recycled materials.  Treats any product or container which does not contain such required label as in violation of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. Revises the Federal procurement provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to restrict certain agency decisions not to procure paper meeting minimum content requirements for recovered materials and to revise the guidelines issued by the Administrator with respect to Federal agencies complying with the requirements of such Act.  Requires the Administrator, within two years of enactment of this Act, to prepare final guidelines for used oil and plastics.  Requires the issuance of a uniform national standard for paper for procuring agencies with at least ten percent being the minimum content of the past consumer recovered materials. Makes a State eligible for certain Federal assistance under such Act only if the State has adopted procurement rules for paper which conform to Federal standards. Establishes an Office of Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling within Office of Solid Waste in EPA, to perform:  (1) the responsibilities of the Administrator with respect to labeling requirements and mandatory uniform standards for paper; and (2) other related duties with respect to recycling programs. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to study:  (1) the economic incentives and disincentives provided by Federal and State government which affect competition between recycled and virgin materials; and (2) foreign recycling operations which might be used in the United States.  Requires EPA and the Secretary of Commerce to cooperate fully with OTA.",2025-08-28T20:08:01Z,
100-hr-4255,100,hr,4255,Incinerator Ash Amendments of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-03-24,1988-04-13,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]",CT,R,J000163,3,"Incinerator Ash Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations, within six months of this Act's enactment, for the safe management of municipal incinerator ash.  Requires that landfills into which such ashes are disposed provide for groundwater monitoring and:  (1) have two or more liners and a leachate collection system above and between such liners; or (2) place such ashes in a monofill having a single liner and are designed to assure that there will be no future migration of any constituent into ground or surface water.  Provides that such regulations may permit bottom ash or combined bottom ash and flue which has been treated to be placed in sanitary landfills meeting current criteria. Directs the Administrator, in developing regulations for the management of municipal incinerator ash, to issue criteria and testing procedures for identifying the characteristics of such ash which may pose a hazard to human health or the environment.  Authorizes the Administrator to require the owner or operator of a municipal incinerator or any facility involved in ash management to test the ash in accordance with such criteria and testing procedures. Prohibits any facility involved in the management of municipal incinerator ash from receiving such ash two years after issuance of the Administrator's regulations unless such facility has received a permit or prior approval under a State's solid waste management program and the State program requires facility compliance with such regulations or more stringent State requirements. Gives States which are making a good faith effort to effect such compliance an additional year to do so. Provides public notice and the opportunity for an informal public hearing prior to the issuance of a permit to an ash management facility.  Authorizes the Administrator to issue a corrective action order when there has been a release of a hazardous ash constituent.",2025-08-28T20:05:25Z,
100-hr-4231,100,hr,4231,Marine Research Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-03-23,1988-09-07,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).,House,"Rep. Brennan, Joseph E. [D-ME-1]",ME,D,B000798,35,"Marine Research Act of 1988 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the establishment of Regional Marine Research Centers (Centers) to plan, coordinate, and support research, monitoring, and assessment activities concerned with the quality of the marine environment.  Authorizes the Governors of a majority of States in a marine research region to develop and submit for approval to the Marine Research Coordination Board (Board) a combined, interstate proposal for a Center which identifies the research organizations which will participate in the Center and the goals of such Center.  Identifies the marine research regions as the Gulf of Maine, Greater New York Bight, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Tropical, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California Bight, North Pacific, Gulf of Alaska and Arctic Seas, Insular Pacific, and Great Lakes Regions. Requires each Center to develop and submit for the Board's approval every three years a marine research plan which:  (1) identifies research needs and priorities in the region over the next ten years; (2) inventories all federally-funded projects regarding the marine environment expected to be conducted in the region during the three-year term of the plan; (3) explains the means by which the Center will select and supervise projects to be funded under this Act; (4) describes each project expected to be assisted with appropriations authorized pursuant to this Act; and (5) lists the equipment and supplies used commonly for research projects in the region. Authorizes the Board to make annual administrative, research, and equipment grants to Centers which submit applications for such grants. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires each Center to support baseline monitoring of fundamental marine environmental conditions and submit periodic reports on the status of marine environmental quality and resources in the region to the Board. Requires that such reports be made available to the public, State Governors, and local, State, and Federal agencies. Authorizes the establishment of the Marine Research Coordination Board at the Federal level to manage and coordinate the efforts of the Centers and report periodically to the Congress on the activities and findings of such Centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.",2025-08-28T20:06:15Z,
100-hr-4215,100,hr,4215,A bill to amend the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nation's schools by extending the deadlines for local educational agencies to submit asbestos management plans to State Governors and to begin implementation of those plans.,Environmental Protection,1988-03-22,1988-04-06,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.",House,"Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4]",AR,D,A000213,0,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to change to May 1, 1989 (or August 1, 1989, if no regulations have been promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) the date by which a local educational agency (LEA) must submit an asbestos management plan developed pursuant to regulations under such Act to the Governor of the State.  Changes to February 1, 1990, the date by which each LEA must begin the implementation of such plan.  Changes to November 1, 1988, the date by which the LEA must inspect for asbestos-containing material in each school building under its authority.  Changes to May 1, 1989, the date by which such LEAs must implement an operation and maintenance plan with respect to friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings. Changes to August 1, 1989, the date by which LEAs must develop an asbestos management plan for submission to the Governor of the State.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
100-hr-4208,100,hr,4208,National Marine Sanctuaries Program Authorization Act of 1988,Environmental Protection,1988-03-21,1988-11-07,See H.R.4210.,House,"Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7]",WA,D,L000486,21,"(Measure passed House, amended) National Marine Sanctuaries Program Authorization Act of 1988 - Title I:  National Marine Sanctuaries Program Authorization and Amendments - Amends title III (National Marine Sanctuaries) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to publish and submit to the Congress notice of the designation of a new national marine sanctuary site, with final regulations to implement such designation, within 120 days after the close of the first 45-day period of congressional review of a proposed sanctuary, unless the Secretary decides not to proceed with the designation.  Authorizes a 30-day extension of such deadline if the Secretary determines that additional time is needed for analysis or response to public comments.  Requires that a determination not to proceed with a designation be made in writing and submitted to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Directs the Secretary to publish a designation notice (or findings regarding why such notice has not been published) within 30 months after publication of a notice declaring a site to be an active candidate for sanctuary designation. Requires the Secretary to take the action necessary to promote and coordinate the use of national marine sanctuaries for research. Authorizes the Secretary to issue special use permits for the conduct of specified activities in a national marine sanctuary if it is necessary to condition access to and use of, or promote public use and understanding of a sanctuary resource. Requires that such permits:  (1) authorize only those activities which are compatible with the purposes for which the sanctuary is designated, and sanctuary resource protection; (2) last for no more than five years, unless renewed; and (3) require permittees to purchase and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance against claims arising out of permitted activities and agree to hold the Federal Government harmless against such claims. Authorizes the imposition of permit fees which, after recovering permit issuance costs and costs incurred by the Secretary as the direct result of permitted activities, provide the Federal Government with a reasonable return.  Authorizes the use of collected fees for the permit program, and for designating and managing sanctuaries. Imposes penalties for the violation of permit provisions.  Directs each permittee to submit an annual report to the Secretary which described activities conducted pursuant to such permit and revenues derived from such activities during the year.  Excludes fishing from this Act's permit process.  Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the permit process. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations to aid and promote interpretive, historical, scientific, and educational activities, and solicit private donations for such activities. Subjects anyone who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any sanctuary resource to liability to the Federal Government for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss, or injury.  Subjects vessels to liability in rem for such costs or damages.  Sets forth defenses to such liability. Directs the Secretary to pursue civil actions against persons or vessels who may be liable for such costs or damages. Sets forth dates by which the Secretary must issue a designation notice regarding the proposed Cordell Banks, Flower Garden Banks, Monterey Bay, and Western Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuaries.  Requires the Secretary to submit a prospectus to specified congressional committees by March 31, 1991, regarding the Northern Puget Sound National Marine Sanctuary. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine whether all or any part of the Santa Monica Bay area and three marine areas in the Florida Keys should be designated as national marine sanctuaries or added to specified existing sanctuaries.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such study within two years of this Act's enactment and commence the designation process with respect to areas found appropriate for designation or inclusion in existing sanctuaries. Authorizes specified enforcement actions against title III violators, including:  (1) the imposition of a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each day a person is guilty of a violation; and (2) the forfeiture of any vessel and other item used, and any sanctuary resource taken or retained in connection with or as a result of a violation; and (3) injunctive relief. Authorizes appropriations under title III of the Act through FY 1992. Divides such authorization among the categories general administration, management of sanctuaries, and site review and analysis. Directs the Secretary to submit a plan to specified congressional committees, within six months of this Act's enactment, for a suitable permanent display in coastal North Carolina of artifacts and materials of the U.S.S. Monitor. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, within six months of this Act's enactment, to transmit to the Congress: (1) provisions of international conventions and U.S. laws and regulations which reduce the risk of a vessel collision or incident resulting in environmental damage in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; (2) provisions of the National Contingency Plan for removal of oil and hazardous substances which enable the Secretary to effectively respond to an oil pollution incident affecting such sanctuary; (3) a list of pollution exercises conducted and a schedule of such exercises to be conducted under the National Contingency Plan in the Santa Barbara Channel; (4) a report on the establishment of safety fairways off the California coast and the Long Beach NAVTEX in Long Beach, California; and (5) a report on the status and recommendations of all Federal, State, and local studies into the hazards shipping poses to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a proposal to the International Maritime Organization to designate the portion of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary which is outside of the Santa Barbara Channel Traffic Separation Scheme, as an area to be avoided. Title II:  Liability for Destruction or Loss of, or injury to, National Parks System Resources - Subjects anyone who destroys, causes the loss of, or injures any park system resource to liability to the Federal Government for response costs and damages resulting from such destruction, loss,or injury.  Subjects vessels to liability in rem for such costs or damages.  Sets forth defenses to such liability. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to pursue civil actions against persons or vessels who may be liable for such costs or damages. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to pursue injunctive relief in Federal district court to abate actual harm or the threat of harm to a park resource. Title III:  Abandoned Shipwrecks Located in National Marine Sanctuaries - Provides that this Act shall not affect the management of abandoned shipwrecks located within the boundaries of any national marine sanctuary.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,