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
103-s-2564,103,s,2564,"A bill to delay the required implementation date for enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs under the Clean Air Act and to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reissue the regulations relating to the programs, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]",NH,R,G000445,0,"Provides that States will not be required to implement enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs under the Clean Air Act prior to March 1, 1996. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately rescind regulations relating to the operation of such programs on a centralized basis and issue new regulations to allow the operation of such programs on a centralized or decentralized basis at the option of each State. Prohibits, until the Administrator carries out such requirements, the imposition of sanctions for failures by States to implement such programs or specified adverse actions against States by the Administrator or the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) deem that emissions reductions calculated by States for inspection and maintenance under State implementation plans would be achieved as if the planned program had been implemented; or (2) consider the operation of the program on a decentralized basis as equivalent to operation on a centralized basis if the State demonstrates that such equivalency is reasonable.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-s-2566,103,s,2566,"A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore State control over the allocation and granting of water rights and FERC control over the licensing of hydroelectric projects, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]",WY,R,W000092,0,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the authority of each State to allocate quantities of water within its jurisdiction from being superseded, abrogated, or otherwise impaired. (Currently, it is the policy of the Congress that such authority not be superseded, abrogated, or impaired.) Provides that nothing in such Act authorizes:  (1) the regulation of quantities of water or impairs or affects any State authority with respect to the allocation of water; (2) an action that affects any water right established by a State law, an interstate water compact, or a Supreme Court decree; and (3) an action with respect to other matters, including aesthetics not directly related to water quality. Declares that discharges into navigable waters will comply with narrative and numeric water quality criteria based on designated uses adopted in water quality standards.  Prohibits State certifications with respect to discharges from regulating water use or quantities. Revises existing State authorities to incorporate the amendments made by this Act.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
103-sres-287,103,sres,287,"A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding regulation of mercury hazardous waste, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN]",MN,D,W000288,2,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should not exempt mercury hazardous wastes from hazardous waste regulation but should adopt waste management policies and rules that seek to minimize all releases of mercury into the environment while encouraging the recycling of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps and other mercury-containing devices.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hconres-319,103,hconres,319,"To express the sense of Congress regarding regulation of mercury hazardous waste, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-29,1994-12-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]",MN,D,S000005,1,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should not exempt mercury hazardous wastes from hazardous waste regulation but should adopt waste management policies and rules that seek to minimize all releases of mercury into the environment while encouraging the recycling of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps and other mercury-containing devices.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5304,103,hr,5304,"To amend the Clean Air Act to modify provisions relating to the redesignation of areas and motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4]",PA,D,K000270,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that if a State Governor submits a redesignation of an area from nonattainment to attainment and such designation is based upon attainment of the relevant national ambient air quality standard for three consecutive years, such redesignation shall become effective immediately upon receipt by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to study methods for implementing enhanced inspection and maintenance programs.  Includes within such study an evaluation of the cost effectiveness of such methods.  Directs the Administrator to republish the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance guidance document and incorporate the study's findings. Grants States one year from the study's publication date to submit or revise implementation plans with respect to the enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-s-2559,103,s,2559,A bill relating to implementation of Oil Pollution Act with respect to animal fats and vegetable oils.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-08,1994-12-01,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15423),Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,2,"Requires Federal agencies, in implementing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, to differentiate between animal fats or oils of vegetable origin and other oils, including petroleum oils, on the basis of their physical, chemical, biological, and other properties and their environmental effects.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-5250,103,hr,5250,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-10-07,1994-10-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,0,"Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes a State or qualified political subdivision to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste, incinerator ash, and construction or demolition debris generated within its boundaries if, before May 15, 1994, such entity:  (1) adopted a law, regulation, or legally binding provision that contains such authority and directs the waste, ash, or debris to a waste management facility designated before such date or identifies the use of waste management methods; and (2) committed to the designation of a facility for such methods.  Authorizes such an entity to exercise such authority for voluntarily relinquished recyclable materials generated within its boundaries.  Establishes similar authority for States and subdivisions that meet such requirements after this Act's enactment. (Sec. 202) Provides that laws, regulations, or legally binding provisions that implement flow control authority shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:    (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Allows such authority with respect to solid waste or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision establishes a program to separate or divert recyclable materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse.  Makes such condition inapplicable in certain cases. Establishes additional conditions on the exercise of flow control authority, including requirements that such authority is necessary to meet current or anticipated waste management needs, revenues derived from the exercise of such authority are devoted primarily to solid waste management services, and States and subdivisions implement a competitive designation process with respect to waste management facilities or facilities for recyclable materials. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and considers such laws and contracts to be a reasonable regulation of commerce.",2025-08-26T13:50:52Z,
103-hr-5288,103,hr,5288,Bi-State Waste Disposal Efficiency Act,Environmental Protection,1994-10-07,1994-11-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Wheat, Alan [D-MO-5]",MO,D,W000326,0,"Bi-State Waste Disposal Efficiency Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that any requirement in a Federal law that an owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator obtain authorization to receive out-of-State municipal solid waste shall not apply if the out-of-State waste is generated within, and the landfill or incinerator is located within, the same bi-State level A metropolitan statistical area which contains two contiguous major cities located in different States.",2025-08-26T13:50:59Z,
103-s-2553,103,s,2553,Cooperative Planning Assistance Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Cooperative Planning Assistance Act of 1994 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with a State, political subdivision, or group of States or State political subdivisions to provide assistance for habitat acquisition required to carry out an approved conservation plan, including assisting the entity in ensuring that adequate funding for the plan will be provided. Authorizes the Secretary to pay to an entity that is a party to such cooperative agreement the full amount of interest on a loan, bond, or other debt instrument of the entity that is approved by the Secretary before entering into the agreement and that is used solely for habitat acquisition costs identified in an approved conservation plan.  Requires the entity, before entering into such cooperative agreement, to demonstrate its ability to repay the principal amount of the debt incurred in a timely manner and from a source, other than its general tax revenue, that is dedicated to repaying the principal. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Secretary before entering into such cooperative agreements. Provides that:  (1) the sole obligation to be paid by the Secretary pursuant to the cooperative agreement shall be the interest on the debt; and (2) the entity that is a party to such agreement shall pay the principal. Terminates the obligation of the Secretary to pay interest and requires the defaulting entity to repay the Secretary all interest payments made pursuant to the terms of the cooperative agreement if the entity that is a party to the agreement defaults on the payment of the principal amount of the debt and the default continues for two years or more. Provides that on full payment of the debt and at the request of the Secretary the habitat purchased by the entity with funds obtained through the debt instrument shall be conveyed to the United States. Provides that if the Secretary exercises such authority, the use of the property shall be dedicated to the protection of species and the preservation of any wilderness areas of the property.",2025-08-26T13:50:57Z,
103-hconres-309,103,hconres,309,Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the use of selective Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) programs as part of State implementation plans under the Clean Air Act.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]",TX,R,B000213,0,Declares that:  (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should modify regulations that implement the Clean Air Act to permit any State in nonattainment to adopt a State Implementation Plan that relies on a selective inspection and maintenance program; (2) such program should focus on how best to locate and repair that proportion of the fleet that causes the majority of pollution; and (3) States should adopt the most cost-effective method of locating and fixing gross polluters. States that EPA regulations under such Act should:  (1) provide that States that opt for a selective program will receive credits that are no less than the actual pollution reduction achieved by such a program and that they may rely on actual data accumulated during the program in determining the reduction achieved; and (2) require States to compile information gained through methods of on-road testing.  States that an individual panel of experts should evaluate such information to report on emission status and trends and the effectiveness of vehicle emission control activities and make recommendations to correct deficiencies and enhance capabilities of EPA's mobile source emission models.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5205,103,hr,5205,To provide Federal assistance for compliance with Federally-mandated motor vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip reduction requirements in effect under the Clean Air Act.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie [D-PA-13]",PA,D,M000129,0,Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to each State carrying out a vehicle inspection and maintenance program under the Clean Air Act. Requires grants to be used to provide assistance to enable vehicle owners to perform repair and maintenance as is necessary for such vehicles to comply with program requirements.  Directs States to use grants to make payments for qualified repair and maintenance costs incurred by owners. Establishes a payment schedule that provides for covering:  (1) up to 60 percent of qualified repair and maintenance costs that do not exceed $200; and (2) up to 80 percent of such costs between $200 and $400. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to each State carrying out employee trip reduction requirements for nonattainment areas under title I of the Clean Air Act.  Requires grants to be used by States to provide assistance to enable employers to comply with such requirements.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5211,103,hr,5211,To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal certain emissions standards for motor vehicles which have not yet taken effect.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to make the emissions standards for model year 1995 motor vehicles applicable to all motor vehicles, in any class or category, manufactured after such model year. Repeals:  (1) emissions standards for nitrogen oxides from heavy duty trucks for model years after 1997; (2) specified emissions standards for light-duty trucks for model years after 1995; and (3) requirements for a study on whether further reductions in emissions from light-duty vehicles are necessary.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5212,103,hr,5212,To amend the Clean Air Act to allow emission reductions caused by fleet turnover to be credited to the emission reduction requirements of the Act.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to allow emission reductions attributable to fleet turnover to be creditable against required reductions in Moderate ozone nonattainment areas.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5213,103,hr,5213,To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Federal government from requiring State plans to mandate trip reduction measures.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that revisions of State implementation plans that provide for transportation control measures for Serious ozone nonattainment areas shall not be required to include trip reduction ordinances.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5214,103,hr,5214,To repeal provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with toxic air emissions.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal provisions relating to the listing of, and emission standards for, hazardous air pollutants.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5215,103,hr,5215,To repeal provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with acid rain.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal provisions relating to acid deposition control.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5216,103,hr,5216,To repeal provisions of the Clean Air Act dealing with stratospheric ozone protection.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal provisions relating to stratospheric ozone protection.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5217,103,hr,5217,To repeal the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Public Law 101-549).,Environmental Protection,1994-10-06,1994-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]",TX,R,D000217,0,Repeals the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5176,103,hr,5176,Ocean Pollution Reduction Act,Environmental Protection,1994-10-05,1994-10-31,Became Public Law No: 103-431.,House,"Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50]",CA,D,F000116,2,"Ocean Pollution Reduction Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the city of San Diego, California, to apply for a modification of secondary treatment requirements with respect to biological oxygen demand and total suspended solids in the effluent discharged into marine waters. Includes within such application a commitment by the applicant to implement a waste water reclamation program meeting specified minimum requirements. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from granting a modification unless such modification will result in removal of at least 58 percent of the biological oxygen demand (on an annual average) and at least 80 percent of total suspended solids (on a monthly average) in the discharge to which the application applies.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2506,103,s,2506,Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995,Environmental Protection,1994-10-05,1994-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]",LA,D,J000189,0,"Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the issuance of revisions to or clarifications of the guidelines for identifying and delineating wetlands until the National Academy of Sciences has completed a specified wetlands study. (Sec. 4) Provides that clear evidence of wetlands hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydric soil must be present in order to make a positive wetland delineation determination. Requires wetlands located on agricultural lands and associated non-agricultural lands to be delineated by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Food Security Act of 1985.  Exempts from the requirements of this Act agricultural lands that are exempt from the requirements of the Food Security Act of 1985. (Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undertake a project to classify U.S. wetlands, to be completed within ten years of this Act's enactment date.  Requires wetlands to be classified as Class A, B, or C depending on their relative ecological significance, taking into account regional variations in hydrology, soils, and vegetation, with Class A wetlands being those that serve critical wetlands functions. Authorizes any person to request the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, to determine the classification of wetlands. (Sec. 6) Considers draining, channelization, and excavation of wetlands to be discharging of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters for purposes of permit provisions. (Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to determine whether to issue a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material into Class A wetlands based on a sequential analysis that seeks to avoid adverse effects on wetlands, minimize adverse effects that cannot be avoided, and mitigate adverse effects that cannot be avoided and that remain. Directs the Secretary to make such determination with respect to Class B wetlands pursuant to a public interest review.  Provides that no permit for such activities shall be required with respect to Class C wetlands. (Sec. 8) Removes EPA authority to deny the use of areas as disposal sites for dredged or fill material.  Directs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator regarding whether the discharge of such materials whould have an adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas, wildlife, or recreational areas. (Sec. 9) Sets forth conditions under which extensions of time are available for the Secretary's decision on a permit. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary, upon the request of a State, regional, local, or tribal governmental body with an existing wetlands regulatory program, to issue a general permit for the program subject to specified conditions.  Requires linear utility facilities to continue to be regulated by the Secretary. Authorizes general permits to be issued for discharges of dredged or fill material associated with activities (including the production of agricultural commodities on converted wetlands) found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be exempt from ineligibility provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 if a general permit:  (1) provides adequate safeguards to ensure that the activities exempted will have no more than minimal individual and cumulative environmental impacts; and (2) includes provisions to provide for periodic reviews to ensure that permit conditions are met. Authorizes grants for State, regional, local, and tribal permit programs. (Sec. 11) Expands the list of discharge activities that are exempt from regulation as well as the list of areas tht shall not be considered as navigable waters for purposes of regulation. (Sec. 12) Removes EPA's authority to restrict the issuance of permits under a State permit program for the discharge of dredged or fill material. (Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the establishment, use, maintenance, and oversight of mitigation banks. Defines a ""mitigation bank"" as a wetlands restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation project undertaken for the purpose of providing mitigation compensation credits to offset wetlands losses authorized by the terms of permits allowing discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable waters. (Sec. 14) Establishes an administrative appeals process under which landowners or other persons may appeal regulatory jurisdiction over lands and other specified determinations regarding permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material. (Sec. 15) Sets forth requirements for mapping and public notice for areas where Federal wetlands may be located. (Sec. 16) Provides that for permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material within the State of Alaska, the guidelines issued:  (1) shall not include standards for compensatory mitigation of adverse impacts; (2) shall include standards for minimization of impacts; and (3) may include standards for avoidance of impacts.  Requires the Secretary to issue a general permit for such discharges in Alaska. Requires lands conveyed to, selected by, or owned by Alaska native corporations to be economic base lands.  Directs the Secretary, regarding permit decisions for such lands, to:  (1) balance the standards and policies of this Act against the obligations of the United States to allow such lands to be used beneficially to create and sustain economic activity; (2) give substantial weight to the social and economic needs of Alaska natives; and (3) account for regional differences, abundance, and functions of wetlands. Requires the Secretary, regarding rural Alaska Native villages, to issue general permits for disposition of dredge and fill material for critical infrastructure in rural villages without a determination that activities authorized by such a permit cause only minimal adverse environmental effects.",2025-08-26T13:51:22Z,
103-s-2507,103,s,2507,Stormwater Control Reform Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-10-05,1994-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,"Stormwater Control Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to apply permit requirements to stormwater discharges associated with commercial activity. Exempts, with exceptions, a discharge composed entirely of stormwater from a municipal storm sewer system serving a population of fewer than 100,000 individuals that is located in an urbanized area from permit requirements prior to October 1, 2001. Exempts sources of discharges composed entirely of stormwater from such sewer systems from permit requirements (currently, such exemption is only available prior to October 1, 1994).  Provides that permits issued for discharges from municipal storm sewers composed entirely of stormwater shall not require compliance with numeric effluent limitations and water quality standards shall not be applied or enforced as effluent limitations. Authorizes the Administrator to issue a consolidated permit for discharges from a storm sewer system owned by a municipality and the stormwater discharges from industrial or commercial sources owned by the same municipality. Requires the Administrator to establish permit requirements for stormwater discharges from commercial and light industrial sources. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt certain commercial and light industrial stormwater discharges from permit requirements. Directs the Administrator to establish an initiative to fund State and local demonstration programs and research to test innovative approaches to address the impacts of hydrologic and hydraulic changes, source controls, and water quality management practices and controls for runoff from municipal storm sewers.  Authorizes appropriations. Makes municipalities subject to stormwater discharge permit requirements eligible for grants to train citizens in watershed monitoring activities to support municipal stormwater management programs.",2025-08-26T13:52:07Z,
103-hr-5144,103,hr,5144,"To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that no species may be determined to be an endangered species or threatened species, and no critical habitat may be designated, until that Act is reauthorized.",Environmental Protection,1994-09-30,1994-09-30,Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.,House,"Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-11]",TX,D,E000063,36,"Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from determining a species as an endangered or threatened species, or from designating a critical habitat of a species, until such Act has been reauthorized.",2021-06-02T20:13:46Z,
103-hr-5150,103,hr,5150,"To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act concerning the eligibility of officers and employees of State, county, and municipal governments to serve as members of State boards that issue permits for discharges into the navigable waters.",Environmental Protection,1994-09-30,1994-10-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-19]",CA,D,L000225,0,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow State, county, or municipal government officers or employees, if such persons do not participate in discharge permit determinations involving such governments, to be members of boards that approve permit applications notwithstanding a prohibition on membership for persons who have received a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2490,103,s,2490,Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-09-30,1994-09-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,"Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit, unless such activity is undertaken pursuant to a permit issued by the Secretary of the Army:  (1) the discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters; or (2) the draining, channelization, or excavation of wetlands. (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary, upon receiving permit applications, to:  (1) classify as Type A wetlands those that are of critical significance to the long-term conservation of an ecosystem and meet other specified conditions; (2) classify as Type B wetlands those that provide habitat for a significant population of wildlife or provide other significant wetlands functions and values; and (3) classify as Type C wetlands those that serve marginal functions but exist in such abundance that regulation of activities is not necessary to conserve wetlands values and functions, are prior converted cropland, are fastlands, or are lands within areas that do not serve significant wetlands functions and values. Prohibits more than 20 percent of any county, parish, or borough from being classified as Type A wetlands. Permits owners of interests in Type A wetlands to seek compensation for the fair market value of such lands.  Provides that title for such lands shall pass to the United States on acceptance of an offer for compensation. Requires the Secretary to deny a permit authorizing activities in Type A wetlands unless:  (1) such activities can be undertaken with minimal alteration or disturbance; or (2) the proposed use of the land will result in overall environmental benefits.  Authorizes the Secretary to issue a permit for activities in Type B wetlands subject to conditions that ensure that the wetland ecosystem does not suffer loss or degradation.  Imposes requirements for mitigation when such activities result in permanent wetland loss or degradation. Directs the Secretary to establish a mitigation banking program in each State to ensure compensation for loss and degradation of wetlands. Requires the primary objective of such programs to be to provide for the restoration, enhancement, or creation of ecologically significant wetlands on an ecosystem basis. Exempts specified activities from this Act's requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards to govern the delineation of wetlands, to be binding on all Federal agencies. Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a project to identify and classify U.S. wetlands. Authorizes civil actions and prescribes penalties for permit violations. Authorizes States to administer permit programs for activities covered by this Act, subject to the Secretary's approval.",2025-08-26T13:52:18Z,
103-s-2472,103,s,2472,Sound Science in Risk Assessment Act,Environmental Protection,1994-09-28,1994-09-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,0,"Sound Science in Risk Assessment Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop rules and review procedures that provide that:  (1) risk assessments are consistent, of high technical quality, scientifically objective, and unbiased; and (2) significant uncertainties regarding facts, scientific knowledge, the validity of analytical techniques, or numerical risk estimates are clearly disclosed in terms readily understandable to the public. Requires the Administrator to issue proposed rules that:  (1) set forth uniform general procedures governing risk assessments conducted by EPA and incorporate relevant guidelines existing prior to the issuance of such rules; and (2) govern use of a distinctive type of risk assessment approach, technique, or methodology. Directs the Administrator to issue procedures for the review and revision of a risk assessment completed prior to this Act's enactment or the issuance of final risk assessment rules.  Permits petitions to the Administrator to perform reviews under certain conditions. Requires the Administrator to issue final rules for risk assessment approaches, techniques, or methodologies after taking into account comments by the public.",2025-08-26T13:49:33Z,
103-hr-5073,103,hr,5073,"Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994",Environmental Protection,1994-09-22,1994-09-27,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]",TX,R,S000583,10,"Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit, until its reauthorization, the Secretary of the Interior from:  (1) determining a species as an endangered or threatened species; or (2) designating a species habitat as a critical habitat. Requires the Secretary to compensate, upon request, persons and entities for the loss in market value of land that has been designated a critical habitat. Limits the current requirement that Federal agencies insure that any action (regardless of its expense) they authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species, or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species determined to be critical, without an express exemption. Restricts such requirement to agency actions that result in expenditures of $500,000 or more.",2025-08-26T13:50:35Z,
103-s-2451,103,s,2451,"Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994",Environmental Protection,1994-09-22,1994-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]",TX,R,H001016,1,"Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit, until its reauthorization, the Secretary of the Interior from:  (1) determining a species as an endangered or threatened species; or (2) designating a species habitat as a critical habitat. Requires the Secretary to compensate, upon request, persons and entities for the loss in market value of land that has been designated a critical habitat. Limits the current requirement that Federal agencies insure that any action (regardless of its expense) they authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species, or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species determined to be critical, without an express exemption.  Restricts such requirement to agency actions that result in expenditures of $500,000 or more.",2025-08-26T13:49:55Z,
103-hr-5053,103,hr,5053,Water Bank Extension Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-09-19,1994-10-22,Became Public Law No: 103-393.,House,"Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,P000422,0,Water Bank Extension Act of 1994 - Extends for one year eligibility for the wetlands reserve program to lands covered by expiring agreements under the Water Bank Act. Places limits on the amount of such extension based upon certain wetlands reserve program obligations.,2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
103-hr-4984,103,hr,4984,Uniform Hazardous Waste Treatment Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-18,1994-09-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie [D-PA-13]",PA,D,M000129,2,"Uniform Hazardous Waste Treatment Act of 1994 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit facilities that burn fuel for energy recovery from burning fuel containing any quantity of hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to such Act unless such fuel is conforming hazardous waste fuel. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate quantitative specifications for conforming hazardous waste fuel to ensure that fuel containing such waste is burned to recover useful energy and that such fuel has physical, chemical, thermal, and energy-related properties equivalent to standard fuels such as coal and oil.  Lists minimum specifications. Permits cement kiln dust to be disposed of only at facilities and in units that meet specified performance standards for hazardous wastes and minimum technological requirements promulgated by the Administrator. Limits the Administrator's authority to modify certain hazardous waste requirements with respect to cement kiln dust produced in a kiln that burns conforming hazardous waste fuels.  Makes such dust subject to any land disposal treatment standards applicable to the particular hazardous waste contained in the fuel. Directs the Administrator to promulgate:  (1) standards for the design and operation of cement kilns that burn conforming hazardous waste fuel as necessary to protect human health and the environment; (2) standards for the control of emissions of cement kiln dust from cement kilns; (3) regulations to control emissions of metals from all units that burn hazardous waste necessary to protect human health and the environment; and (4) standards for the control of stack emissions from cement kilns. Sets forth permit requirements with respect to cement kiln dust from kilns that burn conforming hazardous waste fuel. Establishes monitoring and recordkeeping requirements for owners and operators of combustion units that burn conforming hazardous waste fuel. Requires the Administrator to promulgate:  (1) training requirements for personnel who operate cement kilns that burn conforming hazardous waste or landfills used for disposal of dust from such kilns; and (2) standards for owners and operators of facilities which produce a fuel from any hazardous waste listed under the Solid Waste Disposal Act as necessary to protect human health and the environment.",2025-08-26T13:49:37Z,
103-hr-4951,103,hr,4951,"To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that no Federal Implementation Plan need be promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency upon the failure of a State implementation plan to attain certain attainment deadlines which have been superseded by the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-08-12,1994-08-12,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41]",CA,R,K000181,1,"Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that:  (1) nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize or require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate an implementation plan pursuant to a finding that a State plan has failed to demonstrate attainment or maintenance of the national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone or carbon monoxide by December 31, 1987; and (2) no such finding shall result in the application of sanctions.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-4952,103,hr,4952,"To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that certain requirements in effect prior to the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act shall cease to apply, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-08-12,1994-08-12,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41]",CA,R,K000181,1,Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not be required to promulgate an applicable implementation plan pursuant to a finding that a State plan does not  satisfy criteria or requirements in effect prior to the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 or upon the Administrator's disapproval of any State plan for failure to satisfy such criteria or requirements.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-4953,103,hr,4953,"To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating a Federal Implementation Plan prior to the disapproval of State implementation plan revisions required pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-08-12,1994-08-12,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41]",CA,R,K000181,8,Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize or require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate or enforce an implementation plan pursuant to any court order or settlement based upon requirements in effect prior to the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 until the Administrator has disapproved State implementation plan revisions in accordance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-4961,103,hr,4961,Coeur d'Alene Basin and Spokane River Restoration Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-12,1994-11-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.,House,"Rep. LaRocco, Larry [D-ID-1]",ID,D,L000098,0,"Coeur d'Alene Basin and Spokane River Restoration Act of 1994 - Establishes the Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Corporation and the Coeur d'Alene Basin Advisory Committee. Directs the Board of the Corporation to adopt a Basin Restoration Plan for the Coeur d'Alene Basin, Idaho, and the Spokane River, Idaho and Washington State. Requires the Plan to:  (1) identify all sources of mining waste and other discharges into the Basin and River; (2) inventory existing projects and activities to restore, remediate, or prevent damages from mining waste and other pollution; and (3) identify additional projects needed to carry out such activities. Preempts any conflicting Federal, State, or local laws.  Exempts the Corporation from liability for the costs of removing or remediating releases of hazardous materials, including liability under provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) Prohibits a project from proceeding until the Board determines that the project meets all requirements under Federal, or more stringent State and tribal, environmental laws. Funds the Corporation's activities through congressional appropriations and private contributions from companies that have been involved with mining activities in the Basin. Establishes the Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Fund.  Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the intent of the Congress that the mining companies of the Basin that contributed to the release of hazardous materials should:  (1) contribute a fair portion of the cost of restoring natural resources; and (2) upon payment of a fair contribution, be assured that no further liability for response costs or natural resource damages may be imposed upon them.  Deems such companies to have satisfied liability that may otherwise be imposed by CERCLA if they contribute at least 25 percent of the amount appropriated by the Congress to carry out this Act.  Grants such companies an offset against liabilities if they contribute less than the required amount. Authorizes the Corporation, the State of Idaho, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and the United States to pursue all actions under CERCLA unless the companies satisfy their liabilities regardless of whether the Basin Restoration Plan is implemented. Tolls all statutes of limitation for cost recovery and natural resource damage actions against the mining companies until January 1, 2018.",2025-08-26T13:50:38Z,
103-hr-4962,103,hr,4962,Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-12,1994-11-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.,House,"Rep. LaRocco, Larry [D-ID-1]",ID,D,L000098,0,"Coeur d'Alene Basin Restoration Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a Coeur d'Alene Basin Management Conference to develop a pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan for the Coeur d'Alene Basin in Idaho. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to convene the management conference. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to State, interstate, and regional water pollution control agencies and public or nonprofit agencies to assist development of the plan. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the water resources divisions of the Idaho and Washington districts of the U.S. Geological Survey, to:  (1) develop an integrated geographic information system of the Coeur d'Alene Basin; (2) convert all partial recording sites in the Basin to continuous monitoring stations with full gauging capabilities and status; and (3) establish additional continuous monitoring sites in the Basin as necessary to carry out basic data collection and monitoring. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, to:  (1) establish a fisheries restoration, development, and conservation program; and (2) conduct a wildlife species and habitat assessment survey in the Basin.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to carry out specified environmental restoration activities in the Basin.  Authorizes appropriations. Exempts the EPA and the Department of the Interior from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for actions taken under this Act.",2025-08-26T13:52:12Z,
103-hr-4931,103,hr,4931,Gulf of Maine Conservation and Cooperation Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-10,1994-08-16,Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.,House,"Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2]",ME,R,S000663,0,"Gulf of Maine Conservation and Cooperation Act of 1994 - Requires the President to establish a Gulf of Maine Inter-Agency Task Force to provide for improved interagency cooperation, efficiency, and effectiveness with respect to Federal activities concerning the conservation and sustainable development of the natural resources of the Gulf of Maine. Requires Federal officials who appoint members of the Task Force to cooperate and coordinate their activities related to natural resources of the Gulf with the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to enter into agreements and memoranda of understanding with the Council to enhance efforts to conserve the Gulf's natural resources. Authorizes the Secretary to work with others to develop a sustainable development strategy for the Gulf. Permits Federal officials who appoint Task Force members to make grants to the Council for programs related to the conservation of the Gulf's natural resources or to sustainable economic development in the Gulf region.  Limits the total amount of annual grants. Directs the Regional Marine Research Board for the Gulf of Maine region to cooperate with the Council and the States bordering the Gulf in efforts to promote the environmental and economic health of the region. Authorizes the Board, subject to the Secretary's approval, to revise schedules for the development of research plans under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to ensure the coordination of such plans with activities under this Act.",2025-08-26T13:50:36Z,
103-hr-4933,103,hr,4933,Landfill Technological Improvement Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-10,1994-08-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]",WA,D,S001115,1,Landfill Technological Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that nothing shall prohibit usage in hazardous waste landfills of sorbents manufactured from processed organic materials that would not be expected to degrade in an anaerobic environment until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency issues final regulations concerning anaerobic landfill conditions and the usage of organic sorbents.,2025-08-26T13:50:45Z,
103-hr-4916,103,hr,4916,Superfund Reform Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-08,1994-08-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]",WA,D,S001115,5,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Community Participation and Human Health      Title II:  State Roles      Title III:  Voluntary Response      Title IV:  Liability and Allocation      Title V:  Remedy Selection and Cleanup Standards      Title VI:  Miscellaneous      Title VII:  Funding      Title VIII:  Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund      Title IX:  Taxes Superfund Reform Act of 1994 - Title I:  Community Participation and Human Health - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make technical assistance grants available to any group of individuals who may be affected by the release or threatened release of hazardous substances or pollutants at any facility on the State Registry or National Priorities List (NPL). (Sec. 101) Requires the President to provide for public participation in significant phases of response activities under CERCLA.  Makes all nonprivileged information available to the public throughout all phases of the response action.  Directs the President to ensure that the presentation of information on risk is unbiased and informative. (Sec. 102) Requires the President to provide the opportunity for the establishment of a representative public forum, known as a Community Working Group (CWG), to achieve direct, regular, and meaningful consultation with all interested parties throughout all stages of a response action whenever:  (1) the President determines such a group will be helpful; or (2) 50 citizens, or at least 20 percent of the population of a locality in which the NPL facility is located, petition for a CWG to be established.  Authorizes CWGs to offer recommendations on the anticipated future use of land at an affected facility prior to the selection of a remedy. Establishes a Citizen Information and Access Office within each State to provide information regarding State Registry and NPL sites, citizens' rights, facility records and health data, public meetings, removal and remedial actions, and outreach activities.  Authorizes Indian tribes to petition the Administrator to form a body equivalent to such Office. Directs the Administrator to submit a biennial Environmental Justice Study to the Congress. (Sec. 103) Requires the President, in setting priorities for taking remedial action, to:  (1) group facilities together, even if they are not adjacent, and score them as a single facility where more than one facility on the State Registry results in hazardous substances exposures to the same population; (2) take into account the use of land or waterways for subsistence, religious, or cultural practices where such use results in additional exposures, in placing facilities on the NPL; (3) conduct interviews with persons affected by the facility and solicit their input in the hazard ranking system evaluation; and (4) place highest priority on facilities with releases of hazardous substances which result in actual ongoing human exposures at levels resulting in demonstrated adverse health effects as identified in specified health assessments. Authorizes the President to take into account any history of exposure to hazardous substances in the community regardless of the source of exposure, in placing facilities on the NPL. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) evaluate major urban areas and other areas where environmental justice concerns may warrant special attention; and (2) identify five facilities in each EPA region that are, or should be, on the State Registry and that are likely to warrant inclusion on the NPL.  Accords such facilities a priority in evaluation for NPL listing and scoring. (Sec. 109) Requires the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Administrator to develop and distribute educational materials on human health effects of hazardous substances to the public. (Sec. 110) Authorizes the ATSDR Administrator to provide grant or contract assistance to individuals who may be affected by releases or threatened releases when:  (1) a public health assessment is conducted at a facility on the NPL; or (2) a release is being evaluated for inclusion on the NPL.  Authorizes the ATSDR Administrator, pursuant to such grants or contracts, to provide for health services to communities affected by the release of hazardous substances. (Sec. 113) Permits the EPA Administrator to carry out a demonstration program to assist in the recruitment and training of individuals from areas affected by NPL facilities for employment in remediation activities.  Encourages parties conducting response actions under CERCLA to have their contractors train minorities and other disadvantaged persons from the affected community in remediation skills. Title II:  State Roles - Authorizes States, pursuant to contracts or cooperative agreements, to apply to the Administrator to take or require:  (1) preremedial actions at any non-federally owned or operated facility that is not listed on the NPL; or (2) response actions at non-federally owned or operated NPL facilities or removal actions at any facility proposed for listing on the NPL.  Sets forth requirements for State enforcement and allocation of liability. (Sec. 202) Prohibits funding to States for response actions, except for emergency removal actions, unless the affected State provides assurances that it will pay 15 percent of the cost of the action or funding and will assure oversight of any operation and maintenance of response actions. (Sec. 206) Directs the Administrator to study the feasibility of authorizing States to use their own laws to carry out CERCLA in lieu of the Federal program under such Act. (Sec. 207) Authorizes States to apply to the Administrator to exercise the Administrator's authorities with respect to response actions at Federal facilities.  Bases approval of transfer of authorities in part on a State's hazardous waste program authorization under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Continues the existing limitations on transfers of authority from the Administrator to any other person under provisions regarding Federal facilities. Title III:  Voluntary Response - Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide assistance to States to establish and expand voluntary response programs. (Sec. 301) Provides that no portion of a facility subject to a response action plan under a qualified State program shall be proposed for listing on the NPL so long as substantial and continual response activities are being undertaken to complete the response action in a timely fashion. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations describing circumstances in which States with qualified programs and the authority to issue permits under Federal environmental statutes may waive permit requirements with respect to approved voluntary response plans under certain conditions. Provides that performance of a voluntary response action shall not constitute an admission of liability under any Federal, State, or local law or regulation or in any private action. Title IV:  Liability and Allocation - Authorizes the Administrator to issue administrative subpoenas to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of information regarding response actions.  Revises confidentiality requirements with respect to such information and applies confidentiality requirements to contractors. (Sec. 403) Absolves of liability for response actions a person who does not impede a response action or natural resource restoration to the extent liability is based solely on:  (1) arrangement, transportation, or acceptance provisions relating to disposal or treatment of hazardous substances and such activities only involved municipal solid waste or sewage sludge possessed by the person and the person is the owner, operator, or lessee of residential property or a small business or small nonprofit organization; (2) such provisions and such activities involved fewer than 55 gallons of liquid materials (or 100 pounds of solid materials) containing hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or such amount as the Administrator may determine; (3) ownership or operation of a vessel or facility and the person is a bona fide prospective purchaser of the facility; (4) ownership and the person acquired the facility by inheritance after disposal of the hazardous substances took place, did not contribute to the release, and exercised due care with respect to such substances; (5) ownership by a Federal, State, or local entity of a road or other right-of-way (other than railroads) over which hazardous substances are transported or on the granting of a license or a permit to conduct business; or (6) actions of a Federal agency in response to a natural disaster. Makes persons who are solely liable under arrangement, transportation, or acceptance provisions regarding disposal or treatment of hazardous substances liable for no more than ten percent of total response costs if such activities only involved municipal solid waste or sewage sludge.  Applies such limitation to the aggregate liability of all persons involved.  Applies such limitation only if acts or omissions giving rise to liability occurred before the date 36 months after enactment of this Act or the person asserting the limitation participates in a qualified household hazardous waste collection program. Limits the liability of persons who do not impede the performance of a response action or natural resource restoration with respect to a release to the lesser of the fair market value of a vessel or facility or the actual proceeds of the sale of the vessel or facility subject to certain conditions. Provides that a person who owns or operates real property contiguous to property on which there has been a release of a hazardous substance and that may be contaminated shall not be considered an owner or operator, for liability purposes, if such persons:  (1) exercised due care with respect to such substance; (2) took precautions against foreseeable acts or omissions that resulted in the release; and (3) did not cause or contribute to the release and provides access to persons authorized to conduct response actions.  Authorizes the President to issue assurances of no enforcement action to such person and grant such person protection against cost recovery and contribution actions. Grants the United States a lien, subject to certain conditions, on any facility for which the prospective purchaser is not liable for unrecovered response costs.  Provides that no lien shall arise with respect to property:  (1) for which the property owner preceding the first bona fide prospective purchaser is not liable or has resolved liability; or (2) where an audit required by an environmental professional gives the purchaser no reason to know of the release of hazardous substances. (Sec. 404) Directs the Administrator to calculate the EPA response action oversight costs for which potentially responsible parties (PRPs) are liable on a national basis as a percentage of total response costs incurred by PRPs (the national oversight rate).  Limits the rate to ten percent of total response costs incurred by all PRPs. Provides that when the President responds at facilities on the NPL, liability for pollutants and contaminants shall be identical to that for hazardous substances only if such pollutants and contaminants:  (1) constitute an imminent and substantial danger to human health; and (2) are not associated with the production or extraction of any hydrocarbon. Prohibits liability based solely on a person's construction activities at a facility if a person can demonstrate that the activities were carried out in accordance with a contract with the owner or operator and the person is a small business construction contractor. (Sec. 405) Revises contribution provisions to require an action by a PRP against another PRP for recovery of costs to be commenced within the later of:  (1) three years after completion of a removal action or within six years after initiation of physical on-site construction of the remedial action; or (2) three years after the date of judgment in any action for recovery or the date of any administrative order or judicial settlement for recovery of costs or damages. (Sec. 406) Provides that a person who has resolved liability to a State or an Indian tribe in an administrative or judicially approved settlement shall not be liable for claims by persons other than the United States regarding response costs or damages addressed in the settlement.  Provides the same protection for persons who have resolved liability to the United States.  Includes protection against all claims that may be asserted against the settling party for recovery of costs or damages paid by another person if addressed in the settlement, except claims based on contractual indemnification. Limits the right to seek contribution from other parties where: (1) the person asserting the right has waived such right in a settlement; (2) the person from whom the contribution is sought is not liable under CERCLA; or (3) the person from whom the contribution is sought has entered into a final settlement with the United States. Makes any person who commences a contribution action liable to the person against whom the action is brought for all reasonable costs of defending against the claim if the action:  (1) is barred for the reasons stated above; (2) is brought against a person who is protected from suits by reason of settlement with the United States; or (3) is brought during a specified moratorium period. (Sec. 408) Provides that response action contractors shall not be liable solely as a result of testing or implementation of alternative or innovative treatment or containment technologies with respect to a response action if use of the technology has been approved by the authorized Federal or State regulatory agency. (Sec. 409) Requires consent decrees pursuant to settlements to require the parties to attempt expeditiously to resolve disagreements concerning implementation of the remedial action informally with Federal and State agencies.  Requires such decrees to contain stipulated penalties for violations in an amount of up to $25,000 per day. Waives certain conditions to expand the scope of eligibility for de minimis settlements. Authorizes the Administrator, if a PRP will be paying amounts to the President as part of a settlement for carrying out a response action, to accept ownership of a financial instrument running irrevocably to the benefit of the United States to conduct such response actions. (Sec.  411) Requires (current law authorizes) the President to offer PRPs (currently, any person) who enter into settlement agreements that are in the public interest a final covenant not to sue concerning liability to the United States for response actions or costs, provided that:  (1) the settling party agrees to perform a final remedial action for the release that is the subject of the settlement; (2) the remedial action does not provide any hazardous substances will remain at the facility at concentrations above the protective concentration levels established after completion of the final action; (3) the agreement has been reached prior to the commencement of litigation against the settling party; (4) the settling party waives all contribution rights against other PRPs at the facility; (5) the settling party pays a premium that compensates for the risks of remedy failure, unanticipated increases in the cost of any uncompleted action (unless the party is performing the action), and the U.S. litigation risk with respect to persons who have not resolved liability to the United States unless the settlement covers 100 percent of U.S. response costs; and (6) the settlement is otherwise acceptable to the United States. Authorizes the President, for settlements for which covenants are unavailable, to provide any person with a covenant not to sue concerning any liability to the United States if the covenant not to sue is in the public interest. (Sec. 412) Adds the following to the list of conditions that a PRP must meet in order to be eligible for an expedited settlement:  (1) liability must be based solely on provisions regarding arrangement, transportation, or acceptance of municipal solid waste or sewage sludge for treatment or disposal; and (2) the PRP must be a natural person, small business, or a municipality that has demonstrated a limited ability to pay response costs. (Sec. 413) Directs the Administrator to initiate the allocation process under this Act for each nonfederally-owned facility on the NPL that involves two or more PRPs:  (1) for which the President selects a remedial action on or after February 3, 1994; and (2) for any such action selected before such date if requested by a PRP which has resolved liability to the United States with respect to the remedial action. Authorizes the Administrator to initiate such process for any facility involving two or more PRPs. Makes the allocation process inapplicable to a facility:  (1) for which there has been a final settlement, decree, or order that determines all liability or allocated shares of PRPs; or (2) at which all of the PRPs are facility owners or operators. Authorizes the Administrator to initiate a single allocation process for more than one facility. Places a moratorium on the commencement or continuation of liability claims or recovery actions in connection with responses for which allocation is required until 90 days after the issuance of the allocator's report. Sets forth requirements concerning the allocation process, including those for the notification of PRPs and determinations regarding de minimis parties.  Provides that de minimis parties that are potentially liable but entitled to expedited settlements shall not be subject to the allocation process unless they fail to settle with the President within 30 days of the offer. Requires the allocation parties to select an allocator from a list provided by the Administrator or from candidates proposed by the parties. Authorizes PRPs, prior to the issuance of the allocator's report, to submit a private allocation for the remedial action to the allocator.  Requires the allocator to adopt such report if it meets specified conditions. Directs the allocator to conduct an allocation process culminating in the issuance of a report with a nonbinding, equitable allocation of the percentage shares of responsibility, including the orphan share, within 180 days of the issuance of the final list of parties or the date of the contract for allocation service, whichever is later.  Bases allocation shares on the following factors:  (1) the amount of hazardous substances contributed by each party; (2) the degree of toxicity and mobility of such substances; (3) the degree of involvement of each party in the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such substances; (4) the degree of care exercised by the party; (5) the cooperation of the party in contributing to the response action; and (6) other factors determined by the Administrator. Sets forth components of orphan shares.  Requires shares that the allocator cannot attribute to any party to be distributed among parties, including the orphan share. Authorizes the Administrator and the Attorney General to reject the allocator's report under certain conditions.  Permits settling parties to seek a new allocation if there is convincing evidence that the allocator did not have certain information when the report was issued. Includes within settlements based on allocated shares:  (1) a waiver of contribution rights against all PRPs for the response action as well as a waiver of rights to challenge any settlement the President enters into with any other PRP; (2) covenants not to sue; (3) a site-specific premium that compensates for the U.S. litigation risk with respect to PRPs who have not resolved liability (unless the settlement covers 100 percent of response costs); (4) contribution protection regarding matters addressed in the settlement; and (5) provisions through which the settling parties shall receive reimbursement from Superfund for response costs incurred in excess of the aggregate of their allocated share and any premia required by the settlement.  Lists maximum amounts for premia authorized for litigation risk.  Permits the Administrator to modify such amounts. Authorizes the United States to commence actions against liable persons who have not resolved liability following allocation. Sets forth conditions under which a party that performs work in excess of its allocated share may be reimbursed.  Limits Superfund financing for reimbursements of costs incurred by parties that are attributable to orphan shares.  Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal agencies named as PRPs subject to the allocation process to the same extent as any other party. Declares that the procedures set forth in this Act shall not be construed to modify the principles of retroactive, strict, joint, and several liability. Provides that persons who are potentially liable solely as response action contractors shall not be named as allocation parties under this section. (Sec. 414) Absolves persons (other than owners or operators) who arranged for the recycling of recyclable material from liability for environmental response actions. Deems transactions involving scrap paper, plastic, glass, textiles, or rubber (other than whole tires) to be arranging for recycling if the person who arranged the transaction demonstrates that the following criteria were met:  (1) the recyclable material met a commercial specification grade and a market existed for the material; (2) a substantial portion of the material was made available for use as a feedstock for the manufacture of a new saleable product; (3) the material (or product made from the material) could have been a replacement for a virgin raw material; and (4) with respect to transactions occurring 90 days after this Act's enactment, the person exercised reasonable care to determine that the facility where the material would be managed by another was in compliance with Federal, State, or local environmental laws or regulations. Deems transactions involving scrap metal to be arranging for recycling if the person who arranged the transaction demonstrates that: (1) the criteria for scrap materials were met; (2) he/she complied with applicable standards regarding activities associated with the recycling of scrap metals; and (3) the scrap metal was not melted prior to the transaction. Deems transactions involving spent lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, or other batteries to be arranging for recycling if the person involved demonstrates that:  (1) the criteria for scrap materials were met; and (2) he/she complied with applicable Federal environmental standards regarding such batteries. Makes the exemptions from liability under this Act inapplicable if the person:  (1) had an objectively reasonable basis to believe at the time of the recycling transaction that the recyclable material would not be recycled or would be burned as fuel or for energy recovery or incineration or that the consuming facility was not in compliance with Federal, State, or local environmental laws or regulations; (2) added hazardous substances to the material for purposes other than processing or recycling; or (3) failed to exercise reasonable care with respect to the management of the material. Makes such exemptions inapplicable if the recyclable material contained polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million or any new Federal standard. Title V:  Remedy Selection and Cleanup Standards - Revises provisions regarding cleanup standards to direct the Administrator to promulgate national goals to be applied at all facilities subject to remedial action under this Act.  Requires such goals to be expressed as a single numerical level for chemical carcinogens and noncarcinogens. (Sec. 501) Directs the Administrator to promulgate a national risk protocol for conducting risk assessments under CERCLA.  Requires the risk protocol to be used for risk assessment underlying determinations of the need for remedial action, the establishment of protective concentration levels of chemicals, and the evaluation of remedial alternatives. Requires remedial actions to:  (1) comply with substantive requirements of Federal, or more stringent State, environmental or facility siting laws; (2) attain any promulgated concentration levels applicable to determining the level of cleanup for such actions; and (3) comply with any other standard under State environmental or facility siting laws that the State demonstrates is consistently applied to remedial actions. States that a goal of this Act is to restore any contaminated groundwater or surface water that may be used for drinking water to: (1) the level of any maximum contaminant level or level goal for the hazardous substance or contaminant that has been established under the Safe Drinking Water Act; and (2) a protective concentration level that attains such goal for any other hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.  Requires the achievement of such goal unless the President finds that such goal is technically impracticable from an engineering perspective or, under certain conditions, unreasonably costly.  Requires remedial actions for contaminated groundwater (other than that used for drinking water) to attain levels appropriate to the current or anticipated use of such water. Authorizes the President to select a remedial action that does not comply with Federal and State standards subject to certain conditions. (Sec. 502) Revises general rules for remedial actions.  Directs the President, in selecting a remedy, to take into account the reasonably anticipated future uses of land at a facility.  Provides certain procedures for the remediation of hot spots.  Requires the President to establish cost-effective generic remedies for categories of facilities. Sets forth factors to be taken into consideration with respect to selection of response actions for groundwater. (Sec.  504) Removes a condition on the President's authority to acquire property needed to conduct a response action that requires the State in which the property is located to agree to accept transfer of the property when the action is completed. (Sec. 505) Alters the criteria for the continuance of obligations for removal actions to provide that actions shall not continue after $4 million (currently, $2 million) has been obligated or two years (currently, 12 months) have elapsed from the date of initial response to a release or threatened release of hazardous substances. Requires Federal agencies, before the commencement of any non-emergency removal action, to notify the EPA and the State of the planned action and obtain, in the case of facilities listed or proposed for listing on the NPL, concurrence in the planned action from the EPA or the State. (Sec. 506) Authorizes the President, in order to respond to a release of a hazardous substance, to acquire a hazardous substance easement which limits or controls the use of land or other natural resources.  Permits easements and notices of property use restrictions to be used whenever institutional controls have been selected as a component of a removal or remedial action. Makes easements enforceable in perpetuity (unless terminated pursuant to this Act) against owners of affected property or persons who acquire interest in, or rights to use, the property. Title VI:  Miscellaneous - Makes a Federal agency subject to certain actions required for Federal facilities under CERCLA, with the exception of certain reporting requirements, if the agency owned or operated a facility over which it exercised no regulatory or other control over activities that resulted in a release of a hazardous substance unless:  (1) no Federal agency was the primary or sole source or cause of such release; (2) the activities resulting in the release were pursuant to statutory authority and occurred prior to 1976; and (3) the persons primarily responsible for the release are financially viable and capable of performing or financing the response action. (Sec. 605) Authorizes the use of the Superfund to pay up to 50 percent of response costs incurred by a potentially liable party in taking approved actions to achieve response after employing an alternative or innovative technology that fails to achieve the required level of response. (Sec. 606) Includes trusts, estates, or persons who hold title to a vessel or facility or are otherwise affiliated with a vessel or facility in a fiduciary capacity within the definition of ""owner or operator"" for purposes of determining liability under CERCLA.  Limits the personal obligations and liabilities of a fiduciary to the extent to which the assets of the trust or estate are sufficient to indemnify the fiduciary, subject to certain conditions.  Excludes from such definition the United States, a Federal agency, or a conservator or receiver appointed by a Federal agency which acquired ownership of a facility or vessel in connection with receivership or conservatorship and forfeiture or seizure authority, provided such entity does not participate in operations that result in a release. (Sec. 608) Directs the Administrator to establish a small business Superfund assistance section within the small business ombudsman office to provide assistance and information regarding CERCLA and the allocation and settlement processes. (Sec. 611) Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on EPA procedures for suspension and debarment of persons and business entities, particularly response action contractors, and to assess the feasibility and cost of creating a nationwide data base to track such persons. (Sec. 613) Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines for a model State program for the training and certification of individuals to perform Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.  Establishes the Environmental Certification Board. (Sec. 615) Revises provisions regarding the application of CERCLA to Federal agencies to make such agencies subject to all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements regarding response actions related to, or management of, hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants in the same manner as such requirements apply to nongovernmental entities.  Absolves Federal employees of personal liability for civil penalties under Federal or State response laws with respect to acts or omissions within their official duties.  Makes such employees subject to criminal sanctions under such laws, but exempts Federal agencies from such sanctions. (Sec. 616) Increases the authorization from Superfund for worker training and education grants. (Sec. 619) Makes States eligible for reimbursement currently available to local governments for emergency response actions. (Sec. 620) Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of instituting a small disadvantaged business goal program for all Federal contracts under CERCLA. Title VII:  Funding - Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out specified Superfund authorities through FY 1999. Title VIII: Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund - Environmental Insurance Resolution and Equity Act of 1994 - Establishes the Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund to provide for the resolution of disputes between certain PRPs and their insurers. (Sec. 805) Authorizes the Fund to decide not to make an offer unless an eligible person has filed and is actively pursuing a claim with an insurer. (Sec. 806) Requires the Fund to make resolution offers to eligible persons equal to the applicable percentage of the lesser of the eligible costs incurred by the persons or the available coverage. Describes applicable percentages based on facility location and size, litigation venues, and State. (Sec. 807) Directs eligible persons that accept Fund resolutions to waive existing and future claims against an insurer for eligible costs. (Sec. 808) Requires the Fund to make pre- and post-resolution payments to eligible persons who accept a resolution. Treats payments made by the Fund to an eligible person as payments made by an insurer. (Sec. 809) Requires the Fund, in cases where an eligible person rejects a resolution offer, litigates a claim against an insurer, and obtains a final judgment against, or enters into a settlement with, the insurer, to reimburse the insurer for the lesser of the amount of the resolution offer or the final judgment or settlement.  Authorizes the Fund, in such cases, to reimburse an insurer for unrecovered reasonable costs and legal fees if the resolution offer exceeded such final judgment or settlement. (Sec. 811) Provides that this title acts as a stay of all pending litigation regarding claims for indemnity or arising from insurance coverage for eligible costs.  Bars stays of litigation ten years after this Act's enactment with respect to:  (1) a person that becomes an eligible person on or after such date; and (2) an eligible person that has not filed a request for a resolution offer and has not rejected an offer before such date. (Sec. 815) Directs the President to report on:  (1) the potential liability of the Fund; and (2) the number of non-NPL facilities and their average cleanup cost. (Sec. 817) Terminates the Fund's authority to:  (1) accept requests for resolution ten years after this Act's enactment date; and (2) offer resolutions ten years and 180 days after such date. Title IX:  Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the applicability of the environmental tax to tax years before January 1, 2001 (currently, 1996).  Extends certain provisions regarding the Superfund financing rate. (Sec. 903) Requires all expenditures of the Resolution Fund to be paid out of fees and assessments imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Exempts the Fund from Federal, State, and local taxation.",2025-08-26T13:49:24Z,
103-s-2371,103,s,2371,Environmental Audit Protection Act,Environmental Protection,1994-08-08,1994-08-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Environmental Audit Protection Act - Provides that an environmental audit shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in any civil or criminal action or administrative proceeding before a Federal court or agency, except as provided by this Act. Excludes from such protection information:  (1) required to be made available to a regulatory agency pursuant to an environmental law or other Federal, State, or local law or regulation; (2) obtained by observation, sampling, or monitoring by a regulatory agency; or (3) obtained from a source independent of the environmental audit.  Makes such protection inapplicable with respect to an environmental audit report to the extent that such protection is waived by any person conducting an activity that is regulated under an applicable environmental law and who prepared the report. Excludes from protection, in a civil action or administrative proceeding, any portion of an environmental audit report if:  (1) such protection is invoked for a fraudulent purpose; or (2) the report provides evidence of noncompliance with an environmental law and efforts to achieve compliance were not pursued with reasonable diligence.  Excludes from protection, in a criminal proceeding, any portion of such report if:  (1) any of the conditions described above with respect to civil actions or administrative proceedings where in effect; or (2) the report contains evidence relevant to the commission of an offense under an environmental law, the Attorney General has a compelling need for the information, the information is not otherwise available, and the Attorney General is unable to obtain the equivalent of the information without incurring unreasonable cost and delay. Sets forth procedures for in camera review proceedings.  Bars the use of information prepared for the in camera hearing in any proceeding against the defendant and requires such information to be kept confidential unless:  (1) the information is found by the court to be subject to disclosure; or (2) the person using the information demonstrates that the information was obtained from a source independent of the report.",2025-08-26T13:49:52Z,
103-hr-4915,103,hr,4915,"To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to add States to the governmental entities eligible for reimbursement for emergency removal actions and to clarify authority to take such actions at illicit drug laboratories.",Environmental Protection,1994-08-05,1994-08-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]",MI,D,S001045,3,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to make States affected by a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance from a facility eligible to apply for reimbursement for expenses incurred in carrying out emergency response actions, including the cleanup of illicit drug laboratories.  (Currently, only local governments are eligible for such reimbursement.) Limits the amount of State reimbursement and prohibits the combination of amounts allowed for States and local governments for any single response action.  Makes the Hazardous Substance Superfund available for State reimbursements.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2358,103,s,2358,"A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide relief for non-selfgenerating ozone nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-08-03,1994-08-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,1,"Amends the Clean Air Act to remove a condition on the treatment of ozone nonattainment areas as rural transport areas that permits such treatment only if the nonattainment area does not include, or is not adjacent to, a metropolitan statistical or consolidated metropolitan statistical area.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hr-4882,103,hr,4882,Lead Exposure Reduction Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-01,1994-08-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]",WA,D,S001115,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Lead Abatement      Title II:  Miscellaneous      Title III:  Authorization of Appropriations Lead Exposure Reduction Act of 1994 - Title I:  Lead Abatement - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the processing or distribution in commerce of certain products containing more than a specified percentage of lead. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the sale or distribution in commerce of packaging or products if they include any additive to which lead has been intentionally introduced. Exempts certain products from lead content requirements, including products used for medical purposes, radiation protection or shielding, or in the mining industry to determine the presence of noble metals. (Sec. 104) Requires the Administrator to promulgate a list of lead-containing products that may present a health or environmental risk, specify the maximum concentration of lead found in such products, and promulgate labeling requirements. (Sec. 106) Prohibits: (1) placing in a landfill or incinerating lead-acid batteries; and (2) the disposal of such batteries other than by recycling in accordance with this Act.  Requires used batteries to be delivered to specified entities and establishes battery acceptance requirements. Makes it unlawful to sell a battery that does not bear a label setting forth lead content and recycling information. Prohibits any person from selling at retail for use in the United States a regulated battery or rechargeable consumer product introduced into interstate commerce on or after one year after this Act's enactment date unless:  (1) the battery is easily removable from the product, is contained in a battery pack that is easily removable, or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act.  Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Requires retail establishments that sell such batteries or products to post notices informing consumers that regulated batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate:  (1) labeling requirements for such batteries and related products; and (2) easily-removable design requirements for rechargeable consumer products designed to contain such batteries or battery packs. Provides for exemptions from rechargeable battery requirements under certain conditions. Prohibits the introduction into commerce or offering for introduction or promotional purposes of:  (1) alkaline-manganese batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (limits the content in alkaline-manganese button cells to 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell); (2) zinc carbon batteries manufactured on or afer January 1, 1995, that contain mercury that was intentionally introduced; (3) button cell mercuric-oxide batteries on or after January 1, 1995; and (4) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after January 1, 1997. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 107) Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the environmental and public health effects of burning used oil. Requires the Administrator to appoint a Coordinator for Lead Activities to coordinate activities relating to the prevention of lead poisoning, the reduction of lead exposure, and lead abatement. Title II:  Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator should finalize no rule or regulation that requires a nationwide prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or use of fishing sinkers, jigs, or lures containing lead, brass, or zinc until the Administrator gives priority consideration to alternative means of reducing the risk to waterfowl from lead fishing sinkers. Title III:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:17Z,
103-s-2345,103,s,2345,Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-08-01,1994-10-08,Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendments to Senate bill.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Interstate Waste      Title II:  Flow Control Title I:  Interstate Waste - State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator, effective January 1, 1995, from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste for disposal or incineration unless the owner or operator of the landfill or incinerator obtains authorization (as part of a host community agreement) from the affected local government.  Requires owners or operators to make specified information regarding the facility available prior to seeking such authorization. Authorizes State Governors, unless inconsistent with a host community agreement, to limit the quantity of out-of-State waste received at landfills and incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste in 1993 to an annual amount equal to the quantity received in 1993. Permits State Governors, unless inconsistent with a host community agreement, to prohibit the disposal of such waste at landfills and incinerators that received such waste in 1993 if the waste is generated in a State determined to have exported more than the following amounts of waste to landfills or incinerators not covered by host community agreements: (1) 3.5 million tons in 1995; (2) 3 million tons in 1996 and 1997; (3) 2.5 million tons in 1998 and 1999; (4) 1.5 million tons in 2000 and 2001; and (5) 1 million tons in 2002 and thereafter. Establishes limitations on waste exports to landfills or incinerators not covered by host community agreements. Makes the prohibition on the disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste inapplicable to landfills and incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste during 1993, except as otherwise provided. Prohibits landfills or incinerators from receiving out-of-State waste in the absence of a host community agreement if the operating permit or license for the facility was denied or revoked.  Permits the receipt of such waste without an authorization from the affected local government if the waste is generated within, and the landfill or incinerator is located within, the same bi-State level A metropolitan statistical area that contains two contiguous major cities located in different States. Authorizes both of the States affected by the Supreme Court decision in Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality to collect cost recovery surcharges, subject to limitations, on the combustion or disposal of out-of-State waste. Permits States to establish limits on the amount of out-of-State construction and demolition waste disposed at landfills. Title II: Flow Control - Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes a State or qualified political subdivision to exercise flow control authority for:  (1) municipal solid waste, incinerator ash, and construction or demolition debris generated within their boundaries if, before May 15, 1994, such entity adopted a law, regulation, or legally binding provision that contains such authority and directs the waste, ash, or debris to a waste management facility designated before such date or identifies the use of waste management methods and committed to the designation of a facility for such methods; and (2) voluntarily relinquished recyclable materials generated within their boundaries.  Establishes similar authority for States and subdivisions that meet such requirements after this Act's enactment. Provides that laws, regulations, or legally binding provisions that implement flow control authority shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Allows such authority with respect to solid waste or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision establishes a program to separate or divert recyclable materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse.  Makes such condition inapplicable in certain cases. Establishes additional conditions on the exercise of flow control authority, including requirements that such authority is necessary to meet current or anticipated waste management needs, revenues derived from the exercise of such authority are devoted primarily to solid waste management services, and States and subdivisions implement a competitive designation process with respect to waste management facilities or facilities for recyclable materials. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and considers such laws and contracts to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Prohibits political subdivisions from exercising flow control authority to direct the movement of municipal solid waste to any waste management facility for which a Federal permit was denied twice before this Act's enactment.",2025-08-26T13:51:43Z,
103-hr-4859,103,hr,4859,Waste Flow Control Consensus Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-07-29,1994-08-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,0,"Waste Flow Control Consensus Act of 1994 - Authorizes each State and qualified political subdivision to direct, regulate, or prohibit: (1) the transportation, management, or disposal of municipal solid waste generated from household sources within the boundaries of the State or subdivision and designate waste management facilities to which  such waste shall be transported; (2) the transportation, management, or disposal of municipal solid waste, incinerator ash, and construction and demolition debris, and designate facilities to which such waste shall be transported, managed, or disposed if, before May 15, 1994, the State or political subdivision adopted a law or legally binding provision that regulated such waste or the law or provision identified the use of a waste management method that will be necessary for such activities with respect to municipal solid waste; and (3) transportation of recyclable materials generated within such boundaries and designate facilities to which such materials shall be transported.  Permits States and subdivisions described in (2) above to direct, regulate, or prohibit the transportation, management, and disposal of municipal solid waste from any existing or future waste management facility to any other waste management facility without making findings that such authority is necessary to meet current or anticipated solid waste management needs. Deems any contract, law, or legally binding provision of a State or qualified political subdivision that directs, regulates, or prohibits the transportation, management, or disposal of municipal solid waste as a reasonable regulation of commerce and provides that such contracts, laws, and provisions shall not be considered as impairing, restraining, or discriminating against interstate commerce. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Permits the authority with respect to municipal solid waste from household sources or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision:  (1) establishes a program to separate or divert specified materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse before exercising such authority; and (2) finds on the basis of public hearings that it is necessary to exercise such authority to meet current or anticipated solid waste management needs. Grants the authority under this Act only if the State or political subdivision implements a competitive designation process with respect to waste management or recyclable materials facilities. Authorizes State Governors to certify that State laws and regulations in effect on May 15, 1994, satisfy requirements for the competitive designation process. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts.",2025-08-26T13:48:45Z,
103-hr-4799,103,hr,4799,Environmental Technologies Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-07-20,1994-07-20,"Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.",House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42]",CA,D,B000918,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  General Provisions      Title II:  Policy Coordination and Technology Programs           Subtitle A:  Policy Coordination and Program Planning           Subtitle B:  Environmental Technology Innovation                Initiative           Subtitle C:  Other Research Activities      Title III:  Performance Measurements      Title IV:  Department of Energy Environmental Technology           Development      Title V:  Authorization of Appropriations Title I:  General Provisions - Environmental Technologies Act of 1994 - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes. Title II:  Policy Coordination and Technology Programs - Subtitle A:  Policy Coordination and Program Planning - Requires the President, acting through the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to develop an interagency strategy that:  (1)  ensures the coordinated, interagency promotion of the research, development, and demonstration of environmental technologies; and (2) develops priorities for Federal environmental technology efforts. (Sec. 202) Requires the Director to coordinate Federal activities and resources that are applied to life-cycle assessment and other design-for-environment resources in order to maximize the contribution of such assessments and resources to the efficient design, development, and use of such technologies and to sustainable economic development. (Sec. 203) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to include goals for sustainable economic development within technology innovation programs.  Includes such goals in other existing programs under specified Acts. Subtitle B:  Environmental Technology Innovation Initiative - Establishes an Environmental Innovation Initiative, to be administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to promote the research, development, and demonstration of technologies that will contribute to sustainable economic development.  Includes programs established under this Act in the Initiative. Provides assistance to eligible entities. (Sec. 211) Requires the Administrator to encourage the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and entities located in economically depressed areas in carrying out the Initiative. (Sec. 212) Directs the Administrator to conduct an interagency innovative environmental technology program to develop or demonstrate advanced precommercial environmental technologies.  Makes U.S. companies and partnerships eligible for financial assistance for projects, subject to certain conditions.  Provides for recoupment of assistance in connection with projects which have led to the development of a marketed product or process. (Sec. 213) Establishes the President's Total Environmental Quality Award to be awarded periodically to companies and other organizations which have benefited the United States through environmental technologies. Establishes a National Environmentally Sound Technology Award for individuals who have pioneered the development and use of a highly innovative environmental technology. (Sec. 214) Directs the Administrator to use existing information network capabilities to provide access to data on environmental technologies developed, tested, verified, or certified by programs under this Act and by other appropriate sources. (Sec. 215) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to demonstrate the performance of environmental technologies at Federal laboratories and facilities. (Sec. 216) Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to study the influences on technological innovation in environmental technologies of economic, governmental, and other incentives and barriers. Subtitle C:  Other Research Activities - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research activities that will advance the integration of engineering practices and environmental protection in the development of advanced technologies. Title III:  Performance Measurements - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to establish a program that provides for performance measurements for environmental technology products (excluding those primarily intended to improve the environment through pollution control, remediation, and monitoring). (Sec. 302) Authorizes the Administrator to designate entities to perform environmental technology verification. (Sec. 303) Requires the President to consider performance measurements for environmental technologies developed pursuant to this title in any program for evaluating and approving Federal purchases of environmental technologies. Title IV:  Department of Energy Environmental Technology Development - Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct programs of research, development, and demonstration on:  (1) new and improved technologies for environmental restoration and waste management; (2) training for environmental technicians, engineers, and scientists; and (3) technologies for reducing worker exposure to radioactivity in association with site remediation. (Sec. 402) Requires the Secretary to establish a program to demonstrate the technological and economic feasibility of recycling and reusing radioactively uncontaminated and decontaminated metals and equipment and of other waste minimization techniques.  Provides for the recycling and reuse of the metals and equipment at a minimum of three national laboratories or former nuclear weapons production facilities. (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary to incrementally increase the proportion of the annual budget request for the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management program that is attributable to research and development until such proportion is at least ten percent. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such increase does not affect other Department of Energy programs.  Authorizes appropriations for nondefense research and development activities of the Office of Technology Development. Title V:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:49:52Z,
103-hr-4804,103,hr,4804,"To authorize appropriations for construction of a research facility in Broward County, Florida, to be used in connection with efforts to control Melaleuca and other exotic plant species that threaten native ecosystems in the State of Florida.",Environmental Protection,1994-07-20,1994-08-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]",FL,R,S000303,21,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the construction of a research and quarantine facility in Broward County, Florida, to be used in connection with efforts to control Melaleuca and other exotic plant species that threaten native ecosystems in Florida.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4779,103,hr,4779,State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-07-19,1994-09-28,Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.,House,"Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]",VA,D,B000657,7,"State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste for disposal or incineration unless the owner or operator of the landfill or incinerator obtains authorization (as part of a host community agreement) from the affected local government to receive such waste. Requires owners or operators to make specified information regarding the facility available prior to seeking such authorization. Permits landfills or incinerators to receive out-of-State municipal solid waste in the absence of an authorization if:  (1) the owner or operator provides information that establishes that the owner or operator has entered into a host community agreement or received a State permit authorizing the acceptance of out-of-State waste or that during 1993, the landfill or incinerator received shipments of out-of-State waste; and (2) the landfill or incinerator is in compliance with Federal and State environmental laws. Applies such authorizations for limited time periods for facilities that received such waste during 1993 and establishes deadlines for the continued receipt of such waste. Prohibits landfills or incinerators from receiving out-of-State waste for disposal or incineration in the absence of a host community agreement if the operating permit or license for the facility was denied or revoked.  Permits the receipt of such waste without an authorization if the waste is generated within, and the landfill or incinerator is located within, the same bi-State level A metropolitan statistical area which contains two contiguous major cities located in different States. Authorizes States to limit the amount of such waste received annually by each landfill or incinerator except that no such limit may conflict with:  (1) provisions of a permit authorizing an owner or operator to accept such waste; or (2) a host community agreement entered into between the owner or operator and the affected local government.  Treats such limits as conflicting with a permit or agreement if the permit or agreement establishes a higher limit or does not establish any limit. Establishes specified limits on the receipt of out-of-State waste. Provides that limitations, planning and permitting processes, and State laws and regulations shall not be considered to impose an undue burden on interstate commerce. Authorizes States to impose cost recovery surcharges on the combustion or disposal of out-of-State waste, subject to certain conditions.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-4683,103,hr,4683,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-29,1994-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States and qualified political subdivisions to exercise flow control authority within their borders for:  (1) municipal solid waste generated from household sources within their boundaries; (2) municipal solid waste generated within their boundaries if, before May 15, 1994, the States or political subdivision adopted a law, regulation, solid waste management plan, or legally binding provision that exercised such authority with respect to a waste management facility designated before such date or identified the use of waste management methods necessary for such waste and committed to the designation of facilities for such methods; and (3) recyclable materials generated within their boundaries. Authorizes States or political subdivisions that meet requirements described by (2) above to regulate the transportation, management, and disposal of such waste from any waste management facility to any other such facility subject to certain conditions. Permits flow control authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the States or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Permits such authority with respect to waste from household sources or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision:  (1) establishes a program to separate or divert recyclable materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse before exercising flow control authority over waste from household sources; and (2) finds on the basis of public hearings that it is necessary to exercise such authority to meet current or anticipated solid waste management needs. Allows flow control authority only if the State or subdivision implements a competitive designation process with respect to waste management or recyclable materials facilities.  Authorizes a State Governor to certify that a State's laws and regulations in effect on May 15, 1994, satisfy requirements for the competitive designation process. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and provides that the exercise of flow control authority shall not be considered to impair or discriminate against interstate commerce.",2025-08-26T13:52:04Z,
103-hconres-262,103,hconres,262,To express the sense of the Congress that marinas should not be treated as offshore facilities for purposes of financial responsibility requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.,Environmental Protection,1994-06-28,1994-07-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]",CT,D,G000120,43,Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) marinas should not be treated as offshore facilities for purposes of financial responsibility requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; and (2) any regulations under such Act that require offshore facilities to demonstrate $150 million in financial responsibility should not apply to marinas.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4661,103,hr,4661,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-28,1994-07-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,4,"Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes each State and qualified political subdivision to direct, regulate, or prohibit:  (1) the transportation of municipal solid waste generated from household sources within the boundaries of the State or subdivision and designate waste management facilities to which  such waste shall be transported; (2) the transportation or disposal of municipal solid waste, including incinerator ash or construction or demolition debris, and designate facilities to which such waste shall be transported or disposed if, before May 15, 1994, the State or political subdivision adopted a law that regulated or prohibited the transportation or disposal of such waste; and (3) transportation of recyclable materials generated within such boundaries and designate facilities to which such materials shall be transported.  Permits States and subdivisions described in (2) above to direct, regulate, or prohibit the transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste from any existing or future waste management facility to any other waste management facility without regard to the following conditions on authority. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Permits the authority with respect to municipal solid waste from household sources or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision:  (1) establishes a program to separate or divert specified materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse before exercising such authority; (2) develops and implements a competitive designation process for facilities; and (3) finds on the basis of public hearings that it is necessary to exercise such authority to meet current or anticipated solid waste management needs. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and provides that such laws and contracts shall be considered a reasonable regulation of commerce.",2025-08-26T13:49:26Z,
103-hr-4662,103,hr,4662,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-28,1994-07-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,4,"Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes each State and qualified political subdivision to direct, regulate, or prohibit:  (1) the transportation of municipal solid waste generated from household sources within the boundaries of the State or subdivision and designate waste management facilities to which  such waste shall be transported; (2) the transportation or disposal of municipal solid waste, including incinerator ash or construction or demolition debris, and designate facilities to which such waste shall be transported or disposed if, before May 15, 1994, the State or political subdivision adopted a law that regulated or prohibited the transportation or disposal of such waste; and (3) transportation of recyclable materials generated within such boundaries and designate facilities to which such materials shall be transported.  Permits States and subdivisions described in (2) above to direct, regulate, or prohibit the transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste from any existing or future waste management facility to any other waste management facility without regard to the following conditions on authority. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Permits the authority with respect to municipal solid waste from household sources or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision:  (1) establishes a program to separate or divert specified materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse before exercising such authority; (2) develops and implements a competitive designation process for facilities; and (3) finds on the basis of public hearings that it is necessary to exercise such authority to meet current or anticipated solid waste management needs. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and provides that such laws and contracts shall be considered a reasonable regulation of commerce.",2025-08-26T13:50:01Z,
103-hr-4668,103,hr,4668,Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-28,1994-07-11,"Executive Comment Requested from DOT, EPA.",House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,1,"Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate attesting to the adequacy of garbage reception facilities at a port or terminal only if an onsite inspection has been conducted prior to the issuance of a certificate.  Makes such certificates valid for a period of five years unless there is a change of operator. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require the operators of ports or terminals subject to MARPOL Protocol (the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973) requirements relating to reception facilities to post placards stating that users should report facility inadequacies to the Secretary. Requires all vessels to display placards and conduct briefings that notify the crew and passengers of requirements of Annex V of the Convention. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse or revoke certain permits to proceed or depart of foreign vessels in violation of MARPOL requirements. Provides for a toll-free telephone number for reporting MARPOL violations. Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to express the sense of the Congress that certain shipper insurance policies should not provide for the payment of penalties under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Requires persons in charge of vessels to include information on the disposal of onboard waste in the notice of arrival to the port. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Marine Debris Coordinating Committee. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to extend authorized appropriations for regional marine research programs from FY 1996 through FY 2000.",2025-08-26T13:51:51Z,
103-s-2241,103,s,2241,Gulf of Maine Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-24,1994-06-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,0,"Gulf of Maine Act of 1994 - Establishes a Gulf of Maine Council to promote the environmental and economic health of the Gulf of Maine. Requires the Council to:  (1) facilitate the coordination of governmental and nongovernmental activities related to the Gulf; (2) establish a Gulf of Maine Advisory Group to advise the Council, the Governors of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and the Premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the implementation of this Act; and (3) adopt a Gulf of Maine Agreement for the protection, assessment, management, and sustainable development of the Gulf. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Council to establish an Economic Development Board to implement a long-term plan for coordinating environmentally sound economic assistance for the Gulf region.  Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide planning and local technical assistance grants to the Council for related projects.  Makes a cooperative agreement available through the Economic Development Administration for planning programs to retain or create full-time permanent jobs and income for individuals who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of Federal fishery management regulations. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Council to submit recommendations to the New England Fishery Management Council (Management Council) on fishery management plans if recommendations are necessary to make such plans reflect the goals and priorities of the Agreement.  Requires the Secretary, if in concurrence with such recommendations, to issue a finding that the Management Council review such plans in light of the Council's recommendations. Establishes an Environmental Management and Assessment Program for the Gulf region and provides for a plan for improved environmental management and assessment.  Authorizes grants to the Council for such purposes.  Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Regional Marine Research Board for the Gulf of Maine, with the Secretary's approval, to revise schedules for the development of research plans under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to ensure coordination with activities under this Act. Authorizes the Council to establish a Gulf of Maine Research Advisory Group. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to the St. Croix International Waterway Commission to support its activities.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:23Z,
103-s-2242,103,s,2242,National Institute for the Environment Act,Environmental Protection,1994-06-24,1994-07-13,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8922-8923),Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,11,"National Institute for the Environment Act - Establishes the National Institute for the Environment to:  (1) increase scientific understanding of environmental issues by supporting scientific environmental research and other environmental programs; (2) assist decision-making on environmental issues by providing assessments of knowledge of such issues; (3) serve as the foremost provider of access to current scientific and technical information about the environment; (4) sponsor higher education and training in environmental fields; (5) support the development of methods and technologies that increase understanding of the environment and minimize adverse environmental impact; (6) evaluate the status and needs of the various environmental sciences and fields; (7) foster interchange of scientific information about the environment; (8) address emerging environmental issues and aspects of environmental problems; and (9) establish research priorities for environmental issues. Establishes a Governing Board for the Institute and an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the environmental efforts of the Institute and Federal agencies are complementary. Makes scientists, engineers, and other researchers eligible to receive funding from the Institute. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:50:45Z,
103-hr-4640,103,hr,4640,Gulf of Maine Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-23,1994-07-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]",ME,D,A000211,1,"Gulf of Maine Act of 1994 - Establishes a Gulf of Maine Council to promote the environmental and economic health of the Gulf of Maine. Requires the Council to:  (1) facilitate the coordination of governmental and nongovernmental activities related to the Gulf; (2) establish a Gulf of Maine Advisory Group to advise the Council, the Governors of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and the Premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the implementation of this Act; and (3) adopt a Gulf of Maine Agreement for the protection, assessment, management, and sustainable development of the Gulf. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Council to establish an Economic Development Board to implement a long-term plan for coordinating environmentally sound economic assistance for the Gulf region.  Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide planning and local technical assistance grants to the Council for related projects.  Makes a cooperative agreement available through the Economic Development Administration for planning programs to retain or create full-time permanent jobs and income for individuals who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of Federal fishery management regulations. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Council to submit recommendations to the New England Fishery Management Council (Management Council) on fishery management plans if recommendations are necessary to make such plans reflect the goals and priorities of the Agreement.  Requires the Secretary, if in concurrence with such recommendations, to issue a finding that the Management Council review such plans in light of the Council's recommendations. Establishes an Environmental Management and Assessment Program for the Gulf region and provides for a plan for improved environmental management and assessment.  Authorizes grants to the Council for such purposes.  Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Regional Marine Research Board for the Gulf of Maine, with the Secretary's approval, to revise schedules for the development of research plans under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to ensure coordination with activities under this Act. Authorizes the Council to establish a Gulf of Maine Research Advisory Group. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to the St. Croix International Waterway Commission to support its activities.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:38Z,
103-hr-4643,103,hr,4643,Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-23,1994-06-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,22,"Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States and political subdivisions to require the movement of municipal solid waste generated, and recyclable material voluntarily relinquished by its owner, within their jurisdictions to waste management or recycling facilities if such requirement:  (1) is imposed pursuant to a law, ordinance, or other official act of the State or political subdivision in effect on January 1, 1994; and (2) has been implemented by designating before such date the particular management facilities in operation as of such date to which the municipal solid waste and recyclables must be moved. Makes such authority effective for the remaining life of a contract between the State or political subdivision and any other person regarding the movement or delivery of such waste or recyclable materials as in effect on January 1, 1994, or until completion of the schedule for payment of capital costs of the facility concerned, as in effect on such date, whichever is longer.",2025-08-26T13:48:54Z,
103-s-2231,103,s,2231,U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act,Environmental Protection,1994-06-23,1994-06-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,4,"U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial and other assistance to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, Federal, State, or local governmental entities, and the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico for planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment works in the U.S.-Mexican border area.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:11Z,
103-s-2232,103,s,2232,"A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for the construction of wastewater treatment works to serve United States colonias by providing water pollution control in the vicinity of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-06-23,1994-06-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,1,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to any U.S. State along the U.S.-Mexican border or to any entity designated by the President for construction of treatment works to serve U.S. colonias in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. Bases the determination of whether a community is a colonia on objective criteria, including lack of potable water supply or adequate sewage systems. Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hr-4614,103,hr,4614,To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants for projects that demonstrate technologies and methods for reducing discharges from combined sewer overflows into navigable waters of interstate significance.,Environmental Protection,1994-06-21,1994-07-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]",MA,D,O000085,1,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State, interstate, regional, and local entities for projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective technologies and methods for reducing discharges from combined sewer overflows into navigable waters of interstate significance.  Requires the Administrator, in awarding such grants, to give priority consideration to projects that provide for the transfer of technologies to other areas of the United States. Sets the maximum Federal share of project costs at:  (1) 100 percent of the cost of a feasibility study; (2) 80 percent of the cost of engineering and design; and (3) 80 percent of the cost of construction. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2227,103,s,2227,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-21,1994-07-13,"Subcommittee on Superfund, Recycling. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 103-722.",Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,2,"Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes each State and qualified political subdivision to direct, regulate, or prohibit the transportation of, and designate waste facilities for:  (1) municipal solid waste generated from household sources within the boundaries of the State or subdivision; (2) municipal solid waste that is generated, or is commingled with municipal solid waste that is generated, from commercial, institutional, or industrial sources within such boundaries or that is incinerator ash or construction or demolition debris if, before May 15, 1994, the State or political subdivision adopted a law that regulated or prohibited the transportation of waste to a facility designated before such date; and (3) recyclable materials generated within such boundaries. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:  (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Permits such authority only if the State or subdivision:  (1) establishes a program to separate or divert specified materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse before exercising such authority; (2) develops and implements a competitive designation process for facilities; and (3) finds on the basis of public hearings that it is necessary to exercise such authority to meet current and anticipated solid waste management needs. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and provides that such laws and contracts shall not be considered to impair or discriminate against interstate commerce.",2025-08-26T13:49:54Z,
103-hr-4598,103,hr,4598,To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Environmental Protection,1994-06-17,1994-11-02,Became Public Law No: 103-461.,House,"Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4]",FL,R,F000328,7,Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to the Coastal Barrier Resources System maps necessary to ensure that: (1) depictions of areas on those maps are consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on other specified maps; and (2) the Coastal Barrier Resources System does not include any area that was part of unit FL-05P. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
103-hr-4589,103,hr,4589,"To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for an optional provision for the reduction of work-related vehicle trips and miles travelled in ozone nonattainment areas designated as severe, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-06-16,1994-07-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]",IL,R,M001138,35,"Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize a State in which all or part of a Severe ozone nonattainment area is located to submit a plan revision requiring employers in such area to implement programs to reduce work-related vehicle trips and miles by employees. (Current law requires such States to submit such revision within two years of the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990). Authorizes such revision to require employers in such areas to increase average passenger occupancy per vehicle in commuting trips between home and workplace during peak travel periods.  (Current law requires specified increases in average passenger occupancy.) Authorizes (currently, requires) the revision to require employers subject to a vehicle occupancy requirement to submit a compliance plan.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-s-2201,103,s,2201,"A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for the construction of certain treatment works, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-06-16,1994-06-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,1,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants for the construction of publicly owned treatment works in the South Valley of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Authorizes the Administrator to use $25 million of specified funds made available to EPA under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 to carry out such construction.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-s-2164,103,s,2164,Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-06-07,1994-06-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,"Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program.  Permits the Secretary, as part of the Program, to conduct an annual competition to:  (1) solicit the submission by elementary and secondary school students of designs relating to migratory bird conservation; and (2) select winning designs for use for licensing and marketing.  Authorizes the Secretary to license and market winning designs and stamps bearing such designs, to be known as Junior Duck Stamps. Makes licensing and marketing proceeds available solely for awards and scholarships to individuals who submit designs, awards to further education activities related to the conservation education goals of the Program, and expenses for licensing and marketing. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:52:36Z,
103-hr-4528,103,hr,4528,Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act,Environmental Protection,1994-05-26,1994-06-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,15,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act      Title II:  Mercury Containing Battery Management Act Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide information on the proper handling and disposal of used regulated batteries and rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries. Defines a ""regulated battery"" as a rechargeable battery that contains a cadmium or lead electrode or other electrode chemistries as determined by the Administrator. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements and establishes inspection and access authorities for the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations. Title I:  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Prohibits any person from selling to an end user for use in the United States a regulated battery or rechargeable consumer product manufactured on or after 12 months after this Act's enactment date unless:  (1) the battery is easily removable from the product, is contained in a battery pack that is easily removable, or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act.  Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Requires retail establishments that sell such batteries or products to post notices informing consumers that regulated batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate:  (1) labeling requirements for such batteries and related products; and (2) easily-removable design requirements for rechargeable consumer products designed to contain such batteries or battery packs. Provides for exemptions from this Act's requirements under certain conditions. Title II:  Mercury Containing Battery Management Act - Mercury-Containing Battery Management Act - Prohibits the sale or offering for sale or promotional purposes of:  (1) alkaline-manganese batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (limits the content in alkaline-manganese button cells to 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell); (2) zinc carbon batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1995, that contain mercury that was intentionally introduced; (3) button cell mercuric-oxide batteries on or after January 1, 1995; and (4) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after January 1, 1997.",2025-08-26T13:51:41Z,
103-hr-4478,103,hr,4478,U.S. Colonias Water Pollution Control Act,Environmental Protection,1994-05-24,1994-06-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Coppersmith, Sam [D-AZ-1]",AZ,D,C000767,7,"U.S. Colonias Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to any U.S. State along the U.S.-Mexican border or to any entity designated by the President for construction of treatment works to serve U.S. colonias in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. Bases the determination of whether a community is a colonia on objective criteria, including lack of potable water supply or adequate sewage systems. Limits Federal funding to 50 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:48:52Z,
103-hr-4479,103,hr,4479,U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act,Environmental Protection,1994-05-24,1994-06-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Coppersmith, Sam [D-AZ-1]",AZ,D,C000767,7,"U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial and other assistance to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, Federal, State, or local governmental entities, and the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico for planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment works in the U.S.-Mexican border area.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:49:40Z,
103-hr-4481,103,hr,4481,National Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-05-24,1994-07-19,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Hamburg, Dan [D-CA-1]",CA,D,H000096,17,"National Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Act of 1994 - Declares that it is U.S. policy that:  (1) Federal, State, and local agencies should plan and implement aquatic ecosystem restoration projects resulting in achievement of the interim goals of a net restoration of ten million acres of wetlands, 400,000 miles of streams and rivers, and one million acres of lakes (excluding the Great Lakes) by the year 2010, and long-term goals published by the National Aquatic Restoration Council (established by this Act); and (2) the Federal Government should provide leadership and technical and financial assistance to State and local governments, tribal organizations, other management entities, and private citizens to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate aquatic ecosystem restoration. Directs the Council to:  (1) monitor achievement of the interim goals; and (2) upon determining that such goals have been achieved, establish and publish long-term goals in the Federal Register. Requires:  (1) the President to establish an Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to develop a National Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Strategy; and (2) the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek to implement the Strategy. Sets forth the contents of the Strategy.  Directs the Task Force, in developing the Strategy, to consider the national policy and recommendations contained in the National Research Council's 1992 report on Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems and the 1994 National Science Foundation's Freshwater Initiative. Directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, subject to the availability of amounts deposited into the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Fund (established by this Act), to provide financial assistance to a management entity to carry out each aquatic restoration project approved by the Council.  Sets forth requirements regarding applications for assistance and review and approval of proposed projects. Requires the Task Force to submit to the President and publish in the Federal Register recommendations for sources of amounts for deposit into the Fund, consisting of fees imposed for use or degradation of water resources.  Sets forth provisions regarding presidential and congressional review of the recommendations.  Directs that amounts received by the United States pursuant to such recommendations be deposited into the Fund. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:51:48Z,
103-hr-4475,103,hr,4475,To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study to identify future funding options for financing infrastructure projects under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.,Environmental Protection,1994-05-23,1994-06-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,F000349,15,Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on future funding options for financing infrastructure projects under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.  Authorizes appropriations.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4447,103,hr,4447,"To amend title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to clarify what constitutes an alternative system for the management of sewage sludge and industrial waste for purposes of section 104B of that title, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-05-18,1994-05-23,Executive Comment Requested from EPA.,House,"Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-7]",NY,D,M000117,0,"Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to include within the definition of ""alternative system,"" with respect to provisions concerning ocean dumping of sewage and industrial waste, methods for the management of such sludge or waste which do not require permits to be implemented under contracts effective for up to five years. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek to amend enforcement agreements under such provisions to reflect such amendment.",2021-06-02T20:00:19Z,
103-s-2126,103,s,2126,Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act,Environmental Protection,1994-05-18,1994-06-07,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6452-6453),Senate,"Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA]",VA,D,R000295,0,"Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit owners or operators of landfills or incinerators from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste unless they obtain authorization from the affected local government. Exempts from such prohibition:  (1) landfills or incinerators that, during the one-year period preceding this Act's enactment date, received documented shipments of out-of-State municipal solid waste or, before this Act's enactment date, obtained authorization to accept such waste; (2) landfills in compliance with all Federal and State laws and regulations concerning design and location, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure care and corrective action; or (3) incinerators in compliance with specified requirements of the Clean Air Act and State laws and regulations relating to facility design. Permits a Governor, if requested by an affected local government and local solid waste planning unit, to limit the amount of out-of-State waste, during a one-year period, received by landfills exempted from authorization requirements as a result of receiving documented shipments of such waste during the one-year period preceding this Act's enactment date. Requires owners or operators of landfills or incinerators exempt from this Act's requirements to make contracts entered into for the disposal of out-of-State waste available to the public for inspection. Permits States to exercise the option to become exempt from this Act's requirements if they notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and make specific reference to this Act in taking any appropriate action to reject this Act's applicability.",2025-08-26T13:49:06Z,
103-hr-4401,103,hr,4401,Good Neighbor Water Pollution Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-05-12,1994-05-26,See H.R.3948.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,0,"Good Neighbor Water Pollution Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial and other assistance to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, any Federal, State, or local governmental entity, and the International Boundary and Water Commission, subject to appropriate conditions, for the planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment works located in the U.S.-Mexican border area. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:51:14Z,
103-hr-4412,103,hr,4412,"To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in issuing certain regulations, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-05-12,1994-11-29,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2334-2335),House,"Rep. Long, Jill L. [D-IN-4]",IN,D,L000420,43,"Requires the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases in issuing certain regulations.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-4382,103,hr,4382,"To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to provide for the clean up of municipal waste landfill Superfund sites, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-05-10,1994-05-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]",CT,R,J000163,3,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to authorize States to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval programs for the remediation of qualified municipal waste landfills.  Defines a ""qualified municipal waste landfill"" as a landfill on the National Priorities List (NPL) which is owned by a municipality or a county or is a privately-owned site which has a record of receiving municipal waste.  Makes CERCLA provisions inapplicable to releases or threatened releases at landfills covered under approved programs. Directs the President to promulgate regulations governing response actions for State programs that provide for a presumptive remedy based on streamlined site characterization using EPA's Model Municipal Landfill Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Guidance and for closure of the site consistent with Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Includes within such remedy:  (1) waste consolidation where feasible if multiple discrete disposal sites can be more economically contained in one unit; (2) final cover; (3) landfill gas and surface water controls; (4) control of leachate where feasible; (5) groundwater monitoring or treatment under specified conditions; (6) controls to prevent future exposure to waste; (7) site security to prevent access; and (8) a post-closure care plan that ensures the integrity of the remedy.  Authorizes additional protections as necessary to protect human health and the environment. Provides for reimbursement from the Hazardous Substance Superfund for remediation expenses incurred by a State with an approved program at one qualified municipal waste landfill selected by the State each year. Limits total reimbursement to $2.5 billion.  Permits reimbursement for remediation commenced before approval of a program if activities were not completed before January 1, 1994, and the remediation provides protection equivalent to that specified by this Act.  Exempts any person who is otherwise liable under CERCLA or other Federal law with respect to a release of a hazardous substance from liability if the State has an approved remediation program.  Bars such exemption in cases where:  (1) remediation was completed before January 1, 1994; or (2) a person violated any Federal, State, or local law relating to the generation, transportation, or disposal of solid waste which is present at the facility concerned.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2093,103,s,2093,Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-05-10,1994-06-16,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6998-6999),Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Water Program Funding      Title II:  Toxic Pollution Prevention and Control      Title III:  Nonpoint Pollution Control and Watershed           Planning      Title IV:  Municipal Pollution Control      Title V:  Permit Program and Enforcement      Title VI:  Program Management      Title VII:  Wetlands      Title VIII:  Coastal Protection      Title IX:  Innovative Technology      Title X:  Interstate Water Quality Programs Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act of 1994 - Title I: Water Program Funding - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand the list of projects for which State water pollution control revolving fund monies are available. (Sec. 101) Authorizes States to:  (1) reduce amounts required for matching contributions to capitalization grants for water pollution control revolving funds by an amount equal to the amount of technical assistance provided to publicly owned treatment works or subsurface sewage disposal systems that serve 10,000 or fewer individuals; and (2) forgive an amount of loan principal for disadvantaged communities with respect to loans for water pollution control activities. Revises the allotment formula for revolving funds and extends the authorization of appropriations for such funds through FY 2000. Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1996 through 2000 subject to certain on-budget deficit estimates. Reserves funds for a grant to implement a plan for the elimination of discharges to Onondaga Lake, New York. (Sec. 102) Extends the authorization of appropriations for specified pollution control programs through FY 2000. Title II:  Toxic Pollution Prevention and Control - Adds to the list of requirements for effluent limitation guidelines that the Administrator:  (1) in determining the best practicable control technology and best measures available, give highest priority to source reduction measures; (2) identify control measures to limit the release of pollutants associated with wastewater to other environmental media; and (3) prohibit specific control measures that are likely to have a significant adverse effect on any environmental medium. (Sec. 201) Revises provisions concerning pretreatment standards to require the Administrator to promulgate pretreatment standards for the introduction of pollutants (currently, pollutants which are not susceptible to treatment or would interfere with the operation of the treatment works) into publicly owned treatment works. (Sec. 202) Directs the Administrator to publish a water quality criteria plan every five years.  Requires the initial plan to contain at least eight sediment quality criteria.  Directs the Administrator to:  (1) require pesticide registrants to provide information sufficient to publish criteria unless the pesticide will not enter water in more than de minimis amounts; and (2) ensure that information necessary to publish criteria for chemical substances that are the subject of a premanufacture notice pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act is submitted unless certain conditions are met. Requires the Administrator to publish guidance concerning contaminant levels in finfish and shellfish for use by States in the issuance of finfish and shellfish consumption advisories to protect recreational and subsistence fishers. Prohibits sediment quality criteria published under this Act from being:  (1) used as a standard for determining appropriate cleanup levels or for whether cleanup should be undertaken; or (2) deemed an applicable requirement for remediation unless the Administrator determines criteria appropriate for such use. Requires States to report triennially to the Administrator on the designated uses of waters.  Deems all waters for which a use has not been designated to be designated as fishable and swimmable, unless a State establishes an alternative use. Directs States to adopt pollutant specific standards for any pollutant for which criteria are published if the discharge of such pollutant could interfere with designated water uses. Requires States to implement antidegradation policies. Directs States to implement programs to protect outstanding national resource waters.  Requires permitting authorities to conduct antidegradation reviews for a water prior to issuing a permit to a point source authorizing any new or expanded discharge of a pollutant. (Sec. 203) Directs the Administrator to review and revise the list of toxic pollutants subject to this Act at least every five years. Authorizes persons to petition the Administrator to establish effluent standards. Requires the Administrator to offer to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study the effects of pollution found in navigable waters on the development of aquatic life, wildlife, or humans. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) publish a list of substances anticipated to cause significant and widespread adverse effects on the development of aquatic life, wildlife, or humans; (2) publish a comprehensive strategy to control, prevent, and remediate water pollution or sediment contamination associated with listed substances; and (3) report to specified congressional committees on an estimate of the costs and benefits of each action proposed under the strategy. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Administrator to impose pretreatment requirements on industrial users that introduce pollutants into publicly owned treatment works. Prohibits the introduction of hazardous wastes into publicly owned treatment works unless certain conditions are met.  Directs the Administrator to publish guidance for:  (1) toxic reduction action plans (one of the conditions to be met if introducing hazardous wastes) to be implemented by certain commercial users that are not subject to categorical pretreatment standards and that introduce toxic pollutants or hazardous wastes into treatment works; and (2) technical assistance to small communities to assist in minimizing the introduction of toxic pollutants and hazardous wastes from commercial sources into treatment works. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations revising the definition and applicability of certain local limits under Federal regulations as may be necessary to protect health and the environment with respect to hazardous wastes discharged to publicly owned treatment works.  Requires revised limits to address all points from which hazardous wastes may be released from a treatment works to the environment. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on actual discharges of hazardous wastes to treatment works to determine quantities, the sources of the discharges, the releases from various release points, and resulting threats to health and the environment.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes a publicly owned treatment works to apply to the Administrator for the designation of the treatment works as a publicly owned industrial treatment works.  Provides for approval of the application if:  (1) greater than 75 percent of the wastewater received is from one or more industrial sources; (2) the works was specifically designed to treat pollutants associated with such sources; (3) the works consistently complies with applicable effluent limitations that are as stringent as those that would apply if the works were an industrial facility; (4) sludge from the works meets requirements for beneficial reuse; and (5) the works has imposed controls on all pollutants received from such sources as necessary to protect health and the environment. (Sec. 205) Amends the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 to require facilities that are subject to toxic chemical release reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 and whose reports total releases and transfers of toxic chemicals in excess of 200,000 pounds annually to prepare pollution prevention plans.  Deems small businesses to be in compliance with such requirement if they retain a pollution prevention opportunities assessment manual and checklist. Requires facilities to include pollution prevention progress reports with each annual filing of toxic chemical release reports. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) establish an integrated pollution prevention information network; (2) develop industry-specific pollution prevention opportunities assessment manuals and checklists for industrial categories with respect to which the lack of information is an impediment to pollution prevention by small businesses; and (3) establish a program to promote local voluntary programs to prevent pollution and promote energy conservation. (Sec. 206) Requires the Administrator to establish an integrated| permit pilot program at up to ten demonstration sites that: (1) combines all applicable Federal environmental requirements (with exceptions) into a single integrated permit; and (2) provides the sites the opportunity to demonstrate innovative and alternative methods of compliance with such requirements.  Permits the Administrator, with the consent of the State in which a demonstration site is located, to temporarily waive Federal environmental statutory and regulatory requirements (with exceptions, including limitations of emissions) for such sites. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance grants to applicant organizations and local communities in the vicinity of demonstration sites. Requires demonstration projects to terminate within ten years of this Act's enactment. Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Nonpoint Pollution Control and Watershed Planning - Requires States to conduct and report to the Administrator on programs to monitor the quality of navigable waters and aquatic sediment. (Sec. 301) Establishes the Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality to coordinate Federal and State water and sediment quality monitoring programs. (Sec. 302) Revises provisions concerning State assessments of nonpoint source pollution.  Requires States to submit to the Administrator every five years a list of navigable waters that cannot, without additional action to control nonpoint source pollution, be anticipated to attain or maintain:  (1) water and sediment quality standards; and (2) in the case of a parameter with respect to which no water or sediment quality standard is in effect, water and sediment quality that supports the designated use. Authorizes States to include within such list other waters that are:  (1) threatened with impairment; (2) outstanding national resource waters; or (3) groundwater threatened with nonpoint source pollution.  Requires States to delineate land areas of the watersheds of listed waters. Revises requirements for State nonpoint source management programs. Requires such programs to be submitted for approval every five years.   Authorizes States to select alternative management practices that are not identified in the national program guidance if such practices are as effective in controlling nonpoint source pollution.  Permits alternative requirements with respect to specific sources with the Administrator's approval and subject to other conditions.  Considers approved coastal nonpoint pollution control programs to meet the requirements for such programs.  Requires the Administrator to implement programs for States that fail to do so. Directs the Administrator to publish guidance for nonpoint source management programs, taking into account certain regional variations and land and water management practices.  Authorizes the Administrator  to list new sources in the guidance if they are likely to contribute to pollution preventing the attainment of water or sediment quality standards. Authorizes sources located in watershed areas of listed waters to implement site-specific water quality plans in lieu of management measures outlined in the national guidance.  Provides that certain existing plans implemented under conservation compliance and agricultural water protection programs under the Food Security Act of 1985 satisfy site-specific plan requirements subject to certain conditions. Requires the Administrator to establish a formula for the allocation of sums based on certain factors related to nonpoint source pollution.  Sets forth limitations on funding.  Withholds up to 50 percent of funds from States that fail to implement nonpoint source programs. Authorizes (current law requires) the Administrator to make grants to States for groundwater protection activities that will advance nonpoint source pollution control. Extends the authorization to carry out nonpoint source programs through FY 2000. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants:  (1) for certain education and outreach activities regarding nonpoint pollution source control; and (2) to the CleanMarina Program to support the reduction of pollution from marina facilities and recreational boating activities.  Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the implementation of nonpoint source water pollution control measures on Federal lands and for the prevention of water pollution resulting from highway construction. Directs the Administrator to review and approve each plan for the construction of an animal waste management facility.  Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and education concerning the design of such facilities. Requires the Administrator to publish guidelines for the design, operation, and management of publicly owned subsurface sewage organizations. (Sec. 303) Authorizes State Governors to designate waters and associated land areas as watershed management units.  Makes certain watershed planning activities eligible for assistance. Authorizes State Governors to submit watershed management plans to the Administrator for approval.  Makes approved plan activities eligible for Federal assistance.  Provides for extensions of discharge permits in watershed planning units, subject to certain conditions. Title IV:  Municipal Pollution Control - Requires permits issued for discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers to conform with combined sewer overflow control policy under Federal regulations published by the Administrator in January 1993. (Sec. 401) Authorizes the issuance of permits for compliance with a long-term control plan for a term of up to 15 years. (Sec. 402) Applies permit requirements to stormwater discharges associated with commercial activity.  Exempts sources of discharges composed entirely of stormwater from municipal storm sewer systems, with certain exceptions, from permit requirements (currently, such exemption is only available prior to October 1, 1994).  Provides that permits issued for discharges from municipal storm sewers composed entirely of stormwater shall not require compliance with numeric effluent limitations and water quality standards shall not be applied as effluent limitations. Authorizes the Administrator to issue a consolidated permit for discharges from a storm sewer system owned by a municipality and the stormwater discharges from industrial or commercial sources owned by the same municipality. Requires the Administrator to establish permit requirements for stormwater discharges from commercial and light industrial sources. Directs the Administrator to list each municipal storm sewer system the discharge from which is the sole or principal cause for the failure of receiving waters affected by the discharge to achieve a designated use or other water quality standard.  Requires such systems to obtain discharge permits.  Requires a revised list at least every five years. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt certain commercial and light industrial stormwater discharges from permit requirements. (Sec. 403) Requires EPA to be the primary coordinator for all Federal policies related to municipal, commercial, residential, and industrial water conservation.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Corps of Engineers, to provide technical assistance and take specified actions to encourage water conservation.  Directs the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse on water conservation.  Authorizes appropriations. Title V:  Permit Program and Enforcement - Requires fees for discharge permits to be used for point source elements of the water quality program and sewage sludge use and disposal and pretreatment programs.  Establishes a Federal Water Pollution Control Permit Fund. (Sec. 502) Requires a permit applicant, in the case of a new discharge resulting from facility construction, to apply for a permit prior to the commencement of construction. Modifies permit application requirements. (Sec. 503) Revises enforcement and penalty provisions.  Title VI:  Program Management - Requires the Administrator to conduct research with respect to the harmful effects on the health and habitat of fish, shellfish, and wildlife caused by water pollutants. (Sec. 601) Authorizes appropriations for research programs. (Sec. 603) Establishes employee protection provisions to apply to cases where employees refuse to perform duties that would constitute violations of the Clean Water Act. (Sec. 606) Increases the amount required to be reserved for assistance to Indian tribes for the construction of treatment works and nonpoint source pollution control programs.  Permits State revolving funds to be used for assistance to Indian tribes. Requires the Administrator to issue permits for discharges to navigable waters on Federal Indian reservations unless the Indian tribe has been delegated permit issuance authority. (Sec. 607) Requires the Administrator to establish a national water quality education program as well as specified volunteer awards programs related to water pollution control. (Sec. 608) Directs the Administrator to establish:  (1) an Arid West Water Quality Research Project; and (2) an Arid West Water Quality Research Board.  Requires the project to:  (1) be located at the EPA monitoring laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada; (2) develop data for water quality criteria documents for species and environments appropriate for ephemeral and effluent-dependent streams; and (3) conduct additional research. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to convene a working group to:  (1) recommend revisions to methodology used to develop water quality criteria to include criteria appropriate for ephemeral and effluent-dependent streams; and (2) make recommendations for additional scientific research and other information needed for the development of water quality criteria that can be adapted by States to reflect special regional and site-specific characteristics, especially with respect to the arid West. Direct the Administrator to:  (1) revise such methodology in accordance with the recommendations; and (2) publish at least two criteria documents addressing such streams. Requires the Administrator to promote the environmentally beneficial use of reclaimed water and the development of appropriate water quality criteria and standards for ephemeral and effluent-dependent streams:  (1) that have a limited ability to maintain traditional water resources; and (2) with respect to which the discharge of reclaimed water to otherwise arid or semiarid environments can also support limited aquatic and riparian habitat that would otherwise not exist. Authorizes States to establish an alternative use for ephemeral and effluent-dependent streams if such streams cannot attain current designated uses because of natural, ephemeral, intermittent, or low flow conditions or water levels.  Permits revised or new interim water quality criteria for such streams. (Sec. 610) Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Corps of Engineers, to establish a grant program to provide assistance to States and political subdivisions for the construction of environmental education facilities.  Requires facilities to be used to enhance public awareness of the importance of aquatic, marine, and other natural resources and to serve as a clearinghouse.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 611) Requires certain water pollution control plans prepared by States, localities, and other nonfederal entities pursuant to the Clean Water Act to evaluate the acquisition of lands or interests as a means of meeting the goals of such plans.  Permits the use of funding under the Clean Water Act for such acquisitions if:  (1) the lands or interests are acquired from willing sellers and held in perpetuity in public ownership; and (2) the plan finds the acquisition to be effective and appropriate.  Makes acquired lands available for public recreational purposes to the extent possible considering the environmental sensitivity and suitability of the lands. (Sec. 612) Directs the Administrator to establish:  (1) an Environmental Financial Advisory Board to provide expert advice on issues affecting the costs and financing of environmental activities at the Federal, State, and local levels; and (2) Environmental Finance Centers in each of the ten Federal regions. Authorizes the Centers to:  (1) provide training of State and local officials; (2) publish materials relating to financing of environmental infrastructure; (3) conduct conferences and advisory panels on specific environmental finance issues; (4) establish information services; (5) generate case studies and reports; (6) develop surveys of financial issues and needs of State and local governments; (7) identify financial programs and alternative financing mechanisms for training purposes; (8) hold public meetings; and (9) collaborate and exchange information. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 613) Directs the Administrator to:  (1) conduct a comprehensive research program concerning U.S. lakes; and (2) appoint a Lake Research Advisory Committee. Requires States to designate the use of each publicly-owned lake consistent with the following uses:  (1) public drinking water supply; (2) swimming and related body contact recreation; and (3) resource protection. Directs the Administrator to publish:  (1) water quality criteria for freshwater lakes; and (2) guidance to assist States in the adoption of lake water quality standards for contaminants for which criteria documents have been published. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the clean lakes program through FY 2000. Revises requirements for lake water quality demonstration programs. Adds to the priority list for such programs China Lake, Maine, Flathead Lake, Montana, and Candlewood Lake, Connecticut. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on phosphates in detergent products. Directs the Administrator to implement a national education program on lake quality and protection.  Provides for a Lake Watch Program and a Lake Watch Award. Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to require the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to undertake a program to prevent the dissemination of Eurasian Milfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum), a type of aquatic weed. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the importation of such species into the United States. (Sec. 614) Applies certain Federal wage standards to contract employees working on projects (currently, treatment works) financed under the Clean Water Act. (Sec. 615) Requires the Administrator to consult with any Federal agency having jurisdiction over food processing activities prior to the promulgation of any requirements for an effluent guideline, new source performance standard, pretreatment standard, process change, or use restriction which will affect food processing activities to ensure that the guideline, standard, change, or restriction will not adversely affect food safety or the integrity and wholesomeness of a food product. (Sec. 616) Revises provisions concerning training grants and contracts to require the Administrator to implement a national program to train individuals in the operation of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment works and other water pollution control facilities.  Provides for grants to institutions of higher education and State agencies to support such programs. Requires chief operators of publicly owned treatment works that have discharge permits and such additional personnel as may be designated by a State to be certified as proficient.  Directs the Administrator to issue certification guidelines. Authorizes appropriations for training and scholarship programs. Title VII:  Wetlands - Prohibits the Administrator and the Secretary of the Army from taking private property for public |use without just compensation. (Sec. 702) Prohibits the issuance of revisions to or clarifications of the guidelines for identifying and delineating wetlands under the Clean Water Act until the National Academy of Sciences has completed a specified wetlands study.  Provides for the continued use of the 1987 Corps of Engineers wetlands delineation manual until such guidelines are issued. Requires wetlands located on agricultural and associated nonagricultural lands to be delineated by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with a specified January 1994 memorandum.  Directs the Secretary to delineate wetlands on rangelands using the 1987 manual. Authorizes the Administrator to issue guidelines to identify and delineate wetlands.  Earmarks funding for:  (1) wetlands delineation training programs; and (2) assistance to private landowners who lack financial capacity to identify or delineate wetlands in order to apply for dredge or fill permits or avoid impacts to wetlands. Provides for a public information program on Federal regulations, permitting requirements, and wetlands delineation. (Sec. 704) Sets forth permit decision deadlines and administrative appeal procedures, including procedures for landowners to appeal regulatory jurisdiction determinations. (Sec. 705) Authorizes the issuance of general permits on a State, regional, or nationwide basis for any category of activities involving discharges of dredge or fill material if the activities are similar in nature and will cause only minimal adverse environmental effects when performed separately and cumulatively. (Sec. 706) Exempts prior converted croplands and certain waters and activities from regulation under dredged and fill permit provisions. (Sec. 707) Provides for the establishment of mitigation banks (wetlands restoration projects that provide compensation credits to offset foreseeable wetlands losses from future discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable waters if compensatory mitigation is not practicable). (Sec. 710) Authorizes funding to States for wetlands conservation and watershed management planning. Requires the Administrator to carry out a wetlands and watershed management research program. Establishes a committee to coordinate Federal, State, and local government wetlands policies. Provides for the development of a National Cooperative Wetlands Restoration Strategy. Requires the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator to establish a wetlands restoration pilot program. (Sec. 711) Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to administer wetlands programs.  Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII:  Coastal Protection - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the national estuary program through FY 2000. Revises requirements for estuary management conferences and conservation plans and provisions regarding research and grants. Adds Charlotte Harbor, Florida, to the list of estuaries to be given priority consideration. (Sec. 802) Directs the Administrator to revise water quality for pathogens. Requires the Administrator to revise the aquatic life criteria for each pollutant with respect to which such criteria for freshwater have been published and revise such criteria to address aquatic life in marine waters. Directs each State with coastal recreation waters to adopt water quality standards for pathogens. Requires the Administrator to establish numeric water quality standards for marine waters that:  (1) are not located within the jurisdiction of a State; and (2) are located within 200 miles seaward of the landward boundary of the territorial seas. (Sec. 803) Directs the Administrator to:  (1) establish a national program to provide information, education, and technical assistance to owners of land bordering marine water; (2) establish the Ocean Watch Program to encourage nonprofit citizens groups to engage in activities to assess and protect marine and ocean waters; and (3) provide an annual Ocean Watch Award. (Sec. 804) Make it unlawful to discharge sewage:  (1) into certain designated waters; and (2) that has not been treated by a marine sanitation device. Makes the construction of marine pumpout stations provided for in plans approved under the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 eligible for State revolving fund assistance. Makes it unlawful for the owner or operator of a marina that has a docking or mooring capacity for more than 500 vessels:  (1) beginning on January 1, 2000, to fail to provide pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for marine sanitation devices unless a plan developed under the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 expressly waives such requirement; and (2) to fail to comply with a plan pursuant to such Act. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to carry out an information and education program to encourage compliance with marine sanitation device requirements and foster understanding concerning water quality and pollution prevention.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 805) Revises provisions concerning the issuance of permits with respect to ocean discharges. Prohibits permits for such discharges if:  (1) a discharge may cause or contribute to the violation of water and sediment quality standards; or (2) discharge alternatives were not adequately evaluated. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) biennially list marine waters that do not and are not likely to support the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and allow for recreational activities in and on the waters; and (2) take actions to prevent the further degradation of water and sediment quality of a priority marine water. (Sec. 806) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide financial assistance to local governments for the construction of facilities for the control of overflows from combined storm and sanitary sewers to marine waters.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 807) Directs the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters, during periods of use by the public, for compliance with standards.  Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable materials constitutes a threat to public health and safety.  Authorizes grants to States for carrying out such requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Provides for a research program to develop better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. Title IX:  Innovative Technology - Requires the Administrator to establish a program to demonstrate practices, methods, technologies, or processes that may be effective in the prevention and control of sources of water pollution or aquatic habitat degradation or loss. Authorizes grants for such projects.  Permits the Administrator, as part of such program, to:  (1) enter into cooperative agreements with State permitting authorities and the managers of Federal facilities for the demonstration of innovative and alternative approaches for the prevention and control of point and nonpoint sources of water pollution at properties owned by the Federal Government; and (2) select proposals for funding agreements for projects to demonstrate comprehensive and innovative technologies for the prevention, control, or remediation of acid, metal-contaminated, or other mine water pollution that results from active, inactive, or abandoned hard rock mining operations. (Sec. 901) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 902) Authorizes the Administrator, with State consent, to temporarily waive permit limitations for certain point sources for purposes of encouraging the development and testing of certain innovative production or pollution prevention processes, pollution control technologies, or recycling methods.  Limits waivers to 90 days and provides for extensions. (Sec. 903) Provides for limited waivers from national categorical pretreatment standards under certain conditions for facilities that apply innovative production or pollution prevention processes, pollution control technologies, or recycling methods.  Limits waivers to 90 days and provides for extensions. (Sec. 904) Directs the Administrator to establish a program to verify, evaluate, and disseminate: (1) performance and cost information on technologies, processes, techniques, and management measures appropriate for controlling water pollution; and (2) information on the properties and toxicity of substitute chemicals.  Requires the Administrator to establish and update a list of technologies and alternative chemicals verified under the program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 905) Authorizes States to submit programs to assist small business sources of water pollution to the Administrator for approval. Requires the Administrator to establish a small business source assistance program within EPA. Title X:  Interstate Water Quality Programs - Establishes a Gulf of Mexico Program to:  (1) protect the coastal and marine waters and natural habitats of the Gulf; (2) protect human health and the food supply; and (3) ensure the recreational use of the Gulf in ways consistent with the economic well being of the region. (Sec. 1001) Establishes a Gulf of Mexico Commission to make recommendations to the President on Program goals. Provides for a Management and Restoration Plan for the Gulf. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress on the environmental quality of the Gulf and impact of Gulf environmental problems on economic conditions. Authorizes grants to Gulf States to further the implementation of the Plan. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1002) Directs the Administrator to develop a Great Lakes testing manual that implements the national guidance for the disposal of sediment material into U.S. waters. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on the general condition of Confined Disposal Facilities (CDFs) located in the Great Lakes basin and to identify each facility that is causing or is at risk of causing an exceedance of water or sediment quality standards or interfering with protection of designated uses. Directs the Administrator to publish a ranking of at least 15 priority harbors within the Great Lakes system for development of long-term sediment management strategies for harbor maintenance.  Makes it unlawful, with respect to such harbors, to discharge sediment dredged from the harbors at any location in the open waters of the Great Lakes or any CDF or to establish, expand, or modify any CDF that receives sediment from the harbors unless specified conditions are met. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of the Army to jointly issue guidelines for the development of sediment management strategies for such harbors.  Provides for sediment management working groups for each site subject to routine navigational dredging.  Requires all dredging and disposal operations to be consistent with such strategies. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop tributary sediment models for each major river system that deposits sediment into a Great Lakes federally authorized commercial harbor, channel harbor, channel maintenance project site, or area of concern; (2) develop an analytical method to project the effectiveness of sediment source reduction approaches; and (3) use such method to conduct sediment load reduction analyses to estimate the effectiveness of such approaches. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Great Lakes National Program Office to conduct demonstration projects of promising technologies to remedy contaminated sediments. Replaces provisions concerning the Great Lakes Research Office to establish a Great Lakes Research Council. Revises provisions regarding Lakewide Management Plans to require the Administrator to publish the final plans for:  (1) Lake Michigan and Lake Superior by January 1, 1995; and (2) Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario by January 1, 1998. Raises the ceiling on, and extends the authorization of, appropriations for a health research report regarding the Great Lakes. Directs the Administrator to seek the cooperation of Canada in developing a binational program to restore and protect water and sediment quality within the watershed area of Lake Superior. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Great Lakes program through FY 2000. (Sec. 1003) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:  (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Establishes a Chesapeake Bay Federal Agencies Committee to coordinate Federal activities relating to the restoration of the Bay. Requires Federal agencies to report to the President on activities planned and undertaken, and resources provided, to meet responsibilities under the Program. Directs Federal agencies that own or operate facilities within the Bay watershed to assess the facilities to ensure compliance with the Program and include a plan for addressing such impacts in the report to the President. Requires the Administrator to establish a habitat restoration program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Authorizes technical and financial assistance to public and nonprofit agencies to carry out such program. Directs the Administrator to develop a basinwide toxic reduction strategy, as well as research and monitoring to improve understanding of intermedia transfers of toxic pollutants and the ultimate fate of the pollutants within the Bay ecosystem.  Authorizes financial assistance for specified activities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Program through FY 2000. (Sec. 1004) Requires the Administrator to continue the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Watershed Program and to establish a Tri-State Implementation Council to implement the management plan developed for the Program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1005) Establishes a Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment.  Authorizes grants to the Council and to the St. Croix International Waterway Commission. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1006) Directs the Administrator to establish a Mississippi River Program within EPA to carry out specified activities to protect and restore the Mississippi River.  Establishes the Mississippi River Program Office. Requires the Administrator and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to report on the environmental quality and and ecosystem health of the Mississippi River and the impact on economic viability, human health, and ecological health of plants and animals. Directs the Administrator to design a strategy for developing a monitoring program to assess the environmental quality of such ecosystem. Requires the Governors of the Mississippi River States, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator to form a Mississippi River States Council to:  (1) assist in collecting assessment and monitoring data; (2) ratify a Management, Protection, and Restoration Plan and (3) facilitate coordination on issues related to restoration of environmental quality. Authorizes grants for the development and implementation of the Plan. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1007) Extends the authorization for, and raises the ceiling on, appropriations to implement the Long Island Sound program. Designates the Connecticut River and the watershed of such river in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as a multistate watershed.  Requires the New England Interstate Water Pollution Commission to coordinate State and interstate management efforts.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1008) Directs the Administrator to make grants to maintain the Narragansett Bay Project and to implement a comprehensive conservation and management plan.  Authorizes grants to carry out the Project.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1009) Requires the Administrator to establish an Executive Council of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Restoration Program to coordinate the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1010) Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Champlain program.",2025-08-26T13:52:31Z,
103-hr-4351,103,hr,4351,Superfund Liability Allocation Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-05-05,1994-07-27,See H.R.3800.,House,"Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]",VA,D,B000657,3,"Superfund Liability Allocation Act of 1994 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to initiate the allocation process under this Act for each nonfederally-owned facility on the National Priorities List (NPL) that involves two or more potentially responsible parties (PRPs):  (1) for which the President selects a remedial action on or after February 3, 1994; and (2) for any such action selected before such date if requested by a PRP which has resolved liability to the United States with respect to the remedial action. Authorizes the Administrator to initiate such process for any facility involving two or more PRPs. Makes the allocation process inapplicable to a facility:  (1) for which there has been a final settlement, decree, or order that determines all liability or allocated shares of PRPs; (2) for which the response action is being carried out by a State; or (3) at which all of the PRPs are facility owners or operators. Permits allocations to address more than one facility and authorizes the Administrator to combine allocations for separate remedial actions at the same or different facilities. Places a moratorium on the commencement or continuation of liability claims or recovery actions in connection with responses for which allocation is required until 90 days after the issuance of the allocator's report. Sets forth requirements concerning the allocation process, including those for the notification of PRPs and determinations regarding de minimis parties.  Provides that de minimis parties that are potentially liable but entitled to expedited settlements shall not be subject to the allocation process unless they fail to settle with the President within 30 days of the offer. Requires the allocation parties to select an allocator from a list provided by the Administrator or from candidates proposed by the parties. Authorizes PRPs, prior to the issuance of the allocator's report, to submit a private allocation for the remedial action or operable unit to the allocator.  Requires the allocator to adopt such report if it meets specified conditions. Directs the allocator to conduct an allocation process culminating in the issuance of a report with a nonbinding, equitable allocation of the percentage shares of responsibility, including the orphan share, within 180 days of the issuance of the final list of parties or the date of the contract for allocation service, whichever is later.  Bases allocation shares on the following factors:  (1) the amount of hazardous substances contributed by each party; (2) the degree of toxicity and mobility of such substances; (3) the degree of involvement of each party in the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such substances; (4) the degree of care exercised by the party; (5) the cooperation of the party in contributing to the response action; and (6) other factors determined by the Administrator. Sets forth components of orphan shares. Requires shares that the allocator cannot attribute to any party to be distributed among parties, including the orphan share. Authorizes the Administrator and the Attorney General to reject the allocator's report under certain conditions.  Permits settling parties to seek a new allocation if there is convincing evidence that the allocator did not have certain information when the report was issued. Includes within settlements based on allocated shares:  (1) a waiver of contribution rights against all PRPs for the response action as well as a waiver of rights to challenge any settlement the President enters into with any other PRP; (2) covenants not to sue; (3) a site-specific premium that compensates for the U.S.  litigation risk with respect to PRPs who have not resolved liability (unless the settlement covers 100 percent of response costs); (4) contribution protection regarding matters addressed in the settlement; and (5) provisions through which the settling parties shall receive reimbursement from Superfund for response costs incurred in excess of the aggregate of their allocated share and any premia required by the settlement.  Lists maximum amounts for premia authorized for litigation risk.  Permits the Administrator to modify such amounts. Authorizes the United States to commence actions against liable persons who have not resolved liability following allocation. Sets forth conditions under which a party that performs work in excess of its allocated share may be reimbursed.  Limits Superfund financing for reimbursements of costs incurred by parties that are attributable to orphan shares. Makes Federal agencies named as PRPs subject to the allocation process to the same extent as any other party. Declares that the procedures set forth in this Act shall not be construed to modify the principles of retroactive, strict, joint, and several liability.",2025-08-26T13:50:42Z,
103-hr-4360,103,hr,4360,Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-05-05,1994-07-27,See H.R.3800.,House,"Rep. Lambert, Blanche M. [D-AR-1]",AR,D,L000035,4,"Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1994 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to absolve persons (other than owners or operators) who arranged for the recycling of recyclable material from liability for environmental response actions. Deems transactions involving scrap paper, plastic, glass, textiles, or rubber (other than whole tires) to be arranging for recycling if the person who arranged the transaction demonstrates that the following criteria were met:  (1) the recyclable material met a commercial specification grade and a market existed for the material; (2) a substantial portion of the material was made available for use as a feedstock for the manufacture of a new saleable product; (3) the material (or product made from the material) could have been a replacement for a virgin raw material; and (4) with respect to transactions occurring 90 days after this Act's enactment, the person exercised reasonable care to determine that the facility where the material would be managed by another was in compliance with Federal, State, or local environmental laws or regulations. Deems transactions involving scrap metal to be arranging for recycling if the person who arranged the transaction demonstrates that:   (1) the criteria for scrap materials were met; (2) he/she complied with applicable standards regarding activities associated with the recycling of scrap metals; and (3) the scrap metal was not melted prior to the transaction. Deems transactions involving spent lead-acid or nickel-cadmium batteries to be arranging for recycling if the person involved demonstrates that:  (1) the criteria for scrap materials were met; and (2) he/she complied with applicable standards regarding such batteries. Makes the exemptions from liability under this Act inapplicable if the person:  (1) had an objectively reasonable basis to believe at the time of the recycling transaction that the recyclable material would not be recycled or would be burned as fuel or for energy recovery or incineration or that the consuming facility was not in compliance with Federal, State, or local environmental laws or regulations; (2) added hazardous substances to the material for purposes other than processing or recycling; or (3) failed to exercise reasonable care with respect to the management of the material. Makes such exemptions inapplicable if the recyclable material contained polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million or any new Federal standard.",2025-08-26T13:50:02Z,
103-hr-4329,103,hr,4329,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1994",Environmental Protection,1994-05-03,1994-07-27,Executive Comment Received from EPA.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to establish a registration renewal procedure.  Requires active ingredients, for purposes of such procedure, to be classified as follows:  (1) in group one if first contained in a pesticide initially registered before November 1, 1984; (2) in group two if first contained in a pesticide initially registered after October 31, 1984, but before this Act's enactment; or (3) in group three if first contained in a pesticide initially registered after this Act's enactment. (Sec. 2) Sets reapplication dates for active ingredients as follows:  (1) 12-14 years after the issuance of a reregistration eligibility decision document for the active ingredient for those in group one; (2) ten to 13 years after this Act's enactment for those in group two; and (3) 12 years after the date of initial registration of a product containing the active ingredient for those in group three.  Sets subsequent reapplication dates for active ingredients at 12 years after the preceding expiration date. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assess fees from registrants to cover costs associated with registration review.  Permits the Administrator to cancel a registration for nonpayment. Establishes a registration renewal fund in the Treasury. Allows the continued use, distribution, or sale of existing stocks of an expired pesticide subject to conditions specified by the Administrator. (Sec. 3) Revises pesticide export provisions to prohibit the export of a pesticide that contains an active ingredient if virtually all uses of the active ingredient in the United States have been prohibited. Permits such exports where an export would be prohibited only because registration applications have been voluntarily withdrawn or cancelled by an applicant if the Administrator is unaware of any information indicating that use of the pesticide could pose adverse health or environmental risks.  Authorizes such exports to a specified importing country if: (1) the pesticide is not subject to a prohibition for any human health related reason; and (2) the country has informed the Administrator that it wishes to import the pesticide and is aware that U.S. uses of the pesticide are prohibited. Requires the Administrator to prohibit, by order, persons from exporting a pesticide to a foreign country if such country has informed the Administrator or an international agency of which the United States is a member, that the country does not wish to import the pesticide and certifies that it:  (1) is not producing or importing and will not produce or import the pesticide for use in the country; and (2) does not wish to import the pesticide because of human health or environmental concerns.  Provides for withdrawal of such order if the country is not in compliance with such certification. Prohibits the export of a pesticide unless:  (1) there is a tolerance or an exemption from certain tolerance requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) governing residues of each ingredient in the pesticide in at least one food; (2) there is a practical method for detecting residues in or on foods and the Administrator has an appropriately certified pesticide reference standard; or (3) the Administrator determines that the pesticide is not likely to be used in a manner resulting in residues in or on imported foods. Prohibits the export of a pesticide if any ingredient has not been and is not the subject of any registration unless the Administrator determines that:  (1) for each active ingredient, there is a tolerance greater than zero or an exemption from the tolerance requirement under the FDCA; or (2) residues of the pesticide on food have been permitted or the pesticide has been approved for use in at least three countries that evaluate pesticides prior to marketing in accordance with internationally recognized scientific standards and on the basis of an independent scientific review of health and environmental risks; and (3) the country of import participates in the United Nations Environment Program-Food and Agriculture Organization system for exchange of information on pesticides in international trade.  Permits persons to petition the Administrator to withdraw authorization to export such pesticides. Authorizes the Administrator to permit the export of a small quantity of a pesticide to a foreign country solely for research and development purposes, but not test marketing.  Prohibits such export if the pesticide contains an active ingredient which has been prohibited for virtually all uses, with exceptions. Requires exporters, in the case of unregistered pesticides other than those containing active ingredients that are banned in the United States, to obtain signed statements from foreign purchasers acknowledging that they understand that the pesticide is not registered for use, and cannot be sold, in the United States. Prohibits the export of a pesticide or a device unless it complies with requirements of this Act and the label of the pesticide is written in an official language of the country of use and, to the extent not in conflict with the country's requirements, contains all health, safety, environmental, and other related information required to be included on labeling in the United States. Requires pesticide exporters to comply with the product stewardship provisions of the 1994 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.  Permits the Administrator to prohibit noncomplying exporters from exporting for up to 180 days. Requires persons who distribute or sell pesticides for export to submit distribution or sale records to the Administrator as prescribed. Authorizes the assessment of fees on pesticide registrants to carry out export requirements and establishes a fund in the Treasury. Permits the Administrator to use a specified amount to provide countries technical assistance in certain pesticide safety, management, and training programs, alternative methods of pest control, and other related activities.  Gives priority for assistance to developing countries that are major sources of food imported into the United States. Requires persons who export pesticides or produce pesticides for export to submit to the Administrator information regarding:  (1) unreasonable environmental effects of the pesticides; and (2) the regulatory status of the pesticides in other countries that would affect exports. (Sec. 4) Revises the procedure for the cancellation, denial of registration, or change in the classification of pesticides. (Sec. 5) Requires the Administrator, by order and without a hearing, to cancel a pesticide registration or deny a registration application if the Administrator has revoked a tolerance regulation or denied a petition to establish a tolerance regulation for residues in or on food that could result from the use of the pesticide unless such use is unlikely to result in food that is adulterated. (Sec. 6) Revises procedures for suspension of pesticide registrations and removes certain provisions requiring hearings. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Administrator, if the risks associated with the use of a pesticide can be reduced by a change in the labeling, packaging, or composition of the pesticide, to issue a notice requiring registrants to make such change.  Prohibits such change if it will prohibit or make uses of the pesticide economically unfeasible.  Authorizes registrants to object to such changes and requires the Administrator to respond by withdrawing, modifying, or affirming the changes.  Authorizes the Administrator to suspend a registration if a registrant fails to comply with a notice.  Permits the continued sale or distribution of such pesticides for a limited period by persons other than the registrant.  Authorizes the Administrator to require the recall of pesticides sold or distributed in violation of requirements. (Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator, if credible scientific evidence indicates that the use of a pesticide is likely to pose a significant risk to humans or the environment and additional information should be developed to reduce uncertainties regarding the risk, to restrict, reduce, or eliminate the use or production of the pesticide or evaluate other actions necessary to address the risk. (Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to develop criteria for the designation of reduced risk pesticides.  Permits registrants or registration applicants to request the Administrator to designate a pesticide as a reduced risk pesticide. Extends the period of exclusive use for data submitted to support the application for the original registration of a pesticide if the Administrator approves at least three minor uses of the pesticide or the pesticide has been designated as a reduced risk pesticide prior to the expiration of the period of exclusive use. Permits the Administrator to conditionally register a biological pesticide or a mixture of such pesticides not contained in any currently registered pesticide prior to the development of data necessary to determine whether a pesticide meets registration requirements.  Conditions such registrations on a determination that use of the pesticide will not cause any adverse environmental effects and is in the public interest. Requires the Administrator to give priority to registration applications in the following order:  (1) registration of pesticides that would meet pest control needs that are currently being addressed through emergency pesticide uses authorized under FIFRA (these uses exempt Federal or State agencies from requirements as dictated by emergency circumstances); (2) applications likely to reduce the risk of adverse environmental effects from the use of currently registered pesticides subject to cancellation proceedings; (3) applications for reduced risk pesticides; and (4) applications for minor use pesticides. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture to review the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences' report, ""Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children,"" and conduct surveys to document dietary exposure to pesticides among infants and children and perform other research as necessary to implement the recommendations. Revises provisions regarding pest control strategies to make it a goal to support research and development of methods that reduce health and environmental risks, including alternative pest control strategies.  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator to implement a process for coordinating environmental risk reduction through identification of pesticides that pose significant risks and for which development of use reduction programs and research on safer alternative means of pest control should be high priority for research programs. Requires the Administrator to provide an annual list to the Secretary of agricultural use pesticides:  (1) for which the Administrator is considering certain regulatory actions (e.g., cancellations, denials of registrations) that would affect their availability, including agricultural commodities and pests affected; (2) which otherwise pose significant health and environmental risks; and (3) for which there exists significant instances of pest resistance.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) review all available alternatives to the pesticides listed; and (2) develop a research and technology transfer plan for each pest-commodity combination on the list for which there are insufficient alternative pest control techniques that present less risk.  Allocates funding to carry out such objectives. Expands provisions regarding integrated pest management to require the Secretary to implement research, demonstration, and education programs to support goals for adoption of integrated pest management.  Directs the Secretary to implement pesticide use reduction goals in selected ecosystems. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Administrator, subject to specified conditions, to delay action to delete a minor food or feed use for which a registrant has not agreed to timely submit data necessary for reregistration. Authorizes appropriations for the development of public health data in cases where the Administrator determines that further study is needed on public health pesticides to support continued registration. (Sec. 11) Adds reregistration fee provisions. (Sec. 12) Permits a restricted use pesticide to be applied only by or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator or subject to other restrictions if the Administrator determines that the pesticide or its uses may cause adverse environmental effects without additional regulatory restriction. (Sec. 13) Revises judicial review procedures. (Sec. 14) Sets time limitations on claims for indemnity payments from the United States to persons suffering losses from cancelled pesticides. (Sec. 17) Expands current pesticide recordkeeping requirements. Revises enforcement authorities. Bars Federal contracts with persons convicted of offenses under FIFRA if such a contract is to be performed at any facility at which the violation giving rise to the offense occurred.  Continues such prohibition until the condition giving rise to the conviction has been corrected. Requires the Administrator to treat Indian tribes as States under FIFRA. (Sec. 18) Provides protection to whistleblowers.",2025-08-26T13:52:09Z,
103-s-2065,103,s,2065,"A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in issuing regulations under the Act, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-05-03,1994-12-01,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15423),Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,8,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the President, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of other Federal agencies, in issuing or enforcing any regulation or interpretation or guideline relating to a fat, oil, or grease under any Federal law, to differentiate between: (1) animal fats and oils and greases and fish and marine mammal oils or oils of vegetable origin; and (2) other oils and greases, including petroleum.  Requires the President, the Administrator, and the heads of Federal agencies, in differentiating between such classes, to consider differences in the physical, chemical, biological, and other properties and in the environmental effects of the classes.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hr-4320,103,hr,4320,"To authorize the establishment of a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-05-02,1994-09-28,See H.R.4460.,House,"Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,B000229,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Requires such assistance to be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects affecting the Bay's estuary. Permits assistance for a project only if it is publicly owned and will be publicly operated and maintained.  Sets forth requirements for local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests. Sets the Federal share at 75 percent of total project costs. Requires the non-Federal share of operation and maintenance  costs to be 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish at least one project in each of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4306,103,hr,4306,Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-04-28,1994-10-07,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.",House,"Rep. Klein, Herbert C. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,K000262,25,"Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994 - Establishes a Risk Assessment Program in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires the Director of the Program to:  (1) develop a process to conduct independent scientific peer review of all risk assessment guidelines developed by EPA; and (2) provide recommendations to the EPA Administrator on risk assessment, research needs, and development of guidelines. Directs the Director to regularly issue risk assessment guidelines. Sets forth contents of such guidelines. Requires the Director to oversee the use of risk assessment guidelines by EPA Program and Regional Offices and ensure consistency in the use of such guidelines as is appropriate in application to various environmental media or hazards. Permits departures from guidelines under specified conditions. Requires the Director to:  (1) regularly develop, issue, and update guidance within EPA for any risk characterizations that may be conducted by EPA; and (2) ensure that such characterizations distinguish human health risks from ecological and other risks.  Sets forth contents of such guidance. Requires the Director to:  (1) promote open dialogue to improve the understanding of risk assessments by decisionmakers and to accurately and clearly communicate risk characterizations; and (2) regularly evaluate risk assessment research and training needs of EPA and develop a strategy and schedule for carrying out such research and training. Provides for, as part of the Program, a two-year study using comparative risk analysis to rank dissimilar environmental risks and provide a common basis for evaluating strategies for reducing or preventing such risks. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to:  (1) periodically survey the manner in which Federal agencies are conducting risk assessment; (2) provide recommendations to the President and the Congress based on such surveys; and (3) establish interagency mechanisms to promote coordination of Federal risk assessment and mechanisms between Federal and State agencies to communicate state-of-the-art risk assessment practices. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on at least ten environmental research issues:  (1) correlating to environmental hazards which are in the category of highest risk; (2) regarding which there are significant scientific uncertainties with respect to the assessment of such risks; and (3) with respect to which uncertainties could be significantly reduced through research. Requires the Administrator to carry out a research program to reduce scientific uncertainties with respect to the assessment of environmental risks posed by identified issues.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
103-hr-4308,103,hr,4308,North American Wetlands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-04-28,1994-10-19,Became Public Law No: 103-375.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,3,"North American Wetlands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in 1998 (currently, 1991) and at five-year intervals thereafter, to undertake with the appropriate officials of Canada and Mexico to revise the goals and other elements of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Requires the Secretary to develop:  (1) a strategy to assist in conserving the full complement of North American wetlands systems and species dependent on such systems that incorporates existing information on types of wetlands habitats and species; and (2) procedures to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of wetlands conservation projects completed under the Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY 1998. Amends the Partnerships for Wildlife Act to remove a condition on Federal funding for State wildlife conservation and appreciation projects which prohibits such funding from exceeding the State share of the cost of the project. Sets forth required State and private shares of the cost of such projects. Removes provisions which authorize donations from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to carry out such projects and which require the Foundation to donate a specified amount to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund. Extends the authorization of appropriations to the Fund through FY 1998.",2021-09-25T05:35:22Z,
103-hr-4314,103,hr,4314,Safe Drinking Water Reform Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-04-28,1994-05-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Lambert, Blanche M. [D-AR-1]",AR,D,L000035,14,"Safe Drinking Water Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreements with States having primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for public water systems to make capitalization grants to be deposited in drinking water treatment revolving funds. (Sec. 3) Permits such funds to be used only for providing financial assistance to public water systems for expenditures that will facilitate compliance with national primary drinking water regulations.  Allocates 15 percent of amounts in such funds solely for assistance to systems which regularly serve fewer than 10,000 individuals. Permits assistance to systems not owned by governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, or Indian tribes based on public health and financial needs and repayment ability. Sets forth requirements for agreements, including that no financial assistance will be provided to a public water system if expenses could be avoided or significantly reduced by consolidation of such system with another system. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for public water system expenditures to Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages which are ineligible for funding under this section. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Replaces provisions concerning State wellhead protection areas with those requiring State Governors to adopt and submit State Source Water Assessment Programs.  Provides for local source water assessment programs as well. Authorizes the Administrator, if a State fails to submit an approved program, to:  (1) withhold drinking water capitalization grants; and (2) delineate drinking water protection areas. Permits States with primacy and approved source water assessment programs to apply to the Administrator for approval of State Drinking Water Pollution Prevention Programs.  Authorizes States with approved pollution prevention programs to establish tailored monitoring (""monitoring relief"") for public water systems whose source waters are covered by local drinking water pollution prevention programs.  Permits monitoring relief for a specific contaminant only if monitoring demonstrates that the contaminant is not present in the water supply or, if present, is consistently at levels substantially below the maximum contaminant level (MCL). Prohibits monitoring relief with respect to microbiological contaminants or contaminants caused in part by the treatment or distribution of drinking water.  Permits requirements for pollution prevention programs for systems serving fewer than 3,300 persons to vary based on State criteria.  Establishes funding for source water and pollution prevention programs. (Sec. 5) Adds to the list of conditions which a public water system must meet to qualify for an exemption from an MCL or treatment technique that the system's source waters are within a drinking water protection area with a local pollution prevention program.  Repeals certain procedural requirements regarding exemptions and bases exemptions on a specified analysis of the local pollution prevention program. (Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to publish an MCL and a national primary drinking water regulation for cryptosporidium. (Sec. 7) Authorizes States with primacy to grant variances from MCL or treatment technique requirements to community water systems that: (1) serve fewer than 3,300 persons; and (2) cannot comply with regulations through restructuring or obtaining alternate drinking water supplies.  Permits such variances only if they would protect public health.  Makes variances effective for five years and permits renewals for additional five-year periods subject to compliance. (Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to publish regulations specifying minimum standards for certification of operators of public water systems, laboratories conducting tests, and additional designated personnel. Requires the Administrator, whenever a new national primary drinking water standard is promulgated, to publish information simultaneously on available technologies to meet such standard in the case of public water systems serving 50,000, 10,000, and 3,300 persons, respectively. (Sec. 10) Directs the Administrator to maintain a national drinking water occurrence data base, using monitoring data on the occurrence of both regulated and unregulated contaminants in public water systems. (Sec. 11) Requires the Administrator to review and revise the list of unregulated contaminants every five years.  Limits such list to a maximum of 40 contaminants. (Sec. 12) Revises provisions which require the Administrator to establish MCL goals and regulations for at least 25 contaminants every three years.  Requires the Administrator to publish a list of at least 15 unregulated contaminants that present the greatest public health concern, with additional lists of at least 12 contaminants every four years until such contaminants have been listed or rejected.  Provides for MCL goals and regulations for such contaminants. Requires primary drinking water regulations to be reviewed at least once every five (currently, three) years. Authorizes the Administrator to remove a contaminant from the list and repeal the national standard if the contaminant is known not to occur in public water systems or has not been demonstrated to have adverse health effects. (Sec. 13) Extends the authorization of appropriations for public water system supervision programs through FY 2000. Requires States with primacy to:  (1) submit implementation and funding plans to the Administrator on a triennial basis; and (2) establish State Drinking Water Protection Funds to be composed of fees from community water systems. Directs the Administrator to establish permit fee programs in States without primacy. Establishes the Public Drinking Water System Supervision Fund. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for source water assessment, pollution prevention, and viability programs. (Sec. 14) Requires States to implement State Drinking Water System Viability Programs to assure the capability of public water systems to comply with this Act. Directs States, as a condition of a full capitalization grant, to establish programs for assessing long-term technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of community public water systems to comply with this Act.  Places restrictions on grants until such programs are established. (Sec. 16) Requires the Administrator to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation:  (1) requiring all public water systems to routinely inspect distribution systems where they are located in proximity to sewer system lines to detect contamination from leakage in the lines and protect against contamination; and (2) prohibiting any system from recycling into drinking water supplies any untreated material which has been discharged from the system's drinking water filtration devices.",2025-08-26T13:52:04Z,
103-s-2050,103,s,2050,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1994",Environmental Protection,1994-04-26,1994-07-28,Subcommittee on Agricultural Research. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,0,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to establish a registration renewal procedure.  Requires active ingredients, for purposes of such procedure, to be classified as follows:  (1) in group one if first contained in a pesticide initially registered before November 1, 1984; (2) in group two if first contained in a pesticide initially registered after October 31, 1984, but before this Act's enactment; or (3) in group three if first contained in a pesticide initially registered after this Act's enactment. (Sec. 2) Sets reapplication dates for active ingredients as follows:  (1) 12-14 years after the issuance of a reregistration eligibility decision document for the active ingredient for those in group one; (2) ten to 13 years after this Act's enactment for those in group two; and (3) 12 years after the date of initial registration of a product containing the active ingredient for those in group three.  Sets subsequent reapplication dates for active ingredients at 12 years after the preceding expiration date. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assess fees from registrants to cover costs associated with registration review.  Permits the Administrator to cancel a registration for nonpayment. Establishes a registration renewal fund in the Treasury. Allows the continued use, distribution, or sale of existing stocks of an expired pesticide subject to conditions specified by the Administrator. (Sec. 3) Revises pesticide export provisions to prohibit the export of a pesticide that contains an active ingredient if virtually all uses of the active ingredient in the United States have been prohibited. Permits such exports where an export would be prohibited only because registration applications have been voluntarily withdrawn or cancelled by an applicant if the Administrator is unaware of any information indicating that use of the pesticide could pose adverse health or environmental risks. Authorizes such exports to a specified importing country if:  (1) the pesticide is not subject to a prohibition for any human health related reason; and (2) the country has informed the Administrator that it wishes to import the pesticide and is aware that U.S. uses of the pesticide are prohibited. Requires the Administrator to prohibit, by order, persons from exporting a pesticide to a foreign country if such country has informed the Administrator or an international agency of which the United States is a member, that the country does not wish to import the pesticide and certifies that it:  (1) is not producing or importing and will not produce or import the pesticide for use in the country; and (2) does not wish to import the pesticide because of human health or environmental concerns.  Provides for withdrawal of such order if the country is not in compliance with such certification. Prohibits the export of a pesticide unless:  (1) there is a tolerance or an exemption from certain tolerance requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) governing residues of each ingredient in the pesticide in at least one food; (2) there is a practical method for detecting residues in or on foods and the Administrator has an appropriately certified pesticide reference standard; or (3) the Administrator determines that the pesticide is not likely to be used in a manner resulting in residues in or on imported foods. Prohibits the export of a pesticide if any ingredient has not been and is not the subject of any registration unless the Administrator determines that:  (1) for each active ingredient, there is a tolerance greater than zero or an exemption from the tolerance requirement under the FDCA; or (2) residues of the pesticide on food have been permitted or the pesticide has been approved for use in at least three countries that evaluate pesticides prior to marketing in accordance with internationally recognized scientific standards and on the basis of an independent scientific review of health and environmental risks; and (3) the country of import participates in the United Nations Environment Program-Food and Agriculture Organization system for exchange of information on pesticides in international trade.  Permits persons to petition the Administrator to withdraw authorization to export such pesticides. Authorizes the Administrator to permit the export of a small quantity of a pesticide to a foreign country solely for research and development purposes, but not test marketing.  Prohibits such export if the pesticide contains an active ingredient which has been prohibited for virtually all uses, with exceptions. Requires exporters, in the case of unregistered pesticides other than those containing active ingredients that are banned in the United States, to obtain signed statements from foreign purchasers acknowledging that they understand that the pesticide is not registered for use, and cannot be sold, in the United States. Prohibits the export of a pesticide or a device unless it complies with requirements of this Act and the label of the pesticide is written in an official language of the country of use and, to the extent not in conflict with the country's requirements, contains all health, safety, environmental, and other related information required to be included on labeling in the United States. Requires pesticide exporters to comply with the product stewardship provisions of the 1994 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.  Permits the Administrator to prohibit noncomplying exporters from exporting for up to 180 days. Requires persons who distribute or sell pesticides for export to submit distribution or sale records to the Administrator as prescribed. Authorizes the assessment of fees on pesticide registrants to carry out export requirements and establishes a fund in the Treasury. Permits the Administrator to use a specified amount to provide countries technical assistance in certain pesticide safety, management, and training programs, alternative methods of pest control, and other related activites.  Gives priority for assistance to developing countries that are major sources of food imported into the United States. Requires persons who export pesticides or produce pesticides for export to submit to the Administrator information regarding:  (1) unreasonable environmental effects of the pesticides; and (2) the regulatory status of the pesticides in other countries that would affect exports. (Sec. 4) Revises the procedure for the cancellation, denial of registration, or change in the classification of pesticides. (Sec. 5) Requires the Administrator, by order and without a hearing, to cancel a pesticide registration or deny a registration application if the Administrator has revoked a tolerance regulation or denied a petition to establish a tolerance regulation for residues in or on food that could result from the use of the pesticide unless such use is unlikely to result in food that is adulterated. (Sec. 6) Revises procedures for suspension of pesticide registrations and removes certain provisions requiring hearings. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Administrator, if the risks associated with the use of a pesticide can be reduced by a change in the labeling, packaging, or composition of the pesticide, to issue a notice requiring registrants to make such change.  Prohibits such change if it will prohibit or make uses of the pesticide economically unfeasible.  Authorizes registrants to object to such changes and requires the Administrator to respond by withdrawing, modifying, or affirming the changes.  Authorizes the Administrator to suspend a registration if a registrant fails to comply with a notice.  Permits the continued sale or distribution of such pesticides for a limited period by persons other than the registrant.  Authorizes the Administrator to require the recall of pesticides sold or distributed in violation of requirements. (Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator, if credible scientific evidence indicates that the use of a pesticide is likely to pose a significant risk to humans or the environment and additional information should be developed to reduce uncertainties regarding the risk, to restrict, reduce, or eliminate the use or production of the pesticide or evaluate other actions necessary to address the risk. (Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to develop criteria for the designation of reduced risk pesticides.  Permits registrants or registration applicants to request the Administrator to designate a pesticide as a reduced risk pesticide. Extends the period of exclusive use for data submitted to support the application for the original registration of a pesticide if the Administrator approves at least three minor uses of the pesticide or the pesticide has been designated as a reduced risk pesticide prior to the expiration of the period of exclusive use. Permits the Administrator to conditionally register a biological pesticide or a mixture of such pesticides not contained in any currently registered pesticide prior to the development of data necessary to determine whether a pesticide meets registration requirements.  Conditions such registrations on a determination that use of the pesticide will not cause any adverse environmental effects and is in the public interest. Requires the Administrator to give priority to registration applications in the following order:  (1) registration of pesticides that would meet pest control needs that are currently being addressed through emergency pesticide uses authorized under FIFRA (these uses exempt Federal or State agencies from requirements as dictated by emergency circumstances); (2) applications likely to reduce the risk of adverse environmental effects from the use of currently registered pesticides subject to cancellation proceedings; (3) applications for reduced risk pesticides; and (4) applications for minor use pesticides. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture to review the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences' report, ""Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children,"" and conduct surveys to document dietary exposure to pesticides among infants and children and perform other research as necessary to implement the recommendations. Revises provisions regarding pest control strategies to make it a goal to support research and development of methods that reduce health and environmental risks, including alternative pest control strategies.  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator to implement a process for coordinating environmental risk reduction through identification of pesticides that pose significant risks and for which development of use reduction programs and research on safer alternative means of pest control should be high priority for research programs. Requires the Administrator to provide an annual list to the Secretary of agricultural use pesticides:  (1) for which the Administrator is considering certain regulatory actions (e.g., cancellations, denials of registrations) that would affect their availability, including agricultural commodities and pests affected; (2) which otherwise pose significant health and environmental risks; and (3) for which there exists significant instances of pest resistance.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) review all available alternatives to the pesticides listed; and (2) develop a research and technology transfer plan for each pest-commodity combination on the list for which there are insufficient alternative pest control techniques that present less risk.  Allocates funding to carry out such objectives. Expands provisions regarding integrated pest management to require the Secretary to implement research, demonstration, and education programs to support goals for adoption of integrated pest management.  Directs the Secretary to implement pesticide use reduction goals in selected ecosystems. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Administrator, subject to specified conditions, to delay action to delete a minor food or feed use for which a registrant has not agreed to timely submit data necessary for reregistration. Authorizes appropriations for the development of public health data in cases where the Administrator determines that further study is needed on public health pesticides to support continued registration. (Sec. 11) Adds reregistration fee provisions. (Sec. 12) Permits a restricted use pesticide to be applied only by or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator or subject to other restrictions if the Administrator determines that the pesticide or its uses may cause adverse environmental effects without additional regulatory restriction. (Sec. 13) Revises judicial review procedures. (Sec. 14) Sets time limitations on claims for indemnity payments from the United States to persons suffering losses from cancelled pesticides. (Sec. 17) Expands current pesticide recordkeeping requirements. Revises enforcement authorities. Bars Federal contracts with persons convicted of offenses under FIFRA if such a contract is to be performed at any facility at which the violation giving rise to the offense occurred.  Continues such prohibition until the condition giving rise to the conviction has been corrected. Requires the Administrator to treat Indian tribes as States under FIFRA. (Sec. 18) Provides protection to whistleblowers.",2025-08-26T13:49:37Z,
103-hconres-242,103,hconres,242,"To express the sense of the Congress that if nominated by the Governor of New York as an estuary of national significance, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should select and convene a management conference under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for the lands and waters comprising the South Shore Estuary Reserve on Long Island, New York.",Environmental Protection,1994-04-21,1994-05-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]",NY,R,K000210,4,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that if the Governor of New York nominates the South Shore Estuary Reserve as an estuary of national significance, then the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should select and convene a management conference for the Reserve under the authorities of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4213,103,hr,4213,River and Watershed Protection and Restoration Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-09-27,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,19,"River and Watershed Protection and Restoration Act of 1994 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain a National River and Watershed Registry to be comprised of rivers and associated watershed areas whose natural, scenic, cultural, or recreational values are to be protected or restored. Requires the Secretary to promulgate rules establishing criteria for the inclusion of rivers and associated watershed areas on the Registry, including a requirement that the designated State agency or an Indian tribe has submitted a petition for inclusion that contains a strategy specifying methods contributing to the protection and restoration of riverine and riparian resources within the area concerned. (Sec. 303) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) submission of nominations for the inclusion of any river and associated watershed area on the Registry by an appropriate State agency, a governing body of an Indian Tribe, or by a State agency for another entity; (2) inclusion of segments on the Registry; (3) periodic review of strategy implementation; (4) removal from the Registry; and (5) application for assistance under the Act by qualified watershed councils. Requires the appropriate Federal or State department, agency, or instrumentality, before approving or authorizing a planned undertaking that may adversely effect the implementation of a strategy in effect for a river and associated watershed area listed on the Registry, to notify the Secretary, the designated State agency, any affected Indian tribe, the appropriate local governmental officials, and the public.  Sets forth conditions under which such approval or authorization may be issued.  Exempts an undertaking:  (1) determined by a Federal agency to be necessary for national security; (2) in a major disaster area; (3) involving only the repair or reconstruction of a building or facility constructed before the date on which the river and associated watershed area concerned were included on the Registry; or (4) that is required to be undertaken pursuant to Federal or State law. (Sec. 307) Directs the Secretary to:  (1) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop and publish standards for the protection and restoration of rivers, associated watershed areas, and riverine and riparian resources; and (2) provide technical assistance to qualified watershed councils, State, tribal and local governments, individuals, and private nonprofit organizations:  (1) engaged in the restoration and conservation of rivers and watershed areas listed in the Registry; and (2) proposing to nominate a river or area for the Registry. (Sec. 308) Requires the Secretary to make capitalization grants to the States and Indian Tribes to be deposited in river and watershed restoration and conservation revolving funds established by the State or by the Tribal governing body and to be used by the designated State agency (or by the Indian Tribe) only for carrying out its responsibilities and authorities under this Act and for providing grants and loans to qualified watershed councils or other entities contributing to the applicable strategy.  Requires such grants and loans to be used only to carry out projects contributing to the protection or restoration of rivers and associated watershed areas listed on the Registry. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange for the design, printing, and sale of river and watershed restoration stamps.  Requires the net proceeds of all such sales to be retained by the Secretary and to be transferred to the revolving fund for the State in which such stamps are sold.  Requires the Secretary, if stamps are sold in any State which has not established a revolving fund, to disburse such net proceeds to other States which have established such fund on a pro rata basis according to the volume of stamps sold in such other States. Provides for modified applicability of provisions governing the following with respect to projects or assistance for the protection or restoration of a river or associated watershed area which is listed on the Registry:  (1) assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation; (2) the conservation reserve program; (3) the forestry incentives program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) conservation easements; (6) the agricultural conservation program; (7) assistance from the National Park Service; and (8) assistance under the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978. (Sec. 309) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:50:10Z,
103-hr-4219,103,hr,4219,To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical revisions to maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.,Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-04-18,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4]",FL,R,F000328,22,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make technical revisions to certain maps included in a set of maps entitled ""Coastal Barrier Resources System.""",2021-06-02T19:55:45Z,
103-hr-4226,103,hr,4226,To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program.,Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-04-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1]",RI,R,M000015,0,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a multimedia national estuary pollution prevention demonstration program to increase the use of modernizing industrial source reduction practices through demonstrations in estuaries.  Requires the Administrator to maintain a registry of modernizing toxic use and waste reduction technologies requiring demonstration. Authorizes persons with permits to discharge into estuaries with approved conservation and management plans to participate in the demonstration program through the institution of:  (1) a source reduction practice from the registry if the plan identified the source to be reduced as a problem; or (2) any other innovative source reduction practice subject to a specified determination by the Administrator. Exempts demonstration program participants from fees for the development of revised effluent guidelines.  Grants participants an additional year to comply with new or revised effluent standards as necessary and appropriate. Directs the Administrator to establish:  (1) a pollution prevention extension service to provide an outreach effort to encourage pollution prevention by industrial discharges to estuaries with approved conservation and management plans; and (2) a national estuary pollution prevention clearinghouse. Permits municipalities located within the watershed of an estuary with an approved plan to apply for technical and financial assistance for:  (1) implementing source reduction of toxic pollutants in urban runoff, wastewater, and stormwater and to address problems resulting from failures of underground septic systems; or (2) studying the impacts of separating combined sanitary/stormwater systems in municipalities which have combined systems.  Sets forth assistance eligibility requirements. Authorizes the use of State revolving loan funds for such assistance.  Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-4229,103,hr,4229,"To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to enable Indian tribes to enforce provisions of the Act relating to leaking underground storage tanks on Indian lands, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-04-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,1,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:  (1) delegate primary enforcement authority for programs under such Act to qualifying Indian tribes; (2) provide grant and contract assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, tribes to carry out such Act. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) study and inventory all underground storage tanks within Indian country; and (2) establish a Tribal Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. Obligates specified funds for regulation of such underground storage tanks. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reserve at least three percent of the amounts made available to States from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for the Tribal Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-s-2019,103,s,2019,Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-05-23,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA) to make capitalization grants to States to establish State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds. (Sec. 3) Authorizes State Governors to transfer amounts between such funds and water pollution control revolving funds established under the Clean Water Act. Requires the Administrator to reserve one and a half percent of drinking water funds for capitalization grants to Indian tribes for the improvement of public water systems.  Authorizes the Administrator to make such grants to the District of Columbia and specified U.S. territories. Authorizes States to reserve a certain amount of such grants for technical assistance for small public water systems. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to Alaska for the benefit of Alaska Native villages. Requires the Administrator, beginning in FY 1998, to withhold 10 percent (30 percent for subsequent years) of each capitalization grant made to a State if the Administrator has not approved a State viability program. Prohibits assistance to nonviable systems unless the system owner or operator agrees to undertake changes in operations to ensure that the system has the technical, managerial, and financial capability to comply with requirements on a long-term basis. Directs States to prepare annual intended use plans for funds. Requires priority for the use of funds to be given to projects that address the most serious risk to human health and that assist systems most in need on a household basis according to State affordability criteria. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to reserve a specified amount to support a study by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of scientific practices related to the development of drinking water standards for contaminants that are regulated on the basis of a health effect other than a carcinogenic effect. (Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, no later than May 31, 1994, to propose maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) or maximum residual disinfectant level goals and a national primary drinking water regulation for disinfectants and disinfectant byproducts.  Directs the Administrator to propose an interim enhanced surface water treatment rule for systems serving a population of over 10,000 that includes an MCLG for cryptosporidium.  Requires publication of such goals, regulation, and rule (for microbial contaminants including cryptosporidium) by December 31, 1996. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) promulgate an information collection rule to obtain information that will facilitate further revisions to the national primary drinking water regulation for disinfectants and disinfection byproducts by July 29, 1994; (2) promulgate a final long-term enhanced surface water treatment rule for all public water systems serving over 10,000 by December 31, 1998; and (3) promulgate a revised national primary drinking water regulation for disinfectants and disinfection byproducts incorporating collected information by June 30, 2000. Requires the Administrator to propose a regulation that describes treatment techniques that meet requirements for filtration and are feasible for community water systems serving 3,300 people or fewer and noncommunity water systems. Directs the Administrator to publish an MCLG and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for any contaminant that may have adverse health effects and is known or anticipated to occur in public water systems with a frequency and at levels of public health concern.  (Current law requires MCLGs and regulations for those that may have adverse health effects and are known or anticipated to occur in such systems.) Requires the Administrator to publish a list of at least 15 contaminants that present the greatest public health concern, with additional lists of at least seven contaminants every five years.  Establishes deadlines for the promulgation of regulations and MCLGs for such contaminants. Directs the Administrator to assemble a national drinking water occurrence data base to include information on the occurrence of regulated and unregulated contaminants. Directs the Administrator, at the time an MCL is proposed, to publish and consider an analysis of:  (1) the health risk reduction benefits likely to occur as the result of treatment to comply with the MCL; (2) the costs that will be experienced as a result of compliance with the MCL; (3) potential increased health risks that may occur as a result of such compliance; and (4) the effects of the contaminant upon subpopulations that are identified as being at greater risk for adverse health effects. Authorizes the Administrator to establish an MCL that is less stringent than is feasible if the less stringent level will result in compliance costs that are substantially less and:  (1) for contaminants regulated on the basis of carcinogenic effect, will not result in a significant increase in individual lifetime cancer risks relative to the feasible level; or (2) for contaminants regulated on the basis of health effects other than carcinogenic effects, will ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm.  Conditions the Administrator's authority with respect to contaminants regulated on the basis of health effects other than carcinogenic effects on an NAS study concerning scientific information and methods. Permits the Administrator to establish a less stringent MCL if the technology, treatment techniques, and other means used to determine the feasible level would result in an increase in the overall health risk from drinking water by:  (1) increasing the concentration of other contaminants; or (2) interfering with the efficacy of treatment techniques that are used to comply with other national primary drinking water regulations.  Requires such MCL to minimize the overall health risks. Revises provisions concerning the monitoring of unregulated contaminants.  Requires the Administrator to establish criteria for a monitoring program for such contaminants.  Directs the Administrator, within three years of this Act's enactment and every five years thereafter, to issue a list of up to 30 unregulated contaminants to be monitored by public water systems.  Requires systems that serve over 10,000 people to monitor for all listed contaminants. Directs each State to develop a representative monitoring plan to assess the occurrence of such contaminants in systems that serve fewer than 10,000.  Provides that such plans shall require monitoring for systems representative of different sizes, types, and geographic locations within a State.  Authorizes the Administrator to waive monitoring requirements if a State demonstrates that the criteria for listing a contaminant do not apply in the State. Authorizes appropriations. Requires drinking water regulations to be reviewed at least once every six (currently, three) years. Makes national primary drinking water regulations effective three years after the date of promulgation (currently, 18 months) unless the Administrator determines that an earlier date is practicable. Permits up to two additional years to comply with an MCL or treatment technique if additional time is necessary for capital improvements. Authorizes exemptions from MCL or treatment technique requirements to allow a public water system to develop an alternative source of water supply or to restructure or consolidate the system.  Permits the renewal of an exemption for one additional two-year period (currently, one or more two-year periods) for a system that serves no more than 3,300 people (currently, that serves no more than 500 service connections) and needs financial assistance for necessary improvements.  Prohibits exemptions for small systems that receive variances under this Act. Requires the Administrator to review monitoring requirements for at least 12 contaminants and promulgate any necessary modifications. Authorizes States to submit alternative monitoring requirements for any national primary drinking water regulation, other than those applicable to microbial contaminants, to the Administrator for approval. Permits the Administrator or a State with primary enforcement responsibility (primacy), with respect to monitoring requirements for contaminants regulated on the basis of carcinogenic effects, to exempt public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people from conducting additional quarterly monitoring during any three-year period if monitoring conducted at the beginning of the period fails to detect the presence of the contaminant and it is unlikely to be detected by further monitoring. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Administrator or a State with primacy to grant variances for compliance with an MCL or treatment techniques to public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people.  Permits such variances if a system installs and operates treatment technology that is feasible for small systems as determined by the Administrator and:  (1) the State cannot afford to comply with a national primary drinking water regulation; and (2) the variance ensures adequate health protection.  Establishes application deadlines for variances.  Requires variances to be granted or denied within one year of the deadline.  Establishes a moratorium on penalties for violations of MCLs or treatment techniques for systems that submit timely applications. Makes variances unavailable for:  (1) an MCL or treatment technique for contaminants with respect to which a national primary drinking water regulation was promulgated prior to January 1, 1986; or (2) a regulation for a microbial contaminant or an indicator or treatment technique for such contaminant. Requires the Administrator to issue guidance or regulations describing treatment techniques for public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. Directs States to implement State Drinking Water System Viability Programs that ensure the capability of systems to comply with requirements. Provides that a public water system in violation of a requirement specifying an MCL or treatment technique that seeks assistance from a State for restructuring shall not be subject to a penalty for three years if the system is meeting the conditions of a State restructuring order.  Makes such extensions unavailable for systems that apply for assistance four years after this Act's enactment. Directs the Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish at least five small public water system technology assistance centers in the United States. (Sec. 6) Revises enforcement authorities.  Exempts systems that submit approved consolidation plans from enforcement actions for a certain time period. Requires States to report annually to the Administrator on public water system compliance.  Directs the Administrator to summarize such reports for the Congress and make recommendations on resources needed to ensure compliance. (Sec. 7) Makes it unlawful for any person to:  (1) introduce into commerce any pipe or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture that is not lead free; (2) sell solder or flux that is not lead free while engaged in the business of selling plumbing supplies (except for manufacturers); or (3) introduce into commerce any solder or flux that is not lead free unless it bears a label stating that it is illegal to use such solder or flux in the installation or repair of any plumbing providing water for human consumption. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) provide technical information and assistance to qualified third-party certifiers in the development of voluntary standards and testing protocols for the leaching of lead from new plumbing fittings and fixtures that are intended to dispense water for human ingestion; and (2) promulgate regulations setting a health-effects-based performance standard establishing maximum leaching levels from such fittings and fixtures if a voluntary standard is not established within one year of this Act's enactment. Prohibits, if such standards are not promulgated within five years of this Act's enactment, the importation, manufacturing, processing, or distribution in commerce of fittings or fixtures that contain more than four percent lead by dry weight. Directs the Administrator to review data and information on the leaching of lead from water well pumps and system component parts that come into contact with drinking water and the voluntary consensus standards for protecting health from the leaching of lead. Requires the Administrator to establish a health-effects based performance standard and testing protocol for such leaching if the voluntary consensus standard is not effectively protecting health.  Makes it a violation of this Act to import, manufacture, sell, distribute, or install a water well pump or system component parts that leach lead above the maximum level. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) review information on the leaking of oil and polychlorinated biphenyls from well pumps that come into contact with drinking water in private and public wells; (2) identify health risks from such substances; and (3) provide recommendations on precautions to be taken to avoid such risks. (Sec. 8) Directs the Administrator to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations and an MCL for radon.  Permits alternative contaminant levels if a system is:  (1) located in a State that is implementing a program to reduce radon in indoor air or is receiving State grant assistance for the program; or (2) implementing an approved service area alternative compliance program. (Sec. 9) Authorizes States to establish programs under which community water systems or local governments may submit water quality protection petitions requesting States to assist in addressing:  (1) the origins of drinking water contaminants of public health concern; and (2) the financial or technical limitations that impair a community water system's ability to comply with a national primary drinking water regulation.  Sets forth minimum requirements for petitions. Makes sole source aquifer plans, wellhead protection plans, and source water quality protection measures assisted in response to petitions eligible for assistance under the Clean Water Act. Provides for grants to States that submit source water protection petition programs to the Administrator. Extends the authorization of appropriations for sole source aquifer protection and wellhead protection programs. (Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations for drinking water research, investigations, and demonstrations. Requires the principal operator of community and noncommunity water systems serving nontransient populations and additional personnel, as designated by the Administrator, to be certified for proficiency. Withholds percentages of capitalization grants from States for noncompliance with certification programs. Extends the authorization of appropriations for technical assistance to small water systems. Establishes additional research authorities, including requirements for studies of risk assessment and the occurrences of chemicals in drinking water.  Sets priorities for research.  Directs the Administrator to develop an integrated risk characterization strategy for drinking water quality. Requires the Administrator to report triennially to the Congress on results of research to identify groups within the general population that may be at greater risk of adverse health effects from contaminants in drinking water. (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations for public water system supervision programs and grants to States for groundwater and underground source protection programs. (Sec. 14)  Waives the sovereign immunity of the United States with respect to any requirement, administrative authority, process, or sanction imposed concerning the provision of safe drinking water or underground injection. (Sec. 15) Directs the Administrator to: (1) rank sources of pollution with respect to the relative degree of risk of adverse effects on human health, the environment, and public welfare; (2) evaluate costs and benefits associated with compliance with regulations and Federal actions with health and environmental impacts; and (3) identify reasonable opportunities to achieve significant risk reduction through modifications in environmental regulations and programs and other Federal programs with health and environmental impacts. (Sec. 16) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the Administrator publishes an MCL, to issue a regulation that establishes a quality level for the contaminant in bottled water or make a finding that a regulation is not necessary to protect the public health because the contaminant is not present in bottled water. Requires the quality level to be as stringent as the MCL.  Makes the MCL the standard if the Secretary fails to establish a regulation. (Sec. 17) Directs the Administrator to carry out a research plan to support the implementation of the most current version of the surface water treatment, disinfectant and disinfection byproducts, and groundwater disinfection rules. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 18) Requires the Administrator, in promulgating any proposed or final major regulation relating to human health or the environment, to publish in the Federal Register a statement that:  (1) quantifies the health and environmental risks to be addressed by the regulation and compares such risks to other risks; (2) estimates costs and benefits of compliance to Federal, State, and local governments and to the private sector; and (3) contains a certification that the risk and cost-benefit analyses are based on the best available scientific information and that the regulation is likely to significantly reduce risks, there is no regulatory alternative that would achieve an equivalent reduction in risk in a more cost-effective manner, and the regulation is likely to produce benefits to justify costs.  Defines a ""major regulation"" as one that may have an effect on the economy of at least $100 million in any one year. (Sec. 19) Private Property Rights Act of 1994 - Directs that, to the fullest extent practicable, all Federal agencies shall complete a private property taking impact analysis before issuing any policy, regulation, proposed legislation, or related action which is likely to result in a taking of private property, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 20) Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers and at the request of public water supply customers of the Washington Aqueduct, to borrow from the Federal Financing Bank to finance capital improvements at the Aqueduct. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) develop criteria to identify qualified independent certifiers of residential water treatment devices; and (2) publish an annual list of certified devices. Makes it a violation of this Act to distribute, sell, or promote the sale of any device on the basis of false or misleading claims of its effectiveness to remove contaminants or protect health. Authorizes the State of Virginia to establish a regional endowment fund for programs to demonstrate alternative approaches to intergovernmental coordination in the financing of drinking water projects in rural communities in southwestern Virginia that are experiencing severe economic hardship.  Sets forth eligibility requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a screening program to determine whether certain substances may have an effect in humans that is similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring estrogen or other designated endocrine effect.  Requires manufacturers of substances for which testing is required to conduct testing and submit information to the Administrator.  Suspends the sale or distribution of substances by persons who fail to comply. Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to apply the aquatic species program to Lake Champlain. Title I:  Department of Environmental Protection - Department of Environmental Protection Act of 1994 - Subtitle A:  Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of Environmental Protection Act - Redesignates the EPA as the Department of Environmental Protection. (Sec. 103) Encourages the Secretary of Environmental Protection to:  (1) assist the Secretary of State in participating in international environmental protection agreements and organizations; (2) conduct research on and develop responses to international environmental problems; and (3) provide assistance to foreign countries and international bodies to improve the environment. Sets forth provisions concerning guidance for small businesses and other persons in applying for permits. (Sec. 108) Establishes:  (1) a Small Business Ombudsman Office to carry out environmental compliance and technical assistance for small businesses; (2) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics; and (3) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics. (Sec. 109) Requires the Secretary to carry out environmental compliance and technical assistance programs for small governmental jurisdictions. (Sec. 111) Authorizes grants to, and contracts with, State and local governments, Indian tribes, universities, and other organizations to assist in data collection. (Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the NAS for a report on the adequacy of the Department's data collection procedures and capabilities.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 114) Abolishes the Council on Environmental Quality and transfers the Council's functions to the Secretary. (Sec. 116) Sets forth conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements for persons entering into arrangements for services with the Secretary. Requires public notice when the award of a contract may result in a conflict of interests. (Sec. 122) Establishes the Office of Environmental Justice to:  (1) develop a plan to ensure equality in environmental protection; (2) evaluate whether environmental policy is helping individuals who suffer the highest exposure to pollution; (3) collect data on environmental health effects; (4) identify environmental high impact areas which are subject to the highest loadings of toxic chemicals; and (5) assess health effects that may be caused by emissions in high impact areas. (Sec. 123) Directs the President to report to the Congress on measures to provide that:  (1) a single Federal agency be responsible for making technical determinations on agricultural lands with respect to wetlands to reduce confusion among agricultural producers; and (2) provide that the Soil Conservation Service be responsible for all such technical determinations on agricultural lands. Subtitle B:  Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on the implementation of Federal environmental laws to protect human health and the environment.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C:  Effective Date - Sets forth the effective data of this Act.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-s-2020,103,s,2020,"A bill to authorize the establishment of a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interest in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-04-14,1994-04-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]",MD,D,S000064,2,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Requires such assistance to be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects affecting the Bay's estuary. Permits assistance for a project only if it is publicly owned and will be publicly operated and maintained.  Sets forth requirements for local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests. Sets the Federal share at 75 percent of total project costs. Requires the non-Federal share of operation and maintenance  costs to be 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish at least one project in each of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hjres-350,103,hjres,350,"Designating April 1994 as ""National Buy Recycled Materials and Products Month"".",Environmental Protection,1994-04-12,1994-04-12,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]",VA,D,M000933,15,Designates April 1994 as National Buy Recycled Materials and Products Month.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
103-s-1985,103,s,1985,Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act,Environmental Protection,1994-03-25,1994-03-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO]",CO,R,B000919,1,"Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require permits for discharges from publicly owned treatment works to contain terms for biological monitoring or whole effluent toxicity tests if the permitting authority determines that such discharges cause, have the potential to cause, or contribute to an in-stream excursion above a narrative or numeric criterion for whole effluent toxicity.  Outlines the process for such tests. Provides that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that it is necessary to include biological monitoring, testing, or assessment methods or whole effluent toxicity tests as a permit condition for publicly owned treatment works, the failure of such tests shall not result in a finding of violation.",2025-08-26T13:50:26Z,
103-s-1994,103,s,1994,Comprehensive Superfund Improvement Act,Environmental Protection,1994-03-25,1994-03-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH]",NH,R,S000606,6,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Liability      Title II:  State Implementation      Title III:  Remedy Selection      Title IV:  Funding Comprehensive Superfund Improvement Act - Title I:  Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to limit liability under such Act to actions involving hazardous substance releases occurring after December 11, 1980 (thus, eliminating retroactive liability), subject to the conditions of this Act.  Makes such limit inapplicable to actions occurring before such date which were contrary to law. Provides for reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund as provided by this Act. (Sec.  102) Sets forth retroactive liability provisions for actions which occurred before December 11, 1980.  Bars reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund to potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for construction costs if construction of the response action has been completed by January 1, 1994.  Requires the President, if a PRP is conducting operation and maintenance (O&M) related to the action as of January 1, 1994, to assume the future costs of O&M and reimburse the party for costs incurred.  Provides for reimbursement of construction costs for response actions not completed by such date, but only after the construction is completed.  Directs the President to use the Retroactive Liability Fund to pay for all response action costs for sites discovered after such date. Establishes provisions for actions for which liability occurred before and after December 11, 1980.  Permits PRPs conducting O&M related to the response action as of January 1, 1994, to petition the President for an allocation of O&M costs.  Provides for reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund of O&M costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980.  Permits PRPs to petition for allocations of construction and O&M costs where actions have not been completed by January 1, 1994.  Provides for reimbursement of O&M and construction costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980.  Directs the President to use the Retroactive Liability Fund to pay for all costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980, for sites discovered after January 1, 1994. (Sec. 103) Provides that persons considered to be qualified organizations under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code governing charitable contributions who are grantees of conservation easements with respect to real property on which a facility is located shall not be considered as owners or operators, for purposes of determining liability for removal and response costs, unless they have caused or contributed to the release of hazardous substances. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who has acquired real property has made all appropriate inquiry into previous ownership and uses of the property if he establishes that, immediately prior to or at the time of acquisition, he obtained an environmental assessment of the property to determine the presence of hazardous substances, including a review of specified records of the previous ownership and use of such property. (Sec. 104) Absolves persons who have resolved liability to the United States or a State in an approved settlement proceeding of liability for cost recovery regarding matters addressed in the settlement. (Sec. 105) Provides that persons who own or operate real property that is contiguous to or otherwise situated with respect to real property on which there has been a release of a hazardous substance and that may be contaminated shall not be considered to be an owner or operator for purposes of determining liability.  Authorizes the President to issue assurances of no enforcement action to such persons and grant protection against cost recovery and contribution actions. (Sec. 106) Requires the President to issue regulations to define certain terms as they apply to liability of lenders and financial service providers. Excludes from the definition of ""owner or operator"" (thus, protecting from individual liability) fiduciaries who hold legal title to, are the mortgagees or secured parties with respect to, control, or manage, any facility or vessel at which a release occurred for purposes of administering an estate or trust of which such vessel or facility is a part. (Sec. 108) Makes liable parties who accept or successfully appeal the results of the allocation of responsibility under title V of this Act to be liable only for, with respect to National Priority List (NPL) sites, their assigned share of the costs of:  (1) removal or remedial action incurred by the United States, a State, or an Indian tribe; (2) response incurred by any other person; and (3) any health assessment or health effects study.  Requires the orphan share of an NPL site to be paid out of the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Fund) or the Retroactive Liability Fund. (Sec. 109) Makes PRPs or liable parties who fail to perform response actions at NPL sites subject to specified civil action. Requires reimbursement by Superfund of PRPs who perform and pay for response actions at NPL sites.  Authorizes liable parties who perform and pay for such actions to recover costs as creditor parties as provided under title V of this Act. (Sec. 110) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to appoint panels of administrative law judges to perform expedited administrative proceedings, to be known as ""binding allocations of responsibility (BARs),"" for purposes of determining the liability of PRPs at NPL sites.  Provides that BARs shall not address or affect liability concerning damages to natural resources. Provides for the initiation of a BAR by the filing of a petition with the EPA Office of Administrative Law Judges by the Administrator or a State where the site is located. Exempts de micromis parties (parties that a panel determines contributed only 100 pounds or liters of material containing hazardous substances at the facility or such amount as determined by the Administrator) from liability to the United States or to any other person for response actions or for past, present, or future costs incurred at the site. Requires final BARs to be issued within 18 months of the publication of a notice of petition (or 24 months for cases of exceptional complexity).  Bases the assigned share of liability on specified allocation factors, including the ability to pay.  Requires the Administrator to make firm offers of settlement to all de minimis parties (parties that contributed only one percent or less of the total quantity of hazardous substances present at the site).  Makes a BAR decision binding as to all past, present, and future liability for response costs and for contributions in civil proceedings. Permits judicial review of final BAR decisions. Sets forth procedures for recovery by creditor parties. Provides for stays of certain pending enforcement actions and private party litigation until a BAR is issued. Authorizes any group of PRPs to submit a private allocation for the NPL site, to be known as a ""voluntary binding allocation of responsibility,"" to the allocation panel. Provides that a BAR shall constitute a permanent determination of the assigned share of a liable party and of the orphan share and, except for specified additions to the orphan share and judicially mandated changes, shall not be subject to any change for at least five years after the date of final decision.  Permits a new BAR only if the request demonstrates that due to new information not reasonably available during the first BAR, a 35 percent or greater increase in total waste-in volume has been discovered. (Sec. 111) Exempts qualified redevelopers from liability for costs or damages with respect to hazardous substance releases. (Sec. 112) Extends a current exemption from liability for response action contractors under Federal law to State and local law and expands the activities considered to be response actions. Excludes such contractors from the definition of ""owner or operator"" for purposes of limiting liability. Provides a limitation on actions against response action contractors. Title II:  State Implementation - Authorizes States to apply to the Administrator to carry out response actions and enforcement activities at all facilities listed or proposed for listing on the NPL. Grants a State such authority if it possesses the legal authority, technical capability, and resources necessary to conduct response actions in a manner consistent with this Act.  Makes such States eligible for response action financing from the Fund and the Retroactive Liability Fund.  Requires States to pay ten percent of the costs of all response actions for which the State receives funds from the Fund.  Makes such cost-sharing requirement inapplicable to States that receive funds from the Retroactive Liability Fund. (Sec. 201) Authorizes a State to select a response action that achieves a level of cleanup that is more stringent than required if it agrees to pay for the incremental increase in response cost attributable to achieving the more stringent level. (Sec. 203) Directs the President to:  (1) maintain records of the costs incurred in connection with any oversight contract or arrangement for remedial investigations or feasibility studies; and (2) establish an administrative procedure under which a party that conducts a response action may contest the costs incurred in such oversight. Requires oversight costs exceeding 50 percent of the response costs incurred by the responsible party to be paid by the Fund. Title III:  Remedy Selection - Authorizes the President or an authorized State to take immediate risk reduction measures whenever a release poses an imminent and substantial danger to public health. Prohibits the President or a State from instituting long-term remediation measures.  Authorizes the use of the Fund for such measures, but permits the President to recover costs from liable parties as well. (Sec. 302) Applies the hazard ranking system to a site or facility only after the site or facility has undergone immediate risk reduction measures.  Applies such requirement to sites and facilities to be newly listed on the NPL and to any sites already listed for which remedial investigation and feasibility studies have not been conducted. (Sec. 303) Directs the President or a State, as appropriate, to prepare a long-term response plan for an affected facility.  Authorizes PRPs to prepare and carry out certain elements of such plan.  Requires such plans to address:  (1) site characterization; (2) risk assessment; (3) recommendations made by community advisory councils; and (4) response option identification. Requires plans for:  (1) facilities to be newly listed on the NPL after this Act's enactment date; (2) facilities or sites listed on the NPL for which remedial investigations and feasibility studies have not been conducted; and (3) facilities or sites on the NPL for which such investigations and studies have been conducted but for which contracts have not been executed for remedial design and action.  Directs persons carrying out remedial investigations to assess risks to human health and the environment, separately evaluating current and likely future risks. Directs the Administrator to create a Community Advisory Council for each facility listed on the NPL to provide information to PRPs, the Administrator, and the State regarding the future use of the facility and affected off-site areas and resources. Requires response option identifications under long-term remediation plans to provide for cost-benefit analyses on containment, remediation, monitoring, delisting, and institutional controls. Directs the President to promulgate and include in the national contingency plan guidelines for conducting cost/benefit analyses of response actions conducted under CERCLA. (Sec. 304) Revises provisions regarding selection of remedial actions to require the President or a State, after completion of a long-term response plan, to select the response that best achieves an acceptable level of residual risk reduction at the facility or site. Sets forth factors to be considered in selecting such actions, including site-specific impacts, economic impacts on PRPs, and costs and benefits of options.  Provides preferences for actions that significantly reduce the volume, toxicity, or mobility of the hazardous substances or the exposure to such substances. Extends site or facility boundaries to include areas subject to easements or other institutional controls with respect to response actions. Makes selections subject to judicial review. Requires implementation of an action within 60 days after the selection has been made and:  (1) an appeal has been filed and a court has acted on the appeal; or (2) the time for filing an appeal has expired and no appeal has been filed. Repeals certain cleanup standards. (Sec. 305) Requires the review of selected response actions at least once every five years to assure that human health and the environment are being protected.  (Currently, such review is required for actions that result in hazardous substances remaining at the site.) (Sec. 306) Provides for delisting of sites or facilities from the NPL after an action achieves the cleanup goal. Title IV:  Funding - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend environmental tax and certain Superfund provisions for a period of five years.  Increases the aggregate tax which may be collected and credited to the Fund.  Extends the deadline for repayment of advances made to the Fund from December 31, 1995, to December 31, 2000.  Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Fund through FY 2000. (Sec. 402) Increases the environmental income tax.  Provides that only 50 percent of such taxes received in the Treasury shall be deposited into the Fund in tax years between December 31, 1994, and January 1, 2000. (Sec. 404) Establishes the Retroactive Liability Fund. Appropriates 50 percent of revenues from the environmental tax to such fund in addition to certain environmental fees and assessments on insurance companies.",2025-08-26T13:49:08Z,
103-hr-4161,103,hr,4161,Comprehensive Superfund Improvement Act,Environmental Protection,1994-03-24,1994-04-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Zeliff, William H., Jr. [R-NH-1]",NH,R,Z000004,13,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Liability      Title II:  State Implementation      Title III:  Remedy Selection      Title IV:  Funding Comprehensive Superfund Improvement Act - Title I:  Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to limit liability under such Act to actions involving hazardous substance releases occurring after December 11, 1980 (thus, eliminating retroactive liability), subject to the conditions of this Act.  Makes such limit inapplicable to actions occurring before such date which were contrary to law. Provides for reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund as provided by this Act. (Sec. 102) Sets forth retroactive liability provisions for actions which occurred before December 11, 1980.  Bars reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund to potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for construction costs if construction of the response action has been completed by January 1, 1994.  Requires the President, if a PRP is conducting operation and maintenance (O&M) related to the action as of January 1, 1994, to assume the future costs of O&M and reimburse the party for costs incurred.  Provides for reimbursement of construction costs for response actions not completed by such date, but only after the construction is completed.  Directs the President to use the Retroactive Liability Fund to pay for all response action costs for sites discovered after such date. Establishes provisions for actions for which liability occurred before and after December 11, 1980.  Permits PRPs conducting O&M related to the response action as of January 1, 1994, to petition the President for an allocation of O&M costs.  Provides for reimbursement from the Retroactive Liability Fund of O&M costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980.  Permits PRPs to petition for allocations of construction and O&M costs where actions have not been completed by January 1, 1994.  Provides for reimbursement of O&M and construction costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980.  Directs the President to use the Retroactive Liability Fund to pay for all costs attributable to actions occurring before December 11, 1980, for sites discovered after January 1, 1994. (Sec. 103) Provides that persons considered to be qualified organizations under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code governing charitable contributions who are grantees of conservation easements with respect to real property on which a facility is located shall not be considered as owners or operators, for purposes of determining liability for removal and response costs, unless they have caused or contributed to the release of hazardous substances. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who has acquired real property has made all appropriate inquiry into previous ownership and uses of the property if he establishes that, immediately prior to or at the time of acquisition, he obtained an environmental assessment of the property to determine the presence of hazardous substances, including a review of specified records of the previous ownership and use of such property. (Sec. 104) Absolves persons who have resolved liability to the United States or a State in an approved settlement proceeding of liability for cost recovery regarding matters addressed in the settlement. (Sec. 105) Provides that persons who own or operate real property that is contiguous to or otherwise situated with respect to real property on which there has been a release of a hazardous substance and that may be contaminated shall not be considered to be an owner or operator for purposes of determining liability.  Authorizes the President to issue assurances of no enforcement action to such persons and grant protection against cost recovery and contribution actions. (Sec. 106) Requires the President to issue regulations to define certain terms as they apply to liability of lenders and financial service providers. Excludes from the definition of ""owner or operator"" (thus, protecting from individual liability) fiduciaries who hold legal title to, are the mortgagees or secured parties with respect to, control, or manage, any facility or vessel at which a release occurred for purposes of administering an estate or trust of which such vessel or facility is a part. (Sec. 108) Makes liable parties who accept or successfully appeal the results of the allocation of responsibility under title V of this Act to be liable only for, with respect to National Priority List (NPL) sites, their assigned share of the costs of:  (1) removal or remedial action incurred by the United States, a State, or an Indian tribe; (2) response incurred by any other person; and (3) any health assessment or health effects study.  Requires the orphan share of an NPL site to be paid out of the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Fund) or the Retroactive Liability Fund. (Sec. 109) Makes PRPs or liable parties who fail to perform response actions at NPL sites subject to specified civil action.  Requires reimbursement by Superfund of PRPs who perform and pay for response actions at NPL sites.  Authorizes liable parties who perform and pay for such actions to recover costs as creditor parties as provided under title V of this Act. (Sec. 110) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to appoint panels of administrative law judges to perform expedited administrative proceedings, to be known as ""binding allocations of responsibility (BARs),"" for purposes of determining the liability of PRPs at NPL sites.  Provides that BARs shall not address or affect liability concerning damages to natural resources. Provides for the initiation of a BAR by the filing of a petition with the EPA Office of Administrative Law Judges by the Administrator or a State where the site is located. Exempts de micromis parties (parties that a panel determines contributed only 100 pounds or liters of material containing hazardous substances at the facility or such amount as determined by the Administrator) from liability to the United States or to any other person for response actions or for past, present, or future costs incurred at the site. Requires final BARs to be issued within 18 months of the publication of a notice of petition (or 24 months for cases of exceptional complexity).  Bases the assigned share of liability on specified allocation factors, including the ability to pay.  Requires the Administrator to make firm offers of settlement to all de minimis parties (parties that contributed only one percent or less of the total quantity of hazardous substances present at the site).  Makes a BAR decision binding as to all past, present, and future liability for response costs and for contributions in civil proceedings. Permits judicial review of final BAR decisions. Sets forth procedures for recovery by creditor parties. Provides for stays of certain pending enforcement actions and private party litigation until a BAR is issued. Authorizes any group of PRPs to submit a private allocation for the NPL site, to be known as a ""voluntary binding allocation of responsibility,"" to the allocation panel. Provides that a BAR shall constitute a permanent determination of the assigned share of a liable party and of the orphan share and, except for specified additions to the orphan share and judicially mandated changes, shall not be subject to any change for at least five years after the date of final decision.  Permits a new BAR only if the request demonstrates that due to new information not reasonably available during the first BAR, a 35 percent or greater increase in total waste-in volume has been discovered. (Sec. 111) Exempts qualified redevelopers from liability for costs or damages with respect to hazardous substance releases. (Sec. 112) Extends a current exemption from liability for response action contractors under Federal law to State and local law and expands the activities considered to be response actions. Excludes such contractors from the definition of ""owner or operator"" for purposes of limiting liability. Provides a limitation on actions against response action contractors. Title II:  State Implementation - Authorizes States to apply to the Administrator to carry out response actions and enforcement activities at all facilities listed or proposed for listing on the NPL.  Grants a State such authority if it possesses the legal authority, technical capability, and resources necessary to conduct response actions in a manner consistent with this Act.  Makes such States eligible for response action financing from the Fund and the Retroactive Liability Fund.  Requires States to pay ten percent of the costs of all response actions for which the State receives funds from the Fund.  Makes such cost-sharing requirement inapplicable to States that receive funds from the Retroactive Liability Fund. (Sec. 201) Authorizes a State to select a response action that achieves a level of cleanup that is more stringent than required if it agrees to pay for the incremental increase in response cost attributable to achieving the more stringent level. (Sec. 203) Directs the President to:  (1) maintain records of the costs incurred in connection with any oversight contract or arrangement for remedial investigations or feasibility studies; and (2) establish an administrative procedure under which a party that conducts a response action may contest the costs incurred in such oversight. Requires oversight costs exceeding 50 percent of the response costs incurred by the responsible party to be paid by the Fund. Title III:  Remedy Selection - Authorizes the President or an authorized State to take immediate risk reduction measures whenever a release poses an imminent and substantial danger to public health. Prohibits the President or a State from instituting long-term remediation measures.  Authorizes the use of the Fund for such measures, but permits the President to recover costs from liable parties as well. (Sec. 302) Applies the hazard ranking system to a site or facility only after the site or facility has undergone immediate risk reduction measures.  Applies such requirement to sites and facilities to be newly listed on the NPL and to any sites already listed for which remedial investigation and feasibility studies have not been conducted. (Sec. 303) Directs the President or a State, as appropriate, to prepare a long-term response plan for an affected facility.  Authorizes PRPs to prepare and carry out certain elements of such plan.   Requires such plans to address:  (1) site characterization; (2) risk assessment; (3) recommendations made by community advisory councils; and (4) response option identification. Requires plans for:  (1) facilities to be newly listed on the NPL after this Act's enactment date; (2) facilities or sites listed on the NPL for which remedial investigations and feasibility studies have not been conducted; and (3) facilities or sites on the NPL for which such investigations and studies have been conducted but for which contracts have not been executed for remedial design and action.  Directs persons carrying out remedial investigations to assess risks to human health and the environment, separately evaluating current and likely future risks. Directs the Administrator to create a Community Advisory Council for each facility listed on the NPL to provide information to PRPs, the Administrator, and the State regarding the future use of the facility and affected off-site areas and resources. Requires response option identifications under long-term remediation plans to provide for cost-benefit analyses on containment, remediation, monitoring, delisting, and institutional controls. Directs the President to promulgate and include in the national contingency plan guidelines for conducting cost/benefit analyses of response actions conducted under CERCLA. (Sec. 304) Revises provisions regarding selection of remedial actions to require the President or a State, after completion of a long-term response plan, to select the response that best achieves an acceptable level of residual risk reduction at the facility or site. Sets forth factors to be considered in selecting such actions, including site-specific impacts, economic impacts on PRPs, and costs and benefits of options.  Provides preferences for actions that significantly reduce the volume, toxicity, or mobility of the hazardous substances or the exposure to such substances. Extends site or facility boundaries to include areas subject to easements or other institutional controls with respect to response actions. Makes selections subject to judicial review. Requires implementation of an action within 60 days after the selection has been made and:  (1) an appeal has been filed and a court has acted on the appeal; or (2) the time for filing an appeal has expired and no appeal has been filed. Repeals certain cleanup standards. (Sec. 305) Requires the review of selected response actions at least once every five years to assure that human health and the environment are being protected.  (Currently, such review is required for actions that result in hazardous substances remaining at the site.) (Sec. 306) Provides for delisting of sites or facilities from the NPL after an action achieves the cleanup goal. Title IV:  Funding - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend environmental tax and certain Superfund provisions for a period of five years.  Increases the aggregate tax which may be collected and credited to the Fund.  Extends the deadline for repayment of advances made to the Fund from December 31, 1995, to December 31, 2000.  Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Fund through FY 2000. (Sec. 402) Increases the environmental income tax.  Provides that only 50 percent of such taxes received in the Treasury shall be deposited into the Fund in tax years between December 31, 1994, and January 1, 2000. (Sec. 404) Establishes the Retroactive Liability Fund. Appropriates 50 percent of revenues from the environmental tax to such fund in addition to certain environmental fees and assessments on insurance companies.",2025-08-26T13:51:26Z,
103-hr-4073,103,hr,4073,Interstate Municipal Solid Waste Control Act,Environmental Protection,1994-03-17,1994-04-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]",PA,R,G000439,16,"Interstate Municipal Solid Waste Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize State Governors to limit the quantity of out-of-State municipal solid waste (MSW) received for disposal at landfills or incinerators to an annual quantity equal to that received during 1990, 1991, or 1992, whichever is less.  Limits the quantity of out-of-State MSW received to an annual quantity no greater than 30 percent of all MSW received in 1990, 1991, or 1992, whichever is less, if, during such year, the landfill or incinerator received documented shipments of more than 50,000 tons of out-of-State MSW representing more than 30 percent of all MSW received during the calendar year concerned.  Provides for further limits in 1995 through 1997. Authorizes State Governors to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State MSW in:  (1) new landfills or incinerators; or (2) landfills or incinerators that do not meet certain requirements of Federal and State laws. Permits State Governors to treat any out-of-State industrial solid waste as out-of-State MSW if it is disposed of at a landfill or incinerator that receives MSW. Authorizes counties to exercise the same authorities with respect to out-of-State MSW as State Governors, except that the 30 percent limitation described in this Act shall be 20 percent. Prohibits discrimination against shipments of out-of-State solid waste on the basis of State of origin. Authorizes a State Governor to limit or prohibit the exportation outside the State of MSW generated in the State, except for materials that have been separated from MSW for recycling. Exempts from the requirements of this Act:  (1) material that has been separated or diverted from MSW and has been transported into the State for purposes of recycling and any material returned from a dispenser or distributor to the manufacturer for credit, evaluation, or reuse (this section does not apply to material disposed of in a landfill or incinerator); (2) solid waste generated by an industrial facility and transported for purposes of treatment, storage, or disposal to a facility owned or operated by the waste generator; and (3) solid waste generated incident to the provision of air transportation.",2025-08-26T13:51:42Z,
103-s-1949,103,s,1949,Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act,Environmental Protection,1994-03-17,1994-03-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,5,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act      Title II: Mercury Containing Battery Management Act Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide information on the proper handling and disposal of used regulated batteries and rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries. Defines a ""regulated battery"" as a rechargeable battery that contains a cadmium or lead electrode or other electrode chemistries as determined by the Administrator. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements and establishes inspection and access authorities for the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations. Title I:  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Prohibits any person from selling to an end user for use in the United States a regulated battery or rechargeable consumer product manufactured on or after 12 months after this Act's enactment date unless:  (1) the battery is easily removable from the product, is contained in a battery pack that is easily removable, or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act.  Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Requires retail establishments that sell such batteries or products to post notices informing consumers that regulated batteries must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate:  (1) labeling requirements for such batteries and related products; and (2) easily-removable design requirements for rechargeable consumer products designed to contain such batteries or battery packs. Provides for exemptions from this Act's requirements under certain conditions. Title II:  Mercury Containing Battery Management Act - Mercury-Containing Battery Management Act - Prohibits the sale or offering for sale or promotional purposes of:  (1) alkaline-manganese batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (limits the content in alkaline-manganese button cells to 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell); (2) zinc carbon batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1995, that contain mercury that was intentionally introduced; (3) button cell mercuric-oxide batteries on or after January 1, 1995; and (4) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after January 1, 1997.",2025-08-26T13:52:26Z,
103-hr-3997,103,hr,3997,Balanced Economic and Environmental Priorities Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-03-10,1994-03-16,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,0,"Balanced Economic and Environmental Priorities Act of 1994 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit a Federal officer or employee from implementing or enforcing a designation of critical habitat, an issued protective regulation, or a developed recovery plan under such Act unless the Secretary (either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as program responsibilities are vested):  (1) prepares an economic impact analysis with respect to such designation, regulation, or recovery plan; (2) determines that the benefits of it outweigh the costs of it; and (3) publishes an economic impact statement describing the findings of the analysis.  Establishes guidelines for such economic impact analysis. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) limit economic losses incurred by persons caused by listing species as endangered or threatened; and (2) compensate such persons for any diminishments in the value of tangible or intangible property, and in the loss or diminishment of a job. Requires congressional approval of any additions to the endangered species list. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) review endangered or threatened species added on or after such date to a published list of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (2) prepare an economic impact analysis and statement with respect to them; and (3) publish a list of all designations of critical habitat, regulations, and recovery plans in effect on the date of that publication (the implementation and enforcement of which is prohibited by the amendments made by this Act). Prohibits a person from being paid for any loss incurred by species being added to a list of endangered species or threatened species published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 during the period beginning January 1, 1986, and ending on the enactment of this Act, except for losses resulting from the implementation or enforcement of designations of critical habitat, regulations, and recovery plans that are not included in the list published under this Act.",2025-08-26T13:51:28Z,
103-s-1920,103,s,1920,Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-03-10,1994-03-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,16,"Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the case of specified contaminants listed in the Federal Register for which national primary drinking water regulations have not been issued, to:  (1) publish maximum contaminant level (MCL) goals and issue such regulations for those contaminants that occur in drinking water at a level of public health concern; and (2) eliminate monitoring, compliance, and enforcement requirements for those contaminants that do not occur in drinking water at levels of public health concern.  (Current law requires the promulgation of such goals and regulations for specified numbers of such contaminants by certain dates.) (Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator to promulgate such goals and regulations for new contaminants every five years. Requires the Administrator to identify best technology treatment techniques that may be used to meet MCLs for public water systems serving fewer than 1,000, between 1,000 and 10,000, and more than 10,000 people. Directs the Administrator to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for radionuclides, disinfection and corrosion byproducts, and sulfate. (Sec. 7) Revises provisions concerning variances from such regulations to permit the issuance of a variance by a State only if the water system cannot afford to install the best available technology to meet the MCL and it is not feasible for the system to connect with another source of water that will meet the standards.  Requires variances to be reviewed by the State at least every three years. (Sec. 8) Repeals provisions that authorize States to exempt public water systems from requirements respecting MCLs or treatment techniques. (Sec. 9) Prohibits treated drinking water from being removed from a public water system or routed through any device or pipes outside the system and returned to the system.  Includes such action in the definition of ""tampering,"" a violation for which criminal penalties are imposed.  Makes such prohibition inapplicable to pipes and devices totally within the control of one or more public water systems or to connections between water mains. (Sec. 11) Requires (currently, authorizes) the Administrator to conduct research relating to diseases and other impairments resulting from contaminants in drinking water or to the provision of a safe supply of drinking water.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 12) Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for State public water system supervision programs. (Sec. 13) Requires the Administrator to promulgate revised regulations every five years that list up to 30 unregulated contaminants to be monitored by public water systems. Directs the Administrator to assemble a national drinking water occurrence data base to include information on the occurrence of regulated and unregulated contaminants. (Sec. 16) Requires the Administrator to make capitalization grants to States to establish State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds. Reserves the following amounts from such grants:  (1) one percent for financial assistance to Indian tribes for the improvement of public water systems; and (2) .5 percent to respond to public health emergencies.  Sets aside specified dollar amounts for rural small drinking water systems technical assistance programs and drinking water health effects research.  Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for public water system improvement to the District of Columbia and specified U.S. territories. Requires 15 percent of amounts in a State loan fund to be available solely for assistance to public water systems that serve fewer than 10,000 individuals. Directs States to prepare intended use plans prior to receiving grants.  Requires priority for the use of funds to be given to systems that are in violation of a national primary drinking water regulation. Requires the Administrator to submit quadrennially to the Congress a survey of the needs of facilities eligible for State loan fund assistance. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 17) Permits the Administrator to provide financial assistance to minority communities with economic hardship for eligible wastewater treatment projects. (Sec. 18) Authorizes the Administrator to transfer funds to another Federal agency or award grants to any appropriate entity or border State (Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas) to provide assistance to low-income communities (colonias) in such areas that lack basic sanitation facilities for:  (1) the conservation, development, use, and control of water; and (2) the construction or improvement of sewers, wastewater treatment works, and essential community facilities. Requires such funds to be used in communities subject to a significant health risk attributable to lack of access to a water supply system or wastewater treatment works. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:50:05Z,
103-s-1913,103,s,1913,A bill to extend certain compliance dates for pesticide safety training and labeling requirements.,Environmental Protection,1994-03-09,1994-04-06,Became Public Law No: 103-231.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,5,"Provides that, until January 1, 1995, it shall not be a misuse to use any pesticide product in a manner inconsistent with specified Federal regulations governing worker protection and pesticide safety that are subject to a compliance date of April 15, 1994.  Makes this delay in compliance inapplicable to specific worker protection requirements that appear directly on the label of the pesticide product. Permits workers, until January 1, 1995, to enter areas treated with a pesticide product during the restricted entry interval specified on the product label to perform tasks related to the production of agricultural plants if the agricultural employer ensures that:  (1) no hand labor activity is performed; (2) no entry is allowed for the first four hours following the application of the product; (3) no entry is allowed until any inhalation exposure level listed on the product labeling has been reached; and (4) the personal protective equipment specified on the product labeling for early entry is provided in clean and operating condition to the worker.  Authorizes employers, for irrigation work for which the only contact with treated surfaces is to the feet, lower legs, hands, and arms, to provide coveralls and chemical resistant gloves and footwear instead of specified protective equipment. Provides that, until January 1, 1995, crop advisors shall not be considered workers or handlers and shall not be subject to Federal regulations governing worker protection and pesticide safety requirements. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:  (1) develop and distribute pesticide safety training materials that convey, at a minimum, information set forth in specified Federal regulations; and (2) assist the appropriate Federal, State, and tribal agencies in implementing required pesticide safety training programs.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
103-s-1915,103,s,1915,Private Property Owners Bill of Rights,Environmental Protection,1994-03-09,1994-03-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL]",AL,D,S000320,15,"Private Property Owners Bill of Rights - Requires Federal agency heads to:  (1) comply with applicable State and tribal government laws in implementing and enforcing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and the permitting program for dredged or filled material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA); (2) administer and implement the Acts in a manner that least affects the private property owners' constitutional and other legal rights; (3) develop and implement rules and regulations for ensuring that such rights are protected when making any final decision that restricts the use of private property; (4) obtain the consent of the property owner and provide appropriate notice before entering privately-owned property in order to collect information on it; and (5) give the property owner an opportunity to review and dispute the data collected before using it to implement or enforce any of the Acts. Amends ESA and FWPCA to provide for administrative appeals of certain actions, including those related to the denial of permits and the imposition of administrative penalties. Entitles a private property owner deprived of 50 percent or more of the fair market value or the economically viable use of a portion of property as a consequence of a final qualified agency action to receive compensation upon request in accordance with specified guidelines. Amends ESA to require the Secretary of the Interior to notify all private property owners or lessees of property subject to a management agreement and provide an appropriate opportunity for their participation in such an agreement when the Secretary enters into it with any non-Federal person establishing restrictions on property use.",2025-08-26T13:50:19Z,