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
99-hr-5737,99,hr,5737,Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-10-17,1986-10-18,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,1,"Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to list and annually update known substances which contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion, climatic warming, or any other atmospheric or climatic modification. Prohibits the manufacture or importation of listed substances five years after they are listed.  Permits the Administrator to adjust such requirement as specified.  Requires a reduction phase-in of 20 percent per year, or a more rapid reduction if feasible.  Permits exemptions as specified. Prohibits the importation of listed substances later than one year after they are listed unless the source nation is reducing production of such substance on a comparable reduction schedule as required in the United States. Requires such national programs to be certified by the Administrator after a determination that appropriate enforcing legislation in such nation is in place. Requires the Administrator to review certifications on an annual basis, revoking certifications for noncompliance. Requires any product or container including such a listed substance to be labeled accordingly after one year of such substance being listed. Requires producers of listed substances to report to the Administrator annually on such production until it ceases. Establishes a per pound fee for listed substances, commencing one year after listing and increasing on an annual basis.  Requires that such fees be deposited into a research support trust fund and be used for grants under this Act. Directs the Administrator to acquire information relating to substitutes for listed substances. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:32:51Z,
99-s-2930,99,s,2930,Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-10-16,1986-10-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Title I:  Standards for Protection from Radioactive Emissions from Facilities of Department of Energy - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue and periodically revise standards to protect public health and safety and the environment from radioactive emissions from certain Department of Energy facilities. Requires such standards to include annual and aggregate limits as well as models for calculating public exposure to radioactive emissions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to monitor compliance with such standards. Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to provide the Administrator with all necessary information and inspections, both onsite and off.  Imposes civil penalties for violations. Includes Federal employees under this Act. Requires Federal agency cooperation.  Authorizes the Administrator to empower States to exercise authority provided by this Act. Title II:  Compliance of Facilities of Department of Energy with Federal and State Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Administrator to monitor covered facilities to assure compliance with Federal and State environmental laws, including unannounced inspections. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on such monitoring.  Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Administrator for monitoring costs. Requires the Secretary to terminate the use of soil columns for disposing of liquid radioactive waste or hazardous waste at Department facilities within one year.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs of compliance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on sites which pose a threat to public health or the environment and the estimated costs of treatment, storage and disposal. Requires the Secretary to operate quality assurance programs which provide for internal independent review to identify potential public health and safety and environmental problems. Requires the Secretary to make corrections, maintain records of activities affecting environmental quality, and conduct audits. Directs the Secretary to establish a citizen advisory group upon the request of any State Governor. Authorizes the President to exempt facilities otherwise covered by this Act for no more than one year, reporting annually on all exemptions granted. Title III:  Regulation of Solid Waste Mixed with Radioactive Materials - States that the generation, transportation, treatment, and disposal of solid waste mixed with radioactive material is subject to the Solid Waste Disposal Act.",2025-08-29T16:29:46Z,
99-hr-5675,99,hr,5675,"A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce acid deposition, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-10-08,1986-10-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31]",NY,R,K000086,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to require each State to develop a two-tiered plan to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in such State. Requires such plans to achieve specified emissions rates by the start of 1993 and the start of 1997. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions from stationary sources. requires the Administrator to notify each State by the end of 1990 of potential reductions in stationary sources achievable by the end of 1996.  Requires the Governor of each State to submit to the Administrator a plan for complying with such emissions reductions. Permits each State to achieve reductions through any emission limitation or other requirement. Requires each State to ensure that electric utility ratepayers in any region do not pay a disproportionate amount for such reductions. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress by June 30, 1993, on the actual reduction of acid deposition achieved by phase I reductions. Requires Administrator approval of any State plan granting a State a specified grace period within which to cure any defects in such plan.  Requires a State without an approved plan to meet specified emission levels.",2025-01-15T18:51:50Z,
99-hr-5676,99,hr,5676,United States Geological Survey Amendments Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-10-08,1986-11-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. McCain, John [R-AZ-1]",AZ,R,M000303,0,"United States Geological Survey Amendments Act of 1986 - Title I: United States Geological Survey Amendments - Creates a Biological Division within the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct surveys on the long-term changes in the condition and quality of the biological environment and its inhabitants, particularly on fragile ecosystems in pristine areas of the United States. Requires the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (who also directs the Biological Division) to review existing research in the area, recommending changes as necessary.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint a committee to review the work of the Division and make recommendations. Authorizes the Director to establish field offices, including at least one in the Rocky Mountain region. Title II: Requires the Director to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport or air pollutants in the western States, with particular attention to acid deposition.  Requires the Director to report to the Congress within four years.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title III: Requires the Director to research the quality of ground and surface water in the United States.  Authorizes research grants on a matching basis.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title IV:  Authorizes appropriations for the Biological Division.",2025-08-29T16:31:12Z,
99-s-2905,99,s,2905,"Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-10-01,1986-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,3,"Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 - Declares public policy with respect to promoting national population stabilization and encouraging other nations to achieve population stabilization to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires that Federal policies, regulations, and public laws be interpreted and administered in accordance with this Act. Directs Federal agencies to use reliable demographic, natural resource, and environmental information in planning and decisionmaking and to assist State and local governments in efforts to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires the President, within three years of enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on:  (1) the current and foreseeable trends in national and global population size and age structure; (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of available natural resources to fulfill population requirements; (3) an evaluation of the short-term and long-term impact that such trends will have on the economy and national security of the United States; (4) a review of the effects of Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, programs, and activities on the attainment of national and global population stabilization; and (5) recommendations for legislative actions as considered necessary.",2025-08-29T16:31:05Z,
99-s-2891,99,s,2891,Global Climate Protection Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-09-29,1986-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,2,"Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a Task Force on the Global Climate to research, develop, and implement a coordinated national strategy on global climate.  Requires such Task Force to transmit a United States Strategy on the Global Climate to the President within a year.  Requires the President to then report to specified members of Congress on such report. Directs the President to appoint an ambassador at large to coordinate Federal efforts in multilateral activities relating to global warming. Directs the Secretary of State to promote the early designation of an International Year of Global Climate Protection. Urges the President to give climate protection high priority on the agenda of U.S.-Soviet relations.",2025-08-29T16:29:36Z,
99-sjres-421,99,sjres,421,"A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress relative to bringing the Department of Energy defense facilities into compliance with applicable environmental laws, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-09-27,1986-09-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,0,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget should include adequate funds for environmental cleanup at Department of Energy (DOE) sites at a level adequate to put DOE facilities in compliance with the Clean Water Act and final permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should:  (1) accord the same priority to putting its facilities into compliance with environmental laws as it accords to meeting nuclear materials and weapons production goals; (2) provide for independent inspections by affected State agencies regarding the Department's treatment and disposal of mixed wastes that may be exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation; (3) provide for an independent examination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Safety Analysis Reviews of its nuclear facilities; and (4) report to the Congress regarding plans and cost estimates for bringing DOE defense facilities into compliance with environmental laws.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-s-2872,99,s,2872,Pesticide Price Competition Act,Environmental Protection,1986-09-24,1986-10-06,"Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department, Environmental Protection Agency.",Senate,"Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]",KS,R,K000017,2,"Pesticide Price Competition Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit applicants to file abbreviated applications for registration of pesticides and new uses of pesticides if the pesticide is identical or substantially similar chemically to a previously registered pesticide, and if labeling requirements and other conditions are met.",2025-08-29T16:31:02Z,
99-s-2840,99,s,2840,Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-09-19,1986-10-18,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,17,"Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 - Title I:  Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate final reportable quantity regulations for specified hazardous substances by December 31, 1986, or by April 30, 1988. Permits the President to authorize a responsible party to carry out a response action and to conduct a remedial investigation or feasibility study (RI/FS) if certain conditions are met. Requires the President to give priority to releases which may present a public health threat. Requires removal actions to contribute to the efficient performance of any long-term remedial action with respect to the release concerned, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the President from providing removal or remedial actions for releases or threatened releases which are:  (1) the product of naturally occurring processes; (2) are in a facility of which such substance forms a structural part; or (3) are due to a water system's expected deterioration. Permits the President to respond despite such prohibition if a public health or environmental emergency exists and no other authority can respond in a timely and competent fashion. Directs the President to notify Federal and State natural resource trustees of potential damage to their resources and to coordinate efforts. Increases the time and dollar limits on initial response actions to 12 months and $2,000,000. Limits the 50 percent or greater State cleanup obligation for the release of hazardous substances at State- or municipally-owned facilities to those facilities which are also operated by such State or municipality. Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions.  Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Provides for reimbursement to States for 90 percent of cleanup costs at State- or municipally-owned, but not operated facilities. Treats long-term cleanup of groundwater or surface water as part of the costs of remedial action for ten years. Authorizes the President to perform limited interim remedial actions where complete remedial action requires recontracting because of additional environmental information. Requires States to assure the availability of hazardous waste disposal facilities sufficient for the next 20 year's wastes. Permits the President to enter into cooperative agreements with State political subdivisions, or Indian tribes for hazardous waste cleanup on a multisite basis with reimbursement of costs associated with securing site responses from responsible parties. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Permits the withholding of information on a very limited basis. Authorizes the President to acquire property if necessary for a remedial action. Requires the President to revise the National Contingency Plan within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments. Requires the President to amend the Hazard Ranking System within 18 months to accurately assess the relative degree of risk to human health and environment posed by sites and facilities subject to review. Permits individuals to petition the President for a preliminary site hazard assessment.  Includes contamination of the air and damage to the human food chain as criteria for ranking a hazard. Requires the Administrator to consider using qualified minority firms for contracts under this Act. Requires the President to consider adding to the NPL facilities where special study wastes are present in significant quantities, as specified. Authorizes reimbursement of potentially responsible parties for response costs, as specified. Includes all vessels releasing hazardous substances within the jurisdiction of the United States under the liability provisions of CERCLA. Makes certain health assessment costs recoverable from the responsible party.  Exempts from liability for all but negligent actions government agencies responding to a hazardous substance emergency. Directs the President and each Governor to appoint Federal and State trustees, respectively, for natural resources, creating a rebuttable presumption that their assessment of damages to such resources is valid. States that cleanup costs incurred in a response action constitute a Federal lien against the property of a responsible party, except as specified. Sets forth evidentiary requirements for establishing financial responsibility. Permits direct action against a financial guarantor if the person liable is financially or physically unavailable for redress. Entitles such a guarantor to all rights and defenses available to the liable party.  Limits the liability of such guarantor to its financial responsibility to the responsible party. Increases criminal penalties and adds certain civil penalties for violations of this Act, including failure to provide accurate information at specified times. Authorizes a reward for information leading to a criminal conviction under this Act. Directs the Administrators of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and EPA to prepare and update a list of hazardous substances which present the most significant potential threat to human health because of their pervasiveness or toxicity.  Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to also develop toxicological profiles for each substance, assessing the current state of knowledge of their deleterious effects, and revising such profiles at least every three years.  Requires the Administrator to initiate research where inadequate information on a substance is available. Requires Federal coordination of research efforts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such research costs be borne by the substance's manufacturer or processor.  Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year to implement such payments. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to perform a health assessment for each NPL facility. Permits the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct health assessments at other facilities as well.  Authorizes individuals to petition the Administrator for a health assessment of a site where evidence of human exposure to hazardous substances exists.  Requires the completion of health assessments before the completion of remedial investigation and feasibility studies (RI/FS) whenever possible.  Grants priority to those sites where the potential risk to human health appears highest. Requires State or local officials conducting a health assessment to report the results and recommendations to the Administrators. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide the affected State and the Administrator of EPA with the results and recommendations of any ATSDR assessment. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct a pilot study of health effects of exposure whenever justified by an assessment to determine if full scale epidemiological studies are appropriate.  Requires the Administrator to establish a registry of exposted persons if appropriate.  Directs the Administrator to initiate a health surveillance program for an exposed population if justified by an epidemiological study or exposure registry.  Requires the Administrator to report biennially to the Administrator of EPA and the Congress on ATSDR's activities under this Act. Directs the President to abate significant risks to the human population through exposure by providing alternate household water or relocation of individuals, or through other means. Requires peer review of all ATSDR studies and research.  Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide States and health professionals with educational materials on exposure-related issues. Authorizes appropriations of $8,500,000,000 for the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund) for five years.  Authorizes the use of such funds for the treatment of lead-contaminated soil and technical assistance grants to groups affected by releases from NPL facilities.  Limits the payment of natural resource claims from Superfund to those who have exhausted all other remedies. Permits the payment out of Superfund of:  (1) evaluation of health assessment petition costs; (2) oversight costs where a responsible party is conducting a RI/FS; (3) land acquisition costs where necessary for a response action; (4) research and development costs; (5) reimbursement of local governments; (6) worker training and education grants; (7) rewards; and (8) lead poisoning in children study costs. Prohibits the paying of natural resource claims in any year in which the President determines all of Superfund is needed for responses to threats to public health. Permits the use of Superfund to pay for alternate water supplies in cases involving federally-owned facilities where groundwater contamination exists beyond the Federal boundary and such facility is not the only potentially responsible party. Requires the Inspector General of each Federal agency carrying out Superfund authorities to conduct an annual audit of how such monies were obligated and report to the Congress the results of such audit. Earmarks funds for ASTDR. Limits funds to be spent on research. Requires the President to notify State and local officials when a site is placed on the NPL, thereby limiting the payment of claims. Authorizes appropriations of $212,500,000 for each of FY 1987 through 1991. Prohibits claims against Superfund while a claimant has a cost recovery action pending in the courts.  Sets forth claims procedures. Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for cost recovery claims against Superfund with special rules for minors and incompetents.  Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for recovery of natural resource damages.  Prohibits double recovery. Provides for nationwide service of process under this Act. Permits actions for contribution within three years of a claim's payment. Permits a court to allocate response costs.  States that a person who has resolved his or her liability with the United States or a State shall not be liable for claims for contribution. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for actions for natural resource damages.  Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for cost recovery for removal actions unless a waiver for continued response action has been issued when the statute of limitations would extend to six years.  Establishes a remedial action statute of limitation of six years, except as specified. Prohibits actions for contribution, actions based upon subrogation of rights, after three years, or actions to recover indemnification payments. States that there is no preenforcement judicial review of selected response actions.  Limits review of the adequacy of a federally-selected response action to the administrative record. Excludes from liability under Superfund (but not under the Solid Waste Disposal Act) any service station dealer who collects and appropriately manages for recycling oil unmixed with other hazardous substances which later is released. Directs the President, to the maximum extent practicable, to complete preliminary assessments of all facilities on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) by January 1, 1988, and for other designated facilities by January 1, 1989.  Requires evaluations to be conducted within four years of enactment if warranted by the preliminary assessment. Requires the President to publish an explanation if such goals are not achieved. Establishes a schedule for the commencement of RI/FS over the five years after enactment, the first 275 required to be commenced within three years. Requires an opportunity for public participation before the adoption of a plan for remedial action.  Requires explanations of deviations from such plan.  Authorizes the President to provide grants for technical assistance to groups who may be affected by a release from an NPL facility. Requires the President to give priority where a release has contaminated a principal drinking water supply or closed a well. Requires the Administrator to make a grant to New Jersey for the removal and storage of radon-contaminated soil.  Prohibts any person from locating a landfill or placing solid waste in a landfill over the Unconsolidated Quaternary Aquifer, New Jersey. Directs the Comptroller General to study the problem of shortages of skilled personnel in EPA to carry out response actions. Requires the Comptroller to report to the Congress by July 1, 1987. Limits the applicability of State and local requirements for a release or threatened release at the McColl Site, Fullerton, California. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the nature and extent of lead poisoning in children from environmental sources. Exempts the owners/operators of the Milltown Dam, Montana, from otherwise applicable requirements for hazardous substances in the reservoir. Includes permanent relocation costs and other related costs within removal costs at Times Beach, Missouri sites, as specified. Permits the temporary waiver of specified permit requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for mobile incinerator units in Illinois involved in remedial activity. Directs the Administrator to study the use of trucks used for the transportation of both hazardous and non-hazardous materials. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the location, levels, and mitigation of radon and radon daughters.  Directs the Administrator to conduct and report annually to the Congress on a radon mitigation demonstration program. Directs the Administrator to establish a hazardous substance research, development, and demonstration center in Jefferson County, Texas, to conduct research for more effective hazardous substance response and waste management throughout the Gulf Coast.  Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President may use alternative and innovative methods in selecting a response action for NPL facilities. Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a testing of technologies program at the Liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Test Facility for responses to liquefied gaseous and other hazardous substance spills.  Requires the Secretary to carry out a technology transfer program under this program. Directs the Secretary to contract with a nonprofit organization in Albany County, Wyoming, for technical support. Directs the Administrator to establish a hazardous substance research, development, and demonstration center in the Pacific Northwest, utilizing nonprofit entities. Authorizes the Administrator and the Secretary to enter into interagency agreements to provide research into alternative and innovative technologies for assessing the hazardous waste contamination at the Hanford site, Washington. Removes the Silver Creek Tailing site, Utah, from the NPL unless certain findings are made. Exempts response-action contractors from liability for nonnegligent cleanup activities if they would not otherwise have been liable, including State employees who assist such contractors in their official capacity. Permits the President to indemnify response action contractors for negligence, as specified. Includes Federal facilities under CERCLA as if they were private facilities, except for certain financial responsibility and time period provisions.  Applies the relevant State law when a Federal facility is not on the NPL.  Requires the Administrator to establish a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket for each Federal agency and department which will include information on off-site contamination and monitoring data, and releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances. Requires that such information be made available to the public.  Requires the Administrator to evaluate all Federal facilities on the Docket by January 17, 1988, for placement on the NPL, using NCP criteria. Requires the commencement of a RI/FS within six months of a Federal site's placement on the NPL.  Directs the Administrator to review the RI/FS and enter into interagency agreements for cleanup when necessary, allowing for public participation.  Requires each agency to report annually to the Congress on its implementation progress.  Requires Federal agencies to notify buyers or transferees of Federal land where hazardous substances were disposed of or stored.  Authorizes State and local participation in the planning and selection of a remedial action. Sets forth special rules to protect national security at defense facilities needing cleanup. Excludes specified Federal facilities from these requirements. Requires the President to select remedial actions which comply with this Act, the NCP, are cost-effective, and protect human health and the environment.  Requires such actions to permanently and significantly decrease the toxicity, mobility, or volume of the hazardous substance pollutant, or contaminant to the degreee practicable. Permits the selection of alternative remedial action. Requires the review every five years of sites where the remedial action left hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants at such sites to determine if human health and the environment are being protected.  Requires such sites to comply with other applicable Federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act as it concerns groundwater. Restricts the use of any alternate concentration level process in selecting remedial action. Sets forth the relationship between State and Federal environmental standards. Requires removal or remedial actions which transport material to another facility to transfer such material only to facilities in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act and applicable State requirements. Authorizes the President to select a remedial action that does not meet the appropriate legal standard as specified.  Requires the President to publish the findings and reasons that led to such a selection before the remedial action is taken. States that no permits are required for onsite remedial actions. Requires the President to promulgate regulations for significant State involvement in the initiation, development, and selection of remedial actions within such State. Requires the President to give a State 30 days notice if a ""substandard"" remedial action is selected.  Permits a State to intervene through the courts to require the action to meet the applicable standard after an examiniation of the evidence. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements whereby the releasor or any potentially responsible party conducts the remedial response.  Permits the Administrator to fund part of such response.  Limits the liability of the cleaning up party to that specified in the agreement.  Permits the President to take action against any person not a party to such agreement.  Enters such agreements in the appropriate U.S. district court as consent agreements, enforceable as such. Directs the President to notify potentially responsible parties of each other's identities and of the seriousness of the necessary cleanup, providing a moratorium on the commencement of remedial action for a specified period after such notice has been given.  Grants  notified persons an opportunity to submit a proposal to the President for the undertaking or financing of remedial action. Provides for a nonbinding, preliminary allocation of responsibility. Permits the President to commence remedial action if no good faith proposal is forthcoming within a specified period.  Authorizes the President to proceed on remedial action where a significant public health threat exists regardless of the status of negotiations. Authorizes the President to agree to refrain from pursuing any future liability of a person if an approved response action would be expedited and the person is in full compliance with the consent decree and other conditions are met, as specified. Permits the President to settle with persons whose share of response costs is not substantial.  Authorizes Federal agencies to settle certain claims not yet referred to the Department of Justice. Permits the use of arbitration, as specified.  Sets forth settlement procedures. Requires natural resource trustees' agreement to covenants not to sue for damage to such resources, permitting agreement if the potentially responsible party agrees to protect and restore such resources. Authorizes the President to reimburse local communities for temporary emergency response measures. Provides a conditional exemption from liability under this Act for persons who own or operate methane-recovery equipment. Requires the President to revise the Hazard Ranking System as it applies to facilities that contain substantial volumes of wastes that relate to the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels.  Prohibits the addition of facilities to the NPL on the basis of the volume of such waste until such revision is completed. Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate worker protection standards for government and nongovernment employees engaged in hazardous waste operations. Establishes liability limits for ocean incineration vessels under CERCLA.  Directs the President to require additional evidence of financial responsibility for such vessels. Title II:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Suspends the transfer of liabilities to the Post-Closure Liability Trust Fund until the Comptroller General studies and the Congress enacts legislation concerning options for the management of liabilities after closure. Requires hazardous substances listed under this Act to also be regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act within 30 days of enactment. Provides a Federal commencement date for State statutes of limitations which are applicable to harm which results from exposure to a hazardous substance. Renames the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund the Hazardous Substances Superfund. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator to provide for the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks. Requires States to inventory all underground storage tanks containing regulated substances.  Requires the Administrator to use funds in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for such purposes, but holds the owners and operators of such tanks strictly liable for such costs, requiring them to maintain evidence of financial responsibility, except as specified.  Authorizes State implementation of such authority under specified conditions, authorizing the Administrator to make grants to such States for such purpose.  Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the availability of pollution liability insurance for owners and operators of such tanks. Authorizes citizen suits against violators of this Act, including the President and other government officials who fail to perform nondiscretionary duties. Permits citizen suits against nongovernment officials in the Federal district court in which the violation occurred.  Permits citizen suits against any Federal official only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Empowers such courts to impose civil penalties and to order the performance of required Acts.  Requires plaintiffs to give  notice to the President, the alleged violator, and the State in which the violation occurred before commencing proceedings.  Prohibits any citizen suit where the President has commenced and is pursuing an enforcement action. Permits the awarding of court costs to the substantially prevailing party.  States that the United States may intervene as a matter of right in all citizen suits in which it is not otherwise a party. Requires the President to provide the assurances that it will pay the share of the remedial action and maintenance costs of a cleanup on Indian lands that is otherwise required to be paid by a State.  Authorizes Indian tribes to recover damages for injury to natural resources from hazardous substance releases, except as specified. Includes Indian tribes on the same basis as States under certain provisions of CERCLA.  Prohibits the relocation of tribal members because of site contamination without the Tribe's approval.  Directs the President to study and report to the Congress on the extent of hazardous waste sites on Indian lands.  Establishes a statute of limitations for Indian claims for environmental damages to their lands. Directs the Comptroller General to appoint a study group to determine the insurability of the liability of persons who generate hazardous substances, own or operate facilities liable for costs under CERCLA, or are liable for harm to persons or property caused by the release of such substances into the environment.  Requires the delivery of such report to the Congress within 12 months. Establishes a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of research, development, demonstration, and training to develop alternative and innovative treatment technologies for response actions under Superfund. Establishes a basic university research and education program within the Department of Health and Human Services and a research, demonstration, and training program within EPA.  Establishes an advisory council. Adds title IV - Pollution Insurance, to CERCLA. Authorizes the formation of risk retention groups, corporations, or insurance companies to assume and spread the pollution liability of its group members.  Sets forth the relationship of such groups to State laws, insurance laws, and securities laws. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of environmental restoration on land under the Secretary's jurisdiction through response and remedial actions covered by CERCLA. Requires the Secretary to carry out a research, development and demonstration program with respect to hazardous wastes, in cooperation with the Administrator and an advisory council.  Establishes in the Department of Defense a Defense Environmental Restoration Account for environmental restoration purposes. Requires the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at defense facilities. Requires the Secretary of HHS to prepare toxicological profiles on such substances. Requires the Secretary of Defense to keep EPA offices and State environmental authorities apprised of Department environmental activities.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on such activities. Permits otherwise unauthorized military construction projects if necessary for a response action. Requires the Administrator to submit an annual progress report to the Congress on implementing this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to New York State for the acquisition of property in the Love Canal Emergency Declaration Area.  Requires the Administrator to enter into a cooperative agreement with New York for the maintenance of such properties. Requires the Administrator to conduct or have conducted a habitability and land-use study. Title III:  Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Emergency Planning and Notification - Directs each Governor to appoint an emergency response commission to supervise and coordinate local emergency planning committees appointed by the State commission to develop, and when necessary, implement, an emergency response plan for hazardous substance emergencies arising out of activities carried on within such district. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of extremely hazardous substances and threshold planning quantities for each substance. Includes under these requirements facilities where such substances are present in such threshold quantities.  Permits the inclusion of other facilities  after public notice and comment.  Requires covered facility owners or operators to notify the State commissions that this Act applies to them and to revise and update such notification as their inventories change.  Requires the State to then notify the Administrator. Requires plans to designate an emergency coordinator and each covered facility to identify a facility representative who will participate as a facility emergency coordinator.  Requires such plans to also address procedures, methods, routes of transportation, available equipment and resources, and other elements necessary for a coordinated, planned emergency response. Requires State approval of such plans. Sets forth notification procedures, depending upon the nature of the substance. Authorizes existing Federal emergency training programs to provide training programs for government personnel in hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and other aspects of emergency training with response to hazardous chemical emergencies specifically in mind.  Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for FY 1987 through 1990 for such purpose. Requires the Administrator to review emergency detection systems and report to the Congress with recommendations. Subtitle B:  Reporting Requirements - Requires owners or operators required to prepare a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to provide one to the local and State emergency committees and commissions as well as the appropriate fire department. Sets forth the required contents of such sheet and the treatment of mixtures.  Requires that MSDS be made available to the public. Requires such owners or operators to also prepare, submit, and annually update an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form containing two tiers of information relating to:  (1) average inventories of categories (tier I) of substances; and (2) information on the amounts and storage of individual chemicals (tier II).  Requires that tier II information to be made available to the public.  Requires that covered owners or operators grant on-site access to fire officials. Requires such owners or operators to annually complete a toxic chemical release form detailing the use, manufacture, presence, and disposal of listed toxic chemicals during that year.  Exempts certain small manufacturers from that requirement. Permits the Administrator to revise the list of chemicals as appropriate to protect human health.  Sets forth a petition procedure for the amendment of such list. Sets toxic chemical threshold amounts for reporting purposes, decreasing the triggering amount with each year from July of 1988 through July of 1990.  Requires the Administrator to publish a uniform toxic chemical release form for covered facilities.  Requires that such forms be available to the public.  Authorizes the Administrator to modify reporting frequency, as specified, but requires that the Congress be notified before such a modification takes place. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain a computer data base of a national toxic chemical inventory based upon the data submitted.  Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress by June 30, 1991, on the implementation of these requirements by the Administrator and States, including an evaluation of information use. Directs the Administrator to have a mass balance study performed and report to the Congress within five years on the value of mass balance analysis in determining the accuracy of toxic chemical release information. Requires the Administrator to collect such data from States which utilize this methodology. Subtitle C:  General Provisions - States that State and local law are not preempted, except as specified, including the MSDS requirements. Permits owners or operators to withhold certain trade secret information (the specific chemical identity) if they meet applicable evidentiary tests, but requires that such information as well as other information be made available to health professionals, as necessary. Requires that the public be informed of the availability of the plans, information sheets, and notifications required by this Act. Sets forth the civil, administrative, and criminal penalties imposed for violations of these requirements.  Authorizes citizen suits, permitting the United States and a State to intervene as a matter of right. Exempts transportation of chemicals from these requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research - Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator to establish a radon gas and indoor air quality research program to gather information, coordinate research efforts, and assess Federal mitigation actions. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee and group.  Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress an implementation plan for such program and to report to the Congress within two years on such program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.",2025-08-29T16:30:09Z,
99-hjres-727,99,hjres,727,A joint resolution making repayable advances to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.,Environmental Protection,1986-09-16,1986-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,House,"Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1]",MS,D,W000428,0,"Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). Prohibits the obligation of certain of such funds before Superfund taxing authority is enacted.",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
99-s-2822,99,s,2822,"A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to preserve the Marshlands of the Nassau Valley in the State of Florida, to enhance the protection and interpretation of important historic and prehistoric sites in the vicinity of the Nassau, Saint Mary's, and Saint Johns River Valleys, Florida, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-09-16,1986-09-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water.,Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,"Title I: Fort Caroline National Memorial - Makes the Fort Caroline National Historical Park, Florida, the principal interpretive and administrative center for historic and prehistoric sites in the Nassau, Saint Mary's, and Saint Johns River Valleys. Eliminates the limitation on authorizations. Title II: Preservation of Nassau Marshland Areas and Protection of Significant Historical Assets - Establishes the Nassau Aquatic Preserve, Florida, which includes specified marshlands, historical land sites, and the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within such preserve through donation, purchase, or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire sites or properties of significant historic interest in northeastern Florida through donation or purchase with donated funds. Requires the Secretary to manage the Preserve according to applicable Federal, State, and local laws and management programs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
99-s-2813,99,s,2813,Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act,Environmental Protection,1986-09-12,1986-10-02,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI]",WI,D,P000553,6,"Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act- Amends the Clean Air Act to designate an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Requires States from such region to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units, other units, and total units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1992, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve nitrogen oxides emissions reductions from fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1997. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to implement an accelerated research program during the first stage to examine the pattern of effects of atmospheric loading of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Requires the Administrator to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport of pollutants in nonregion States.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.  Requires the Administrator to evaluate such results until no later than July 1, 1991.  Authorizes appropriations for such evaluations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes the Administrator to recommend changes in the requirements of the second stage based upon the first stage research evaluations.  Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on proposed changes by July 1, 1991, and requires such changes to increase protection of sensitive areas and mitigation of identified damage. Permits two or more States to reallot their shares among themselves so long as the total, required reduction is achieved. Requires each State to adopt enforceable reduction measures for phase II requirements by a specified date, submitting them to the Administrator for approval and other States for comment. Imposes civil penalties for violations of State requirements. Requires a major stationary source in a State without an approved reduction plan to comply with an established schedule. Requires the owner of such a facility to submit for the Administrator's approval an emissions reduction plan to meet such schedule. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures if such measures are enforceable by entities and persons other than the State in which the emissions occur: (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) retirement of major stationary sources at an earlier than provided for date; (3) investments in energy conservation where emission reductions can be identified with such investments; (4) trading of emission reduction requirements and actual reductions through emission reduction banks or brokerage institutions; (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels; and (6) fuel substitution. Requires specified primary nonferrous smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emission limitation or standard for sulfur oxides by January 2, 1988. Requires the Secretary of State to give special emphasis to ensuring that the Nacozari smelter in Mexico meets pollution control standards under the Clean Air Act when negotiating with Mexico an Annex concerning transboundary air pollution to the 1983 Border Environmental Agreement.  Requires such Annex to address pollution control and monitoring at other smelters within the United States and Mexico.  Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months after enactment of this Act on the implementation of such negotiation. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of pollution controls on the Nacozari smelter. Directs the Secretary to utilize an international agency to study and report on transboundary air pollution from copper smelters in the U.S. and Mexico.",2025-08-29T16:31:04Z,
99-hr-5489,99,hr,5489,Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Act,Environmental Protection,1986-09-09,1986-09-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Act - Designates the Monterey Bay, California, as a national marine sanctuary.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an environmental impact statement on such designation.  Requires the Secretary to also prepare a management plan for such area, to be submitted to the Congress. States in what way the Sanctuary Act applies with respect to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.",2025-08-29T16:30:59Z,
99-s-2792,99,s,2792,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-09-03,1986-10-06,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 2482 passed in lieu)  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I:  Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety date submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Requires a person seeking such information to affirm that he or she is not working for a pesticide business. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Provides for the payment of registration fees based on active ingredients. Title II:  Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to: (1) make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public; and (2) furnish annual reports to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III:  Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides expedited procedures for required label changes. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Requires producers and other parties to notify the EPA and the State regarding stored, cancelled, or suspended pesticides. Title IV:  Records and Insections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V:  Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws.  Revises notification requirements. Provides for the revocation or suspension of residue tolerances in cases where a pesticide's registration has been cancelled or withdrawn because of human risk. Directs the Administrator to actively participate in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research and regulatory programs. Title VI:  Certification, Training, and Recordkeeping for Pesticide Applicators - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator.  Requires commercial applicators to maintain records of pesticide applications. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs.  Provides for separate standards for commercial and private applicators.  Requires refresher training. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII:  Additional Data, Data Compensation, and Patents - Authorizes registrants to jointly develop or share the development costs of required additional data for existing pesticides. Revises data compensation provisions. Authorizes patent term restoration for certain agricultural and chemical products. Title VIII:  General - Subtitle A:  Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Prohibits a State from forbidding the sale of certain home or garden pesticides for which a State registration application has been filed unless and until the State has acted pursuant to applicable State law. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish criteria for disapproving special local needs registrations. Makes the scientific advisory panel under such Act permanent. Authorizes EPA action if a State fails to take appropriate investigative or enforcement measures. Terminates State primary enforcement responsibility for pesticide violations as of January 1, 1990, unless the Administrator determines that the State has authority to impose civil and criminal penalties at least equal to those provided for in this Act. Revises enforcement and penalty provisions under such Act. Authorizes any person to obtain judicial review of EPA regulations. Requires EPA to:  (1) provide indemnity reports to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) protect drinking and groundwater from pesticide contamination; (3) protect the health and safety of pesticide workers; (4) conduct research on the neurotoxic and behavioral effects of pesticides; (5) study pesticide container designs; and (6) develop antimicrobial standards, including standards for hospital disinfectants. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Obligates specified amounts for research. Permits Federal agencies to use registered pesticides in compliance with registered uses without duplicating research or analyses on human health effects. Subtitle B:  Other Provisions - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for the interregional project number 4 program (IR4 program). Requires an EPA study and report to the Congress concerning pesticides risk rating. Title IX:  Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments. Title X:  Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect 60 days after enactment, unless otherwise so provided. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to build a salinity laboratory at Riverside, California. Authorizes the EPA, in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration, to conduct a study of the health effects of DDT fish contamination in Santa Monica Bay, Caifornia. Title XI:  Homeless Eligibility Clarification Act - Homeless Eligibility Clarification Act - Subtitle A: Emergency Food for the Homeless - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit establishments that feed homeless persons to redeem food stamps through FY 1990. Subtitle B:  Job Training for the Homeless - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to include homeless persons in the definition of economically disadvantaged. Subtitle C:  Entitlements Eligibility - Provides that the lack of a permanent address shall not make a person ineligible for assistance under: (1) the AFDC program; (2) the SSI program; (3) Medicaid; or (4) veteran's pension programs. Provides for a single application for SSI and food stamp benefits by SSI pre-release persons.",2025-08-29T16:30:39Z,
99-hjres-713,99,hjres,713,A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.,Environmental Protection,1986-08-15,1986-08-28,Became Public Law No: 99-411.,House,"Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2]",MA,D,B000600,0,"Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).",2023-01-19T20:05:00Z,
99-hr-5440,99,hr,5440,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-08-15,1986-09-02,See H.R.2482.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,3,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety data submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the initial food use of a pesticide active ingredient.  Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public. Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Title IV: Records and Inspections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Title VI: Certification and Training - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII: Data Compensation - Requires each registrant of an active ingredient pesticide used only in food, feed, or fiber production to jointly develop, or share in the development costs, of additional data. Title VIII: General - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Terminates State primary enforcement responsibility for pesticide violations as of January 1, 1989, unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that the State has the authority to impose civil and criminal penalties at least equal to those provided for in this Act. Makes the scientific advisory panel under such Act permanent. Authorizes any person to obtain judicial review of EPA regulations. Requires: (1) indemnity reports to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) the Administrator to protect drinking and groundwater from pesticide contamination; and (3) the Administrator to protect the health and safety of pesticide workers. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Obligates specified amounts for research. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Sets forth agricultural producers liability provisions. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate the activities under this Act and report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for the interregional project number 4 program (IR4 program). Requires EPA studies and reports to the Congress on the following: (1) pesticide risk rating; (2) nonagricultural pesticides; (3) dioxin residues in human milk; (4) pesticide drift; and (5) naturally occurring agents that act as pesticides. Title IX: Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments. Title X: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Title XI: Tolerances and International Cooperation - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to revoking tolerances or exemptions from tolerances established for pesticide chemical residues.  Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance to foreign countries on pesticide regulatory programs and to survey all countries that import pesticides from U.S. exporters or from which the United States imports agricultural commodities.",2025-08-29T16:32:41Z,
99-hr-5458,99,hr,5458,"A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, monitor, and enforce efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-08-15,1986-08-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.",House,"Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4]",KS,D,G000240,10,"Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
99-sjres-399,99,sjres,399,A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.,Environmental Protection,1986-08-14,1986-08-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,5,"Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
99-hr-5422,99,hr,5422,Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-08-13,1986-10-17,Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Marine Mammal Comm.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II:  Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards.  Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:31:19Z,
99-sjres-393,99,sjres,393,A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.,Environmental Protection,1986-08-13,1986-08-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,1,"Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
99-hr-5380,99,hr,5380,Plastic Waste Study Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-08-11,1986-10-17,Favorable Executive Comment Received From Marine Mammal Comm.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,0,"Plastic Waste Study Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to jointly study the adverse effects of dumping plastics on the environment, including fish and wildlife, within the United States and the oceans. Requires the Administrators to report results and recommendations within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T16:31:37Z,
99-hr-5369,99,hr,5369,Asbestos Information Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-08-08,1986-09-24,Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4]",NY,R,L000243,9,"Asbestos Information Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards.  Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce through the National Bureau of Standards, to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program.",2025-08-29T16:29:43Z,
99-s-2720,99,s,2720,Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-08-05,1986-08-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,1,"Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards.  Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program.",2025-08-29T16:29:50Z,
99-s-2710,99,s,2710,Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-08-01,1986-08-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,1,Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon.  Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.,2025-08-29T16:30:32Z,
99-hr-5312,99,hr,5312,Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-07-31,1986-08-07,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]",PA,D,Y000014,0,"Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning environmental and human health effects posed by radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon.  Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.",2025-08-29T16:32:43Z,
99-s-2705,99,s,2705,Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-07-31,1986-08-05,Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Environmental Protection Agency.,Senate,"Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]",ID,R,S001138,1,"Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit Federal agencies to use a registered pesticide unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that missing or deficient data warrants suspension or cancellation of such registration. Permits Federal agencies to refer to research conducted for EPA pesticide registration in developing their own environmental impact statements. Provides that registration guidelines promulgated by the Administrator may not contain a requirement for applicants to perform human epidemiological studies to obtain or support registrations.",2025-08-29T16:32:32Z,
99-s-2700,99,s,2700,National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-07-30,1986-07-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT]",CT,R,W000253,0,"National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986 - Establishes the National Marine Policy Development Commission to develop recommendations to the Congress and the President on establishing a comprehensive marine policy. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, advisors, functions, powers, administration, Director and staff, and compensation of members. Requires the Commission, within 18 months after it first meets, to submit to the President and the Congress a detailed final report of its findings and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T16:33:50Z,
99-s-2659,99,s,2659,"A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, monitor, and enforce efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-07-21,1986-07-25,Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Environmental Protection Agency.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,0,"Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
99-hr-5202,99,hr,5202,Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-07-17,1986-07-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]",PA,D,Y000014,51,Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon.  Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.,2025-08-29T16:32:16Z,
99-hr-5163,99,hr,5163,Coastal Wetlands Recovery Act,Environmental Protection,1986-07-15,1986-07-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7]",LA,D,B000780,1,"Coastal Wetlands Recovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to identify and designate threatened coastal wetlands for which a wetlands action plan must be developed.  Grants priority to those wetlands determined to be most threatened. Requires each such plan to specify wetlands boundaries, causes of degradation, and a timetable for actions which need to be taken, as well as allocating financial responsibility for such activities.  Authorizes the use of water control structures and the appropriate diversion or deposition of natural elements. Sets forth State participation and financial responsibilities under this Act, requiring the contribution of at least 25 percent of costs from non-Federal sources. Requires wetlands plans to be periodically reviewed and updated. Grants the Secretary emergency authority to take necessary actions at priority wetlands during FY 1987 and 1988. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T16:29:29Z,
99-hr-5141,99,hr,5141,"A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish certain requirements regarding the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-06-26,1986-07-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.",House,"Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8]",IN,D,M000342,0,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require that facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls meet specified requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-s-2596,99,s,2596,Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-06-25,1986-06-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,5,"Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II:  Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards.  Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:32:27Z,
99-hr-5073,99,hr,5073,Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-06-24,1986-10-22,Became Public Law No: 99-519.,House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,105,"(House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools, including inspections, response actions, operations and maintenance, transportation and disposal, and management plans for local educational agencies. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Includes Department of Defense overseas schools under this Act to the extent feasible and consistent with national security. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period.  Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Authorizes each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos and other asbestos problems in schools.  Requires States to adopt a plan at least as stringent as the model. Requires EPA training courses or trained personnel to meet such standards. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Bureau of Standards, to develop an accreditation program for laboratories analyzing asbestos samples.  Makes the use of accredited personnel and laboratories a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties.  Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints.  Permits citizen suits to compel the Administrator to meet deadlines for promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where the presence of airborne asbestos or the condition of friable asbestos-containing material in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken.  Sets forth notification requirements and cost recovery entitlements when such actions are taken. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the availability of liability insurance to local education agencies and asbestos contractors for actions taken under this Act.  Requires a final report by FY 1991. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Directs the Administrator to appoint an Asbestos Ombudsman to answer complaints and inquiries concerning aspects of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress within 360 days on the need for a similar program for public and commercial buildings. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program.  States that such Fund shall consist of amounts repayed under loans made under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984.  Directs the Administrator to make grants to local educational agencies to inspect for asbestos in school buildings and develop management plans.  Limits amounts available for administrative purposes.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-5078,99,hr,5078,Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-06-24,1986-07-17,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4]",NY,R,L000243,1,Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Asbestos Information Clearinghouse to collect and analyze asbestos samples from building owners before they remove such material from their buildings.  Requires manufacturers of asbestos building material to submit relevant data to such Clearinghouse as required.  Requires the Administrator to provide requested information on formulas and samples upon a reimbursable basis.,2025-08-29T16:30:29Z,
99-hr-5049,99,hr,5049,A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up hazardous wastes at the Sheboygan Harbor site in Wisconsin.,Environmental Protection,1986-06-18,1986-06-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9]",WI,R,S000244,0,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up hazardous wastes at Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
99-hr-5009,99,hr,5009,"A bill to provide interim authority to clean up contaminated water supplies near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in south Adams County, Colorado, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-06-11,1986-06-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness.,House,"Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4]",CO,R,B000919,5,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies in Adams County, Colorado, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  Requires such funds to be repayed as specified.  Directs the Secretary to commence response actions with respect to hazardous substances affecting such water supplies, using Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program funds.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
99-hr-5015,99,hr,5015,A bill to temporarily suspend the use of Tributyltin based paints on hulls of commercial and recreational vessels until such time as the United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed ongoing studies as to the safety of such paints and their impact on the aquatic environment.,Environmental Protection,1986-06-11,1986-09-26,Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA.,House,"Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8]",VA,R,P000080,0,Suspends the use of Tributyltin-based paints on the hulls of commercial and recreational vessels until the Environmental Protection Agency has completed studies as to the safety of such paints and their impact on the aquatic environment.,2021-06-30T19:42:26Z,
99-hr-4848,99,hr,4848,Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-05-19,1986-08-14,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,1,"Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to bring operations managed through the Richland Operations Office, Washington, of the Department of Energy (DOE) into compliance with specified Federal environmental laws.  Requires the safe disposal of environmental hazards at such sites. Prohibits the use of soil columns for disposal of liquid hazardous or radioactive wastes at all DOE operations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a schedule and cost estimate of compliance with such requirements.  Requires interagency consultation and cooperation.",2025-08-29T16:30:15Z,
99-hconres-338,99,hconres,338,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international program to study the greenhouse effect.,Environmental Protection,1986-05-14,1986-05-28,"Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment.",House,"Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]",PA,D,Y000014,35,Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1990.,2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
99-hr-4811,99,hr,4811,"A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-05-13,1986-09-23,Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.,House,"Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5]",AZ,R,K000306,4,"(Measure passed House, amended) Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee. Permits the Secretary to acquire land interests within the Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the implementation of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
99-s-2442,99,s,2442,"A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-05-13,1986-09-23,Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,"Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a Multiple Use Advisory Council for such Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
99-hr-4681,99,hr,4681,A bill relating to the treatment of environmental protection and natural resource conservation as aspects of open and fair international trade.,Environmental Protection,1986-04-23,1986-04-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14]",OH,D,S000230,15,"Directs the President to seek in multilateral trade negotiations:  (1) the adoption of international trade standards that will promote the use of environmentally sound production and manufacturing processes; and (2) the development and adoption of incentives and disincentives to implement such standards. Prohibits the President from entering into any trade agreement negotiations unless the President first reports to the Congress on the actions that will be taken to promote such standards. Prohibits any trade agreement from taking effect unless the President consults with specified congressional committees regularly regarding the progress being made toward adoption of such standards. Requires the President to report periodically to the Congress on those foreign countries and instrumentalities which either refuse to negotiate, or to negotiate in good faith, regarding the adoption of such standards. Directs the President to establish an Interagency Advisory Committee on International Environmental Protection.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
99-s-2346,99,s,2346,Pesticide Reform Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-04-21,1986-08-13,Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S. 2792) in lieu of this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to revise and add certain definitions. Title II:  Registration of Pesticides - Revises procedures for the registration of pesticides. Permits a Federal agency to use a pesticide for which registration has been applied unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that among data submitted in support of such application any missing or deficient data are sufficiently important to warrant suspension or cancellation of the applied-for registration. States that no registration applicant who proposes to purchase an inert ingredient from another producer in order to formulate a pesticide shall be required to offer to pay reasonable compensation otherwise required for test studies. Sets specified deadlines for the Administrator to act with respect to applications and for the publication of notices about applications in the Federal Register. Revises the procedure for approval of registration for substituted inert ingredients. Prohibits conditional registration for non-minor additional uses of any pesticide if certain toxicity data are required, unless such data have been submitted. Permits the Administrator to conduct a special review of a pesticide use if a validated test or other significant evidence shows that such use may pose a risk of serious acute injury to humans or domestic animals.  Sets forth notice requirements for an interim administrative review. Directs the Administrator to provide public access to health and safety data submitted in support of an initial registration application.  Denies availability to any person employed by or acting on behalf of any person engaged in the production, sale, or distribution of pesticides.  Limits availability of data only to the purpose of commenting on a registration application.  Sets forth restrictions on disclosure of data so viewed. Requires each pesticide manufacturer or importer to obtain or develop, and submit to the appropriate State agency, a material safety data sheet for each pesticide produced or imported.  Requires that each affected employee have available such a sheet for each pesticide used.  Prescribes the contents of such sheets. Directs the Administrator, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to publish in the Federal Register a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients not reregistered since September 30, 1978.  Requires publication of a priority list of all other unreregistered pesticide active ingredients within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Assigns the highest priority on such lists to pesticides that: (1) are used on or in feed or food; (2) will result in detectable residues of verifiable toxicological concern in potable ground water, edible fish, or shellfish; or (3) have previously been determined to have the most significant outstanding data requirements.  Prohibits judicial review of the establishment of such lists.  Provides for removal of ingredients from such lists if the registrant requests cancellation of registration. Requires each registrant to notify the Administrator of the intent to reregister any listed ingredient. Sets deadlines for the submission by registrants of all outstanding data requirements.  Provides for suspension of a registration where it is found that tests essential to a determination of whether a pesticide may cause unreasonable adverse effects have not been committed or contracted for within a specified period of time.  Requires the Administrator to complete reregistration of a pesticide within two years after receipt of all required data. Requires the Administrator to establish a priority list, subject to judicial review, of at most 50 inert ingredients: (1) that appear to cause a pesticide to meet or exceed a criterion for initiating an interim administrative review; or (2) for which additional data are reasonably necessary to evaluate whether the inert ingredient may result in a pesticide causing an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.  Requires publication of such list in the Federal Register within 90 days after enactment of this Act.  Provides for removal from such list.  Prescribes a procedure for the requirement and submission of additional data about inert ingredients during consideration of a registration application. Prescribes conditions for approval of substitute inert ingredients for inert ingredients known to cause significant adverse effects. Requires a risk assessment and, if warranted, revised labeling with respect to an inert ingredient when data indicate that it may present a potential significant hazard.  Requires a registrant to modify the formula statement of any pesticide containing an inert ingredient for which a risk assessment requires revised labeling. Title III:  Certified Applicators - Sets minimum standards for the certification of commercial pesticide applicators and for operation by noncertified commercial applicators. Requires all applicators, certified and noncertified, to undergo retraining every five years. Directs the Administrator to prescribe minimum requirements for training programs for pesticide applicators and application trainers.  Requires the Administrator to delegate such authority as well as administrative authority to any State which establishes a qualified program.  Requires the Administrator or delegate State agency to approve any privately administered training program that meets EPA requirements. Title IV:  Administrative Review; Suspension - Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 18 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. (Retains in the case of a conditional registration the current deadline for a cancellation or suspension decision when a hearing has been requested, which is 75 days after receipt by the Administrator of a request for such hearing.) Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined that essential data submitted in support of an existing registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration.  Authorizes the Administrator to require either the active ingredient registrant or end use pesticide registrant to submit replacement studies or data on an expedited schedule, and with interim progress reports in the case of invalid data submitted in support of a pesticide registration after the effective date of this Act.  Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Entitles to compensation any person who submits data required under this Act. Permits a registrant at any time to request cancellation of any of its product registrations or deletion of one or more uses. Requires notice in the Federal Register of intent to cancel following such a request, and a 60-day public comment period. Title V:  Registration of Establishments - States that any information about pesticide or active ingredient production locations submitted with an application for registration of a pesticide production establishment, and any information other than pesticide or active ingredient names submitted to the Administrator or a State agency, shall be considered confidential. Requires every producer operating a registered establishment to obtain and make available to the public, on request, a material safety data sheet for each active ingredient and listed inert ingredient used in the establishment. Requires the Administrator to make efforts to catalog and retrieve data in a manner that eliminates or reduces additional information requests from registrants, particularly requests requiring the submission of duplicate confidential data. Title VI:  Books and Records - Authorizes the Administrator to require exporters of pesticides and pesticide testing facilities to maintain records determined necessary to effective enforcement of FIFRA. Title VII:  Inspection of Establishments - Authorizes Federal or State officers or employees designated by the Administrator to enter:  (1) any place where pesticide production records are kept in order to inspect them; (2) any pesticide testing facility to inspect it and its records; and (3) any place where such officer or employee has probable cause to believe FIFRA has been or is being violated by any person other than a person acting in the capacity of a private applicator, in order to inspect and obtain evidence of the violation. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions taken under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws, including the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Title VIII:  Protection of Trade Secrets and Other Information - Permits disclosure of the identity of inert ingredients under certain circumstances. Exempts from public disclosure any information regarding an intent to market a pesticide prior to the start of sales, unless such disclosure is necessary to protect against a suspected unreasonable risk to health or the environment. Prescribes methods of disclosing inert ingredients by priority listing and labeling. Allows the Administrator to grant a delay in public notification of a registered label and related documents until the first date of the commercial disclosure by the registrant if the registrant demonstrates a future intention to market a registered product and the intention is not a matter of public record. Permits data disclosure to contractors with a State or State agency and their employees in certain circumstances, as well as to Federal contractors. Prescribes a procedure by which States or State agencies may request and receive information obtained under FIFRA by entering into a cooperative agreement with the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to notify a data submitter within seven days of receiving any request for such data. Title IX:  Standards Applicable to Pesticide Applicators - Requires pesticide applicators to maintain a record of each pesticide application for two years. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales records, which must be furnished to EPA inspectors upon proper request.  Deems specified information in such records confidential. Title X:  Unlawful Acts - Makes unlawful the refusal to prepare, maintain, and submit certain records to inspectors, or to willfully falsify data, or to violate specified regulations. States that no agricultural producer or applicator shall be liable in any action for damages caused by pesticide use unless it acted unreasonably with regard to such use. States that the acts or omissions of agents under FIFRA shall be construed to be the acts of their employer. Title XI:  Penalties - Increases specified civil and criminal penalties for violations of FIFRA. Empowers the Administrator to issue subpoenas in connection with administrative proceedings regarding civil penalties. Title XII:  Administrative Procedure; Judicial Review - Prescribes a procedure by which any person may obtain judicial review of any regulation or refusal under FIFRA. Title XIII:  Imports and Exports - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn for health or environmental reasons.  Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States.  Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Title XIV:  Research and Monitoring - Revises research and monitoring provisions of FIFRA. Title XV:  Delegation and Cooperation - Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Labor to coordinate efforts to regulate pesticide use in the workplace so as to minimize burdens on regulated persons. Title XVI:  State Cooperation, Aid, and Training - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987, and each fiscal year following, to provide through cooperative agreements for up to 50 percent of the cost to each State or Indian tribe of conducting training programs for certification of applicators and pesticide certification and licensing programs.  Requires that at least $5,000,000 be made available each fiscal year through FY 1991 for such programs. Title XVII:  Authority of States - Authorizes States, but not local governments, to regulate the sale or use of pesticides, except that no State may: (1) make any lack of essentiality a criterion for regulating such sales or uses; or (2) establish any tolerance for pesticide residues different from or in addition to tolerances established under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides for State regulation of additional uses of federally registered pesticides. Requires States, in promulgating pesticide regulations, to take into account the difference in concept and usage among various classes of pesticides and the differences in environmental risk and risk evaluation data between agricultural and nonagricultural pesticides. Prescribes a procedure by which any person may petition the Administrator to conduct a rulemaking on the record after an opportunity for a hearing to amend requirements, regulations, or policies governing low volume nonfood pesticide uses. Title XVIII:  Authority of Administrator - Revises the procedure for congressional veto of the Administrator's rules and regulations regarding pesticides. Extends the termination date of the Scientific Advisory Panel from the end of FY 1987 through FY 1991. Title XIX:  State Primary Enforcement Responsibility - States that, to enforce FIFRA with respect to restricted and nonrestricted use pesticide applications, an EPA employee must be certified in the State for the category of such applications for which the employee is assigned enforcement responsibility. Title XX:  Failure by the State to Assure Enforcement of State Pesticide Use Regulations - Requires a State to commence:  (1) appropriate investigative action within 30 days after a complaint is filed; and (2) appropriate enforcement action within 120 days after a complaint is filed, or the Administrator may proceed to act on such complaint. Title XXI:  Data Collection and Retrieval Systems - Directs the Administrator to design and implement within EPA an efficient system for the collection, dissemination, and use of data submitted under FIFRA and for the retrieval of pesticidal, toxicological, and other scientific data useful in carrying out such Act.  Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to consult on the establishment of such system. Title XXII:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title XXIII:  Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV:  Effective Date - Sets forth effective dates for the provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:31:47Z,
99-hr-4634,99,hr,4634,"Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-04-17,1986-04-17,Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.,House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,0,"Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 1987 and 1988 for research, development, and demonstration activities authorized under:  (1) the Clean Air Act; (2) the Federal Water Pollution Act; (3) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (4) the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (5) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); (6) the Public Health Service Act (radiation activities); (7) interdisciplinary activities provisions; (8) the Toxic Substances Control Act; and (9) energy research.  Authorizes appropriations to the EPA Office of Research and Development for FY 1987 and 1988 for program management and support.  Sets forth permissible uses of such funds.  Provides for congressional oversight of transfers of funds between categories.  Prohibits the Administrator of the EPA from using any funds appropriated under this Act for a reduction-in-force, unless the Administrator has provided certain information to the Congress in advance. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to establish and maintain a separately identified program of continuing long-term environmental research and development that will support and contribute to each research category for which appropriations are authorized under this Act.  Requires that at least 15 percent of such funds be obligated for such long-term research and development.  Directs the Administrator to report annually on the performance of such long-term research and development programs to the appropriate congressional committees at the time the President's FY 1988 budget is submitted to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to carry out a research program with respect to indoor air quality.  Requires that such program be designed to:  (1) gather data and information on all aspects of indoor air quality in order to contribute to the understanding of health problems associated with the existence of air pollutants in the indoor environment; and (2) coordinate Federal, State, local, and private research, development, and demonstration efforts relating to the improvement of indoor air quality. Authorizes the Administrator to establish committees of representatives of appropriate Federal agencies and advisory groups of representatives of the scientific community, industry, and public interest organizations  to assist in carrying out such indoor air quality research program.  Directs the Administrator to consult and coordinate with State and local officials and other interested parties having concerns related to such program. Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress an indoor air quality research implementation plan within 120 days after enactment of this Act and a final report within two years of such enactment after consulting the National Academy of Sciences. Directs the Administrator to establish the Committee on Biotechnology within the Science Advisory Board.  Requires such committee to report to the Congress on biotechnology product assessment. Requires the Board to review and report on the EPA's groundwater research program.",2025-08-29T16:29:34Z,
99-s-2300,99,s,2300,Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-04-14,1986-05-15,Subcommittee on Toxic Substances. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 99-708.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,4,"Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in Federal and other buildings. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States for individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Requires asbestos contractors to be accredited by an equivalent or more stringent plan. Requires the Administrator to develop and periodically revise a schedule of Federal buildings to be inspected, including a management plan for those found to contain asbestos and the possible later addition of non-Federal buildings.  Requires the owners of designated buildings to conduct an asbestos inspection, reporting results to the Administrator and posting results in the inspected building.  Requires owners of buildings found to contain asbestos to prepare a management plan for dealing with the substance, including schedules for followup inspections, which complies with the regulations.  Requires that such plans be made available to the public. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still within the building. Prohibits the Federal leasing of any building not inspected for asbestos. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a designated building may be hazardous and adequate owner's actions have not been taken. Requires the Administrator to include actions taken under this Act in the annual report required under the Toxic Substances Control Act.",2025-08-29T16:29:35Z,
99-hr-4567,99,hr,4567,Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-04-10,1986-06-20,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]",MN,D,S000407,175,"Acid Deposition Control  Act of 1986 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units.  Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1993, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve emissions reductions from other fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1977. Directs the Administrator to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources, identifying achievable reductions which could be made by 1997.  Requires States to submit to the Administrator for approval a plan for achieving such reductions.  Grants States discretion in their choice of compliance measures. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by July 1, 1993, on phase I reductions and the feasibility of meeting phase II reductions.  States that phase II reductions will not take effect if the Congress enacts legislation to that effect. Sets forth emissions rates a State without an approved reductions plan must follow. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy between December 31, 1988, and December 31, 1996, to subsidize the interest on qualified pollution control debt incurred by the utility. Establishes  civil penalties for fee violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to receive such fees and provide interest subsidy payments for pollution control systems meeting specified standards. Revises the standards for nitrogen oxides emissions for new electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and for certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires certain smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emissions reduction standard by January 2, 1988, without extension or delay. Title II:  Control of Emission from Mobile Sources - Sets oxides of nitrogen emission standards for motor vehicles for model years 1988, 1989, and beyond.  Modifies hydrocarbon standards for trucks after model year 1989. Directs the Administrator to regulate sulfur in diesel fuel for 1989 and beyond.  Requires either the use of onboard hydrocarbon control technology or the use of gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from fueling motor vehicles. Title III:  International Cooperation - Expresses the concern of the Congress over transboundary pollution between the United States and Mexico and directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator to conclude an agreement within three months of enactment.  Requires such an agreement to cover specified copper smelters. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months on negotiating such agreement. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of sulfur dioxide emissions, before and after pollution controls, of the Nacozaria smelter, Mexico, on specified western States. Directs the Secretary to establish an international agency, or utilize an existing agency, to report on the effects of transboundary air pollution from copper smelters on public health and welfare in the United States and in Mexico.",2025-08-29T16:31:48Z,
99-hr-4513,99,hr,4513,Pesticide Reform Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-03-25,1986-06-18,See H.R.2482.,House,"Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1]",KS,R,R000307,5,"Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest.  Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data  within a reasonable time. Title III: Reregistration - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule.  Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 90 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 180 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date.  Directs that highest reregistration priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use; (2) will result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; or (3) have significant outstanding data requirements. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 36 months. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary three-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements. Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines.  Requires EPA to complete registration within two years of receiving such data. Title IV:  Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of not more than 50 inert ingredients based on apparent health or environmental dangers. Subjects such list to judicial review.  Sets forth the conditions for:  (1) removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data; and (2) additional data studies. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label.  States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 360 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V:  Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA a Material Safety Data Sheet for each pesticide produced, imported, or used.  Sets forth information to be included in such Sheets. Requires such Sheets to be maintained by the registrant and made available to the public.  Provides for confidentiality of certain information. Title VI:  Data Disclosure to States - Provides for data disclosure to States that have entered into cooperative agreements with EPA.  Establishes criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure of such information by Federal or State officers or employees.  Permits disclosure to contractors under such conditions as the Secretary may specify. Directs the Administrator to :  (1) establish (through an EPA committee) a data system for the information required by this Act; and (2) establish a retrieval system for pesticidal, toxicological, and other scientific data.  Requires a report to the Congress within 24 months.  Authorizes FY 1986 through 1989 appropriations. Title VII:  Cancellation Procedures - Authorizes the Administrator to conduct a special review of a pesticide if its use may pose a risk to: (1) humans or domestic animals; (2) the environment of non-target organisms; or (3) to an endangered or threatened species or critical habitat.  Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to:  (1) cancel the registration or change the classification of a pesticide; or (2) hold hearings to determine whether such changes should be made. Title VIII:  False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel a pesticide registration if submitted information is invalid (and has not been replaced) or false. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX:  Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes Federal or State officers or employees duly designated by the Administrator to enter or inspect laboratories or testing facilities, or to obtain pesticide samples or make copies of records. Sets forth inspection procedures. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions taken under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects.  Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States.  Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research programs.  Requires an annual report to the Congress on such programs. Title XI:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Title XII:  Label Use Protection - States that proof that an application was made in compliance with the label shall be presumptive evidence that the applicator was not negligent. Title XIII:  Certification, Training, and Recordkeeping Amendments - Sets forth certification, training, and recordkeeping (including public access) provisions for noncertified commercial applicators, employees, and certified commercial applicators.  Requires certification of enforcement personnel. Title XIV:  State Authority to Regulate Sale and Use of Pesticides - States that enforcement authority does not extend to State political subdivisions. Directs States to consider the differences between agricultural and nonagricultural pesticides in promulgating pesticide regulations or policies. Title XV:  Use of Any Registered Pesticide in a Manner Inconsistent with its Labeling - Permits use of one pesticide in the formulation or repackaging of another registered end-use product. Exempts household cleaning agents from ""inconsistent use"" labeling requirements. Title XVI:  Definitions - Defines ""antimicrobial,"" ""to distribute or sell,"" ""pesticide product,"" and ""terms of registration"" for purposes of such Act. Title XVII:  Registration of a Pesticide - Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines regarding registration support data.  Requires EPA to review an application and notify the applicant of any deficiencies within 90 days of receipt.  Requires EPA review of such additional information within 180 days of receipt. States that an application shall be deemed approved if EPA fails to act within 360 days. Authorizes the Administrator to use label warnings and other regulatory restrictions before giving a pesticide a restricted use classification. Title XVIII:  Protection of Trade Secrets and Other Information - Protects marketable data from disclosure until the start of sales, unless such disclosure is necessary to protect against risk to health or the environment. Requires EPA to notify applicants if a disclosure request has been made for their information. Title XIX:  Information Requested - Requires EPA to catalogue and retrieve data in such manner as to reduce duplicate registrant requests. Title XX:  Research and Monitoring - Directs the Administrator to maintain a facility at Beltsville, Maryland, to conduct biological testing of pesticides, especially disinfectants. Title XXI:  State Cooperation, Aid, and Training - Provides for a 50-50 Federal-State sharing of applicator training costs.  Sets forth minimum fiscal year appropriations for such purpose. Title XXII:  Scientific Advisory Panel - Extends authority for the scientific advisory panel through FY 1994. Title XXIII:  State Enforcement Responsibilities - States that the term ""primary enforcement responsibility"" shall include State actions having the Administrator's concurrence, including banning, seizing, and cancellation of a registered product. Title XXIV:  Low Volume Non-Food Pesticide Use - Permits interested persons to petition the Administrator to relax or amend regulations regarding low-volume, nonfood pesticide uses.  Bases such request upon whether or not the new use will cause an unreasonable risk to man or the environment.  Permits such new use for two years, after which a repetitioning shall be required. Title XXV:  Unlawful Acts - Revises current provisions regarding unlawful acts and penalties. Title XXVI:  Penalties - Increases specified criminal and civil penalties.  Subjects applicants for registration and pesticide testing facilities to specified penalties. Title XXVII:  Congressional Review of Regulations - Replaces congressional veto provisions with a 60-day delay period after promulgation of pesticide regulations. Directs the Administrator to provide the Congress with copies of regulations issued under such Act. Title XXVIII:  Administrative Procedure: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of regulations issued under this Act in the appropriate court of appeal or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Title XXIX:  Delegation and Cooperation - Declares that the Administrator, in implementing this Act, shall not be deemed to be exercising authority to prescribe or enforce workplace standards affecting occupational safety and health. Title XXX:  Indemnities - Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations for the indemnity program.  Establishes a revolving fund in the Treasury to carry out such activities.  Requires an annual report to the Congress.  Requires a comprehensive program evaluation to be submitted to the Congress on April 1, 1991. Title XXXI:  Voluntary Cancellation - Permits a registrant to cancel a product registration or delete one or more uses. Title XXXII:  Technical Amendments - Amends the table of contents of such Act. Title XXXIII:  Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective 60 days after enactment, unless otherwise provided for.",2025-08-29T16:30:15Z,
99-hjres-573,99,hjres,573,A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.,Environmental Protection,1986-03-20,1986-04-01,Became Public Law No: 99-270.,House,"Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2]",MA,D,B000600,0,"Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 to require that a repayable cash advance of $150,000,000 be made to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) for use through May 31, 1986.",2023-01-19T20:04:59Z,
99-s-2212,99,s,2212,"A bill to make an advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund to enable the fund to meet certain expenses under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1986-03-20,1986-03-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,18,Appropriates interim funds for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).,2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
99-s-2215,99,s,2215,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-03-20,1986-08-13,Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S. 2792) in lieu of this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,4,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest.  Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data  within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule.  Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date.  Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are used in crops with high worker exposure. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 18 months, and 24 months, respectively.  Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements. Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines.  Requires EPA to complete registration within one year of receiving such data. Provides with regard to such reregistration for a one-time fee of $50,000 to identify outstanding data requirements, and a one-time fee of $100,000 to evaluate and reregister the pesticide.  Authorizes reduced fees for nonfood or nonfeed uses.  Provides for apportioned fees in the case of multiple registrants.  Establishes a related revolving fund in the Treasury for such funds. Title IV: Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of between 50 and 75 inert ingredients based on health or environmental dangers.  States that such list shall not be subject to judicial review.  Sets forth the conditions for removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data. Requires EPA to develop and publish within one year a toxicity study plan for each such listed ingredient. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any required studies. Requires EPA to complete any required action within one year on receiving such data. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label.  States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 120 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V: Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA within 120 days a summary of health, safety, and environmental data (including U.S. production plants) supporting their registered active ingredients and/or priority inert ingredients. Requires such summaries to be: (1) maintained and kept current by the registrant; and (2) made available to the public. Title VI: Data Disclosure to States - Authorizes EPA to disclose to States any information acquired under such Act, if the State and EPA assure that the owner of such information will receive no less disclosure and use protection by the State than is provided under such Act.  Provides remedies for improper disclosure. Title VII: Cancellation Procedures - Bases interim administrative review criteria on levels of risk, which may include consideration of currently available exposure data.  States that absence of exposure data shall not delay or preclude initiation of an interim administrative review.  Prohibits the Administrator from declining to initiate an interim administrative review solely on the basis of exposure unless adequate data on all relevant means of exposure have been considered. Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to require changes to the labeling of a pesticide by informal rulemaking unless the changes are equivalent to a cancellation of a use, render the product unmarketable, or otherwise have a major economic impact on the product, in which case the changes shall be subject to the hearings procedures prescribed for cancellation and change in classification. Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 12 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. Prescribes the procedure for requesting and conducting a hearing following an interim administrative review of a pesticide.  Entitles any person to seek judicial review of the failure of the Administrator to make a decision about cancellation or suspension within specified time limits. Title VIII: False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined in the Industrial Biotest validation process that data submitted in support of such registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration.  Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX: Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes a duly designated EPA officer or employee to enter at reasonable times and inspect relevant parts and records of any laboratory to verify the accuracy of data submitted in support of an experimental use permit or registration. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects.  Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States.  Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research and regulatory programs, and to provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop such programs.  Requires the Administrator, within one year of the effective date of this Act and every three years thereafter, to conduct and publish a survey of all countries importing U.S. pesticides or exporting agricultural commodities to the United States in order to ascertain pesticide registration procedures in such countries and to control residues on foods to meet U.S. tolerances.  Requires an annual report to the Congress on such activities. Requires the Administrator to revoke or amend the corresponding tolerance or exemption from tolerance of any pesticide whose registration is canceled, suspended, denied, or voluntarily withdrawn (unless such action was due solely to environmental effects). Title XI: Authorization for Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title XII: Employee Protection - Prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against employees who initiate or participate in proceedings under FIFRA. Title XIII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:29:51Z,
99-hr-4440,99,hr,4440,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-03-18,1986-06-18,See H.R.2482.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,0,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a compensation formula based on development costs and market share for subsequent registration or new use applications of a registered pesticide. Provides that if additional data is required to support an existing registration, the registrant shall share such costs on an initial fixed sum and market share basis.",2025-08-29T16:30:41Z,
99-hr-4445,99,hr,4445,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide interim borrowing authority for the Superfund program for 45 days.",Environmental Protection,1986-03-18,1986-04-01,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,15,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize interim funding for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
99-s-2200,99,s,2200,Acid Deposition Control Act,Environmental Protection,1986-03-18,1986-10-02,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,7,"Acid Deposition Control Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program.  Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants in the remaining States. Sets forth sulfur dioxide emission reduction standards for the acid deposition impact region of ten million tons below 1980 levels within ten years, permitting annual emissions of no more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units of heat input.  Restricts increases in emissions from major stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen or sulfur dioxide, except as specified. Permits States to reallocate necessary reductions among themselves so long as the total reductions of the States involved meet the required standards. Requires each impact region State to adopt enforceable emission production measures for sulfur dioxide, including compliance schedules.  Requires the Administrator's approval and other Governors' perusal of such measures. Requires each major stationary source subject to an emission limitation to notify the Governor of the State, who shall notify the Administrator, within four years of its intended method of compliance.  Requires sources choosing fuel substitution to be in compliance with their applicable emission limitations within six years.  Requires those sources complying through the installation of a technological system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of facilities to have entered into binding contracts for the same within six years. Subjects owners of sources in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plans to the established emission limitation schedule and a noncompliance penalty. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures if such measures are enforceable by entities and persons other than the State in which the emissions occur:  (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) retirement of major stationary sources at an earlier than provided for date; (3) investments in energy conservation where emission reductions can be identified with such investments; (4) trading of emission reduction requirements and actual reductions through emission reduction banks or brokerage institutions; and (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels. Permits sulfur emission reduction compliance by reducing emissions of oxides of nitrogen at a rate of two units by weight of oxides of nitrogen for each unit of sulfur dioxide. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act to emit an air pollutant which adversely affects the public health or welfare of another State or foreign country. Repeals primary nonferrous smelter orders which permitted temporary waivers of emissions reduction requirements. Revises motor vehicle emission and fuel standards to establish oxides of nitrogen emissions standards for light-duty vehicles and engines after model year 1989 and increase the useful life of such vehicles and engines. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revoke or suspend an automobile manufacturer's certificate of compliance with motor vehicle emissions standards if fewer than 90 percent of vehicles or engines tested in any sample or sampling period conform with the requirements being certified. Requires State automobile inspection programs to: (1) require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems; and (2) the replacement of inoperative parts which control emissions of oxides of nitrogen. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico to control air pollution and to enter international agreements to establish uniform standards of air pollution control.",2025-08-29T16:29:48Z,
99-s-2203,99,s,2203,New Clean Air Act,Environmental Protection,1986-03-18,1986-10-02,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,20,"New Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit after 1991 the number of hours a fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility which is a major stationary source of sulfur dioxide emissions may operate according to its emissions rate. Requires such major sources to attain by 1995 the best degree of emission reduction technically available. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically publish demonstrated levels of emission reduction and to promulgate emission standards for oil shale production and processing facilities, synthetic fuels production facilities, and other categories of major energy-production sources. Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1989 and for heavy-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1990.  Prohibits the sale of diesel fuel with a sulfur content above a certain level determined by the Administrator.  Requires State vehicle inspection programs to require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems.  Provides for the assessment of daily civil penalties for violations of the fuel and fuel additive regulatory requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a monitoring system for assessing the effects of acid deposition by 1988. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act if a State's air pollutant emissions contribute to the violation of another State's water quality standard under the Clean Water Act.  Amends the Clean Water Act to state that such emissions endanger health or welfare abroad if they contribute to the violation of such country's water quality standards. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico by 1987 to cooperate in reducing air pollution. Directs the President to negotiate treaties or other international agreements to apply uniform standards of performance for the control of air pollutant emissions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by 1989 on a system of tariffs on emissions sufficient to encourage reductions.",2025-08-29T16:31:47Z,
99-sconres-118,99,sconres,118,A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the findings of the special envoys that acid rain is a serious environmental problem and that comprehensive legislation should be enacted to reduce acidic air emissions.,Environmental Protection,1986-03-18,1986-03-18,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the finding that acid rain is a serious environmental problem in both the United States and Canada, and that the Congress should enact comprehensive legislation to reduce this problem.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-hr-4364,99,hr,4364,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986",Environmental Protection,1986-03-11,1986-06-18,See H.R.2482.,House,"Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]",IA,D,B000298,4,"Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest.  Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data  within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule.  Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date.  Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are used in crops with high worker exposure. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 18 months, and 24 months, respectively.  Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements.  Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines.  Requires EPA to complete registration within one year of receiving such data. Provides with regard to such reregistration for a one-time fee of $50,000 to identify outstanding data requirements, and a one-time fee of $100,000 to evaluate and reregister the pesticide. Authorizes reduced fees for nonfood or nonfeed uses.  Provides for apportioned fees in the case of multiple registrants.  Establishes a related revolving fund in the Treasury for such funds. Title IV: Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of between 50 and 75 inert ingredients based on health or environmental dangers.  States that such list shall not be subject to judicial review.  Sets forth the conditions for removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data. Requires EPA to develop and publish within one year a toxicity study plan for each such listed ingredient. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any required studies.  Requires EPA to complete any required action within one year on receiving such data. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label.  States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 120 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V: Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA within 120 days a summary of health, safety, and environmental data (including U.S. production plants) supporting their registered active ingredients and/or priority inert ingredients. Requires such summaries to be: (1) maintained and kept current by the registrant; and (2) made available to the public. Title VI: Data Disclosure to States - Authorizes EPA to disclose to States any information acquired under such Act, if the State and EPA assure that the owner of such information will receive no less disclosure and use protection by the State than is provided under such Act.  Provides remedies for improper disclosre. Title VII: Cancellation Procedures - Bases interim administrative review criteria on levels of risk, which may include consideration of currently available exposure data.  States that absence of exposure data shall not delay or preclude initiation of an interm administrative review.  Prohibits the Administrator from declining to initiate an interim administrative review solely on the basis of exposure unless adequate data on all relevant means of exposure have been considered. Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to require changes to the labeling of a pesticide by informal rulemaking unless the changes are equivalent to a cancellation of a use, render the product unmarketable, or otherwise have a major economic impact on the product, in which case the changes shall be subject to the hearings procedures prescribed for cancellation and change in classification. Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 12 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. Prescribes the procedure for requesting and conducting a hearing following an interim administrative review of a pesticide.  Entitles any person to seek judicial review of the failure of the Administrator to make a decision about cancellation or suspension within specified time limits. Title VIII: False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined in the Industrial Biotest validation process that data submitted in support of such registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration.  Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX: Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes a duly designated EPA officer or employee to enter at reasonable times and inspect relevant parts and records of any laboratory to verify the accuracy of data submitted in support of an experimental use permit or registration. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects.  Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States.  Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research and regulatory programs, and to provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop such programs.  Requires the Administrator, within one year of the effective date of this Act and every three years thereafter, to conduct and publish a survey of all countries importing U.S. pesticides or exporting agricultural commodities to the United States in order to ascertain pesticide registration procedures in such countries and to control residues on foods to meet U.S. tolerances.  Requires an annual report to the Congress on such activities. Requires the Administrator to revoke or amend the corresponding tolerance or exemption from tolerance of any pesticide whose registration is canceled, suspended, denied, or voluntarily withdrawn (unless such action was due solely to environmental effects). Title XI: Authorization for Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title XII: Employee Protection - Prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against employees who initiate or participate in proceedings under FIFRA. Title XIII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.",2025-08-29T16:31:41Z,
99-hr-4311,99,hr,4311,Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-03-05,1986-03-13,"Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism Prior to Introduction (Mar 4, 86).",House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,112,"Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems.  Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency.  Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action.  Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.",2025-08-29T16:30:57Z,
99-s-2083,99,s,2083,Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-02-20,1986-09-10,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,10,"(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 5073 passed in lieu)  Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools, including requiring warning labels on friable asbestos-containing material left in schools. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance documents if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Requires the Administrator to consider the seriousness of the violation and the culpability and ability of the violator when assessing civil penalties against a local education agency. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Directs the Secretary of Defense to manage asbestos at overseas schools for dependents to the extent feasible. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to the Congress on the financial condition of the Fund which shall consist of amounts repayed of loans made under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984.  Reserves certain funds available for such loans for grants to States and local educational agencies to help them carry out their asbestos abatement programs.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-hr-4129,99,hr,4129,Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act,Environmental Protection,1986-02-05,1986-02-05,Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.,House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,0,"Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to direct the President to establish the Panel on Acid Rain Technology to select demonstration projects for sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions control technologies funded in part by the Federal Government.  Requires such Panel to report annually to the Congress. Directs the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory and consultative group on transboundary pollution with appropriate officials of the Canadian Government. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth secondary areas of concern for research on acid precipitation, including monitoring the dry deposition of acidic particles and surface water acidification.",2025-08-29T16:32:25Z,
99-sres-307,99,sres,307,A resolution to encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to take all necessary action to avoid the long-term disruption of the Superfund program.,Environmental Protection,1986-01-30,1986-01-30,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should maintain the infrastructure of the Superfund program and notify the appropriate congressional committees of the funds needed to continue such program prior to long-term reauthorization.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-hconres-273,99,hconres,273,A concurrent resolution to request the President to take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international research program with respect to the greenhouse effect.,Environmental Protection,1986-01-23,1986-01-23,Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.,House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,11,"Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1991, which shall be known as the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
99-hr-4042,99,hr,4042,A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of acid precipitation in a 9-County Bay Area of California.,Environmental Protection,1986-01-23,1986-01-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Burton, Sala [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001158,7,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study acid precipitation and fog in the Bay Area Acid Precipitation Impact Region, California.  Includes Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties in such Region. Requires completion of such study within two years of enactment and publication of results within six months of completion.  Requires such study to be reported to the Congress and to include a specific plan for reduction of air pollutant emissions contributing to acid precipitation and deposition. Requires the Administrator to assist the California Air Resources Board to establish an acid (pH) content index for ambient air, such content to be disclosed to the public on a daily basis. Requires the Administrator to establish a program to improve monitoring techniques for acid content.  Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
99-hr-4015,99,hr,4015,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the introduction of certain additives in gasoline.,Environmental Protection,1986-01-21,1986-01-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the addition of benzene, tolulene, or xylene to gasoline.  Permits naturally occurring benzene, tolulene, or xylene in gasoline up to certain concentration levels.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-s-2003,99,s,2003,Acid Rain Control Act of 1986,Environmental Protection,1986-01-21,1986-01-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,"Acid Rain Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Control Technology Development Program - Acid Precipitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to establish a research and development program for the control of acid rain. Requires the President to appoint a Panel on Acid Rain Technology to evaluate, select, fund, and report to the Congress on projects to develop control technologies which eliminate substantial portions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions. Requires the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory group on transboundary air pollution with the appropriate Canadian officials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.  Permits funding requests for secondary and ancillary research projects. Title II:  Emission Reduction Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program.  Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants problems in the remaining States. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to report to the appropriate congressional committees by the close of 1985 and 1987 on its research findings about acid precipitation, with recommendations for reducing its effects. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the Task Force's comprehensive research plan for acid precipitation.  Requires the Task Force to conduct research on advanced flue-gas cleaning and precombustion fuel treatment technologies and inherently low-emission combustion processes. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to establish an Acid Precipitation Scientific Review Board to examine information concerning the causes and environmental effects of acid deposition, including the activities of the Task Force.  Requires the Board to report to the appropriate congressional committees with recommendations for reducing acid deposition. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988. Directs the Administrator to report to the appropriate congressional committees on enforceable measures adopted by the States to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions.  Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to report to the appropriate congressional committees on a cost-benefit analysis of such measures.  Requires such committees to conduct hearings on acid deposition after receiving the aforementioned reports. Directs the Administrator to develop and report to the Congress on an inventory of sources of oxides of nitrogen in the acid deposition impact region. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress on a joint study of a system of fees on the generation of electricity in the acid deposition impact region to finance emissions reductions. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States or interstate agencies for developing methods to neutralize the effects of acid deposition in bodies of water that no longer can support game fish species. Sets forth sulfur dioxide emission reduction standards for the acid deposition impact region of ten million tons below 1980 levels by the beginning of 1994, permitting annual emissions of no more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units of heat input.  Includes emissions from major stationary sources with utility boilers, within the restrictions on increased emissions from sources or the start-up of new sources, except as specified.  Restricts increases in emissions from major stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen, except as specified. Permits States to reallocate necessary reductions among themselves so long as the total reductions of the States involved meet the required standards.  Requires each impact region State to adopt enforceable emission reduction measures for sulfur dioxide, including compliance schedules.  Requires the Administrator's approval and the other Governors' perusal of such measures. Requires each major stationary source subject to an emission limitation to notify the Governor of the State, who shall notify the Administrator, within three years of its intended method of compliance.  Requires sources choosing fuel substitution to be in compliance with their applicable emission limitations within five years.  Requires those sources complying through the installation of a technological system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of facilities to have entered into binding contracts for the same within five years. Subjects owners of sources in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plans to the established emission limitation schedule and a noncompliance penalty. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures if such measures are enforceable by entities and persons other than the State in which the emissions occur:  (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) retirement of major stationary sources at an earlier than provided for date; (3) investments in energy conservation where emission reductions can be identified with such investments; (4) trading of emission reduction requirements and actual reductions through emission reduction banks or brokerage institutions; and (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels. Directs the Administrator to review emission limits for certain major sources to determine if such limits are inappropriately based upon modeling credit for stack height above good engineering practice. Requires the State and the owner of such source to adjust emission limitations accordingly. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act to emit an air pollutant which adversely affects the public health or welfare of another State.",2025-08-29T16:33:44Z,
99-s-1983,99,s,1983,National Acid Rain Control Act,Environmental Protection,1985-12-18,1985-12-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000148,0,"National Acid Rain Control Act - Title I:  Acid Deposition Control and Assistance Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to require fossil fuel fired electric utility generating plants burning coal with excessive sulfur content to clean that coal prior to combustion.  Requires such plants using flue gas desulfurization units to use adipic acid treatment.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to compute a State share for each of the 48 contiguous States of a 12,000,000 ton reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by 1995 below that of 1980.  Sets forth a formula for determining State shares. Permits States to reallot shares among themselves if the required total reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide is still achieved. Sets deadlines and procedures for submission and approval of State plans for such State shares. Requires the owner or operator of any fossil fuel fired facility which is a major but not new stationary source to comply with an emission limitation equivalent to an average of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu's of heat input on a rolling 30 day average, if its State has not submitted or implemented an approved plan.  Requires such owners or operators to submit a compliance plan to the Administrator for approval. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to provide funding for emissions reductions from specified appropriations.  Sets forth conditions and administrative provisions for such Fund. Imposes a fee on each kilowatt hour of electric energy generated by an electric utility in the contiguous States.  Exempts electricity generated by nuclear or hydroelectric power.  Directs the Administrator to make grants and contracts to accelerate research for developing other advanced industrial processes to reduce levels of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, limestone injected multistaged burner (LIMB) technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title II:  Control of Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen - Directs the Administrator to revise nitrogen oxides emissions standards for electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal.  Sets maximum subbituminous emissions at 0.30 pounds per million Btu's and maximum bituminous coal emissions at 0.40 pounds per million Btu's, based on a 30-day rolling average. Requires the Administrator to promulgate emissions standards for new, large fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Establishes oxides of nitrogen emissions standards for light duty trucks after model year 1987. Title III:  Acid Deposition Damage Mitigation Program - Establishes a grants program for States with Administrator-approved plans for mitigating water quality damage caused by acid deposition.  Limits such grants to 80 percent of State-expended funds for mitigation. Apportions funds among the States upon the basis of need.",2025-08-29T16:32:01Z,
99-s-1967,99,s,1967,"A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to protect the environment and human health from adverse effects caused by the release of genetically engineered microorganisms into the environment, to promote the safe use of genetically engineered microorganisms, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1985-12-17,1985-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,1,"Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a permit program regulating the release, distribution, and use of genetically engineered micro-organisms to protect human health and the environment. Establishes a Biotechnology Science Coordinating Committee within the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology to serve as a forum for evaluating potential adverse effects on human health or the environment caused by such organisms.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-sconres-97,99,sconres,97,A concurrent resolution to request the President to negotiate a North American Treaty on Air Pollution.,Environmental Protection,1985-12-17,1985-12-17,Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,16,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate a North American treaty on air pollution with Canada and Mexico.,2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
99-sconres-96,99,sconres,96,A concurrent resolution to request the President to take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a corporate international research program with respect to the greenhouse effect.,Environmental Protection,1985-12-16,1985-12-16,Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,0,"Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1991, which shall be known as the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
99-hr-3917,99,hr,3917,A bill to extend the period allowed for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements applicable to land disposal facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.,Environmental Protection,1985-12-12,1986-02-24,Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 99-549.,House,"Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10]",NC,R,B000966,8,"Extends the period allowed for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements for land disposal facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act through June 30, 1986, with additional extensions permitted through November 8, 1986, as specified.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-sres-272,99,sres,272,A resolution relating to the potential consequences that the use of paint containing the chemical compound tributyltin may have on the marine environment.,Environmental Protection,1985-12-12,1985-12-12,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME]",ME,R,C000598,1,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the environmental and health effects of organotin-bearing paints should be investigated.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-hr-3852,99,hr,3852,Superfund Amendments of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-12-04,1985-12-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12]",TX,D,W000763,12,"Superfund Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish reportable quantities for all hazardous substances by December 31, 1986.  Directs the Administrator to give primary attention to releases which may present a threat to public health. Grants the Administrator discretion to decide when responsible parties are authorized to conduct cleanup actions in lieu of Superfund-financed responses. Requires short-term removal actions undertaken by the Administrator to contribute to the degree possible to the efficient performance of any long-term action. Requires coordinated action among Federal and State natural resource trustees when hazardous substance releases threaten such resources.  Increases the maximum time and funding limit on short-term response actions when appropriate. Requires States to assure the availability of hazardous waste disposal facilities sufficient for the next 20 years' wastes.  Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions.  Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Treats long-term cleanup of groundwater or surface water as a part of the costs of remedial action. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Prescribes a cleanup schedule for Superfund, requiring the Administrator to list at least 1,600 facilities on the NPL by January 1, 1988.  Sets a schedule for the conduct of remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RIFS) and remedial action at a NPL sites. Directs the Administrator to revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments.  Requires the review of the hazard ranking system within one year.  Permits individuals to petition the Administrator for a preliminary hazard assessment at a site.  Includes contamination of the ambient air and damage to the human food chain as criteria for ranking a hazard.  Eliminates the requirement that the NPL contain at least 400 sites. Prohibits the Administrator from taking abatement action against any release resulting from an applied pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Includes all vessels releasing hazardous substances within the jurisdiction of the United States under the liability provisions of CERCLA. Makes certain investigatory and assessment costs recoverable from the responsible party.  Exempts Government agencies responding to a hazardous substance emergency from liability for all but negligent actions. Directs the Administrator and each Governor to appoint Federal and State trustees, respectively, for natural resources, creating a rebuttable presumption that their assessment of damages to such resources is valid. States that cleanup costs incurred in a response action constitute a Federal lien against the property of a responsible party. Sets forth evidentiary requirements for establishing financial responsibility.  Permits direct action against a financial guarantor if the person liable is financially or physically unavailable for redress. Entitles such a guarantor to all rights and defenses available to the liable party.  Limits the liability of such guarantor to its financial responsibility to the responsible party. Increases criminal penalties and adds certain civil penalties for violations of this Act, including failure to provide accurate information at specified times. Authorizes appropriations of $1,830,000,000 for each of FY 1986 through 1990 from Superfund, establishing the Fund level. Authorizes the use of Superfund monies for the authorities created by this Act.  Eliminates the use of Superfund for payment of natural resource damage claims, except as specified. Revises auditing procedures to require annual audits and reports to the Congress by the Inspector General. Authorizes appropriations out of general revenue for Superfund for FY 1986 through 1990 of $250,000,000 per year. Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for Superfund claims, setting forth special rules for minors and incompetents. Authorizes nationwide service of process under CERCLA.  Establishes a three year statute of limitations for the initiation of actions for contribution for response costs of damages and for recovery claims for damages to natural resources.  Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for cost recovery actions. Prohibits pre-enforcement review of an ongoing removal.  Limits judicial review of Federal decisions under this Act to the administrative record.  Establishes new procedures for reimbursement of costs and provides opportunities for judicial review of administrative orders once the response action is completed. Authorizes a State to require contributions to a fund to pay the costs of hazardous substance response actions or damages. Establishes within the Public Health Service the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), headed by an Administrator.  Requires ATSDR to implement the health-related authorities of this Act. Directs such Administrator to establish and maintain a listing of areas closed to the public or otherwise restricted in use because of contamination by hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants. Directs the Administrator of EPA to list and periodically revise a list of hazardous substances which pose the most significant potential threat to human health.  Includes pollutants or contaminants to the degree they are determined to be hazardous.  Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to establish and maintain an inventory of information on the health effects of each listed substance.  Requires such Administrator to also develop toxicological profiles for each such substance, assessing the current state of knowledge of their deleterious effects, and revising such profiles at least every three years.  Requires the Administrator to initiate research where inadequate information on a substance is available.  Requires Federal coordination of research efforts. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to perform a health assessment for each NPL facility where a significant possibility exists that a human population has been exposed to hazardous substances existing at such facility and a significant threat of adverse health effects exists.  Bases the selection of such facilities on criteria developed by the Administrator of EPA.  Permits the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct health assessments at other facilities as well.  Authorizes individuals to petition the Administrator of EPA for a health assessment of a site where evidence of human exposure to hazardous substances exists.  Requires the completion of health assessments before the completion of remedial investigation and feasibility studies (RIFS) whenever possible.  Grants priority to those sites where the potential risk to human health appears highest. Requires State or local officials conducting a health assessment to report the results and recommendations to the Administrators.  Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide the affected State and the Administrator of EPA with the results and recommendations of any ATSDR assessment. Includes the costs of an assessment among recoverable cleanup costs whenever such assessment reveals human exposure to a hazardous substance. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct a pilot study of health effects of exposure whenever justified by an assessment to determine if full scale epidemiological studies are appropriate. Requires the Administrator to establish a registry of exposed persons if appropriate.  Directs the Administrator to initiate a health surveillance program for an exposed population if justified by an epidemiological study or exposure registry.  Requires the Administrator to report biennially to the Administrator of EPA and ATSDR's activities under this Act. Directs the Administrator of EPA to abate significant risks to the human population through exposure by providing alternate household water or relocation of individuals. Requires peer review of all ATSDR studies and research.  Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide States and health professionals with educational materials on exposure-related issues. Requires the Administrator of EPA to provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment on any proposed plan for remedial action before it is implemented.  Requires the Administrator to publish an explanation of any divergences from such plan or public comments.  Authorizes the Administrator to make assistance available to affected individuals to help them evaluate and assess technical information and data. Prohibits the Administrator from taking a response action to certain types of releases unless such releases constitute a public health or environmental emergency.  Prohibits response to releases:  (1) of naturally occurring substances; (2) of building products; (3) into drinking water supply systems due to ordinary deterioration; and (4) from specified coal mining sites.  Grants highest cleanup priority to releases which have contaminated or closed a sole or principal drinking water source.  Requires the consideration of certain factors when adopting offsite remedies, including the long-term risks and uncertainties of land disposal. Requires a study of the shortage of skilled personnel at EPA to administer this Act. Requires radon contaminated soil to be disposed of as low-level radioactive waste.  Exempts response-action contractors from liability for nonnegligent cleanup activities if they would not otherwise have been liable.  Opens competition for response-actions to all interested contractors, subject to Federal and State requirements. Includes Federal facilities under CERCLA as if they were private facilities, except for certain financial responsibility and time period provisions. Applies the relevant State law when a Federal facility is not on the NPL. Requires the Administrator to establish a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket for each Federal agency and department which will include information on off-site contamination and monitoring data, and releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances. Requires that such information be made available to the public.  Requires the Administrator to evaluate certain Federal facilities by January 31, 1987, for placement on the NPL, using NCP criteria.  Requires the commencement of a RIFS within six months of a Federal site's placement on the NPL.  Directs the Administrator to review the RIFS and enter into interagency agreements for cleanup when necessary, allowing for public participation.  Requires each agency to report annually to the Congress on its implementation progress.  Requires Federal agencies to notify buyers or transferees of Federal land where hazardous substances were disposed of or stored.  Authorizes a State to act as an on-scene coordinator at EPA expense for Federal facility cleanups in such State. Sets forth special rules to protect national security at defense facilities needing cleanup. Requires the Administrator to select appropriate cost-effective remedial actions in accordance with the NCP.  Requires remedial actions selected to provide sufficient control or amelioration of the hazardous substance so as to protect human health and the environment.  Requires such measures to take into account the long-term effectiveness of the solution and the alternative technologies available to the maximum extent possible.  Requires a standard of control at least as strict as that provided by any other applicable Federal environmental law for onsite disposal.  Requires offsite disposal to be in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Permits waivers of otherwise applicable requirements under specified conditions.  Requires compliance with otherwise applicable permit requirements for offsite and Federal site disposal, but not for onsite disposal. Requires States to pay any difference in costs for requiring a cleanup to achieve a standard more stringent than the Federal standard. Sets forth cooperative procedures between a State and EPA to determine which remedial action or siting will be followed under this Act, and who will bear what costs. Establishes standards of treatment technology for dioxin wastes.  Requires a value engineering review of the cost-effectiveness of response actions in excess of $4,000,000 dollars. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements whereby the releasor or any potentially responsible person conducts the remedial response. Permits the Administrator to fund part of such response.  Limits the liability of the cleaning up party to that specified in the agreement. Permits the Administrator to take action against any person not a party to such agreement.  Enters such agreements in the appropriate U.S. district court as consent agreements, enforceable as such. Directs the Administrator to notify potentially responsible parties of each other's identities and of the seriousness of the necessary cleanup, providing a moratorium on the commencement of remedial action for a specified period after such notice has been given.  Grants notified persons an opportunity to submit a proposal to the Administrator for the undertaking or financing of remedial action.  Permits the Administrator to commence remedial action if no good faith proposal is forthcoming within a specified period.  Authorizes the Administrator to proceed on remedial actions where a significant public health threat exists regardless of the status of negotiations.  Authorizes the Administrator to agree to refrain from pursuing any future liability of a person if an approved response action would be expedited and the person is in full compliance with the consent decree. Permits such an agreement only in the public interest after an evaluation of the effectiveness of the remedy and the nature of the remaining risks.  Places premiums from such agreements into the Groundwater and Surface Water Protection Fund for future remedial actions at other facilities. Permits the Administrator to settle with persons whose share of response costs is not substantial.  Authorizes EPA to settle certain claims not yet referred to the Department of Justice.  Permits arbitration. Requires the Administrator to promulgate rules setting out procedures under which the Administrator would reimburse local governments for expenses incurred in carrying out temporary emergency measures necessary to prevent or mitigate injury to public health or the environment associated with the release or threatened release of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants. Exempts from Superfund liability landfill gas operators at facilities where such operators are recovering gas.  Excludes such operators from coverage under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, except as specified. Requires the Administrator to revise the Hazard Ranking System as it applies to facilities that contain substantial volumes of wastes that relate to the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels. Prohibits the addition of facilities to the NPL on the basis of the volume of such waste until such revision is completed. Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate worker protection standards for the protection of government and nongovernment employees engaged in hazardous waste operations.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990. Establishes liability limits for ocean incineration vessels under CERCLA.  Authorizes the Administrator to require additional evidence of financial responsibility for such vessels. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Terminates the Post-Closure Liability Fund's responsibility to fund the cleanup of already closed sites where hazardous waste was stored in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of options for a program for the management of the liabilities associated with hazardous waste disposal sites after their closure. Provides for the additional regulation of hazardous substances under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Establishes a federally-required commencement date for the running of State statutes of limitations for injury or damages caused by exposure to a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.  Makes such date the time a plaintiff should reasonably have known exposure to such a substance caused or contributed to a personal injury. Renames the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund the Hazardous Substances Superfund. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator to provide for the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks.  Requires the Administrator to use funds in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for such purposes, but holds the owners and operators of such tanks strictly liable for such costs.  Authorizes State implementation of such authority under specified conditions, authorizing the Administrator to make grants to such States for such purpose.  Directs the Comptroller General to study the availability of pollution liability insurance for owners and operators of such tanks. Authorizes citizen suits against violators of this Act, including the Administrator and other government officials who have failed to perform nondiscretionary duties.  Permits citizen suits against nongovernment officials in the Federal district court in which the violation occurred.  Permits citizen suits against any Federal official only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Empowers such courts to impose civil penalties and to order the performance of required acts.  Requires plaintiffs to give notice to the Administrator, the alleged violator, and the State in which the violation occurred before commencing proceedings.  Prohibits citizen suits where the Administrator has commenced and is pursuing an enforcement action.  Permits the awarding of court costs to the substantially prevailing party.  States that the United States may intervene as a matter of right in all citizen suits in which it is not otherwise a party. Requires the Federal Government to provide the assurances that it will pay a share of the remedial action and maintenance costs of a cleanup on Indian lands that is otherwise required to be made by a State.  Authorizes Indian tribes to recover damages for injury to natural resources from hazardous substance releases, except as specified.  Includes Indian tribes on the same basis as States under certain provisions of CERCLA. Requires the Administrator to commence a study on the adverse effects of drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the production of crude oil or natural gas on human health and the environment within six months of this Act's enactment. Directs the Comptroller General to appoint a study group to determine the insurability of the liability of persons who generate hazardous substances, own or operate facilities liable for costs under CERCLA, or are liable for harm to persons or property caused by the release of such substances into the environment.  Requires  the delivery of such report to the Congress within 18 months. Authorizes the formation of risk retention groups of corporations or insurance companies to assume and spread the pollution liability of its group members.  Sets forth the relationship of such groups to State laws, insurance laws, and securities laws. Directs the Administrator to review State programs for the protection of public health and the environment where the annular injection of brines associated with oil and gas production is permitted.  Requires the Administrator to order enforcement or corrective action as necessary.  Requires completion of such review within 18 months of this Act's enactment. Establishes a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of research, development, demonstration, and training to develop alternative and innovative treatment technologies for response actions under Superfund. Establishes a basic university research and education program within the Department of Health and Human Services and a research, demonstration, and training program within EPA.  Establishes an advisory council. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of environmental restoration on lands under the Secretary's jurisdiction through response and remedial actions covered by CERCLA.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on such program.  Permits otherwise unauthorized military construction projects if necessary for a response action. Requires oversight hearings at least annually on CERCLA. Directs the Administrator to identify and assess the location and level of radon gas and radon daughters in naturally occurring deposits of uranium collecting in residences and structures.  Requires the Administrator to conduct a demonstration program on methods to reduce or eliminate the threat and to report to the Congress by December 31, 1988, on the final results.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Title III:  Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know - Subtitle A:  Emergency Planning - Directs each Governor to appoint an emergency response commission to supervise and coordinate local emergency response committees appointed by the State commission to develop and, when necessary, implement an emergency response plan for hazardous substance emergencies arising out of activities carried on within such district. Subtitle B:  Notification Requirements - Requires owners and operators of facilities which produce, use, or store hazardous chemicals to file with local and State officials and periodically revise a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical. Requires such owners and operators to supply such information to any other facility owner or operator who is receiving shipments of such chemicals. Requires such owners and operators to prepare, update, and submit to the local committee a hazardous substance report showing the type, amount, location, and exposure symptoms for each covered hazardous substance.  Requires such report to also include emergency notification procedures and telephone numbers.  Sets forth procedures for listing such substances. Requires an extremely toxic substance status sheet for each extremely toxic substance present at a facility.  Sets forth procedures for listing such substances. Requires owners and operators to maintain records of such information.  Sets forth exemptions.  Requires such information to be made available to the public and health professionals. Requires the owner or operator of a facility having a hazardous substance emergency to immediately notify the appropriate authorities according to the Plan, including providing an emergency bulletin for the community which provides sufficient chemical and response information to inform the public of the nature of the crisis. Subtitle C:  General Provisions - Preempts State and local law in the area of chemical hazard communication. Establishes civil penalties for violations of these requirements and provides for court-ordered enforcement of the medical information provisions. Permits owners and operators to withhold trade secret information from their material safety data sheets, but not from medical personnel. Excludes from the requirements of this title the transportation of any hazardous substance. Authorizes existing Federal emergency training programs to provide training programs for government personnel in hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and other aspects of emergency training with response to hazardous chemical emergencies specifically in mind.  Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for FY 1986 through 1990 for such purpose. Requires the Administrator to carry out a pilot program for testing methods to determine emissions from facilities of covered substances.  Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Subtitle A:  Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - States that this title is inapplicable to the United States regarding oil pollution damages during any period in which both the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984 and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984 are in force with respect to the United States and compensation is available. Permits claims for damages for economic loss arising from oil pollution for:  (1) removal costs; (2) injury to or destruction of real or personal property; (3) reasonable costs incurred in assessing injury or destruction of natural resources and in planning, restoring, or acquiring the equivalent of the damaged resources; (4) loss of subsistence use of natural resources; (5) loss of profits or impairment of earning capacity due to such injury or destruction; and (6) loss of tax revenue for a period of one year due to injury to real or personal property.  Specifies the potential claimants who have standing to assert claims involving such damages. Imposes joint, several, and strict liability on the party responsible for the source of oil pollution.  Specifies liability limits (except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct) for vessels.  Sets forth defenses to liability.  Makes the Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, established under subtitle B of this Act (the Fund), liable for damages not otherwise compensated. Requires the responsible party for certain vessels over 300 gross tons and the party responsible for offshore facilities to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility in an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable liability limits.  Limits the liability of a guarantor to the aggregate amount of financial responsibility that the guarantor provided. Specifies procedures whereby the Secretary of Transportation shall designate oil pollution sources. Directs the Secretary to advertise claims to be presented initially to the responsible party or to such person's guarantor, in instances in which:  (1) the responsible party and guarantor both deny involvement; (2) the source of the discharge is a public vessel; or (3) the Secretary is unable to designate the pollution source. Permits claimants either to present a claim to the Fund or to bring an action in an appropriate U.S. court if liability is denied or the claim is not settled within a specified period.  Permits States to have accelerated access to funds for compensation for cleanup costs incurred by that State as a result of an oil spill. Sets forth procedures for the disposition and appeal of claims submitted to the Fund. Requires both the plaintiff and the defendant in a court action brought against a responsible party or guarantor to forward copies of all pleadings to the Fund.  Permits the Fund to intervene in such actions. Requires a claim to be presented within three years of discovery of an economic loss, or within six years of the date of the incident, whichever is earlier. Subrogates any person, including the Fund, to all the claimant's claims and rights under this title. Sets forth the measure of recovery for actions brought by the Fund against any responsible party or guarantor. Grants U.S. district courts exclusive original jurisdiction over all controversies arising under subtitles A, B, and C of this Act, without regard to the citizenship of the parties or the amount in controversy. Makes the rights and remedies under this title exclusive with respect to economic loss caused by oil pollution (but does not preclude State imposition of taxes or fees to finance the purchase and prepositioning of oil pollution cleanup and removal equipment). Sets penalties for persons failing to comply with specified provisions in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for this title. Subtitle B:  Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund - Establishes the Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund to be administered by the Secretary.  Makes the Fund available for purposes of: (1) removal costs incurred under specified laws; (2) costs incurred by the President or a State Governor (as trustee) in assessing damaged natural resources and preparing a restoration and acquisition plan regarding such damaged resources; (3) certain uncompensated damage claims; (4) implementing certain laws regarding oil pollution; and (5) contributions to the International Fund. Requires rebates from income to premium payers if the Fund exceeds $300,000,000.  Credits against required premiums any amounts paid to the Deepwater Port Liability Fund and the Off-shore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Sets a maximum premium of 1.3 cents per barrel of crude oil or other petroleum products for payment into the Fund. Limits payment on any claim (except removal costs) to the extent that payment would result in the Fund having less than $30,000,000.  Establishes a liability limit per incident for the Fund. Sets a maximum civil penalty for failure to pay premiums into the Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Provides that if the balance of any fund is to be transferred to the Fund, any claim arising before the effective date of this Act shall be paid from the Fund.  Provides that if the Secretary determines that there is a Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund deficit, then the premium imposed on oil first transported through such Pipeline shall be increased by a certain amount until the total amount of increased premiums equals the deficit. Subtitle C:  Regulations, Effective Dates, and Savings Provisions - Specifies the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act. Eliminates the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund and provides that all unused assets of such Fund shall be rebated directly to the operator of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline for pro-rata payments to those owners who had paid into such Fund. Amends specified laws, including the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Intervention on the High Seas Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, to conform with the provisions of this Act.  Transfers to the Fund amounts remaining in the Deepwater Port Liability Fund and the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (both having been eliminated by the above repeals). Subtitle D:  Implementation of Conventions - Recognizes the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (International Fund) as a legal person under the laws of the United States. Requires, in any action brought in the United States against the owner of a ship or his guarantor under the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, that the International Fund and the Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund be served a copy of the complaint and any subsequent pleading. Entitles the International Fund to intervene as a party in any such action. Exempts the International Fund from all direct taxation in the United States. Requires any contribution to the International Fund to be paid from the Marine Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Sets forth the jurisdiction of the U.S. district courts for controversies arising under the Civil Liability Convention or the International Fund Convention. Requires U.S. courts to recognize final judgments of courts of nations which are a party to the Civil Liability Convention or the International Fund Convention. Requires the owner of each U.S. documented ship, or any ship, wherever registered, which enters or leaves a U.S. port or terminal carrying more than 2,000 tons of oil in bulk as cargo to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility in amounts sufficient to cover the maximum liability arising from one incident under the Civil Liability Convention.  Imposes a civil penalty for noncompliance with such financial responsibility requirement. States that the United States waives all defenses based on its status as a sovereign state with respect to any controversy arising under the Civil Liability Convention or the International Fund Convention relating to any ship owned by the United States and used for commercial purposes. Title V:  Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Superfund Revenue Act of 1985 - Part I:  Superfund and Its Revenue Sources - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and extend the environmental tax on petroleum and certain chemicals for five years, through FY 1990.  Includes lead as a taxable chemical. Provides for inflation adjustments for such tax. Creates an exemption for:  (1) exports; (2) lead having transitory presence during the extraction process; (3) certain  recycled chemicals such as chromium, cobalt, nickel, and lead; and (4) animal feed substances.  Provides a special rule for the treatment of xylene and nitric acid. Repeals the exemption for chemicals derived from coal. Repeals the Post-Closure Tax and Trust Fund of the Hazardous Substance Response Revenue Act of 1980. Imposes a tax through 1990 in increasing amounts on:  (1) the receipt of hazardous waste at a qualified hazardous waste management unit or the receipt of such waste for ocean disposal; or (2) on the exportation of such waste.  Sets forth exemptions for certain removal and remedial actions under the Solid Waste Disposal Act or CERCLA for waste received at any Federal facility, and for waste received at waste water treatment units.  Allows credits for incineration, qualified chemical fuels, and recycled batteries. Applies the tax while corrective action at a facility is uncompleted. Imposes a tax on hazardous waste which has not been received for disposal within 270 days of its generation.  Sets forth specified exemptions, including small generators. Requires persons subject to these taxes to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury any required information, including information submitted to the Administrator under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Imposes penalties for violations of such and other information requirements.  Imposes other penalties for violations of these tax requirements, including a negligence penalty. Imposes a tax through FY 1990 on any taxable substance (a substance whose value is more than 50 percent derived from petroleum or taxable chemicals) sold or used by its importer.  Exempts substances already taxed as petroleum or feedstock chemicals. Imposes a Superfund excise tax on the sale or leasing of tangible personal property in connection with a trade or business or the importing of such property through December 31, 1990, or until September 30, 1990, if $10,000,000,000 has been collected and credited to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Exempts certain small transactions, exports, and certain products, such as foods and unprocessed agricultural products from such tax.  Sets forth the formula for determining the taxable amount.  Sets forth rules on credits and their carryforward. Sets forth administrative provisions identifying return requirements, taxable periods, depository requirements, penalties and special rules for certain manufacturers, taxpayers under common control, and Indian tribal governments. Establishes in the Treasury the Hazardous Substance Superfund.  Authorizes appropriations to Superfund for FY 1986 through FY 1990.  States that such Fund replaces the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. Part II:  Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund and Its Revenue Sources - Imposes an additional tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels.  Earmarks funds for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. Establishes in the Treasury the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to be the sole sources of revenue for cleaning up such tanks. Part III:  Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and Its Revenue Sources - Increases the environmental tax on petroleum, including an increase to fund the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.  Establishes such Fund in the Treasury, transferring funds from under the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, the Deep Water Liability Fund, and the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.  Makes such monies available for removal costs under such Acts and for contributions to the International Fund of the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act.  Sets forth administrative provisions for such Fund. Part IV:  Studies - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the impact of the waste management tax on domestic manufacturers and report to the appropriate congressional committees by July 1, 1986. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to report to the appropriate congressional committees by March 1, 1986, on the nature and extent of lead poisoning in children from environmental sources, including an evaluation of specific sites. Part V:  Coordination with Other Provisions of this Act - Makes title V of this Act the sole taxing and financial administration authority under CERCLA.",2025-08-29T16:30:17Z,
99-hr-3857,99,hr,3857,"Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1985",Environmental Protection,1985-12-04,1985-12-16,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,0,"Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to establish a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of research, development, demonstration, and training to develop and provide incentives for alternative and innovative treatment technologies for use in response actions for hazardous wastes and substances under Superfund.  Provides for the appointment of an advisory council. Establishes a basic university research and education program within the Department of Health and Human Services and a research, demonstration, and training program within the Environmental Protection Agency.",2025-08-29T16:30:22Z,
99-hr-3835,99,hr,3835,"A bill entitled the ""Ocean Incineration Research Act of 1985"".",Environmental Protection,1985-12-02,1986-07-03,Executive Comment Received From State.,House,"Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1]",MD,D,D000593,17,"Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a permit for ocean incineration of hazardous wastes off the coast of Maryland until a hazardous waste reduction and management feasibility report has been completed and a plan based on such report has been submitted to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
99-hr-3808,99,hr,3808,Ground Water Protection Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-11-21,1985-12-13,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.,House,"Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23]",TX,D,B001172,17,"Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish criteria for groundwater quality, including an analysis of the contaminants and the risks they pose to human and environmental health.  Sets a timetable for the establishment of such criteria.  Requires the Administrator to appoint an advisory panel. Requires each State to establish numerical standards for contaminants found in the ambient groundwater.  Permits separate standards for special systems.  Requires each State to use Federal criteria in establishing such standards. Requires each State to assess the groundwater resources within such State and to develop a management strategy and monitoring program for such resources. Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey to make grants to States for such assessments.  Directs the Administrator to make grants to assist States in meeting the other requirements of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T16:30:36Z,
99-hr-3816,99,hr,3816,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the States to conduct inventories of solid waste disposal sites containing hazardous substances.",Environmental Protection,1985-11-21,1985-12-06,"Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.",House,"Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8]",IN,D,M000342,14,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require States to conduct inventories of solid waste disposal sites containing hazardous substances.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-3762,99,hr,3762,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide that certain regulations regarding tall stacks shall not apply to stationary sources which have received EPA approval for the stack height.,Environmental Protection,1985-11-14,1985-11-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1]",WV,D,M000844,1,Amends the Clean Air Act to exempt from tall stack requirements certain stationary sources which have received prior approval from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for their particular stack height.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-3711,99,hr,3711,A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.,Environmental Protection,1985-11-07,1985-11-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.",House,"Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]",NC,D,R000436,0,Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-s-1836,99,s,1836,Ground Water Protection Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-11-07,1985-11-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,7,"Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish criteria for groundwater quality, including an analysis of the contaminants and the risks they pose to human and environmental health.  Sets a timetable for the establishment of such criteria.  Requires the Administrator to appoint an advisory panel. Requires each State to establish numerical standards for contaminants found in the ambient groundwater.  Permits separate standards for special systems.  Requires each State to use Federal criteria in establishing such standards. Requires each State to assess the groundwater resources within such State and to develop a management strategy and monitoring program for such resources. Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey to make grants to States for such assessments.  Directs the Administrator to make grants to assist States in meeting the other requirements of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T16:32:33Z,
99-s-1838,99,s,1838,"A bill to restrict the dumping of sewage sludge in the ocean site off the coast of New York and New Jersey known as the ""106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site"" to certain authorities currently authorized to dump sewage sludge in the New York Bight Apex.",Environmental Protection,1985-11-07,1985-11-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing or renewing an ocean dumping permit for dumping municipal sludge within the ""106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site"" off New York and New Jersey, except for those authorities eligible to dump such sludge at the New York Bight Apex.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
99-hr-3692,99,hr,3692,A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.,Environmental Protection,1985-11-06,1985-11-13,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10]",NC,R,B000966,10,Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-3705,99,hr,3705,A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.,Environmental Protection,1985-11-06,1985-11-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.",House,"Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]",NC,D,R000436,0,Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-3677,99,hr,3677,Acid Deposition Act,Environmental Protection,1985-11-01,1985-11-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Acid Deposition Act- Title I:  Acid Deposition Control Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit the application of such Act's sulfur dioxide emissions limitations to sources constructed or modified in 1980 and earlier.  Requires electric utilities in the acid deposition impact region which convert to coal after 1980 to meet an emission standard not in excess of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units (Btu's). Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia.  Requires such region to achieve in two equal phases a total reduction of annual emissions of sulfur dioxide of ten million tons below 1980 levels, the first five million by the start of 1991. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to implement an accelerated research program during the first stage to examine the pattern of effects of atmospheric loading of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990.  Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate such results until no later than the start of FY 1992.  Authorizes appropriations for such evaluations for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires the completion of the second phase's five million ton emissions reduction by the start of 1996. Authorizes the Administrator to vary through rulemaking by April 1, 1992 the requirements of the second stage based upon the first stage research evaluations.  Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on proposed changes and requires such changes to increase protection of sensitive areas and mitigation of identified damage. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by the end of FY 1992 if a determination is made that individual State nitrogen oxides reduction standards should not be established. Requires each State to reduce its proportional share of annual sulfur dioxide emissions, permitting two or more States to reallot their shares among themselves so long as the total, required reduction is achieved.  Requires each State to adopt enforceable reduction measures within two years of this Act's enactment, submitting them to the Administrator for approval and other States for comment.  Provides for revisions of such measures by the State or the Administrator. Applies Federal reduction standards of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu's in addition to State established requirements for any major stationary source in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plan by the end of 1986.  Applies the Federal standard to all facilities owned or operated by an owner or operated of a facility which continues to be in noncompliance by 1991. Applies Federal reduction standards of an average among facilities of  1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu's on a 30-day average to covered sources in States in the impact region without the required enforcement measures.  Requires the owner or operator of such sources to submit a compliance plan and schedule to the Administrator for approval. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures if such measures are enforceable by entities and persons other than the State in which the emissions occur:  (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) retirement of major stationary sources at an earlier than provided for date; (3) investments in energy conservation where emission reductions can be identified with such investments; (4) trading of emission reduction requirements and actual reductions through emission reduction banks or brokerage institutions; (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels, and (6) fuel substitution. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Energy, Commerce, and State to induce Canada to achieve comparable reductions. Requires the Administrator to certify that progress on such front is being made by Canada before the Department of Energy approves agreements for the importation of electric energy from Canada under the Federal Power Act. Directs the President and Secretary of State to seek the installation and monitoring of air pollution control equipment on new major emissions sources, including copper and other metal smelters in Mexico.  Directs the President to report periodically to the Congress on progress in such endeaver. Directs the Administrator to report to the appropriate congressional committees on compliance with emission limitations and other enforceable measures under this Act.",2025-08-29T16:31:07Z,
99-hr-3611,99,hr,3611,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to clarify the liability of the United States Government for hazardous substances released during the manufacture of munitions or ordnance parts using equipment owned by the Department of Defense or any subdivision thereof.",Environmental Protection,1985-10-23,1985-11-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,0,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to include the United States as a party liable for hazardous substances released during the munitions manufacturing process where Department of Defense equipment is used.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
99-s-1776,99,s,1776,"An original bill to extend the authorization for appropriations for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.",Environmental Protection,1985-10-21,1986-03-25,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,0,"Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for pesticide control.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
99-hr-3569,99,hr,3569,"    A bill to restrict the dumping of sewage sludge in the ocean site off the coast of New York and New Jersey known as the ""106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site"" to certain authorities currently authorized to dump sewage sludge in the New York Bight apex.",Environmental Protection,1985-10-16,1985-12-10,Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,9,"Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing or renewing an ocean dumping permit for dumping municipal sludge within the ""106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site"" off New York and New Jersey, except for those authorities eligible to dump such sludge at the New York Bight Apex.",2021-06-30T19:30:27Z,
99-hr-3421,99,hr,3421,Suisun Marsh Preservation and Restoration Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-24,1985-10-30,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.,House,"Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]",CA,D,F000053,13,"Suisun Marsh Preservation and Restoration Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute and implement the cooperative agreement with the State of California and the Suisun Resources Conservation District entitled ""Suisun Marsh Preservation Agreement"" (dated August 29, 1985).",2025-08-29T16:32:40Z,
99-hr-3423,99,hr,3423,Radon Mitigation Research and Emergency Assistance Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-24,1985-10-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]",PA,D,Y000014,3,Radon Mitigation Research and Emergency Assistance Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an indoor radon exposure research program in cooperation with other Federal agencies.  Requires the Administrator to determine the levels of exposure which are safe and those which require emergency response action.  Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the research results. Directs the Administrator to establish a Radon Public Awareness Program.  Requires the Administrator to provide emergency assistance to persons exposed to emergency response action levels of radon.  Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-29T16:29:43Z,
99-hr-3416,99,hr,3416,Small Business Superfund Clean-up Technology Research Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-23,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-18]",MI,R,B000890,5,"Small Business Superfund Clean-up Technology Research Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to direct the President to establish the Small Business Superfund Cleanup Innovation Research Program to be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Requires such program to undertake research and development of innovative technologies for hazardous waste remedial actions.  Requires such program to be administered in accordance with other small business innovative research programs under the Small Business Act, except as specified.  Authorizes use of Superfund monies for such purpose. Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees.",2025-08-29T16:30:03Z,
99-hr-3418,99,hr,3418,Superfund Cleanup Participation Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-23,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Smith, Bob [R-NH-1]",NH,R,S000606,1,"Superfund Cleanup Participation Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify each potentially responsible party within 90 days of placing a facility on the National Priorities List for cleanup of hazardous wastes.  Requires notified parties to indicate to the Administrator whether or not such party intends to participate in settlement negotiations.  Requires the Administrator to conduct negotiations with interested notified parties, seeking an agreement for a remedial action and cost allocation plan for such facility.  Allocates responsibility for costs and cleanup among all potentially responsible parties, based upon contribution to the facility in terms of amount and toxicity of the substances involved and the degree of involvement and care exercised. Imposes a moratorium during the course of negotiations on nonemergency actions against a participating party. Authorizes the Administrator to issue an order requiring a participant to carry out the terms of the settlement agreement.  Requires the Administrator to enter into a limitation of future liability agreement with a settling party when permanent cleanup technology is used.  Prohibits any other person from seeking contribution from a settling party for the same release. Requires remedial investigations and feasibility studies for facilities which are the subject of negotiations to review the available on-site permanent cleanup technologies.  Requires the Administrator to publish an explanation of why such technologies were not used, if they were not used. Exempts response action contractors from liability for nonnegligent actions during the course of a response.  Requires competitive bidding among such contractors.  Requires the United States to provide legal representation to a response action contractor when an action is brought by a non-Federal entity for damages resulting from the contractor's actions or a release from the facility in question. Requires States, as a condition for receiving Federal remedial action, to make assurances that they have adequate facilities in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act for the disposal or treatment of hazardous waste for the next 20 years.",2025-08-29T16:33:28Z,
99-hr-3409,99,hr,3409,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funds for the establishment of university hazardous waste research centers.",Environmental Protection,1985-09-20,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7]",TN,R,S001075,0,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to at least one university in each Federal region to establish and operate a hazardous waste research center.  Limits the Federal share to a maximum of 80 percent of costs. Directs the Administrator to establish within EPA a national advisory council to coordinate the grant recipients' research. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
99-hr-3383,99,hr,3383,Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-19,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5]",WI,D,M000881,13,"Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(Superfund) to include among hazardous substances subject to such Act any petroleum released from an underground storage tank. Includes community relocation and business and employment protection costs within removal costs. Includes pollutants and contaminants under Superfund, defining them as any substance which after release into the environment causes disease or abnormalities upon exposure or assimilation, either directly or through the food chain.  Excludes petroleum and natural gas, except as otherwise indicated under such Act. Redefines ""release"" to include the abandonment of containers containing hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish reportable quantities for all noncarcinogenic hazardous substances within six months of this Act's enactment and for all other hazardous substances by October 1, 1986. Increases criminal penalties for failure to notify the Government of a hazardous substance release. Requires the Administrator to consider long-range effects when evaluating the cost-effectiveness of offsite remedial actions. Authorizes the Administrator to undertake any response action when faced with a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance unless the Administrator determines the responsible party will take appropriate action.  Requires the Administrator to assess the health effects associated with such release or potential release. Directs the Administrator to publish a cleanup schedule, granting priority to releases affecting principal drinking water sources, for releases or threatened releases for which no cleanup agreement with responsible parties has been reached. Requires a State to pay at least 50 percent of the cleanup costs only if the State both owned and operated the polluting facility. Credits States with cleanup costs already dispersed as specified. Requires the Administrator to choose remedial actions which are: (1) consistent with the National Contingency Plan (NCP); (2) cost-effective; and (3) permanent whenever possible.  Places facilities for which no permanent solution is technologically feasible on an interim National Priorities List (NPL), such list to be reviewed every five years to determine if a permanent solution has become feasible. Eliminates the requirement that pollutant levels be such as to protect human welfare, leaving the requirement that such levels protect human health and the environment.  Requires pollutant levels to comply with the other Federal standards applicable.  Specifies under what conditions removal actions must comply with the requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Entitles Federal and State environmental officials to access to the information and premises of any person who generates, treats, or disposes of hazardous substances for purposes of determining the need for a response action. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to prepare toxicological profiles on the most frequently found or threatening hazardous substances.  Permits individuals to petition the Administrator for a health effects study where hazardous substances have been removed if warranted by a preliminary assessment. Entitles the public to participate in the selection of a plan for remedial action.  Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for technical assistance to groups which may be affected by a release from a facility on the NPL. Establishes a schedule for the commencement of remedial investigations and feasibility studies for all facilities on the NPL. Provides for the listing of additional facilities at regular intervals. Requires the commencement of remedial actions starting at the rate of 200 facilities per year within three years of enactment.  Requires the Administrator to complete preliminary assessments of all facilities on the Emergency and Remedial Response Information System list by the start of 1987. Requires completion of remedial action for facilities currently on the NPL within five years or an explanation of nonperformance. Requires the Administrator to revise the NCP, consistent with these provisions.  Permits an individual to petition the Administrator for a preliminary assessment of a release.  Includes damage to the food chain and the ambient air among the factors determining a facility or site ranking under the NCP. Makes abatement action decisions nonreviewable. Prohibits subsequent storage or treatment of hazardous waste at a facility where an abatement action has been taken involving the relocation of individuals, a specified density of population, and other factors. Includes additional Federal cleanup or abatement activities for which a responsible party would be liable. Makes liability strict, joint, and several under this Act for damages and costs resulting from the release and cleanup of hazardous substances.  Exempts State and local officials from liability for nonnegligent emergency response actions. Requires each Federal agency which may be a defendant under this Act to provide its own counsel rather than the Attorney General. Entitles a defendant to prove damages are divisible and to seek contribution. Sets forth authorized uses of Superfund, including emergency relief, health studies, toxicological profiles, and petition-prompted investigations. Earmarks funds for FY 1986 through 1990 for petroleum released from an underground storage tank. Requires an annual audit of the conduct of Superfund, including comparative reports of actions taken in earlier fiscal years. Establishes a statute of limitations of six years after the completion of the response action, regardless of the date of discovery of the loss. Permits a State to require contributions for response costs compensated under this Act. Requires each Federal agency and department to notify the Administrator, within six months of this Act's enactment, of any hazardous substance treated, stored, or disposed of at Federal facilities under its control. Requires such agencies and departments to make annual reports to the Administrator on all facilities not on the initial notice.  Requires such initial notice to describe the location, nature, toxicity, contamination, response actions, and cleanup techniques for the hazardous substances. Directs the Administrator to establish a public Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (Compliance Docket) to record each listed facility and subsequent actions taken. Requires preliminary assessment of each facility for possible evaluation under the NCP and inclusion on the NPL. Requires Federal agencies or departments responsible for facilities placed on the NPL to commence a remedial investigation and feasibility study for such facility and enter into an interagency agreement with the Administrator to conduct remedial action.  Requires continuous, substantial onsite response within six months of the agreement.  Requires that such agreements:  (1) review alternative remedial actions and construction design selection by the Administrator; (2) schedule completion of remedial actions; and (3) arrange for long-term operation and maintenance of the facility. Requires completion of remedial actions within two years of the agreement to the extent practicable. Requires explanations of noncompletion to be included on the Compliance Docket and in the agency's or department's annual report to the Congress on its progress on reaching and implementing interagency agreements. Requires such annual report to also include cost information and public comments. Makes Federal facility cleanup actions ineligible for Superfund monies. Provides that the Administrator shall retain the authority to enforce this Act. Includes Federal facilities within CERCLA guidelines for preliminary assessments, NCP evaluations, and inclusion on the NPL. Permits the Administrator to bring an action under CERCLA against any Federal agency or department and prohibits the Attorney General from representing such agencies or departments in such actions. Authorizes a State to require a solid waste disposal facility to charge more for disposal or storage of out-of-State waste than the State of origin would have charged. Exempts response action contractors from liability for nonnegligent response activities. Permits the Administrator to enter into a consent agreement with a responsible party who will properly carryout cleanup activities. Authorizes $250,000,000 for each of FY 1986 through 1990 plus additional amounts as specified for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). Title II:  Miscellaneous Provisions -  Permits citizen action lawsuits against any party, including the Government, involved with hazardous substances in such a way as may present an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment or against the Administrator for failure to perform a required duty.  Requires potential plaintiffs to give 60 days notice to the appropriate Federal and State officials as well as the alleged violator before commencing an action.  Prohibits such action if the Administrator or the State has commenced and is prosecuting a court action already or a settlement has been reached.  Permits intervention, as a matter of right. Prohibits citizen actions for the siting or issuance of permit to a hazardous waste disposal facility.  Authorizes the Federal district court to award costs to any substantially prevailing party. Permits Federal intervention as a matter of right. Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations requiring shippers to notify transporters whenever hazardous substances are offered for transportation. Requires Federal agencies to notify buyers or transferees of Federal land where hazardous substances were disposed of or stored. Title III:  Community Right to Know and Emergency Planning - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act by adding a new title II concerning communities' right-to-know and emergency planning.  Requires each covered manufacturer or processor of a covered hazardous substance (potential release) to prepare and update a fact sheet for such substance for distribution to local police, fire, and health officials. Requires the fact sheet to include the name, physical properties of, and hazards posed by the substance, including potential routes of human exposure to such substance, symptoms of such exposure, and appropriate emergency and first aid procedures. Requires status sheets on the same basis as fact sheets, with each status sheet to include the maximum inventory and method of storage of the substance, the quantity of its emission into the environment, and the quantity and method for disposal.  Requires the Administrator to establish a toll-free hotline for such information. Requires the releaser of a covered hazardous substance in an emergency situation to provide an emergency bulletin to the State and local police and other local officials.  Requires the bulletin to identify the name and amount of the substance released and the response actions taken. Requires fact and  status sheets and emergency bulletins to be made available for public inspection with public notice of such availability at the facility of the potential releaser.  Requires the Administrator to publish a uniform format for fact and status sheets. Authorizes a State's governor to identify local officials to receive covered hazardous substance release information, with the Administrator doing so in the absence of the Governor's identification. Requires the potential releasers to maintain records of information required by this Act.  Requires manufacturers or processors to transmit fact sheets to covered distributors or users upon shipping of a covered hazardous substance. Provides protection for trade secrets while continuing to make necessary information available to the appropriate persons.  Excludes listed or possible carcinogens from such protection.  Sets forth application and substantiation procedures for trade secret claims.  Permits affected citizens or government officials to compel disclosure of nonsubstantiated trade secrets through the Federal courts. Authorizes the Administrator to grant exemptions from the basic notification requirements of this Act through specified procedures open to the public, based upon a cost-benefits analysis where there is no reasonable likelihood of harm. Directs each covered major manufacturer to develop within two years of enactment of this Act a comprehensive evacuation and emergency response plan which addresses the health and safety issues applicable to such manufacturer's particular situation.  Requires the plan to include designations of the appropriate government officials to be notified, mitigation measures, evacuation routes, notification plans, and evaluation of community support services. Authorizes each governor to designate emergency response districts within 18 months of enactment of this Act or the Administrator will do so.  Permits each governor to appoint an Emergency Response Committee per  district or the Administrator will be treated as such Committee.  Requires such Committees to review the manufacturers' plans, revising them where necessary. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, to develop uniform national mandatory labeling requirements for pipes, storage tanks, or containers for any covered hazardous substance not otherwise required to be labeled.  Requires the label to indicate the appropriate response to a release. Sets forth categories of substances to be considered covered hazardous substances and procedures for adding additional substances.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to compile and update a digest of all such substances. Exempts certain substances for this Act's purposes, based upon the form, amount, and other regulation of such substances. Establishes civil and criminal penalties, limiting criminal penalties to the knowing violation of emergency requirements.  Authorizes citizens' suits to enforce this Act. Permits States to adopt more stringent right-to-know standards. Title IV:  Internal Revenue Code Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and extend through FY 1990 the environmental excise taxes sufficient to reach $1,770,000,000 per year. Title V:  Federal Cause of Action - Entitles individuals injured by the disposal of a hazardous substance to recover damages from the responsible parties who will be held strictly, jointly, and severally liable.  Entitles such individuals to compensation for expenses related to personal injury, economic injury, and limited pain and suffering.  States that this Federal cause of action does not preempt State law regarding liability for damages in connection with any hazardous substance. Establishes a three year statute of limitations, running from the date of knowledge of the injury or the date of enactment of this Act.  Prohibits dual recovery through workers' compensation or actions filed in a State court and this Act.  Permits additional recovery against the source of the disposal for later manifested injuries.",2025-08-29T16:32:00Z,
99-hr-3390,99,hr,3390,Radon Mitigation Research and Assistance Act of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-19,1985-09-26,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6]",PA,D,Y000014,1,Radon Mitigation Research and Assistance Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an indoor radon exposure research program in cooperation with other Federal agencies.  Requires the Administrator to determine the levels of exposure which are safe and those which require emergency response action.  Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the research results. Directs the Administrator to establish a Radon Public Awareness Program.  Requires the Administrator to provide emergency assistance to persons exposed to emergency response action levels of radon. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-29T16:30:05Z,
99-s-1659,99,s,1659,Ocean Dumping Amendments of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-18,1985-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,1,"Ocean Dumping Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping of sewage sludge into ocean waters as soon as possible, but in no case later than the close of 1990 for any type of sewage sludge. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe ocean dumping permit fees such that they cover the costs of site selection, monitoring, enforcement, and environmental assessment. Prohibits the use of funds under such Act to finance ocean dumping.",2025-08-29T16:31:18Z,
99-hr-3300,99,hr,3300,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish local emergency response committees which will plan and coordinate local response to hazardous substance emergencies and to provide members of the community with information about hazardous substances that are located within the community, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1985-09-12,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3]",WV,D,W000654,3,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to add a new title IV:  State and Local Coordination of Emergency Response; Community Right to Know.  Directs each Governor to appoint an emergency response commission to coordinate response planning in such State for hazardous substance emergencies. Directs these commissions to designate local emergency response committees to develop and implement emergency response plans in case of a hazardous substance emergency.  Requires such plans to include emergency notification personnel and procedures, evacuation plans, and an assessment and use plan for local medical and police resources. Requires owners and operators of covered facilities which produce, use, or store hazardous substances to file with local committees a hazardous substance report setting forth the following information for each substance: type; amount; location; emergency and first aid procedures; routes and symptoms of exposure; and emergency personnel to contact.  Requires the periodic updating of such reports.  Directs the Administrator to publish and update a list of covered hazardous substances requiring such a report.  Permits individuals or a local committee to petition the Administrator to add a substance to such list. Requires such owners and operators to submit to the Administrator and the committee and other State and local officials a material safety data sheet on each listed chemical which shall also be furnished with shipments of such substance.  Excludes from coverage under these requirements certain small manufacturers, research laboratories, and consumer users. Requires such sheet to be updated and kept (for 30 years), and the information to be made available to the public via a toll-free telephone number.  Permits other exemptions from these requirements as specified. Sets forth emergency notice and bulletin procedures a covered operator must follow in the case of any hazardous substance emergency, including notifying the appropriate government officials. Requires such bulletins to include a full description of the nature and scope of the emergency, together with any recommendations for action. Requires that all such plans, reports, data sheets, and bulletins be made available for public inspection.  Requires that medical personnel be granted access to necessary information by any owner or operator required to file data sheets or reports.  Requires such personnel to maintain the confidentiality of such information beyond health purposes.  Permits owners and operators to withhold trade secret information from the data sheets and reports for all but health-related purposes.  Sets forth standards for determining what constitutes a trade secret and requires the Administrator to establish procedures for citizen challenge of such a designation. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of these information requirements.  Permits citizen suits to enforce this Act. Permits States and local governments to also require the submission of hazardous chemicals information. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for training government personnel to cope with hazardous substance emergencies.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
99-hr-3245,99,hr,3245,Superfund Amendments of 1985,Environmental Protection,1985-09-09,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7]",PA,D,E000043,0,"Superfund Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Envronmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish reportable quantities for all hazardous substances by December 31, 1986.  Directs the Administrator to give primary attention to releases which may present a threat to public health.  Requires short-term removal actions undertaken by the Administrator to contribute to the degree possible to the efficient performance of any long-term action.  Increases the maximum time and funding limit on short-term response actions when appropriate. Limits the 50 percent State cleanup obligation to those facilities which are both owned and operated by the State.  Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions. Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Prescribes a cleanup schedule for Superfund, requiring an evaluation within two years of sites on the Emergency Response and Remedial Investigation System (ERRIS) list for possible inclusion on the NPL.  Sets a schedule for the commencement of substantial and continuous onsite remedial action for a specified number of facilities. Directs the Administrator to revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments.  Requires the review of the hazardous ranking system within one year.  Permits individuals to petition the Administrator for a preliminary hazard assessment at a site.  Includes contamination of the ambient air as a criterion for ranking a hazard.  Eliminates the requirement that the NPL contain at least 400 sites. Prohibits the Administrator from taking abatement action against any release resulting from an applied pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Makes liability for releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances requiring abatement actions strict, joint, and several. Includes all vessels releasing hazardous substances within the jurisdiction of the United States under the liability provisions of CERCLA. Makes certain investigatory and assessment costs recoverable from the responsible party.  Exempts from liability for all but negligent actions government agencies responding to a hazardous substance emergency. Directs the Administrator and each Governor to appoint Federal and State trustees, respectively, for natural resources, creating a rebuttable presumption that their assessment of damages to such resources is valid. States that cleanup costs incurred in a response action constitute a Federal lien against the property of a responsible party. Sets forth evidentiary requirements for establishing financial responsibility.  Permits direct action against a financial guarantor if the person liable is financially or physically unavailable for redress. Entitles such a guarantor to all rights and defenses available to the liable party.  Limits the liability of such guarantor to its financial responsibility to the responsible party. Increases criminal penalties and adds certain civil penalties for violations of this Act, including failure to provide accurate information at specified times. Directs the Administrator to establish a program for alternative or innovative treatment technologies which can be used in remedial actions through research contracts and grants, information exchange, and demonstrations at NPL sites in each of the EPA regions.  Requires the Administrator to revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) to include the use of such technologies in remedial actions.  Authorizes the use of Superfund monies for such research.  Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress an evaluation of the demonstration projects. Establishes a total fund level of $2,020,000,000 for each of five years, through FY 1990.  Authorizes the use of Superfund monies for the authorities created by this Act.  Eliminates the use of Superfund for payment of natural resource damage claims. Revises auditing procedures to require audits and reports to the Congress by the Inspector General. Authorizes appropriations for Superfund for FY 1986 through 1990 at a level of $250,000,000 per year. Establishes within Superfund the Underground Storage Tank Account to clean up petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks. Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for Superfund claims, setting forth special rules for minors and incompetents. Authorizes nationwide service of process under CERCLA.  Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for the initiation of actions for contribution for response costs of damages and for recovery claims for damages to natural resources.  Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for cost recovery actions. Authorizes a State to require contributions to a fund to pay the costs of hazardous substance response actions or damages.  Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), to list and periodically revise a list of hazardous substances at NPL sites which pose the most significant potential threat to human health.  Directs the Administrator to develop toxicological profiles for each such substance, assessing the current state of knowledge of their deleterious effects. Authorizes individuals to petition the Administrator of EPA for a health assessment of a site where evidence of human exposure to hazardous substances exists. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct a study of health effects of exposure whenever justified by an assessment. Requires the Administrator of EPA to provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment on any proposed plan for remedial action before it is implemented.  Requires the Administrator to publish an explanation of any divergences from such plan or public comments. Authorizes the Administrator to make assistance available to affected individuals to help them evaluate and assess technical information and data. Prohibits the Administrator from taking a response action to certain types of releases unless such releases constitute a public health or environmental emergency.  Prohibits response to releases:  (1) of naturally occurring substances; (2) of building products; (3) into drinking water supply systems due to expected deterioration; and (4) from coal mining sites when a response action is available under the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.  Grants highest cleanup priority to releases which have contaminated or closed a sole or principal drinking water source.  Requires the consideration of certain factors when adopting offsite remedies, including the long-term risks and uncertainties of land disposal. Exempts response-action contractors from liability for nonnegligent cleanup activities if they would not otherwise have been liable. Includes Federal facilities under CERCLA as if they were private facilities, except for certain financial responsibility and time period provisions. Requires the Administrator to establish a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket for each Federal agency and department which will include information on off-site contamination and monitoring data, and releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances. Requires that such information be made available to the public.  Requires the Administrator to evaluate certain Federal facilities by January 31, 1987, for placement on the NPL, using NCP criteria.  Requires the commencement of a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RIFS) within six months of a Federal site's placement on the NPL.  Directs the Administrator to review the RIFS and enter into interagency agreements for cleanup when necessary, allowing for public participation. Requires each agency to report annually to the Congress on its implementation progress. Requires Federal agencies to notify buyers or transferees of Federal land where hazardous substances were disposed of or stored. Permits States to be the on-scene coordinators for Federal projects within their boundaries. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a research program to reduce the quantities and toxicity of hazardous waste generated by defense activities.  Requires the Secretary to notify the Administrator of ATSDR of the most widely used substances for which no other Federal standard is in place.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to select appropriate cost-effective remedial actions in accordance with the NCP.  Requires remedial actions selected to provide sufficient control or amelioration of the hazardous substance so as to protect human health and the environment.  Requires such measures to take into account the long-term effectiveness of the solution and the alternative technologies available to the maximum extent possible. Requires a standard of control at least as strict as that provided by any other applicable Federal environmental law.  Requires offsite disposal to be in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Permits the waiver of certain requirements as specified. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements whereby the releasor or any potentially responsible person conducts the remedial response. Permits the Administrator to fund part of such response.  Limits the liability of the cleanup party to that specified in the agreement. Permits the Administrator to take action against any person not a party to such agreement.  Enters such agreements in the appropriate U.S. district court as consent agreements, enforceable as such. Directs the Administrator to notify potentially responsible parties of each other's identities and of the seriousness of the necessary cleanup, providing a moratorium on the commencement of remedial action for a specified period after such notice has been given.  Grants notified persons an opportunity to submit a proposal to the Administrator for the undertaking or financing of remedial action.  Permits the Administrator to commence remedial action if no good faith proposal is forthcoming within a specified period. Authorizes the Administrator to proceed on remedial actions where a significant public health threat exists regardless of the status of negotiations. Authorizes the Administrator to agree to refrain from pursuing any future liability of a person if an approved response action would be expedited and the person is in full compliance with the consent decree. Permits such an agreement only in the public interest after an evaluation of the effectiveness of the remedy and the nature of the remaining risks.  Places premiums from such agreements into a contingency fund for future remedial actions at other facilities. Permits the Administrator to settle with persons whose share of response costs is not substantial. Title II:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Terminates the Post-closure Liability Fund's responsibility to fund the cleanup of already closed sites where hazardous waste was stored in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the promulgation of natural resource assessment damage claims regulations within six months of this Act's enactment. Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations requiring shippers to notify transporters whenever hazardous substances are offered for transportation. Holds responsible parties strictly, jointly, and severally liable in State court actions for personal damages caused by exposure to any hazardous substance released. Establishes a federally-required commencement date for the running of State statutes of limitations for injury or diseases caused by exposure to a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.  Makes such date the time a plaintiff should reasonably have known exposure to such a substance caused or contributed to a personal injury. Directs the Administrator to provide for the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, establishing a separate Tank Priorities List under the NCP.  Requires the Administrator to use funds in the Underground Storage Tank Account of Superfund for such purposes. Authorizes the Administrator to utilize the response authorities available under CERCLA.  Directs the Administrator to promulgate interim financial responsibility regulations which permit owners or operators or others to assume financial responsibility for leaks.  Authorizes the Administrator to issue corrective action orders when a release or threatened release presents an imminent and substantial endangerment.  Establishes a one-year moratorium on liability and abatement action coverage for leaks, but subjects owners and operators to such provision afterwards to the extent they have agreed to assume financial responsibility and have complied with specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Authorizes citizen suits against violators of this Act, including the Administrator and other Government officials who have failed to perform nondiscretionary duties.  Permits citizen suits against nongovernment officials in the Federal district court in which the violation occurred.  Permits citizen suits against any Federal official only in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Empowers such courts to impose civil penalties and to order the performance of required acts.  Requires plaintiffs to give notice to the Administrator, the alleged violator, and the State in which the violation occurred before commencing proceedings.  Prohibits citizen suits where the Administrator has commenced and is pursuing an enforcement action.  Permits the awarding of court costs to the substantially prevailing party.  States that the United States may intervene as a matter of right in all citizen suits to which it is not otherwise a party. Requires the Federal Government to provide the assurances that it will pay a share of the remedial action and maintenance costs of a cleanup on Indian lands that is otherwise required to be made by a State.  Authorizes Indian tribes to recover damages for injury to natural resources from hazardous substance releases, except as specified.  Includes Indian tribes on the same basis as States under certain provisions of CERCLA. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year an evaluation on the threat to human health of radon gas and radon daughters forming from naturally occurring deposits of uranium and collecting in residences. Directs the Administrator to conduct a demonstration program testing methods of reducing or eliminating the threat, reporting periodically to the Congress on the results.  Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Community Right to Know and Emergency Planning - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act by adding a new title II concerning communities' right-to-know, emergency planning, and liability. Requires each covered manufacturer or processor of a covered hazardous substance (potential releasors) to prepare and update a fact sheet for such substance for distribution to local police, fire, and health officials. Requires the fact sheet to include the name, physical properties of, and hazards posed by the substance, including potential routes of human exposure to such substance, symptoms of such exposure, and appropriate emergency and first aid procedures. Requires status sheets on the same basis as fact sheets, with each status sheet to include the maximum inventory and method of storage of the substance, the quantity of its emission into the environment, and the quantity and method of disposal.  Requires the Administrator to establish a toll-free hotline for such information. Requires the releasor of a covered hazardous substance in an emergency situation to provide an emergency bulletin to the State and local police and other local officials.  Requires the bulletin to identify the name and amount of the substance released and the response actions taken.  Requires fact and status sheets and emergency bulletins to be made available for public inspection with public notice of such availability at the facility of the potential releasor.  Requires the Administrator to publish a uniform format for fact and status sheets. Authorizes a State's Governor to identify local officials to receive covered hazardous substance release information, with the Administrator doing so in the absence of the Governor's identification. Requires the potential releasors to maintain records of information required by this Act.  Requires manufacturers or processors to transmit fact sheets to covered distributors or users upon shipping of a covered hazardous substance. Provides protection for trade secrets while continuing to make necessary information available to the appropriate persons.  Excludes listed or possible carcinogens from such protection.  Sets forth application and substantiation procedures for trade secret claims.  Permits affected citizens to petition disclosure of nonsubstantiated trade secrets through the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to grant exemptions from the basic notification requirements of this Act through specified procedures open to the public based upon a cost-benefits analysis where there is no reasonable likelihood of harm. Directs each covered major manufacturer to develop within two years of the enactment of this Act a comprehensive evacuation and emergency response plan which addresses the health and safety issues applicable to such manufacturer's particular situation.  Requires the plan to include designations of the appropriate government officials to be notified, mitigation measures, evacuation routes, notification plans, and evaluation of community support services. Authorizes each Governor to designate emergency response districts within 18 months of the enactment of this Act or the Administrator will do so.  Permits each Governor to appoint an Emergency Response Committee per district or the Administrator will be treated as such Committee.  Requires such Committees to review the manufacturers' plans, revising them where necessary. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months of the enactment of this Act, to develop uniform national mandatory labeling requirements for pipes, storage tanks, or containers not otherwise required to be labeled which could reasonably be presumed to release a covered hazardous substance. Requires the label to indicate the appropriate response to a release. Sets forth categories of substances to be considered covered hazardous substances and procedures for adding additional substances.  Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to compile and update a digest of all such substances. Exempts certain substances for this Act's purposes, based upon the form, amount, and other regulation of such substances. Establishes civil and criminal penalties, limiting criminal penalties to the knowing violation of emergency requirements.  Authorizes citizens' suits to enforce this Act. Permits States to adopt more stringent right-to-know standards. Title IV:  Internal Revenue Code Provisions - Imposes taxes of $1,770,000,000 for each of FY 1986 through 1990 for deposit in the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.",2025-08-29T16:32:05Z,
99-hr-3172,99,hr,3172,"A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a national assessment of the extent to which radon gas formed from naturally occurring deposits of uranium is a threat to public health, to authorize a demonstration program to test methods of eliminating the threat to public health from radon gas, and to authorize disaster relief assistance for releases of radon gas.",Environmental Protection,1985-08-01,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7]",PA,D,E000043,7,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within one year an evaluation on the threat to human health of radon gas and radon daughters forming from naturally occurring deposits of uranium and collecting in residences. Directs the Administrator to conduct a demonstration program testing methods of reducing or eliminating the threat, reporting periodically to the Congress on the results.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to include assistance for releases of radon gas.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
99-hr-3185,99,hr,3185,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine the effectiveness of State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance programs before implementing the additional State plan requirements under the Clean Air Act applicable to such programs.,Environmental Protection,1985-08-01,1985-08-01,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]",OH,D,L000508,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate existing State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance programs for cost-effectiveness.  Prohibits the implementation of additional requirements in a State unless the Administrator determines such additional requirements to be the most cost-effective in attaining the national ambient air quality standards for such State.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
99-hr-3211,99,hr,3211,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to encourage the use of innovative technologies, including technologies used by small businesses, for the cleanup of hazardous substances.",Environmental Protection,1985-08-01,1985-12-10,See H.R.2005.,House,"Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]",TX,D,S000851,5,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Office of Demonstration within the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response within EPA to administer a program for testing and demonstrating innovative technologies for hazardous waste cleanup. Requires the program to develop and choose projects for demonstration at selected sites on the National Priorities List (NPL). Permits any person to apply to demonstrate innovative technology, each application to be reviewed within EPA.  Directs the Administrator to establish a plan, based upon the applicant's demonstration plan, and evaluate the technology's effectiveness.  Directs the Administrator to act upon applications according to a specified timetable. Authorizes the Administrator to provide loan guarantees for demonstration projects.  Requires a minimum of five projects in FY 1986, increased to a minimum of ten per year during the succeeding four fiscal years. Directs the Administrator to revise and republish the National Contingency Plan (NCP) to include standards and testing procedures utilizing alternative or innovative technologies, according to cost-effectiveness. Requires the Administrator to document for the demonstrator how the technology concerned is considered for NPL site response actions. Authorizes appropriations from the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out this demonstration program.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
99-s-1553,99,s,1553,Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act,Environmental Protection,1985-08-01,1985-08-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,3,"Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act - Prohibits the sale of carbonated beverages in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of not less than five cents.  Requires that retailers and distributors pay the refund on returned containers of brands sold by such retailers or distributors. Prohibits distributors and retailers from selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings. Preempts inconsistent State or local laws. Prohibits State and local governments from imposing any tax on the collection or return of refund values. Imposes penalties of up to $1,000 for violations.",2025-08-29T16:33:14Z,
99-s-1561,99,s,1561,"A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 regarding contribution, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1985-08-01,1985-09-10,Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Administrative Office of the United States Courts.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to permit a defendant in a Government enforcement action under Superfund to file a claim for contribution against other defendants as third-party defendants.  States that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern such proceedings. Excludes from claims for contribution any party which enters into a judicially approved good faith settlement or judgment with a State or the United States. Permits recovery from other potential defendants, either through a claim for contribution filed by a settling or already judged defendant or through direct action by a State or the United States, whenever a partial settlement or judgment has been secured.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,