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| 108-s-3035 | 108 | s | 3035 | Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-12-08 | 2004-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12069-12070) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double liability limits associated with oil spills for double-hull tank vessels, other vessels, offshore facilities (except deepwater ports), and onshore facilities and deepwater ports. Gradually phases out (over six years) liability limits for single-hull vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish separate liability limits for the transportation of oil by vessel to deepwater ports. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations under which port owners or operators may request that the Secretary place restrictions on the entry of tank vessel shipments presenting a risk of severe harm to the environment, economy, or public safety of the port or port region. Requires single-hull tank vessels that are more than 15 years old to undergo annual inspections. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study assessing the total economic cost of oil spills, and the types of costs resulting from such spills, and to report the findings to Congress. | 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z | |
| 108-hr-5431 | 108 | hr | 5431 | Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-12-07 | 2004-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double liability limits associated with oil spills for double-hull tank vessels, other vessels, offshore facilities (except deepwater ports), and onshore facilities and deepwater ports. Gradually phases out (over six years) liability limits for single-hull vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish separate liability limits for the transportation of oil by vessel to deepwater ports. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations under which port owners or operators may place restrictions on the entry of tank vessel shipments presenting a risk of severe harm to the port or port region. Requires single-hull tank vessels that are more than 15 years old to undergo annual inspections. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study assessing the total economic cost of oil spills, and the types of costs resulting from such spills, and to report the findings to Congress. | 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z | |
| 108-hr-5421 | 108 | hr | 5421 | Save Our Waters From Sewage Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-11-20 | 2004-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Save Our Waters From Sewage Act of 2004 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in administering the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, from promulgating regulations or issuing guidance authorizing a publicly-owned treatment works to divert flows to bypass a portion of its treatment facility. Creates an exception for situations where the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage. | 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z | |
| 108-s-3014 | 108 | s | 3014 | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-10 | Became Public Law No: 108-456. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Title I: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 - Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to remove the President's authority to disestablish the Interagency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. Requires the Task Force, in developing its assessments, reports, and plans, to consult with the coastal States, Indian tribes, local governments, appropriate industries, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations with expertise in coastal zone science and management. (Sec. 103) Directs the President, in consultation with the chief executive officers of the States and other specified entities, to develop and submit to Congress a report that describes and evaluates the effectiveness of measures that may be utilized to protect the environment and public health from the impacts of harmful algal blooms. Requires a period of public comment prior to submission of the report. (Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to provide for local and regional scientific assessments of hypoxia and harmful algal blooms, as requested by States, Indian tribes, and local governments, or for affected areas as identified by the Secretary. Directs the Task Force to complete and submit to Congress scientific assessments of: (1) current knowledge about harmful algal blooms in freshwater, including a research plan for coordinating Federal efforts to better understand freshwater algal blooms; (2) hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters including the Great Lakes; and (3) harmful algal blooms in U.S. coastal waters. Requires the Task Force to develop and submit to Congress a plan providing for a comprehensive and coordinated national research program to develop and demonstrate prevention, control, and mitigation methods to reduce the impacts of harmful algal blooms on coastal… | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-hr-5387 | 108 | hr | 5387 | Wauconda Technical and Environmental Remediation Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-11-18 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Wauconda Technical and Environmental Remediation Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide bottled water to individuals living within a 1.5-mile radius of the Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund site in Lake County, Illinois (Wauconda residents) who are served by residential wells with any contamination of vinyl chloride; and (2) increase testing and monitoring of such wells. States that nothing in this Act may be construed to relieve the Administrator, other Federal agency heads, or potentially liable parties of legal liability with respect to site cleanup. Directs the Administrator to: (1) study possible long-term solutions to remediate the site and provide a clean drinking water source for Wauconda residents; and (2) recommend and implement a long-term solution to provide a clean drinking water source for such residents. Requires the Administrator to work with the heads of other appropriate Federal and State agencies to seek a comprehensive resolution to the short- and long-term environmental and health problems related to the site. | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-hr-5344 | 108 | hr | 5344 | Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1908) | House | Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | S001153 | 4 | Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2004 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5234 | 108 | hr | 5234 | Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-10-06 | 2004-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] | CA | R | M000508 | 0 | Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army to participate in studies and other investigative activities and in the construction, planning, and design of projects determined by the Secretary to offer a long-term solution to groundwater perchlorate contamination in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin in Santa Clarita, California. Requires investigative activities and projects to include sites that are sources of perchlorate and located in Santa Clarita. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to provide environmental infrastructure and construction assistance for such projects. Directs the Secretary to allow credit for in-kind services provided by a non-Federal sponsor before initiation of a project. | 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z | |
| 108-hr-4922 | 108 | hr | 4922 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | B001242 | 2 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification grants through FY 2010. Amends the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 to reauthorize appropriations to carry out that Act through FY 2010. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4940 | 108 | hr | 4940 | Municipal Solid Waste Responsibility Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-22 | 2004-09-23 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 4. | House | Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | G000210 | 29 | Municipal Solid Waste Responsibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste unless the owner or operator of the facility obtains explicit authorization from the affected local government. Directs affected local governments, prior to taking formal action on a request for such authorization, to: (1) notify the Governor, contiguous local governments, and any contiguous Indian tribes; and (2) provide public notice and an opportunity for comment. Creates exceptions to the authorization requirement for owners or operators who held certain authorizations prior to enactment of this Act, where the facility received shipments of out-of-State municipal solid waste during 1993, or where the waste was generated within the bi-State metropolitan statistical area in which the facility is located. Authorizes States to: (1) limit the amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste received annually by facilities; (2) impose cost recovery surcharges on the combustion or disposal of such waste; and (3) enact laws imposing limitations on the receipt and disposal of foreign municipal solid waste. Prohibits persons from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste for final disposal or incineration in violation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct studies and develop recommendations concerning the benefits of alternatives to open field disposal of agricultural solid wastes (including biomass). | 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z | |
| 108-s-2717 | 108 | s | 2717 | Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] | NE | D | N000180 | 2 | Rural Community Arsenic Relief Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, and uranium. Requires exemption requests to demonstrate that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations: (1) is not economically feasible; (2) has a disproportionate and adverse impact on low-income families; (3) is substantially impeded by limited access to innovative and affordable technology; or (4) is not necessary because the drinking water provided by the system does not pose an unreasonable health risk. Sets forth alternative arsenic standards for those systems receiving arsenic exemptions. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a university-based arsenic research consortium comprised of specified institutions of higher education. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to the consortium to carry out its duties. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-hr-4843 | 108 | hr | 4843 | Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-15 | 2004-07-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1409) | House | Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] | LA | R | B000072 | 11 | Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to clarify that waters of the United States, including the territorial seas, are subject to the jurisdiction of the permitting program for the discharge of dredged or fill material if such waters are: (1) navigable; (2) hydrologically connected to navigable waters through a continuous, naturally occurring surface connection; or (3) wetlands adjacent to such navigable or hydrologically connected waters. States that waters are considered hydrologically connected to navigable waters for purposes of this Act if connected by perennial or intermittent streams that contribute flow to navigable waters. Excludes from the definition those waters connected by: (1) sheet flow; (2) ephemeral waters, ground water, manmade ditches, or pipelines; or (3) a municipal separate storm sewer system or any other regulated point source. Excludes fastlands (areas located behind legally constituted manmade structures) from the jurisdiction of the permitting program for the discharge of dredged or fill material. Sets forth procedures whereby property owners, or those with written authorization from such owners, may: (1) request that the Secretary of the Army determine jurisdiction under this Act and thereafter seek judicial review or injunctive relief; or (2) proceed under the administrative appeals process. Transfers to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's authority over permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters under the FWPCA. Allows the Administrator to retain authority to comment on such permits. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4794 | 108 | hr | 4794 | To amend the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 to extend the authorization of appropriations, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-09 | 2004-11-30 | Became Public Law No: 108-425. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H000981 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 7, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 to request the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, to give the highest priority to the implementation of Treaty Minute 311 to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, which establishes a framework for the siting of a treatment facility in Mexico to provide for the secondary treatment of effluent from the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant. Modifies contractual provisions under the Act to: (1) repeal a requirement for annual payment to maintain the owner's 20 percent equity position throughout the term of the contract; and (2) authorize the payment of fees by the Commission to the owner of the Mexican facility to include costs associated with the purchase of any insurance or other financial instrument, which may be amortized over the term of the contract; and (3) provide that neither the Commission nor the U.S. Government shall be liable for payment of any cancellation fees if the Commission cancels the contract. Authorizes the owner of the facility to purchase insurance or another financial instrument to cover the risk of cancellation of the contract by the Commission. Prohibits such insurance or other financial instrument from being provided or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Allows the Government to reserve the right to validate independently the reasonableness of the premium when negotiating the annual service fee with the owner. Extends authority for the sewage treatment program indefinitely and increases the amount authorized. | 2023-01-14T22:48:15Z | |
| 108-s-2620 | 108 | s | 2620 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-08 | 2004-07-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7830-7833) | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 7 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act - Directs the Administrator of General Services to create, within the General Services Administration (GSA), and appoint an individual to, a position to establish and oversee the Office of High-Performance Green Buildings within GSA. Directs the Office to establish an interagency steering committee. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to State and local educational agencies for use in: (1) providing technical assistance for and assisting implementation of the EPA's Tools for Schools Program; and (2) the development of State-level school environmental quality plans. Requires the EPA Administrator to develop school site acquisition guidelines that: (1) take into account the special vulnerability of children to chemical exposure where the potential for site contamination is assessed; (2) include an analysis of means for maximizing transportation choices. Requires the EPA Administrator, in partnership with the Secretary of Education, to carry out an education research program in support of the education-related provisions of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to review the budget process and develop and submit to Congress an implementation plan for life-cycle costing that identifies and incorporates cost savings that accrue from high-performance green buildings. Requires the Office to establish guidelines for, and carry out, specified demonstration projects at Federal buildings and universities to contribute to the research goals of the Office. | 2023-01-14T22:48:24Z | |
| 108-s-2621 | 108 | s | 2621 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects. | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-08 | 2004-07-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7835) | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 0 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the amount of authorized appropriations for the pilot program for alternative water source projects and extend program authorization through FY 2009. | 2023-01-14T22:48:24Z | |
| 108-hr-4774 | 108 | hr | 4774 | FAIR (Foreign Air Impact Regulation) AIR Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-07 | 2004-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] | CA | D | F000116 | 1 | FAIR (Foreign Air Impact Regulation) AIR Act of 2004 - Amends the Clean Air Act to delay the effective date of reclassification of a nonattainment area to a higher classification of nonattainment for failing to meet national ambient air quality standards by applicable deadlines if: (1) the area is adjacent to a foreign country; and (2) the State in which the area is located submits a claim to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the area would have attained the relevant standard by the attainment date but for emissions emanating from outside the United States. Prohibits such reclassification from taking effect unless: (1) the Secretary of State has entered into negotiations with the foreign country involved to develop an air quality improvement plan for the international area encompassing the nonattainment area and submitted that plan to Congress; and (2) taking into consideration such plan, the Administrator has taken appropriate action to improve air quality in the nonattainment area. | 2023-01-14T22:48:15Z | |
| 108-hr-4761 | 108 | hr | 4761 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects. | Environmental Protection | 2004-07-06 | 2004-07-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11] | FL | D | D000114 | 0 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the amount of authorized appropriations for the pilot program for alternative water source projects and extend program authorization through FY 2009. | 2023-01-14T22:48:14Z | |
| 108-hr-4717 | 108 | hr | 4717 | Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-25 | 2004-07-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] | ID | R | O000166 | 9 | Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, and specified disinfection byproducts. Requires exemption requests to include a finding that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings. | 2023-01-15T04:49:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4731 | 108 | hr | 4731 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-25 | 2004-10-30 | Became Public Law No: 108-399. | House | Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] | PA | R | G000549 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the National Estuary Program through FY 2010. | 2023-01-15T04:49:18Z | |
| 108-s-2606 | 108 | s | 2606 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-25 | 2004-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7519) | Senate | Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] | RI | R | C001040 | 5 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the national estuary program through FY 2010. | 2023-01-15T04:49:23Z | |
| 108-hr-4688 | 108 | hr | 4688 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program. | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-24 | 2004-09-13 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416. | House | Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | G000180 | 17 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY 2010. | 2023-01-15T04:49:17Z | |
| 108-hr-4636 | 108 | hr | 4636 | Methamphetamine Remediation Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-22 | 2004-07-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000309 | 30 | Methamphetamine Remediation Act of 2004 - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a research program to: (1) identify methamphetamine laboratory-related chemicals of concern; and (2) support the development of standards to determine when a former methamphetamine laboratory is safe for human habitation. Requires the EPA, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to establish model guidelines and procedures for: (1) preliminary site assessment criteria for former methamphetamine laboratories; and (2) clean-up and remediation. Requires NIST to support a research program to develop: (1) new methamphetamine detection technologies; and (2) appropriate standard reference materials and validation procedures for methamphetamine detection testing. Directs the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to make available to the public a list of all methamphetamine laboratories that have undergone cleanup under the DEA's Clandestine Drug Laboratory Cleanup Program. Requires the EPA to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (Academy) for a study of the residual effects of methamphetamine laboratories on residents of buildings where such laboratories are located, with particular emphasis on the health effects on children. Requires the NSF to enter into an arrangement with the Academy for a report on the societal costs of methamphetamine production and abuse. | 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z | |
| 108-hr-4638 | 108 | hr | 4638 | Rural America Protection Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-22 | 2004-06-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] | VA | R | D000597 | 1 | Rural America Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Army or a State from issuing a permit to a governmental entity for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters where Act compliance is based on a permit condition requiring mitigation of adverse impacts to wetlands through the acquisition of private property if the property is: (1) being acquired by condemnation; and (2) located outside a certain U.S. Geological Survey cataloging unit in which the wetland is located. Allows issuance of such a permit upon payment of compensation equaling or exceeding the property's fair market value or the average fair market value of a parcel the size of the property in the cataloging unit in which the wetland is located. | 2023-01-15T04:49:15Z | |
| 108-hr-4627 | 108 | hr | 4627 | 21st Century Science for Nuclear Waste Disposal Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-21 | 2004-07-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] | NV | D | B001231 | 2 | 21st Century Science for Nuclear Waste Disposal Act of 2004 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to enter into contracts for the acceptance of title, transportation, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Declares that the Nuclear Waste Fund shall be available to the Secretary only to pay the cost of research, development, and utilization in the United States of risk-decreasing technologies, with an emphasis on technologies that: (1) increase the length of time that nuclear waste can be safely stored at or near areas where currently located or where (in the future) generated; (2) require the least amount of transportation of nuclear waste practicable; and (3) reduce the level of radiation of the nuclear waste. Prohibits the government from using funds for research, development, or implementation of a central high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel repository. Repeals the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, but retains requirements governing: (1) financial arrangements for site closure for low-level radioactive waste; (2) the Nuclear Waste Fund; and (3) Nuclear Regulatory Commission training authorization. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal special rules governing nuclear decommissioning costs. | 2023-01-15T04:49:16Z | |
| 108-s-2550 | 108 | s | 2550 | Water Infrastructure Financing Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-21 | 2004-10-07 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 772. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 2 | Water Infrastructure Financing Act - Title I: Water Pollution Infrastructure - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program for qualified nonprofit technical assistance providers of water and wastewater services that assist treatment works serving small rural communities. Requires grant recipients to submit annual reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Sec. 102) Requires projects seeking State water pollution control revolving fund (SRF) assistance to comply with provisions requiring payment of a prevailing wage to all workers on Federal construction projects. Expands the list of projects eligible for such assistance. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the use of water pollution control SRF assistance to carry out projects included in State nonpoint source management programs and estuary conservation and management plans operated by a municipal, intermunicipal, or interstate entity, State, public or private utility, corporation, partnership, association, or nonprofit agency. Requires such loans to be fully amortized within 30 years after project completion. (Sec. 104) Authorizes States to provide additional assistance, including loan forgiveness, to disadvantaged communities (defined as treatment works service areas or portions thereof that meet State affordability criteria). Limits the total loan subsidy to not more than 30 percent of the State's capitalization grant for the fiscal year. Authorizes States to provide extended loan terms. Authorizes the Administrator to publish information to assist States in establishing affordability criteria for purposes of identifying disadvantaged communities. (Sec. 105) Sets forth a system for prioritizing projects eligible for water pollution control SRF assistance that requires States to: (1) give more weight to applications by treatment works where such applications include specified information; (2) take into consideration appropriate chemical, physical, and biological data that the State considers reason… | 2023-01-15T04:49:21Z | |
| 108-hr-4606 | 108 | hr | 4606 | Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-17 | 2004-10-01 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 756. | House | Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] | CA | D | B001234 | 5 | Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Southern California Groundwater Remediation Fund, which shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide grants to a local water authority within the natural watershed of the Santa Ana River in California for the Federal share of costs associated with designing and constructing groundwater remediation projects. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any funds appropriated to the Fund in a fiscal year until the Secretary has deposited a matching amount provided by non-Federal interests of at least 35 percent for a project. Makes each authority responsible for providing the required non-Federal amount. Directs the Secretary to credit the appropriate authority with the value of all prior compatible expenditures by non-Federal interests made after January 1, 2000. Authorizes appropriations. | 2023-01-15T04:49:14Z | |
| 108-hr-4513 | 108 | hr | 4513 | To provide that in preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to any action authorizing a renewable energy project, no Federal agency is required to identify alternative project locations or actions other than the proposed action and the no action alternative, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-04 | 2004-06-17 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 0 | Declares that, with respect to any authorization for a renewable energy project and the attendant preparation of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a Federal agency is not required to: (1) identify alternative project locations or actions other than the proposed action and the no action alternative; or (2) analyze the environmental effects of alternative locations or actions other than those submitted by the project proponent. Requires such agency, in any such assessment or impact statement, to identify and analyze solely the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures of: (1) the proposed action; and (2) the no action alternative. Provides that, in preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, such agency shall only consider public comments that specifically address the preferred action and that are filed within 20 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or draft environmental impact statement. Defines "renewable energy project," for purpose of this Act, as: (1) any proposal to utilize an energy source other than nuclear power, coal, oil, or natural gas; and (2) including but not limited to the use of wind, solar, geothermal, or tidal forces to generate energy. | 2023-01-15T04:49:11Z | |
| 108-s-2490 | 108 | s | 2490 | Ballast Water Management Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-02 | 2004-06-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6354-6358) | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 3 | Ballast Water Management Act of 2004 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to revise certain aquatic invasive species prevention requirements to: (1) apply them to certain U.S. vessels and to certain foreign vessels that are en route to, or have departed from, a U.S. port; and (2) establish ballast water and sediment management standards for vessels of the armed forces. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, a person from uptaking or discharging ballast water and sediment from a U.S. vessel operating in U.S. or non-U.S. waters. Requires a vessel to conduct all its ballast water management operations in accordance with a ballast water management plan that meets the requirements prescribed and approved by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Requires a vessel before discharging ballast water into U.S. waters to conduct ballast water treatment so that the discharged ballast water will contain no more than a specified level of living organisms or microbes. Prohibits an operator of a vessel, until the vessel conducts such treatment, from uptaking or discharging ballast water unless the operator conducts a ballast water exchange in a manner that results in an efficiency of at least 95 percent volumetric exchange of the ballast water for each ballast water tank. Sets forth certain certification procedures with respect to vessel ballast water management plans and equipment used for ballast water and sediment management. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who violate the requirements of this Act. Urges the Secretary to negotiate with foreign countries to develop and implement an international program for preventing the unintentional introduction and spread of nonindigenous species. | 2023-01-15T04:49:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4470 | 108 | hr | 4470 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal year 2005 to 2010. | Environmental Protection | 2004-06-01 | 2004-10-08 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1] | LA | R | V000127 | 3 | Designates the stakeholders conference convened on February 25, 2002, as a management conference convened to develop an estuary management plan for purposes of carrying out the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program in Louisiana and Mississippi. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend through FY 2010 the authorization of appropriations for the Program. | 2023-01-15T04:49:11Z | |
| 108-hr-4421 | 108 | hr | 4421 | Making appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-05-20 | 2004-05-20 | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | Appropriates specified sums for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 2005 for: (1) science and technology, including research and development activities; (2) environmental programs and management; (3) the Office of the Inspector General; (4) buildings and facilities; (5) the hazardous substance superfund, including transfers of funds; (6) the leaking underground storage tank program; (7) oil spill response; and (8) State and tribal assistance grants. Authorizes the Administrator of EPA to: (1) award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized Indian tribes to assist in implementing Federal environmental programs; (2) collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees; and (3) use FY 2005 appropriations to award brownfield remediation grants under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Reduces by four percent the amount of tax reduction for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes in excess of $1 million for calendar year 2004 resulting from enactment of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. | 2023-01-15T04:49:01Z | |
| 108-hr-4459 | 108 | hr | 4459 | Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation Initiative | Environmental Protection | 2004-05-20 | 2004-09-22 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation Initiative - Establishes within the Treasury an interest bearing account to be known as the California Basins Groundwater Remediation Fund, which shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Requires that the Fund be used by the Secretary to provide grants to reimburse the District for the Federal share of the costs associated with designing and constructing groundwater remediation projects. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any funds appropriated to the Fund in a fiscal year until the Secretary has deposited a matching amount provided by non-Federal interests of at least 35 percent for a project. Makes each local water authority responsible for providing the non-Federal amount required for projects under that authority. Allows the State of California, local government agencies, and private entities to provide all or any portion of the non-Federal amount. Directs the Secretary to credit the appropriate authority with the value of all prior expenditures by non-Federal interests made after January 1, 2000, that are compatible with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund. | 2023-01-15T04:49:03Z | |
| 108-s-2457 | 108 | s | 2457 | A bill entitled "Nuclear Waste Cleanup Act". | Environmental Protection | 2004-05-20 | 2004-05-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6067-6068) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 0 | Nuclear Waste Cleanup Act - Declares that, with respect to material stored at a Department of Energy (DOE) site at which activities are regulated by the State of South Carolina, high-level radioactive waste does not include radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel that the Secretary of Energy determines: (1) does not require permanent isolation in a deep geologic repository for spent fuel or highly radioactive waste; (2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides removed in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission-reviewed criteria; and (3) in the case of material derived from storage tanks, is disposed of in a facility (including a tank) within South Carolina. Exempts from this Act any such material transported from South Carolina. Authorizes DOE to implement any action authorized by a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit in existence on the date of this Act. | 2023-01-15T04:49:06Z | |
| 108-hr-4309 | 108 | hr | 4309 | To amend the Clean Air Act to provide needed flexibility to States regarding the designation of certain counties as nonattainment areas for ozone under the 8-hour ozone standard, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-05-06 | 2004-05-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] | IN | D | H001030 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to redesignate as transitional any area designated as a nonattainment area for the eight-hour ozone national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard (the standard) if: (1) the area is a single county; (2) the county does not qualify as a rural transport area because of an adjacent standard metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area; (3) the county is not in an established ozone transport region; (4) the Governor of the State demonstrates that ozone control measures in effect for the county will provide for attainment of the standard by the deadline for submission of applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) provisions; and (5) the Governor makes a binding commitment that the State air pollution control agency will apply lowest achievable emission rate determinations to stationary sources as if the redesignation had not occurred and obtain emission offsets for ozone and ozone precursors for each such source if the standard is not met by the SIP deadline. Requires each county redesignated as transitional to be treated as an attainment or unclassifiable area for purposes of provisions addressing the prevention of significant deterioration of air quality. Directs the Administrator to review transitional counties within three years of redesignation and to redesignate as nonattainment those counties that have failed to attain the standard. Requires States to submit SIP revisions for such counties that provide for the emission offsets mandated by this Act. | 2023-01-15T04:48:59Z | |
| 108-hr-4260 | 108 | hr | 4260 | Safe Communities and Safe Schools Mercury Reduction Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-05-04 | 2004-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] | WI | D | B001230 | 17 | Safe Communities and Safe Schools Mercury Reduction Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for projects to: (1) reduce free-flowing elemental mercury and mercury-added products from the environment; (2) safely dispose of or recycle mercury; (3) educate communities and citizens about mercury's harmful effects; (4) develop and carry out a plan for eliminating free-flowing mercury and instruments containing mercury from K-12 public and private schools; or (5) carry out a mercury thermometer exchange program. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or supplying of mercury fever thermometers to consumers except by prescription; and (2) require manufacturers of such prescribed thermometers to provide instructions on careful handling to avoid breakage and proper cleanup in the event of breakage. Requires contractors who replace building thermostats in residential or commercial buildings to dispose of replaced thermometers through recycling programs established or participated in by building thermostat manufacturers as required by this Act. Requires the Administrator to publish guidance to assist State and local governments in removing elemental free-flowing mercury and mercury-added instruments from public and private schools. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations requiring dentists to install a device that captures 90 percent or more of mercury-laden amalgam on every chair or office structure in which mercury amalgam is administered to patients. | 2023-01-15T04:48:58Z | |
| 108-hr-4101 | 108 | hr | 4101 | Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-04-01 | 2004-04-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] | CA | D | F000030 | 42 | Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2004 - Prohibits cruise vessels entering U.S. ports from discharging sewage, graywater, or bilge water into the waters of the United States, with specified exceptions, including when in compliance with effluent limits and management standards. Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations establishing effluent limits for sewage and graywater discharged by cruise vessels. Requires the Commandant to issue regulations implementing an inspection, sampling, and testing program sufficient to verify compliance with this Act and other specified laws. Prohibits employment discrimination against persons who institute or testify in proceedings under this Act. Authorizes interested persons to file a petition in U.S. circuit court requesting review of the Commandant's action in promulgating effluent limits or carrying out inspections, sampling, or testing under this Act. Establishes administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes rewards for information leading to the payment of such penalties. Establishes in rem liability for cruise vessels violating this Act. Authorizes citizen suits in the U.S. district courts against those who violate this Act or related regulations and orders, or against the Administrator or Commandant for an alleged failure to perform. Establishes special compliance deadlines for Alaskan cruise vessels with advanced treatment systems. Establishes the Cruise Vessel Pollution Control Fund. Requires the Commandant to establish and collect fees from cruise vessels to carry out this Act and to deposit fees in the Fund. | 2023-01-15T04:48:38Z | |
| 108-s-2269 | 108 | s | 2269 | Environmental Enforcement and Security Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-04-01 | 2004-04-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 3 | Environmental Enforcement and Security Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the number of special agents assigned to the EPA's criminal enforcement program, with a specified number of those agents to be assigned to homeland security and protective service duties. Authorizes the Administrator to assign special agents from the program to: (1) support crisis management and consequence management activities during terrorist attacks; (2) support the anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism efforts of the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice; and (3) provide protective service duties. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to improve the security of drinking water systems against terrorist attacks. Requires the Administrator to provide for the operation of the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center at no cost to subscribers. | 2023-01-15T04:48:33Z | |
| 108-s-2271 | 108 | s | 2271 | Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-04-01 | 2004-04-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 9 | Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2004 - Prohibits cruise vessels entering U.S. ports from discharging sewage, graywater, or bilge water into the waters of the United States, with specified exceptions, including when in compliance with effluent limits and management standards. Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations establishing effluent limits for sewage and graywater discharged by cruise vessels. Requires the Commandant to issue regulations implementing an inspection, sampling, and testing program sufficient to verify compliance with this Act and other specified laws. Prohibits employment discrimination against persons who institute or testify in proceedings under this Act. Authorizes interested persons to file a petition in U.S. circuit court requesting review of the Commandant's action in promulgating effluent limits or carrying out inspections, sampling, or testing under this Act. Establishes administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes rewards for information leading to the payment of such penalties. Establishes in rem liability for cruise vessels violating this Act. Authorizes citizen suits in the U.S. district courts against those who violate this Act or related regulations and orders, or against the Administrator or Commandant for an alleged failure to perform. Establishes special compliance deadlines for Alaskan cruise vessels with advanced treatment systems. Establishes the Cruise Vessel Pollution Control Fund. Requires the Commandant to establish and collect fees from cruise vessels to carry out this Act and to deposit fees in the Fund. | 2023-01-15T04:48:33Z | |
| 108-hr-4067 | 108 | hr | 4067 | Climate Stewardship Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-30 | 2004-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | G000180 | 85 | Climate Stewardship Act of 2004 - Expands Federal climate change research initiatives by: (1) establishing a graduate fellowship program; (2) creating a grant program for research in identified priority areas; and (3) instituting research programs on potential abrupt climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) related standards, measurement technologies, and processes. Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) report to Congress on the oceanic and coastal impacts of climate change; and (2) assist certain coastal States in preparing persons to adapt to climate change. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) to establish a National Greenhouse Gas Database consisting of: (1) an inventory of GHG emissions by covered entities (specified entities that emit more than 10,000 metric tons of GHGs per year); and (2) a registry of GHG emission reductions and increased sequestration, applicable to both covered and noncovered entities. Establishes a program for the market-driven reduction of GHGs by covered entities through the use of tradeable emissions allowances. Requires covered entities, beginning in 2010, to submit to the Administrator one tradeable allowance for every metric ton of GHGs emitted. Allows tradeable allowances to be sold, exchanged, purchased, retired, or otherwise used as authorized by this Act. Establishes the Climate Change Credit Corporation (CCCC) to receive, manage, buy, and sell tradeable allowances. Directs the Administrator to make allocations of allowances to covered sectors and entities, and to the CCCC, providing initial allocations for early action and accelerated participation. Imposes civil penalties on covered entities that fail to submit allowances. | 2023-01-15T10:47:57Z | |
| 108-s-2233 | 108 | s | 2233 | Environmental Research Enhancement Act | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-25 | 2004-03-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3184-3185) | Senate | Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] | OH | R | V000126 | 1 | Environmental Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979 to establish in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Gives the Deputy Administrator responsibility for: (1) oversight of the Office of Research and Development, the Office of Environmental Information, the Science Advisory Board, the Science Policy Council, and scientific and technical activities in the regulatory program and regional offices of the EPA; and (2) functions related to identification of scientific issues and dissemination of scientific information. Sets the term for the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. Requires the head of the Office of Research and Development (the Office) to establish a program to make senior research appointments. Specifies the activities of the Office. Requires the EPA Administrator to: (1) substantially increase EPA efforts to disseminate, explain the significance of, and apply the results of research products and projects of the Office; (2) direct the Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology to comprehensively inventory EPA scientific activities conducted outside of the Office and to ensure proper agency-wide coordination of such activities; and (3) revise the agency's peer-review policy. Redesignates the position of EPA Deputy Administrator as Deputy Administrator for Policy and Management. | 2023-01-15T11:03:07Z | |
| 108-hr-3981 | 108 | hr | 3981 | To reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-17 | 2004-07-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 6 | (Sec. 1) States that fees collected by the Secretary of Energy and deposited into the Nuclear Waste Fund shall be credited to the Fund as offsetting collections beginning October 1, 2004, and continuing through September 30, 2009, not to exceed the amounts annually appropriated during that period from the Fund. Sets a maximum amount for FY 2005 at $576 million. Authorizes necessary appropriations from the Fund to the extent that the level of budgetary resources from offsetting collections is insufficient to implement activities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 for a fiscal year. (Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary to report to Congress biennially regarding the Fund's adequacy (including an assessment of whether current unexpended balances in the Fund, if made fully available to the Secretary, would affect annual fee determinations). Requires the report also to recommend whether this Act should be extended beyond its current expiration date of September 30, 2009, and whether alternative approaches may be necessary to access unexpended balances in the Fund. | 2023-01-15T10:32:59Z | |
| 108-hr-3992 | 108 | hr | 3992 | To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require preparation of statements regarding the environmental impacts of legal and illegal immigration. | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-17 | 2004-03-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] | CO | R | T000458 | 1 | Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly publish every five years a statement regarding the environmental impacts of immigration, for use in determining environmentally sustainable levels for legal immigration and measures needed to prevent illegal immigration. | 2023-01-15T10:32:59Z | |
| 108-hr-3940 | 108 | hr | 3940 | To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for secondary containment to prevent MTBE and petroleum contamination. | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-11 | 2004-03-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | D000355 | 5 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require: (1) secondary containment of any new or replaced underground storage tank system; and (2) the monitoring for leaks of the space between the primary and secondary containment if the new or replaced tank or piping are within 1,000 feet of a community water system, potable drinking water well, or other sensitive area. Establishes civil penalties for a violation of these requirements. | 2023-01-15T10:33:00Z | |
| 108-s-2201 | 108 | s | 2201 | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for secondary containment to prevent methyl tertiary butyl ether and petroleum contamination. | Environmental Protection | 2004-03-11 | 2004-03-25 | Star Print ordered on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require: (1) secondary containment of any new or replaced underground storage tank system; and (2) the monitoring for leaks of the space between the primary and secondary containment if the new or replaced tank or piping are within 1,000 feet of a community water system, potable drinking water well, or other sensitive area. Establishes civil penalties for a violation of these requirements. | 2023-01-15T11:03:08Z | |
| 108-hr-3629 | 108 | hr | 3629 | Arsenic-Treated Wood Prohibition Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-21 | 2003-12-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 9 | Arsenic-Treated Wood Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations prohibiting the use of arsenic-treated wood (wood treated with a pesticide that is a chromated copper arsenical or another arsenical pesticide) in the manufacture of any product that may be used for or by children or for mulch, compost, a soil amendment, certain other construction and utility uses, and additional uses as determined to be appropriate. Requires the Administrator to conduct an assessment of the risks posed by the production, processing, and use of CCA-treated wood (wood treated with a pesticide that is a chromated copper arsenical). Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) list arsenic-treated wood as a hazardous waste; and (2) require disposal of discarded arsenic-treated wood in a lined landfill with a leachate system and groundwater monitoring system. Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop and conduct an educational program to assist consumers, State and local governments, school systems, and other institutions in testing arsenic levels and making decisions concerning arsenic-treated wood containment, removal, and decontamination; and (2) establish a pilot program of grants and technical assistance to assist school systems in removal of playground and other equipment containing arsenic-treated wood and remediation activities. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to report to Congress on its efforts to identify measures (including stains and sealants) for reducing children's exposure to arsenic from products or structures constructed with arsenic-treated wood that will remain in use after the prohibition established by this Act. | 2023-01-15T08:48:09Z | |
| 108-hr-3543 | 108 | hr | 3543 | To limit liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for service station dealers with respect to the release or threatened release of recycled oil. | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-20 | 2003-12-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] | MA | D | C001037 | 19 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, with respect to abatement actions because of the release of recycled oil and liability for costs or damages resulting from such oil's release in the course of disposal or transport, to limit liability of a service station dealer with respect to any period between November 8, 1986, and the effective date of certain corrective action regulations or standards promulgated under the Solid Waste Disposal Act if the dealer had complied with all applicable laws and regulations relating to such oil's disposal. | 2023-01-15T08:33:24Z | |
| 108-hr-3555 | 108 | hr | 3555 | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit stationary sources located in ozone nonattainment areas from purchasing nitrogen oxide emission credits under the Environmental Protection Agency's nitrogen oxide trading program without the consent of the State in which such source is located, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-20 | 2003-12-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 0 | Amends interstate pollution abatement provisions of the Clean Air Act to prohibit a stationary source of oxides of nitrogen located in an ozone nonattainment area from purchasing nitrogen oxide (NOX) emission credits under any emissions trading program established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or use any other authority provided by EPA rules that would permit emissions from the source in excess of emission limits for that pollutant otherwise applicable under the State implementation plan and the Act's NOX emission reduction program provisions. | 2023-01-15T08:33:24Z | |
| 108-hr-3528 | 108 | hr | 3528 | Storm Water Abatement Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-19 | 2003-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 35 | Storm Water Abatement Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit States to use funds from grants for nonpoint source management programs for projects or activities relating to phase II storm water program implementation, including management programs. | 2023-01-15T08:33:25Z | |
| 108-s-1880 | 108 | s | 1880 | Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-18 | 2003-11-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 4 | Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish the Special Blue Ribbon Commission on Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Pollution Control Financing. Charges the commission with the duty to oversee development of a comprehensive implementation plan to address: (1) the funding needs for reducing, by not later than 2010, nutrient pollution loads in the Chesapeake Bay to a level sufficient to comply with the nutrient and sediment reduction goals of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement; (2) the appropriate responsibilities of the Federal Government and State and local governments in financing sewage treatment plant upgrades, nonpoint source runoff controls, and urban stormwater management and in adoption of an appropriate variety of financial incentives and regulatory measures to achieve that reduction goal; and (3) opportunities for enhancing the role of the private sector in financial support for the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. | 2023-01-15T09:03:30Z | |
| 108-s-1867 | 108 | s | 1867 | National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-14 | 2003-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 5 | National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require beverage brand owners (manufacturers or importers of beverages sold in containers) to implement effective redemption, transportation, processing, marketing, and reporting systems for the reuse and recycling of their used beverage containers. Prohibits the sale of a beverage in a beverage container unless a clear refund value statement prominently appears on the container. Requires each brand owner to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a recycling management plan subject to the Administrator's approval and a fee to cover administrative costs. Requires sellers of beverages to collect from each purchaser at the time of sale a deposit no greater than a specified minimum refund value and pay the refund value upon container returns either in cash or in the form of a voucher. Establishes a redemption rate performance standard and penalties for failure to achieve such rate. Requires arbitration to settle disputes between a brand owner and a return site. Imposes penalties for violations of this Act. | 2023-01-15T09:03:30Z | |
| 108-s-1844 | 108 | s | 1844 | Clear Skies Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-10 | 2003-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14336-14364) | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Clear Skies Act of 2003 - Amends the acid deposition control provisions of the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions limitations and allowances programs for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury by: (1) revising the allowance system and associated transfer, tracking, permit, compliance plan, and penalty requirements, including those for auctions; and (2) establishing new emissions limitations and trading programs (including implementation of a separate sulfur dioxide scheme for States in the Western Regional Air Partnership). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury) for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of emission reductions under this Act. Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and plan requirements for nonattainment areas: those that achieve a specified limit on particulate matter emissions or certain national emissions standards for hazardous pollutants or those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions. Establishes procedures by which owners or operators may petition the Secretary of Energy for a determination that electricity reliability will likely be threatened by the need to install pollution control technology. Allows a compliance delay in the case of a successful petition. Requires States to ensure in implementation plans that: (1) in an attainment or unclassifiable area, any emiss… | 2023-01-15T09:03:31Z | |
| 108-hr-3429 | 108 | hr | 3429 | Nuclear Waste Financing Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-11-04 | 2004-03-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] | IL | R | S000364 | 20 | Nuclear Waste Financing Act of 2003 - Requires that, beginning in FY 2005, and through the end of FY 2010, the receipts, proceeds, and recoveries realized by the Secretary of Energy relating to contracts for transportation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel shall be credited to the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections. Prescribes implementation procedures, including adjustments to the levels of budgetary resources from offsetting collections and preservation of the corpus of the Fund. | 2023-01-15T08:33:28Z | |
| 108-hr-3419 | 108 | hr | 3419 | Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-30 | 2003-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 0 | Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2003- Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study, and report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of regulating air, noise, water, and solid waste pollution from all sources in and around airports using airport bubbles; and (2) the feasibility and desirability of strengthening EPA air pollutant emissions standards for airplane engines. Defines an "airport bubble" as an area: (1) in and around an airport (or other facility using aircraft) within which sources of pollution and levels of pollution from those sources are to be identified and reduced; and (2) containing a variety of types of air, noise, water, and solid waste sources of pollution in which the aggregate of each type of pollutant from the respective source is regulated as if the various sources were a single source. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring each airport that regularly serves commercial or military jet aircraft to report, under toxic chemical release reporting provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 and source reduction and recycling data collection provisions of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, releases and other waste management activities associated with the manufacturing, processing, or other use of toxic chemicals listed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986. | 2023-01-15T07:47:44Z | |
| 108-hr-3403 | 108 | hr | 3403 | To amend the Clean Air Act to modify certain provisions regarding methyl bromide, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-29 | 2003-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 46 | Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the production of methyl bromide in the same amount requested by the United States under the critical use exemption process of the Montreal Protocol, even if the parties to the protocol do not approve the entire amount. (Methyl bromide is a fumigant used to control insects, nematodes, weeds, and pathogens that has been defined under the Montreal Protocol of 1991 as a chemical that contributes to depletion of the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol requires a phase out in production in the United States on a more accelerated schedule than that required of developing countries with which U.S. agriculture competes.) | 2023-01-15T07:47:44Z | |
| 108-hconres-309 | 108 | hconres | 309 | Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the improvement of combined sewer overflow control programs. | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-21 | 2003-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 21 | Declares that Congress should: (1) increase Federal funding and resources for combined sewer overflow control to levels sufficient to cover at least 80 percent of the costs incurred by financially distressed communities; (2) provide the Environmental Protection Agency with additional resources to improve nationwide tracking of progress in combined sewer overflow control programs; and (3) expressly authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to assist communities with assessment and design work associated with upgrades of combined sewer systems. | 2023-01-15T07:17:56Z | |
| 108-hr-3335 | 108 | hr | 3335 | Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-17 | 2003-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | G000210 | 0 | Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Allows undistributed funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations. Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every three years. Requires the study of compliance assurance programs that could serve as an alternative to the inspection programs. Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements. Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to releases of fuel containing an oxygenated fuel additive that presents a threat to human health or welfare or the environment. Permits the use of trust funds for release prevention and compliance (as well as corrective actions). Requires compliance reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs. Authorizes a State or the Administrator to prohibit the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations. Includes underground storage tank systems and release response activity (as well as underground storage tanks) that are under Federal jurisdiction under the UST control and abatement requirements. Requires compliance strategy reports by any Federal agency responsible for USTs which list the USTs and describe compliance actions. Requires the Administrator and Indian Tribes to correct U… | 2023-01-15T07:32:52Z | |
| 108-hr-3319 | 108 | hr | 3319 | To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-16 | 2003-10-27 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Commerce, EPA. | House | Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | R000571 | 7 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register a Canadian pesticide that: (1) has not been previously disapproved; (2) is identical or substantially similar in composition to a comparable domestic pesticide already registered; and (3) is registered in Canada by the registrant (or affiliate) of the comparable domestic pesticide. Requires the Administrator to obtain the confidential statement of formula for the pesticide to determine if it is in fact identical or substantially similar to a comparable domestic pesticide. Stipulates that any Canadian pesticide the Administrator registers must bear an approved label which completely covers the original Canadian label. Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) the Administrator acting as a registering agency for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations. | 2023-01-15T07:32:52Z | |
| 108-hr-3328 | 108 | hr | 3328 | Community Drinking Water Assistance Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-16 | 2003-10-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] | NM | R | W000789 | 0 | Community Drinking Water Assistance Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program of grants to small public water systems located in disadvantaged communities (or those that may become disadvantaged as a result of compliance with drinking water standards) for use in carrying out projects and activities to comply with such standards. Provides temporary relief from enforcement by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of drinking water standards for such systems during and after the grant application process. Delays implementation or enforcement by the Administrator of an arsenic standard in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006, or the date on which the Administrator certifies that the program has been implemented in that State and the State has made substantial progress in drinking water standards compliance. | 2023-01-15T07:32:52Z | |
| 108-hr-3284 | 108 | hr | 3284 | Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-08 | 2003-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. | House | Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] | TX | D | R000170 | 8 | Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to authorize appropriations.Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with respect to funding for State-furnished emergency health services for undocumented aliens in the United States-Mexico border area ("border area").Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with respect to the special supplemental nutrition program, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize partnerships for increased coordination of food and nutrition assistance for residents of colonias in the border area.Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase funding for grants and loans for water and waste facilities in communities whose residents face significant health risks.Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to selected colleges in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to provide community resource centers to serve colonias.Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to funding of: (1) tuberculosis prevention activities in the border area; and (2) interdisciplinary, community-based linkages and centers addressing unmet health care needs in such area and in the State of Florida.Authorizes funding for the Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (concerning youth substance abuse prevention in the border area).Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) conduct cancer screenings in the border area and report diagnosis information to the appropriate State cancer registry; (2) expand a diabetes study; and (3) support community-based sexually transmitted disease control programs.Provides funding for the Department of HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative, reserving specified amounts for border area activities.Provides funding for: (1) the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative; (2) the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy; (3) environmental infrastruct… | 2023-01-15T07:32:53Z | |
| 108-s-1716 | 108 | s | 1716 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of funds made available for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relating to the development and implementation of phase II of the storm water program of the Environmental Protection Agency. | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-03 | 2003-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12468) | Senate | Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] | RI | R | C001040 | 4 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit States to use funds from grants for nonpoint source management programs for projects or activities relating to phase II storm water program implementation, including management programs. | 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z | |
| 108-hr-3231 | 108 | hr | 3231 | Underground Storage Tank Reform and Compliance Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-10-02 | 2003-10-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] | CA | D | C001036 | 1 | Underground Storage Tank Reform and Compliance Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every two years.Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements. Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to oxygenated fuel additive releases. Subjects all USTs or tank systems under Federal jurisdiction to the same substantive and procedural requirements as apply to USTs generally. Waives sovereign immunity. Allows trust funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations. Requires compliance reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs. Prohibits the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations. Mandates that new or replacement USTs be secondarily contained and the space between the primary and secondary containment be monitored for leaks. Imposes criminal penalties, requiring that fines be doubled for subsequent convictions. Requires the publication via the Web of any confirmed releases or out-of-compliance USTs. | 2023-01-15T07:32:55Z | |
| 108-s-1660 | 108 | s | 1660 | Good Samaritan Abandoned and Inactive Mine Remediation Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-09-25 | 2003-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12001-12002) | Senate | Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] | CO | R | C000077 | 5 | Good Samaritan Abandoned and Inactive Mine Remediation Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the head of an authorized State program to issue an abandoned or inactive mine remediation permit for the conduct of remediation activities on abandoned or inactive mine land from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants to U.S. bodies of water. Requires those applying for a remediation permit to develop a remediation plan that includes: (1) reasonable efforts to identify the current owners of the mine in question; (2) the bodies of water affected; (3) proposed practices to mitigate adverse impacts on water quality; (4) a timetable; and (5) monitoring or other forms of assessment so that the success of the plan can be evaluated. Requires any profits from the sale of minerals taken from these mines during remediation to be deposited in a remediation fund. States that remediators are not to be considered owners or operators under specified environmental acts (thereby excluding them from liability for environmental clean up.) | 2023-01-15T07:02:58Z | |
| 108-hr-3122 | 108 | hr | 3122 | Great Lakes Water Protection Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-09-17 | 2003-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | M001150 | 7 | Great Lakes Water Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, a regulation that prohibits any vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if more than five percent of the capacity of the tank contains ballast water. Requires the master of such a vessel to certify compliance with such prohibition to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee before the vessel's departure from the first lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway. | 2023-01-15T06:48:04Z | |
| 108-hr-3133 | 108 | hr | 3133 | Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-09-17 | 2003-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 31 | Freedom to Establish State High Air Quality (FrESH AIR Quality) Act - Retains to States, Indian tribes, municipalities, and air pollution control agencies the right to decide whether or not to implement the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) August 27, 2003 new source review revisions. | 2023-01-15T06:48:04Z | |
| 108-hr-3093 | 108 | hr | 3093 | Clean Air Planning Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-09-16 | 2003-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 3 | Clean Air Planning Act of 2003 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require integrated air quality planning for the electric generating sector.Establishes national pollutant tonnage limitations for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide.Provides for review and revision of annual tonnage limitations.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish trading programs for nitrogen oxide and mercury allowances.Directs the Administrator to establish reserves of nitrogen oxide and mercury allowances as set asides for new units.Establishes a nitrogen oxide and mercury allowance transfer system.Directs the Administrator to establish a carbon dioxide allowance trading program.Makes allowances available to projects certified by a newly established independent review board. Permits the trading of allowances under any U.S. or internationally recognized carbon dioxide reduction program.Establishes a carbon dioxide allowance transfer system. Revises the new source review program to cover unit changes after 2008 and to permit the lowest achievable emission rate standard to take cost into account. Revises the sulfur dioxide allowance program to establish an allowance reserve for new units and to establish maximum emissions for states in the Western Regional Air Partnership. | 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z | |
| 108-hr-3096 | 108 | hr | 3096 | Strengthening Science at the Environmental Protection Agency Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-09-16 | 2003-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. | House | Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | E000092 | 0 | Strengthening Science at the Environmental Protection Agency Act - States that conducting, sponsoring, and evaluating environmental science and technology research shall be a central mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).Requires the President to appoint a Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the EPA to coordinate and oversee the agency's science and technology activities and ensure that its decisions are informed by the results of appropriate and relevant research.Requires appointment of an Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, who shall be a person with an outstanding science and technology background. | 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z | |
| 108-s-1539 | 108 | s | 1539 | National Clean and Safe Water Fund Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-31 | 2003-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10669-10670) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 6 | National Clean and Safe Water Fund Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a National Clean and Sage Water Fund to carry out water quality projects. Grants priority to projects located in a watershed in a State where there has been a violation of that Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Permits the use of civil penalties assessed under that Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act to be used for these remedial projects. | 2023-01-15T06:17:47Z | |
| 108-s-1486 | 108 | s | 1486 | POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-29 | 2004-04-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 481. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] | RI | R | C001040 | 1 | POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2003 - Title I: Implementation of International Agreements - (Sec. 101) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution ( POPs Protocol), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). Prohibits (subject to certain exemptions) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce for export, use, or disposal of specified chemical substances or mixtures covered by the POPs Convention or Protocol. Establishes notice, information collection, and public reporting requirements in connection with the proposed listing of chemical substances or mixtures in the Annex to the POPs Convention or Protocol. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence rulemaking in connection with such listing. Authorizes citizens to petition the Administrator to commence rulemaking prohibiting or restricting the manufacture, processing, or distribution in commerce for export, use, or disposal of a listed chemical substance or mixture one year after such listing. Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district court to compel rulemaking if the Administrator denies a citizen's petition or fails to act on such petition within 90 days of filing. Harmonizes conflicting POPs Convention and Protocol provisions of this Act by requiring the more stringent provision to apply. Requires the Administrator to: (1) publish notice of the chemical substances and mixtures prohibited by this Act and related exemptions; and (2) maintain a publicly available record integrating the information in such notice with any information published under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and any other approp… | 2023-01-15T06:17:48Z | |
| 108-hr-2901 | 108 | hr | 2901 | Chemical Facility Security Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-25 | 2003-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 1 | Chemical Facility Security Act of 2003 - Requires owners or operators of selected chemical storage facilities to develop and implement a site security plan that addresses the facility's vulnerability to a terrorist release. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations specifying: (1) which facilities should be selected based on the likelihood of terrorist attack, the nature of the substances stored, the potential harm if released, cost, and technical feasibility; (2) a timetable for the completion of a vulnerability assessment and site security plan; (3) the contents of the plan; (4) plan certification and availability requirements; and (5) limits on the disclosure of sensitive information. Requires the Secretary to provide owners or operators with relevant threat information to the extent practicable. Grants the Secretary access to the premises, security plans, and other records, as necessary, for any selected facility. Permits chemical sources required to prepare a facility vulnerability assessment and a facility security plan or an emergency response plan under other acts to be excluded from the requirements of this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide the Secretary, upon request, with any vulnerability assessment or emergency response plan received by the Administrator under the terrorist and other intentional acts provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act. | 2023-01-15T05:47:32Z | |
| 108-hr-2827 | 108 | hr | 2827 | Stop Solid Waste Incineration Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-23 | 2003-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Stop Solid Waste Incineration Act of 2003 - Requires each State to adopt and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a three-year implementation plan to achieve: (1) increased recycling by at least 75 percent; (2) water source pollution reduction; (3) restriction of landfill dumping to materials that are not recyclable or compostable; (4) the phasing out of solid waste incineration within four years and six months after this Act's enactment; (5) a waste reduction rate of ten percent; and (6) an increase in composting of ten percent. Provides for Federal implementation plans for States that fail to meet plan submission requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a prohibition on the approval by the Secretary of Transportation of certain highway projects or awarding of highway grants applicable to a State that fails to submit a plan, has a plan submission disapproved, or fails to implement a requirement of an approved plan.Provides for grants to States that phase out the incineration of solid waste prior to the deadline established under this Act.Grants a State the authority to limit or restrict the importation of solid waste on the date the State phases out solid waste incineration. | 2023-01-15T05:47:34Z | |
| 108-hr-2835 | 108 | hr | 2835 | Pilot Project, Good Samaritan Provision for Abandoned and Inactive Mined Land Remediation Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-23 | 2003-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 3 | Pilot Project, Good Samaritan Provision for Abandoned and Inactive Mined Land Remediation Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to initiate a ten-year pilot program to facilitate the cleanup of abandoned and inactive mine sites in the Animas River Basin that negatively impact water quality by limiting certain liability under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for third parties not responsible for the degradation but who take steps to improve water quality. Limits the scope of this Act to abandoned or inactive hardrock mines located in the Animas River watershed above Elk Creek in San Juan County, Colorado. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with the concurrence of the State of Colorado, to issue, modify, enforce, or terminate a remediation permit that modifies requirements for discharges associated with remediation activity at an abandoned or inactive mined land. Sets forth procedural guidelines for a remediation permit application for activities at an abandoned or inactive mined land from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants into waters. | 2023-01-15T05:47:34Z | |
| 108-hr-2804 | 108 | hr | 2804 | To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2003 to ensure the inclusion of commonly used pesticides in State source water assessment programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-21 | 2003-07-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2003 for the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the drinking water State revolving funds under the Safe Drinking Water Act for State expenses of formulating source water assessment programs. Requires such programs to include the assessment of: (1) specified pesticides; (2) surface water sources; (3) residential drinking wells; and (4) contaminated soil. | 2023-01-15T05:47:35Z | |
| 108-hr-2812 | 108 | hr | 2812 | Manganese Metal Safety Control Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-21 | 2003-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 0 | Manganese Metal Safety Control Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study whether imported electrolytic manganese metal that contains selenium poses any harmful effects to the environment or human health. | 2023-01-15T05:47:35Z | |
| 108-s-1432 | 108 | s | 1432 | Community Drinking Water Assistance Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-21 | 2003-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9640-9641) | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 2 | Community Drinking Water Assistance Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program of grants to small public water systems located in disadvantaged communities (or those that may become disadvantaged as a result of compliance with drinking water standards) for use in carrying out projects and activities to comply with such standards. Provides temporary relief from enforcement by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of drinking water standards for such systems during and after the grant application process. Delays implementation or enforcement by the Administrator of an arsenic standard in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006, or the date on which the Administrator certifies that the program has been implemented in that State and the State has made substantial progress in drinking water standards compliance. | 2023-01-15T06:17:49Z | |
| 108-hr-2771 | 108 | hr | 2771 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program. | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-17 | 2004-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 108-328. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 28 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (which authorizes financial assistance to New York State for demonstration projects for the protection and enhancement of the quality of source waters of the New York City water supply system, including projects for comprehensive monitoring and surveillance and projects necessary to comply with the criteria for avoiding filtration) at previously authorized funding levels through FY 2010. | 2023-01-15T05:47:36Z | |
| 108-s-1425 | 108 | s | 1425 | A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program. | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-17 | 2003-11-20 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program through 2004. | 2023-01-15T08:48:06Z | |
| 108-hr-2733 | 108 | hr | 2733 | Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-15 | 2003-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 22 | Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions and compensation programs; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Allows undistributed funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations. Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every two years.Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements.Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) releases. Requires implementation reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs. Authorizes a State or the Administrator to prohibit the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations. Includes underground storage tank systems and release response activity (as well as underground storage tanks) that are under Federal jurisdiction under the UST control and abatement requirements. Requires implementation reports by any Federal agency responsible for USTs which list the USTs and describe compliance actions. Requires the Administrator and Indian Tribes to correct UST releases on Indian lands.Permits States to establish requirements more stringent than the Federal requirements. | 2023-01-15T05:32:36Z | |
| 108-s-1406 | 108 | s | 1406 | A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-15 | 2004-06-23 | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-687. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 6 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register a Canadian pesticide that: (1) has not been previously disapproved; (2) is identical or substantially similar in composition to a comparable domestic pesticide already registered; and (3) is registered in Canada by the registrant (or affiliate) of the comparable domestic pesticide. Requires the Administrator to obtain the confidential statement of formula for the pesticide to determine if it is in fact identical or substantially similar to a comparable domestic pesticide. Stipulates that any Canadian pesticide the Administrator registers must bear an approved label which completely covers the original Canadian label. Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) the Administrator acting as a registering agency for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations. | 2023-01-15T06:02:42Z | |
| 108-s-1407 | 108 | s | 1407 | Concentrated Livestock Existing Alongside Nature Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-15 | 2003-07-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC] | NC | D | E000286 | 0 | Concentrated Livestock Existing Alongside Nature Act - Prohibits the application of animal waste to land where the nitrogen or phosphorus would increase the risk of soil toxicity or surface or ground water pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) permitted levels for other substances found in animal waste; and (2) minimal distances from environmentally sensitive locations or high density or sensitive populations for the aerial spraying of animal waste. Requires a containment system for the retention of all animal waste, both wet and dry, including the construction and use of certain structures to store excess waste. Stipulates that these systems and structures have sufficient structural integrity and/or emergency shutoff devices and be sited in such a way as to eliminate or contain discharges and pollution. Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator to promulgate national primary ambient air quality standards for hydrogen sulfide and ammonia as measured at any point on the property line of a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). Directs the Administrator to establish an animal waste management program which requires animal owners to have an approved animal waste management plan designed to prevent the discharge of animal waste into surface or ground water. Requires the Administrator to develop plan requirements in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the Administrator to: (1) compel the closure of any CAFO operating without an approved plan; and (2) review and modify plans where it is administratively determined that a CAFO has caused significant water pollution. Waives Federal requirements where State requirements exist that are equally or more stringent. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exclude the expansion of a CAFO from cost-share payments under that Act. Includes, however, as part of the environmental quality incentives program, an animal waste management plan developed by a livestock operator too small t… | 2023-01-15T06:02:43Z | |
| 108-s-1398 | 108 | s | 1398 | Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-07-14 | 2003-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 15 | Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act - Establishes a Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Grant Program in the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Allocates funds among the Great Lakes States, requiring the funding of at least one project or activity per Great Lakes State per fiscal year. Stipulates that these projects result in tangible improvements in the Great Lakes watershed and address at least one of the priority issues identified by the Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Advisory Board. Prohibits the use of restoration grant funds for: (1) roads not connected with a sewer upgrade; (2) research, monitoring or beautification projects unrelated to tangible improvements to the watershed; or (3) litigation and lobbying expenses. Establishes the Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Advisory Board which includes Federal, State, and local members as well as Canadian and environmental organization observers. Establishes the Great Lakes Federal Coordinating Council. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of EPA to: (1) develop and implement science-based indicators of water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes, including measures of accumulated toxic pollutants; (2) establish a Federal network to regularly monitor and collect this data; and (3) make a report available to Congress and the public describing the water quality and related environmental factors of the Great Lakes. | 2023-01-15T06:02:43Z | |
| 108-hr-2581 | 108 | hr | 2581 | Safe Waste Disposal Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-06-24 | 2003-07-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] | VA | R | D000597 | 4 | Safe Waste Disposal Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize State and local governments to petition the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for enforcement of violations of that Act. Requires the implementation of a manifest system for the interstate transportation of solid waste in four-(or more) axle vehicles, by container (stacked two or more high) in vessels on navigable waters, or by freight rail. | 2023-01-15T16:33:41Z | |
| 108-hr-2531 | 108 | hr | 2531 | American Wetland Restoration Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-06-19 | 2003-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 6 | American Wetland Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to issue mitigation bank (specified wetland resource restoration, creation, or enhancement projects or projects consisting solely of preservation of wetlands chartered by the Secretary for purposes of providing mitigation credits to offset wetland losses authorized by permits allowing activities in U.S. waters) charters.Authorizes a mitigation bank, upon receipt of its charter, to offer mitigation credits for sale and to provide compensatory mitigation for activities requiring authorization under the Act or provide required injunctive relief in an enforcement action by the Secretary or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to establish standards and criteria applicable to the use of on-site mitigation, in lieu fees, and other off-site mitigation as compensatory mitigation that are similar to those applicable to a mitigation bank.Allows a State that operates an approved program regulating the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters to administer a wetland mitigation banking program in accordance with State procedures if such banking program is approved by the Administrator as part of the State's dredged or fill material program. | 2023-01-15T16:33:42Z | |
| 108-hr-2508 | 108 | hr | 2508 | Safe Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-06-18 | 2003-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 5 | Safe Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from disposing any low-level radioactive waste in a landfill that does not meet all requirements and standards applicable to landfills containing hazardous waste under either Federal law, or under a State regulatory program, with respect to landfill lining, leachate collection systems, and groundwater and soil column monitoring systems. Declares such prohibition inapplicable to DOE disposal of certain sealed reactor compartments and reactor components from Naval nuclear-powered warships and prototypes where a performance assessment or analysis in an environmental impact statement demonstrates that the sealed nature of the metal compartment or reactor component will significantly outlast and exceed performance standards for a liner system. | 2023-01-15T16:33:43Z | |
| 108-s-1163 | 108 | s | 1163 | A bill to condition of receipt certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonia and colonia structures along the border between the United States and Mexico. | Environmental Protection | 2003-06-02 | 2003-06-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7190) | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 0 | Prohibits specified Federal water pollution or drinking water capitalization grants for a State that has not required each of its county and municipal governments in the United States-Mexico border to enforce rules that prohibit development or construction of any new colonia that lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.Defines "colonia"as an identifiable community: (1) located in the United States-Mexico border region (excluding certain metropolitan statistical areas) in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas; (2) recognized as such prior to enactment of this Act; and (3) lacking water, sewage, and housing infrastructure. | 2023-01-15T16:48:46Z | |
| 108-hr-2215 | 108 | hr | 2215 | Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-22 | 2003-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | B001242 | 20 | Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct owners or operators of publicly-owned treatment works to institute an alert system for sanitary sewer overflow. Requires that the public and the appropriate officials be notified as soon as practicable within 24 hours of the time the owner or operator becomes aware of the overflow. Requires a written report on the overflow, including magnitude and cause, as well as measures taken to eliminate and prevent its recurrence. States that owners or operators must report overflows on their monthly discharge monitoring report to either the State or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection, as appropriate. Makes these alert systems eligible for assistance and authorizes funding. | 2023-01-15T15:33:23Z | |
| 108-hr-2253 | 108 | hr | 2253 | To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of certain fuel additives. | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-22 | 2003-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 13 | Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) amend certain regulations regarding motor vehicle fuels to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a fuel additive; and (2) prohibit any additive in gasoline registered under fuel regulation provisions unless it has been determined, through scientific testing and peer review, not to have adverse effects on the public. | 2023-01-15T15:33:22Z | |
| 108-hr-2277 | 108 | hr | 2277 | Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-22 | 2003-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 3 | Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2003 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) study and describe the current state of science concerning the human health effects of exposure to asbestos and other durable fibers; and (2) make recommendations for uniform systems for asbestos exposure standards and protocols for detecting and measuring asbestos. Directs the Administrator to establish an Asbestos Policies Panel to study asbestos and other durable fibers. Directs the Administrator to study the status of the manufacture, processing, distribution, ownership, importation, and disposal of asbestos-containing products and contaminant-asbestos products. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year which prohibit the manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition. Requires the disposal of asbestos-containing products within three years, except as specified. Requires the Administrator to establish a public awareness program concerning the dangers posed by these products and vermiculite insulation. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand research programs on diseases caused by asbestos exposure, particularly mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural injuries. Establishes and funds mesothelioma disease research and treatment centers. | 2023-01-15T15:33:21Z | |
| 108-s-1115 | 108 | s | 1115 | Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-22 | 2003-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6997-6999) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 14 | Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2003 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) study and describe the current state of science concerning the human health effects of exposure to asbestos and other durable fibers; and (2) make recommendations for uniform systems for asbestos exposure standards and protocols for detecting and measuring asbestos. Directs the Administrator to establish an Asbestos Policies Panel to study asbestos and other durable fibers. Directs the Administrator to study the status of the manufacture, processing, distribution, ownership, importation, and disposal of asbestos-containing products and contaminant-asbestos products. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year which prohibit the manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition. Requires the disposal of asbestos-containing products within three years, except as specified. Requires the Administrator to establish a public awareness program concerning the dangers posed by these products and vermiculite insulation. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand research programs on diseases caused by asbestos exposure, particularly mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural injuries. Establishes and funds mesothelioma disease research and treatment centers. | 2023-01-15T15:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-2200 | 108 | hr | 2200 | Environmental Justice Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-21 | 2003-06-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 1 | Environmental Justice Act of 2003 - Requires Federal agencies to include achieving environmental justice in their missions through identifying and addressing any disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their activities on minority and low-income communities. Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice. Directs each Federal agency to develop an agency-wide environmental justice strategy. Establishes the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and analyze data assessing environmental and human health risks borne by populations identified by race, national origin, or income. Targets for data collection those areas surrounding facilities expected to have a substantial environmental, human health, or environmental effect on surrounding populations. | 2023-01-15T15:33:23Z | |
| 108-s-1094 | 108 | s | 1094 | Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-21 | 2003-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | C001042 | 1 | Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2003 - Establishes a final criterion of 113 parts per billion of polychlorinated biphenyls for remediation material at the Historic Area Remediation Site, New Jersey.Requires any Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to be at least as protective as this criterion. | 2023-01-15T15:48:19Z | |
| 108-hr-2116 | 108 | hr | 2116 | Tar Creek Restoration Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-15 | 2003-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2] | OK | D | C001044 | 0 | Tar Creek Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide relocation assistance to specified communities, including Picher and Cardin, on the Tar Creek Superfund site, Oklahoma. | 2023-01-15T15:33:26Z | |
| 108-hr-2123 | 108 | hr | 2123 | Preventing Perchlorate Pollution Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-15 | 2003-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] | CA | D | C001036 | 25 | Preventing Perchlorate Pollution Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require that information on the discharge and storage of perchlorate be reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the appropriate State water pollution control agency.Impose fines on violators.Requires that fines be deposited in a newly created Perchlorate Pollution Prevention Fund and used for loans to public water suppliers and private well owners to replace water contaminated by percholorate. | 2023-01-15T15:33:26Z | |
| 108-hr-2136 | 108 | hr | 2136 | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a gasoline additive and to repeal the oxygenate requirement for reformulated gasoline, to provide funding for the clean up of underground storage tanks, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-15 | 2003-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 1 | Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MBTE) as a motor vehicle fuel additive. Repeals the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulate regulations which continue required toxic air pollutant emissions reductions from reformulated gasoline. Authorizes appropriations from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. | 2023-01-15T15:33:25Z | |
| 108-hr-2138 | 108 | hr | 2138 | Department of Environmental Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-15 | 2003-09-09 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3] | CA | R | O000164 | 1 | Department of Environmental Protection Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of Environmental Protection, to be headed by a Secretary of Environmental Protection who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for other officials, including three under-secretaries for: (1) science and information; (2) policy, planning, and innovation; and (3) implementation, compliance and enforcement. Establishes the Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department. Subjects the statistical procedures and methodology of the Bureau to periodic peer review. | 2023-01-15T15:33:25Z | |
| 108-s-1045 | 108 | s | 1045 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-13 | 2004-02-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1515) | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 2 | Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate an entity within the Department of Energy to have the responsibility of completing activities needed to develop a facility for safely disposing of all greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an update of a specified report on radioactive waste; (2) a report containing an estimate of the cost and schedule to complete an environmental impact statement and record of decision for a permanent disposal facility for greater-than-Class C radioactive waste; and (3) a plan to ensure continued recovery and storage of greater-than-Class C low-level radioactive waste until a permanent disposal facility is available. | 2023-01-15T15:48:21Z | |
| 108-s-1039 | 108 | s | 1039 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-12 | 2003-09-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to a State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency to conduct a vulnerability assessment of a publicly owned treatment works and implement security enhancements for such facilities upon completion of the assessment. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance and assistance to small publicly owned treatment works (those serving a population of fewer than 20,000 persons) on conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing security enhancements; and (2) make grants to a nonprofit organization to improve vulnerability self-assessment methodologies and tools for publicly owned treatment works, including those that are part of a combined wastewater treatment and water supply system. Requires the Administrator to research and review means by which terrorists could carry out harmful intentional acts against these works and alternative processes for conveying, treating, and disposing of wastewater in the event of destruction or disruption. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008. | 2023-01-15T15:48:21Z | |
| 108-hr-2042 | 108 | hr | 2042 | Clean Smokestacks Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-08 | 2003-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 100 | Clean Smokestacks Act of 2003 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or more that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2009.Requires powerplants, on the later of the date 30 years after the powerplant commenced operation or five years after this Act's enactment, to comply with the most recent new source performance standards under CAA provisions regarding air quality and emissions limitations and with specified requirements for modified sources. | 2023-01-15T15:18:17Z | |
| 108-s-994 | 108 | s | 994 | Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2003-05-05 | 2004-05-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations requiring owners or operators of chemical sources identified pursuant to this Act to: (1) conduct an assessment of the source's vulnerability to a terrorism-related chemical release; and (2) prepare and implement a site security plan to address such vulnerabilities. Directs the Secretary to provide owners and operators with relevant threat information. Requires owners and operators to certify (and regularly review and recertify) completion of assessments and implementation of plans to the Secretary and to submit copies of such assessments and plans. Authorizes the Secretary to endorse existing regulations. Requires the Secretary to develop a list of existing chemical sources. Authorizes the Secretary to designate, exempt, and adjust threshold quantities of chemical substances of concern. Exempts information provided pursuant to this Act from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and comparable State or local laws. Prescribes criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosures. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) order compliance with certification and submission provisions of this Act; (2) disapprove assessments or plans, providing written notification of such disapproval; (3) bring civil actions or issue administrative orders to compel action in the event of an "emergency threat" (an imminent threat beyond the scope of the plan); and (4) provide training to State and local government officials and owners and operators. Sets forth civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act. Establishes a business security grant program for small agricultural businesses listed as chemical sources. | 2023-01-15T16:03:45Z | |
| 108-hr-1891 | 108 | hr | 1891 | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit liability for the effects of emissions, and emission byproducts, resulting from or caused by an act of nature, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2003-04-30 | 2003-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to preclude liability for emissions resulting from an act of nature, accident, war, terrorism, or certain fires. | 2023-01-15T23:18:01Z | |
| 108-hr-1849 | 108 | hr | 1849 | Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 2003-04-29 | 2003-05-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 5 | Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish programs to improve indoor air quality in schools and in buildings where there are private or public sector employees.Requires EPA to: (1) enter into an agreement with nongovernmental organizations to establish a permanent program to provide information to school administrators on methods of improving indoor air quality; or (2) publish notice of such an existing program or combination of programs.Requires NIOSH to implement a Building Health Assessment Program to provide building assessments, upon request, to employers and employees on measures to reduce significant indoor air health risks.Requires HHS to establish a grant program to assist schools and employers, respectively, to implement such indoor air quality recommendations from EPA and NIOSH. | 2023-01-15T23:18:02Z | |
| 108-hr-1856 | 108 | hr | 1856 | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2004 | Environmental Protection | 2003-04-29 | 2004-07-08 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] | MI | R | E000092 | 22 | Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Amendments Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (HABHRCA) to repeal the President's authority to disestablish the Interagency Task Force (thus retaining the Task Force). (Sec. 3) Directs the Task Force to complete by specified deadlines, and submit to Congress, scientific assessments of: (1) harmful algal blooms (HABs) (first on marine HABs and subsequently on both marine and freshwater HABs, including those in the Great Lakes and upper reaches of estuaries); (2) current knowledge of freshwater HABs and coordination of related Federal research; and (3) hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters, including the Great Lakes. Directs the Task Force to develop, and submit to Congress, a plan for a comprehensive and coordinated national research program to develop and demonstrate prevention, control, and mitigation methods to reduce the impacts of HABs on coastal ecosystems (including the Great Lakes), public health, and the economy. Requires such plan to include to the maximum extent practicable diverse institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and those serving large proportions of Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, and other underrepresented populations. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a research, development, demonstration, and technology transfer program that meets the priorities and guidelines established under the Task Force's research plan; (2) ensure that research program results are communicated to State, Indian tribe, and local governments, and to the general public; and (3) do so in conjunction with other appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Task Force to work with the appropriate State, Indian tribe, and local governments to ensure that the assessments and research plan fulfill requirements of this Act. Requires the Secretary to provide for local and regional scientific assessments of hypoxia or HABs. Directs the Secretary to do so in coordinatio… | 2023-01-15T23:18:02Z | |
| 108-hr-1861 | 108 | hr | 1861 | Chemical Security Act of 2003 | Environmental Protection | 2003-04-29 | 2003-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 22 | Chemical Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to: (1) designate certain combinations of chemical sources and substances of concern as high priority categories based on the severity of the threat posed by an unauthorized release from the chemical sources; and (2) require each owner and operator of a high priority category chemical source to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of the source to a terrorist attack or other unauthorized release, identify hazards that may result from an unauthorized release, and prepare a prevention, preparedness, and response plan. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide owners and operators of chemical sources with relevant threat information; (2) each such owner and operator to certify that it has conducted such assessments, completed such plan, and reviewed the adequacy of the assessment or plan; and (3) the Administrator to develop protocols necessary to protect copies of such assessments and plans from unauthorized disclosure. Directs the Administrator: (1) to establish a publicly available clearinghouse to compile and disseminate information on the use and availability of inherently safer technologies; (2) and the Secretary of Energy to establish and administer a Technology Transition Fund to provide grants to assist chemical facilities that demonstrate financial hardship in implementing inherently safer technologies; and (3) to make grants to provide for training of first responders and of employees at chemical sources in identifying opportunities to reduce the chemical source's vulnerability to a release of a substance of concern through the use of safer technologies or in emergency response procedures. Sets forth provisions regarding Administrator: (1) certifications of source compliance with assessment and plan requirements; (2) provision of compliance assistance; (3) authorization to order compliance; and (4) actions to secure relief necessary to abate a terrorist threat. … | 2023-01-15T23:18:01Z |
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CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);