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| 109-hr-6421 | 109 | hr | 6421 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | G000210 | 2 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). Prohibits the manufacture, process, distribution for export, use, or disposal of specified Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue or amend rules related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in order to comply with the provisions of the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol. Requires a notice and comment procedure regarding the addition of a new chemical to the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol. Allows the Administrator to issue regulations concerning such chemicals, including prohibiting their use to protect human health and the environment in a manner that achieves a reasonable balance of social, environmental, and economic costs and benefits. Requires the Administrator to publish: (1) a decision regarding the treatment of any new source categories that are not already listed under the Clean Air Act as major source categories; (2) notice of the development of action plans under the POPs Convention; and (3) a decision on whether to promulgate regulations for newly listed POPs or the status of a rulemaking if the Administrator has not made a decision about such POPs. Requires the President to consult with and report to Congress before consenting to bind the United States to an amendment of the POPs Convention. Requires the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the heads other federal agencies, to participate in international efforts concerning PO… | 2019-11-15T21:17:38Z | |
| 109-s-4118 | 109 | s | 4118 | Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11747) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 2 | Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms. Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the Toxic Release Inventory Program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing the proposed rule dated October 4, 2005, to revise requirements under such Program. | 2018-02-04T01:57:48Z | |
| 109-s-4101 | 109 | s | 4101 | Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-12-07 | 2006-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide an operator a reasonable opportunity to correct a violation of a permit condition for a site with residential construction activity before initiation of an enforcement action, if such violation may be rectified by modifying, revising, or supplementing records or paperwork. Prohibits such an opportunity from being provided: (1) to the operator of any residential construction site that failed to obtain coverage under a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit; or (2) for a record or paperwork violation that resulted in a violation of a water quality standard. Prohibits more than one opportunity to correct violations of the same condition. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring a permit for stormwater runoff from such a site if: (1) the runoff enters a municipal separate storm sewer system that is covered by a permit and the operator is in compliance with runoff requirements; and (2) such site has minimal potential for soil erosion. Requires the Administrator to coordinate enforcement of stormwater discharge permits with states. Prohibits the Administrator from paying any state penalty for a violation of a permit for such a discharge. Requires the Administrator to establish a program that will develop and distribute to site operators a pamphlet that explains permitting requirements for stormwater discharges. Authorizes the Administrator or the state to issue a general permit for no more than five years on a state, regional, or nationwide basis to cover any category of discharges, sludge use, disposal practices, or facilities. Declares that the Administrator or state is not required to review, approve, or provide an opportunity for public comment on any application for a discharge under a general permit. | 2018-02-04T01:56:10Z | |
| 109-hr-6396 | 109 | hr | 6396 | Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Environmental Justice Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Environmental Justice Act - Defines "environmental justice" to mean the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups with respect to the development and implementation of laws affecting the environment. Requires the heads of federal agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their missions by identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse effects of its programs on minority, low-income populations in the area affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Requires agencies to conduct programs in a manner to prevent discrimination. Establishes the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice. Includes among the functions of the working group providing guidance to federal and state agencies on criteria for identifying effects on such populations. Requires federal agencies to develop agency-wide environmental justice strategies that address disproportionately high and adverse effects or disproportionately low benefits of their programs with respect to minority, low-income populations. Requires such strategies to identify programs that should be revised to: (1) promote enforcement of all health and environmental statutes in areas with such populations; (2) ensure greater public participation; (3) improve research and data collection; and (4) identify differential patterns of use of natural resources among such populations. Establishes the Federal Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to provide independent advice and recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Working Group on areas relating to environmental justice. | 2019-11-15T21:25:40Z | |
| 109-hr-6362 | 109 | hr | 6362 | To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude agricultural particulates from the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] | NE | R | F000449 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit any national ambient air quality standard prescribed after January 1, 2006, for particulate matter other than fine particulate matter from applying to any ambient mix of particulate matter the majority of which is rural windblown dust and soils and particulate matter generated by agricultural sources. Defines "agricultural sources" to mean crop production and animal production within the meaning of the U.S. Bureau of Census North American Industry Classification System. | 2019-11-15T21:17:36Z | |
| 109-hr-6261 | 109 | hr | 6261 | Mercury Reclamation Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 3 | Mercury Reclamation Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, to: (1) review storage, transportation, tracking and packaging requirements as they pertain to mercury-bearing solid waste; and (2) promulgate regulations governing the tracking, storage, packaging, record keeping, and reporting on the shipments of mercury-bearing waste. Requires such regulations to ensure the ability to track the generation, treatment, and disposal of mercury wastes and require accountability for waste generators and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to identify and document wastes and comply with treatment and disposal requirements. Requires the Administrator to promulgate packaging standards to prevent the release of mercury and mercury vapor during the transportation and storage of mercury-bearing wastes. Exempts from the standards wastes generated by households, until such wastes are received by a treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Provides for enforcement through compliance orders. Requires, with certain exemptions, that each person who generates any solid waste which consists of a device that contains mercury integral to its function: (1) take steps to insure that such waste is treated to reclaim the mercury; or (2) transfer such waste to another person who has accepted responsibility for such reclamation. Requires the Administrator to develop a voluntary compliance program to maximize the collection of mercury-containing exempted items. Requires the Administrator to re-evaluate the 100 kg/month exemption from hazardous waste standards for small quantity generators. Requires the treatment standards applicable to all hazardous waste containing mercury in concentrations of 260 mg/kg or more to require the recovery of mercury from such waste prior to land disposal using a technology approved by the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) limit the organic content of suc… | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-s-4010 | 109 | s | 4010 | Environmental Protection for Children Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Environmental Protection for Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) ensure that environmental and public health standards for environmental pollutants protect children and vulnerable subpopulations from exposure; and (2) create lists of pollutants posing health risks to children as well as safer-for-children substances and products. Requires the EPA Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support research into the health effects and toxicity of pesticides and pollutants on children. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (Agency) and the EPA Administrator to jointly: (1) develop a hazardous substance list; and (2) revise guidelines for the preparation of toxicological profiles of substances. Requires the Agency to prepare and revise such profiles every five years. Directs the Agency develop an environmental health education program focusing on the hazardous substance exposure of fetuses and children. Requires the Agency, in cooperation with states, to establish a registry of children exposed to significant levels of hazardous substances released at facilities on CERCLA's National Priorities List. Children's Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to require EPA to establish toxic chemical release form reporting thresholds for toxic chemicals that may present a significant risk to children's health or the environment. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) to require EPA, acting jointly with the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to publish a list of substances toxic to children because of their carcinogenic, neurotoxic, or reproductive toxic effects. Requires EPA to implement strategies for che… | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4038 | 109 | s | 4038 | Global Resources, Environment, and Security Commission Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10739-10741) | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 0 | Global Resources, Environment, and Security Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Commission on Global Resources, Environment, and Security, a bipartisan and independent commission that will make recommendations for a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national policy for new and existing strategies initiated by the United States to promote global environmental security. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress on its findings and conclusions. Authorizes the Commission to establish a multidisciplinary science, economic, and technical advisory panel. Requires the panel to ensure that the scientific information considered by the Commission is based on the best available data. Encourages the Commission, Congress, and federal agencies to continue the dialogue about global environmental security after the Commission is terminated (30 days after the submittal of its report to Congress) and to examine institutional needs, including the formation of a new office. Requires the President to submit to Congress and agencies a report containing a statement of proposals to carry out or respond to the Commission's recommendations. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-s-4039 | 109 | s | 4039 | Global Warming Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate regulations necessary to reduce the aggregate net levels of global warming pollution emissions; and (2) establish a market-based emissions cap and global warming pollutants trading program. Establishes the Climate Reinvestment Fund. Requires EPA to: (1) establish, and revise every five years, standards for passenger vehicle emissions; and (2) research global climate change standards and processes. Sets forth requirements for retail electricity suppliers and EPA concerning: (1) energy efficiency and peak load reduction; (2) a related trading system; (3) renewable energy types and sources; and (4) a renewable energy credit program and related penalties. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emission through biological sequestration activities. Requires major stationary sources to report annually to EPA about global warming pollutant emissions. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report biennially to EPA and Congress about U.S. progress in avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Replaces specified volumes of renewable fuel required in gasoline for 2006-2012 with benchmarks for 2010, 2020, and 2030 and a requirement that EPA determine the volume for each year not specified annually. Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that major oil companies that sell gasoline in the United States through wholly-owned or branded stations provide pumps that dispense E-85 fuel at specified percentages. Creates a related trading program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to double the new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle credit, the new advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit, and the conservation credit. Creates a new plug-in hybrid motor vehicle credit and an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing credit. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commiss… | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-s-3969 | 109 | s | 3969 | Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 1 | Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to provide grants to assist such facilitites in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a license to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-hr-6219 | 109 | hr | 6219 | Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-27 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 56 | Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms. Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the toxic release inventory program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing the proposed rule dated October 4, 2005, to revise requirements under such program. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6222 | 109 | hr | 6222 | Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-27 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 0 | Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to provide grants to assist such facilitites in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a license to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6121 | 109 | hr | 6121 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-20 | 2006-12-12 | Became Public Law No: 109-392. | House | Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] | LA | R | B000072 | 0 | (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 (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program in Louisiana and Mississippi. | 2023-01-31T21:11:14Z | |
| 109-s-3868 | 109 | s | 3868 | Clean Air Attainment Enforcement Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9129-9131) | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Clean Air Attainment Enforcement Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to declare that if a state in which a covered (nonattainment) area is located does not submit a required implementation plan (for achieving and maintaining national ambient air quality standards), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) shall not have discretion to select whether highway and emission offset sanctions will be imposed on the covered area; and (2) shall impose such sanctions, with a specified exception regarding the emission offset requirements. Requires implementation plan revisions relating to the attainment plans for serious, severe, and extreme areas to require each major stationary source located in a covered area that emits VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or NOx (oxides of nitrogen) to pay the Administrator a fee as a penalty for the failure to attain the standard for ozone by the attainment date. Requires the Administrator: (1) upon approval of a state implementation plan, to annually determine whether a covered area is making sufficient progress to achieve attainment; (2) to impose on each major stationary source located in the covered area a penalty for failure to meet a national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone; and (3) to suspend the imposition of such penalties if a covered area is making sufficient progress for the current calendar year. Requires such fees and actions by the Administrator with respect to implementation plan revision requirements for major stationary sources that emit PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers). | 2023-01-12T17:52:07Z | |
| 109-s-3871 | 109 | s | 3871 | Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-09-07 | 2006-09-28 | Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-1076. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 2 | Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other entity that is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material that is shipped from the generation site to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) impose service fees on users to pay for developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system; and (2) deposit the fees into the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund (established by this Act). Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Governing Board; and (2) carry out this Act in each state unless the state program is fully authorized to do so. | 2023-01-12T17:52:07Z | |
| 109-s-3799 | 109 | s | 3799 | Cyanide Safety Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Cyanide Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to require any person who sells or otherwise transfers, at a retail level, hydrogen cyanide and its salts, to: (1) obtain a license for such sale from the Secretary; and (2) record such sale or transfer, including the identity and address of the recipient and the intended use. Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to conduct a study of the manufacturing and distribution process of cyanide to determine actions to safeguard the public from its wrongful use, particularly by terrorists, including a determination as to the feasibility and desirability of establishing a central registry of all lot specifications of cyanide to provide quick access to investigative and law enforcement agencies. | 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z | |
| 109-hr-5931 | 109 | hr | 5931 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-27 | 2006-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. | House | Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] | PA | D | D000482 | 5 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish an Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. Requires the Office Director to: (1) establish a Green Building Advisory Committee; (2) carry out public outreach; (3) develop and recommend a high-performance green building research plan; (4) analyze current budget and contracting practices that affect achievement of high-performance green buildings; and (5) develop and implement a comprehensive indoor air quality program for federal facilities. Requires the Director to identify incentives to encourage the use of green buildings and related technology in federal government operations. Requires the Director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to: (1) revise applicable acquisition regulations; and (2) issue guidance to federal procurement executives on renegotiating proposed facilities design, existing facilities renovations, and leased facilities improvements. Requires the Director to consult with the Committee to assist in the implementation of the Environmental Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House Summit on federal sustainable buildings in 2006. Requires the Office to carry out specified demonstration projects at federal buildings and universities to contribute to its research goals. | 2023-01-12T17:52:34Z | |
| 109-s-3756 | 109 | s | 3756 | Healthy School Bus Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-27 | 2006-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Healthy School Bus Act of 2006 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study air quality inside school buses and develop strategies for improving such air quality. Authorizes appropriations for activities to improve air quality inside school buses, including expansion of the Clean School Bus USA program. Expresses the sense of Congress that schools should assign school buses that pollute less to the longest routes and adopt and implement policies to decrease school bus idling. | 2023-01-12T17:52:27Z | |
| 109-hr-5863 | 109 | hr | 5863 | To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act. | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-24 | 2006-09-14 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to: (1) authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend temporary emergency exemptions to requirements concerning polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for 30 days for the purpose of authorizing their safe, effective, and efficient shipment into the United States for disposal, treatment, or storage; and (2) require any person granted such an exemption to report to Congress on the status of foreign-manufactured PCBs generated by or under the control of that person outside of the United States. Requires the report to address: (1) the remaining volume of such foreign-manufactured PCBs that may require shipment into the United States; and (2) the efforts that have been made to reduce such volume. | 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z | |
| 109-s-3698 | 109 | s | 3698 | Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-20 | 2006-07-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8052-8059) | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 11 | Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth provisions concerning global warming pollution emissions. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) set milestones to reduce the aggregate net levels of emissions (authorizes EPA to establish market-based programs to achieve such reduction); (2) require each fleet of automobiles sold by a manufacturer beginning in model year 2016 to meet emission standards; (3) contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the potential contribution of the non-highway portion of the transportation sector towards meeting the emission reduction goal; (4) require that electric generation units meet an emission standard that is not higher than the emission rate of a new combined cycle natural gas generating unit; and (5) establish a low-carbon generation trading program. Requires covered generators to provide a minimum percentage of the base quantity of electricity produced for sale from low-carbon generation. Requires EPA to: (1) establish a competitive grant program for geological disposal deployment projects; and (2) carry out a global climate change standards and processes research program. Expresses the sense of the Senate that federal funds for clean, low-carbon energy research, development, and deployment should be increased by at least 100% each year for 10 years. Directs: (1) EPA to promulgate requirements concerning the energy efficiency and peak load reduction of electricity suppliers and to establish a renewable energy credit program; (2) the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through biological sequestration activities; and (3) major stationary sources to report to EPA on emissions of global warming pollutants. Requires the President to establish the Task Force on International Clean, Low Carbon Energy Cooperation. Authorizes the President to adjust, suspend, or waive any regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act in a national emergency. R… | 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z | |
| 109-s-3681 | 109 | s | 3681 | Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-18 | 2006-07-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7764) | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 35 | Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2006 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to: (1) include the definition of "manure"; and (2) exclude manure from the meaning of "hazardous substance" or "pollutant or contaminant" under that Act. Provides that such exclusion shall not: (1) impose liability under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 with respect to manure; (2) affect any provision of the Air Quality Agreement entered into between the Administrator and operators of animal feeding operations; or (3) affect the applicability of any other environmental law as it relates to the definition of manure or the responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure. Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt releases associated with manure (as defined under CERCLA) from the emergency notification requirements under that Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:29Z | |
| 109-hr-5810 | 109 | hr | 5810 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funding for brownfields revitalization activities and State response programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-17 | 2006-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 3 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to: (1) require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General's report to Congress on the management of the brownfields program to be submitted every four years; (2) extend the authorization of appropriations for such program and for state response programs through FY2012; (3) repeal provisions concerning the allocation of brownfields revitalization funding to facilities contaminated by petroleum; and (4) include among criteria for the ranking of brownfields grants the extent to which a grant would implement green building standards, including the use of energy efficient building standards. | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-s-3631 | 109 | s | 3631 | Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-11 | 2006-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 0 | Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of women of childbearing age and young children. Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells, effective January 1, 2012. Requires the owner or operator of each chlor-alkali facility to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and the state in which the facility is located an annual report for 2007-2012 concerning mercury waste, emissions, and content in products. Requires: (1) EPA to conduct a comprehensive mercury inventory covering the life and closure of chlor-alkali facilities that cease operations on or after July 1, 2008; (2) EPA to establish regulations to facilitate the transfer and storage of mercury located at closed facilities, including the allocation of costs and potential liabilities; and (3) beginning on July 1, 2008, the transfer of elemental mercury located at a closed facility that has ceased operations to a storage facility established by EPA in accordance with such regulations. Requires EPA, in coordination with the Adminstrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, by July 1, 2009, to conduct a health assessment of employees at chlor-alkali facilities that continue to operate as of July 1, 2008. | 2023-01-12T17:52:30Z | |
| 109-s-3630 | 109 | s | 3630 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-07-10 | 2006-09-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | (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 (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program in Louisiana and Mississippi. | 2023-01-12T17:52:08Z | |
| 109-hr-5734 | 109 | hr | 5734 | Great Lakes Water Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 1 | Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from intentionally diverting waste streams to bypass any portion of the treatment facility if the diversion results in a discharge into the Great Lakes unless: (1) the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage; (2) there is no feasible alternative; and (3) the treatment works provides notice; or (4) the bypass does not cause effluent limitations to be exceeded and is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment facility. Requires: (1) such notice to be provided to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (or to a state with an approved permit program) prior to an anticipated bypass or within 24 hours of becoming aware of an unanticipated bypass; and (2) follow-up notice regarding the cause and duration of, volume of discharge resulting from, and public access areas affected by an unanticipated bypass. Includes among prohibited bypasses those resulting in discharges from a POTW that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and blended with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge. Directs the Administrator to establish procedures to ensure that permits issued to POTWs under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System include requirements to implement this Act. Provides a maximum civil penalty for violations. Establishes the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund from which amounts shall be provided for improving wastewater discharges. | 2023-01-13T04:50:45Z | |
| 109-s-3620 | 109 | s | 3620 | Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6804) | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 6 | Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make competitive grants only to eligible public entities and Indian tribes for carrying out projects and activities to assist the development and redevelopment of brownfield sites, including mine-scarred lands. | 2023-01-13T04:50:36Z | |
| 109-s-3627 | 109 | s | 3627 | Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6808-6809) | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 0 | Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy from conveying, selling, distributing, or otherwise transferring elemental mercury. Exempts the transfer of elemental mercury to any storage or other facility established pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the export of elemental mercury from the United States, effective on January 1, 2010, and authorizes the President to prohibit the export of any mercury compound as necessary to achieve the full force and effect of such elemental mercury export ban. Requires the President to establish the capacity (including storage facilities) to safely store covered mercury and mercury compounds in excess of quantities necessary for domestic consumption. | 2023-01-13T04:50:35Z | |
| 109-s-3591 | 109 | s | 3591 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-28 | 2006-11-13 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 11 | High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006 - (Sec. 1) Defines a "high-performance green building" as one: (1) that during its life-cycle reduces energy, water, and material resource use and the generation of waste, improves indoor environmental quality and its impacts on human health and the environment, increases the use of environmentally preferable products and reuse and recycling opportunities, and integrates building systems; and (2) for which the environmental and energy impacts of building location and site design are considered during planning, design, and construction. Title I: Office of High-Performance Green Buildings - (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish an Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. Requires the Office Director to: (1) ensure full coordination of high-performance green building information and activities within the General Services Administration and all relevant federal agencies; (2) establish a Green Building Advisory Committee; (3) identify and biennially reassess improved rating standards recommended by the Committee; (4) establish a national high-performance green building clearinghouse, which shall carry out public outreach and provide technical assistance; (5) ensure coordination of research and development information; (6) develop green building standards that could be used for all federal facilities; (7) establish green practices that can be used throughout the lives of facilities; (8) analyze current budget practices and life-cycle costing issues relating to green buildings; and (9) report to Congress on green buildings issues. (Sec. 103) Sets forth the membership and duties of the Advisory Committee. (Sec. 105) Requires the Director to develop a research plan on high-performance green buildings that: (1) identifies research needs, including regarding the relationship between human health, occupant productivity, and each of the following: emissions from materials and products in the building, natural day lighting, ventilation ch… | 2023-01-13T04:50:36Z | |
| 109-s-3553 | 109 | s | 3553 | 10 by 10 Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-21 | 2006-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6288) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 4 | 10 by 10 Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to make it unlawful after December 31, 2009, for any person to sell, supply, offer for sale or supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into commerce, for use in any motor vehicle, any gasoline with less than 10% renewable fuel by volume. | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-s-3554 | 109 | s | 3554 | Alternative Diesel Standard Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-21 | 2006-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 4 | Alternative Diesel Standard Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative diesel fuel (increasing from 250 million gallons in 2008 to 2 billion gallons in 2015 and determined per a prescribed formula thereafter). Requires the regulations to: (1) contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers; (2) not restrict areas in which alternative diesel fuel may be used; and (3) not impose any per-gallon obligation for the use of alternative diesel fuel. Requires alternative diesel fuel to constitute 0.6% of diesel dispensed in 2008 if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations. Requires EPA to determine and publish the alternative diesel fuel obligation as a percentage of diesel each year for 2008-2015. Requires such regulations to provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of transferable credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports diesel that contains a quantity of alternative diesel fuel greater than required. Authorizes the Administrator to waive alternative diesel fuel requirements on receipt of a state petition by reducing the quantity of alternative diesel fuel required based on a determination that: (1) implementation of the requirement would severely harm the economy or environment of a state, a region, or the United States; or (2) there is inadequate domestic supply of alternative diesel fuel. | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5642 | 109 | hr | 5642 | Safe Climate Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-20 | 2006-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 113 | Safe Climate Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate: (1) targets for a 2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions each year from 2010-2050 ; and (2) regulations requiring reductions to meet such targets, including by setting caps on emissions of sources and sectors with the largest emissions or the best opportunities to reduce them, by issuing and authorizing trading of emission allowances, and by imposing penalties for excess emissions. Requires relevant federal agencies to finalize a rule to carry out the National Academies' recommendations for regulatory action needed to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations or explain their reasons for declining to act. Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for the distribution of emission allowances (including through auctions) and the use of proceeds (to be deposited in a Climate Reinvestment Fund) for specified goals, including mitigating the effects of energy cost increases and climate change. Requires the EPA to ensure that emissions and allowances are accurately tracked, reported, and verified. Authorizes the emission reduction regulations to include: (1) additional requirements for any source or sector; and (2) performance standards, best management practices, and technology-based requirements. Requires such regulations to set standards for the reduction of greenhouse emissions from motor vehicles at least as quickly as the standards adopted by the California Air Resources Board at its September 2004 hearing. Requires the EPA to revise such standards in 2014 and every five years thereafter to further reduce emissions. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) require, beginning in 2009, an annual increase in the percentage of electric energy generated from renewable sources that is sold at the retail level in the United States and to require such percentage to be at least 20% of the total electricity sold by 2020; and (2) s… | 2023-01-13T04:50:48Z | |
| 109-s-3515 | 109 | s | 3515 | Cleanup Assurance and Polluter Accountability Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-14 | 2006-06-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 2 | Cleanup Assurance and Polluter Accountability Act of 2006 - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) finalize regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) that require facilities to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility for the risk associated with the production, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous substances; (2) publish proposed financial assurance rules for classes of facilities that present the highest risk associated with such substances; and (3) annually promulgate financial assurance rules for additional classes of facilities, giving highest priority to classes that may contain sites at which unreimbursed response costs are at least $12,000. Requires facilities subject to financial assurance requirements to submit to the EPA: (1) a notification of filings for bankruptcy protection; (2) an estimate of environmental impacts resulting from their activities; and (3) a description of their corporate relationships. Requires the EPA to give priority to the development of requirements for facilities or industries whose prior actions indicate a high risk of default on environmental liabilities. Directs the EPA to require that each affected person: (1) enter a financial assurance agreement that reflects the hazardous substances risk; and (2) provide financial assurances to cover potential response costs and damages. Sets forth factors for the EPA to consider in determining whether to accept financial assurances. Requires the EPA to: (1) make full use of administrative offsets and liens on assets for enforcement purposes; and (2) issue guidance for enforcement of requirements for use of such offsets and liens. Authorizes a trustee in bankruptcy proceedings to avoid any transfer of a debtor's interest in an asset made during the 10 years before the bankruptcy petition is filed, if: (1) the debtor had environmental liability under CERCLA; and (2) the debtor made such transfer with intent to… | 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z | |
| 109-hr-5558 | 109 | hr | 5558 | Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-06-08 | 2006-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 70 | Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require the owner or operator of any point source to provide information necessary to address an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment. Requires the Administrator to provide an operator a reasonable opportunity to correct a violation of a permit condition for a site with residential construction activity before initiation of an enforcement action, if such violation has not resulted in a discharge of stormwater. Prohibits more than one opportunity to correct violations of the same condition. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring a permit for stormwater runoff from such a site if: (1) the runoff enters a municipal separate storm sewer system that is covered by a permit and the operator is in compliance with runoff requirements; and (2) such site has minimal potential for soil erosion. Prohibits the Administrator from exercising enforcement authority with respect to a state permit that authorizes stormwater discharge from such a site unless: (1) such a discharge flows across a state line or onto a federal facility or Indian tribal lands; (2) such permit was issued under a state program that the Administrator has suspended or withdrawn; or (3) a discharge results in imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment. Prohibits the Administrator from paying any state penalty for a violation of a permit for such a discharge. Requires the Administrator to establish a program that will develop and distribute to site operators a pamphlet that explains permitting requirements for stormwater discharges. Authorizes the Administrator or the state to issue a general permit for no more than five years on a state, regional, or nationwide basis to cover any category of discharges, sludge use, disposal practices, or facilities. Declares that the Administrator or state is n… | 2023-01-13T04:50:50Z | |
| 109-s-2920 | 109 | s | 2920 | Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-22 | 2006-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4895-4896) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) compile a list of all high-consequence facilities; and (2) notify each owner and operator of a water facility that is included on the list. Requires the Administrator, in determining whether a facility is a high-consequence water facility, to consider: (1) the number of people located in the vulnerability zone for each substance of concern that could be released at the water facility; (2) the critical infrastructure served by the facility; (3) any use by the facility of large quantities of one or more substances of concern; and (4) the quantity and volume of annual shipments of substances of concern to or from the facility. Defines "vulnerability zone" as a geographic area that would be affected by a worst-case release of certain hazardous substances. Requires the Administrator to classify high-consequence water facilities into three tiers and give priority to matters relating to the security of high-consequence water facilities based on the classification. Makes mandatory the designation as a high-consequence facility of those whose vulnerability zone contains more than 10,000 individuals. Prohibits the Administrator from reclassifying such a facility into a tier with a lower priority. Requires the owner or operator of a high-consequence water facility to submit to the Administrator an options feasibility assessment (including a cost estimate) concerning the use of inherently safer technologies no later than 90 days after receiving notice that such facility is listed. Requires the Administrator, subject to the availability of grant funds, to issue an order requiring a facility to eliminate the use of substances of concern and to adopt safer technologies. Authorizes the Administrator to seek enforcement of an order. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to high-consequence facilities for use in paying capital expenditures di… | 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z | |
| 109-s-2912 | 109 | s | 2912 | Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-19 | 2006-09-20 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 4 | Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006 - Establishes the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, as created by Executive Order 13340, within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Establishes the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, which shall draft a strategy every three years to describe the health of the Great Lakes and to identify Great Lakes restoration goals. Requires the the Collaboration's Executive Committee to: (1) establish a process for communicating with Collaboration members; (2) work with the Collaboration to develop its strategy; (3) develop a list of goals, identify the level of government that is best able to achieve them, hold semiannual public meetings to discuss them, and receive input relating to them from stakeholder groups; (4) submit to Congress and the Task Force a biennial report on progress in carrying out the restoration and meeting the Collaboration's goals and recommendations and on contributions made by Great Lakes states, municipal partners, and Great Lakes Tribes; and (5) ensure that the Collaboration has balanced representation of stakeholder groups and that its strategy is coordinated with the activities of the Lake Chaplain Basin Program. Adds as duties of the Task Force to: (1) ensure that implementation of its programs is coordinated, effective, and cost-efficient; (2) submit to Congress a biennial report that describes the Collaboration's activities; (3) establish a regular means of communication with the Collaboration's Executive Committee to exchange information and recommendations for action; and (4) ensure that its activities are coordinated with Lake Chaplain Basin Program activities. Requires the Administrator of the EPA to evaluate each committee of which the Administrator is a member and office within EPA's jurisdiction that oversees a Great Lakes program to identify overlapping duties and to develop recommendations to improve the efficiency of those committees and offices. | 2023-01-13T04:48:15Z | |
| 109-s-2855 | 109 | s | 2855 | Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-18 | 2006-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4806-4807) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 2 | Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) compile a list of all high-consequence facilities; and (2) notify each owner and operator of a water facility that is included on the list. Requires the Administrator, in determining whether a facility is a high-consequence water facility, to consider: (1) the number of people located in the vulnerability zone for each substance of concern that could be released at the water facility; (2) the critical infrastructure served by the facility; (3) any use by the facility of large quantities of one or more substances of concern; and (4) the quantity and volume of annual shipments of substances of concern to or from the facility. Defines "vulnerability zone" as a geographic area that would be affected by a worst-case release of certain hazardous substances. Requires the Administrator to classify high-consequence water facilities into three tiers and give priority to matters relating to the security of high-consequence water facilities based on the classification. Makes mandatory the designation as a high-consequence facility of those whose vulnerability zone contains more than 10,000 individuals. Prohibits the Administrator from reclassifying such a facility into a tier with a lower priority. Requires the owner or operator of a high-consequence water facility to submit to the Administrator an options feasibility assessment (including a cost estimate) concerning the use of inherently safer technologies no later than 90 days after receiving notice that such facility is listed. Requires the Administrator, subject to the availability of grant funds, to issue an order requiring a facility to eliminate the use of substances of concern and to adopt safer technologies. Authorizes the Administrator to seek enforcement of an order. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to high-consequence facilities for use in paying capital expenditures di… | 2023-01-13T04:48:17Z | |
| 109-hr-5404 | 109 | hr | 5404 | Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-17 | 2006-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 0 | Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or Indian tribe with an approved remediation program to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan to remediate inactive or abandoned mines. Defines "Good Samaritan" as a person that: (1) did not cause the historic mine residue at the inactive or abandoned mines; (2) is not liable or responsible under federal, state, or tribal law for remediation of such residue; and (3) does not have an ownership interest in such site during or since the creation of the residue. States that to be eligible for a remediation permit, projects: (1) shall have the purpose of mitigating the effects of historic mine residue to improve the environment; and (2) are not in mines that are included on the National Priorities List of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or mines that are subject to enforcement or response actions. Provides conditions for permit issuance, including environmental improvement and financial resources requirements and consideration of objections by land management agencies and public trustees. Deems permit activities to be compliant with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or CWA) and CERCLA. Precludes the imposition of costs or damages under CWA and CERCLA related to the permit activities, except where the permittee's actions exacerbate the pollution as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Provides for the transfer, modification, or termination of permits and the role of the permitting authority. Requires the permitting authority to provide notice of the application for remediation of a mine site to: (1) designated lead state or tribal agencies; (2) local governments within a 20-mile radius of the project site; (3) federal, state, and tribal agencies that may have an interest in the application; and (4) the public. Authorizes the Administrator to enforce this Act and prescribes civil monetary penal… | 2023-01-13T04:48:27Z | |
| 109-s-2783 | 109 | s | 2783 | Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-11 | 2006-05-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4522) | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 3 | Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; and (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem. | 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z | |
| 109-hr-5346 | 109 | hr | 5346 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-10 | 2006-05-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] | KS | R | M000934 | 13 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide eligible entities (refueling vendors or owners or operators of a facility where an alternative energy refueling system is located), for FY2007-FY2011, reimbursement from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for a portion of the costs of purchasing and installing one or more alternative energy refueling systems (systems used to refuel motor vehicles with an alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas or E-85 ethanol). Prohibits an entity that receives a federal tax credit for placing in service a qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property from receiving reimbursement under this Act if the system cost was taken into consideration in calculating the tax credit. Limits reimbursement to: (1) two systems for each facility owned by an eligible entity; and (2) the lesser of 30% of a system's cost or $30,000. | 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z | |
| 109-s-2780 | 109 | s | 2780 | Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-10 | 2006-05-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or Indian tribe with an approved remediation program to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan to remediate inactive or abandoned mines. Defines "Good Samaritan" as a person that: (1) did not cause the historic mine residue at the inactive or abandoned mines; (2) is not liable or responsible under federal, state, or tribal law for remediation of such residue; and (3) does not have an ownership interest in such site during or since the creation of the residue. States that to be eligible for a remediation permit, projects: (1) shall have the purpose of mitigating the effects of historic mine residue to improve the environment; and (2) are not in mines that are included on the National Priorities List of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or mines that are subject to enforcement or response actions. Provides conditions for permit issuance, including environmental improvement and financial resources requirements and consideration of objections by land management agencies and public trustees. Deems permit activities to be compliant with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or CWA) and CERCLA. Precludes the imposition of costs or damages under CWA and CERCLA related to the permit activities, except where the permittee's actions exacerbate the pollution as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Provides for the transfer, modification, or termination of permits and the role of the permitting authority. Requires the permitting authority to provide notice of the application for remediation of a mine site to: (1) designated lead state or tribal agencies; (2) local governments within a 20-mile radius of the project site; (3) federal, state, and tribal agencies that may have an interest in the application; and (4) the public. Authorizes the Administrator to enforce this Act and prescribes civil monetary pe… | 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z | |
| 109-s-2781 | 109 | s | 2781 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-10 | 2006-09-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10445-10446) | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 2 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to any state or local agency or privately owned utility that principally treats municipal wastewater for: (1) a vulnerability assessment of publicly owned treatment works; (2) implementation of security enhancements to reduce identified vulnerabilities; (3) the development, expansion, or upgrading of emergency response plans and site security plans; and (4) the voluntary creation of, or participation in, a mutual aid and emergency network preparedness agreements developed in accordance with the National Incident Management System. Authorizes the Administrator, upon certification that a vulnerability assessment has been completed and that assistance is sought for a security enhancement, to provide grants for: (1) equipment and activities relating to access control, intrusion prevention and delay, and detection of intruders and hazardous or dangerous substances; (2) an activity to improve security for electronic, computer, or other automated systems and remote security systems; (3) security training; and (4) security screening of employees or contractor support services. Prohibits: (1) a grant from being used for personnel costs or for the operation or maintenance of facilities, equipment, or systems; and (2) the Administrator from requiring an applicant to provide the Administrator with a copy of a vulnerability assessment, except to view. Provides for the protection of vulnerability assessment information from unauthorized disclosure. Limits: (1) the federal share of the cost of grant-funded activities for vulnerability assessments and security enhancements to 50%; and (2) the total amount of such grants for publicly owned treatment works to $100,000. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance to small publicly owned treatment works (serving fewer than 10,000 individuals) for a vulnerability as… | 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z | |
| 109-s-2724 | 109 | s | 2724 | Clean Air Planning Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-04 | 2006-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 7 | Clean Air Planning Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish national pollutant tonnage limitations for sulfur 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: (1) establish a nitrogen oxide allowance trading program; (2) promulgate regulations to ensure the equitable issuance of such allowances to facilities that use more than one energy source to produce electricity and facilities that produce electricity in addition to another service or product; (3) establish a reserve of such allowances to be set aside for use by new units that is not less than 5% of the total allowances allocated to affected units for the calendar year; (4) allocate a certain proportion of such allowances to affected units (certain fossil fuel-fired electric generating facilities) in a certain period; (5) establish a nitrogen oxide allowance transfer system; and (6) provide for the use and transfer of such allowances. Subjects specified units to annual emission limitations for inlet mercury. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a carbon dioxide allowance trading program; (2) promulgate regulations relating to offsets produced by agricultural sequestration practices; (3) establish a reserve of carbon dioxide allowances to be allocated to new affected units and to a clean coal technology reserve; and (4) allocate a specified amount of carbon dioxide allowances to certain units; and (5) promulgate regulations that provide for the issuance, certification, and use of offset allowances (and early reduction allowances) for greenhouse gas reduction or sequestration projects. Authorizes the use and transfer of allowances in other carbon dioxide allowance trading programs that are approved by the Administrator for the use of the allowances. Revises the new source review program to set forth performance standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides for each affected unit that has been i… | 2023-01-13T04:48:20Z | |
| 109-s-2700 | 109 | s | 2700 | Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-03 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 1 | Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends. | 2022-02-03T05:26:01Z | |
| 109-hr-5235 | 109 | hr | 5235 | Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-04-27 | 2006-05-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] | CA | D | L000551 | 0 | Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2006 - States that it is U.S. government policy to work with states, territories, tribal governments, international organizations, and foreign governments to act as a steward of the environment for the benefit of public health, to maintain air quality and water quality, to sustain the diversity of plant and animal species, to combat global climate change, and to protect the environment for future generations. Requires the President to enter into an arrangement under which the National Academy of Sciences will: (1) study and report to the public, Congress, and implementing agencies on the impact on public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, and the environment of specified clean water, clean air, and forest and land management regulations, laws, and proposed laws; and (2) make recommendations to maintain, restore, or improve protections for public health or the environment in each of such regulations, laws, or proposed laws. Requires the head of each federal agency that issued or implemented such laws or regulations to submit to Congress a plan describing steps to restore or improve such protections. | 2023-01-13T04:48:42Z | |
| 109-s-2613 | 109 | s | 2613 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-04-07 | 2006-04-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 1 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide eligible entities (refueling vendors or owners or operators of a facility where an alternative energy refueling system is located) reimbursement from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for a portion of the costs of purchasing and installing one or more alternative energy refueling systems (systems used to refuel motor vehicles with an alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas or E-85 ethanol). Prohibits an entity that receives a federal tax credit for placing in service a qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property from receiving reimbursement under this Act if the system cost was taken into consideration in calculating the tax credit. Limits reimbursement to: (1) two systems for each facility owned by an eligible entity; and (2) the lesser of 30% of a system's cost or $30,000. | 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z | |
| 109-s-2614 | 109 | s | 2614 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-04-07 | 2006-04-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 4 | Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide eligible entities (refueling vendors or owners or operators of a facility where an alternative energy refueling system is located) reimbursement from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for a portion of the costs of purchasing and installing one or more alternative energy refueling systems (systems used to refuel motor vehicles with an alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas or E-85 ethanol). Prohibits an entity that receives a federal tax credit for placing in service a qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property from receiving reimbursement under this Act if the system cost was taken into consideration in calculating the tax credit. Limits reimbursement to: (1) two systems for each facility owned by an eligible entity; and (2) the lesser of 30% of a system's cost or $30,000. | 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z | |
| 109-hr-5124 | 109 | hr | 5124 | Fuel Blend Reduction Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-04-06 | 2006-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] | WI | R | R000570 | 1 | Fuel Blend Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends. | 2023-01-13T04:48:45Z | |
| 109-hr-5078 | 109 | hr | 5078 | Department of Environmental Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-04-04 | 2006-04-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. | House | Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24] | NY | R | B000586 | 1 | Department of Environmental Protection Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as an executive department, the Department of Environmental Protection, to be headed by a Secretary of Environmental Protection who shall be appointed by the President. | 2023-01-13T04:48:46Z | |
| 109-hr-5071 | 109 | hr | 5071 | Animas River Good Samaritan Mined Land Remediation Pilot Project Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-03-30 | 2006-03-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] | CO | D | S001158 | 0 | Animas River Good Samaritan Mined Land Remediation Pilot Project Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a 10-year pilot project under which the Administrator, with the State of Colorado's concurrence, may issue or modify, enforce, or terminate a permit to a remediating party for discharges associated with remediation activity at an abandoned or inactive mined land in the Animas River watershed above Elk Creek in San Juan County, Colorado, that modifies otherwise applicable discharge requirements, effluent limitations, and permit certification requirements. Defines a "remediating party" as: (1) the United States, except with respect to abandoned or inactive mined land on federal land; (2) the State of Colorado or its political subdivisions; or (3) persons that are neither responsible for site activities that contributed to pollution discharges nor owners of the site. Sets forth procedural guidelines for a applying for, reviewing, issuing, enforcing, and terminating such permits for remediation activities at an abandoned or inactive mined land from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters. Requires: (1) an applicant to submit a remediation plan describing pollutants present, persons responsible, remediation goals, practices to meet maximum daily load allocations, the monitoring method, and the remediation schedule and budget; and (2) the Administrator to issue regulations establishing generally applicable requirements for such plans. | 2023-01-13T04:48:54Z | |
| 109-hr-5049 | 109 | hr | 5049 | Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-03-29 | 2006-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act of 2006 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations to establish a system for: (1) issuing, recording, and tracking greenhouse gas emission allowances; (2) measuring carbon that will be produced by covered fossil fuels; and (3) measuring greenhouse gases in carbon equivalents. Directs the Administrator to issue annually, maintain a registry of, and assign unique serial numbers to allowances based on the estimated emission matching allowances required to be transferred to the Administrator, before activities may be conducted, by: (1) importers of refined petroleum products or coal; (2) owners and operators of natural gas pipelines, natural gas processing plants, oil refineries, coal preparation plants, or coal mines; and (3) persons selling or disposing of other covered fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, or products processed through an agricultural, industrial, or manufacturing process that emits a greenhouse gas. Allows a person to sell or exchange an allowance to any other person. Requires the Administrator to allocate specified percentages of allowances: (1) to the Secretary of Energy to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to implement an innovative energy research and technology development and deployment program; (2) to the Secretary of State for investing in and providing assistance for low-emission policies, technologies, and projects in developing countries; (3) for distribution to specified industry sectors to offset their losses of profits that are directly attributable to this Act; (4) to the states for grants to help individuals who have lost their jobs due to this Act, for grants to assist communities that demonstrate economic loss due to this Act, and for low-income home energy assistance; and (5) to the Treasury. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to offer an unlimited number of allowances for sale at a safety valve price, which the Secretary shall increase after the President a… | 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z | |
| 109-hr-5030 | 109 | hr | 5030 | Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-03-28 | 2006-04-19 | Executive Comment Requested from Commerce. | House | Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | M001150 | 0 | Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2006 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to revise certain aquatic invasive species prevention requirements to, among other things: (1) apply them to certain U.S. vessels and to certain foreign vessels (or a structure being towed by a vessel) that are en route to, or have departed from, a U.S. port; and (2) establish ballast water exchange and treatment and sediment management standards for vessels of the armed forces. Prohibits an operator of a vessel from uptaking or discharging ballast water or sediment, except in specified circumstances, 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 an aquatic invasive species plan designed to minimize the discharge of aquatic invasive species. 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 discharging ballast water except after certain ballast water exchange and ballast water treatment requirements are met. Sets forth civil penalties for violations 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 aquatic invasive species. Establishes a priority pathway management program that, among other things: (1) identifies pathways that pose the highest risk for the introduction of aquatic invasive species unless further managed; and (2) develops recommendations for management strategies for those high-risk pathways. Implements a national system of ecological surveys for rapid early detection and monitoring of aquatic invasive species. | 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z | |
| 109-s-2440 | 109 | s | 2440 | Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-03-16 | 2006-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2330-2334) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 4 | Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act of 2006 - Requires a: (1) report on the status of specified Coast Guard rulemakings; and (2) final rule in each pending rulemaking under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Establishes certain guidelines for the promulgation of safety standards for towing vessels. Requires all U.S. and foreign-flag tank vessels that enter a U.S. port to be Coast Guard (CG) inspected for potential risk of an oil spill. Requires promulgation of regulations to reduce the risks of oil spills involving the transfer of oil from or to a tank vessel. Requires the CG to: (1) identify the types of human errors that cause oil spills and near-miss oil spill incidents; and (2) promulgate regulations designed to reduce the risks of oil spills from human errors. Requires the CG to improve its coordination with tribal governments of federally-recognized Indian tribes with respect to oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response. Codifies into federal law the establishment of the Oil Spill Advisory Council. Requires completion of the electronic navigation chart suite for all U.S. coastal waters. Requires a rapid response system to collect and predict in situ information about oil spill behavior. Increases maximum liability amounts for tank and other vessels or offshore facilities (other than deepwater ports) for removal costs and damages incurred with respect to the discharge of oil into U.S. waters or upon adjoining shorelines. Makes owners of oil (in addition to vessel owners) transported in single hull tank vessels liable for such costs and damages after December 31, 2010. Requires the stationing of a rescue tug in the entry to the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Neah Bay. Establishes the Federal Oil Spill Research Committee. Establishes a grant program for research, development, and demonstration of new technologies to prevent, detect, or mitigate oil discharges and to protect the environment. | 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z | |
| 109-hr-4933 | 109 | hr | 4933 | To prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining into the Great Lakes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-03-09 | 2006-03-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Prohibits issuance of a federal permit to operate a sulfide mine within five miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the permit applicant demonstrates that there will be no acid mine drainage into any of them as a result of such mining. | 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z | |
| 109-hr-4771 | 109 | hr | 4771 | Great Lakes Invasive Species Control Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 22 | Great Lakes Invasive Species Control Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to apply requirements directing vessels equipped with ballast water tanks to carry out exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes to vessels that are not carrying ballast water. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct a study of the effectiveness of alternative ballast water management methods in reducing the threat of invasive species to the Great Lakes. | 2023-01-13T04:49:09Z | |
| 109-hr-4774 | 109 | hr | 4774 | To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2012, all gasoline sold to consumers in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent renewable fuel and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 30 | Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring that all gasoline motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed to consumers in the United States after 2012 contain not less than 10% renewable fuel on an annual average basis. | 2023-01-13T04:49:09Z | |
| 109-hr-4798 | 109 | hr | 4798 | California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] | CA | R | P000419 | 3 | California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act - Establishes the California Perchlorate Cleanup Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts from the Fund to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the federal share of grants to California water authorities for the cleanup of water sources and supplies contaminated by perchlorate. Directs the Administrator, in awarding such grants, to give priority to activities in the Santa Clara Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, Sacramento County, a region within the natural watershed of the Santa Ana River, and any other region that has a damaged water source contaminated with perchlorate. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to nonfederal entities for research and development of perchlorate remediation technologies. Urges the Administrator to establish a national drinking water standard for perchlorate. | 2023-01-13T04:49:09Z | |
| 109-hr-4800 | 109 | hr | 4800 | POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | S001153 | 27 | POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to incorporate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) provisions from three international agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). Prohibits, subject to exemptions under this Act, the POP Convention, and the Protocol, the manufacture, processing, distribution for export, use, or disposal of the following POPs chemical substances or mixtures: aldrin; chlordane; chlordecone; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); dieldrin; endrin; HCH; heptachlor; hexabromobiphenyl; mirex; toxaphene; and hexachlorobenzene. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within specified time frames, to publish notice and provide the public an opportunity to comment on certain POPs Convention and Protocol proposals, profiles, decisions, and recommendations, including recommendations by the POPs Convention and the Protocol to list a chemical. Directs the Administrator, following a POPs Convention or Protocol decision to list an additional chemical, to notify the public about: (1) a rule to prohibit or restrict the manufacture and use of the chemical that protects against significant adverse human health and environmental effects; (2) a rule issued under other federal law for such protection; (3) a statement or final decision that regulation of the chemical is not necessary because U.S. regulations already implement control measures specified in the POPs Convention and the Protocol; or (4) a decision not to prohibit or restrict the chemical because its use it is not likely to lead to significant adverse effects. Allows filing of judicial review petitions. Provides remedies. Directs the … | 2023-01-13T04:49:08Z | |
| 109-s-2298 | 109 | s | 2298 | California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1419-1420) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act - Establishes the California Perchlorate Cleanup Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts from the Fund to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the federal share of grants to California water authorities for the cleanup of water sources and supplies contaminated by perchlorate. Directs the Administrator, in awarding such grants, to give priority to: (1) activities for the remediation of drinking water contaminated with perchlorate, a water source with a high concentration of perchlorate, or a water source that serves a large population that is directly affected by perchlorate contamination; and (2) activities in the Santa Clara Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, Sacramento County, regions within the natural watershed of the Santa Ana River, and any other region that has a damaged water source contaminated with perchlorate. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to nonfederal entities for research and development of perchlorate remediation technologies. Urges the Administrator to establish a national drinking water standard for perchlorate that reflects all routes of exposure to perchlorate. | 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z | |
| 109-hr-4724 | 109 | hr | 4724 | Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2006-02-08 | 2006-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 1 | Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2005 - Prohibits the operator of a tank vessel from contracting or agreeing to transfer oil to or from an onshore or offshore facility, or a vessel with a capacity over 250 barrels in U.S. waters, unless: (1) a qualified person in charge of operations oversees the operation on the barge; and (2) at least one other person qualified as a tanker-assistant is on board to maintain an oil spill watch during the transfer. Requires a person or facility conducting vessel refueling and bunkering operations, or the lightering of petroleum products, or person or facility transferring low flammability fuel oil between an onshore or offshore facility and a vessel with an oil capacity of over 250 barrels, to: (1) deploy, prior to the transfer of such oil, a boom that completely contains the area around the vessel and that meets Coast Guard (CG) adopted standards; and (2) submit an operations plan to the CG prior to commencement of nighttime refueling operations. Requires a person or facility conducting refueling and bunkering operations, and a person or facility transferring fuel oil between an onshore or offshore facility and a tank barge fitted with a cargo tank liquid overfill protection system, to have an overfill control panel on the dock capable of receiving an alarm and shutdown signal from the cargo tank overfill sensor system. Requires an operator of a tank vessel to provide annual documentation of repairs or alterations made to a cargo tank liquid overfill protection system to the CG Office of Marine Inspection. | 2023-01-13T04:49:11Z | |
| 109-s-2161 | 109 | s | 2161 | Small System Safe Drinking Water Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-21 | 2005-12-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 3 | Small System Safe Drinking Water Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) to convene a working group to study barriers to using specified treatments; (2) to develop model guidance to assist states in regulating and promoting such treatment options; and (3) when proposing a national standard for drinking water that includes a maximum containment level, to translate health effects into the quantity of water an individual can consume and the timeframe that may elapse before the effects of a contaminate can occur. Requires: (1) feasible technologies to reflect water sources from various regions of the United States; and (2) the Administrator to consider specified cost factors when establishing affordability criteria for variance technology. Prohibits the Administrator or a state from enforcing a national primary drinking water regulation when: (1) variance technology is not identified in guidance or regulations for public water systems serving a population of less than 10,000; and (2) sufficient funds are not available to assist each system in meeting regulations. Considers a system that conforms to a bilateral compliance agreement with the state to be in compliance with related federal drinking water standards. Revises provisions allowing an exemption of a system from maximum containment level and treatment technique requirements to: (1) increase the population threshold; and (2) allow state determinations of a renewal period. Establishes pilot programs to: (1) explore new technologies or approaches to comply with a standard; and (2) research technology transfer issues and disinfection strategies. Revises technical assistance provisions to require water systems to receive adequate technical assistance and training to meet requirements of final rules. Gives priority to systems not in compliance with specified rules concerning: (1) disinfectants and disinfection byproducts; and (2) arsenic and compliance and new source monitoring. P… | 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z | |
| 109-hr-4567 | 109 | hr | 4567 | Sodium Fluoroacetate Elimination Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-16 | 2006-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 0 | Sodium Fluoroacetate Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide for the collection and destruction of remaining stocks of sodium fluoroacetate; and (2) compensate those (excepting a federal agency) transferring sodium fluoroacetate to the Secretary within 18 months of enactment. Amends federal criminal law to subject a person to fine or imprisonment for possession of sodium fluoroacetate. | 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z | |
| 109-hr-4591 | 109 | hr | 4591 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-16 | 2006-11-15 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426. | House | Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | G000210 | 0 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). (Sec. 2) Prohibits the manufacture, process, distribution for export, use, or disposal of specified Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue or amend rules related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in order to comply with the provisions of the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol. Requires a notice and comment procedure that is triggered by the formal actions of the POPs Review Committee or the LRTAP POPs Protocol's Executive Body to add a new chemical to the international agreements. Sets forth: (1) time frames to publish notices; and (2) the information to be included and requested in notices. Allows the Administrator to issue regulations to: (1) prohibit the use of such a newly listed chemical to protect human health and the environment in a manner that achieves a reasonable balance of social, environmental, and economic costs and benefits; and (2) bring the United States into compliance with its obligations under the POPs Convention and the LRTAP POPs Protocol when the POPs Convention Conference of the Parties or the parties to the LRTAP POPs Protocol add new chemicals to the list of banned or severely restricted chemicals. Establishes considerations for the Administrator to use when issuing such rules. Sets forth exemptions from the prohibitions and restrictions on specified POPs under the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol. Specifies that if there is a conflict… | 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z | |
| 109-hr-4560 | 109 | hr | 4560 | Clean Water Trust Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-15 | 2006-01-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 26 | Clean Water Trust Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to establish in the Treasury the Clean Water Trust Fund, to be funded by user fees, to finance certain FWPCA programs and activities, including: (1) water pollution reduction and control; (2) technical assistance for small rural communities; (3) the National Center for Utility Management; (4) grants to states and interstate agencies to assist in the management of pollution control programs; (5) watershed pilot projects; (6) regional water pollution control; (7) alternative water source projects; (8) sewer overflow control; (9) fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement; and (10) wetlands restoration. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to: (1) provide technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for wastewater infrastructure financing; and (2) establish a National Center for Utility Management to promote improved management of public wastewater utilities. Revises: (1) eligibility requirements for grants for sewage collection systems; and (2) state water pollution revolving fund provisions. Establishes a grant program under FWPCA to address the most serious water pollution problems. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) make grants to states, nonprofit organizations, and other entities for fresh water, estuarine, and marine fisheries habitat protection, preservation, and restoration; and (2) make grants to states for wetlands restoration. Revises funding allocations for state water pollution control projects and activities serving Indian tribes and reservations. | 2023-01-13T04:49:25Z | |
| 109-hr-4538 | 109 | hr | 4538 | Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-14 | 2006-01-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] | UT | D | M001142 | 5 | Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC. Confers upon the Secretary full responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all spent nuclear fuel transferred to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to accept the conveyance of title to all spent nuclear fuel with respect to which, before enactment of this Act, the NRC has certified that certain contractors have completed transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks in compliance with applicable regulations. | 2023-01-13T04:49:25Z | |
| 109-hr-4541 | 109 | hr | 4541 | Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-14 | 2005-12-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 14 | Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, to repeal the definition of "oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities." | 2023-01-13T04:49:25Z | |
| 109-s-2099 | 109 | s | 2099 | Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-14 | 2005-12-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13575) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 3 | Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC. Confers upon the Secretary full responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all spent nuclear fuel transferred to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to accept the conveyance of title to all spent nuclear fuel with respect to which, before enactment of this Act, the NRC has certified that certain contractors have completed transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks in compliance with applicable regulations. | 2023-01-13T04:49:19Z | |
| 109-hr-4495 | 109 | hr | 4495 | Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-12-08 | 2005-12-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000574 | 4 | Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend until January 23, 2008, the date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water. | 2023-01-13T04:49:27Z | |
| 109-hr-4357 | 109 | hr | 4357 | 10 by 10 Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-17 | 2005-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] | MN | R | G000536 | 44 | 10 by 10 Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to make it unlawful after December 31, 2009, for any person to sell, supply, offer for sale or supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into commerce, for use in any motor vehicle, any gasoline with less than 10% renewable fuel by volume. | 2023-01-13T04:49:40Z | |
| 109-s-2042 | 109 | s | 2042 | POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-17 | 2005-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] | GA | R | C000286 | 1 | POPS, LRTAP POPS, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Pops Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). | 2023-01-13T04:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-4341 | 109 | hr | 4341 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-16 | 2005-12-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2211) | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] | TX | R | H000067 | 192 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to exclude manure from the definition of "hazardous substance" or "pollutant or contaminant" under that Act. Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt releases associated with manure from the emergency notification requirements under that Act. | 2023-01-13T04:49:40Z | |
| 109-s-2019 | 109 | s | 2019 | Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-16 | 2005-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 5 | Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005 - Directs the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) voluntary guidelines, based on the best available scientific knowledge, for the remediation of former methamphetamine laboratories, including guidelines regarding preliminary site assessment and the remediation of residual contaminants; and (2) a program of research to support the development and revision of such guidelines. Directs the Assistant Administrator: (1) every three years, to convene a conference of appropriate state agencies, individuals, and organizations involved in research and other activities directly related to the environmental or biological impacts of former methamphetamine laboratories to be a forum for exchanging information relating to such guidelines; and (2) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study of the status and quality of research on the residual effects of methamphetamine laboratories. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support a research program to develop: (1) new methamphetamine detection technologies, with an emphasis on field test kits and site detection; and (2) appropriate standard reference materials and validation procedures for methamphetamine detection testing. | 2023-01-13T04:49:34Z | |
| 109-s-2023 | 109 | s | 2023 | A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-16 | 2006-06-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require the President to submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure a biennial audit conducted by the U.S. Comptroller General that includes a detailed accounting of all funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (Fund) in excess of $100,000 that are disbursed by the National Pollution Funds Center and administered and managed by receiving agencies. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of any other federal agencies that receive payments from the Fund in excess of $100,000 to provide the President with an annual report accounting of the uses of such funds, including a description of ways in which those uses relate to: (1) oil pollution liability, compensation, prevention, preparedness, and removal; (2) natural resource damage assessment and restoration; (3) oil pollution research and development; and (4) other oil pollution-related activities. Requires such report to be made publicly available on the Internet. Authorizes appropriations. | 2023-01-13T04:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-4333 | 109 | hr | 4333 | Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-15 | 2005-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 0 | Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing a permit under the Clean Air Act authorizing the burning of tire-dervied fuel at any pulp or paper mill unless such mill meets specified performance standards promulgated by the Administrator or has agreed to install control equipment and operate at or below required emission performance standards. Allows the Administrator to issue interim permits under certain conditions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish performance standards for fine particulates for new and existing mills; and (2) conduct studies of the health effects of increased emissions from the use of tire-derived fuel and report to Congress on such studies. | 2023-01-13T04:49:40Z | |
| 109-s-2011 | 109 | s | 2011 | Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-15 | 2005-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12849-12850) | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 1 | Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing a permit under the Clean Air Act authorizing the burning of tire-dervied fuel at any pulp or paper mill unless such mill meets specified performance standards promulgated by the Administrator or has agreed to install control equipment and operate at or below required emission performance standards. Allows the Administrator to issue interim permits under certain conditions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish performance standards for fine particulates for new and existing mills; and (2) conduct studies of the health effects of increased emissions from the use of tire-derived fuel and report to Congress on such studies. | 2023-01-13T04:49:34Z | |
| 109-hr-4316 | 109 | hr | 4316 | Electronic Waste Recycling Promotion and Consumer Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-14 | 2005-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 0 | Electronic Waste Recycling Promotion and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow waste recyclers and individual consumers a tax credit for recycling qualified electronic waste. Defines "qualified electronic waste" as any discarded computer display screen or system unit. Bans the disposal of electronic waste without recycling three years after the enactment of this Act. Requires the head of each Federal executive agency to recycle electronic waste. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the feasibility of establishing a nationwide recycling program for electronic waste that preempts any State recycling program. | 2023-01-13T04:49:41Z | |
| 109-hr-4308 | 109 | hr | 4308 | Kid Safe Chemicals Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-10 | 2005-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 3 | Child, Worker, and Consumer-Safe Chemicals Act of 2005 or the Kid Safe Chemicals Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require each manufacturer of a chemical substance distributed in commerce to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) a statement certifying that the manufacturer's chemical substance meets required safety standards or there is insufficient data to make such determination; and (2) all reasonably available information concerning the chemical substance not previously submitted. Requires manufacturers to update such information at least every three years or at any time new information becomes available on the toxicity of a chemical substance. Prohibits the manufacture of a chemical substance if the Administrator: (1) determines that the manufacturer has failed to comply with this Act or that the substance does not meet applicable safety standards; or (2) has not made a safety determination for such substance within a specified time period. Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop a priority list for making safety determinations of at least 300 chemical substances, giving highest priority to substances posing the greatest risk to humans; (2) determine whether a manufacturer has established that its priority list substances meet applicable safety standards; (3) implement animal testing alternatives; (4) create market incentives for the development of safer alternatives to existing chemical substances; (5) establish an Interagency Science Advisory Board on Children's Health and Toxic Substances; (6) cooperate with international efforts to monitor chemical substances; and (7) create a database to share information on the toxicity and use of chemical substances and provide public access to such data. | 2023-01-13T04:49:41Z | |
| 109-s-1995 | 109 | s | 1995 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-10 | 2005-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] | VT | I | J000072 | 3 | Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to a wastewater treatment works, state, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency to: (1) conduct vulnerability assessments of wastewater treatment works; (2) prepare and implement site security plans; (3) prepare emergency response plans; (4) implement certain security enhancements and alternative approaches to wastewater treatment to reduce security threats; and (5) obtain technical assistance. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue regulations to require owners or operators of wastewater treatment works to conduct vulnerability assessments and to implement and submit to the EPA site security and emergency response plans for treatment works; and (2) establish confidentiality protocols to protect information submitted by such owners or operators. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance to small wastewater treatment works (serving a population of fewer than 10,000 people) on conducting vulnerability assessments, preparing emergency response and site security plans, and implementing security enhancements; (2) make grants to nonprofit organizations to improve vulnerability assessment methodologies and tools for publicly-owned treatment works, including those that are part of a combined wastewater treatment and water supply system; and (3) designate substances of concern based upon the threat from an unauthorized release from a treatment works. Requires the Administrator to research and review terrorist threats to wastewater treatment plants and alternative means for providing wastewater treatment in the event of attacks on such treatment plants. | 2023-01-13T04:49:34Z | |
| 109-hr-4198 | 109 | hr | 4198 | Safe Drinking Water for All Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-11-02 | 2005-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 4 | Safe Drinking Water for All Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) revise requirements for drinking water studies relating to infants, children, women, and pregnant women to require an evaluation of the effect of contaminants on endocrine and other health functions; and (2) require such studies to be made available to the public. | 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z | |
| 109-hres-515 | 109 | hres | 515 | Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States. | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-26 | 2005-11-15 | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 119. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 150 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Requests the President to provide to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, all documents (including minutes and memos) in his possession on the effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Weather Service, the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Assessment Synthesis Team, and the U.S. Geological Survey. | 2023-01-13T04:49:37Z | |
| 109-hr-4126 | 109 | hr | 4126 | Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-25 | 2006-09-20 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | G000180 | 22 | Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise requirements for implementation and monitoring grants under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and for reporting on federally-funded projects under such Agreement. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish each year a tributary health report card to evaluate progress, with reference to a specified baseline, in achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction goals for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin. Requires the states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia to submit information to the Administrator for each Chesapeake Bay tributary basin located in such jurisdictions relating to nutrient and sediment reduction. Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant to any state which fails to provide required information. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with specified federal agencies, to submit to Congress an interagency budget and other accountings for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities. Directs the Administrator to establish measurable goals for local governments for nutrient and sediment reduction in the Chesapeake Bay. Updates reporting deadlines for the study of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Authorizes appropriations through FY2011. | 2023-01-13T04:49:53Z | |
| 109-hr-4130 | 109 | hr | 4130 | Sludge Disclosure Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-25 | 2005-11-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Sludge Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require any person who sells or transfers sludge from a waste treatment plant for agricultural or related purposes to disclose to purchasers and the public information on the source and content of such sludge. | 2023-01-13T04:49:53Z | |
| 109-s-1920 | 109 | s | 1920 | Renewable Diesel Standard Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-25 | 2005-10-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 1 | Renewable Diesel Standard Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations to ensure that the U.S. diesel fuel supply contains a specified annual volume (in gallons) of renewable fuel in 2008 through 2015. (Requires the percentage of renewable fuel in the U.S. diesel motor pool to be .006 for 2008 if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations.) Directs the Administrator to set the standard for renewable fuel content for 2016 and thereafter in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy, according to a specified formula, taking into consideration certain economic and environmental factors. Establishes a program of credits for diesel fuel producers who exceed the renewable fuel standards established by this Act. Authorizes the Administrator, upon the petition of one or more states, to waive renewable fuel content requirements for economic, environmental, or supply reasons. | 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z | |
| 109-s-1859 | 109 | s | 1859 | Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-07 | 2005-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S11314-11315) | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 4 | Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends. | 2023-01-13T04:49:48Z | |
| 109-hr-3977 | 109 | hr | 3977 | National Private Well Protection Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-06 | 2005-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | National Private Well Protection Act of 2005 - Requires any private property owner whose property includes a well that has fewer than 15 service connections and does not regularly serve at least 25 individuals for at least 60 days each year to: (1) conduct tests on such wells to determine the level of contaminants in the well water; (2) disclose the results of such tests to any prospective buyer or lessee of the property; and (3) provide the results of such tests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Allows civil remedies and penalties for nondisclosure of test results to prospective buyers or lessees or to the EPA. Requires the EPA Administrator to collect, compile, and maintain the results of such tests and make them available to the public. | 2023-01-13T04:49:57Z | |
| 109-hr-4011 | 109 | hr | 4011 | Mercury in Dental Fillings Disclosure and Prohibition Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-06 | 2005-10-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9282) | House | Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] | CA | D | W000794 | 20 | Mercury in Dental Fillings Disclosure and Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem adulterated (hence prohibited), effective January 1, 2009, any amalgam containing mercury intended for use in a dental filling. Provides for a transition period, during which such a device may be manufactured and sold if it bears a specified warning label, until this Act becomes effective. | 2023-01-13T04:49:56Z | |
| 109-s-1848 | 109 | s | 1848 | Cleanup of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-10-06 | 2006-09-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645. | Senate | Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] | CO | D | S001163 | 4 | Cleanup of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Act - (Sec. 2) Includes among purposes of this Act to: (1) encourage the partial or complete remediation of inactive or abandoned mine sites for the public good by Good Samaritans; (2) provide appropriate protections for such Good Samaritans under applicable environmental laws; (3) ensure such remediation creates actual and significant environmental benefits; and (4) create an efficient permit process for remediation projects. (Sec. 3) Defines Good Samaritan as a person who is unrelated to an inactive or abandoned mining site, who had no role in the creation of such site or no significant role in the environmental pollution caused by such site, and who is not liable by law for the remediation of such site. Defines permitting authority as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or a state or Indian tribe with a Good Samaritan program approved under this Act. Authorizes the permitting authority to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan for a remediation project. Establishes eligibility requirements for permits, including that: (1) the principal purpose of the project is the reduction of pollution caused by historic mine residue; (2) the mine site may not be a site included on the national priorities list under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); (3) the permit only authorize those activities that are directly required for the remediation of historic mine residue at the mine site; and (4) an approved state or tribal remediation program be in effect prior to the issuance of a permit. Prescribes requirements for state or tribal Good Samaritan programs. Requires the Administrator, in the case of a state or Indian tribe without such a program, to issue permits for Good Samaritan projects if the state or Indian tribe makes certain agreements concerning permit compliance. Requires a permit applicant to provide specified information to the permitting authority to demonstrate ability to complete the project. Author… | 2023-01-13T04:49:48Z | |
| 109-s-1806 | 109 | s | 1806 | West Valley Remediation Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-30 | 2005-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | West Valley Remediation Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley, New York. Requires the Secretary to decontaminate and decommission: (1) Center facilities in which certain solidified high level radioactive waste was stored; (2) facilities used in waste solidification; and (3) material and hardware used in connection with the West Valley Demonstration Project. Makes the Secretary responsible for all remediation costs. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transport high level radioactive waste at the Center to a federal repository for permanent disposal; (2) safeguard and ensure safe storage of such waste; and (3) dispose of low level radioactive waste and transuranic waste located at the Center, including future radioactive waste generated as a result of remediation. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to regulate the remediation of radioactive waste and nuclear materials at the Center. Requires the Secretary to develop and submit a specified decommissioning plan for NRC approval. Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into a consultation agreement with New York State regarding remediation of the Center; (2) prepare an environmental impact statement for decommissioning or long-term stewardship of the Center; and (3) assume exclusive use and possession of the Center after execution of a Cooperative Agreement with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Requires the Secretary to take title to any land or facilities at the Center that have not been approved by the NRC for release for unrestricted use, and title to all radioactive and nonradioactive wastes and materials located at the Center. Repeals the West Valley Demonstration Project Act upon assumption of exclusive use and possession of the Center by the Secretary. | 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z | |
| 109-hr-3946 | 109 | hr | 3946 | To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-29 | 2005-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] | LA | R | B000072 | 6 | Exempts transportation projects, programs, or plans for the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension, and Iberville, Louisiana, through FY2010, from Clean Air Act requirements prohibiting a federal agency from providing financial assistance or support for, or a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) from approving, a project or activity that does not comply with state implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards. Excludes from such waiver (thus keeping applicable) certain regulations relating to federal and state interagency consultation procedures. Exempts the Louisiana Capital Region Planning Commission, through FY2010, from certain MPO requirements. | 2023-01-13T04:50:07Z | |
| 109-hr-3963 | 109 | hr | 3963 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound. | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-29 | 2005-12-22 | Became Public Law No: 109-137. | House | Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S001152 | 11 | (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 through FY2010 for: (1) the Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study; and (2) grants to implement the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. | 2023-01-13T04:49:29Z | |
| 109-hr-3849 | 109 | hr | 3849 | PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-21 | 2006-09-19 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399. | House | Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] | OK | R | L000491 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act - Defines specified terms. Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention). | 2023-01-13T04:50:10Z | |
| 109-s-1709 | 109 | s | 1709 | Gulf Coast Emergency Water Infrastructure Assistance Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-15 | 2005-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 10 | Gulf Coast Emergency Water Infrastructure Assistance Act - Allows Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, for a period of two years, to: (1) provide certain subsidies and loan extensions for projects to repair, replace, or rebuild publicly-owned treatment works, including privately-owned utilties that principally treat municipal wastewater or sewage works, and water quality projects in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition; (2) provide assistance to such projects that are not included on the priority lists of such states under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (3) provide assistance to a public water system that is not included on the priority lists of such states under the Safe Drinking Water Act if the project involves damage caused by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition and complies with use of funds requirements under such Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to test a drinking water well owned or operated by a homeowner that is, or may be, contaminated due to Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. | 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z | |
| 109-s-1711 | 109 | s | 1711 | A bill to allow the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive or modify the application of certain requirements. | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-15 | 2005-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive or modify the application of certain EPA requirements during the 120-day period beginning on August 26, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such waiver or modification is necessary to respond to a situation or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, and is in the public interest. Permits the Administrator to extend the waiver period, but for not longer than 18 months after the enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to provide notifications of waivers or modifications to specified congressional committees. | 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z | |
| 109-s-1619 | 109 | s | 1619 | School Environment Protection Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-09-07 | 2005-09-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9729-9734) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | School Environment Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory System to develop and update uniform standards and criteria for implementing integrated pest management systems in schools; (2) establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory Board; (3) provide grants to local educational agencies to develop such systems. Prohibits: (1) the application of a pesticide when a school or school ground is occupied or in use; or (2) the use of an area or room treated by a pesticide, other than a least toxic pesticide, during the 24-hour period beginning at the end of the treatment. Requires each local educational agency or school to provide notice of the integrated pest management system of the school district at the beginning of each school year and to give prior notice of any use of a pesticide (other than a least toxic pesticide) to parents, guardians, and school staff members. Prescribes procedures to be followed if a pest cannot be controlled after having used an integrated pest management system and least toxic pesticides. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Establishes the Integrated Pest Management Trust Fund to carry out education, training, propagation, and development activities under school integrated pest management systems.Prohibits, no later than six years after this Act's enactment, the use of any pesticide other than a least toxic pesticide in schools unless the Administrator has met the requirements of this Act. | 2023-01-13T04:50:04Z | |
| 109-s-1579 | 109 | s | 1579 | Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 5 | Pesticide Harmonization and Joint Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish procedures for the joint labeling of registered pesticides by the United States and any country which has a harmonized pesticide registration regulatory process (harmonized country). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with a harmonized country, to review and approve joint labels. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) require joint labeling of new pesticides or uses; and (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with any harmonized country to address joint registration and labeling procedures. | 2023-01-13T04:50:21Z | |
| 109-hr-3597 | 109 | hr | 3597 | Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-28 | 2005-08-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 0 | Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2005 - 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 sources 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. | 2023-01-13T04:50:30Z | |
| 109-s-1490 | 109 | s | 1490 | Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Environmental Accountability Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8953-8954) | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 4 | Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Environmental Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) complete a plan for achieving the nutrient and sediment reduction goals described in the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement; (2) publish and circulate an annual tributary health report card to evaluate progress made in achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction goals for each major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay; and (3) make annual reports to Congress on nutrient and sediment reduction in the Chesapeake Bay. Requires the states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia to submit information to the Administrator annually on actions taken by such states to achieve nutrient and sediment reductions in the Chesapeake Bay. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to report to Congress on the funding of restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay. Increases and extends through FY2010 the authorization of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1491 | 109 | s | 1491 | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-26 | 2005-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8954-8955) | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 5 | Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to states and municipalities to upgrade municipal wastewater treatment plants of a specified capacity and located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient removal technologies. | 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z | |
| 109-s-1426 | 109 | s | 1426 | Drinking Water Security Act of 2005 | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-19 | 2005-07-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] | IL | D | O000167 | 0 | Drinking Water Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on progress in and impediments to implementing methods to prevent, detect, and respond to the intentional introduction of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants into community water systems. Directs the Administrator to develop and carry out an implementation plan for FY2006-FY2010. | 2023-01-13T04:50:25Z | |
| 109-s-1409 | 109 | s | 1409 | A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska. | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-14 | 2006-11-13 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 0 | Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2009 the authorization of appropriations for grants to Alaska to build public water and wastewater systems to improve health and sanitation in rural and Native villages; (2) condition grants on Alaska requiring applicants to identify a project's scope and goals; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; and (4) direct the Administrator to require Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified in the report; and (5) prohibit expenditures for projects for which any such deficiencies are not corrected by the agreed upon deadline or for which a deadline agreement has not been reached. | 2023-01-13T04:49:50Z | |
| 109-s-1391 | 109 | s | 1391 | Kid Safe Chemicals Act | Environmental Protection | 2005-07-13 | 2005-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 6 | Child, Worker, and Consumer-Safe Chemicals Act of 2005 or the Kid Safe Chemicals Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require each manufacturer of a chemical substance distributed in commerce to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) a statement certifying that the manufacturer's chemical substance meets required safety standards or there is insufficient data to make such determination; and (2) all reasonably available information concerning the chemical substance not previously submitted. Requires manufacturers to update such information at least every three years or at any time new information becomes available on the toxicity of a chemical substance. Prohibits the manufacture of a chemical substance if the Administrator: (1) determines that the manufacturer has failed to comply with this Act or that the substance does not meet applicable safety standards; or (2) has not made a safety determination for such substance within a specified time period. Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop a priority list for making safety determinations of at least 300 chemical substances, giving highest priority to substances posing the greatest risk to humans; (2) determine whether a manufacturer has established that its priority list substances meet applicable safety standards; (3) implement animal testing alternatives; (4) create market incentives for the development of safer alternatives to existing chemical substances; (5) establish an Interagency Science Advisory Board on Children's Health and Toxic Substances; (6) cooperate with international efforts to monitor chemical substances; and (7) create a database to share information on the toxicity and use of chemical substances and provide public access to such data. | 2023-01-13T04:50:26Z |
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