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Bill· HRH.R. 17681 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Provides that, beginning fifteen months after the date of the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or import chlorofluoromethane, except under a license issued pursuant to this Act. States that any person who manufactures or imports chlorofluoromethane in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each day of violation. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to apply to any United States District Court to obtain a temporary restraining order, an injunction, and other appropriate equitable relief from any such violation. States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall have the power, after public hearing and consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and scientific entities, and after considering the report made by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration pursuant to this Act, to make rules prescribing the maximum steady-state ozone reduction due to chlorofluoromethane which is consistent with the protection of the public health, and to issue licenses to manufacture or import a quantity of chlorofluoromethane equivalent to the control level thereby established.
Bill· HRH.R. 17577 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1974
Clean Air Act Amendments - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to undertake to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and prepare, within nine months, a report on the potential effects on public health and the environment of the discharge of flurocarbon compounds into the ambient air and the risk of occurrence of such potential effects. Requires manufacturers of products which are likely to discharge any flurocarbon compound to obtain a certificate of safety with respect to any product manufactured one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes the procedures for the issuance of such certificates and imposes civil penalties for violations.
Bill· HRH.R. 17545 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1974
Prohibits the manufacture or importation of specified chlorofluoromethanes (commonly referred to by the trade names Freon 11 and Freon 12), and imposes criminal penalties for violation of this Act. States that this Act shall take effect July 1, 1976, unless a determination is made that such chlorofluoromethanes present no substantial danger to human life, agriculture, or the national environment. Empowers the President of the National Academy of Sciences with sole authority to make such determination.
Bill· SS. 4189 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1974
Increases from $2,000,000 to $3,500,000 the authorization for the Alaska Village demonstration projects under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1263)
Bill· HRH.R. 17447 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for the costs incurred in the alteration or replacement of specified unamortized municipal waste incinerators owned and operated by local government entities for refuse burning in order to control air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1460 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves proposed deferral of budget authority numbered D75-9, relating to construction of waste treatment plants, as transmitted to the Congress in the President's message of September 23, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 17405 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17396 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Pollution Control Act - Allows a 36-month amortization deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code, of certified pollution control expenditures, previously amortizations based on a period of 60 months. Defines "certified pollution control expenditure". Excludes from such amortization those profit-making pollution abatement facilities, to the extent of their profits. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 169).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1451 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves proposed deferral of budget authority numbered D75-9, relating to construction of waste treatment plants, as transmitted to the Congress in the President's message of September 23, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 17374 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1974
Imposes standards on the construction, conversion, and operation of oil tankers in order to prevent the pollution of the marine environment.
Bill· HRH.R. 17314 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Authorizes the use of ad valorem taxes to satisfy the user charge system requirement for applicants for treatment works grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1284)
Bill· HRH.R. 17345 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may continue the system of ad valorem taxation to industrial users of treatment works constructed pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if he determines that a change from such a system would be costly, disruptive, or difficult; and if he determines that classes of recipients of wast treatment services and industrial users of such services will receive and pay for their proportionate share of services under such system.
Bill· HRH.R. 17308 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may continue the system of ad valorem taxation to industrial users of treatment works constructed pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if he determines that a change from such a system would be costly, disruptive, or difficult; and if he determines that classes of recipients of wast treatment services and industrial users of such services will receive and pay for their proportionate share of services under such system.
Bill· HRH.R. 17236 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall postpone for one year (until January 1, 1976) the effective date of indirect source regulations under the Clean Air Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 17247 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Solid Waste Energy Act - Provides that any expenditure, otherwise chargeable to a capital account, for the acquisition and installation of equipment for reduction of solid waste to a form suitable as an energy source shall be treated as a business expense of the current taxable year for purposes of a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits such tax deduction to the lesser of the taxpayer's pre-tax profit or $500,000. Allows a carryover of the undeducted excess to the next taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 17130 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
Defines, for purposes of the Clean Air Act, the useful life of vehicles and engines in the case of light duty vehicle engines to be a period of use of two years or of 24,000 miles (or the eguivalent), whichever occurs first.
Bill· HRH.R. 17112 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1974
Provides that nothing in the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 shall preclude any State or political subdivision from adopting any law with respect to aircraft noise and sonic boom. States that compliance with any such State or political subdivision law shall not relieve any person from the obligation to comply with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1431).
Bill· HRH.R. 17054 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Imposes standards on the construction, conversion, and operation of oil tankers in order to prevent the pollution of the marine environment.
Bill· HRH.R. 17081 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve any continuing planning process submitted to him regarding an inventory and ranking, in order of priority, of needs for construction of waste treatment works required to meet the applicable requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, except that in such ranking in order of priority the highest priority shall be given to projects which are the subject of enforcement orders issued pursuant to the Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1313(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 17069 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Declares that it is not the intent of the Clean Air Act to require or authorize standards more stringent than primary and secondary ambient air quality standards.
Law· SS. 4073 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Extends specified authorizations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act through fiscal year 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 17022 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Authorizes the use of ad valorem taxes to satisfy the user charge system requirement for applicants for treatment works grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1284)
Bill· HRH.R. 16995 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 4060 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Authorizes Federal reimbursement to the States for the construction of specified sewage treatment works constructed with financial assistance appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for any fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1971. (Amends 86 Stat. 838)
Bill· HRH.R. 16950 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16873 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Increases from $2,600,000,000 to $3,100,000,000 the authorization for reimbursement for the construction of water treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1286(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 16788 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery for sale of beverage containers with respect to which no reasonable refund money deposit is required from the consumer for use in marketing or packaging any beverage for human consumption.
Bill· HRH.R. 16760 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Safe Drinking Water Act - Subjects public water systems in each State to national primary drinking water regulations under the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish proposed national interim primary drinking water regulations within 90 days after enactment of this Act, such regulations to take effect within a year of promulgation. Directs the Administrator to establish by rule the recommended maximum contaminant levels for each contaminant which may have any adverse effect on the health of persons. Sets standards for the treatment of water contaminants. Requires the Administrator to publish guidelines designed to insure the proper operation of public water supply systems. Prescribes standards to be followed by the National Academy of Science in conducting a study, in agreement with the Administrator, on water contaminants effects and treatments therefor. Designates the States as primary enforcers for purposes of this Act. Directs the Administrator to advise public water systems on methods of meeting national primary drinking water regulations when such systems are out of compliance and are not taking steps to comply. Sets forth prohibited acts by such systems and establishes penalties for willful violations. Authorizes the Administrator to take necessary actions when presented with information that a contaminant which is present or is likely to be present in a public water system is an imminent danger to the public health, and when State or local authorities have not acted to relieve such danger. Provides that when a public water system applies to the Administrator for water treatment chemicals which have become unavailable to such system, the Administrator may issue a certificate of need and the President may, within seven days, order the provision of such chemicals from appropriate manufacturers, producers, processors, and distributors. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct research and demonstrations, or to contract for such, relating to causes, treatment, and prevention of diseases arising from water contaminants. Authorizes grants to States to carry out public water system supervision programs, where such States have assumed primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems within the State. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires water suppliers to maintain specified records. Authorizes the Administrator to inspect water suppliers' facilities. Establishes the National Drinking Water Advisory Council to advise the Administrator on his responsibilities under this Act. Subjects federally controlled water systems to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator to prepare a study on the quantity, quality, and availability of rural drinking water supplies. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16662 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1974
Authorizes the use of ad valorem taxes to satisfy the user charge system requirement for applicants for treatment works grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1284)
Bill· SS. 3989 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Provides, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, that specified publicly owned treatment works constructed with Federal financial assistance granted subsequent to June 30, 1956, and prior to July 1, 1972, shall be reimbursed in the amount by which the total assistance received is exceeded by 50 percent of the cost of construction or 55 percent where construction was in conformity with a comprehensive metropolitan treatment plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 16595 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Extends, until December 31, 1975, the time for using funds appropriated to carry out specified activities under the Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) and the Rural Environmental Conservation Program (RECP) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974.
Bill· SS. 3943 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Extends until December 31, 1975, the time for using funds appropriated to carry out specified activities under the Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) and the Rural Environmental Conservation Program (RECP) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 16539 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16505 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Empowers the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to discharge specified responsibilities for actions, determinations, or approvals with repect to projects for treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act by accepting a certification by the State water pollution control agency of its performance of such responsibilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 16437 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16436 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16278 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Defines the term "recycled oil" and authorizes the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to issue regulations with respect to recycled oil. Provides that no excise tax shall be imposed on recycled oil which is not for use in automobiles.
Bill· HRH.R. 16222 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
Provides for a program of Federal financial loan assistance for the installation of noise suppression devices on aircraft to suppress aircraft noise pollution. Authorizes appropriations of $700,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16223 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
States the purposes of this Act including to direct that the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States should not be interpreted as precluding or denying to any State or political subdivision the right to adopt or enforce any standard, requirement, limitation, or other restriction, with respect to major governmental actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Makes changes to: (1) the Clean Air Act; (2) the Noise Control Act; (3) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (4) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; (5) the Federal Aviation Act; and (6) the Atomic Energy Act to carry out such purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 16175 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1974
Nonreturnable Beverage Container Prohibition Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to prevent the use of offending types of nonreturnable beverage containers by banning their shipment and sale in interstate commerce. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify beverage containers which satisfy specified requirements. Sets forth penalties of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of this Act. Provides that the provisions relating to prohibitions and penalties for violations of this Act shall not be effective until three years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16154 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1974
Directs the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and with the Federal Aviation Administration, to prescribe standards for the measurement of aircraft noise and sonic boom and to prescribe and amend such regulations as the EPA may find necessary to provide for the control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom. States that in prescribing and amending standards and regulations under this Act, the EPA shall consider whether any proposed standard or regulation is economically reasonable, technologically practicable, and appropriate for the particular type of aircraft, aircraft engine, appliance, or certificate to which it will apply, and consult with such Federal, State, and interstate agencies as he deems appropriate.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 104 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should, in the application of regulations pursuant to the Clean Air Act with respect to supplying, after July 1, 1974, unleaded gasoline for automobiles: (1) grant reasonable extensions of time for compliance to retailers who are unable to obtain such gasoline or delivery systems for such gasoline; and (2) consult with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in order to obtain a fair allocation of such gasoline for all segments of the petroleum industry marketing structure.
Bill· SS. 3795 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Clean Air Amendments - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve State air quality control plans that include fixed or variable emission limitations (based, whenever technically feasible, on measurement and field-validated models of the impact of individual sources), schedules, and timetables for compliance with such limitations, or such other meausres as may be necessary to insure attainment and maintenance of such primary or secondary standard; provide for revision, after public hearings, of such plan from time to time as may be necessary to take account of (1) revisions of such national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard and (2) the availability of improved or more expeditious methods, including more cost-effective methods, of achieving such primary or secondary standard; and provides a procedure for petition by a source owner or operator to the State agency for promulgation of emission limitations or other measures with respect to a particular source different from those approved elsewhere in the Act. Allows any owner or operator of a new stationary source to petition the Administrator for a permit to operate a new source with emission limits in excess of those established by the Administrator as standards of performance for such source. Requires the Administrator to establish procedures for conduct of hearings on the record with respect to such petitions. Requires the Administrator to revise State plans within nine months that are not in conformance with this Act.
Bill· SS. 3791 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1974
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the Public Works and Economic Development Act, to initiate an investigation of any employment loss resulting from the issuance of a standard or order under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, or any other Federal law having for its primary purpose the improvement of environmental quality. Requires the owner or operator of any commercial or industrial facility seeking assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act, or alleging that an employment loss at any facility under his control will result from the enforcement of an order or standard for the protection of environmental quality, to submit to the Administrator a report disclosing specified information, including: (1) his plans to comply, including a description of the technology necessary for compliance and its cost; (2) the extent of potential employment loss; and (3) alternatives to the potential employment loss. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide assistance to individuals classified as unemployed as a result of economic environmental effects. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 for carrying out the above purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to aid in financing any project in the United States for the acquisition, construction, or alteration of pollution control facilities (including machinery and equipment) for industrial or commercial usage. Specifies the terms of such assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out such loans.
Law· HRH.R. 16045 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1974
Authorizes appropriations, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, for fiscal years 1975 and 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 15934 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974
Requires that, before grants for construction of treatment works are approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, such works must be: (1) included in any applicable areawide waste treatment management plan: (2) in conformity with any applicable State plan; (3) certified by the appropriate State water pollution control agency; (4) guaranteed by the applicant to have the capability of proper operation and maintenance; (5) approved with respect to the size and capacity of such works in relation to the needs to be served; and (6) awarded solely on the basis of prospective ability to perform the contract of construction of such works. Requires the applicant to adopt a system of charges to assure that each recipient of waste treatment services will pay its equitable share of the costs of operation and maintenance of such works.
Bill· HRH.R. 15858 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 3723 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Resource Conservation and Energy Recovery Act - Declares the findings of Congress and purposes of this Act, including to promote the use of materials that can be used again through recovery, reuse, and recycling and to discourage the unnecessary use and depletion of virgin natural resource materials. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to make changes in the rates charged by common carriers to promote the movement of recycled materials. Provides, with regard to such rates, for the filing of complaints, investigation, proceedings, and review of orders issued by the Commission. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to: (1) undertake studies of the need and feasibility of establishing a transportation rate policy for all recoverable materials based only on the type, size, and kind of transportation equipment used, the characteristics of movements, services, and facilities provided, and the weight and/or volume of the shipment; and (2) of the extent to which the transportation rate structure of recycled materials is unjustly discriminatory or unreasonable. Provides that, with respect to procurement items purchased through advertisements for bids, no procurement shall be made of any item unless it is, by comparison with competing items offered for sale by suppliers, composed of the greatest percentage of reclaimed materials and is, to the greatest extent, recyclable or reusable following the use for which it is designed or used, whenever a significant difference exists between such item and competing items with respect to such characteristics. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare: (1) guidelines for the use of procuring agencies, setting forth recommended practices with respect to the procurement of reclaimed, recyclable, and reusable materials; (2) promulgate standards regulating the manufacture and distribution of certain products in commerce to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment against unreasonable burdens or risks associated with the disposal of such products or to prevent the unreasonable depletion of any virgin natural resource; and (3) issue final regulations establishing (a) standards for the regulation and elimination of unsafe waste management practices; (b) permit requirements for certain generators or hazardous waste and operators of waste treatment or disposal sites or facilities, and (c) standards for State programs designed to regulate and eliminate unsafe waste management practices. Requires each State to develop a program for the regulation and elimination of unsafe waste management practices. Directs the Administrator to consult with regional, State, and local government agencies and other Federal agencies concerned with waste management, resource recovery, conservation of natural resources, energy production, and human health and the environment for the purpose of developing guidelines for waste management and resource recovery systems (including systems for private use). Requires each State, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, to prepare a waste management and resource and energy recovery plan, in cooperation with the Administrator and in accordance with the final guidelines promulgated under this Act. Prescribes the procedures for the submission and maintenance of such plans. Directs the Administrator to encourage cooperative and joint activities between various States and various political subdivisions within the States with respect to hazardous waste management and other waste practices. Provides that the Administrator shall conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and give financial and other assistance (including loan-guarantee assistance as authorized by and subject to the conditions of this Act) to appropriate persons in the conduct of programs, demonstrations and investigations relating to the production of usable forms of energy from waste and to new or improved systems of waste management. Empowers the Administrator to guarantee the payment of interest on, and the principal balance of, a loan or other obligation incurred by any State, regional, or local government agency, or any other institution, organization, or individual for the purpose of financing (1) construction of full-scale operational facilities for energy recovery, resource recovery, and waste management or (2) demonstrations of energy recovery, resource recovery and waste management systems, provided, that the outstanding indebtedness guaranteed under this Act shall at no time exceed $825,000,000. Sets forth the criteria governing the making of such guarantees. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to carry out specified objectives of this Act, setting out the conditions and terms of such grants. States that the Administrator shall establish a central reference library for performance and cost effectiveness records and other data with respect to the methods of energy and resource recovery. Creates a National Commission on Environmental Costs to conduct studies and make recommendations on enumerated disposal operation aspects of this Act. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to issue regulations with respect to recycled oil. Requires each manufacturer, producer, or importer of any product which is governed by any standard under a regulation issued under this Act to maintain records, detailing the information to be collected. Requires any person who stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise to admit any duly designated officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency, an involved regional authority, or a State or local agency having jurisdiction to any site or facility and to furnish all records relating to such waste for purpose of examination and copying. Imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act, and grants, in specified instances, any person authority to commence a civil action on his own behalf for violations of this Act. Provides for: (1) judicial review of any final regulation issued under this Act; and (2) public availability of information obtained under this Act, with trade secret exemptions. Authorizes specific amounts of appropriations for general purposes, State programs, comprehensive State planning, recovery demonstrations, loan guarantees, grants, and the National Commission on Environmental Costs, for carrying out the various provisions of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 349 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1974
Authorizes the printing of the report entitled "Material Needs and the Environment Today and Tommorrow" as a Senate document.
Bill· HRH.R. 15617 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Extends the Solid Waste Disposal Act through fiscal year 1975, authorizing an appropriation of $76,000,000 for the extended one-year period.