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Austria · National Council · 7 May 2001
Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Vollzugsanweisung betreffend die Verwertung von Gegenständen animalischer Herkunft in Tierkörperverwertungsanstalten (Tierkörperverwertung) geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 7 May 2001
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Fleischuntersuchungsgesetz geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 4 May 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Josef Cap, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Verwaltungsreform und EDV-Ausstattung der Ressorts
Austria · National Council · 3 May 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Aktivitäten zum Alpentransit und insbesondere zum Verkehrsprotokoll der Alpenkonvention
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight consortium centers (each such center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence) for the conduct of multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct storage space studies relating to enlarging Pueblo Dam and Reservoir and Sugar Loaf Dam and Turquoise Lake, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, including a feasibility study and studies for determining the potential costs, benefits, and environmental and recreational impacts and use and operation of such enlargements. Provides that, before funding is expended for such studies, the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise shall agree to participate in the studies and to fund such studies' costs. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with public or private entities supplying water within Project boundaries, for the use of excess water storage and conveyance capacity for nonproject water in certain east slope facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into temporary contracts with any public or private entities operating a water bank for use of facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for irrigation, domestic municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes. Requires revenues from such contracts to be credited first to annual operations and maintenance costs, then to repayment of the project, and, once project costs have been repaid, to the Reclamation Fund for use exclusively for financing extraordinary operations and maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacements of project facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Requires the American Battle Monuments Commission to proceed expeditiously with the construction of the National World War II Memorial at the dedicated Rainbow Pool site in the District of Columbia. Declares that: (1) the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Commemorative Works Act, and any other law pertaining to the siting and design of the Memorial have been met; and (2) the decision to construct the Memorial at such site, decisions implementing this Act, and decisions about design are final, conclusive, and not subject to administrative or judicial review.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, based on recommendations from the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Advisory Panel (established by this Act), to make grants, after a process of peer review and programmatic review, to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers for the purpose of conducting multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act - Requires the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to specified congressional committees on urban sprawl and smart growth, examining environmental impact statements (EIS) and assessments by a minimum of 15 Federal agencies that were completed after 1995. Provides for consideration of urban sprawl in environmental assessments and EIS prepared by Federal agencies for proposed Federal actions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) amend certain regulations regarding motor vehicle fuels to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a fuel additive; and (2) prohibit any additive in gasoline registered under fuel regulation provisions unless it has been determined, through scientific testing and peer review, not to have adverse effects on the public.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Recreational Waters Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review the capabilities of existing marine sanitation technology and publish revised standards for new marine sanitation devices pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make State authority to prohibit the discharge of sewage (whether treated or not) inapplicable to vessels that operate a type I marine sanitation device that meets the standards revised pursuant to this Act.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 May 2001
Austria · National Council · 2 May 2001
Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Antrag 192/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung des Pestizidverbrauchs
Austria · National Council · 2 May 2001
Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Antrag 232/A(E) der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Verbot des Ferntransportes von lebenden Tieren
Austria · National Council · 2 May 2001
Entschließungsantrag des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Verbesserungen der Situation bei Tierferntransporten
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001
National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of certain beverages unless the containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Makes unclaimed refunds (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in a State) available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements similar to those under this Act or that have demonstrated a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 80 percent. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001
Electricity Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) establish a clearinghouse system to facilitate agreements between wholesale sellers of electric energy and wholesale purchasers willing to forego temporarily electric energy purchases to which they are entitled; (2) implement a program that authorizes any electric consumer of any electric utility within the Western Systems to sell at market prices an amount of electric load the consumer is willing to forego; (3) study electric power transmission congestion jointly with the Secretary of Energy; and (4) develop a plan to relieve constraints that reduce the efficiency of electric power transmission, including Canadian and Mexican electric transmission systems. Authorizes the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration System to expand its transmission system to remove the PATH 15 constraint. Establishes an Office of Tribal Energy within the Department of Energy. Sets guidelines for either a qualifying small power production facility or cogeneration facility suspension of electric energy due to nonpayment. Instructs FERC to promulgate a standard article to permit increased generation at licensed hydroelectric facilities. Permits, upon request of certain State Governors: (1) the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to authorize maximized electric generation at hydropower facilities providing power to the Administration; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive Clean Air Act requirements pertaining to oxides of nitrogen for new generation units; and (3) the Secretary to authorize a qualified Federal electric generation facility to generate electric energy for consumption or for sales for local State distribution. Authorizes a State Governor, on any high electricity emergency day, to waive Clean Air Act emission limitations. Provides for a regional transmission organization for the region covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council.
Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Kosten von Tierarzneimitteln in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Übertragung des BSE <i>(Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie)</i> -Erregers durch Tiersamen
Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Kosten von Tierarzneimitteln in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Übertragung des BSE <i>(Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalophathie)</i> -Erregers durch Tiersamen
Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Justiz betreffend den Förderungsmissbrauch bei subventionierten Tiertransporten
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Community Right-to-Know Arsenic Risk Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require consumer confidence reports prepared by certain community water systems under Federal drinking water regulations to include an educational statement concerning arsenic.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas or any other mineral in the following planning areas: (1) eastern Gulf of Mexico; (2) Straits of Florida; or (3) South Atlantic, extending from the Straits of Florida planning area to the border between the States of Florida and Georgia. Conditions the sale of an option to enter into an oil and gas lease (except in the case of a plan for natural gas production and transportation) upon an environmental impact statement and a State consistency certification. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase rights to oil and gas development and production covered by specified leases outstanding in the Gulf of Mexico.
France · Senate · 25 April 2001
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas or any other mineral in the following planning areas: (1) eastern Gulf of Mexico; (2) Straits of Florida; or (3) South Atlantic, extending from the Straits of Florida planning area to the border between the States of Florida and Georgia. Conditions the sale of an option to enter into an oil and gas lease (except in the case of a plan for natural gas production and transportation) upon an environmental impact statement and a State consistency certification. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase rights to oil and gas development and production covered by specified leases outstanding in the Gulf of Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001
Environmental Justice in Federally Assisted Housing Act - Establishes the Advisory Commission on the Proximity of Hazardous Waste Sites to Federally Assisted Housing which shall conduct a study and report regarding: (1) the extent and proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites; and (2) related health risks and illness histories.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Requires each State to adopt and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a three-year implementation plan to achieve: (1) increased recycling by at least 75 percent; (2) water source pollution reduction; (3) restriction of landfill dumping to materials that are not recyclable or compostable; (4) the phasing out of solid waste incineration within four years and six months after this Act's enactment; (5) a waste reduction rate of ten percent; and (6) an increase in composting of ten percent. Provides for Federal implementation plans for States that fail to meet plan submission requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a prohibition on the approval by the Secretary of Transportation of certain highway projects or awarding of highway grants applicable to a State that fails to submit a plan, has a plan submission disapproved, or fails to implement a requirement of an approved plan. Provides for grants to States that phase out the incineration of solid waste prior to the deadline established under this Act. Grants a State the authority to limit or restrict the importation of solid waste on the date the State phases out solid waste incineration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Community Environmental Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to define "covered substance" to mean hazardous contaminants, chemicals, materials, wastes, and substances listed, identified, or defined in specified laws or designated by the President. Prohibits any entity that handles, manages, treats, releases, disposes, stores, transports, or delivers covered substances from disproportionately exposing any individual or community, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, or economic status to any covered substance. Authorizes enforcement: (1) by denial or termination of authorization to handle, manage, treat, release, discharge, dispose, store, transport, remove, move, or deliver covered substances; (2) by any other means authorized by law; and (3) for entities receiving Federal financial assistance, through specified compliance provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
France · Senate · 20 April 2001
Austria · Federal Council · 19 April 2001
Mündliche Anfrage der Bundesrätin Margarete Aburumieh (ÖVP) an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten Dr. Benita-Maria Ferrero-Waldner betreffend Umsetzung des Melker Protokolls zum Atomkraftwerk Temelin
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic no later than June 22, 2001; and (2) the regulation should conform with EPA's stated risk management policy for setting drinking water standards for contaminants that are known human carcinogens.
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 April 2001
Austria · National Council · 5 April 2001
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Immissionsschutzgesetz-Luft geändert und das Smogalarmgesetz aufgehoben wird
France · Senate · 5 April 2001
Les effets des métaux lourds sur l'environnement et la santé
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
8 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the legal actions and complaints being investigated by the European Commission in regard to environmental matters here; the position in respect of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10157/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
7 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the progress which he has made in the implementation of a policy entitled Better Local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
6 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals he has to ensure that applicants under the housing aid for the disabled scheme do not have to wait for up to six months for a medical assessment to qualify for necessary alterations to their dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
5 Mr. D'Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position regarding negotiations with the Irish Farmers Association in respect of fair acquisition of lands for road widening, road building and infrastructural development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
4 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he proposes to alter the national development plan in relation to the upgrading of the N4 and N5 to dual carriageway status; if so the amount of extra resources he will allocate between now and 2006 to the National Roads Authority to enable that body to undertake these extra projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
3 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the implications of foot and mouth disease for the spending and operation of his Department and for local authorities. [10105/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
2 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his estimate of the total number of applicants on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number of applicants has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10130/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001
1 Ms Clune asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the action he has taken following the announcement by the United States that it intends to withdraw from the Kyoto agreement; the implications such a move would have for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10163/01]
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to maintain the exemption of Alaska from dyeing requirements for diesel fuel and kerosene exempt from the gasoline tax. Repeals the exemption from such dyeing requirements for other States exempted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from such requirements under the Clean Air Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2001
Project SEARCH Act of 2001 - Establishes the SEARCH Grant (grants for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) Program. Authorizes independent citizens' councils established by this Act to recommend the award of a SEARCH grant for an environmental project to small communities that: (1) demonstrate that they have pursued traditional funding sources for the project and have not obtained, or have obtained insufficient, funding; or (2) need funds for initial feasibility or environmental studies before applying to traditional funding sources.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2001
Women's Health Environmental Research Centers Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of not more than six centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each center to conduct basic and clinical research, develop training protocols, conduct training, develop model continuing education programs, and disseminate information to professionals and the public, with priority to prevention activities. Allows a center to use grant funds for stipends for health and allied health professionals in that training. Requires each center to: (1) collaborate with community organizations; and (2) use the facilities of a single institution or be formed from a consortium of institutions. Limits support to five years but allows extensions if recommended by a technical and scientific peer review group appointed by the Institute's director.
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Otmar Brix, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Intensivierung der Lärmschutzpolitik
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Erwin Kaipel, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend notwendige Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Ozonbelastung in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Luftreinhaltepolitik
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend mangelnde Umsetzung von "Natura 2000" in Österreich