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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 Einwegverpackungen
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend mangelnde Umsetzung von "Natura 2000" in Österreich
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate chromium-6 as an inorganic contaminant and to establish a maximum contaminant level for chromium-6 based on a recommendation and study by the National Academy of Sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Governors Island Preservation Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to: (1) transfer the administration and management of Governors Island National Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) convey Governors Island (with the exclusion of the Monument) to New York State. Requires: (1) the Secretary to submit a management plan for the Monument within three years; and (2) the Administrator to reserve access to the Monument for the Secretary for preservation, maintenance, and public enjoyment of such Monument and for the Secretary of Transportation for the operation and maintenance of aids to navigation located on Governors Island. Requires any use of the conveyed land of Governors Island to be consistent with specified public access, preservation, and operational objectives and to be in compliance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and the Governors Island Preservation and Design Manual.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
American Wetland Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to issue mitigation bank (specified wetland resource restoration, creation, or enhancement projects or projects consisting solely of preservation of wetlands chartered by the Secretary for purposes of providing mitigation credits to offset wetland losses authorized by permits allowing activities in U.S. waters) charters. Authorizes a mitigation bank, upon receipt of its charter, to offer mitigation credits for sale and to provide compensatory mitigation for activities requiring authorization under the Act or provide required injunctive relief in an enforcement action by the Secretary or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to establish standards and criteria applicable to the use of on-site mitigation, in lieu fees, and other off-site mitigation as compensatory mitigation that are similar to those applicable to a mitigation bank. Allows a State that operates an approved program regulating the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters to administer a wetland mitigation banking program in accordance with State procedures if such banking program is approved by the Administrator as part of the State's dredged or fill material program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 2001 - Prohibits commercial logging and timber sales (with specified exceptions) on Federal public lands, with a two-year phase-out for existing contracts. Provides for payment of relinquished contracts. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to each: (1) establish a National Heritage Restoration Corps to restore (and monitor) such lands to their natural pre-logging condition; (2) develop National Heritage Restoration Plans and related standards for regional ecological restoration and monitoring. Sets forth provisions respecting forest fire and hazardous fuel reduction. Provides for worker retraining of eligible persons whose jobs have been lost due to terminated timber and logging contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make training grants, including grants for job search and relocation. Sets forth fund allocation provisions, including amounts for an Environmental Protection Agency investigation of non-wood paper and construction alternatives. Amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to make permanent certain education, transportation, and public purpose payments to States and counties containing Federal land. Authorizes a private right of action for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Standard Trade Negotiating Authority Act of 2001 - Sets forth the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States for trade agreements (generally similar to the objectives of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA)), including to: (1) further strengthen the system of international trading disciplines and procedures, including dispute settlement; (2) foster economic growth, raise living standards, and promote full employment in the United States and to enhance the global economy; and (3) ensure that domestic producers have access to a full range of appropriate legal remedies against unfair trade practices, including adequate and accessible antidumping and antisurge protections. Sets forth the principal U.S. negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal OTCA negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers and other trade distortions, trade in services, foreign investment, intellectual property, transparency, reciprocal trade in agriculture, labor, the environment, and World Trade Organization (WTO) extended negotiations. Urges the President to take into account certain general international economic policy priorities when entering into a trade agreement with a foreign country (including the extent to which a country has implemented its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreements). Requires U.S. negotiators to take into account U.S. domestic objectives, including the protection of health and safety, essential security, environmental, consumer, and employment opportunity interests, and related law and regulations. Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to consult closely with Congress during trade negotiations. Sets forth the authority of the President (generally similar to the authority under OTCA) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers. States that a trade agreement (other than an agreement entered into under the auspices of the WTO) may be entered into only if it makes progress in meeting the overall and principal trade negotiating objectives, and the President satisfies certain notification and congressional preauthorization bill (subject to fast-track procedures) and consultation requirements set forth in this Act, including submission of the agreement for assessment by the International Trade Commission. Declares that bills implementing trade agreements may qualify for congressional trade authorities (fast-track) procedures only if they consist solely of: (1) a provision approving a trade agreement entered into under this Act, and approving any statement of administrative action; (2) provisions directly related to the principal trade negotiating objectives in, and the negotiating objectives in any preauthorization bill enacted under, this Act achieved in such trade agreement, if they are necessary for the operation or implementation of U.S. rights or obligations under such trade agreement; (3) provisions that define and clarify, or provisions that are related to, the operation or effect of the provisions of the trade agreement; (4) provisions to provide adjustment assistance to workers and firms adversely affected by trade; and (5) provisions necessary to comply with budget offset requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Authorizes both Houses of Congress to adopt, within 60 days of each other, a procedural disapproval resolution denying fast-track to any trade agreement if the President has failed or refused to notify or consult with Congress about it. Exempts from the preauthorization and consultation requirements of this Act any tariff or nontariff agreement which results from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act, and which is entered into with Jordan or Vietnam. Requires the appointment of a Congressional Oversight Group to serve as advisor to the U.S. delegation prior to the negotiation of any tariff or nontraiff trade agreement. Requires the President to submit an implementation and enforcement plan at the same time a final text of any tariff or nontariff trade agreement is submitted to Congress. Establishes the Commission on Labor and the Environment to assess and prepare reports, with regard to countries in which proposed trade negotiations are to be conducted, on their laws on worker rights and protection of the environment, including any recommendations on modifications to such laws that should be pursued in the negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise provisions regarding the Ombudsman. Expands the duties of the Ombudsman to include: (1) assisting citizens in resolving problems with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response; (2) proposing changes in EPA administrative practices to mitigate such problems; and (3) conducting investigations, making findings of fact, and making nonbinding recommendations concerning such problems. Describes additional administrative and investigative powers of the Ombudsman. Reauthorizes appropriations for the Ombudsman through FY 2010.
United States · United States Congress · 4 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 · 4 April 2001
Get Arsenic Out of Our Drinking Water Act - Provides that effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the rule establishing a maximum contaminant level (MCL) and MCL Goal for arsenic in drinking water published by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 22, 2001, shall have the force and effect of law.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Brownfields Clean-up Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend provisions for the expensing of environmental remediation costs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement, at the earliest possible time, policies to reduce domestic emissions of fossil fuel generated carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States at the 1990 level by the year 2010.
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend flächendeckende Überprüfung aller privaten hauseigenen Wasserversorgungsanlagen, Sanierungsprogramm für mangelhafte Anlagen sowie Förderungsprogramm zur Erhaltung und Sanierung solcher Anlagen
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Zustand der Wasserversorgung bäuerlicher Betriebe in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dkfm. Dr. Hannes Bauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Kürzung der Mittel für den Wasserwirtschaftsfonds
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dkfm. Dr. Hannes Bauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Grundwasserschutz <i>(in Intensivlandwirtschaftgebieten)</i>
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dkfm. Dr. Hannes Bauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie <i>(Erlassung einer Immissionsverordnung auf Basis des</i> <i>Wasserrechtsgesetzes)</i>
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die grundlegende notwendige Umorientierung der Abfallwirtschaft
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Katharina Pfeffer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend "Natura 2000" - Gebiete und grundlegende Fragen des Naturschutzes in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend weitere Anfragen zur Entsorgung von Tiermehl in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die bevorstehende Inbetriebnahme des Atomkraftwerks Temelin
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Versäumnisse der österreichischen Klimaschutzpolitik
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Otmar Brix, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Finanzierung der Altlastensanierung
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Wettbewerbsverbesserungen durch die Verpackungsverordnung
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Mag. Reinhard Firlinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz über Maßnahmen anlässlich der Umwandlung der NÖ Umweltschutzanstalt in eine Kapitalgesellschaft
Austria · National Council · 3 April 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Zustand der Wasserversorgung bäuerlicher Betriebe in Österreich <i>(Überprüfung der Hausbrunnen)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Fishable Waters Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Act) to establish a program of grants to States with approved fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement programs. Permits States to designate watershed councils to carry out fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement plans. Makes projects that support or implement specific recommendations contained in a council plan eligible for financial support from a State's fisheries habitat account established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, to establish a community fisheries habitat revitalization program to provide for assistance to State fish and wildlife agencies for projects to improve urban watersheds and public access to such watersheds in order to restore fisheries habitat or enhance fisheries uses and provide recreational opportunities. Requires States with approved programs to establish fisheries habitat accounts for providing financial support for recommended projects. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Geological Survey, to: (1) establish a national planning program for protection and restoration of fisheries habitat through improved floodplain management practices on major waterways; and (2) disseminate technical information on fisheries-related needs for instream flows. Treats Indian tribes as States for purposes of this Act. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 under the Act for grants for: (1) nonpoint source pollution control management programs; and (2) groundwater quality protection activities to advance States toward implementation of such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Clean Power Plant Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require specified emissions limitations on mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units with a nameplate capacity of at least 15 megawatts that use a combustion device primarily to generate electricity for sale. Requires quarterly pollutant-specific emission reports for such pollutants and for carbon dioxide (CO2) by unit owners or operators. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish facility-specific emission data. Requires regulations for disclosure of data concerning emissions levels. Directs the Administrator to calculate a generation performance standard for CO2 from covered fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and allocate allowances among such units. Authorizes the carryover and trading of unused allowances and requires surrender to the Administrator of a number of CO2 allowances equal to the total tonnage emitted during the calendar year. Permits the performance standard to be exceeded if the plant has sufficient emissions credits. Imposes an excess emissions penalty and requires units to offset such emissions. Requires regulations concerning transfer of hazards associated with combustion from one medium to another and release of hazardous wastes into the environment. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning crediting permanent CO2 and NOx emissions reductions to the utility sector in any enacted climate change implementation program. Authorizes appropriations for industry and community assistance and development of a carbon sequestration strategy. Requires grants to municipalities in which there are located fossil fuel-fired electric generating units that: (1) provide ten percent or more of the municipality's annual property tax revenue in the last fiscal year ending before this Act's enactment; and (2) cease operation after this Act's enactment. Includes hazardous air pollutants from electric utility steam generating units on a list of such pollutants from major and area sources required under the Clean Air Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Governors Island Preservation Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to: (1) transfer the administration and management of Governors Island National Monument to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) convey Governors Island (with the exclusion of the Monument) to New York State. Requires: (1) the Secretary to submit a management plan for the Monument within three years; and (2) the Administrator to reserve access to the Monument for the Secretary for preservation, maintenance, and public enjoyment of such Monument and for the Secretary of Transportation for the operation and maintenance of aids to navigation located on Governors Island. Requires any use of the conveyed land of Governors Island to be consistent with specified public access, preservation, and operational objectives and to be in compliance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and the Governors Island Preservation and Design Manual.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Cooperative Landscape Conservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program to provide grants of up to 50 percent of the total cost to eligible entities for the acquisition of permanent conservation easements on private lands that provide important wildlife, fisheries, public recreation, open space, or other conservation benefits to the public, for the purpose of preventing the loss of those benefits due to development inconsistent with the traditional uses of the lands.
Austria · National Council · 2 April 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend fragwürdige Kaninchentransporte
European Union · European Parliament · 2 April 2001
Austria · National Council · 30 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Erhöhung des EURATOM-Kreditrahmens
Austria · National Council · 30 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Erhöhung des EURATOM-Kreditrahmens
Austria · National Council · 30 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Erhöhung des EURATOM-Kreditrahmens
Austria · National Council · 30 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Erhöhung des EURATOM-Kreditrahmens
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2001
Renewable Fuels Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) establish specified limitations on the aromatic hydrocarbon content of reformulated gasoline (RFG); (2) authorize prohibitions on the use of fuels that contribute to water pollution anticipated to endanger public health or welfare; (3) ban the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline within four years of this Act's enactment; (4) phase in specified clean alternative and renewable fuel content requirements; and (5) apply, upon State application, prohibitions on the sale of conventional gasoline in covered areas (areas requiring the use of RFG), to nonclassified areas (opt-in areas). Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the use of funds from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to: (1) carry out corrective actions with respect to releases of MTBE that present a risk to human health, welfare, or the environment; and (2) conduct inspections, issue orders, or bring actions under the underground storage tank regulation program.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 30 March 2001
Austria · National Council · 29 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Ergebnisse der Untersuchungen bezüglich des Antibiotika-Mißbrauchs in der österreichischen Schweinewirtschaft
Austria · National Council · 29 March 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Salmonellenerkrankungen bei Nutztieren in Österreich
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Corps of Engineers Reform Act of 2001 - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to make economic development and environmental protection and restoration co-equal goals of water resources planning and development. Requires the Secretary of the Army to revise water resource project principles and guidelines of the Army Corps of Engineers to reflect such goals. Directs the Secretary to establish, for a project that is authorized or substantially modified, a stakeholder advisory committee to assist with the development of project feasibility studies, general reevaluation studies, and environmental impact statements. Requires specified project studies and statements to be subject to review by an independent panel of experts, including projects: (1) having an estimated total cost of more than $25 million; (2) likely to significantly adversely impact fish or wildlife; (3) likely to significantly adversely impact local environmental, cultural, or other resources; or (4) determined to be controversial. Establishes an Office of Independent Review for project reviews. Requires information related to project analysis to be made available to the public on the Internet (with exceptions for trade secrets). Prohibits the authorization or substantial modification of a project unless it minimizes adverse impacts on the natural hydrologic patterns, value, or diversity of aquatic ecosystems. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to require the full and concurrent mitigation of authorized projects. Requires the Secretary to establish a record keeping system to track wetland and other habitat types impacted by authorized projects. Requires the public availability of such information.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Corps of Engineers Reform Act of 2001 - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to make economic development and environmental protection and restoration co-equal goals of water resources planning and development. Requires the Secretary of the Army to revise water resource project principles and guidelines of the Army Corps of Engineers to reflect such goals. Directs the Secretary to establish, for a project that is authorized or substantially modified, a stakeholder advisory committee to assist with the development of project feasibility studies, general reevaluation studies, and environmental impact statements. Requires specified project studies and statements to be subject to review by an independent panel of experts, including projects: (1) having an estimated total cost of more than $25 million; (2) likely to significantly adversely impact fish or wildlife; (3) likely to significantly adversely impact local environmental, cultural, or other resources; or (4) determined to be controversial. Establishes an Office of Independent Review for project reviews. Requires information related to project analysis to be made available to the public on the Internet (with exceptions for trade secrets). Prohibits the authorization or substantial modification of a project unless it minimizes adverse impacts on the natural hydrologic patterns, value, or diversity of aquatic ecosystems. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to require the full and concurrent mitigation of authorized projects. Requires the Secretary to establish a record keeping system to track wetland and other habitat types impacted by authorized projects. Requires the public availability of such information.
France · Senate · 28 March 2001
sur la mission d'information effectuée à l'agence de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie (ADEME)
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2001
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Decommissioning Pilot Program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas, in accordance with the report, "Conceptual Cost Estimate for Decommissioning the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor," issued by the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration; and (2) develop a decommissioning plan and report to certain congressional committees thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Aviation Delay Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review and report to specified congressional committees on air carrier overscheduling at large hub airports. Amends Federal aviation law to authorize an air carrier to file with the Secretary a request for authority for a group of two or more air carriers to discuss cooperative scheduling arrangements, provided its sole purpose is to reach an agreement between such carriers to reduce overscheduling and flight delays during peak hours of operation and periods of inclement weather at any large hub airport. Authorizes the Secretary to approve such an agreement if it will reduce congestion at the affected airport, will not reduce service to small communities, and is not adverse to the public interest. Requires the Secretary to exempt such arrangements from U.S. antitrust laws if it is found to be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement an expedited coordinated environmental review process for airport capacity-enhancement projects that provides for: (1) coordination among Federal, regional, State, and local agencies concerned with the preparation of environmental impact statements or environmental assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (2) an expedited and coordinated process in the conduct of environmental and judicial reviews that ensures that they are done concurrently and not consecutively; and (3) a date certain for completing all environmental reviews.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act of 2001 - Requires the final rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring" to have full force and effect. Directs the Administrator, for each fiscal year for which funds are available to carry out this Act and using data obtained from the most recent available water system capital improvement needs survey conducted under the Safe Drinking Water Act, to allocate the funds to States for carrying out treatment projects to comply with such final rule.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Arsenic Standard Reinstatement Act - Requires the final rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring" to have full force and effect. Provides that the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water of .01 milligrams per liter established by such rule shall not be subject to revision, except by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water to be: (1) ten parts per billion effective October 1, 2003; and (2) three parts per billion effective October 1, 2006. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people to assist such systems in meeting the drinking water standards for arsenic.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States and political subdivisions, under specified conditions, to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste and recyclable materials voluntarily relinquished by the owner or generator, directing such waste and materials to particular facilities. Imposes identification and volume restrictions on the exercise of flow control authority to the classes or categories of materials to which such authority was applicable on the suspension date. Sets dates for expiration of such authority. Defines "suspension date" as May 16, 1994; the date of an injunction or court order based on a ruling that a State or subdivision law or official act violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution; or the date of a suspension or partial suspension of such law or act expressly because of the existence of such injunction or order. Imposes limitations on the use of revenues derived by a State or political subdivision from the exercise of flow control authority. Provides for the enforceability under State law of certain legally binding interim contracts. Allows a State to exercise flow control authority over solid waste if, on or before January 1, 1984, the State: (1) adopted regulations under a State law that required or directed the transportation, management, or disposal of such waste from residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial sources to specifically identified waste management facilities and applied those regulations to every political subdivision; and (2) subjected the facilities to the jurisdiction of a State public utilities commission. Lists additional conditions under which solid waste districts or political subdivisions may exercise flow control authority for 20 years after this Act's enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act - Establishes the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) which shall consist of specified lands and waters in Michigan, including the Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conserve, enhance, and restore the native aquatic and terrestrial community characteristics of the Detroit River; (2) use available authority for the conservation of fish and wildlife and for provision of appropriate fish and wildlife oriented recreational opportunities in the Refuge; (3) ensure that compatible hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education and interpretation are the priority public uses of the Refuge; and (4) permit such activities on Federal lands and waters within the Refuge. Allows the Secretary to designate zones where and periods when such activities will not be permitted. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Michigan, any political subdivision thereof, or any other person or entity: (1) for the management of lands within the Refuge owned by such person or entity; and (2) to promote public awareness of the Refuge's resources and encourage public participation in the conservation of those resources. Directs the Secretary to encourage the State to use existing authorities under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide funding for acquisition and development of trails within the Refuge.