Environment

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting Indian land, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2017

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease with an Indian tribe whose wetlands are affected. A preservation lease is an agreement under which a permittee leases wetlands or other aquatic sites on Indian land for the sole purpose of preserving the wetlands or other aquatic sites in an undisturbed state during the term of the lease to mitigate for a permitted activity. The term of the lease may not be less than the life of the permitted activity and must be adjusted to account for the cessation of the impacts caused by such activity. If a permittee enters into a preservation lease and subsequently ceases to maintain the permitted activity, or seeks to abandon the permitted activity without a good faith transfer, the permittee must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area.

Fuel Economy Harmonization Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2017

Fuel Economy Harmonization Act This bill revises requirements for calculating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) credits earned by a passenger automobile manufacturer for exceeding minimal required CAFE standards in a particular model year. Beginning in model year 2016 through model year 2021, a manufacturer may apply any credits earned after model year 2009 to subsequent model years. The bill revises fuel economy credit transferring program requirements allowing a manufacturer of a fleet that exceeds CAFE standards to transfer the earned credits and to apply them within that fleet to a compliance category of automobiles that fails to achieve prescribed CAFE standards. The maximum increases in any compliance category attributable to transferred credits are: 1.0 mile per gallon, for model years 2010-2013; 1.5 miles per gallon, for model years 2014-2016; 2.0 miles per gallon, for model years 2017 and 2018; 4.0 miles per gallon, for model years 2019-2021; 6.0 miles per gallon, for model year 2022 and subsequent model years. The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to modify its calculation of average fuel economy for model years 2012 through 2025 at the request of a manufacturer for its passenger and nonpassenger automobiles.

Pipeline Safety Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2017

Pipeline Safety Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to amend a federal regulation relating to onshore oil pipeline operator response plans to oil discharges to require (under current law authorizes) the Office of Pipeline Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Coast Guard if a federal on scene coordinator has concerns regarding such operator's ability to respond to a worst case discharge of oil into or on the navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2017

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."

INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2018 PART 6

United States · United States House of Representatives · 24 May 2017

245. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, application by a person (details supplied); the reason a decision has not been made to date in view of the fact that they only have ten days to carry out the action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017

245. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, application by a person (details supplied); the reason a decision has not been made to date in view of the fact that they only have ten days to carry out the action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/17]

Safer Pipelines Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2017

Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2017 or the Safer Pipelines Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline expansion project for which a challenge has been raised, to assign an administrative law judge to hold a full trial-type evidentiary hearing on the need for the expansion or conduct an evidentiary hearing after conducting limited discovery, and issue a staff report publishing the findings with respect to each factor which includes the data and analyses relied upon in reaching those findings. Additionally, FERC must (1) conduct a cumulative review of planned energy infrastructure projects in the region of the proposed expansion; (2) consider, in the case of interstate pipeline projects, the cumulative environmental impacts of other interstate or regional projects; and (3) monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.

To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2017

This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to act as the lead agency with respect to radioactive contamination remediation at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri. Nothing in this Act affects the site's designation as a Superfund site.

Anchorages Away Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2017

Anchorages Away Act This bill prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from establishing any new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River, New York, until it submits a report to Congress on the potential impact of increasing such anchorage grounds to sites listed on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and to areas designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

LINES Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2017

Liability Insurance in Event of Spill Act or the LINES Act This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to cap the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from a Great Lakes pipeline (any pipeline that crosses the navigable waters of the Great Lakes system) to the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. A responsible party with respect to a Great Lakes pipeline must establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility (e.g., evidence of insurance or a bond) in a certain amount. Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may issue an emergency order to impose restrictions, prohibitions, and safety measures on owners and operators of gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities without prior notice or an opportunity for a hearing if they are necessary to abate an imminent hazard. This bill eliminates DOT's emergency order authority with respect to gas pipeline facilities. The bill expands DOT's emergency order authority with respect to hazardous liquid pipeline facilities, including by allowing DOT to impose restrictions, prohibitions, and safety measures if it: (1) discovers reliable evidence that the pipeline is violating conditions required for its operation that were previously agreed upon between the responsible party and a state, tribal, or local government; or (2) determines, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard, that inadequate resources are available to respond to and clean up an oil spill during seasonal conditions or conditions expected or caused by an extreme weather event, or the responsible party cannot demonstrate that it has sufficient financial resources to satisfy the liability limits in the event of an oil spill incident.

A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2017

This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to act as the lead agency with respect to radioactive contamination remediation at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri. Nothing in this Act affects the site's designation as a Superfund site.

proposition de loi tendant à élargir les missions des comités locaux d'information et de suivi visés à l'article L. 542-13 du code de l'environnement

France · Senate · 23 May 2017

672. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on establishing a national network of supervised contact centres in order that access to children can be continued in a safe environment for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24471/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2017

672. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on establishing a national network of supervised contact centres in order that access to children can be continued in a safe environment for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24471/17]

SAVES Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

Saving America’s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to limit the scope of the Act to native species. Species that are not native to the United States may not be treated as endangered or threatened species.

TPS Reform Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

TPS Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the criteria for designation of a foreign state as eligible to have its citizens be given temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States. Such revisions include the following: (1) such a foreign state shall be designated by an Act of Congress rather than by the Department of Justice; (2) such Act must find that an environmental disaster in such a foreign state is immediately life-threatening; (3) such Act may provide for early termination of a foreign state's designation; (4) such Act shall include an estimate of the number of a foreign state's nationals who are TPS eligible, their U.S. immigration status, and a time period for the effectiveness of the designation of not more than 18 months; and (5) an alien lacking lawful immigration status shall be ineligible for TPS.

FORESTS Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 or the FORESTS Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish at least one Forest Active Management Area within each unit of the National Forest System (NFS) designated for sustainable forest management for the production of national forest materials (trees, portions of trees, or forest products) and forest active management revenues (derived from the sale of such materials). The purpose of an Area is to provide a dependable source of: payments to states in which a national forest is situated of 25% of specified forest receipts, to be used for the benefit of public schools and public roads; and economic activity through sustainable forest management for each beneficiary county containing NFS land included within that Area. Forest active management revenues shall be used to make: (1) the 25% payments to states for payment to beneficiary counties for the benefit of public schools and public roads, and (2) deposits into the Knutson-Vandenburg Fund and the salvage sale fund for projects on NFS land. This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to extend: through FY2018 authorities for secure payments to states and counties containing federal land, and through FY2020 the authority for special projects on federal land and certain county activities. Receipt by a county of Forest Active Management revenues or stewardship project payments shall be offset against 25% payments to the county. The original method for calculating 25% payments is restored. Beginning October 1, 2015, a state or territorial legislature may not withhold any portion of a 25% payment from the county or counties in which a national forest is situated. The maximum duration of a stewardship end resulting contract under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 may extend from 10 to 20 years. The Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior: shall pay to the county or counties in which the project site is situated 25% of the monies retained from a contract or agreement for a stewardship contracting project on federal land under its respective jurisdiction, and may procure the services of non-federal employees to perform activities necessary to ensure a project for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

FUELS Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act This bill amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to require the Environmental Protection Agency, in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule (concerning oil pollution prevention) with respect to any farm, to: require certification by a professional engineer for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of more than 42,000 gallons (currently, 20,000 gallons); allow self-certification by the owner or operator of a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of more than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons (currently, of less than 20,000 gallons and more than the lesser of 6,000 gallons and the adjustment quantity established under such Act); and not require compliance with the rule by any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less (currently, of more than 2,500 gallons and less than the lesser of 6,000 gallons and such adjustment quantity). The rule shall apply to aboveground storage containers at farms on a separate parcel that have an individual capacity of not more than 1,320 gallons (currently, 1,000 gallons) and an aggregate capacity of not more than 3,000 gallons (currently, 2,500 gallons).

A bill to ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

This bill: (1) exempts exporters of sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals or taken for recreational purposes from licensing requirements; and (2) requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to amend regulations concerning transporting wildlife to clarify that those sea urchins and sea cucumbers are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Thus, those exporters will be exempted from: (1) inspections to ensure shipments of those fishery products do not contain endangered or threatened species, and (2) related inspection fees.

A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2017

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Early Action Compact Program, which allows an area that is not attaining the eight-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) to obtain a deferment of a nonattainment designation upon the relevant state, local, and tribal government voluntarily developing an early action compact plan. The eight-hour ozone NAAQS measures ozone levels over eight-hour periods to determine the amount of ground-level ozone (i.e., smog) in the environment. The EPA: (1) must issue a decision on each early action compact plan no later than one year after it is submitted, and (2) may not designate an area as a nonattainment area until it has issued a decision to approve or deny a plan. The EPA must establish separate requirements relating to winter ozone levels for each early action compact plan.

Brief van de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het recordaantal meldingen asbestslachtoffers met longvlieskanker (Nos.nl, 22 mei 2017)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 May 2017

Brief van de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het recordaantal meldingen asbestslachtoffers met longvlieskanker (Nos.nl, 22 mei 2017)

Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2017

Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 This bill directs the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to use Department of Defense (DOD) policies to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements for an additional missile defense site on the east coast or in the midwest regions of the United States. DOD shall, subject to National Missile Defense funding, increase the number of U.S. ground-based interceptors by 28. The MDA shall report to Congress on: (1) infrastructure requirements to increase the number of ground-based interceptors at Missile Field 1 and Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely to 20 ground-based interceptors each, (2) increasing the capacity of the ground-based mid-course defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, (3) the status of the integrated layers of missile defense radars, and (4) a revised missile defense testing campaign plan that accelerates the development and deployment of new missile defense technologies. DOD, by December 31, 2021, shall: (1) execute any requisite construction to ensure that such missile fields or alternative fields at Fort Greely are capable of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based interceptors, (2) deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors to field 1 or an alternative field at as soon as technically feasible, and (3) identify a ground-based interceptor stockpile storage site for a minimum of 14 ground-based interceptors. The MDA shall develop, test, and deploy a highly reliable space-based missile defense sensor architecture for the ground-based midcourse defense system that provides specified functions and capabilities.

Gewijzigde motie van de leden Kröger en Arissen over een moratorium op de lozing en uitstoot van GenX-stoffen (t.v.v. 28089, nr. 38)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 22 May 2017

Gewijzigde motie van de leden Kröger en Arissen over een moratorium op de lozing en uitstoot van GenX-stoffen (t.v.v. 28089, nr. 38)

264. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment by county in tabular form; the number of persons who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payments; the number of AEOS recipients who have yet to receive payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2017

264. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment by county in tabular form; the number of persons who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payments; the number of AEOS recipients who have yet to receive payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/17]

244. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under AEOS; the number of approvals issued; the payment claims lodged and the number of cases approved for payment by county in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons who have been approved for AEOS who have yet to receive payment in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23674/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2017

244. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under AEOS; the number of approvals issued; the payment claims lodged and the number of cases approved for payment by county in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons who have been approved for AEOS who have yet to receive payment in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23674/17]

Eliminate EPA Excess Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017

Eliminate EPA Excess Act of 2017 This bill requires the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit reports to Congress evey five years on: (1) a survey of excess print and storage supplies held by the EPA's federal storage management facilities and recommendations for recycling and repurposing any excess printed inventory and addressing potential safety hazards associated with excess printed inventory, and (2) a survey of excess storage facility property held by the EPA and recommendations for reducing such excess property that is funded by the federal government.

Intern Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017

Intern Protection Act This bill prohibits certain employers from refusing to employ, discriminating against, or harassing interns because of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, disability, gender identity, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic violence. The bill bars employers from compelling a pregnant intern to take a leave of absence, unless the intern is prevented by such pregnancy from performing internship activities in a reasonable manner. The bill prohibits employers from engaging in certain unwelcome sexual advances or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature to an intern when: (1) submission is a condition for continuing the internship or a basis for employment decisions; or (2) the conduct unreasonably interferes with work performance by creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. The age discrimination prohibitions of this bill apply only to individuals who are at least 40 years of age. The bill authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Library of Congress, the Board of Directors of Congress's Office of Compliance, the Department of Justice, the President, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and U.S. courts to enforce this bill under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, and other laws granting rights and protections to certain applicants and employees.

Quiet Communities Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017

Quiet Communities Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the office's activities through FY2022. The responsibilities of the office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise control programs, (5) assessing the effectiveness of the Noise Control Act of 1972, and (6) conducting related outreach and educational activities. The office must emphasize noise abatement approaches that rely on local and state activities, market incentives, and coordination with other agencies. Using funds made available to the office, the EPA must carry out a study of airport noise. The bill amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to expand the quiet communities grant program to include grants for establishing and implementing training programs on use of noise abatement equipment and implementing noise abatement plans.

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2017

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022: programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs; wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters; a grant program for protecting groundwater quality; clean water state revolving funds; a pilot program for alternative water source projects; and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants (formally known as sewer overflow control grants). The bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to rural, small, and tribal municipalities for addressing pollution. The bill revises requirements governing capitalization grant agreements, clean water state revolving funds, and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants.

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 18 May 2017.#College van Burgemeester en Wethouders van de gemeente Amersfoort v X BV and Visser Vastgoed Beleggingen BV v Raad van de gemeente Appingedam.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden and Raad van State.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Services in the internal market — Directive 2006/123/EC — Scope — Article 2(2)(c) — Exclusion of electronic communications services and networks — Article 4(1) — Concept of ‘service’ — Retail trade in goods — Chapter III — Freedom of establishment of service providers — Applicability in purely internal situations — Article 15 — Requirements to be evaluated — Territorial restriction — Zoning plan prohibiting the activity of retail trade in goods other than bulky goods in geographical zones situated outside the city centre — Protection of the urban environment — Authorisation of electronic communications services and networks — Directive 2002/20/EC — Financial payments attached to rights to install facilities for a public electronic communications network.#Joined Cases C-360/15 and C-31/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 May 2017

Brief van de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht ‘Gevaarlijke stof lekt in havengebied Rotterdam’ (Telegraaf, 17 mei 2017)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 May 2017

Brief van de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht ‘Gevaarlijke stof lekt in havengebied Rotterdam’ (Telegraaf, 17 mei 2017)

Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht ‘Brussel geeft groen licht Duitse tol’ (Telegraaf, 18 mei 2017)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 May 2017

Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht ‘Brussel geeft groen licht Duitse tol’ (Telegraaf, 18 mei 2017)

Umsiedlung von Bundesbehörden in ländliche Regionen

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Erwin Angerer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Umsiedlung von Bundesbehörden in ländliche Regionen

Verringerung der Verunreinigung des Grundwassers mit Nitrat durch Düngung in der Landwirtschaft

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Marianne Gusenbauer-Jäger (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Verunreinigung des Grundwassers mit Nitrat durch Düngung in der Landwirtschaft <br><br>Welche Maßnahmen setzen Sie, um die Verunreinigung des Grundwassers mit Nitrat durch überschießende Düngung in der Landwirtschaft zu verringern?

Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der Stickstoffoxid- und Feinstaubbelastung

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Mag. Dr. Klaus Uwe Feichtinger (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der Stickstoffoxid- und Feinstaubbelastung <br><br>Welche Maßnahmen sind ihrerseits geplant um die Stickstoffoxid- und Feinstaubbelastung in Österreich deutlich zu reduzieren?

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002 geändert wird (AWG-Novelle Seveso III)

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Tiertransporte auf dem Seeweg

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Tiertransporte auf dem Seeweg

"Masterplan Land: Umfassende Zukunftsstrategie für den ländlichen Raum"

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Angelika Winzig (ÖVP) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend "Masterplan Land: Umfassende Zukunftsstrategie für den ländlichen Raum" <br><br>Was ist der Zwischenstand über die Arbeiten des im Arbeitsprogramm der Bundesregierung 2017/2018 beschlossenen "Masterplan Land: Umfassende Zukunftsstrategie für den ländlichen Raum" mit dessen Ausarbeitung Sie beauftragt wurden und dessen Fertigstellung für Herbst dieses Jahres geplant ist?

Maßnahmen zur Beibehaltung des Gleichenberger Abkommens und Sicherung der Rechte von "Doppelbesitzern" von Weinanbaugebieten

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Walter Rauch (FPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Maßnahmen zur Beibehaltung des Gleichenberger Abkommens und Sicherung der Rechte von "Doppelbesitzern" von Weinanbaugebieten <br><br>Welche konkreten Maßnahmen haben Sie bis dato zur Beibehaltung des Gleichenberger Abkommens und damit zur Sicherung der Rechte von "Doppelbesitzern" (von Weinanbaugebieten in der Steiermark und Slowenien) unternommen?

Maßnahmen im Rahmen europäischer und nationaler Programme zur Verringerung des Pestizidverbrauches

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard (NEOS) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Maßnahmen im Rahmen europäischer und nationaler Programme zur Verringerung des Pestizidverbrauches <br><br>Welche Maßnahmen im Rahmen europäischer und nationaler Programme, die vom BMLFUW gesetzt wurden, haben in welchem Umfang dazu beigetragen, den Pestizidverbrauch in Österreich zu verringern?

Österreichs Treibhausgasemissionen

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner (Grüne) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Österreichs Treibhausgasemissionen <br><br>Wie begründen Sie angesichts der Herausforderung, bis zum Jahr 2050, alle Treibhausgasemissionen auf Null zu reduzieren, die Tatsache, dass Österreichs Treibhausgasemissionen während Ihrer gesamten Amtszeit praktisch auf dem gleichen Stand geblieben sind?

Forderungen des Gentechnik-Volksbegehrens 1997

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Johann Höfinger (ÖVP) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Forderungen des Gentechnik-Volksbegehrens 1997 <br><br>Was ist seit dem Gentechnik-Volksbegehren 1997, das mehr als 1,2 Mio. Österreicherinnen und Österreicher unterzeichnet haben und dessen zentrale Forderungen unter anderem waren: "Keine Freisetzungen genmanipulierter Organismen in Österreich", "Kein Essen aus dem Genlabor in Österreich" und "Kein Patent auf Leben", passiert?

Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der g.g.A.-Kennzeichnung

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Leopold Steinbichler (STRONACH) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der g.g.A.-Kennzeichnung <br><br>Durch die derzeitige g.g.A.-Kennzeichnung ist nicht sichergestellt, dass etwa Tiroler Speck auch wirklich in Tirol produziert wurde. Welche Maßnahmen sind zur Verbesserung der g.g.A.-Kennzeichnung geplant, nachdem sogar die Europäische Kommission diese Missstände auf Anfrage bestätigt hat?

Wintersterblichkeit der Bienenvölker und Sofortmaßnahmen zur Reduktion des Pestizideinsatzes in der Landwirtschaft

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Erwin Preiner (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Wintersterblichkeit der Bienenvölker und Sofortmaßnahmen zur Reduktion des Pestizideinsatzes in der Landwirtschaft <br><br>Seit kurzem ist bekannt, dass viele Bienenvölker den Winter nicht überlebt haben - welche Sofortmaßnahmen ergreifen Sie, um den Pestizideinsatz in der Landwirtschaft im Sinne einer gesunden Lebensmittelproduktion und intakten Umwelt zu reduzieren?

Kürzungen des Agrar-Umweltprogramms

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber (Grüne) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Kürzungen des Agrar-Umweltprogramms <br><br>Warum nehmen Sie den Bäuerinnen und Bauern 38 Mio. Euro an Förderungen, durch Kürzungen des Agrar-Umweltprogramms, um sie großteils in den nachgelagerten Verarbeitungssektor umzuschichten?

Gentechnik- und Palmölfreiheit des AMA-Gütesiegels sowie Entfall der "Drittelregelung" bei be- und verarbeiteten Produkten

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Harald Jannach (FPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Gentechnik- und Palmölfreiheit des AMA-Gütesiegels sowie Entfall der "Drittelregelung" bei be- und verarbeiteten Produkten <br><br>Welche konkreten Maßnahmen werden Sie setzen, um für das AMA-Gütesiegel im Sinne des Konsumentenschutzes hinkünftig die hundertprozentige Gentechnik- und Palmölfreiheit sowie den Entfall der "Drittelregelung" (33 Prozent Inhaltsstoffe ausländischer Herkunft) bei be- und verarbeiteten Produkten zu garantieren?

Effekte des Programmes für die Ländliche Entwicklung in den ländlichen Regionen

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Mündliche Anfrage des Abgeordneten Jakob Auer (ÖVP) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Andrä Rupprechter betreffend Effekte des Programmes für die Ländliche Entwicklung in den ländlichen Regionen <br><br>Welche Effekte hat das Programm für die Ländliche Entwicklung - mit einer jährlichen Dotierung von insgesamt rund 1,1 Mrd. Euro - in den ländlichen Regionen ganz allgemein und im Speziellen für unsere Bäuerinnen und Bauern?

keine Steuererleichterung für fossile Stromerzeugung

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend keine Steuererleichterung für fossile Stromerzeugung

unverzüglicher Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung

Austria · National Council · 17 May 2017

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Walter Rauch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend unverzüglicher Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017

Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act This bill authorizes appropriations for the nation's infrastructure, including appropriations for: secure broadband internet access, with a prioritization on expanding broadband access in unserved areas; drinking water improvements, such as appropriations for the drinking water state revolving fund and programs for reducing lead in drinking water; the electric power grid, with a focus on grid modernization, security, resiliency, and efficiency; energy efficiency in buildings, including homes and schools; incentives for natural gas distribution companies to improve the public safety and environmental performance of the natural gas distribution system (e.g., pipeline replacements); the deployment of renewable energy systems; the incorporation of clean energy into community development and revitalization efforts; revitalization of brownfield sites (commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant); hospital infrastructure, with a prioritization given to projects that include cybersecurity; outpatient health care facilities in the Indian Health Service; and the improvement, renovation, or modernization of the infrastructure at clinical laboratories, teaching health centers, or behavioral health care centers. In addition, the bill reauthorizes funding for: (1) a diesel emissions reduction program for certain diesel vehicles or fleets, (2) ensuring the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is operated and maintained in an environmentally sound manner; and (3) establishing a Southeast Refined Product Reserve to mitigate the impacts of a severe energy supply interruption in the Southeast.

To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2017

This bill: (1) exempts exporters of sea urchins and sea cucumbers that are designated as food for humans or animals or taken for recreational purposes from licensing requirements; and (2) requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to amend regulations concerning transporting wildlife to clarify that those sea urchins and sea cucumbers are fishery products exempt from the export permission requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Thus, those exporters will be exempted from: (1) inspections to ensure shipments of those fishery products do not contain endangered or threatened species, and (2) related inspection fees.