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101 records in 1986
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 November 1986
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 November 1986
European Union · European Commission · 30 October 1986
European Union · European Commission · 20 October 1986
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1986
Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to list and annually update known substances which contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion, climatic warming, or any other atmospheric or climatic modification. Prohibits the manufacture or importation of listed substances five years after they are listed. Permits the Administrator to adjust such requirement as specified. Requires a reduction phase-in of 20 percent per year, or a more rapid reduction if feasible. Permits exemptions as specified. Prohibits the importation of listed substances later than one year after they are listed unless the source nation is reducing production of such substance on a comparable reduction schedule as required in the United States. Requires such national programs to be certified by the Administrator after a determination that appropriate enforcing legislation in such nation is in place. Requires the Administrator to review certifications on an annual basis, revoking certifications for noncompliance. Requires any product or container including such a listed substance to be labeled accordingly after one year of such substance being listed. Requires producers of listed substances to report to the Administrator annually on such production until it ceases. Establishes a per pound fee for listed substances, commencing one year after listing and increasing on an annual basis. Requires that such fees be deposited into a research support trust fund and be used for grants under this Act. Directs the Administrator to acquire information relating to substitutes for listed substances. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1986
Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Title I: Standards for Protection from Radioactive Emissions from Facilities of Department of Energy - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue and periodically revise standards to protect public health and safety and the environment from radioactive emissions from certain Department of Energy facilities. Requires such standards to include annual and aggregate limits as well as models for calculating public exposure to radioactive emissions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to monitor compliance with such standards. Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to provide the Administrator with all necessary information and inspections, both onsite and off. Imposes civil penalties for violations. Includes Federal employees under this Act. Requires Federal agency cooperation. Authorizes the Administrator to empower States to exercise authority provided by this Act. Title II: Compliance of Facilities of Department of Energy with Federal and State Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Administrator to monitor covered facilities to assure compliance with Federal and State environmental laws, including unannounced inspections. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Administrator for monitoring costs. Requires the Secretary to terminate the use of soil columns for disposing of liquid radioactive waste or hazardous waste at Department facilities within one year. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs of compliance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on sites which pose a threat to public health or the environment and the estimated costs of treatment, storage and disposal. Requires the Secretary to operate quality assurance programs which provide for internal independent review to identify potential public health and safety and environmental problems. Requires the Secretary to make corrections, maintain records of activities affecting environmental quality, and conduct audits. Directs the Secretary to establish a citizen advisory group upon the request of any State Governor. Authorizes the President to exempt facilities otherwise covered by this Act for no more than one year, reporting annually on all exemptions granted. Title III: Regulation of Solid Waste Mixed with Radioactive Materials - States that the generation, transportation, treatment, and disposal of solid waste mixed with radioactive material is subject to the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1986
United States Geological Survey Amendments Act of 1986 - Title I: United States Geological Survey Amendments - Creates a Biological Division within the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct surveys on the long-term changes in the condition and quality of the biological environment and its inhabitants, particularly on fragile ecosystems in pristine areas of the United States. Requires the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (who also directs the Biological Division) to review existing research in the area, recommending changes as necessary. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint a committee to review the work of the Division and make recommendations. Authorizes the Director to establish field offices, including at least one in the Rocky Mountain region. Title II: Requires the Director to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport or air pollutants in the western States, with particular attention to acid deposition. Requires the Director to report to the Congress within four years. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title III: Requires the Director to research the quality of ground and surface water in the United States. Authorizes research grants on a matching basis. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title IV: Authorizes appropriations for the Biological Division.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1986
Amends the Clean Air Act to require each State to develop a two-tiered plan to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in such State. Requires such plans to achieve specified emissions rates by the start of 1993 and the start of 1997. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions from stationary sources. requires the Administrator to notify each State by the end of 1990 of potential reductions in stationary sources achievable by the end of 1996. Requires the Governor of each State to submit to the Administrator a plan for complying with such emissions reductions. Permits each State to achieve reductions through any emission limitation or other requirement. Requires each State to ensure that electric utility ratepayers in any region do not pay a disproportionate amount for such reductions. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress by June 30, 1993, on the actual reduction of acid deposition achieved by phase I reductions. Requires Administrator approval of any State plan granting a State a specified grace period within which to cure any defects in such plan. Requires a State without an approved plan to meet specified emission levels.
European Union · European Commission · 8 October 1986
European Union · European Commission · 8 October 1986
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1986
Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 - Declares public policy with respect to promoting national population stabilization and encouraging other nations to achieve population stabilization to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires that Federal policies, regulations, and public laws be interpreted and administered in accordance with this Act. Directs Federal agencies to use reliable demographic, natural resource, and environmental information in planning and decisionmaking and to assist State and local governments in efforts to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires the President, within three years of enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on: (1) the current and foreseeable trends in national and global population size and age structure; (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of available natural resources to fulfill population requirements; (3) an evaluation of the short-term and long-term impact that such trends will have on the economy and national security of the United States; (4) a review of the effects of Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, programs, and activities on the attainment of national and global population stabilization; and (5) recommendations for legislative actions as considered necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1986
Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a Task Force on the Global Climate to research, develop, and implement a coordinated national strategy on global climate. Requires such Task Force to transmit a United States Strategy on the Global Climate to the President within a year. Requires the President to then report to specified members of Congress on such report. Directs the President to appoint an ambassador at large to coordinate Federal efforts in multilateral activities relating to global warming. Directs the Secretary of State to promote the early designation of an International Year of Global Climate Protection. Urges the President to give climate protection high priority on the agenda of U.S.-Soviet relations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget should include adequate funds for environmental cleanup at Department of Energy (DOE) sites at a level adequate to put DOE facilities in compliance with the Clean Water Act and final permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should: (1) accord the same priority to putting its facilities into compliance with environmental laws as it accords to meeting nuclear materials and weapons production goals; (2) provide for independent inspections by affected State agencies regarding the Department's treatment and disposal of mixed wastes that may be exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation; (3) provide for an independent examination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Safety Analysis Reviews of its nuclear facilities; and (4) report to the Congress regarding plans and cost estimates for bringing DOE defense facilities into compliance with environmental laws.
Germany · German Bundestag · 26 September 1986
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986
Pesticide Price Competition Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit applicants to file abbreviated applications for registration of pesticides and new uses of pesticides if the pesticide is identical or substantially similar chemically to a previously registered pesticide, and if labeling requirements and other conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1986
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate final reportable quantity regulations for specified hazardous substances by December 31, 1986, or by April 30, 1988. Permits the President to authorize a responsible party to carry out a response action and to conduct a remedial investigation or feasibility study (RI/FS) if certain conditions are met. Requires the President to give priority to releases which may present a public health threat. Requires removal actions to contribute to the efficient performance of any long-term remedial action with respect to the release concerned, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the President from providing removal or remedial actions for releases or threatened releases which are: (1) the product of naturally occurring processes; (2) are in a facility of which such substance forms a structural part; or (3) are due to a water system's expected deterioration. Permits the President to respond despite such prohibition if a public health or environmental emergency exists and no other authority can respond in a timely and competent fashion. Directs the President to notify Federal and State natural resource trustees of potential damage to their resources and to coordinate efforts. Increases the time and dollar limits on initial response actions to 12 months and $2,000,000. Limits the 50 percent or greater State cleanup obligation for the release of hazardous substances at State- or municipally-owned facilities to those facilities which are also operated by such State or municipality. Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions. Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Provides for reimbursement to States for 90 percent of cleanup costs at State- or municipally-owned, but not operated facilities. Treats long-term cleanup of groundwater or surface water as part of the costs of remedial action for ten years. Authorizes the President to perform limited interim remedial actions where complete remedial action requires recontracting because of additional environmental information. Requires States to assure the availability of hazardous waste disposal facilities sufficient for the next 20 year's wastes. Permits the President to enter into cooperative agreements with State political subdivisions, or Indian tribes for hazardous waste cleanup on a multisite basis with reimbursement of costs associated with securing site responses from responsible parties. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Permits the withholding of information on a very limited basis. Authorizes the President to acquire property if necessary for a remedial action. Requires the President to revise the National Contingency Plan within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments. Requires the President to amend the Hazard Ranking System within 18 months to accurately assess the relative degree of risk to human health and environment posed by sites and facilities subject to review. Permits individuals to petition the President for a preliminary site hazard assessment. Includes contamination of the air and damage to the human food chain as criteria for ranking a hazard. Requires the Administrator to consider using qualified minority firms for contracts under this Act. Requires the President to consider adding to the NPL facilities where special study wastes are present in significant quantities, as specified. Authorizes reimbursement of potentially responsible parties for response costs, as specified. Includes all vessels releasing hazardous substances within the jurisdiction of the United States under the liability provisions of CERCLA. Makes certain health assessment costs recoverable from the responsible party. Exempts from liability for all but negligent actions government agencies responding to a hazardous substance emergency. Directs the President and each Governor to appoint Federal and State trustees, respectively, for natural resources, creating a rebuttable presumption that their assessment of damages to such resources is valid. States that cleanup costs incurred in a response action constitute a Federal lien against the property of a responsible party, except as specified. Sets forth evidentiary requirements for establishing financial responsibility. Permits direct action against a financial guarantor if the person liable is financially or physically unavailable for redress. Entitles such a guarantor to all rights and defenses available to the liable party. Limits the liability of such guarantor to its financial responsibility to the responsible party. Increases criminal penalties and adds certain civil penalties for violations of this Act, including failure to provide accurate information at specified times. Authorizes a reward for information leading to a criminal conviction under this Act. Directs the Administrators of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and EPA to prepare and update a list of hazardous substances which present the most significant potential threat to human health because of their pervasiveness or toxicity. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to also develop toxicological profiles for each substance, assessing the current state of knowledge of their deleterious effects, and revising such profiles at least every three years. Requires the Administrator to initiate research where inadequate information on a substance is available. Requires Federal coordination of research efforts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such research costs be borne by the substance's manufacturer or processor. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year to implement such payments. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to perform a health assessment for each NPL facility. Permits the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct health assessments at other facilities as well. Authorizes individuals to petition the Administrator for a health assessment of a site where evidence of human exposure to hazardous substances exists. Requires the completion of health assessments before the completion of remedial investigation and feasibility studies (RI/FS) whenever possible. Grants priority to those sites where the potential risk to human health appears highest. Requires State or local officials conducting a health assessment to report the results and recommendations to the Administrators. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide the affected State and the Administrator of EPA with the results and recommendations of any ATSDR assessment. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to conduct a pilot study of health effects of exposure whenever justified by an assessment to determine if full scale epidemiological studies are appropriate. Requires the Administrator to establish a registry of exposted persons if appropriate. Directs the Administrator to initiate a health surveillance program for an exposed population if justified by an epidemiological study or exposure registry. Requires the Administrator to report biennially to the Administrator of EPA and the Congress on ATSDR's activities under this Act. Directs the President to abate significant risks to the human population through exposure by providing alternate household water or relocation of individuals, or through other means. Requires peer review of all ATSDR studies and research. Requires the Administrator of ATSDR to provide States and health professionals with educational materials on exposure-related issues. Authorizes appropriations of $8,500,000,000 for the Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund) for five years. Authorizes the use of such funds for the treatment of lead-contaminated soil and technical assistance grants to groups affected by releases from NPL facilities. Limits the payment of natural resource claims from Superfund to those who have exhausted all other remedies. Permits the payment out of Superfund of: (1) evaluation of health assessment petition costs; (2) oversight costs where a responsible party is conducting a RI/FS; (3) land acquisition costs where necessary for a response action; (4) research and development costs; (5) reimbursement of local governments; (6) worker training and education grants; (7) rewards; and (8) lead poisoning in children study costs. Prohibits the paying of natural resource claims in any year in which the President determines all of Superfund is needed for responses to threats to public health. Permits the use of Superfund to pay for alternate water supplies in cases involving federally-owned facilities where groundwater contamination exists beyond the Federal boundary and such facility is not the only potentially responsible party. Requires the Inspector General of each Federal agency carrying out Superfund authorities to conduct an annual audit of how such monies were obligated and report to the Congress the results of such audit. Earmarks funds for ASTDR. Limits funds to be spent on research. Requires the President to notify State and local officials when a site is placed on the NPL, thereby limiting the payment of claims. Authorizes appropriations of $212,500,000 for each of FY 1987 through 1991. Prohibits claims against Superfund while a claimant has a cost recovery action pending in the courts. Sets forth claims procedures. Establishes a six-year statute of limitations for cost recovery claims against Superfund with special rules for minors and incompetents. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for recovery of natural resource damages. Prohibits double recovery. Provides for nationwide service of process under this Act. Permits actions for contribution within three years of a claim's payment. Permits a court to allocate response costs. States that a person who has resolved his or her liability with the United States or a State shall not be liable for claims for contribution. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for actions for natural resource damages. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for cost recovery for removal actions unless a waiver for continued response action has been issued when the statute of limitations would extend to six years. Establishes a remedial action statute of limitation of six years, except as specified. Prohibits actions for contribution, actions based upon subrogation of rights, after three years, or actions to recover indemnification payments. States that there is no preenforcement judicial review of selected response actions. Limits review of the adequacy of a federally-selected response action to the administrative record. Excludes from liability under Superfund (but not under the Solid Waste Disposal Act) any service station dealer who collects and appropriately manages for recycling oil unmixed with other hazardous substances which later is released. Directs the President, to the maximum extent practicable, to complete preliminary assessments of all facilities on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) by January 1, 1988, and for other designated facilities by January 1, 1989. Requires evaluations to be conducted within four years of enactment if warranted by the preliminary assessment. Requires the President to publish an explanation if such goals are not achieved. Establishes a schedule for the commencement of RI/FS over the five years after enactment, the first 275 required to be commenced within three years. Requires an opportunity for public participation before the adoption of a plan for remedial action. Requires explanations of deviations from such plan. Authorizes the President to provide grants for technical assistance to groups who may be affected by a release from an NPL facility. Requires the President to give priority where a release has contaminated a principal drinking water supply or closed a well. Requires the Administrator to make a grant to New Jersey for the removal and storage of radon-contaminated soil. Prohibts any person from locating a landfill or placing solid waste in a landfill over the Unconsolidated Quaternary Aquifer, New Jersey. Directs the Comptroller General to study the problem of shortages of skilled personnel in EPA to carry out response actions. Requires the Comptroller to report to the Congress by July 1, 1987. Limits the applicability of State and local requirements for a release or threatened release at the McColl Site, Fullerton, California. Directs the Administrator of ATSDR to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the nature and extent of lead poisoning in children from environmental sources. Exempts the owners/operators of the Milltown Dam, Montana, from otherwise applicable requirements for hazardous substances in the reservoir. Includes permanent relocation costs and other related costs within removal costs at Times Beach, Missouri sites, as specified. Permits the temporary waiver of specified permit requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for mobile incinerator units in Illinois involved in remedial activity. Directs the Administrator to study the use of trucks used for the transportation of both hazardous and non-hazardous materials. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the location, levels, and mitigation of radon and radon daughters. Directs the Administrator to conduct and report annually to the Congress on a radon mitigation demonstration program. Directs the Administrator to establish a hazardous substance research, development, and demonstration center in Jefferson County, Texas, to conduct research for more effective hazardous substance response and waste management throughout the Gulf Coast. Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President may use alternative and innovative methods in selecting a response action for NPL facilities. Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a testing of technologies program at the Liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Test Facility for responses to liquefied gaseous and other hazardous substance spills. Requires the Secretary to carry out a technology transfer program under this program. Directs the Secretary to contract with a nonprofit organization in Albany County, Wyoming, for technical support. Directs the Administrator to establish a hazardous substance research, development, and demonstration center in the Pacific Northwest, utilizing nonprofit entities. Authorizes the Administrator and the Secretary to enter into interagency agreements to provide research into alternative and innovative technologies for assessing the hazardous waste contamination at the Hanford site, Washington. Removes the Silver Creek Tailing site, Utah, from the NPL unless certain findings are made. Exempts response-action contractors from liability for nonnegligent cleanup activities if they would not otherwise have been liable, including State employees who assist such contractors in their official capacity. Permits the President to indemnify response action contractors for negligence, as specified. Includes Federal facilities under CERCLA as if they were private facilities, except for certain financial responsibility and time period provisions. Applies the relevant State law when a Federal facility is not on the NPL. Requires the Administrator to establish a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket for each Federal agency and department which will include information on off-site contamination and monitoring data, and releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances. Requires that such information be made available to the public. Requires the Administrator to evaluate all Federal facilities on the Docket by January 17, 1988, for placement on the NPL, using NCP criteria. Requires the commencement of a RI/FS within six months of a Federal site's placement on the NPL. Directs the Administrator to review the RI/FS and enter into interagency agreements for cleanup when necessary, allowing for public participation. Requires each agency to report annually to the Congress on its implementation progress. Requires Federal agencies to notify buyers or transferees of Federal land where hazardous substances were disposed of or stored. Authorizes State and local participation in the planning and selection of a remedial action. Sets forth special rules to protect national security at defense facilities needing cleanup. Excludes specified Federal facilities from these requirements. Requires the President to select remedial actions which comply with this Act, the NCP, are cost-effective, and protect human health and the environment. Requires such actions to permanently and significantly decrease the toxicity, mobility, or volume of the hazardous substance pollutant, or contaminant to the degreee practicable. Permits the selection of alternative remedial action. Requires the review every five years of sites where the remedial action left hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants at such sites to determine if human health and the environment are being protected. Requires such sites to comply with other applicable Federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act as it concerns groundwater. Restricts the use of any alternate concentration level process in selecting remedial action. Sets forth the relationship between State and Federal environmental standards. Requires removal or remedial actions which transport material to another facility to transfer such material only to facilities in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act and applicable State requirements. Authorizes the President to select a remedial action that does not meet the appropriate legal standard as specified. Requires the President to publish the findings and reasons that led to such a selection before the remedial action is taken. States that no permits are required for onsite remedial actions. Requires the President to promulgate regulations for significant State involvement in the initiation, development, and selection of remedial actions within such State. Requires the President to give a State 30 days notice if a "substandard" remedial action is selected. Permits a State to intervene through the courts to require the action to meet the applicable standard after an examiniation of the evidence. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements whereby the releasor or any potentially responsible party conducts the remedial response. Permits the Administrator to fund part of such response. Limits the liability of the cleaning up party to that specified in the agreement. Permits the President to take action against any person not a party to such agreement. Enters such agreements in the appropriate U.S. district court as consent agreements, enforceable as such. Directs the President to notify potentially responsible parties of each other's identities and of the seriousness of the necessary cleanup, providing a moratorium on the commencement of remedial action for a specified period after such notice has been given. Grants notified persons an opportunity to submit a proposal to the President for the undertaking or financing of remedial action. Provides for a nonbinding, preliminary allocation of responsibility. Permits the President to commence remedial action if no good faith proposal is forthcoming within a specified period. Authorizes the President to proceed on remedial action where a significant public health threat exists regardless of the status of negotiations. Authorizes the President to agree to refrain from pursuing any future liability of a person if an approved response action would be expedited and the person is in full compliance with the consent decree and other conditions are met, as specified. Permits the President to settle with persons whose share of response costs is not substantial. Authorizes Federal agencies to settle certain claims not yet referred to the Department of Justice. Permits the use of arbitration, as specified. Sets forth settlement procedures. Requires natural resource trustees' agreement to covenants not to sue for damage to such resources, permitting agreement if the potentially responsible party agrees to protect and restore such resources. Authorizes the President to reimburse local communities for temporary emergency response measures. Provides a conditional exemption from liability under this Act for persons who own or operate methane-recovery equipment. Requires the President to revise the Hazard Ranking System as it applies to facilities that contain substantial volumes of wastes that relate to the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels. Prohibits the addition of facilities to the NPL on the basis of the volume of such waste until such revision is completed. Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate worker protection standards for government and nongovernment employees engaged in hazardous waste operations. Establishes liability limits for ocean incineration vessels under CERCLA. Directs the President to require additional evidence of financial responsibility for such vessels. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Suspends the transfer of liabilities to the Post-Closure Liability Trust Fund until the Comptroller General studies and the Congress enacts legislation concerning options for the management of liabilities after closure. Requires hazardous substances listed under this Act to also be regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act within 30 days of enactment. Provides a Federal commencement date for State statutes of limitations which are applicable to harm which results from exposure to a hazardous substance. Renames the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund the Hazardous Substances Superfund. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator to provide for the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks. Requires States to inventory all underground storage tanks containing regulated substances. Requires the Administrator to use funds in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for such purposes, but holds the owners and operators of such tanks strictly liable for such costs, requiring them to maintain evidence of financial responsibility, except as specified. Authorizes State implementation of such authority under specified conditions, authorizing the Administrator to make grants to such States for such purpose. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the availability of pollution liability insurance for owners and operators of such tanks. Authorizes citizen suits against violators of this Act, including the President and other government officials who fail to perform nondiscretionary duties. Permits citizen suits against nongovernment officials in the Federal district court in which the violation occurred. Permits citizen suits against any Federal official only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Empowers such courts to impose civil penalties and to order the performance of required Acts. Requires plaintiffs to give notice to the President, the alleged violator, and the State in which the violation occurred before commencing proceedings. Prohibits any citizen suit where the President has commenced and is pursuing an enforcement action. Permits the awarding of court costs to the substantially prevailing party. States that the United States may intervene as a matter of right in all citizen suits in which it is not otherwise a party. Requires the President to provide the assurances that it will pay the share of the remedial action and maintenance costs of a cleanup on Indian lands that is otherwise required to be paid by a State. Authorizes Indian tribes to recover damages for injury to natural resources from hazardous substance releases, except as specified. Includes Indian tribes on the same basis as States under certain provisions of CERCLA. Prohibits the relocation of tribal members because of site contamination without the Tribe's approval. Directs the President to study and report to the Congress on the extent of hazardous waste sites on Indian lands. Establishes a statute of limitations for Indian claims for environmental damages to their lands. Directs the Comptroller General to appoint a study group to determine the insurability of the liability of persons who generate hazardous substances, own or operate facilities liable for costs under CERCLA, or are liable for harm to persons or property caused by the release of such substances into the environment. Requires the delivery of such report to the Congress within 12 months. Establishes a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of research, development, demonstration, and training to develop alternative and innovative treatment technologies for response actions under Superfund. Establishes a basic university research and education program within the Department of Health and Human Services and a research, demonstration, and training program within EPA. Establishes an advisory council. Adds title IV - Pollution Insurance, to CERCLA. Authorizes the formation of risk retention groups, corporations, or insurance companies to assume and spread the pollution liability of its group members. Sets forth the relationship of such groups to State laws, insurance laws, and securities laws. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of environmental restoration on land under the Secretary's jurisdiction through response and remedial actions covered by CERCLA. Requires the Secretary to carry out a research, development and demonstration program with respect to hazardous wastes, in cooperation with the Administrator and an advisory council. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Defense Environmental Restoration Account for environmental restoration purposes. Requires the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at defense facilities. Requires the Secretary of HHS to prepare toxicological profiles on such substances. Requires the Secretary of Defense to keep EPA offices and State environmental authorities apprised of Department environmental activities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on such activities. Permits otherwise unauthorized military construction projects if necessary for a response action. Requires the Administrator to submit an annual progress report to the Congress on implementing this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to New York State for the acquisition of property in the Love Canal Emergency Declaration Area. Requires the Administrator to enter into a cooperative agreement with New York for the maintenance of such properties. Requires the Administrator to conduct or have conducted a habitability and land-use study. Title III: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Emergency Planning and Notification - Directs each Governor to appoint an emergency response commission to supervise and coordinate local emergency planning committees appointed by the State commission to develop, and when necessary, implement, an emergency response plan for hazardous substance emergencies arising out of activities carried on within such district. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of extremely hazardous substances and threshold planning quantities for each substance. Includes under these requirements facilities where such substances are present in such threshold quantities. Permits the inclusion of other facilities after public notice and comment. Requires covered facility owners or operators to notify the State commissions that this Act applies to them and to revise and update such notification as their inventories change. Requires the State to then notify the Administrator. Requires plans to designate an emergency coordinator and each covered facility to identify a facility representative who will participate as a facility emergency coordinator. Requires such plans to also address procedures, methods, routes of transportation, available equipment and resources, and other elements necessary for a coordinated, planned emergency response. Requires State approval of such plans. Sets forth notification procedures, depending upon the nature of the substance. Authorizes existing Federal emergency training programs to provide training programs for government personnel in hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and other aspects of emergency training with response to hazardous chemical emergencies specifically in mind. Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for FY 1987 through 1990 for such purpose. Requires the Administrator to review emergency detection systems and report to the Congress with recommendations. Subtitle B: Reporting Requirements - Requires owners or operators required to prepare a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to provide one to the local and State emergency committees and commissions as well as the appropriate fire department. Sets forth the required contents of such sheet and the treatment of mixtures. Requires that MSDS be made available to the public. Requires such owners or operators to also prepare, submit, and annually update an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form containing two tiers of information relating to: (1) average inventories of categories (tier I) of substances; and (2) information on the amounts and storage of individual chemicals (tier II). Requires that tier II information to be made available to the public. Requires that covered owners or operators grant on-site access to fire officials. Requires such owners or operators to annually complete a toxic chemical release form detailing the use, manufacture, presence, and disposal of listed toxic chemicals during that year. Exempts certain small manufacturers from that requirement. Permits the Administrator to revise the list of chemicals as appropriate to protect human health. Sets forth a petition procedure for the amendment of such list. Sets toxic chemical threshold amounts for reporting purposes, decreasing the triggering amount with each year from July of 1988 through July of 1990. Requires the Administrator to publish a uniform toxic chemical release form for covered facilities. Requires that such forms be available to the public. Authorizes the Administrator to modify reporting frequency, as specified, but requires that the Congress be notified before such a modification takes place. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain a computer data base of a national toxic chemical inventory based upon the data submitted. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress by June 30, 1991, on the implementation of these requirements by the Administrator and States, including an evaluation of information use. Directs the Administrator to have a mass balance study performed and report to the Congress within five years on the value of mass balance analysis in determining the accuracy of toxic chemical release information. Requires the Administrator to collect such data from States which utilize this methodology. Subtitle C: General Provisions - States that State and local law are not preempted, except as specified, including the MSDS requirements. Permits owners or operators to withhold certain trade secret information (the specific chemical identity) if they meet applicable evidentiary tests, but requires that such information as well as other information be made available to health professionals, as necessary. Requires that the public be informed of the availability of the plans, information sheets, and notifications required by this Act. Sets forth the civil, administrative, and criminal penalties imposed for violations of these requirements. Authorizes citizen suits, permitting the United States and a State to intervene as a matter of right. Exempts transportation of chemicals from these requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research - Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator to establish a radon gas and indoor air quality research program to gather information, coordinate research efforts, and assess Federal mitigation actions. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee and group. Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress an implementation plan for such program and to report to the Congress within two years on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 September 1986
(Unterrichtung gem. Beschluß auf BT-Drs 10/870) Umweltrisiken von Schadstoffen, Schutzziele, Handlungsprinzipien, Prinzip der Umweltvorsorge, Kooperation der gesellschaftlichen Gruppen, Verursacherprinzip, Instrumente der Umweltvorsorge im Ordnungsrecht, der Raumordnung und der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Schwerpunktbereiche der Umweltvorsorge
European Union · EUR-Lex · 18 September 1986
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986
Title I: Fort Caroline National Memorial - Makes the Fort Caroline National Historical Park, Florida, the principal interpretive and administrative center for historic and prehistoric sites in the Nassau, Saint Mary's, and Saint Johns River Valleys. Eliminates the limitation on authorizations. Title II: Preservation of Nassau Marshland Areas and Protection of Significant Historical Assets - Establishes the Nassau Aquatic Preserve, Florida, which includes specified marshlands, historical land sites, and the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within such preserve through donation, purchase, or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire sites or properties of significant historic interest in northeastern Florida through donation or purchase with donated funds. Requires the Secretary to manage the Preserve according to applicable Federal, State, and local laws and management programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986
Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). Prohibits the obligation of certain of such funds before Superfund taxing authority is enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1986
Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act- Amends the Clean Air Act to designate an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Requires States from such region to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units, other units, and total units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1992, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve nitrogen oxides emissions reductions from fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1997. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to implement an accelerated research program during the first stage to examine the pattern of effects of atmospheric loading of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Requires the Administrator to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport of pollutants in nonregion States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Requires the Administrator to evaluate such results until no later than July 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations for such evaluations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes the Administrator to recommend changes in the requirements of the second stage based upon the first stage research evaluations. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on proposed changes by July 1, 1991, and requires such changes to increase protection of sensitive areas and mitigation of identified damage. Permits two or more States to reallot their shares among themselves so long as the total, required reduction is achieved. Requires each State to adopt enforceable reduction measures for phase II requirements by a specified date, submitting them to the Administrator for approval and other States for comment. Imposes civil penalties for violations of State requirements. Requires a major stationary source in a State without an approved reduction plan to comply with an established schedule. Requires the owner of such a facility to submit for the Administrator's approval an emissions reduction plan to meet such schedule. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures if such measures are enforceable by entities and persons other than the State in which the emissions occur: (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) retirement of major stationary sources at an earlier than provided for date; (3) investments in energy conservation where emission reductions can be identified with such investments; (4) trading of emission reduction requirements and actual reductions through emission reduction banks or brokerage institutions; (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels; and (6) fuel substitution. Requires specified primary nonferrous smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emission limitation or standard for sulfur oxides by January 2, 1988. Requires the Secretary of State to give special emphasis to ensuring that the Nacozari smelter in Mexico meets pollution control standards under the Clean Air Act when negotiating with Mexico an Annex concerning transboundary air pollution to the 1983 Border Environmental Agreement. Requires such Annex to address pollution control and monitoring at other smelters within the United States and Mexico. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months after enactment of this Act on the implementation of such negotiation. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of pollution controls on the Nacozari smelter. Directs the Secretary to utilize an international agency to study and report on transboundary air pollution from copper smelters in the U.S. and Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1986
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Act - Designates the Monterey Bay, California, as a national marine sanctuary. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an environmental impact statement on such designation. Requires the Secretary to also prepare a management plan for such area, to be submitted to the Congress. States in what way the Sanctuary Act applies with respect to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1986
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety data submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Requires a person seeking such information to affirm that he or she is not working for a pesticide business. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Provides for the payment of registration fees based on active ingredients. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to: (1) make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public; and (2) furnish annual reports to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides expedited procedures for required label changes. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Title IV: Records and Inspections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Title VI: Certification, Training, and Recordkeeping for Pesticide Applicators - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Requires commercial applicators to maintain records of pesticide applications. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs. Provides for separate standards for commercial and private applicators. Requires refresher training. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII: Additional Data, Data Compensation, and Patents - Authorizes registrants to jointly develop or share the development costs of required additional data for existing pesticides. Revises data compensation provisions. Authorizes patent term restoration for certain agricultural and chemical products. Title VIII: General - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Prohibits a State from forbidding the sale of certain home or garden pesticides for which a State registration application has been filed unless and until the State has acted pursuant to applicable State law. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish criteria for disapproving special local needs registrations. Provides for uniform tolerances of pesticide residues in food. Makes the scientific advisory panel under such Act permanent. Authorizes EPA action if a State fails to take appropriate investigative or enforcement measures. Terminates State primary enforcement responsibility for pesticide violations as of January 1, 1990, unless the Administrator determines that the State has authority to impose civil and criminal penalties at least equal to those provided for in this Act. Revises enforcement and penalty provisions under such Act. Authorizes any person to obtain judicial review of EPA regulations. Requires EPA to: (1) provide indemnity reports to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) protect drinking and groundwater from pesticide contamination; (3) protect the health and safety of pesticide workers; (4) conduct research on the neurotoxic and behavioral effects of pesticides; and (5) study pesticide container designs. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Obligates specified amounts for research. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Sets forth agricultural producer liability provisions. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for the interregional project number 4 program (IR4 program). Requires an EPA study and report to the Congress concerning pesticide risk rating. Title IX: Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments. Title X: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect 60 days after enactment, unless otherwise so provided.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety data submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the initial food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public. Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Title IV: Records and Inspections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Title VI: Certification and Training - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII: Data Compensation - Requires each registrant of an active ingredient pesticide used only in food, feed, or fiber production to jointly develop, or share in the development costs, of additional data. Title VIII: General - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Terminates State primary enforcement responsibility for pesticide violations as of January 1, 1989, unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that the State has the authority to impose civil and criminal penalties at least equal to those provided for in this Act. Makes the scientific advisory panel under such Act permanent. Authorizes any person to obtain judicial review of EPA regulations. Requires: (1) indemnity reports to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) the Administrator to protect drinking and groundwater from pesticide contamination; and (3) the Administrator to protect the health and safety of pesticide workers. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Obligates specified amounts for research. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Sets forth agricultural producers liability provisions. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate the activities under this Act and report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for the interregional project number 4 program (IR4 program). Requires EPA studies and reports to the Congress on the following: (1) pesticide risk rating; (2) nonagricultural pesticides; (3) dioxin residues in human milk; (4) pesticide drift; and (5) naturally occurring agents that act as pesticides. Title IX: Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments. Title X: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Title XI: Tolerances and International Cooperation - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to revoking tolerances or exemptions from tolerances established for pesticide chemical residues. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance to foreign countries on pesticide regulatory programs and to survey all countries that import pesticides from U.S. exporters or from which the United States imports agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 August 1986
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986
Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Plastic Waste Study Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to jointly study the adverse effects of dumping plastics on the environment, including fish and wildlife, within the United States and the oceans. Requires the Administrators to report results and recommendations within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1986
Asbestos Information Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards. Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce through the National Bureau of Standards, to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards. Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 August 1986
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1986
Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit Federal agencies to use a registered pesticide unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that missing or deficient data warrants suspension or cancellation of such registration. Permits Federal agencies to refer to research conducted for EPA pesticide registration in developing their own environmental impact statements. Provides that registration guidelines promulgated by the Administrator may not contain a requirement for applicants to perform human epidemiological studies to obtain or support registrations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1986
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning environmental and human health effects posed by radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1986
National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986 - Establishes the National Marine Policy Development Commission to develop recommendations to the Congress and the President on establishing a comprehensive marine policy. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, advisors, functions, powers, administration, Director and staff, and compensation of members. Requires the Commission, within 18 months after it first meets, to submit to the President and the Congress a detailed final report of its findings and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Coastal Wetlands Recovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to identify and designate threatened coastal wetlands for which a wetlands action plan must be developed. Grants priority to those wetlands determined to be most threatened. Requires each such plan to specify wetlands boundaries, causes of degradation, and a timetable for actions which need to be taken, as well as allocating financial responsibility for such activities. Authorizes the use of water control structures and the appropriate diversion or deposition of natural elements. Sets forth State participation and financial responsibilities under this Act, requiring the contribution of at least 25 percent of costs from non-Federal sources. Requires wetlands plans to be periodically reviewed and updated. Grants the Secretary emergency authority to take necessary actions at priority wetlands during FY 1987 and 1988. Authorizes appropriations.
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 July 1986
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require that facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls meet specified requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 June 1986
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United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document, if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos problems in schools. Requires EPA training courses or trained personnel to meet such standards. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints. Permits citizen suits to compel the Administrator to meet deadlines for promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where the presence of airborne asbestos or the condition of friable asbestos-containing material in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth notification requirements and cost recovery entitlements when such actions are taken. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Limits the liability of asbestos contractors or local educational agencies performing activities under this Act to damages caused by negligent actions or intentional misconduct. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Directs the Administrator to appoint an Asbestos Ombudsman to answer complaints and inquiries concerning aspects of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress within one year on the need for a similar program for public and commercial buildings. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. States that such Fund shall consist of amounts repayed under loans under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Directs the Administrator to make grants to States during FY 1988 for grants to local educational agencies to inspect for asbestos in school buildings and develop management plans.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Asbestos Information Clearinghouse to collect and analyze asbestos samples from building owners before they remove such material from their buildings. Requires manufacturers of asbestos building material to submit relevant data to such Clearinghouse as required. Requires the Administrator to provide requested information on formulas and samples upon a reimbursable basis.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up hazardous wastes at Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 12 June 1986
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Suspends the use of Tributyltin-based paints on the hulls of commercial and recreational vessels until the Environmental Protection Agency has completed studies as to the safety of such paints and their impact on the aquatic environment.