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Bill· SS. 1413 (104th)referred

Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1995

Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from granting a license, license amendment, or permit (license) for an activity that will result directly or indirectly in the withdrawal by a State or political subdivision of water from a lake, reservoir, or similar body of water (lake) that is situated in two States unless the Governor of the State in which more than half of the lake is situated certifies that the withdrawal will not adversely affect the environment in, or the economy of, that State. Makes an exception regarding an application for a license for an activity that will occur or affect waters located within a river basin that is subject to an interstate compact, a decree of the Supreme Court, or an Act of Congress that specifically allocates the rights to use such water. Specifies that this Act shall apply to any application made on or after January 1, 1991, unless the application has been granted and is no longer subject to judicial review.

Bill· HRH.R. 2645 (104th)referred

To permit freon to be used for home, automobile, and agricultural air conditioning equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1995

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, notwithstanding title VI of the Clean Air Act, the Montreal Protocol, the Copenhagen Accords, and all related international agreements, from banning, phasing out, or restricting the production, importation, export, consumption, or use of CFC-12 (freon) for use in automobile and agricultural air conditioning equipment or HCFC-22 for use in residential air conditioning equipment. Repeals all rules, standards, and other regulatory actions issued by the Administrator before the date of enactment of this Act to the extent they impose controls prohibited under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2637 (104th)referred

To provide for a study of certain cross-border sources of air pollution.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1995

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with State and local air pollution control agencies, to undertake a study of air pollution from mobile sources entering the United States from other countries to determine the extent to which air pollution in U.S. areas exceeding national ambient air quality standards is attributable to such sources. Requires development of a verifiable model for estimation of the amount of such pollution and use of estimates and monitoring in at least one metropolitan area near an international border, including the San Diego, California, area, to test model results. Requires a report to the Congress.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 122 (104th)enacted

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1995

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Continuing Appropriations Title II: (Unnamed) Title III: Commitment to a Seven-Year Balanced Budget Title I: Continuing Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Makes further continuing appropriations for FY 1996 for continuing projects and activities, including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, conducted in 1995 and for which appropriations or other authority would be available in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996; (5) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996; (7) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996; (8) the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 1996; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996. Sets the rates of such funding. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. (Sec. 106) Provides that, unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 5, 1995, whichever first occurs. (Sec. 111) Provides in specified circumstances, except for section 106, for the maintenance of a minimum level of funding for projects or activities under any Act listed in section 101. Defines minimum level. (Sec. 112) Requires, except for section 106 and under specified conditions, that whenever the rate for operations for any continuing project or activity would result in a furlough of Government employees, that rate for operations may be increased to a minimum level that would enable the furlough to be avoided. (Sec. 113) Requires, except for sections 106, 111, and 112, that for those programs that had high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of funding at the beginning of FY 1995 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, similar distributions of funds for FY 1996 shall not be made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. (Sec. 115) Provides that section 132 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act of 1988 (which provides that amounts appropriated for the Federal Payment to the District of Columbia shall not be subject to apportionment) shall not apply for this joint resolution. Provides for including in the apportionment for the Federal Payment to the District of Columbia an additional $15 million for certain capital construction loan repayments. (Sec. 116) Requires, except for section 106, that the authority and conditions for the application of appropriations of the Office of Technology Assessment as contained in House Report 104-212, shall be followed when applying the funding made available by this joint resolution. (Sec. 119) Requires, except for section 106, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Salaries and Expenses amount to include, in addition to direct appropriations, the amount it collects under the fee rate and offsetting collection authority. (Sec. 120) Requires that funding be made available for the necessary expenses of the Bureau of Mines for: (1) continuing limited health and safety and related research, materials partnerships, and minerals information activities; (2) mineral assessments in Alaska; and (3) terminating all other activities of the Bureau of Mines. (Sec. 121) Requires, except for section 106, that funds for the Environmental Protection Agency shall be made available in the appropriation accounts which are provided in H.R. 2099 as reported on September 13, 1995. (Sec. 122) Sets forth a special formula for determining the rate of operations for projects and activities that would be funded under the heading "International Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to International Organizations" in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996. (Sec. 123) Provides, except for section 106, that the rate for operations of the following projects or activities shall be only the minimum necessary to accomplish orderly termination: (1) Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (with an exception); (3) Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; (5) Land and Water Conservation Fund, State Assistance; and (6) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Rural Abandoned Mine Program. Title II: - Waives parchment printing requirements of the enrollment of: (1) a continuing resolution; (2) a debt limit extension measure; and (3) a reconciliation bill. (Sec. 202) Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this joint resolution. Title III: Commitment to a Seven-Year Balanced Budget - States that the President and the Congress shall enact legislation in the 104th Congress to achieve a unified balanced budget not later than FY 2002 as scored by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Requires such unified balanced budget to be based on the most current economic and technical assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office.

Proposal· PCCELEX 51995PC0543open

Proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Council Directives 90/387/EEC and 92/44/EEC for the purpose of adaptation to a competitive environment in telecommunications

European Union · European Commission · 14 November 1995

Question· Fragestunde13/2980open

Deutsch-brasilianische Umwelt-Initiative (G-SIG: 13046708)

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 November 1995

Report· Rapport d'information1995-65introduced

Les résultats de travaux de projection : finances sociales, environnement international

France · Senate · 9 November 1995

Les résultats de travaux de projection : finances sociales, environnement international

Law· projet de loi98-565enacted

projet de loi relatif à la partie législative du livre VI (nouveau) du code rural

France · Senate · 9 November 1995

Bill· SS. 1406 (104th)open

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Eufaula, Oklahoma, a parcel of land located at the Eufaula Lake project, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1995

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Eufaula, Oklahoma, all U.S. rights and interests to specified real property at the Eufaula Lake project. Directs the Secretary, prior to the conveyance, to conduct an environmental baseline survey to determine contamination levels for which the United States would be responsible under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and any other applicable law.

Bill· HRH.R. 2601 (104th)referred

Bottled Water Standards Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1995

Bottled Water Standards Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates a national primary drinking water regulation for a contaminant under the Safe Drinking Water Act, to issue a regulation for that contaminant in bottled water or make a finding that a regulation is not necessary to protect the public health because the contaminant is not present in bottled water. Specifies that such a regulation shall take effect on the date on which the final regulation of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) takes effect. Requires the relevant MCL to provide protection of public health equivalent to the MCL provided in the national primary drinking water regulation. Makes the drinking water regulation the standard for bottled water if the Secretary fails to establish a regulation.

Bill· HRH.R. 2609 (104th)open

Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness Purchase Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1995

Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness Purchase Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Texas public agency which has contracted with the United States for repayment of specified Bureau or Reclamation projects in Texas, or another Texas public agency, for the purchase of such projects under specified conditions. Identifies the affected projects as the Canadian River, Palmetto Bend, and Nueces River Reclamation projects. Provides that the assumption of Federal nonreimbursable responsibility by the contracting party is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and project purchase review shall not be required.

Bill· SS. 1401 (104th)open

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Amendments Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1995

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Amendments Act of 1995 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to: (1) repeal certain oversight functions of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (2) provide for an approved State program for surface coal mining and reclamation operations which shall apply in that State in lieu of the Act; (3) declare the Act inapplicable to surface coal mining and reclamation operations within a State with an approved State program until such program has been amended, and the permittee has been provided reasonable time to conform operations to the amended program; and (4) declare that operations in compliance with a permit issued under the Act shall be deemed to be in compliance with its environmental protection standards and those of an approved State or Federal program pursuant to the Act. Amends enforcement guidelines to grant a State regulatory authority sole enforcement responsibility for the Act and relevant State law, subject only to State administrative and judicial review. Confers enforcement responsibility for Federal water quality laws (including State law enacted pursuant thereto) upon the regulatory authority approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Revises judicial review guidelines to: (1) repeal the provision construing the availability of judicial review of a State regulatory authority as not limiting the operation of rights with respect to citizens' suits to compel compliance with Federal law; and (2) declare that an action by the Secretary of the Interior regarding inadequate State enforcement is subject to judicial review by the U.S. district court for the district which includes the capital of the State whose program is at issue. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for an enforcement proceeding under this Act. Redefines surface coal mining operations to exclude public roads from the regulatory purview of the Act.

Bill· SS. 1402 (104th)referred

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1995

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act - Amends the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to repeal definitions relating to: (1) no-migration determination; (2) retrieval; and (3) test-phase and test-phase activities. (Sec. 3) Declares that existing rights under specified oil and gas leases shall not be affected unless the Secretary of Energy determines that acquisition of such leases is necessary for the long-term protection of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (currently, unless lease acquisition is required to comply with final disposal regulations or with the Solid Waste Disposal Act). (Sec. 4) Repeals the mandate for test phase and retrieval plans, and the attendant performance assessment report. (Sec. 6) Authorizes the WIPP to receive from the Secretary transuranic waste which did not result from a defense activity but that is under the Secretary's control on the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 7) Revises the requirements for commencement of disposal operations to authorize the Secretary to begin the disposal phase after review and certification by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) that Department of Energy's (DOE) application reasonably addresses final disposal standards. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to submit transuranic waste disposal recommendations and surveys to the Congress. (Sec. 9) Prescribes criteria under which the Administrator shall certify compliance with disposal regulations. States that the Administrator shall disapprove DOE's application only upon finding that the preponderance of evidence shows that the Secretary has failed to adequately address long-term environmental and human-health related risks. Precludes the Administrator from conducting an independent evaluation of the analyses used to evaluate long-term disposal system performance. (Sec. 10) Instructs the Secretary to determine whether or not engineered barriers, or both (sic), will be required to comply with specified Federal regulations. (Current law requires the use of both engineered and natural barriers.) (Sec. 11) Exempts the Secretary from complying with certain Solid Waste Disposal Act proscriptions against land disposal of specified wastes. Repeals the mandate for: (1) periodic oversight and compliance determination by the Administrator and the State of New Mexico (the State); and (2) determination of noncompliance during disposal and decommissioning phases. (Sec. 12) Repeals retrievability requirements. Declares that it is the intent of the Congress that after completion of the Administrator's review and certification under this Act, the Secretary will begin the disposal phase by June 30, 1997. (Sec. 13) Repeals the mandate for: (1) a WIPP decommissioning plan; and (2) the deadline for the Secretary to develop a management plan for the Withdrawal. (Sec. 15) Revises authorization of appropriations guidelines to authorize payments directly to the State instead of to the Secretary for subsequent payments to the State.

Bill· HRH.R. 2595 (104th)referred

To amend the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to establish the reportable quantity for sulfur dioxide as 1,000 pounds.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1995

Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to establish 1,000 pounds as the reportable quantity for sulfur dioxide for purposes of certain notification requirements with respect to the release of hazardous substances from a vessel or facility.

Question· oralPQ 182asked