Environment

1496 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1496 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/06]

1495 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28943/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1495 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28943/06]

1494 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28942/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1494 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28942/06]

1493 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28941/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1493 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Galway; the area it will service; when construction of the works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28941/06]

1467 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is expected construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1467 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is expected construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/06]

1466 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence construction. [28518/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1466 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare will commence construction. [28518/06]

1465 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether quarry owners or operators should be obliged to obtain a licence to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1465 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether quarry owners or operators should be obliged to obtain a licence to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/06]

1464 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the general problem of noise pollution caused by house alarms that are frequently being activated by environment conditions such as wind as opposed to a break-in; if he will regulate this environmental pollution by curtailing alarm types to those with sirens which sound inside the premises only and a requirement that all house alarms be serviced; and if he will include a responsibility to keep an acceptable level of peaceful environment in neighbourhoods. [28453/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1464 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate the general problem of noise pollution caused by house alarms that are frequently being activated by environment conditions such as wind as opposed to a break-in; if he will regulate this environmental pollution by curtailing alarm types to those with sirens which sound inside the premises only and a requirement that all house alarms be serviced; and if he will include a responsibility to keep an acceptable level of peaceful environment in neighbourhoods. [28453/06]

1564 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his review of the disabled person’s grant scheme; and his views on funding 100% of the grant rather than requiring local authorities to fund 33%. [29997/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1564 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has concluded his review of the disabled person’s grant scheme; and his views on funding 100% of the grant rather than requiring local authorities to fund 33%. [29997/06]

1536 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of the disabled person’s and essential repairs grant schemes has been completed; the findings and recommendations of the review and, if not completed, to say when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1536 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of the disabled person’s and essential repairs grant schemes has been completed; the findings and recommendations of the review and, if not completed, to say when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/06]

1472 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 7 June 2006, when he will announce the proposals for the future operation of the disabled person’s grant scheme and the essential repairs grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28566/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1472 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 7 June 2006, when he will announce the proposals for the future operation of the disabled person’s grant scheme and the essential repairs grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28566/06]

1463 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to remove the 10 percent contribution for persons owning their own houses who qualify for the disabled person’s grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1463 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to remove the 10 percent contribution for persons owning their own houses who qualify for the disabled person’s grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/06]

1462 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to raise the level of disabled person’s grant to a level in line with construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1462 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to raise the level of disabled person’s grant to a level in line with construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/06]

1461 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding the burning of fossil fuels which could see global temperature increasing by three degrees centigrade and which could create the potential for more flooding, forest fires and droughts; and if he will make this an international issue. [28345/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1461 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take regarding the burning of fossil fuels which could see global temperature increasing by three degrees centigrade and which could create the potential for more flooding, forest fires and droughts; and if he will make this an international issue. [28345/06]

1460 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to proceed with a tender under a serviced land initiative for the provision of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1460 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to proceed with a tender under a serviced land initiative for the provision of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/06]

1459 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a discrepancy arose in the figures which he published for housing completions in 2005; the length of time this source of inaccuracy has been present; and the changes he is making for future methods of calculation. [28326/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1459 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a discrepancy arose in the figures which he published for housing completions in 2005; the length of time this source of inaccuracy has been present; and the changes he is making for future methods of calculation. [28326/06]

1458 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to introduce a grant scheme to allow local authorities to put in wood pellet burners in local authority housing; and, if so, when they will be available; and if there is a grant scheme at the present time for local authority tenants. [28215/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1458 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to introduce a grant scheme to allow local authorities to put in wood pellet burners in local authority housing; and, if so, when they will be available; and if there is a grant scheme at the present time for local authority tenants. [28215/06]

1476 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when will final approval be given in relation to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28604/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1476 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when will final approval be given in relation to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28604/06]

1457 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will send the final agreement for the Kiltimagh sewerage scheme, County Mayo, to Mayo County Council; when the residents of this east Mayo town can expect this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1457 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will send the final agreement for the Kiltimagh sewerage scheme, County Mayo, to Mayo County Council; when the residents of this east Mayo town can expect this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/06]

1456 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure to obtain funding for the provision of safety life buoys that are provided adjacent to rivers, canals and lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1456 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure to obtain funding for the provision of safety life buoys that are provided adjacent to rivers, canals and lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/06]

1455 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of candidates who are currently being assessed, or have been assessed with a view to participating in the rental accommodation scheme; the number of these candidates in each county; the number of candidates who are to be accommodated using this scheme by the end of 2006; the number he anticipates will be accommodated under the scheme by the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29320/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1455 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of candidates who are currently being assessed, or have been assessed with a view to participating in the rental accommodation scheme; the number of these candidates in each county; the number of candidates who are to be accommodated using this scheme by the end of 2006; the number he anticipates will be accommodated under the scheme by the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29320/06]

1185 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate forest road construction if it is not being approved for grant aid to ensure the protection of the environment. [29085/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1185 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate forest road construction if it is not being approved for grant aid to ensure the protection of the environment. [29085/06]

1184 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide an assurance that sufficient information is required to be provided in the application for all felling licences to ensure that the Forest Service is able to assess the impact on the environment; and if she will further provide the information required for each application. [29084/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1184 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide an assurance that sufficient information is required to be provided in the application for all felling licences to ensure that the Forest Service is able to assess the impact on the environment; and if she will further provide the information required for each application. [29084/06]

1186 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate hand fertilisation if it is outside the grant aid period to ensure the protection of the environment. [29086/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1186 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate hand fertilisation if it is outside the grant aid period to ensure the protection of the environment. [29086/06]

1167 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the hold up in REPS payment to farmers in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28697/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1167 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the hold up in REPS payment to farmers in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28697/06]

1162 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for a person to start up on their own as a REPs planner; the qualifications which are needed; the way in which a person can apply for their own REPs planning licence; the location where a person can obtain the appropriate application; the length of time a person would have to wait to get registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28501/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1162 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for a person to start up on their own as a REPs planner; the qualifications which are needed; the way in which a person can apply for their own REPs planning licence; the location where a person can obtain the appropriate application; the length of time a person would have to wait to get registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28501/06]

1002 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he would introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government specifically targeted to help social welfare recipients and people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

1002 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he would introduce a national waiver scheme for refuse services, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government specifically targeted to help social welfare recipients and people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/06]

914 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will work with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Dublin City Council in putting a compulsory purchase order on a swimming pool (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in order to prevent closure of this leisure service. [28359/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2006

914 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will work with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Dublin City Council in putting a compulsory purchase order on a swimming pool (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in order to prevent closure of this leisure service. [28359/06]

Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to issue regulations that subject low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines to the same standards as other hazardous liquid pipelines, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to retain or remove such exceptions after such regulations become effective. Revises certain one-call notification system minimum requirements to prohibit a person from: (1) excavating without first using the one-call notification system to establish the location of underground pipelines; (2) disregarding pipeline location information or markings; and (3) failing to take reasonable steps to prevent pipeline damage during excavation and to report damage caused by such excavation. Authorizes the Secretary to make: (1) a grant to a state to improve its damage prevention program provided it has an annual pipeline safety program certification or a pipeline safety agreement, and a qualified damage prevention program; and (2) technology development grants to an organization to prevent pipeline damage caused by excavation activities. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to order corrective action for pipelines that pose a risk to public safety or the environment; and (2) to waive such notice and hearing requirements in emergency situations. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) risk analysis and integrity management program enforcement; (2) transparency of gas and hazardous liquid pipeline enforcement actions; (3) minimum standards for integrity management programs for gas distribution pipelines; (4) implementation of certain National Transportation Safety Board pipeline safety recommendations; (5) coordination of pipeline repairs and hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects; (6) reduction of gas and hazardous liquid pipeline accidents due to human risks factors; (7) waiver of pipeline safety standards; (8) the 811 national excavation damage prevention phone number; (9) certification of pipeline integrity management program performance reports; (10) a Pipeline Security and Incident Recovery Protocols Plan; and (11) pipeline safety and security assistance.

Public Service Academy Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Public Service Academy Act of 2006 - Establishes, in the Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public Service Academy providing a fully subsidized liberal arts education to students selected from a pool of candidates nominated by Congress and the President. Reserves 100 first-year seats for international students, whose tuition and expenses are to be covered by their home countries. Requires incoming students to sign an Honor Code and be at least 17 years old, unmarried, and without dependents. Requires students to: (1) participate in daily public service programming and, during their final year, plan and implement a one-year public service project; (2) take foreign language and international relations courses in preparation for spending their junior year studying abroad and interning at a U.S. mission; (3) spend eight weeks each summer engaged in specified training and internship activities; and (4) by the completion of their fourth semester, choose a public service concentration in the economy, education, emergency management, the environment, foreign policy, health care, law enforcement, or the public infrastructure. Directs the Academy to assign graduates to public service employment in their field of concentrated study, where they must serve for at least five years. Includes private nonprofit organizations and private entities deemed to meet critical national needs among acceptable public service employers. Requires foreign students to serve in their home countries. Authorizes the Academy to subsidize a student's graduate education in return for an extended public service commitment. Requires the Academy to raise 20% of its annual budget from private sources.

Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act - Withdraws specified lands in Nye County, Nevada, permanently from any form of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, including: (1) the mineral leasing laws; (2) the geothermal leasing laws; (3) materials sales laws; and (4) the mining laws. Transfers jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of Energy (Secretary). Reserves use of such lands for certain activities associated with the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Requires the Secretary to manage the lands so withdrawn, and submit to Congress and the state of Nevada a management plan for their use. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct and operate facilities to receive and store spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at the Yucca Mountain site. Authorizes the Secretary to begin construction of connected infrastructure facilities after completion of a final environmental impact statement evaluating the activities involved. Requires the Secretary to acquire rights-of-way for construction and operation of railroad facilities to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from existing rail systems to the site of surface facilities within the geologic repository operations area for the receipt, handling, packaging, and storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste prior to emplacement. Revises requirements for new plant contracts.

Public Service Academy Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Public Service Academy Act of 2006 - Establishes, in the Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public Service Academy providing a fully subsidized liberal arts education to students selected from a pool of candidates nominated by Congress and the President. Reserves 100 first-year seats for international students, whose tuition and expenses are to be covered by their home countries. Requires incoming students to sign an Honor Code and be at least 17 years old, unmarried, and without dependents. Requires students to: (1) participate in daily public service programming and, during their final year, plan and implement a one-year public service project; (2) take foreign language and international relations courses in preparation for spending their junior year studying abroad and interning at a U.S. mission; (3) spend eight weeks each summer engaged in specified training and internship activities; and (4) by the completion of their fourth semester, choose a public service concentration in the economy, education, emergency management, the environment, foreign policy, health care, law enforcement, or the public infrastructure. Directs the Academy to assign graduates to public service employment in their field of concentrated study, where they must serve for at least five years. Includes private nonprofit organizations and private entities deemed to meet critical national needs, among acceptable public service employers. Requires foreign students to sign an agreement with the student's home country that meets the same conditions applicable to U.S. students. Authorizes the Academy to subsidize a student's graduate education in return for an extended public service commitment. Requires the Academy to raise 20% of its annual budget from private sources.

American Fuels Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

American Fuels Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Energy Security to oversee all federal energy security programs, including coordination of federal agency efforts to assist the United States in achieving full energy independence. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a tax credit for production of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles, including allowance of the credit against the alternative minimum tax; and (2) an alternative fuel retail sales credit. Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into U.S. commerce, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative diesel fuel. Requires such regulations to provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports diesel containing a quantity of alternative diesel fuel greater than certain prescribed quantities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the alcohol fuel mixture excise tax credit to cellulosic biomass ethanol. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to include within the term alternative fueled vehicle a medium or heavy duty hybrid vehicle. Sets a deadline by which: (1) any federal property with at least one fuel refueling station must include at least one alternative fuel refueling station; and (2) any alternative fuel refueling station on federally-owned property must permit full public access for the purpose of refueling using alternative fuel. Amends federal transportation law to require that any bus purchased with funds from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund be a clean fuel bus. Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement a program to evaluate the commercial and technical viability of advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels having applications for the Department of Defense.

Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to provide grants to assist such facilitites in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a license to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them.

Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2006

Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms. Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the toxic release inventory program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing the proposed rule dated October 4, 2005, to revise requirements under such program.

EAT Healthy America Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2006

Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.

Senior Safety and Dignity Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2006

Senior Safety and Dignity Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include in the nursing home patient's bill of rights the right to receive care from a creditable caregiver. Requires a skilled nursing facility (SNF), before hiring a worker, to conduct a background check on the applicant. Prohibits the hiring of abusive workers or workers convicted of a relevant crime. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act, including knowing retention of SNF workers who fail background checks. Applies such requirements and prohibitions to a long-term care facility or provider. Directs the Secretary to establish a national criminal background check program, after evaluation of the pilot program under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, in order to prevent abuse of nursing facility and SNF residents and individuals receiving home health care services and other long-term care services under the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct such criminal background checks. Requires the national criminal background check program to be made available to a long-term care facility or provider. Adds to the nursing home patient's bill of rights the right to a safe environment during an emergency or natural disaster. Requires a SNF under Medicare and Medicaid to: (1) have a clear and preestablished disaster plan; and (2) inform residents and next-of-kin about it and the location of possible evacuation in case of an emergency disaster. Applies the same requirement to other long-term care facilities.

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2006

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2007. Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY2006 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (2) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of Representatives) or the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (3) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (4) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; (5) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (6) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (7) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007; (8) Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (9) Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); and (10) Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate), and the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate). Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 17, 2006. Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such date.

Proposal for a Council Directive adapting certain directives in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania

European Union · European Commission · 22 September 2006

"Veterinärjahresbericht 2005 - Schlachttier- und Fleischuntersuchungen"

Austria · National Council · 21 September 2006

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Veterinärjahresbericht 2005 - Schlachttier- und Fleischuntersuchungen

Empower America: Securing America's Energy Future Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Empower America: Securing America's Energy Future Act of 2006 - Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make eligible for Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees any large-scale coal-to-liquid facilities that use domestic coal resources to produce at least 10,000 barrels a day of liquid transportation fuel. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to establish a coal-to-liquid facilities loan program. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds to the Secretary for a clean coal power initiative. Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act, or the Gas PRICE Act - Obligates the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take specified steps to streamline the petroleum refinery permitting process. Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 - Sets forth actions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) with respect to oil and natural gas production from leased tracts within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), especially the sharing of OCS receipts with neighboring states. Rigs to Reefs Act of 2006 - Revises OCSLA to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations for authorizing use of a decommissioned offshore oil and gas platform or other facility for an artificial reef, scientific research, or any other authorized use. Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund Act of 2006 - Institutes a Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund. Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to historic and existing state-chartered recognized petroleum or mining schools and related institutions. National GEO Fund Act of 2006 - Creates a National Geo Fund for grants to support geothermal and geopressure oil and gas energy production, as well as a new program for fuel production from strategic unconventional resources and oil and gas resources using CO2 enhanced recovery. Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2006 - Keeps specified areas in the Coastal Plain of Alaska, including the Sadlerochit Spring Area, separate from oil and natural gas leasing activity for purposes of environmental, wildlife, and cultural management. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain. Specifies lease terms and related requirements. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to fund biomass and other renewable energy resource research and development. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct an electric drive transportation technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an income tax credit for qualified teleworking expenses; and (2) exclude employer-provided computer equipment from gross income as a fringe benefit. Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to require the Secretary of Transportation to revise average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide funding for the Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed and energy efficient public building programs, and the energy efficiency public information initiative. Gasoline Consumer Anti-Price-Gouging Protection Act - Prohibits suppliers from selling gasoline or petroleum distillates at unjustifiably increased prices in areas where the President or the Federal Trade Commission has proclaimed an emergency owing to an abnormal market disruption. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the excise tax credit for coal-to-liquids, the alternative motor vehicle credit, biodiesel income and excise tax credits, the investment tax credit with respect to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property, the credit for production of natural gas, and the credit for residential energy efficient property. Extends specified tax incentives to encourage cellulosic ethanol production and the renewable electricity production credit. Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the authority of the EPA Administrator to make boutique fuel reductions.

Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

Austria · Federal Council · 20 September 2006

Anfrage der Bundesräte Erwin Preiner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

Austria · Federal Council · 20 September 2006

Anfrage der Bundesräte Erwin Preiner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

Austria · Federal Council · 20 September 2006

Anfrage der Bundesräte Erwin Preiner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Dolomitsteinbruch KG Bruckneudorf/Kaisersteinbruch

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2006

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Commending the life's work of Stephen Robert Irwin and extending heartfelt sympathy to his family.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2006

Expresses sorrow upon the death of Stephen Robert Irwin, better known as Steve Irwin (nicknamed the Crocodile Hunter). Commends the life work of Steve Irwin and recognizes his contributions to protecting the environment, promoting wildlife conservation, and educating and inspiring millions around the world. Extends heartfelt sympathy to Steve Irwin's family, particularly his wife Terri and children Bindi Sue and Robert.

Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad Land Exchange Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2006

Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad Land Exchange Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange land within Denali National Park with the Alaska Railroad for the purpose of turning railroad trains around near Denali Park Station. Requires the Alaska Railroad to pay the costs of any such land exchange, including the costs of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the costs of land surveys, and other reasonable costs to accomplish the exchange.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, extended composition) of 19 September 2006.#Lucchini SpA v Commission of the European Communities.#ECSC - State aid - Environmental aid - Aid by Italy in favour of the Lucchini steel company - Refusal to authorise the proposed aid - Applicable legal framework - Eligibility of the notified investments as aid for environmental protection - Conditions governing the compatibility of aid with the common market - Statement of reasons.#Case T-166/01.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 19 September 2006

Betriebsrisiken bei atomaren Zwischenlagern für Brennelemente (G-SIG: 16011041)

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 September 2006

Standorte atomarer Zwischenlager, Betriebserlaubnis der Lager, Befüllstand mit Brennelementen, Bedrohungslage durch terroristische Handlungen, Konzept für Endlager <p> </p>

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy {SEC(2006) 1136}

European Union · European Commission · 15 September 2006