Environment

A bill to provide interim authority to clean up contaminated water supplies near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in south Adams County, Colorado, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986

Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies in Adams County, Colorado, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Requires such funds to be repayed as specified. Directs the Secretary to commence response actions with respect to hazardous substances affecting such water supplies, using Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program funds.

86/234/EEC: Council Decision of 10 June 1986 adopting multiannual R & D programmes in the field of the environment (1986 to 1990)

European Union · EUR-Lex · 10 June 1986

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EASTERN AFRICAN REGION AND THE TWO PROTOCOLS ANNEXED THERETO

European Union · European Commission · 10 June 1986

Bekanntgabe der Ernennung von Dr. Wallmann zum Bundesminister für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit; Vereidigung (G-SIG: 10004299)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 June 1986

Bericht der Bundesregierung über Vorschläge zur Verringerung von Emissionen aus Kleinfeuerungsanlagen (Einzelhaushalte, Zentralheizungen) (G-SIG: 10004346)

Germany · German Bundestag · 2 June 1986

Bericht gem. Entschließung auf BT-Drs 10/870: Emissionen aus Kleinfeuerungsanlagen 1966 und 1982, Stand der Maßnahmen zur Emissionsverminderung, Rechtsvorschriften, Energieeinsparung, Forschung und Entwicklung, Möglichkeiten für eine weitere Verringerung der Emissionen, u.a. Ausbau der Fernwärme

Erforschung von Schädigungsprozessen bei Denkmalbaustoffen in aggressiver Umwelt (G-SIG: 10049962)

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 May 1986

Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986

Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to bring operations managed through the Richland Operations Office, Washington, of the Department of Energy (DOE) into compliance with specified Federal environmental laws. Requires the safe disposal of environmental hazards at such sites. Prohibits the use of soil columns for disposal of liquid hazardous or radioactive wastes at all DOE operations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a schedule and cost estimate of compliance with such requirements. Requires interagency consultation and cooperation.

Auswirkungen von Treibgasen aus Sprühdosen auf die Umwelt (G-SIG: 10049880)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 May 1986

Estimates, 1986. - Vote 30: Environment (Resumed).

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 1986

That a sum not exceeding £762,409,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1986, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for the Environment, including grants in lieu of rates on agricultural land and other grants to Local Authorities, grants and other expenses in connection with housing, and miscellaneous schemes, subsidies and grants including certain grants-in-aid.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international program to study the greenhouse effect.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1990.

A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986

Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a Multiple Use Advisory Council for such Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986

Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a Multiple Use Advisory Council for such Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Befreiung des für den Umweltschutz eingesetzten Anlagevermögens von der Vermögen- und Gewerbekapitalsteuer (G-SIG: 10052745)

Germany · German Bundestag · 2 May 1986

A bill relating to the treatment of environmental protection and natural resource conservation as aspects of open and fair international trade.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986

Directs the President to seek in multilateral trade negotiations: (1) the adoption of international trade standards that will promote the use of environmentally sound production and manufacturing processes; and (2) the development and adoption of incentives and disincentives to implement such standards. Prohibits the President from entering into any trade agreement negotiations unless the President first reports to the Congress on the actions that will be taken to promote such standards. Prohibits any trade agreement from taking effect unless the President consults with specified congressional committees regularly regarding the progress being made toward adoption of such standards. Requires the President to report periodically to the Congress on those foreign countries and instrumentalities which either refuse to negotiate, or to negotiate in good faith, regarding the adoption of such standards. Directs the President to establish an Interagency Advisory Committee on International Environmental Protection.

Pesticide Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1986

Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to revise and add certain definitions. Title II: Registration of Pesticides - Revises procedures for the registration of pesticides. Permits a Federal agency to use a pesticide for which registration has been applied unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that among data submitted in support of such application any missing or deficient data are sufficiently important to warrant suspension or cancellation of the applied-for registration. States that no registration applicant who proposes to purchase an inert ingredient from another producer in order to formulate a pesticide shall be required to offer to pay reasonable compensation otherwise required for test studies. Sets specified deadlines for the Administrator to act with respect to applications and for the publication of notices about applications in the Federal Register. Revises the procedure for approval of registration for substituted inert ingredients. Prohibits conditional registration for non-minor additional uses of any pesticide if certain toxicity data are required, unless such data have been submitted. Permits the Administrator to conduct a special review of a pesticide use if a validated test or other significant evidence shows that such use may pose a risk of serious acute injury to humans or domestic animals. Sets forth notice requirements for an interim administrative review. Directs the Administrator to provide public access to health and safety data submitted in support of an initial registration application. Denies availability to any person employed by or acting on behalf of any person engaged in the production, sale, or distribution of pesticides. Limits availability of data only to the purpose of commenting on a registration application. Sets forth restrictions on disclosure of data so viewed. Requires each pesticide manufacturer or importer to obtain or develop, and submit to the appropriate State agency, a material safety data sheet for each pesticide produced or imported. Requires that each affected employee have available such a sheet for each pesticide used. Prescribes the contents of such sheets. Directs the Administrator, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to publish in the Federal Register a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients not reregistered since September 30, 1978. Requires publication of a priority list of all other unreregistered pesticide active ingredients within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Assigns the highest priority on such lists to pesticides that: (1) are used on or in feed or food; (2) will result in detectable residues of verifiable toxicological concern in potable ground water, edible fish, or shellfish; or (3) have previously been determined to have the most significant outstanding data requirements. Prohibits judicial review of the establishment of such lists. Provides for removal of ingredients from such lists if the registrant requests cancellation of registration. Requires each registrant to notify the Administrator of the intent to reregister any listed ingredient. Sets deadlines for the submission by registrants of all outstanding data requirements. Provides for suspension of a registration where it is found that tests essential to a determination of whether a pesticide may cause unreasonable adverse effects have not been committed or contracted for within a specified period of time. Requires the Administrator to complete reregistration of a pesticide within two years after receipt of all required data. Requires the Administrator to establish a priority list, subject to judicial review, of at most 50 inert ingredients: (1) that appear to cause a pesticide to meet or exceed a criterion for initiating an interim administrative review; or (2) for which additional data are reasonably necessary to evaluate whether the inert ingredient may result in a pesticide causing an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. Requires publication of such list in the Federal Register within 90 days after enactment of this Act. Provides for removal from such list. Prescribes a procedure for the requirement and submission of additional data about inert ingredients during consideration of a registration application. Prescribes conditions for approval of substitute inert ingredients for inert ingredients known to cause significant adverse effects. Requires a risk assessment and, if warranted, revised labeling with respect to an inert ingredient when data indicate that it may present a potential significant hazard. Requires a registrant to modify the formula statement of any pesticide containing an inert ingredient for which a risk assessment requires revised labeling. Title III: Certified Applicators - Sets minimum standards for the certification of commercial pesticide applicators and for operation by noncertified commercial applicators. Requires all applicators, certified and noncertified, to undergo retraining every five years. Directs the Administrator to prescribe minimum requirements for training programs for pesticide applicators and application trainers. Requires the Administrator to delegate such authority as well as administrative authority to any State which establishes a qualified program. Requires the Administrator or delegate State agency to approve any privately administered training program that meets EPA requirements. Title IV: Administrative Review; Suspension - Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 18 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. (Retains in the case of a conditional registration the current deadline for a cancellation or suspension decision when a hearing has been requested, which is 75 days after receipt by the Administrator of a request for such hearing.) Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined that essential data submitted in support of an existing registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration. Authorizes the Administrator to require either the active ingredient registrant or end use pesticide registrant to submit replacement studies or data on an expedited schedule, and with interim progress reports in the case of invalid data submitted in support of a pesticide registration after the effective date of this Act. Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Entitles to compensation any person who submits data required under this Act. Permits a registrant at any time to request cancellation of any of its product registrations or deletion of one or more uses. Requires notice in the Federal Register of intent to cancel following such a request, and a 60-day public comment period. Title V: Registration of Establishments - States that any information about pesticide or active ingredient production locations submitted with an application for registration of a pesticide production establishment, and any information other than pesticide or active ingredient names submitted to the Administrator or a State agency, shall be considered confidential. Requires every producer operating a registered establishment to obtain and make available to the public, on request, a material safety data sheet for each active ingredient and listed inert ingredient used in the establishment. Requires the Administrator to make efforts to catalog and retrieve data in a manner that eliminates or reduces additional information requests from registrants, particularly requests requiring the submission of duplicate confidential data. Title VI: Books and Records - Authorizes the Administrator to require exporters of pesticides and pesticide testing facilities to maintain records determined necessary to effective enforcement of FIFRA. Title VII: Inspection of Establishments - Authorizes Federal or State officers or employees designated by the Administrator to enter: (1) any place where pesticide production records are kept in order to inspect them; (2) any pesticide testing facility to inspect it and its records; and (3) any place where such officer or employee has probable cause to believe FIFRA has been or is being violated by any person other than a person acting in the capacity of a private applicator, in order to inspect and obtain evidence of the violation. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions taken under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws, including the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Title VIII: Protection of Trade Secrets and Other Information - Permits disclosure of the identity of inert ingredients under certain circumstances. Exempts from public disclosure any information regarding an intent to market a pesticide prior to the start of sales, unless such disclosure is necessary to protect against a suspected unreasonable risk to health or the environment. Prescribes methods of disclosing inert ingredients by priority listing and labeling. Allows the Administrator to grant a delay in public notification of a registered label and related documents until the first date of the commercial disclosure by the registrant if the registrant demonstrates a future intention to market a registered product and the intention is not a matter of public record. Permits data disclosure to contractors with a State or State agency and their employees in certain circumstances, as well as to Federal contractors. Prescribes a procedure by which States or State agencies may request and receive information obtained under FIFRA by entering into a cooperative agreement with the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to notify a data submitter within seven days of receiving any request for such data. Title IX: Standards Applicable to Pesticide Applicators - Requires pesticide applicators to maintain a record of each pesticide application for two years. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales records, which must be furnished to EPA inspectors upon proper request. Deems specified information in such records confidential. Title X: Unlawful Acts - Makes unlawful the refusal to prepare, maintain, and submit certain records to inspectors, or to willfully falsify data, or to violate specified regulations. States that no agricultural producer or applicator shall be liable in any action for damages caused by pesticide use unless it acted unreasonably with regard to such use. States that the acts or omissions of agents under FIFRA shall be construed to be the acts of their employer. Title XI: Penalties - Increases specified civil and criminal penalties for violations of FIFRA. Empowers the Administrator to issue subpoenas in connection with administrative proceedings regarding civil penalties. Title XII: Administrative Procedure; Judicial Review - Prescribes a procedure by which any person may obtain judicial review of any regulation or refusal under FIFRA. Title XIII: Imports and Exports - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn for health or environmental reasons. Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States. Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Title XIV: Research and Monitoring - Revises research and monitoring provisions of FIFRA. Title XV: Delegation and Cooperation - Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Labor to coordinate efforts to regulate pesticide use in the workplace so as to minimize burdens on regulated persons. Title XVI: State Cooperation, Aid, and Training - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987, and each fiscal year following, to provide through cooperative agreements for up to 50 percent of the cost to each State or Indian tribe of conducting training programs for certification of applicators and pesticide certification and licensing programs. Requires that at least $5,000,000 be made available each fiscal year through FY 1991 for such programs. Title XVII: Authority of States - Authorizes States, but not local governments, to regulate the sale or use of pesticides, except that no State may: (1) make any lack of essentiality a criterion for regulating such sales or uses; or (2) establish any tolerance for pesticide residues different from or in addition to tolerances established under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides for State regulation of additional uses of federally registered pesticides. Requires States, in promulgating pesticide regulations, to take into account the difference in concept and usage among various classes of pesticides and the differences in environmental risk and risk evaluation data between agricultural and nonagricultural pesticides. Prescribes a procedure by which any person may petition the Administrator to conduct a rulemaking on the record after an opportunity for a hearing to amend requirements, regulations, or policies governing low volume nonfood pesticide uses. Title XVIII: Authority of Administrator - Revises the procedure for congressional veto of the Administrator's rules and regulations regarding pesticides. Extends the termination date of the Scientific Advisory Panel from the end of FY 1987 through FY 1991. Title XIX: State Primary Enforcement Responsibility - States that, to enforce FIFRA with respect to restricted and nonrestricted use pesticide applications, an EPA employee must be certified in the State for the category of such applications for which the employee is assigned enforcement responsibility. Title XX: Failure by the State to Assure Enforcement of State Pesticide Use Regulations - Requires a State to commence: (1) appropriate investigative action within 30 days after a complaint is filed; and (2) appropriate enforcement action within 120 days after a complaint is filed, or the Administrator may proceed to act on such complaint. Title XXI: Data Collection and Retrieval Systems - Directs the Administrator to design and implement within EPA an efficient system for the collection, dissemination, and use of data submitted under FIFRA and for the retrieval of pesticidal, toxicological, and other scientific data useful in carrying out such Act. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to consult on the establishment of such system. Title XXII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title XXIII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV: Effective Date - Sets forth effective dates for the provisions of this Act.

Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986

Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 1987 and 1988 for research, development, and demonstration activities authorized under: (1) the Clean Air Act; (2) the Federal Water Pollution Act; (3) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (4) the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (5) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); (6) the Public Health Service Act (radiation activities); (7) interdisciplinary activities provisions; (8) the Toxic Substances Control Act; and (9) energy research. Authorizes appropriations to the EPA Office of Research and Development for FY 1987 and 1988 for program management and support. Sets forth permissible uses of such funds. Provides for congressional oversight of transfers of funds between categories. Prohibits the Administrator of the EPA from using any funds appropriated under this Act for a reduction-in-force, unless the Administrator has provided certain information to the Congress in advance. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to establish and maintain a separately identified program of continuing long-term environmental research and development that will support and contribute to each research category for which appropriations are authorized under this Act. Requires that at least 15 percent of such funds be obligated for such long-term research and development. Directs the Administrator to report annually on the performance of such long-term research and development programs to the appropriate congressional committees at the time the President's FY 1988 budget is submitted to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to carry out a research program with respect to indoor air quality. Requires that such program be designed to: (1) gather data and information on all aspects of indoor air quality in order to contribute to the understanding of health problems associated with the existence of air pollutants in the indoor environment; and (2) coordinate Federal, State, local, and private research, development, and demonstration efforts relating to the improvement of indoor air quality. Authorizes the Administrator to establish committees of representatives of appropriate Federal agencies and advisory groups of representatives of the scientific community, industry, and public interest organizations to assist in carrying out such indoor air quality research program. Directs the Administrator to consult and coordinate with State and local officials and other interested parties having concerns related to such program. Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress an indoor air quality research implementation plan within 120 days after enactment of this Act and a final report within two years of such enactment after consulting the National Academy of Sciences. Directs the Administrator to establish the Committee on Biotechnology within the Science Advisory Board. Requires such committee to report to the Congress on biotechnology product assessment. Requires the Board to review and report on the EPA's groundwater research program.

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement 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 Federal and other buildings. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States for individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Requires asbestos contractors to be accredited by an equivalent or more stringent plan. Requires the Administrator to develop and periodically revise a schedule of Federal buildings to be inspected, including a management plan for those found to contain asbestos and the possible later addition of non-Federal buildings. Requires the owners of designated buildings to conduct an asbestos inspection, reporting results to the Administrator and posting results in the inspected building. Requires owners of buildings found to contain asbestos to prepare a management plan for dealing with the substance, including schedules for followup inspections, which complies with the regulations. Requires that such plans be made available to the public. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still within the building. Prohibits the Federal leasing of any building not inspected for asbestos. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a designated building may be hazardous and adequate owner's actions have not been taken. Requires the Administrator to include actions taken under this Act in the annual report required under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1993, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve emissions reductions from other fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1977. Directs the Administrator to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources, identifying achievable reductions which could be made by 1997. Requires States to submit to the Administrator for approval a plan for achieving such reductions. Grants States discretion in their choice of compliance measures. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by July 1, 1993, on phase I reductions and the feasibility of meeting phase II reductions. States that phase II reductions will not take effect if the Congress enacts legislation to that effect. Sets forth emissions rates a State without an approved reductions plan must follow. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy between December 31, 1988, and December 31, 1996, to subsidize the interest on qualified pollution control debt incurred by the utility. Establishes civil penalties for fee violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to receive such fees and provide interest subsidy payments for pollution control systems meeting specified standards. Revises the standards for nitrogen oxides emissions for new electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and for certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires certain smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emissions reduction standard by January 2, 1988, without extension or delay. Title II: Control of Emission from Mobile Sources - Sets oxides of nitrogen emission standards for motor vehicles for model years 1988, 1989, and beyond. Modifies hydrocarbon standards for trucks after model year 1989. Directs the Administrator to regulate sulfur in diesel fuel for 1989 and beyond. Requires either the use of onboard hydrocarbon control technology or the use of gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from fueling motor vehicles. Title III: International Cooperation - Expresses the concern of the Congress over transboundary pollution between the United States and Mexico and directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator to conclude an agreement within three months of enactment. Requires such an agreement to cover specified copper smelters. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months on negotiating such agreement. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of sulfur dioxide emissions, before and after pollution controls, of the Nacozaria smelter, Mexico, on specified western States. Directs the Secretary to establish an international agency, or utilize an existing agency, to report on the effects of transboundary air pollution from copper smelters on public health and welfare in the United States and in Mexico.

Pesticide Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986

Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Reregistration - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 90 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 180 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest reregistration priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use; (2) will result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; or (3) have significant outstanding data requirements. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 36 months. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary three-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements. Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines. Requires EPA to complete registration within two years of receiving such data. Title IV: Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of not more than 50 inert ingredients based on apparent health or environmental dangers. Subjects such list to judicial review. Sets forth the conditions for: (1) removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data; and (2) additional data studies. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label. States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 360 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V: Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA a Material Safety Data Sheet for each pesticide produced, imported, or used. Sets forth information to be included in such Sheets. Requires such Sheets to be maintained by the registrant and made available to the public. Provides for confidentiality of certain information. Title VI: Data Disclosure to States - Provides for data disclosure to States that have entered into cooperative agreements with EPA. Establishes criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure of such information by Federal or State officers or employees. Permits disclosure to contractors under such conditions as the Secretary may specify. Directs the Administrator to : (1) establish (through an EPA committee) a data system for the information required by this Act; and (2) establish a retrieval system for pesticidal, toxicological, and other scientific data. Requires a report to the Congress within 24 months. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1989 appropriations. Title VII: Cancellation Procedures - Authorizes the Administrator to conduct a special review of a pesticide if its use may pose a risk to: (1) humans or domestic animals; (2) the environment of non-target organisms; or (3) to an endangered or threatened species or critical habitat. Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to: (1) cancel the registration or change the classification of a pesticide; or (2) hold hearings to determine whether such changes should be made. Title VIII: False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel a pesticide registration if submitted information is invalid (and has not been replaced) or false. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX: Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes Federal or State officers or employees duly designated by the Administrator to enter or inspect laboratories or testing facilities, or to obtain pesticide samples or make copies of records. Sets forth inspection procedures. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions taken under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects. Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States. Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research programs. Requires an annual report to the Congress on such programs. Title XI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Title XII: Label Use Protection - States that proof that an application was made in compliance with the label shall be presumptive evidence that the applicator was not negligent. Title XIII: Certification, Training, and Recordkeeping Amendments - Sets forth certification, training, and recordkeeping (including public access) provisions for noncertified commercial applicators, employees, and certified commercial applicators. Requires certification of enforcement personnel. Title XIV: State Authority to Regulate Sale and Use of Pesticides - States that enforcement authority does not extend to State political subdivisions. Directs States to consider the differences between agricultural and nonagricultural pesticides in promulgating pesticide regulations or policies. Title XV: Use of Any Registered Pesticide in a Manner Inconsistent with its Labeling - Permits use of one pesticide in the formulation or repackaging of another registered end-use product. Exempts household cleaning agents from "inconsistent use" labeling requirements. Title XVI: Definitions - Defines "antimicrobial," "to distribute or sell," "pesticide product," and "terms of registration" for purposes of such Act. Title XVII: Registration of a Pesticide - Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines regarding registration support data. Requires EPA to review an application and notify the applicant of any deficiencies within 90 days of receipt. Requires EPA review of such additional information within 180 days of receipt. States that an application shall be deemed approved if EPA fails to act within 360 days. Authorizes the Administrator to use label warnings and other regulatory restrictions before giving a pesticide a restricted use classification. Title XVIII: Protection of Trade Secrets and Other Information - Protects marketable data from disclosure until the start of sales, unless such disclosure is necessary to protect against risk to health or the environment. Requires EPA to notify applicants if a disclosure request has been made for their information. Title XIX: Information Requested - Requires EPA to catalogue and retrieve data in such manner as to reduce duplicate registrant requests. Title XX: Research and Monitoring - Directs the Administrator to maintain a facility at Beltsville, Maryland, to conduct biological testing of pesticides, especially disinfectants. Title XXI: State Cooperation, Aid, and Training - Provides for a 50-50 Federal-State sharing of applicator training costs. Sets forth minimum fiscal year appropriations for such purpose. Title XXII: Scientific Advisory Panel - Extends authority for the scientific advisory panel through FY 1994. Title XXIII: State Enforcement Responsibilities - States that the term "primary enforcement responsibility" shall include State actions having the Administrator's concurrence, including banning, seizing, and cancellation of a registered product. Title XXIV: Low Volume Non-Food Pesticide Use - Permits interested persons to petition the Administrator to relax or amend regulations regarding low-volume, nonfood pesticide uses. Bases such request upon whether or not the new use will cause an unreasonable risk to man or the environment. Permits such new use for two years, after which a repetitioning shall be required. Title XXV: Unlawful Acts - Revises current provisions regarding unlawful acts and penalties. Title XXVI: Penalties - Increases specified criminal and civil penalties. Subjects applicants for registration and pesticide testing facilities to specified penalties. Title XXVII: Congressional Review of Regulations - Replaces congressional veto provisions with a 60-day delay period after promulgation of pesticide regulations. Directs the Administrator to provide the Congress with copies of regulations issued under such Act. Title XXVIII: Administrative Procedure: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of regulations issued under this Act in the appropriate court of appeal or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Title XXIX: Delegation and Cooperation - Declares that the Administrator, in implementing this Act, shall not be deemed to be exercising authority to prescribe or enforce workplace standards affecting occupational safety and health. Title XXX: Indemnities - Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations for the indemnity program. Establishes a revolving fund in the Treasury to carry out such activities. Requires an annual report to the Congress. Requires a comprehensive program evaluation to be submitted to the Congress on April 1, 1991. Title XXXI: Voluntary Cancellation - Permits a registrant to cancel a product registration or delete one or more uses. Title XXXII: Technical Amendments - Amends the table of contents of such Act. Title XXXIII: Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective 60 days after enactment, unless otherwise provided for.

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are used in crops with high worker exposure. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 18 months, and 24 months, respectively. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements. Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines. Requires EPA to complete registration within one year of receiving such data. Provides with regard to such reregistration for a one-time fee of $50,000 to identify outstanding data requirements, and a one-time fee of $100,000 to evaluate and reregister the pesticide. Authorizes reduced fees for nonfood or nonfeed uses. Provides for apportioned fees in the case of multiple registrants. Establishes a related revolving fund in the Treasury for such funds. Title IV: Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of between 50 and 75 inert ingredients based on health or environmental dangers. States that such list shall not be subject to judicial review. Sets forth the conditions for removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data. Requires EPA to develop and publish within one year a toxicity study plan for each such listed ingredient. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any required studies. Requires EPA to complete any required action within one year on receiving such data. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label. States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 120 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V: Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA within 120 days a summary of health, safety, and environmental data (including U.S. production plants) supporting their registered active ingredients and/or priority inert ingredients. Requires such summaries to be: (1) maintained and kept current by the registrant; and (2) made available to the public. Title VI: Data Disclosure to States - Authorizes EPA to disclose to States any information acquired under such Act, if the State and EPA assure that the owner of such information will receive no less disclosure and use protection by the State than is provided under such Act. Provides remedies for improper disclosure. Title VII: Cancellation Procedures - Bases interim administrative review criteria on levels of risk, which may include consideration of currently available exposure data. States that absence of exposure data shall not delay or preclude initiation of an interim administrative review. Prohibits the Administrator from declining to initiate an interim administrative review solely on the basis of exposure unless adequate data on all relevant means of exposure have been considered. Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to require changes to the labeling of a pesticide by informal rulemaking unless the changes are equivalent to a cancellation of a use, render the product unmarketable, or otherwise have a major economic impact on the product, in which case the changes shall be subject to the hearings procedures prescribed for cancellation and change in classification. Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 12 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. Prescribes the procedure for requesting and conducting a hearing following an interim administrative review of a pesticide. Entitles any person to seek judicial review of the failure of the Administrator to make a decision about cancellation or suspension within specified time limits. Title VIII: False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined in the Industrial Biotest validation process that data submitted in support of such registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration. Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX: Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes a duly designated EPA officer or employee to enter at reasonable times and inspect relevant parts and records of any laboratory to verify the accuracy of data submitted in support of an experimental use permit or registration. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects. Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States. Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research and regulatory programs, and to provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop such programs. Requires the Administrator, within one year of the effective date of this Act and every three years thereafter, to conduct and publish a survey of all countries importing U.S. pesticides or exporting agricultural commodities to the United States in order to ascertain pesticide registration procedures in such countries and to control residues on foods to meet U.S. tolerances. Requires an annual report to the Congress on such activities. Requires the Administrator to revoke or amend the corresponding tolerance or exemption from tolerance of any pesticide whose registration is canceled, suspended, denied, or voluntarily withdrawn (unless such action was due solely to environmental effects). Title XI: Authorization for Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title XII: Employee Protection - Prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against employees who initiate or participate in proceedings under FIFRA. Title XIII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.

A bill to make an advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund to enable the fund to meet certain expenses under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986

Appropriates interim funds for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).

A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 to require that a repayable cash advance of $150,000,000 be made to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) for use through May 31, 1986.

New Clean Air Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

New Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit after 1991 the number of hours a fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility which is a major stationary source of sulfur dioxide emissions may operate according to its emissions rate. Requires such major sources to attain by 1995 the best degree of emission reduction technically available. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically publish demonstrated levels of emission reduction and to promulgate emission standards for oil shale production and processing facilities, synthetic fuels production facilities, and other categories of major energy-production sources. Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1989 and for heavy-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1990. Prohibits the sale of diesel fuel with a sulfur content above a certain level determined by the Administrator. Requires State vehicle inspection programs to require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems. Provides for the assessment of daily civil penalties for violations of the fuel and fuel additive regulatory requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a monitoring system for assessing the effects of acid deposition by 1988. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act if a State's air pollutant emissions contribute to the violation of another State's water quality standard under the Clean Water Act. Amends the Clean Water Act to state that such emissions endanger health or welfare abroad if they contribute to the violation of such country's water quality standards. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico by 1987 to cooperate in reducing air pollution. Directs the President to negotiate treaties or other international agreements to apply uniform standards of performance for the control of air pollutant emissions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by 1989 on a system of tariffs on emissions sufficient to encourage reductions.

Acid Deposition Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Acid Deposition Control Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program. Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants in the remaining States. Sets forth sulfur dioxide emission reduction standards for the acid deposition impact region of ten million tons below 1980 levels within ten years, permitting annual emissions of no more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units of heat input. Restricts increases in emissions from major stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen or sulfur dioxide, except as specified. Permits States to reallocate necessary reductions among themselves so long as the total reductions of the States involved meet the required standards. Requires each impact region State to adopt enforceable emission production measures for sulfur dioxide, including compliance schedules. Requires the Administrator's approval and other Governors' perusal of such measures. Requires each major stationary source subject to an emission limitation to notify the Governor of the State, who shall notify the Administrator, within four years of its intended method of compliance. Requires sources choosing fuel substitution to be in compliance with their applicable emission limitations within six years. Requires those sources complying through the installation of a technological system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of facilities to have entered into binding contracts for the same within six years. Subjects owners of sources in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plans to the established emission limitation schedule and a noncompliance penalty. 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; and (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels. Permits sulfur emission reduction compliance by reducing emissions of oxides of nitrogen at a rate of two units by weight of oxides of nitrogen for each unit of sulfur dioxide. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act to emit an air pollutant which adversely affects the public health or welfare of another State or foreign country. Repeals primary nonferrous smelter orders which permitted temporary waivers of emissions reduction requirements. Revises motor vehicle emission and fuel standards to establish oxides of nitrogen emissions standards for light-duty vehicles and engines after model year 1989 and increase the useful life of such vehicles and engines. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revoke or suspend an automobile manufacturer's certificate of compliance with motor vehicle emissions standards if fewer than 90 percent of vehicles or engines tested in any sample or sampling period conform with the requirements being certified. Requires State automobile inspection programs to: (1) require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems; and (2) the replacement of inoperative parts which control emissions of oxides of nitrogen. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico to control air pollution and to enter international agreements to establish uniform standards of air pollution control.

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the findings of the special envoys that acid rain is a serious environmental problem and that comprehensive legislation should be enacted to reduce acidic air emissions.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the finding that acid rain is a serious environmental problem in both the United States and Canada, and that the Congress should enact comprehensive legislation to reduce this problem.

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a compensation formula based on development costs and market share for subsequent registration or new use applications of a registered pesticide. Provides that if additional data is required to support an existing registration, the registrant shall share such costs on an initial fixed sum and market share basis.

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide interim borrowing authority for the Superfund program for 45 days.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize interim funding for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).

MODIFICATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING MULTIANNUAL R AND D PROGRAMMES IN THE FIELD OF THE ENVIRONMENT ( 1986-1990 )

European Union · European Commission · 12 March 1986

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are used in crops with high worker exposure. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 18 months, and 24 months, respectively. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any outstanding data requirements. Requires suspension of registration for failure to meet such deadlines. Requires EPA to complete registration within one year of receiving such data. Provides with regard to such reregistration for a one-time fee of $50,000 to identify outstanding data requirements, and a one-time fee of $100,000 to evaluate and reregister the pesticide. Authorizes reduced fees for nonfood or nonfeed uses. Provides for apportioned fees in the case of multiple registrants. Establishes a related revolving fund in the Treasury for such funds. Title IV: Inert Ingredients - Directs EPA to establish a priority list of between 50 and 75 inert ingredients based on health or environmental dangers. States that such list shall not be subject to judicial review. Sets forth the conditions for removal from such list based on administrative review or additional data. Requires EPA to develop and publish within one year a toxicity study plan for each such listed ingredient. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary two-year extension) to complete any required studies. Requires EPA to complete any required action within one year on receiving such data. Provides for the substitution of listed inert ingredients with other inert ingredients not posing similar health or environmental dangers. Requires pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to list them on the label. States that a pesticide whose ingredient statement does not satisfy the requirements of such Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to a listed ingredient shall not be misbranded until 120 days after the publication of the data plan or the date on which EPA approves a label change, whichever occurs later. Requires registrants of pesticides containing listed inert ingredients to make necessary formula statement changes. Title V: Public Right to Know - Requires registrants to develop and submit to EPA within 120 days a summary of health, safety, and environmental data (including U.S. production plants) supporting their registered active ingredients and/or priority inert ingredients. Requires such summaries to be: (1) maintained and kept current by the registrant; and (2) made available to the public. Title VI: Data Disclosure to States - Authorizes EPA to disclose to States any information acquired under such Act, if the State and EPA assure that the owner of such information will receive no less disclosure and use protection by the State than is provided under such Act. Provides remedies for improper disclosre. Title VII: Cancellation Procedures - Bases interim administrative review criteria on levels of risk, which may include consideration of currently available exposure data. States that absence of exposure data shall not delay or preclude initiation of an interm administrative review. Prohibits the Administrator from declining to initiate an interim administrative review solely on the basis of exposure unless adequate data on all relevant means of exposure have been considered. Prescribes notice, period of comment, and related procedures for the initiation of an interim administrative review. Permits the Administrator to require changes to the labeling of a pesticide by informal rulemaking unless the changes are equivalent to a cancellation of a use, render the product unmarketable, or otherwise have a major economic impact on the product, in which case the changes shall be subject to the hearings procedures prescribed for cancellation and change in classification. Revises from 90 days after a cancellation or suspension hearing to 12 months after issuance of the notice that gave rise to such hearing the period during which the Administrator must evaluate data and reports and issue an appropriate order. Prescribes the procedure for requesting and conducting a hearing following an interim administrative review of a pesticide. Entitles any person to seek judicial review of the failure of the Administrator to make a decision about cancellation or suspension within specified time limits. Title VIII: False or Invalid Data - Directs the Administrator to issue immediately a notice of intent to suspend or cancel the registration of a pesticide if: (1) before the effective date of this Act it has been determined in the Industrial Biotest validation process that data submitted in support of such registration were invalid and have not been replaced; or (2) a registrant willfully submits material data known to be false in support of a pesticide registration. Sets forth the scope of review and other requirements for a hearing requested by any person adversely affected by a notice to suspend or cancel. Makes it unlawful to willfully falsify all or part of any data submitted under FIFRA, or to willfully submit such false data knowing it to be false. Title IX: Inspection of Laboratories - Authorizes a duly designated EPA officer or employee to enter at reasonable times and inspect relevant parts and records of any laboratory to verify the accuracy of data submitted in support of an experimental use permit or registration. Directs the Administrator to avoid duplication of inspections by coordinating actions under this title with actions taken under other Federal laws. Title X: Export of Pesticides - Requires registrants exporting pesticide products to inform foreign importers and the appropriate government regulatory office in the importing country concerning pesticide products whose registrations are cancelled, suspended, restricted, are not registered for any U.S. use, or have been voluntarily withdrawn with concern for potential adverse public health or environmental effects. Requires the Administrator to provide similar notices to foreign governments and appropriate international agencies. Requires labeling on exported pesticides that contains the same health, safety, and hazard precautions as on U.S. labels if such exports are substantially similar in composition and use to pesticides registered in the United States. Exempts exports from such requirements only if the precautions on the label conflict with the importing country's law. Directs the Administrator to participate actively in international efforts to develop improved pesticide research and regulatory programs, and to provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop such programs. Requires the Administrator, within one year of the effective date of this Act and every three years thereafter, to conduct and publish a survey of all countries importing U.S. pesticides or exporting agricultural commodities to the United States in order to ascertain pesticide registration procedures in such countries and to control residues on foods to meet U.S. tolerances. Requires an annual report to the Congress on such activities. Requires the Administrator to revoke or amend the corresponding tolerance or exemption from tolerance of any pesticide whose registration is canceled, suspended, denied, or voluntarily withdrawn (unless such action was due solely to environmental effects). Title XI: Authorization for Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title XII: Employee Protection - Prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against employees who initiate or participate in proceedings under FIFRA. Title XIII: Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to FIFRA. Title XIV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.

Darlegungen des ehemaligen Staatssekretärs Dr. Hartkopf über eine "Umweltverwaltung" durch hohe Beamte; Gründung und Finanzierung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Umweltfragen und des Bundesverbandes Bürgerinitiativen Umweltschutz (G-SIG: 10049657)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 March 1986

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 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. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. 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 Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.

Gewährung von Entschädigungen an die Landwirtschaft bei einkommensmindernden Auflagen aus Gründen des Umwelt- und Naturschutzes und als Anreiz für ökologisch wertvolle Bewirtschaftungsformen durch die Bundesländer im Rahmen des Beihilferechts der EG (G-SIG: 10052493)

Germany · German Bundestag · 28 February 1986

Aussagen des Staatssekretärs a.D. Dr. Hartkopf auf der 27. beamtenpolitischen Tagung des DBB am 8. Januar 1986 zum Bundesverband Bürgerinitiativen Umweltschutz (BBU) und dessen Beeinflussung durch die Verwaltung; Gründung des Vereins zur Bekämpfung und Verminderung von Einwegverpackungen eV durch die Verwaltung (G-SIG: 10052451)

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 February 1986

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 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. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States for individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.

"Aktivitäten des BND bei der Nachforschung nach Dioxinabfällen im Jahre 1983" (G-SIG: 10003712)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 February 1986

Ablehnung einer Finanzierung von Aufgaben des BND durch private Mittel, Fahndung nach den Giftmüllfässern aus Seveso im Jahre 1983, Einschaltung des BND, Finanzierung der Aktionen aus Fremdmitteln

Haltung der Bundesregierung zu den Mülltransporten zur DDR-Deponie Schönberg (G-SIG: 10003676)

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 February 1986

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion DIE GRÜNEN, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde

NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENVIRONMENT POLICY (Communication from the Commission to the Council)

European Union · European Commission · 19 February 1986

Jahresbericht über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Bildungseinrichtung "Bildungswerk Demokratie und Umwelt e.V."; Prüfung der Einhaltung der Leitlinien durch das Bundesministerium für innerdeutsche Beziehungen (G-SIG: 10052443)

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 February 1986

Modellversuche mit sog. Umwelt-Ampeln (Aufforderung zum Abstellen des Motors bei längerem Halt) (G-SIG: 10043839)

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 February 1986

Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986

Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to direct the President to establish the Panel on Acid Rain Technology to select demonstration projects for sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions control technologies funded in part by the Federal Government. Requires such Panel to report annually to the Congress. Directs the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory and consultative group on transboundary pollution with appropriate officials of the Canadian Government. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth secondary areas of concern for research on acid precipitation, including monitoring the dry deposition of acidic particles and surface water acidification.

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986

Authorizes the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, from March 1, 1986, through February 28, 1987, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for the training of its professional staff.

A resolution to encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to take all necessary action to avoid the long-term disruption of the Superfund program.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should maintain the infrastructure of the Superfund program and notify the appropriate congressional committees of the funds needed to continue such program prior to long-term reauthorization.

Jahreswirtschaftsbericht 1986 der Bundesregierung (G-SIG: 10003622)

Germany · German Bundestag · 30 January 1986

Perspektiven und Jahresprojektion für 1986: Fortsetzung des Aufschwungs auf der Basis hoher Preisstabilität, wachsenden Sozialprodukts und Beschäftigungsanstiegs; bei voraussichtlichem Anstieg der Anlageinvestitionen um 7 bis 8 v.H., des privaten Verbrauchs um 5 v.H., und des Staatsverbrauchs um 4 bis 5 v.H. Prognose eines realen Wachstums des Bruttosozialprodukts von 3 v.H., eines Anstiegs der Verbraucherpreise um 1,5 bis 2 v.H. und Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit auf rd. 7,5 v.H. aller Erwerbspersonen; Fortsetzung einer beschäftigungspolitischen Strategie der Schaffung günstiger Rahmenbedingungen, insbes. gesunder öffentlicher Finanzen, Konzentration der Staatstätigkeit, Senkung der Abgabenlast, Sicherung des Sozialsystems und Bürokratieabbau; Konsolidierungspolitik der strikten Ausgabenbegrenzung und investitionsorientierten Umstrukturierung des Haushalts, verstärkter Subventionsabbau; Steuerpolitik niedriger Steuersätze und weniger Ausnahmen, Deregulierung durch Rechts- und Verwaltungsbereinigung, Geldmengenwachstum 1986 3,5 bis 5,5 v.H., beschäftigungsorientierte Tarifpolitik, aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik u.a. betr. zukunftsorientierter Aus- und Weiterbildung, europäische Wirtschaftspolitik der weiteren Integration der Markt- und Wettbewerbsbedingungen, Stärkung des liberalen Welthandels in der GATT-Runde, Förderung der Telekommunikation, Konkretisierung der EUREKA-Initiative, Fortsetzung einer Umweltpolitik der Regulierung und Förderung

A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of acid precipitation in a 9-County Bay Area of California.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study acid precipitation and fog in the Bay Area Acid Precipitation Impact Region, California. Includes Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties in such Region. Requires completion of such study within two years of enactment and publication of results within six months of completion. Requires such study to be reported to the Congress and to include a specific plan for reduction of air pollutant emissions contributing to acid precipitation and deposition. Requires the Administrator to assist the California Air Resources Board to establish an acid (pH) content index for ambient air, such content to be disclosed to the public on a daily basis. Requires the Administrator to establish a program to improve monitoring techniques for acid content. Authorizes appropriations.

A concurrent resolution to request the President to take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international research program with respect to the greenhouse effect.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986

Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1991, which shall be known as the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect.

Acid Rain Control Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986

Acid Rain Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Control Technology Development Program - Acid Precipitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to establish a research and development program for the control of acid rain. Requires the President to appoint a Panel on Acid Rain Technology to evaluate, select, fund, and report to the Congress on projects to develop control technologies which eliminate substantial portions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions. Requires the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory group on transboundary air pollution with the appropriate Canadian officials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Permits funding requests for secondary and ancillary research projects. Title II: Emission Reduction Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program. Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants problems in the remaining States. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to report to the appropriate congressional committees by the close of 1985 and 1987 on its research findings about acid precipitation, with recommendations for reducing its effects. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the Task Force's comprehensive research plan for acid precipitation. Requires the Task Force to conduct research on advanced flue-gas cleaning and precombustion fuel treatment technologies and inherently low-emission combustion processes. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to establish an Acid Precipitation Scientific Review Board to examine information concerning the causes and environmental effects of acid deposition, including the activities of the Task Force. Requires the Board to report to the appropriate congressional committees with recommendations for reducing acid deposition. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988. Directs the Administrator to report to the appropriate congressional committees on enforceable measures adopted by the States to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to report to the appropriate congressional committees on a cost-benefit analysis of such measures. Requires such committees to conduct hearings on acid deposition after receiving the aforementioned reports. Directs the Administrator to develop and report to the Congress on an inventory of sources of oxides of nitrogen in the acid deposition impact region. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress on a joint study of a system of fees on the generation of electricity in the acid deposition impact region to finance emissions reductions. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States or interstate agencies for developing methods to neutralize the effects of acid deposition in bodies of water that no longer can support game fish species. Sets forth sulfur dioxide emission reduction standards for the acid deposition impact region of ten million tons below 1980 levels by the beginning of 1994, permitting annual emissions of no more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units of heat input. Includes emissions from major stationary sources with utility boilers, within the restrictions on increased emissions from sources or the start-up of new sources, except as specified. Restricts increases in emissions from major stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen, except as specified. Permits States to reallocate necessary reductions among themselves so long as the total reductions of the States involved meet the required standards. Requires each impact region State to adopt enforceable emission reduction measures for sulfur dioxide, including compliance schedules. Requires the Administrator's approval and the other Governors' perusal of such measures. Requires each major stationary source subject to an emission limitation to notify the Governor of the State, who shall notify the Administrator, within three years of its intended method of compliance. Requires sources choosing fuel substitution to be in compliance with their applicable emission limitations within five years. Requires those sources complying through the installation of a technological system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of facilities to have entered into binding contracts for the same within five years. Subjects owners of sources in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plans to the established emission limitation schedule and a noncompliance penalty. 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; and (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels. Directs the Administrator to review emission limits for certain major sources to determine if such limits are inappropriately based upon modeling credit for stack height above good engineering practice. Requires the State and the owner of such source to adjust emission limitations accordingly. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act to emit an air pollutant which adversely affects the public health or welfare of another State.

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the introduction of certain additives in gasoline.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986

Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the addition of benzene, tolulene, or xylene to gasoline. Permits naturally occurring benzene, tolulene, or xylene in gasoline up to certain concentration levels.

TA Luft (G-SIG: 10003540)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 January 1986

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der SPD im Anschluß an die Fragestunde

Umwelt '85 Bericht der Bundesregierung über Maßnahmen auf allen Gebieten des Umweltschutzes (G-SIG: 10003575)

Germany · German Bundestag · 2 January 1986

Bericht gem. Beschluß auf BT-Drs 10/870: Weiterentwicklung der Umweltpolitik im Rahmen der Marktwirtschaft, Maßnahmen in einzelnen Umweltbereichen, Verbesserung der Datengrundlagen und der Umweltforschung, Luftreinhaltung, Lärmbekämpfung, Gewässerschutz, Bodenschutz, Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, Abfallwirtschaft und Regelungen für Umweltchemikalien