Environment

Tiergesundheitsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 7 November 2003

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Tiergesundheitsgesetz (TGG) geändert wird

Fleischuntersuchungsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 7 November 2003

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Fleischuntersuchungsgesetz geändert wird

Umweltschutz und Wahrung der Menschenrechte beim Projekt der Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Ölpipeline sowie Abstimmungsverhalten des BMZ bei der Kreditvergabe durch die IFC (G-SIG: 15051407)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 November 2003

Sicherheit der "Acconci-Murinsel"

Austria · National Council · 6 November 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Günther Kräuter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Sicherheit der "Acconci-Murinsel" <i>(in Graz)</i>

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2003

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to improve minority health and healthcare and to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. FamilyCare Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act respecting: (1) family care; (2) Medicaid coverage for all residents with poverty level incomes; and (3) funding for the territories. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for optional coverage of legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP (State children's health insurance program). Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise provisions respecting program operations and funding. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration project to strengthen Medicaid and SCHIP coverage for migrant workers and farmworkers. Establishes the National Commission for Expanded Access to Health Care. Amends the Public Service Health Act to improve limited English speakers' access to health care. Directs the Secretary to establish a Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Healthcare. Provides for health workforce diversity, including provisions respecting: (1) career training and support; (2) data collection; (3) cultural training; (4) Hispanic-serving health professions schools; (5) student assistance, including online degree programs; (6) the Louis Stokes public health scholars program; (7) the Patsy Mink health and gender research fellowship program; (8) the Paul David Wellstone international health fellowship program; and (9) the Edward R. Roybal Healthcare scholar program. Environmental Justice Act of 2003 - Establishes: (1) the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice which shall provide guidance to Federal agencies for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental effects on minority, low-income, and Native American populations; and (2) the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee which shall advise the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Working Group on areas environmental justice. Border Health Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary, through the United States members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, to award grants to eligible entities to improve the health of border area residents that are established by: (1) the United States members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; (2) the State border health offices; and (3) the Secretary. Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to make permanent authorizations of appropriations for activities under such Act. Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private health centers (including Indian Health Service Centers, tribal governments, urban Indian organizations, tribal organizations, clinics serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives, and rural health clinics) for model programs that provide health disparity populations with: (1) cancer and chronic disease prevention and treatment; (2) patient navigators to manage the care of individuals within such groups; and (3) outreach services. Authorizes similar grant programs through: (1) the National Cancer Institute; and (2) the Indian Health Service. Community Health Workers Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States or local or tribal units to promote positive health behaviors for women in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women in medically underserved communities. Extends funding for breast and cervical cancer preventive health measures. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to qualifying health centers, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions for cancer treatment and prevention programs for underserved minority and other populations, with consideration given to such population's language and cultural context. Provides for grants and activities respecting: (1) health empowerment zone programs in health disparity communities; (2) the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative; (3) infant mortality and sudden infant death syndrome rates in minority communities; (4) fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and diagnosis; (5) diabetes prevention and treatment activities with Indian tribes, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians; (6) diabetes programs, including youth and children's programs; (7) heart disease; (8) a national stroke education campaign; and (9) obesity treatment and prevention in underserved minority populations; (10) tuberculosis control and prevention; (11) asthma; (12) sickle cell disease; (13) autoimmune disease in minority populations; (14) sexually transmitted diseases; (15) children's dental disease coverage under Medicaid or SCHIP, and dental health services in underserved areas; (16) demonstration projects to reduce violence; (17) uterine fibroid research and education; (18) disease screening; (19) community outreach; (20) immunizations; (21) chronic disease management; and (22) racial and ethnic approaches to community health. Requires HHS funded or operated programs to collect race, ethnicity, and language data to detect ethnic and racial health care disparities. Authorizes demonstration program grants for health plan, health center, and hospital data collection. Amends the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration to collect similar data. Directs the Secretary to fund epidemiology centers in Indian health areas lacking such centers. Extends funding for the National Center for Health Statistics. Minority Health and Genomics Act of 2003 - Establishes the Minority Health and Genomics Commission, which shall conduct a study of, and develop recommendations on, issues relating to genomic research as applied to minority groups. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) civil rights compliance offices within each HHS agency that administers a health program; and (2) an Office of Minority Health within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Establishes the Indian Health Service as an agency of the Public Health Service. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish an Office of Minority Affairs within the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants for demonstration programs to improve minority healthcare access and quality. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate centers of excellence at hospitals and other health systems serving large numbers of minority patients; (2) provide financial assistance to designated healthcare providers and community health centers for facility and service improvements in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; and (3) provide grants and loan guarantees from the Health Safety Net Infrastructure Trust Fund (established by this Act) for capital financing assistance to eligible healthcare facilities.

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2003

Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to improve minority health and healthcare and to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. FamilyCare Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act respecting: (1) family care; (2) Medicaid coverage for all residents with poverty level incomes; and (3) funding for the territories. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for optional coverage of legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP (State children's health insurance program). Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise provisions respecting program operations and funding. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration project to strengthen Medicaid and SCHIP coverage for migrant workers and farmworkers. Establishes the National Commission for Expanded Access to Health Care. Amends the Public Service Health Act to improve limited English speakers' access to health care. Directs the Secretary to establish a Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Healthcare. Provides for health workforce diversity, including provisions respecting: (1) career training and support; (2) data collection; (3) cultural training; (4) Hispanic-serving health professions schools; (5) student assistance, including online degree programs; (6) the Louis Stokes public health scholars program; (7) the Patsy Mink health and gender research fellowship program; (8) the Paul David Wellstone international health fellowship program; and (9) the Edward R. Roybal Healthcare scholar program. Environmental Justice Act of 2003 - Establishes: (1) the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice which shall provide guidance to Federal agencies for identifying disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental effects on minority, low-income, and Native American populations; and (2) the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee which shall advise the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Working Group on areas environmental justice. Border Health Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary, through the United States members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, to award grants to eligible entities to improve the health of border area residents that are established by: (1) the United States members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; (2) the State border health offices; and (3) the Secretary. Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to make permanent authorizations of appropriations for activities under such Act. Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private health centers (including Indian Health Service Centers, tribal governments, urban Indian organizations, tribal organizations, clinics serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives, and rural health clinics) for model programs that provide health disparity populations with: (1) cancer and chronic disease prevention and treatment; (2) patient navigators to manage the care of individuals within such groups; and (3) outreach services. Authorizes similar grant programs through: (1) the National Cancer Institute; and (2) the Indian Health Service. Community Health Workers Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States or local or tribal units to promote positive health behaviors for women in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women in medically underserved communities. Extends funding for breast and cervical cancer preventive health measures. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to qualifying health centers, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions for cancer treatment and prevention programs for underserved minority and other populations, with consideration given to such population's language and cultural context. Provides for grants and activities respecting: (1) health empowerment zone programs in health disparity communities; (2) the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative; (3) infant mortality and sudden infant death syndrome rates in minority communities; (4) fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and diagnosis; (5) diabetes prevention and treatment activities with Indian tribes, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians; (6) diabetes programs, including youth and children's programs; (7) heart disease; (8) a national stroke education campaign; and (9) obesity treatment and prevention in underserved minority populations; (10) tuberculosis control and prevention; (11) asthma; (12) sickle cell disease; (13) autoimmune disease in minority populations; (14) sexually transmitted diseases; (15) children's dental disease coverage under Medicaid or SCHIP, and dental health services in underserved areas; (16) demonstration projects to reduce violence; (17) uterine fibroid research and education; (18) disease screening; (19) community outreach; (20) immunizations; (21) chronic disease management; and (22) racial and ethnic approaches to community health. Requires HHS funded or operated programs to collect race, ethnicity, and language data to detect ethnic and racial health care disparities. Authorizes demonstration program grants for health plan, health center, and hospital data collection. Amends the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration to collect similar data. Directs the Secretary to fund epidemiology centers in Indian health areas lacking such centers. Extends funding for the National Center for Health Statistics. Minority Health and Genomics Act of 2003 - Establishes the Minority Health and Genomics Commission, which shall conduct a study of, and develop recommendations on, issues relating to genomic research as applied to minority groups. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) civil rights compliance offices within each HHS agency that administers a health program; and (2) an Office of Minority Health within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Establishes the Indian Health Service as an agency of the Public Health Service. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish an Office of Minority Affairs within the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants for demonstration programs to improve minority healthcare access and quality. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate centers of excellence at hospitals and other health systems serving large numbers of minority patients; (2) provide financial assistance to designated healthcare providers and community health centers for facility and service improvements in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; and (3) provide grants and loan guarantees from the Health Safety Net Infrastructure Trust Fund (established by this Act) for capital financing assistance to eligible healthcare facilities.

To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2003

Establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force to Promote the Benefits, Safety, and Potential Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology to improve interagency cooperation and to develop and disseminate accurate written scientific information on the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology. Terminates the Task Force ten years after enactment of this Act.

Port Anti-Terrorism and Security Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2003

Port Anti-Terrorism and Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit damaging or destroying a vessel or maritime facility. Provides enhanced penalties where the vessel carried high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel. Prohibits placing in U.S. waters devices or substances likely to destroy or damage ships. Prohibits piracy, privateering, theft or intentional wrecking of a vessel, or use of a dangerous weapon or explosive on a passenger vessel. Provides sanctions for failure to heave to and for obstructing boarding or providing false information during a boarding. Prohibits the knowing discharge of hazardous substances in U.S. navigable waters or the adjacent shoreline with intent to endanger human life, health, or welfare or the marine environment. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take specified actions to coordinate port-related crime data collection; and (2) establish an outreach program to work with State and local law enforcement officials to harmonize the reporting of data on cargo theft and with local port security committees to disseminate such information to appropriate law enforcement officials. Sets civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation of Federal prohibitions against theft or embezzlement related to interstate or foreign shipments by carrier. Amends the Tariff Act to increase penalties for falsity or lack of a manifest. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to inspect merchandise and containers at foreign facilities.

Annahme des revidierten Texts der Internationalen Pflanzenschutzkonvention

Austria · National Council · 5 November 2003

Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über die Regierungsvorlage (125 d.B.): Annahmeerklärung betreffend den revidierten Text der Internationalen Pflanzenschutzkonvention samt Anhang

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 2003

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas Act of 2003 - Sets forth the policy of the United States to: (1) promote market-based principles, economic integration, social development, and trade in and between countries of the Americas; and (2) establish an investment fund for the Western Hemisphere to advance the national interests of the United States, improve the lives of the poor and marginalized, encourage broad-based economic growth while protecting the environment, build human capital and knowledge, support meaningful participation in democratic institutions and processes, and promote peace and justice in the Americas. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to provide assistance to reduce poverty and foster increased economic opportunity in the countries of the Western Hemisphere by: (1) nurturing public-private partnerships and microenterprise development; (2) improving the quality of life and investing in human capital; (3) strengthening the rule of law through improved efficiency and transparency in government services; and (4) reducing poverty and eliminating the exclusion of marginalized populations. Establishes a technical review committee to review the projects proposed for assistance and to make recommendations to the President with respect to the guidelines to be used in evaluating project proposals and the suitability of the proposed projects for funding. Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the Bank to urge the Bank to establish an account to be operated and administered consistent with the above guidelines. Establishes a technical review committee in the same manner as discussed above. Expresses the sense of Congress that the countries of the Western Hemisphere should collectively provide assistance equal to the amount of U.S. bilateral and multilateral assistance provided.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) N° 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE)

European Union · European Commission · 5 November 2003

Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern im ländlichen Raum

Austria · National Council · 4 November 2003

Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Antrag 51/A(E) der Abgeordneten Heidemarie Rest-Hinterseer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern im ländlichen Raum

proposition de loi de modernisation et de renouvellement de la politique de la montagne et de revitalisation rurale

France · Senate · 4 November 2003

Nuclear Waste Financing Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 2003

Nuclear Waste Financing Act of 2003 - Requires that, beginning in FY 2005, and through the end of FY 2010, the receipts, proceeds, and recoveries realized by the Secretary of Energy relating to contracts for transportation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel shall be credited to the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections. Prescribes implementation procedures, including adjustments to the levels of budgetary resources from offsetting collections and preservation of the corpus of the Fund.

Auswirkungen der Drehung der Rotoren von Windkraftanlagen auf die Umwelt (G-SIG: 15041416)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 October 2003

Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2003

Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2003- Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study, and report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of regulating air, noise, water, and solid waste pollution from all sources in and around airports using airport bubbles; and (2) the feasibility and desirability of strengthening EPA air pollutant emissions standards for airplane engines. Defines an &quot;airport bubble&quot; as an area: (1) in and around an airport (or other facility using aircraft) within which sources of pollution and levels of pollution from those sources are to be identified and reduced; and (2) containing a variety of types of air, noise, water, and solid waste sources of pollution in which the aggregate of each type of pollutant from the respective source is regulated as if the various sources were a single source. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring each airport that regularly serves commercial or military jet aircraft to report, under toxic chemical release reporting provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 and source reduction and recycling data collection provisions of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, releases and other waste management activities associated with the manufacturing, processing, or other use of toxic chemicals listed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986.

Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2003

Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit rail carriers from constructing, developing, or expanding railroad maintenance facilities, intermodal rail transfer facilities, railroad sidings, railroad bridges, railroad yards, or other railroad facilities unless the Surface Transportation Board determines that the carrier has: (1) provided affected local communities with notice and an opportunity to be heard with respect to such activities; and (2) conducted an assessment of negative environmental impacts and appropriate mitigation actions pursuant to State or local law. Prohibits a rail carrier from constructing an at-grade crossing over a public road without first obtaining approval from the local governmental entity with jurisdiction over the location of the proposed grade crossing. Prohibits the Board from approving the consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control of a rail carrier by one or more rail carriers unless it has received assurances that the rail carriers have addressed adequately and will continue to address adequately problems identified with respect to the quality of life and safety of persons who live, work, or are for any other reason near railroad tracks. Repeals a section of the Noise Control Act of 1972 regarding railroad noise emission standards upon the issuance of the final regulations under this Act.

Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2003

Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to revise requirements for the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound. Declares that no dredged material from any Federal or non-Federal project containing constituents prohibited as other than trace contaminants may be dumped in Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, or Peconic Bay except in cases demonstrated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (and certified by the Administrator in the Federal Register) where the dumping of such material will not cause significant undesirable effects, including the threat associated with the bioaccumulation of such constituents in marine organisms.

projet de loi autorisant l'approbation de l'accord sur la conservation des albatros et des pétrels (ensemble deux annexes)

France · Senate · 29 October 2003

To amend the Clean Air Act to modify certain provisions regarding methyl bromide, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2003

Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the production of methyl bromide in the same amount requested by the United States under the critical use exemption process of the Montreal Protocol, even if the parties to the protocol do not approve the entire amount. (Methyl bromide is a fumigant used to control insects, nematodes, weeds, and pathogens that has been defined under the Montreal Protocol of 1991 as a chemical that contributes to depletion of the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol requires a phase out in production in the United States on a more accelerated schedule than that required of developing countries with which U.S. agriculture competes.)

Goods Movement Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 2003

Goods Movement Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a goods movement program to improve the productivity, security, and safety of freight transportation gateways, while mitigating congestion and community impacts in the area of such gateways. Declares that the purposes of the program shall be to: (1) facilitate and support multimodal freight transportation initiatives at the State, regional, and local levels to improve freight transportation gateways and mitigate congestion in the area of such gateways; (2) provide capital funding to address infrastructure and freight operational needs at freight transportation corridors and gateways; (3) encourage adoption of new financing strategies to leverage State, local, and private investment in freight transportation gateways; and (4) support military mobilization and readiness. Qualifies for funding under this Act intermodal freight transportation projects that provide community and highway benefits by addressing economic, congestion, security, safety, and environmental issues associated with freight transportation corridors and gateways, subject to specified limitations. Sets forth project selection and grant approval criteria. Requires a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project with an estimated total cost of $100 million or more to submit to the Secretary an annual financial plan for the project. Repeals National Corridor Planning and Development Program provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Council conclusions of 27 October 2003 on a European environment and health strategy

European Union · Council of the European Union · 27 October 2003

Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act of 2004

United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2003

Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, to establish a program at the River Studies Center of the Biological Resources Division to: (1) determine and monitor the biological and chemical characteristics of the Missouri River; (2) determine and monitor the interrelationship of those characteristics with the hydrology and geomorphology of the River; and (3) monitor and assess the biota, including threatened or endangered species, habitats, and water quality of the River. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to: (1) establish a database on River biota; and (2) make such database readily available to specified entities, including the Governors of affected States, the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Army, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Missouri River Basin Indian tribes, and the public. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Geological Survey, to: (1) review the program; (2) establish and revise the program's objectives, as necessary; and (3) report to Congress on the environmental health of the River.

Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice regarding environmental matters

European Union · European Commission · 24 October 2003

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Århus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to EC institutions and bodies

European Union · European Commission · 24 October 2003

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on access to justice in environmental matters

European Union · European Commission · 24 October 2003

überplanmäßige Ausgaben im 3. Quartal 2003

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend überplanmäßige Ausgaben im 3. Quartal 2003

Situation der Frauen im ländlichen Raum

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gabriele Binder, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Situation der Frauen im ländlichen Raum

Tierversuche an der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Brigid Weinzinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Tierversuche an der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien

Betriebs- und Bodendaten

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Betriebs- und Bodendaten <i>(zum Zweck des Grundwasserschutzes)</i>

Betriebs- und Bodendaten

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Betriebs- und Bodendaten <i>(zum Zwecke des Grundwasserschutzes)</i>

dringend nötige Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für die Photovoltaiknutzung in Österreich durch Novellierung des Ökostromgesetzes

Austria · National Council · 23 October 2003

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die dringend nötige Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für die Photovoltaiknutzung in Österreich durch Novellierung des Ökostromgesetzes

Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2003

Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2003 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate tariffs on pouch tuna imported from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), excluding the Union of Myanmar, up to the quantity of such duty-free imports from beneficiary nations of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Restricts eligibility to those ASEAN nations that provide and enforce internationally recognized worker rights and environmental protections.

Sicherheit der Stromversorgung in Österreich

Austria · National Council · 22 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Sicherheit der Stromversorgung in Österreich

inakzeptablen EURATOM-Vertrag und Österreichs Beitrag zur Förderung der Nuklearindustrie

Austria · National Council · 22 October 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend den inakzeptablen EURATOM-Vertrag und Österreichs Beitrag zur Förderung der Nuklearindustrie

Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002-AWG 2002

Austria · National Council · 22 October 2003

Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über eine nachhaltige Abfallwirtschaft (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002 - AWG 2002), BGBl. I Nr. 102/2002, geändert wird

Haltung der Bundesregierung zu Berichten über die Äußerungen des Bundesumweltministeriums, die Vernichtung von Arbeitsplätzen durch das Dosenzwangspfand sei politisch gewollt (G-SIG: 15000651)

Germany · German Bundestag · 22 October 2003

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der CDU/CSU, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde

Wasserentwicklungsbericht der Vereinten Nationen (G-SIG: 15010572)

Germany · German Bundestag · 22 October 2003

Umstände und Meßmethodik des Berichts von 2003

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the improvement of combined sewer overflow control programs.

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2003

Declares that Congress should: (1) increase Federal funding and resources for combined sewer overflow control to levels sufficient to cover at least 80 percent of the costs incurred by financially distressed communities; (2) provide the Environmental Protection Agency with additional resources to improve nationwide tracking of progress in combined sewer overflow control programs; and (3) expressly authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to assist communities with assessment and design work associated with upgrades of combined sewer systems.

Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2003

Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Allows undistributed funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations. Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every three years. Requires the study of compliance assurance programs that could serve as an alternative to the inspection programs. Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements. Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to releases of fuel containing an oxygenated fuel additive that presents a threat to human health or welfare or the environment. Permits the use of trust funds for release prevention and compliance (as well as corrective actions). Requires compliance reports by any Federal or State agency responsible for USTs. Authorizes a State or the Administrator to prohibit the delivery of regulated substances (motor fuels) to non-compliant tanks. Provides temporary relief for certain tanks in remote locations. Includes underground storage tank systems and release response activity (as well as underground storage tanks) that are under Federal jurisdiction under the UST control and abatement requirements. Requires compliance strategy reports by any Federal agency responsible for USTs which list the USTs and describe compliance actions. Requires the Administrator and Indian Tribes to correct UST releases on Indian lands.

proposition de loi visant à dépénaliser la chasse à tir du gibier d'eau à l'agrainée

France · Senate · 16 October 2003

196 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the response he received from Dublin City Council concerning his communication regarding pay by weight for domestic refuse. [23707/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

196 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the response he received from Dublin City Council concerning his communication regarding pay by weight for domestic refuse. [23707/03]

195 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if all of the action plans due under benchmarking have been approved and published by the verification groups; and the details of the various action plans due and their date of publication. [23717/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

195 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if all of the action plans due under benchmarking have been approved and published by the verification groups; and the details of the various action plans due and their date of publication. [23717/03]

194 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if he will maintain or increase the funding for the disabled persons housing grant in the coming budget in view of the fact that 2003 is the year of the disabled. [23807/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

194 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if he will maintain or increase the funding for the disabled persons housing grant in the coming budget in view of the fact that 2003 is the year of the disabled. [23807/03]

193 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to preserve and restore Connolly's Folly at Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23780/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

193 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to preserve and restore Connolly's Folly at Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23780/03]

192 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the funds available to him to undertake restoration works at Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

192 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the funds available to him to undertake restoration works at Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/03]

191 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the top ten public contracts funded by or through his Department in respect of which financial overruns have taken place in the past six years; the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

191 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the top ten public contracts funded by or through his Department in respect of which financial overruns have taken place in the past six years; the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/03]

190 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the percentage by which the national housing waiting list has been reduced or increased in the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

190 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the percentage by which the national housing waiting list has been reduced or increased in the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/03]

189 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to tackle the housing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

189 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to tackle the housing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/03]

188 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the reason an upper limit in respect of local authority loans in County Kildare is not on par with the limits set for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2003

188 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the reason an upper limit in respect of local authority loans in County Kildare is not on par with the limits set for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/03]