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Bill· HRH.R. 3118 (94th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1975
Ozone Protection Act - Declares that the release of chlorofluromethane may pose a danger to public health and safety. Provides for a study by the National Academy of Sciences of the nature and likelihood of potential effects on public health and the environment of the discharge of such gas. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to report to the Congress on such potential effects. Provides for a program of standards to limit the emissions of such gas from major sources. Provides for the enforcement of prohibitions upon the manufacture and sale of aerosol spray containers which discharge such gas, including penalties of up to $10,000 in civil fines per day of violation under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 11 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that there shall be a national policy recognizing the right of all citizens to the full development of their economic, social and personal potential regardless of their physical disabilities. Directs that there be a mobilization of private and public resources to remove barriers from the man-made environment. Expresses as a goal the integration of handicapped people into their communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 3080 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2974 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year of $10 for each ton of post-consumer waste paper processed in the United States by the taxpayer during the taxable year into new commercially marketable pulp, paper, paperboard or other similar products.
Bill· SS. 558 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Clean Air Act Amendments - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve State air quality control plans that include fixed or variable emission limitations (based, whenever technically feasible, on measurement and field-validated models of the impact of individual sources), schedules, and timetables for compliance with such limitations, or such other measures as may be necessary to insure attainment and maintenance of such primary or secondary standard; provides for revision, after public hearings, of such plan from time to time as may be necessary to take account of: (1) revisions of such national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard; and (2) the availability of improved or more expeditious methods, including more cost-effective methods, of achieving such primary or secondary standard; and provide a procedure for petition by a source owner or operator to the State agency for promulgation of emission limitations or other measures with respect to a particular source different from those approved elsewhere in the Act. Allows any owner or operator of a new stationary source to petition the Administrator for a permit to operate a new source with emission limits in excess of those established by the Administrator as standards of performance for such source. Requires the Administrator to establish procedures for conduct of hearings on the record with respect to such petitions. Requires the Administrator to revise State plans within nine months that are not in conformance with this Act.
Bill· SS. 551 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
National Oil Recycling Act - Directs all Federal officials to act within their authority to encourage the use of recycled oil. States that this Act shall in no way preempt State regulation of recycled oil or used oil disposal whenever such regulation provides for stricter control of recycled oil or used oil than provided for by Federal law. States that the States should encourage the use of recycled oil in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Requires that in order to qualify for Federal grants under this Act, a State shall adopt laws, regulations, and administrative machinery which shall provide for, but not be limited to: (1) requiring that used oil collectors obtain a State permit prior to engaging in used oil collecting activities; (2) requiring that used oil recyclers obtain a State permit prior to engaging in recycling operations; (3) when recycled oil is available at prices competitive with new oil produced for the same purpose, using recycled oil for all automotive and industrial uses of the State government, and requiring all parties contracting with the State to use recycled oil in the performance of such contracts; (4) regulating the retail sales of automobile oil so as to encourage the recycling of used oil; (5) prohibiting the use of used oil as fuel oil or for the oiling of State roads, unless such oil has been processed to meet the minimum standards for such uses established by Federal and State pollution control laws; and (6) educating the public and private sectors of the State as to the merits of recycled oil, and the need for its use in order to reduce the drain on the Nation's oil reserves and minimize the disposal of used oil in ways harmful to the environment. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations with respect to the labeling of recycled oil in order to carry out the purpose of this Act. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring all containers of automotive and industrial oil, both new and recycled, to bear labels relating to the proper disposal of such oils after use. Makes it unlawful for any person to enter into any contract or agreement where the intent of such contract or agreement is to discourage the recycling of used oil. Provides for a fine of $50,000 for a violation of such prohibition, or imprisonment for a term of one year or less, or both. Requires records to be kept by parties covered by the provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make annual reports to the Congress. Sets forth the contents of such reports. Provides that whenever the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that: (1) in implementing the provisions of this Act, a United States patent right not otherwise available is necessary to enable any person to comply with this Act; (2) there are no reasonable alternative methods to accomplish this Act's purposes; and (3) the unavailability of such patent right may result in a substantial lessening of competition or a tendency to create a monopoly in any line of the Nation's commerce; the Administrator, through the Attorney General, may so certify to a district court of the United States, which may order the person owning the patent to license it on such reasonable terms as the court, after hearing, may determine. Provides that any person violating any provision of this Act which does not provide for specific penalties or punishment thereunder shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable by a term of six months in prison for each violation, or a fine of not to exceed $25,000, or both. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year, $25,000,000 for grants to the States to assist them in fulfilling the purposes and provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make allotments to the States, not to exceed 10 cents per capita for any State based on the latest national census, when he has determined that they are in compliance with this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 1978, $10,000,000 for the development of new processes and technology to be used in the economical and ecological recycling of used oil. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year, through fiscal year 1978, $5,000,000 for the development of standards and testing methods to facilitate the comparison of recycled oil with new oil. Imposes a tax of 6 cents per gallon on specified oils other than recycled oils sold in the United States by the manufacturer or producer.
Bill· HRH.R. 2766 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Defines the term "indirect source" under the Clear Air Act as meaning any facility, building or structure which attracts moble source activity that results in emmissions of a pollutant for which there is a national primary ambient air quality standard, including: (1) highways, (2) parking areas, and (3) office buildings. Requires that State implementation plans for national air quality standards must include measures such as land use and transportation controls which have been demonstrated as necessary to insure attainment of air quality standards. Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, before approving such measures, must take reasonable steps to minimize any burden some or adverse economic impact, as will as assuring that the measure will be used only to the extent necessary to insure the attainment and maintenance of primary air quality standards in the immediate vicinity of the direct source. Authorizes the Administrator to extend the 3 years period of time within which ambient air quality plans relating to indirect source emissions must be implemented if he determines that all reasonably available (1) emissions limitations, (2) schedules and timetables for compliance with such limitations, and (3) other measures not applicable to indirect sources, will be applied during such three year period.
Bill· HRH.R. 2765 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Provides that any implementation plan for primary and secondary ambient air quality standards submitted by a State pursuant to the Clear Air Act shall be approved by the Administration of the Environmental Protection Agency only if the state has conducted public hearings and permitted all interested persons to present their views on the proposed plan.
Bill· SS. 542 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Authorizes the setting aside of funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for development and demonstration of waste treatment projects. Allows Federal grants for such projects to equal 100 percent of costs.
Bill· SS. 463 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Imposes on lubricating, hydraulic, and cutting oils (other than recycled oils) a tax of 6 cents per gallon to be paid by the manufacturer or producer. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations to exempt sales to producers of such oils for resale from the tax imposed by this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 4091-4093)
Bill· HRH.R. 2310 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Powerplant Siting Act - States that Congress, in furtherance of the national environmental policy and the national electric energy policy, finds it to be in the national interest to provide that bulk power supply facilities be constructed in a manner consonant with the preservation of environmental values. Defines terms used in this Act, including "electric entity" and "bulk power supply facilities. Requires each electric entity to submit its long-range plans to the appropriate regional councils established by this Act in the power regions designated by the Federal Power Commission. States that each council shall consider such plans, and prepare annually its long-range plans for bulk power supply facilities. Provides that such long-range plans shall: (1) describe the general location, size, and type of all power supply facilities to be owned or operated by each entity and whose construction is projected to commence during the ensuing 15 years; (2) identify the local of tentative sites for the construction of future bulk power supply facilities; (3) reflect and describe the regional council's efforts to identify and promote new power generation technologies which will reduce the environmental damage associated with bulk power generation; and (4) identify the general location, size, and type of alternative bulk power supply facilities considered in the course of development of regional plans and rejected as not then suitable or appropriate. Provides that each State shall establish at the State or regional level a decision-making body to certify sites and related bulk power supply facilities of any electric entity. Requires that the State include in such body representatives of: (1) appropriate State agencies; (2) electric entities; and (3) citizens' environmental protection and resources planning groups. Declares that should a State not designate a certifying body, the Federal certifying agency as provided for in this Act shall make certification decisions after consultation with the appropriate regional council. Allows a State to appeal to the appropriate U.S. court of appeals a Federal action denying or revoking a certificate of qualification for bulk power supply facilities. Provides that, within 12 months from the date of enactment of this Act, no electric entity shall commence to construct or begin operation of bulk power supply facilities unless it has obtained a certificate of site and facilities from the appropriate certifying agency. States that in the consideration of applications for certificates of site and facility, the appropriate certifying agency shall insure full public review and adequate consideration of all environmental values. Requires the certifying body to monitor the operation of each certified bulk power supply facility to determine whether the certified facility is operating in compliance with the issued certificate. States that the Federal certifying agency shall consist of one representative each from the Federal Power Commission, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Council on Environmental Quality, and, in addition, four representatives from electric entities, one representative from the Federal electric entity, and five representatives from citizens' environmental protection and resource planning groups to be appointed by the President from a list of nominees supplied by such groups. Grants the consent of Congress to two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in certificating sites and related bulk power supply facilities of electric entities. Authorizes each qualified State or regional certifying body to assess and collect fees from every electric entity and Federal electric entity operating within the jurisdiction of the legal authorities and procedures of such body. Provides that whoever: (1) commences to build a bulk power supply facility after 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act without a certificate; (2) fails to comply with a certificate; or (3) causes either of such acts to occur shall be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation or each day of continuing violation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2192 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Nonreturnable Beverage Container Prohibition Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to prevent the use of offending types of nonreturnable beverage containers by banning their shipments and sale in interstate commerce. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify beverage containers which satisfy specified requirements. Sets forth penalties of up to a $1,000 find and/or up to six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2176 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides under the Emergency School Aid Act that Franco-Americans shall receive the same benefits afforded other minority groups under that Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2183 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Authorizes the use of ad valorem taxes to satisfy the user charge system requirement for applicants for treatment works grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2175 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.
Bill· HRH.R. 2171 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 396 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Authorizes an alternative treatment, under the Water Pollution Control Act, in the case of any publicly owned treatment works required to use secondary treatment. Requires that an application and satisfactory showing be made that such alternative would result in an equal or preferable effect on the receiving waters at a lesser cost.
Bill· HRH.R. 1930 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Allows specified percentage tax deductions under the Internal Revenue Code, for the cost of acquiring recycled solid waste materials during the taxable year. Provides, in lieu of any allowable depreciation deduction, for the amortization of the cost basis of solid waste recycling facilities over a period of 60 months.
Bill· SS. 300 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1975
Provides that the Tennessee Valley Authority may elect, for fiscal years 1976 - 1981, to defer annual repayments if expenditures for certifed pollution control facilities for the preceding fiscal year exceed the mount of the scheduled repayment. Allows a credit for the excess of the amount of any repayments so deferred. Defines "certified pollution control facility" for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1708 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1629 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Establishes the Nantucket Sound Islands Trust to provide for the preservation and conservation of the Nantucket Sound Islands. Creates the Nantucket Sound Islands Trust Commissions to be composed of members as specified in this Act. Sets forth the boundaries of the Trust and provides for the classification of Trust islands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, not to exceed, $20,000,000 for the acquisition of land and interests therein, and not to exceed $5,000,000 for development for the first three years of the operation of the Trust.
Bill· HRH.R. 1625 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants, under the Clean Air Act, for costs incurred in the alteration or replacement of specified municipal waste incinerators owned and operated by local government entities for refuse burning in order to control air pollution.
Bill· HRH.R. 1526 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Nonreturnable Beverage Container Prohibition Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to prevent the use of offending types of nonreturnable beverage containers by banning their shipments and sale in interstate commerce. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify beverage containers which satisfy specified requirements. Sets forth penalties of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1514 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1093 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Pollution Controll Facility Loan Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make loans to any applicant to aid in financing any project within an eligible area for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of a certified pollution control facility. Specifies the conditions of such loans, including that: (1) no loan shall be made unless it is determined that there is reasonable assurance of repayment; (2) no loan, including renewals or extensions, may be made for a period exceeding twenty-five years; (3) loans shall bear interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum; and (4) no loan shall be made which exceeds 65 percent of the aggregate cost of the project. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund available to the Secretary for the purpose of making loans under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $750,000,000 to carry out this Act and to be deposited in the revolving fund.
Bill· SS. 134 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Excludes, under the Internal Revenue Code, from the gross income of individuals not employed by the Federal Government, who live in a State in which Federal employees receive an allowance based on living costs and conditions of environment, a percentage of their income equal to the percentage of basic pay received by Federal Government employees representing such allowance.
Bill· SS. 27 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Act - Establishes, as an executive department of the United States Government, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment headed by a Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate. Transfers to and vests in the Secretary: (1) all of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and all officers and components of that Department; (2) the functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) the functions of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Chief of Engineers and the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, as relate to or are utilized for civil works and civil regulatory functions; (4) all of the functions of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Board on Coastal Engineering Research, Mississippi River Commission, and California Debris Commission; (5) the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the Forest Services; (6) the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the Soil Conservation Service; (7) the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the Natural Resource Economics Division of the Economic Research Service; (8) the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the Soil and Water Conservation Division of the Agricultural Research Service; (9) the functions of the Secretary of Transportation, the Department of Transportation, and officers and components of the Department, as relate to or are utilized for pipeline safety; (10) the functions of the Water Resources Council; (11) the functions of the Energy Research and Development Administration; (12) the functions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (13) the functions of the Federal Energy Administration; and (14) specified functions previously transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that all functions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior, and all functions of the Secretary of the Interior being administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, are transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending at the time this Act takes effect before any Federal instrumentality. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced prior to the date this Act takes effect. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the President for submission to Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year.
Bill· SS. 20 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Authorizes Federal reimbursement to the States for the construction of specified sewage treatment works constructed with financial assistance appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control set for any fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1971. (Amends 86 Stat. 838).
Bill· HRH.R. 1497 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may continue the system of ad valorem taxation to industrial users of treatment works constructed pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if he determines that a change from such a system would be costly, disruptive, or difficult; and if he determines that classes of recipients of wast treatment services and industrial users of such services will receive and pay for their proportionate share of services under such system.
Bill· HRH.R. 1476 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1447 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Clean Air Amendments - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve State air quality control plans that include fixed or variable emission limitations (based, whenever technically feasible, on measurement and field-validated models of the impact of individual sources), schedules, and timetables for compliance with such limitations, or such other measures as may be necessary to insure attainment and maintenance of such primary or secondary standard; provide for revision, after public hearings, of such plan from time to time as may be necessary to take account of: (1) revisions of such national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard; and (2) the availability of improved or more expeditious methods, including more cost-effective methods, of achieving such primary or secondary standard; and provide a procedure for petition by a source owner or operator to the State agency for promulgation of emission limitations or other measures with respect to a particular source different from those approved elsewhere in the Act. Allows any owner or operator of a new stationary source to petition the Administrator for a permit to operate a new source with emission limits in excess of those established by the Administrator as standards of performance for such source. Requires the Administrator to establish procedures for conduct of hearings on the record with respect to such petitions. Requires the Administrator to revise State plans within nine months that are not in conformance with this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 761 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Allows specified percentage tax deductions under the Internal Revenue Code, for the cost of acquiring recycled solid waste materials during the taxable year. Provides, in lieu of any allowable depreciation deduction, for the amortization of the cost basis of solid waste recycling facilities over a period of 60 months.
Bill· HRH.R. 1280 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration to insure the procurement and use by the Federal Government of products manufactured from recycled materials by: (1) studying the feasibility of such procurement including entering into research contracts for examination of the various problems of government use of products made from recycled materials; and (2) promulgating standards and regulations ensuring the use of such products by Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities. Defines the term "recycled material" for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1255 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
County Government Environmental Control Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Council on Environmental Quality to enter into such arrangements as it may determine with the county commissioners of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for a three year demonstration project to provide a model for: (1) rejuvenating and strengthening county governments throughout the Nation in their ability to deal with environmental problems; (2) dealing with such environmental problems as waste of land, forest and wildlife resources, soil erosion and flood hazards; (3) solving such problems in cooperation with, and with the assistance of, the Federal and State and local governments; and (4) establishing priorities in solving county environmental problems. Provides that no funds shall be paid to such county pursuant to this Act until such county commissioners submit to the council a plan for carrying out such project which the council determines to be satisfactory for the purpose of this Act. Provides for the composition of the project commission required to administer such demonstration project subject to the supervision of the county commissioners. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000 for payments to Berkshire County pursuant to this Act, and such sums as may be necessary for the administration of this Act by the Council on Environmental Quality.
Bill· HRH.R. 1191 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Adminstrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of the Army to establish standards applicable to the deposit or discharge into the ocean, coastal, and other waters of the United States of all industrial wastes and other materials harmful to the wildlife (resources) or ecology of these waters. Requires any person before depositing or discharging such materials to present sufficient evidence that such materials will not endanger the natural environment and ecology of these waters. Requires such adopted standards to be adopted and enforced by Federal and State agencies, etc. that issue licenses or permits for any activity in the coastal waters. Requires State standards with repsect to the activity covered by a promulgated Federal standard to be more stringent than the Federal standard and provide adequate procedures for enforcement. Requires Federal and State agencies, etc. and other specified individuals to maintain records, make reports, and provide such information the Administrator may require to establish standards and to determine compliance with such standards. Gives U.S. district courts jurisdiction to restrain violations of this Act. Makes violators of any standard (civilly) liable for not more than $10,000 nor less than $5,000 for each violation, and each day shall be considered a separate offense in cases of continuing violations. Terminates all licenses, permits, and authorizations issued by any U.S. employee under authority of any other provision of law upon the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1132 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Suspends emissions controls on motor vehicles and engines in the continental United States except vehicles registered to residents of designated air quality regions until June 30, 1977, or sixty days after the President determines there is no significant shortage of petroleum fuels, whichever is later. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate, subject to the limitations of the Act, geographic areas of the United States in which there is significant auto emissions related to air pollution. Provides that each State shall, not later than sixty days following enactment of this Act, submit to the Administrator a plan for implementing the Act. Provides that if a State fails to submit a plan under the Act or if the Administrator determines (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that such State is not adequately enforcing such a plan, then such State shall lose its entitlement to, and may not thereafter receive, any Federal grant or loan assistance under this Act or under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that willful and deliberate violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 1124 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery for sale of nonreturnable beverage containers with respect to which no reasonable refund money deposit is required from the consumer for use in marketing or packaging any beverage for human consumption. Prescribes a penalty of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to 6 months imprisonment for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1100 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1046 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Solid Waste Energy Act - Provides that any expenditure, otherwise chargeable to a capital account, for the acquisition and installation of equipment for reduction of solid waste to a form suitable as an energy source shall be treated as a business expense of the current taxable year for purposes of a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits such tax deduction to the lesser of the taxpayer's pretax profit or $500,000. Allows a carryover of the undeducted excess to the next taxable year.
Bill· HRH.R. 1020 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1045 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Solid Waste Energy Act - States that, in order to assist State, municipal, interstate, and intermunicipal agencies to carry out construction projects for facilities which use solid waste to generate electricity or to produce other forms of energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may guarantee to any non-Federal lender which makes a loan to such an agency for such a project payment when due of the principal and interest on such loan. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may pay one-half of the net effective interest for an agency receiving a loan under this Act. Provides that, in determining priorities among construction projects under this Act, consideration shall be given to the net economic benefit to be derived from the construction of such facilities, and the provisions made for assuring efficient operation and maintenance of the facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the fiscal years 1975 and following fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 779 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that any person who is engaged in any activity which affects interstate commerce and who is responsible for any pollution of air or water or for the creation of any unreasonable noise shall be subject to liability in monetary damages, injunction, declaratory judgment, or other appropriate relief in a class action brought by any person representing the interest of a group or class of persons whose lives, safety, health, property, or welfare has been endangered or adversely affected in any way by such pollution or noise. Provides that the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction of class actions brought under this Act without regard to the amount in controversy. States that the remedies provided by this Act are in addition to any other remedies which may be available, and nothing in this Act shall be held to preempt or otherwise interfere with any Federal or State law.
Bill· HRH.R. 712 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Chemical Pesticides Coordination Act - Provides for advance notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Wildlife and water pollution agencies before the beginning of any Federal program involving the use of pesticides or other chemicals used to eradicate or control animal or plant pests.
Bill· HRH.R. 649 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Pollution Controll Facility Loan Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make loans to any applicant to aid in financing any project within an eligible area for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of a certified pollution control facility. Specifies the conditions of such loans, including that: (1) no loan shall be made unless it is determined that there is reasonable assurance of repayment; (2) no loan, including renewals or extensions, may be made for a period exceeding twenty-five years; (3) loans shall bear interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum; and (4) no loan shall be made which exceeds 65 percent of the aggregate cost of the project. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund available to the Secretary for the purpose of making loans under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $750,000,000 to carry out this Act and to be deposited in the revolving fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 594 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to prescribe regulations with respect to the amount of recycled material contained in paper procured or used by the Federal Government or the District of Columbia in order that such paper shall consist of as much recycled material as is consistent with the intended use of such paper.
Bill· HRH.R. 569 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Imposes standards with respect to the construction, conversion, and operation of oil tankers in order to prevent the pollution of the marine environment.
Bill· HRH.R. 450 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Suspends emissions controls on motor vehicles and engines in the continental United States except vehicles registered to residents of designated air quality regions until June 30, 1977, or sixty days after the President determines there is no significant shortage of petroleum fuels, whichever is later. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate, subject to the limitations of the Act, geographic areas of the United States in which there is significant auto emissions related to air pollution. Provides that each State shall, not later than sixty days following enactment of this Act, submit to the Administrator a plan for implementing the Act. Provides that if a State fails to submit a plan under the Act or if the Administrator determines (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that such State is not adequately enforcing such a plan, then such State shall lose its entitlement to, and may not thereafter receive, any Federal grant or loan assistance under this Act or under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that willful and deliberate violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 406 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery for sale of nonreturnable beverage containers with respect to which no reasonable refund money deposit is required from the consumer for use in marketing or packaging any beverage for human consumption. Prescribes a penalty of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to 6 months imprisonment for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 395 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, to make payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in an aggregate amount not less than the sums appropriated therefor during the year with respect to which such payments or grants are made and measured by: (1) their treatment or use of their land, or part thereof, for soil restoration, soil conservation, or the prevention of erosion; (2) changes in the use of their land; (3) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the normal national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption; (4) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption and exports adjusted to reflect the extent to which their utilization of cropland on the farm conforms to farming practices which the Secretary determines will best effectuate the purposes of the Act; or (5) any combination of the above.
Bill· HRH.R. 373 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires that compliance orders under the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, shall include cost-benefit analyses.