Environment

Rural Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Rural Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act- Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to make grants to rural local and tribal governments for the retention for one additional year of police officers funded through the cops on the beat (or COPS) program; (2) authorize the use of COPS grants on a matching funds basis to assist the police departments of such units in improving police communications, and in developing and improving access to crime-solving technologies; and (3) hire personnel and purchase equipment for rural areas to assist in the enforcement and prosecution of methamphetamine offenses and the environmental cleanup of methamphetamine-affected areas. Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to make grants to such units to establish or improve 911 service in those communities. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to make grants to establish in rural areas substance abuse (particularly methamphetamine) prevention and treatment pilot programs and methamphetamine prevention education programs. Directs the Attorney General to provide for the cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories and related hazardous waste, and for the improvement of contract-related response time for cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories and related hazardous waste by providing additional contract personnel, equipment, and facilities, in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Small Town and Rural Training Program..

Safe Overseas Human Testing Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Allows land management activities by specified Federal agencies undertaken in places the President has declared as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to proceed without regard to certain provisions of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Forest Management Act. Exempts such activities from the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of the Appeals Reform Act and from judicial review by any U.S. court.

Clear Skies Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Clear Skies Act of 2002 - Amends the acid deposition control provisions of the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions limitations and allowances programs for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury by: (1) revising the allowance system and associated transfer, tracking, permit, compliance plan, and penalty requirements, including those for auctions; and (2) establishing new emissions limitations and trading programs (including implementation of a separate sulfur dioxide scheme for States in the Western Regional Air Partnership). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury) for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of emission reductions under this Act. Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and plan requirements for nonattainment areas: (1) those that are subject to the performance standards of this Act; or (2) those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions or subject to a permit under an applicable implementation plan that provides a specified particulate matter emissions limitation and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions. Requires States to ensure in implementation plans that: (1) in an attainment or unclassifiable area, any emissions increase from the construction or modification of an affected unit will not result in exceeding a national ambient air quality standard; and (2) in a nonattainment area, the emissions increase will not interfere with a program to assure the achievement of such a standard. Provides for designation of transitional areas under implementation plans and states requirements for emissions inventories, the attainment of standards by the end of 2015, and penalties for not meeting the eight-hour ozone or fine particles standard.

Unternehmungen, die der Kontrolle des Rechnungshofes unterliegen

Austria · Federal Council · 25 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Daten zu den Mitgliedern des Vorstandes und der Aufsichtsräte der Unternehmungen, die der Kontrolle des Rechnungshofes unterliegen

A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain authorities relating to the importation of municipal solid waste under the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit any person from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste (MSW), for final disposal or incineration, in violation of the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada, signed at Ottawa on October 28, 1986. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to perform the functions of the Designated Authority of the United States with respect to the importation and exportation of MSW under the Agreement and to implement and enforce the Agreement. Sets forth factors for consideration in the Administrator's determinations of whether to consent to importation. Provides procedures for issuance of compliance orders, assessment of civil penalties, and conduct of public hearings.

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for the: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (also addresses issues concerning the Board's Inspector General); (5) Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) Interagency Council on the Homeless; (7) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (8) Corporation for National and Community Service, including transfer of funds; (9) U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (10) Department of Defense-Civil; (11) Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (12) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (13) Environmental Protection Agency; (14) Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (15) Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; (16) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (17) Federal Emergency Management Agency, including transfer of funds; (18) Federal Consumer Information Center Fund; (19) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including transfer of funds; (20) National Credit Union Administration; (21) National Science Foundation; (22) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (23) Selective Service System.

Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2002 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event; (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary; or (3) a Federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. Forbids timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent. Declares that this Act does not: (1) revoke, suspend, or modify legal instruments and decisions concerning the use of NFS land made before January 12, 2001; (2) compel the amendment or revision of any land and resource management plan; or (3) apply to specified activities in the Tongass National Forest. States that the prohibitions and restrictions of this Act cannot be reconsidered, modified, or terminated under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.

National Defense Rail Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

National Defense Rail Act - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak security assistance. Requires studies or assessments of: (1) foreign rail transport security programs; (2) the feasibility of passenger, baggage, and cargo screening; (3) existing rail safety regulations; (4) security priorities; and (5) rail crossing delay security issues. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a national high-speed ground transportation policy; and (2) provide 100 percent financial assistance to develop and implement high-speed rail corridors according to designated priorities, including the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Requires such projects to comply with specified labor standards, including the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act. Defines the national rail passenger transportation system. Authorizes Amtrak to operate an intercity rail service or route not included in such system. Authorizes additional appropriations for Amtrak for principal and interest, compliance with environmental laws, and improving accessibility for the elderly and persons with disabilities. Repeals the requirement that Amtrak be self-sufficient. Authorizes appropriations for the Northeast Corridor, long and short distance trains, and State-supported routes. Directs the Secretary to re-establish the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee. Revises requirements concerning the Amtrak board of directors. Requires an independent audit of Amtrak operations. Revises requirements of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 concerning loans and loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to establish a rail passenger cooperative research program, including an advisory board.

Erhebungen gegen den Österreichischen Tierschutzverein

Austria · Federal Council · 24 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Engelbert Weilharter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Einstellung von polizeilichen Erhebungen gegen den Österreichischen Tierschutzverein (ÖTV) trotz schwerwiegender Verdachtsmomente <i>(Verdacht des Betruges, schweren Betruges und gewerbsmäßigen</i> <i>Betruges)</i>

Erhebungen gegen den Österreichischen Tierschutzverein

Austria · Federal Council · 24 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Engelbert Weilharter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Justiz betreffend Einstellung von polizeilichen Erhebungen gegen den Österreichischen Tierschutzverein (ÖTV) trotz schwerwiegender Verdachtsmomente <i>(Verdacht des Betruges, schweren Betruges und gewerbsmäßigen</i> <i>Betruges)</i>

proposition de loi relative aux jardins familiaux et aux jardins d'insertion

France · Senate · 24 July 2002

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for: (1) civil functions relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and shore protection; (2) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee; (3) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (4) formerly utilized sites remedial action program; (5) flood control and coastal emergencies; and (6) general expenses of the Office of Chief of Engineers. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project Completion Account; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for water and related resources; (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (4) the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration and its Office of the Inspector General; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (9) naval reactors activities; (10) Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense facilities closure projects; (13) defense environmental management privatization projects; (14) defense nuclear waste disposal; (15) geographical power marketing administrations of DOE; and (16) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the: (1) Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) Delta Regional Authority; (4) Denali Commission; (5) Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of the Inspector General; and (6) Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002

National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require beverage brand owners (trademark owners, manufacturers, distributors, or importers of beverages sold in containers) to implement effective redemption, transportation, processing, marketing, and reporting systems for the reuse and recycling of their used beverage containers. Prohibits the sale of a beverage in a beverage container unless a clear refund value statement prominently appears on the container. Requires each beverage container agency (the brand owner or an entity acting as its agent) to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a recycling management plan subject to the Administrator's approval and a fee to cover administrative costs. Requires sellers of beverages to collect from each purchaser at the time of sale a deposit no greater than a specified minimum refund value and pay the refund value upon container returns either in cash or in the form of a voucher. Establishes a recovery rate performance standard and penalties for failure to achieve such rate. Requires arbitration to settle disputes between a beverage container agency and a return site. Imposes penalties for violations of this Act.

Konsequenzen aus den aktuellen Futtermittelskandalen in Europa

Austria · Federal Council · 23 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Johann Kraml, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Konsequenzen aus den aktuellen Futtermittelskandalen in Europa

Konsequenzen aus den aktuellen Futtermittelskandalen in Europa

Austria · Federal Council · 23 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Johann Kraml, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Konsequenzen aus den aktuellen Futtermittelskandalen in Europa

Water Quality Investment Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002

Water Quality Investment Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations through FY 2004 for grants for planning, design, and construction of treatment works to control or treat municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows. Extends the requirements for a report on funding levels.

Agriculture Security Preparedness Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002

Agriculture Security Preparedness Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Security Council should include agroterrorism in the definition of a terrorist act involving a weapon of mass destruction. Amends Federal criminal law to include under the rubric of terrorism the use of a weapon of mass destruction against private property, including property used for agricultural or livestock operations. Directs the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of establishing a national agroterrorism and ecoterrorism incident clearinghouse. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) report on international agricultural disease surveillance; (2) develop farm and ranch biosecurity guidelines and related education outreach; (3) develop a pilot program of biosecurity grants and loans to assist agricultural producers comply with such guidelines; (4) provide grants to universities for plant and animal disease research and vaccine development; (5) provide grants to States for geographic information systems for disease emergency epidemiological assessments; (6) develop a national public awareness campaign; (7) conduct a feasibility study respecting establishment of a national plant disease laboratory; (8) conduct a study of expanding laboratory sample screening capacities; (9) improve terrorist-related agricultural inspection abilities; and (10) establish a grant program to facilitate establishment of regional agricultural emergency response networks which shall serve as the basis for Federal, State, and local response plans. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish a senior level position for agricultural disease emergency management liaison; (2) revise the Emergency Support Functions of the Federal Response Plan to include the economic, environmental, and medical impacts of naturally-occurring agricultural disease outbreaks and agroterrorist acts; (3) provide grants to small communities to facilitate participation of State and local animal health care officials in emergency planning; and (4) establish a task force to identify and distribute best practices for State regional agricultural disaster exercise programs. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation to establish guidelines for transportation restrictions in response to an agricultural emergency; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services a senior level position for animal health liaison.

Emergency Livestock Assistance Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002

Emergency Livestock Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to livestock producers in emergency-designated counties who have suffered losses in 2001 or 2002; and (2) producers to elect payments for one but not both of such years. Directs the Secretary to use specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds for FY 2002 and 2003 grasshopper and Mormon cricket control activities on Federal, State, and private land. Amends the Plant Protection Act to increase the FY 2002 and 2003 Federal cost-share for control activities on State and private land. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, regarding nonrecource marketing assistance loan rates, to make: (1) 2002 and 2003 crop year rates applicable to crop year 2002 only; and (2) 2004 through 2007 crop year rates applicable to crop years 2003 through 2007. (Reduces the loan rate for certain crop year 2003 commodities.) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce FY 2003 funding for the environmental quality incentives program. Allocates 100 percent (currently 60 percent) of FY 2003 cost-sharing and incentive amounts to livestock production practices. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the transfer of funds for provision of water to desert terminal lakes.

Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002

Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to a State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency to conduct a vulnerability assessment of a publicly owned treatment works and implement security enhancements for such facilities upon completion of the assessment. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance and assistance to small publicly owned treatment works (those serving a population of fewer than 20,000 persons) on conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing security enhancements; and (2) make grants to a nonprofit organization to improve vulnerability self-assessment methodologies and tools for publicly owned treatment works, including those that are part of a combined wastewater treatment and water supply system.

Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002

Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified portions of the White Salmon River, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the comprehensive management plan required by the Act for the designated sections of the River in accordance with the preferred alternative of the Forest Service Wild and Scenic River Study Report and Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper White Salmon River.

Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme

European Union · EUR-Lex · 22 July 2002

CLEAN-UP Meth Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2002

Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 (CLEAN-UP Meth Act) - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation on Federal lands contaminated from illegal methamphetamine manufacture. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate as hazardous byproducts of methamphetamine production; (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to list byproducts likely to cause long-term environmental harm; (3) the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to local law enforcement; (4) the EPA Administrator to study methamphetamine laboratory operation impacts on the environment; and (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study contamination issues. Amends: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for educational programs and treatment, respectively; (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit hiring police personnel and purchasing equipment; (3) the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the regulatory exemption for over-the-counter pseudoephedrine product sales; and (4) the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 regarding court consideration of good faith efforts to prevent sales violations. Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government regarding pseudoephedrine availability in Canada and its importation into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to study ephedrine product theft.

Computer Hazardous Waste Infrastructure Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002

Computer Hazardous Waste Infrastructure Program Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after submitting to Congress a study of waste materials in used computers that may be hazardous to human health or the environment, to require assessment of a fee on the sale to an end-user of any computer, monitor, or other designated electronic devices. Requires fees collected to be used for administration of this Act and grants for: (1) collecting or processing used computers, monitors, or other devices for recycling; (2) reusing or reselling such articles; and (3) extracting and using, or selling for reuse, raw materials from such articles. Requires reports to Congress on the status of computer recycling, which shall include descriptions of fee collection and use.

State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002

State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State to limit, place restrictions on, or otherwise regulate out-of-State municipal solid waste received or disposed of annually at each landfill or incinerator in the State, except, until two years after enactment of this Act, to the extent that a host community agreement (between an owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator and an affected local government) specifically authorizes such receipt.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/90 as regards the budgetary and financial rules applicable to the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network and access to the Agency's documents

European Union · European Commission · 17 July 2002

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Environmental Agreements at Community Level - Within the Framework of the Action Plan on the Simplification and Improvement of the Regulatory Environment

European Union · European Commission · 17 July 2002

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline protection and restoration.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for purposes of shoreline protection and restoration, to dispose of dredged material from the construction, operation, or maintenance of a navigation project using a disposal method other than the least-cost disposal option if the Secretary determines that the additional cost of using the disposal method is justified by the benefits, including storm damage reduction, environmental, and recreation benefits. Requires disposal of dredged material to be initiated only upon the request of non-Federal interests and only after they have entered into a cooperative agreement to provide 35 percent of the costs associated with the disposal.

Bericht über den Stand der Markteinführung und der Kostenentwicklung von Anlagen zur Erzeugung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien (Erfahrungsbericht zum EEG) (G-SIG: 15000226)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 July 2002

Stand der Markteinführung und Kostenentwicklung der Photovoltaik, Windkraft, Biomasse, Wasserkraft und weiteren Energieträgern, Clearingstelle beim BMWi zur Klärung von Streitigkeiten, Perspektiven im europäischen Elektrizitätsbinnenmarkt

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus)

European Union · European Commission · 15 July 2002

automationsunterstützte Erfassung der Dienstzeit

Austria · Federal Council · 12 July 2002

Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend automationsunterstützte Erfassung der Dienstzeit

Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Österreich wegen Missachtung von Umweltrichtlinien durch die Bundesländer

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Österreich wegen Missachtung von Umweltrichtlinien durch die Bundesländer

Halbzeitbilanz zum Jahr der Berge 2002

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Halbzeitbilanz zum Jahr der Berge 2002

Halbzeitbilanz zum Jahr der Berge 2002

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Halbzeitbilanz zum Jahr der Berge 2002

ausstehendes IGL-Sanierungsgebiet Arnoldstein

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend ausstehendes IGL <i>(Immissionsschutzgesetz Luft)</i> -Sanierungsgebiet Arnoldstein

Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Österreich wegen Missachtung von Umweltrichtlinien durch die Bundesländer

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Österreich wegen Missachtung von Umweltrichtlinien durch die Bundesländer

Verkehr und Klimaschutz

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Verkehr und Klimaschutz

Tierversuche

Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ludmilla Parfuss, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Tierversuche in Österreich

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002

Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico, from Cochiti Dam to the headwaters of the Elephant Butte Dam; and (2) consult with certain local environmental groups in carrying out such projects. Requires non-federal interests to pay 25 percent of project costs. Prohibits recreational features of a project from comprising more than 30 percent of the total project cost.

Anti-Ocean Dumping Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002

Anti-Ocean Dumping Act of 2002 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to make ineffective any permit authorizing transportation of material for the purpose of dumping at the Historic Area Remediation Site (located east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey) other than qualified dredged material defined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Prohibits dredged material from qualifying unless its level of polychlorinated biphenyls does not exceed 113 parts per billion.

Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002

Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to instruct the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include in the plan for NIH activities: (1) research concerning the etiology and causes of autoimmune diseases in all women, with priority given to environmental factors; (2) the development of information and education programs on risk factors for women, such as genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors; and (3) outreach programs at community health centers to historically underserved populations of women.

Anti-Ocean Dumping Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002

Anti-Ocean Dumping Act of 2002 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to make ineffective any permit authorizing transportation of material for the purpose of dumping at the Historic Area Remediation Site (located east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey) other than qualified dredged material defined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Prohibits dredged material from qualifying unless its level of polychlorinated biphenyls does not exceed 113 parts per billion.

Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002

Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2002 - Deems as a final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers (to be effective as of September 26, 2000) the joint Memorandum of Agreement published in September 2000 establishing the maximum permissible level of polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments to be used as remediation material at the Historic Area Remediation Site off the coast of New Jersey as 113 parts per billion.

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 11 July 2002. # Eugen Schmidberger, Internationale Transporte und Planzüge v Republik Österreich. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck - Austria. # Free movement of goods - Restriction resulting from actions of individuals - Obligations of the Member States - Decision not to prohibit a demonstration by environmental protesters which resulted in the complete closure of the Brenner motorway for almost 30 hours - Justification - Fundamental rights - Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly - Principle of proportionality. # Case C-112/00.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2002

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mischo delivered on 11 July 2002. # Commission of the European Communities v French Republic. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 76/464/EEC - Pollution of the aquatic environment - Pollution reduction programmes which include quality objectives for certain dangerous substances. # Case C-130/01.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2002

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Tizzano delivered on 11 July 2002. # Commission of the European Communities v French Republic. # Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 97/11/EC - Environmental impact assessment of certain public and private projects - Incomplete transposition. # Case C-348/01.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2002

GWG - Novelle 2002

Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002

Bundesluftreinhaltegesetz

Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002

Ökostromgesetz) Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz (ElWOG

Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002