Environment

To amend the Clean Air Act to require new stationary sources of air pollutants which are located in nonattainment areas to periodically reduce emissions.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

Amends the Clean Air Act to limit permit terms for new major stationary sources of pollutants in nonattainment areas, requiring compliance with the expiring conditions and with the lowest achievable emission rate determined at the time of reissuance.

International Security and Satellite Monitoring Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

International Security and Satellite Monitoring Act of 1989 - Establishes the Commission on International Security and Satellite Monitoring. Requires the Commission to: (1) study areas in which the sharing of information collected by civilian remote-sensing satellites could increase international security and stability, including environmental monitoring, disaster preparedness, drug trafficking, and weapons monitoring; (2) review the status of U.S. civilian remote-sensing programs to recommend development of a coordinated policy; and (3) determine how a revised open skies policy could enhance the national security strategy of the United States. Sets forth specific factors for the Commission to consider in conducting such study. Requires the Commission to transmit a report to the President and to the Congress containing a detailed statement of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates the Commission two years after this Act's enactment. Authorizes appropriations.

Energy Independence Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

Energy Independence Act of 1989 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), for the purpose of obtaining petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and to the extent that amounts are credited to the SPR Petroleum Account (Account), to purchase either U.S. stripper well oil or crude oil exchanged for U.S. stripper well oil. Requires the purchases to be made on a competitive bid basis, subject to a minimum price of $22 per barrel, adjusted annually for inflation. Makes available to the Secretary for SPR development funds from the Account in an amount equal to 25 percent of the aggregate amount of revenue collected during the previous quarter from the excise tax imposed by this Act on imported crude oil and petroleum products. Limits the use of such funds for SPR petroleum acquisition to periods when: (1) the SPR contains less than 1,000,000,000 barrels of crude oil; and (2) the world price of crude oil is $22 or less per barrel, adjusted for inflation. Authorizes alternative energy security uses of the tax revenue when the world oil price exceeds the $22 reference price for a specified time. Directs the President, to the maximum extent practicable, to take the steps necessary to: (1) enter into international voluntary agreements in connection with the international energy program (IEP) in the interest of developing parity with respect to oil import fees; and (2) enforce certain existing agreements with other IEP countries. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose, until 1995, an excise tax on the first sale within the United States of imported crude oil and petroleum products. Sets a variable rate for the tax, as follows: (1) for crude oil, the greater of 50 cents per barrel or the difference between the world price per barrel of crude oil and $22 (the reference price, adjusted annually for inflation); and (2) for petroleum products, in accordance with a specified formula based on the amount of tax per barrel of crude oil, the barrel-of-oil equivalent of the particular product attributable to crude oil, and a three dollar per barrel environmental outlay adjustment. Exempts from the import tax: (1) any sale of crude oil or petroleum product destined for export; and (2) sales during any period when the President determines that it is in the national interest to refrain from such taxation.

To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from issuing certain permits in connection with a proposed water pipeline project until an environmental impact statement for that project has been completed.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1989

Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from issuing certain permits for the construction of a water supply pipeline and related structures for removing water from Lake Gaston, North Carolina and Virginia, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, until an environmental impact statement is completed.

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1989

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to assure the quality of indoor air, including coordinating and accelerating efforts related to the causes, detection, and correction of contaminated air. Requires such program to include information collection and dissemination, cooperative research, grants, studies, development of techniques, facility construction, and conferences. Requires that research focus on human health effects and the identification of types and levels of contaminants likely to cause harm, including the development of methodology and techniques for detection and control. Authorizes the Administrator to assist technology demonstration activities based on a technology's potential to cost effectively control sources of contaminants. Limits Federal funding to 75 percent of the costs of such projects. Requires the Administrator to publish: (1) general reports on the findings of such demonstration projects; and (2) bulletins assessing technology and management practices for controlling and measuring indoor air contaminants, which shall be provided to the Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse. Directs the Administrator to develop protocols, within six months of this Act's enactment, for the measurement of radon gas in child care facilities and disseminate information regarding techniques for measuring and mitigating radon in such facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to take certain other actions conducive to the detection and reduction of radon in such facilities. Directs the Administrator to publish and biennially revise a list of contaminants known to occur in indoor air. Provides for additions to such list upon application of a State Governor. Requires the Administrator to publish advisory materials addressing the human health effects of listed contaminants which describe the properties, effects, risks, and concentrations of such contaminants. Directs the Indoor Air Panel of the EPA Science Advisory Board to assist in the listing and advisories. Requires advisories to be updated at least once every five years. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish a national indoor air quality response plan to reduce human exposure to the listed indoor air contaminants and reduce, to the fullest extent practicable, indoor air contaminant concentration levels to levels at which there is no known or anticipated human health effect, with an adequate margin of safety. Requires the response plan to identify the contaminant, the basis for the action, the nature of the response, the responsible Federal authority, the necessary financial resources, and the technological or legislative changes required for further reduction of the contaminant. Requires the Administrator and the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement a program to respond to and reduce indoor air contamination in Federal buildings and to demonstrate methods of reducing indoor air contamination in new Federal buildings. Directs the Administrator of the GSA to prepare a specific response plan for Federal buildings which lists buildings and the reduction and response actions to be taken and identifies those buildings for which there is sufficient evidence of indoor air contamination to warrant their assessment under this Act's Building Assessment Demonstration Program. Exempts specified buildings for national security, demolition, or special use purposes. Requires the Administrator of the GSA to provide a method and format for filing comments and complaints concerning indoor air quality in Federal buildings. Requires response plans to be submitted to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the Administrator of the GSA to reserve 0.5 percent of any funds appropriated for construction of new Federal buildings for design and construction of measures to reduce indoor air contaminant concentrations within such buildings. Requires that any new EPA building be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated as a model to demonstrate principles and practices for protecting indoor air quality. Authorizes grants to States for the development and implementation of management strategies and indoor air quality assessment and response programs similar to those of the Federal program. Directs the Administrator to establish the Office of Indoor Air Quality within the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation to implement agency responsibilities under this Act. Establishes a Council on Indoor Air Quality to coordinate Federal indoor air quality activities and review and comment on the national indoor air response program and the Federal building response plan. Requires the Council to report to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the Administrator to establish a national indoor air quality clearinghouse which shall operate a toll-free hotline on indoor air quality. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to implement a Building Assessment Demonstration Program to support the development of methods, techniques, and protocols for assessing indoor air contamination in non-residential, non-industrial buildings and to provide contamination reduction assistance and guidance to building owners and occupants. Sets forth building assessment report requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

To roll back the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Precludes the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from becoming effective until the Administrator issues a detailed environmental impact statement and revises the Plan to resolve any problems identified in such statement. Requires the Administrator to issue a detailed environmental impact statement regarding proposed changes to air routes at or below an altitude of 19,000 feet. Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review and publish in the Federal Register by a certain date how commercial air routes proposed by the FAA Administrator comply with certain noise control criteria. Prohibits the FAA Administrator from excluding air commerce operations from certain environmental requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 on the basis of altitude. Requires the FAA Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a commercial aircraft noise level study.

Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add a chapter dealing with Africa Famine Recovery and Development. Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Provides that such assistance should also encourage private sector development and promote individual initiatives and help to reduce the role of central governments in areas more appropriate for the private sector. Declares that the general authorities and policies of the development assistance provisions of such Act apply to this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs (responsible agency) to: (1) take into account the local-level perspective of the rural and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa during the planning and review of annual country planning documents for project assistance under this Act; (2) make available funds for a significant long-term expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) consult with other organizations in order to identify relevant private and voluntary organizations. Encourages the responsible agency to review procedures for the development and evaluation of projects to be carried out by private and voluntary organizations and to simplify such procedures wherever appropriate. Requires the close consultation and involvement of local people in projects that have a local focus. Requires the responsible agency to ensure the participation and integration of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires that the views of women as well as men be ascertained and factored into decisions relating to development activities which affect them. Requires the responsible agency to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) meet the need for maintenance and rehabilitation within the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Sets forth examples of national economic policy reforms which can be supported by assistance provided by this Act. Requires such reforms to include provisions to protect vulnerable groups, especially poor farmers and the urban poor, from possible negative consequences of such reforms. Requires assistance for such reforms to take account of the need for adjustments should recurrence of drought make it impossible to achieve the goals of the reforms. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance and efficiency of education; and (5) development of income generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Directs the responsible agency to provide support for strengthening and developing selected African higher education institutions in order to address the problems of food production and distribution. Prohibits the responsible agency from using less than specified amounts for in-country natural resources and environmental training in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the responsible agency to formulate coherent country development assistance strategies. Sets forth information such strategies must analyze and address. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Specifies uses for local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sector levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for long-term development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa and for funding activities of certain international organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Limits transfers between accounts funded by this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to develop a plan for organizational changes within AID in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for sub-Saharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Sets forth changes the Administrator shall consider. Requires the Administrator to consult with specified congressional committees about such changes. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the AID resources for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Administrator to develop a plan for evaluating AID's progress in achieving the purposes of this Act. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) interim evaluations; (2) the establishment of specific criteria for measuring the performance of U.S. development assistance for the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa; (3) the collection and monitoring of base-line data for future measurement of the effectiveness of such assistance; and (4) the measures by which the evaluations will be used to institutionalize learning within AID. Requires the plan to be developed in consultation with specified congressional committees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be independent evaluations of AID's performance in providing development assistance to the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires that assistance from other assistance and development programs be used to provide assistance to the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes the President to make available such amounts from the funds made available by this Act as the President deems appropriate to support long-term development assistance for activities of international organizations which are consistent with the purpose of providing assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa and which are undertaken in coordination with AID. Encourages the President to use the authorities provided in this Act in coordination with activities of the multilateral development banks in sub-Saharan Africa. Urges the President to provide debt rescheduling to a country in sub-Saharan Africa if: (1) that country had an average per capita income in 1984 of less that $550; and (2) at any time between October 1, 1989, and September 30, 1994, an International Monetary Fund standby agreement is in effect with respect to that country, a structural adjustment program of the International Development Association of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is in effect with respect to that country, or the President makes a specified finding regarding economic policy reforms in such country. Provides that the debt rescheduling is the granting of a five-year grace period on all payments to the United States on specified types of loans. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees of any debt rescheduling granted under this Act. Requires that it be the policy of the United States that the funds made available by this Act are not to be used by a country to repay loans, with exceptions. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to include a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Provides that reprogramming notification requirements do not apply to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Declares that, where appropriate, African famine relief activities should serve as the foundation for long-term development activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Provides for the transfer of certain funds so that they may be used for management support activities associated with long-term development assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1990 and 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to assure the quality of indoor air, including coordinating and accelerating efforts related to the causes, detection, and correction of contaminated air. Requires such program to include information collection and dissemination, cooperative research, grants, studies, development of techniques, facility construction, and conferences. Requires that research focus on human health effects and the identification of types and levels of contaminants likely to cause harm, including the development of methodology and techniques for detection and control. Authorizes the Administrator to assist technology demonstration activities based on a technology's potential to cost effectively control sources of contaminants. Limits Federal funding to 75 percent of the costs of such projects. Requires the Administrator to publish: (1) general reports on the findings of such demonstration projects; and (2) bulletins assessing technology and management practices for controlling and measuring indoor air contaminants, which shall be provided to the Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse. Directs the Administrator to develop protocols, within six months of this Act's enactment, for the measurement of radon gas in child care facilities and disseminate information regarding techniques for measuring and mitigating radon in such facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to take certain other actions conducive to the detection and reduction of radon in such facilities. Directs the Administrator to publish and biennially revise a list of contaminants known to occur in indoor air. Provides for additions to such list upon application of a State Governor. Requires the Administrator to publish advisory materials addressing the human health effects of listed contaminants which describe the properties, effects, risks, and concentrations of such contaminants. Directs the Indoor Air Panel of the EPA Science Advisory Board to assist in the listing and advisories. Requires advisories to be updated at least once every five years. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish a national indoor air quality response plan to reduce human exposure to the listed indoor air contaminants and reduce, to the fullest extent practicable, indoor air contaminant concentration levels to levels at which there is no known or anticipated human health effect, with an adequate margin of safety. Requires the response plan to identify the contaminant, the basis for the action, the nature of the response, the responsible Federal authority, the necessary financial resources, and the technological or legislative changes required for further reduction of the contaminant. Requires the Administrator and the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement a program to respond to and reduce indoor air contamination in Federal buildings and to demonstrate methods of reducing indoor air contamination in new Federal buildings. Directs the Administrator of the GSA to prepare a specific response plan for Federal buildings which lists buildings and the reduction and response actions to be taken and identifies those buildings for which there is sufficient evidence of indoor air contamination to warrant their assessment under this Act's Building Assessment Demonstration Program. Exempts specified buildings for national security, demolition, or special use purposes. Requires the Administrator of the GSA to provide a method and format for filing comments and complaints concerning indoor air quality in Federal buildings. Requires response plans to be submitted to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the Administrator of the GSA to reserve 0.5 percent of any funds appropriated for construction of new Federal buildings for design and construction of measures to reduce indoor air contaminant concentrations within such buildings. Requires that any new EPA building be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated as a model to demonstrate principles and practices for protecting indoor air quality. Authorizes grants to States for the development and implementation of management strategies and indoor air quality assessment and response programs similar to those of the Federal program. Directs the Administrator to establish the Office of Indoor Air Quality within the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation to implement agency responsibilities under this Act. Establishes a Council on Indoor Air Quality to coordinate Federal indoor air quality activities and review and comment on the national indoor air response program and the Federal building response plan. Requires the Council to report to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the Administrator to establish a national indoor air quality clearinghouse which shall operate a toll-free hotline on indoor air quality. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to implement a Building Assessment Demonstration Program to support the development of methods, techniques, and protocols for assessing indoor air contamination in non-residential, non-industrial buildings and to provide contamination reduction assistance and guidance to building owners and occupants. Sets forth building assessment report requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Global Environmental Protection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989

Global Environmental Protection Act of 1989 - Title I: Elimination and Regulation of Global Change Pollutants - Part A: Chlorofluorocarbons and Related Chemicals - Global Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Preservation Act of 1989 - States that this Act's objectives are to restore and maintain the chemical and physical integrity of the Earth's atmosphere and to protect human health and the global environment from all known and potential dangers due to atmospheric or climatic modification. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish a priority list of manufactured substances which are known, or may reasonably be anticipated, to cause or contribute to atmospheric or climatic modification, including chlorofluorocarbon-11, chlorofluorocarbon-12, chlorofluorocarbon-113, halon-1211, and halon-1301; (2) create and annually update a list of other manufactured substances which meet such criteria; and (3) assign to each listed substance a numerical value representing the ozone depletion potential of such substance. Imposes reporting requirements on producers of listed substances. Phases out, by January 1, 2000, the production or release of listed substances for any use other than medical purposes. Prohibits the use or introduction into interstate commerce of a priority-listed substance after 1993 except for approved medical purposes. Prohibits, after 2009, the production of any listed substance in annual quantities that yield a total ozone depletion greater than five percent of that produced by priority-listed substances in 1986. Directs the Administrator to require a producer of a listed substance to reduce production of such substance more rapidly if new information indicates that expedition is necessary for the protection of human health or the environment or the availability of substitutes makes expedited reductions attainable. Authorizes the President to issue orders exempting from this Act's requirements the production and use of halon-1211 and halon-1301 at any specified site or facility if the President finds that adequate substitutes are not available and the production and use of such substance is necessary to protect national security interests. Prohibits the importation of a priority listed substance, any product containing such substance, or any product manufactured with a process that uses such substance unless the Administrator has certified that the nations in which such substance or product was manufactured and from which such substance or product was imported have programs that require reduced production of such substance and limit the production of other substances covered by this Act pursuant to a schedule and limitations at least as stringent as those applicable under this Act. Deems a person who imports a listed substance or a product containing such substance to have produced such substance for purposes of this Act's requirements. Requires that containers in which listed substances are stored or transported, products containing such substances, and products manufactured with a process using such substances be labeled as harmful to public health and the environment by reason of the effect such substances have on the ozone and climate. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations regarding: (1) the use, recapture, recycling, and safe disposal of substances covered by this Act; and (2) the use of any manufactured substance that may exacerbate the problem of human induced global climate change. Prohibits, after 1992, the knowing use, release, or disposal of any substance covered by this Act (with specified exceptions) in a fashion which permits such substance to enter the environment. Exempts from such prohibition releases associated with: (1) the approved use of medical devices and diagnostic products for medical purposes; (2) good-faith attempts to recapture and recycle or safely dispose of such substances; and (3) the servicing or repair of equipment which contains such substances but does not include an aperture which allows the recapture of such substances, if, during the first servicing or repair after the effective date of this Act, an aperture or other such feature is installed. Part B: Carbon Dioxide - Act to Reduce and Stabilize Atmospheric Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide - Requires the Administrator to revise nonutility stationary source emission standards by January 1, 1990, and express such standards in terms of carbon dioxide emitted per unit or product output. Directs the Administrator to promulgate standards requiring specified reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from cement kilns, iron and steel manufacturing operations, pulp and paper mills, and synthetic fiber plants by January 1, 2000. Amends the Clean Air Act to set motor vehicle carbon dioxide emission standards which require a reduction of such emissions of at least ten percent by 1990, 25 percent by 1995, 50 percent by 2000, and 75 percent by 2010 from 1985 carbon dioxide emission levels. Requires that, after January 1, 1992, new homes which are equipped with a central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater be equipped only with one that satisfies the carbon dioxide emission limitation achieved by the best available residential control technology. Requires that each replacement central furnace, central air-conditioner, or hot-water heater installed in a home after 1992 satisfy such limitation. Part C: Methane - Methane Emission Elimination Act - Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by January 1, 1992, on: (1) the contribution of methane gas to global climate change; (2) the sources and sinks of methane; (3) the methods of controlling methane emissions; and (4) the relationship between methane emissions and concentrations of other trace gases. Requires that State solid waste management plans provide for the minimization of emissions of methane and other gases during the operation and after the closure of sanitary landfills. Prohibits, after 1993, mass releases and flaring of methane. Part D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Administrator to respond to violations of this title's requirements by assessing a civil penalty against violators and/or requiring their immediate compliance, or commencing a civil action in the U.S. district court in the district in which the violation occurred for appropriate relief. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title's requirements. Provides for judicial review of the Administrator's final actions. Authorizes citizen suits to enforce any permit, regulation, condition, requirement, prohibition, or order which has become effective pursuant to this title. Title II: Global Change Adjustment and Mitigation - Environmental Adjustment Act of 1989 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to add at the end thereof the Atmospheric Protection Act of 1989. Authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) policies, regulations, and laws of the United States be interpreted and administered in accordance with the Act's policies; and (2) all Federal agencies minimize the impacts of proposed actions on the global environment and prepare environmental impact statements regarding such actions. Title III: International Financing - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require environmental impact assessments on proposed actions affecting the quality of the human environment by certain multilateral development banks listed under the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to establish the criteria for such assessments. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) take steps to expand international consensus on the importance of environmental issues and to secure support for programs that encourage energy efficiency and conservation and integrated pest management; and (2) report to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries on the progress made by the multilateral development banks in environmental assessment activities. Requires the Federal Government to undertake a systematic and comprehensive survey of all Federal lands and structures, by January 1, 1991, to ascertain their vulnerability to changes associated with global environmental changes. Directs the President to report to the Congress, by January 1, 1993, on the results of such survey, including recommendations for generic and site-specific actions and policies to preclude further public or private investment in susceptible areas and minimize and mitigate the loss or damage likely to occur. Ground Water Recharge Research and Demonstration Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program of research, development, and demonstration of artificial groundwater recharge techniques. Requires the Secretary of the Army to submit to specified congressional committees a final report, by May 30, 1993, and a brief interim report, within 30 months of this Act's enactment, on such activities. Title IV: International Cooperation - Directs the President to request the United Nations to promptly establish a temporary new agency, to be headed by the Director of the United Nations Environmental Program, to: (1) coordinate international efforts to minimize and mitigate the effects of unavoidable environmental alterations; and (2) provide financial, technical, and other assistance to developing nations to facilitate improvements in their standard of living while minimizing or eliminating their contributions to global, continental, and subcontinental scale environmental damages. Directs the President to request the United Nations to establish a temporary program of forestation to: (1) assist and encourage nations in halting activities that are destroying forests; and (2) undertake a global reforestation program. Requires the President to instruct U.S. representatives to other bilateral and multilateral organizations to assure that the activities of such organizations are consistent with this Act's goals and objectives. Establishes as a national goal the generation of 50 percent of the national supply of energy from nonpolluting technologies and practices by the year 2000 and 100 percent by the year 2050. Title V: Development of Nonpolluting Energy Sources - Authorizes the Administrator to charter the National New Energy Development Institute, an organization concerned with energy production standards and practices to be incorporated in the District of Columbia. Requires the Institute to promote the use of energy efficient technologies which will: (1) minimize the quantity of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere and the consumption of scarce resources; (2) insure the competitiveness of U.S. industry; and (3) assure that human health and the environment will not be adversely affected. Directs the Institute to establish industry energy technology standards to protect the global climate. Outlines criteria to be considered by the Administrator in granting a charter to the prospective Institute. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to the Institute. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to regulate above ground storage tanks having the capacity to store at least one million gallons of petroleum, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to regulate above ground petroleum storage tanks. Requires tank owners to notify State or local authorities of the existence of such tank, specifying the age, size, type, location, assembly history, and uses of the tank. Requires each State to inventory above ground petroleum storage tanks in such State, aggregate the data derived from tank owners, and submit such data to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency within two years of this Act's enactment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate petroleum spill prevention, correction, and financial responsibility regulations applicable to tanks which are 30 or more years old, have been reassembled in whole or in part, or have been relocated from their original site. Includes within such regulations requirements for: (1) the granting of operating permits pursuant to periodic tank inspections; (2) immediate reporting of a release and corrective action taken in response to a release; and (3) maintaining evidence of financial responsibility. Requires the Administrator, in promulgating financial responsibility regulations, to conduct a study to determine the appropriate amounts of coverage for the costs and damages of a spill. Permits the assertion of claims against guarantors providing evidence of financial responsibility for claims against insolvent tank owners or operators. Allows the Administrator to waive financial responsibility requirements upon the owner's or operator's demonstration of a secondary containment adequate to hold any release. Permits corrective actions by the Administrator or States to protect human health or the environment, but makes tank owners or operators liable for costs. Authorizes a State to submit for the Administrator's review and approval a program under which such State would assume primary responsibility for the enforcement of regulations pertaining to above ground storage tanks. Requires State programs to be at least as stringent as the Federal program. Sets forth actions to be taken when a facility owner or operator has not complied with or cannot meet financial responsibility requirements. Requires owners or operators of tanks to furnish the relevant government employees with all necessary information, including submitting their facilities to inspection and monitoring. Provides for confidentiality of such information and criminal penalties for prohibited disclosure. Authorizes the use of compliance orders to enforce this Act, providing daily civil penalties for noncompliance. Includes tanks under Federal jurisdiction under this Act, permitting exemptions of up to one year upon the President's specific request. Requires all exemptions to be reported annually to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to study above ground petroleum and regulated substance storage tanks and report to the Congress and the President on the results of such studies within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the cause and environmental effects of the petroleum spill into the Monongahela River on January 2, 1988. Requires the Administrator to establish and carry out inspector training programs in all EPA regional offices. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with the Governor of Louisiana if the Governor agrees, to enter into an agreement to: (1) set forth a process by which the State of Louisiana agrees to develop a Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Plan; and (2) designate a State agency to develop and submit such Plan to the Secretary and the Administrator for approval. Requires the Secretary to make grants to assist the agency in developing the Plan. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to provide technical assistance to the State for such Plan. Prohibits conditioning studies or construction of existing projects on payment of a non-Federal cost share. Provides that coastal restoration and conservation projects commenced in Louisiana prior to the signing of the agreement shall not require a non-Federal cost share. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Plan to: (1) establish a program to assure that no net loss of Louisiana coastal wetlands occurs as a result of development activities and require permits for such activities; (2) identify Louisiana coastal wetlands and describe projects to restore such wetlands, including a research program for coastal restoration; (3) implement a system to account for gains and losses of wetlands to evaluate compliance with the goal of no net loss; (4) educate the public of the necessity to conserve wetlands and encourage the use of technology by persons engaged in development activities; and (5) encourage private owners of wetlands to maintain such lands as wetlands. Outlines the authority of the State with respect to the issuance of permits for development activities. Limits such permits to terms of five years and allows termination or modification under certain conditions. Authorizes States whose waters may be affected by the issuance of a permit to submit recommendations with respect to such permit to the State of Louisiana and the Administrator. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to approve the Plan if: (1) the State has adequate authority to implement and enforce the Plan; and (2) the Plan is in compliance with this Act and was adopted after reasonable notice and hearing. Sets forth modification procedures in the case of noncompliance. Authorizes the State to modify an approved Plan, but makes such modifications subject to approval procedures. Makes certain provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act inapplicable to Louisiana wetlands or coastal waters on the effective date of the permit program. Sets forth sanctions for noncompliance with the permit program, including the suspension of Federal assistance for wetlands conservation and restoration and the revocation of the Plan. Establishes the Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Trust Fund. Appropriates to the Fund five percent of all bonuses, rents, and royalties paid to the United States in connection with leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf. Makes Fund moneys available for grants to Louisiana to implement the Plan. Limits the Federal share for restoration projects to 90 percent of the cost. Directs the Governor of Louisiana to report, not less than annually, to the Secretary and the Administrator on the status of programs under this Act. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report biennially to the Congress on the status and effectiveness of the Plan. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers of the Department of the Army to carry out projects for the protection, restoration, and creation of vegetated wetlands. Requires such projects to be given equal priority with navigation and flood control projects.

Global Warming Response Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Title I: Establishment of a Single Coordinating Body on Global Warming - Global Warming Response Act of 1989 - Establishes the Office of Global Warming within the Department of State to serve as the single coordinating point for the United States on all global warming policy and response matters. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Warming to be appointed by the President. Requires the Office to establish an interagency team for ongoing formulation of policy and response mechanisms to global warming to be coordinated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Directs the Office to develop, annually update, and transmit to the President and the Congress a Global Warming Strategy Plan to coordinate policy, research, and response efforts. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) consult with and advise the President on the effects of U.S. policy and research on global warming; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the progress made in such research and policy, and on future plans to decrease global warming and consequent environmental deterioration. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the President to appoint an ambassador to represent the United States in negotiations relevant to global warming and related environmental issues. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should support and promote: (1) global and domestic research and response efforts with respect to the greenhouse effect and other global environmental issues, including the establishment of a cooperative international program and the efforts of the United Nations; and (2) the goals of the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987. States that the President should instruct the Ambassador at Large to the United Nations to call for the declaration of 1990 as the International Year of Global Climate Protection. Calls upon the President to convene an international meeting to encourage the adoption of multilateral agreements to reduce the threat of global warming. Directs the Secretary of State to sponsor other meetings as may be necessary to ensure that the conventions are opened for signature no later than the end of 1993. Title II: Global Sustainable Economic Development - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to: (1) establish a central bureau for planning and implementing environmental, energy, and natural resources projects; (2) establish an early warning system to avoid negative global environmental impact of U.S. supported projects and serve as technical advisor to the U.S. executive directors of multilateral development banks concerning projects with the potential for such impact; (3) provide technical assistance to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in conducting environmental assessment of sustainable development projects and encourage U.S. private investment in such development; and (4) establish an interagency task force concerning economic and ecological development and its effects on global warming, preservation of biodiversity and forests, sustainable agriculture, and other environmental policy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Limits the amount of funds to OPIC for environmental assessment and sustainable development activities. Directs the Administrator to: (1) develop a strategy for U.S. participation in global conservation of biological diversity; (2) analyze assistance for the value of the recipient countries' biological resources; (3) develop economic incentives and disincentives for U.S. supported projects to conserve biological diversity; (4) provide technical assistance to OPIC to analyze the values of biological resources involved in proposed projects and encourage U.S. private sector investment in projects which preserve biological diversity; and (5) coordinate all biological diversity activities through the Office of Global Warming. Requires the Administrator to report to the Secretary of State on the options and strategies for the use of U.S. bilateral and multilateral assistance programs to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and to provide energy utilizing renewable resources as a substitute for fossil fuels and other energy efficient technologies. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an analysis by which strategies to encourage forest preservation, minimization of global climate change, reforestation, sustainable agriculture, energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy resources can be incorporated into programs of the International Monetary Fund. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director to the World Bank to request that all future energy-sector lending for new energy supplies be contingent on a finding that the quantity of services specified in the loan proposal could not be delivered at the same or lower cost by improving the efficiency of energy use and use of renewable resources. Requires the Executive Director to urge the World Bank to establish that specified percentages of all energy sector loans shall be for least cost energy efficient projects utilizing, to the maximum extent possible, renewable resources within certain periods following the enactment of this Act. Requires the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to report annually to the Secretary on the environmental reports received from the banks on proposed projects and the directors' assessment of the environmental effects of such projects. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) establish a designated fund of the U.S. contributions to the World Bank to provide for environmental assessment of all projects, especially with regard to their impact on global warming and sustainable development; and (2) urge other countries contributing to the World Bank to contribute to such fund. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Research and Development of Policy Responses - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should participate in and support the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Declares that: (1) the United States should support the efforts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in its study and research of the effects of global warming and climate changes on the Arctic region; and (2) the President should support the development of an Antarctic research component to the IGBP to include specific recommendations of the ad hoc Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council of Scientific Unions. Expresses support for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mission to Planet Earth. Title IV: Forest Preservation, Reforestation, and Sustainable Forest Resources - Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on: (1) existing resources in tropical countries; (2) recommendations for the continued use of LANDSAT satellite photography for monitoring tropical ecosystems and effects on global warming trends; (3) the potential in tropical nations for reforestation, afforestation, and conservation of existing resources; and (4) the potential for reducing or preventing climate disruption through financial assistance and incentives to such nations for forest preservation activities. Requires such report to be updated every three years. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to: (1) analyze the direct and indirect values of forest resources prior to determining appropriate support projects; (2) provide technical assistance to OPIC to analyze such values in environmental assessments and to encourage U.S. private sector investment in forest preservation, reforestation, and sustainable development of forest resources; and (3) support projects which provide support for conserving forest resources. Authorizes and allocates appropriations to AID for carrying out forest preservation activities. Commends AID for current efforts in reforestation and development of sustainable forest resources. Authorizes additional appropriations to AID for forest programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of multilateral development banks to oppose financial assistance to any country that has not successfully implemented a program for forest preservation and reforestation, except under specified conditions. Requires the Secretary of State to instruct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program and the International Tropical Timber Organization to promote forestry projects and the adoption of codes of conduct for commercial logging and private sector timber operations. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to encourage the United Nations Development Program to implement forestry programs for recipient countries and, after 24 months following this Act's enactment, to oppose the adoption of any program for countries that have not successfully implemented a forest preservation and reforestation program. Requires the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, after 24 months following this Act's enactment and annually thereafter, to report to the Congress on the progress made by such organizations in implementing forestry programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to nongovernmental entities for forest preservation, reforestation, and maintenance of forest resources for both foreign and domestic efforts. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Sets forth congressional findings on the preservation of the Amazon Basin. Declares that: (1) the U.S. Government should cooperate with the international community to assist Brazil in developing economically and ecologically sustainable projects; (2) members of the international community should reassess their investment policies to assure that they do not contribute to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest; and (3) U.S. directors of multilateral development banks and other assistance institutions should urge an approach which blends Brazil's requirements for national and ecologically sustainable development with global environmental imperatives. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with selected developing countries to require improvements in their forestry and energy policies as a condition for reducing or converting debt owed to U.S. creditors. Authorizes the Secretary, as a condition of the adoption of such policies, to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the total sovereign debt owed to the United States by developing countries. Authorizes appropriations for the debt reduction program. Title V: Biological Diversity - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of multilateral development banks to promote the conservation of biological diversity. Authorizes appropriations to AID for FY 1991 through 1993 to carry out provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning biological diversity. Limits the amount of funds to OPIC for environmental assessment. Title VI: International Negotiations on Control of Greenhouse Gases - Requires the Secretary of State to request, if necessary, meetings of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for possible control measures assessment. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) publish a priority list of manufactured substances, including chlorofluorocarbons, which are known, or may be reasonably anticipated, to cause or contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion or global warming; and (2) create and annually update a list of other manufactured substances which meet such criteria. Prohibits the importation of a priority-listed substance, any product containing such substance, or any product manufactured with a process that uses such substance unless the Administrator has certified that the nations in which such substance or product was manufactured and from which such substance or product was imported have programs that require reduced production of such substance and limit the production of other substances covered by this Act pursuant to a schedule and limitations at least as stringent as those applicable under this Act. Requires the AID Administrator, no later than January 1, 1993, to report to the President and the Congress on policy recommendations for U.S. assistance and multilateral agreements to reduce methane emissions. Authorizes appropriations for the development of such recommendations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress by January 1, 1991, on: (1) the contribution of methane gas to global climate change; (2) the sources and sinks of methane; (3) the methods of controlling methane emissions; and (4) the relationship between methane emissions and concentrations of other trace gases. Directs the Secretary of State to encourage the establishment of an office in the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization to monitor annual generation of carbon dioxide and other trace gases on a nation-by-nation basis. Requires the Secretary to make as a goal of all multilateral or global negotiations specified reductions of carbon dioxide by the years 2000 and 2015. Directs the Secretary to initiate negotiations of a multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of oxides of nitrogen by the year 2000. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Global Energy Efficiency - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities in rural areas. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy from fossil fuels without first exploring energy efficient alternatives. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to recipient countries with emphasis upon end use energy efficiency, least-cost energy planning, and energy conservation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Authorizes appropriations to AID for FY 1991 through 1993 for technical assistance to developing countries for developing energy efficient power sources. Directs the AID Administrator to provide financial assistance to one project to demonstrate and implement energy-efficient mass transit for an urban area. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress on the efforts of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce and Trade to promote exports of renewable energy technology. Directs the Committee to: (1) establish a joint Government-industry plan to increase the U.S. market share in renewable energy technology; and (2) develop administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs to simplify applications. Authorizes appropriations. Directs AID, by the end of 1995, to select a project to apply renewable energy techniques with diminished generation of greenhouse gases in a developing nation. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require that no less than .025 percent of the loan authority of the Export-Import Bank be available only for solar and renewable energy loans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the use of OPIC administrative funds for incentives, grants, and studies for renewable energy and other small business activities. Title VIII: Cooperation with International Organizations - Sets forth congressional findings concerning U.S. assistance and support for global environmental programs. Authorizes appropriations, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to the Environment Fund of the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations, and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Study of Global Change of the United Nations for FY 1991 through 1993.

National Global Warming Policy Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

National Global Warming Policy Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the generation of greenhouse gases in the United States, with an initial goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from 1988 levels by 20 percent by the end of the year 2000; (2) host, in 1989, an international summit meeting on global warming and environmental concerns; (3) encourage, and develop multilateral agreements with, other nations to reduce the generation of such gases; (4) assist in the worldwide protection of tropical rainforests; (5) require Federal agencies to determine the impacts of global warming on their activities and propose greenhouse gas reduction policies; and (6) develop technologies that will provide reliable energy and services while reducing the generation of such gases.

To designate certain lands in Los Padres National Forest as wilderness, to designate Sespe Creek and the Sisquoc River in the State of California as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Designates specified lands in the Los Padres National Forest, California, as the Sespe, Matilija, and San Rafael Wilderness Areas, which shall be components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to take necessary actions for fire prevention and watershed protection in such areas and for the management of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases for the Sespe Wilderness which prohibit surface occupancy and allow only directional drilling from outside the Wilderness. Releases the Sespe-Frazier and Matilija Wilderness Areas from further statewide roadless area review and evaluation for purposes of determining their suitability for inclusion in the System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the Johnston Ridge Trail located on the Ojai Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest, for purposes of ascertaining the appropriate management of the trail in relation to other portions of the District. Specifies that such study shall consider the environmental impacts of mechanized vehicles and shall require preparation of an environmental assessment. Requires the study to be completed within two years after enactment of this Act and submitted to specified congressional committees. Declares that, pending completion of such study and a final management determination, it is the intent of the Congress that the trail shall remain open to off-highway vehicle use. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Sespe Creek and Sisquoc River, California, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Oil Pollution Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1989 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Imposes joint, several, and strict liability for specified removal costs and damages upon the party responsible for a vessel or facility from which oil is either discharged into certain waters, or which poses a substantial threat of such a discharge. Exempts from such liability certain discharges permitted under Federal, State, and local law. Defines conditions under which a mobile offshore drilling unit will be treated as either a tanker or as a facility for purposes of determining responsibility or excess liability. Sets forth defenses to liability under this Act. Sets forth limits to liability under this Act, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish by regulation a maximum liability limit. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress from time to time regarding liability adjustments. Declares that the responsible party or his guarantor shall be liable to the claimant for interest on the amount paid in satisfaction of a claim for a specified period. Defines circumstances under which liability for injury to natural resources shall be to either: (1) the United States; (2) the affected State; or (3) a foreign government. Sets forth recovery and indemnification procedures. Sets forth the uses of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (the Fund) including: (1) payment of removal costs and administrative expenses; and (2) contributions to the International Fund. Sets forth defenses to liability for such Fund and a specified maximum amount which may be paid from the Fund. Confers rights of subrogation upon the United States for payment of any claim by the Fund. Sets forth a claims procedure for removal costs or damages. Requires the Secretary to designate the source of a discharge and to immediately notify the responsible party or guarantor of such designation. Grants subrogation rights to any person (including the Fund) who pays compensation under this Act to any claimant for costs or damages. Requires the party responsible for certain vessels over 300 gross tons to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility to meet maximum liability limits. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold or revoke the clearance of any vessel which fails to certify such financial responsibility. Sets forth circumstances under which such vessels may be denied entry into U.S. ports or waters or have their oil cargo seized. Imposes a civil penalty for failure to comply with the financial responsibility requirement. Restricts judicial review of any regulation promulgated under this Act to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Grants the district courts original jurisdiction over all actions arising under this Act. Sets forth a limitation period for actions for removal costs, damages, or contribution. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Sets forth conforming amendments to certain related statutes. Title III: Implementation of International Conventions - States that during any period in which the Civil Liability Convention and the Fund Convention are in force with respect to the United States, owner liability for pollution damage arising from a ship-related incident shall be determined according to such Conventions. Grants recognition to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund as a legal person under Federal law, and deems the Director of such Fund to have irrevocably appointed the Secretary of State as the Fund's agent for service of process for legal proceedings involving the Fund within the United States. Exempts such Fund and its assets from all direct taxation in the United States. Provides that certain required contributions with respect to oil received in the United States shall be paid to the International Fund from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Grants recognition to any final judgment of a court of any country which is a party to either the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention. Sets forth the financial responsibility requirements of shipowners whose vessels are subject to the Civil Liability Convention. Imposes specified sanctions and civil penalties upon persons violating the financial responsibility requirements. Waives all U.S. defenses based upon sovereign immunity with respect to any controversy arising under the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention relating to any ship owned by the United States and used for commercial purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement this Act and all Federal obligations under the specified Oil Pollution Conventions.

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1989 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require each Governor to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for approval a two-phased plan establishing emission limitations and compliance schedules for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in the State. Requires reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions by 1994 (phase I) and reductions in oxides of nitrogen and further reductions in sulfur dioxide by 1998 (phase II). Directs each Governor to submit to the Administrator for approval an emissions limitations plan for such units, other than electric utilities' units, requiring both sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions reductions by 1998. Requires the Administrator to conduct and update an annual inventory of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions from stationary sources. Directs the Administrator to identify the total statewide potential reductions in such emissions and to transmit such information to the State. Requires each Governor to submit to the Administrator a plan for establishing emission limitations from stationary sources of industrial process emissions to achieve such State's potential reductions by 1998. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress by June 30, 1994, on the reductions achieved during phase I, granting the Congress an opportunity to legislate by the start of 1995 against the implementation of phase II. Grants States an opportunity to modify disapproved plans. Establishes emissions standards and Administrator-promulgated plans for States without an approved plan. Requires units in such States to submit a compliance plan and schedule to the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to impose fees on the generation and importation of electric energy if a utility is eligible for Federal subsidies to cover rate increases attributable to emission reduction requirements. Limits such fee to a maximum of 1/2 mill per kilowatt hour and makes it inapplicable to the generation of electric energy within the United States by hydroelectric or nuclear power. Prohibits the application of such fees after December 31, 1997. Prescribes civil penalties for violations in connection with such fees. Establishes the Acid Deposition Control Fund to provide for subsidies to electric utilities to cover rate increases attributable to emission reduction requirements. Prohibits the payments of subsidies to any utility, unless the State's Governor has assured that such rate increases are: (1) equivalent for residential electric utility ratepayers throughout the State; and (2) made level over the period during which such requirements are in effect. Prohibits costs for any technological system of emission reduction from being attributed to such requirements, unless such system meets specified conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to the owners or operators of stationary sources to promote the use of innovative technologies to control sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and other emissions from fossil fuels covered under the Clean Air Act. Sets forth eligibility and evaluation requirements. Allows State plans to provide for the use of innovative technology if contingent emission limitations are included in such plans. Authorizes the Administrator to impose fees on the generation of electric energy in such States to promote the use of innovative technologies. Prescribes civil penalties for violations in connection with such fees. Directs the Administrator to revise standards for emissions of nitrogen oxides for electric utility steam generating units burning bituminous or subbituminous coal. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards for such emissions from nonelectric utility units which are new sources over a certain capacity. Title II: Emissions from Mobile Sources - Establishes emission standards for: (1) oxides of nitrogen from passenger cars and trucks manufactured after model year 1990; and (2) hydrocarbons from trucks manufactured after model year 1991. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations setting a maximum percentage for the sulfur content of motor vehicle diesel fuel. Prohibits any manufacturer or processor of diesel fuel from selling or introducing into commerce any fuel not in compliance with such regulations after January 1, 1991. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to require the use of either hydrocarbon control technology by motor vehicles manufactured after model year 1991, or gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from the fueling of motor vehicles, or both.

To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to establish uniform penalties for violations of title I of such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to require persons engaging in illegal ocean dumping to be fined or imprisoned for up to five years or both. (Current law requires fines up to $50,000 or imprisonment for up to one year or both.) Requires persons convicted of such violations to forfeit to the United States any property: (1) derived from any proceeds obtained as a result of such violation; and (2) used or intended to be used to commit such violation.

National Global Warming Policy Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

National Global Warming Policy Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the generation of greenhouse gases in the United States, with an initial goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from 1988 levels by 20 percent by the end of the year 2000; (2) host, in 1989, an international summit meeting on global warming and environmental concerns; (3) encourage, and develop multilateral agreements with, other nations to reduce the generation of such gases; (4) assist in the worldwide protection of tropical rainforests; (5) require Federal agencies to determine the impacts of global warming on their activities and propose greenhouse gas reduction policies; and (6) develop technologies that will provide reliable energy and services while reducing the generation of such gases.

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Pollution Prevention Act of 1989 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an office to promote pollution prevention through source reduction. Requires the EPA Administrator to develop and implement a source reduction strategy which: (1) establishes standard methods for measuring source reduction; (2) coordinates and promotes source reduction activities and techniques in Federal agencies, businesses, and educational curricula; (3) coordinates and streamlines data collection requirements under existing environmental statutes and identifies data gaps with respect to the measurement of hazardous substances, pollution, or contamination generation and management practices; (4) makes recommendations to the Congress to eliminate barriers to source reduction including the use of incentives; (5) develops and disseminates model source reduction auditing procedures designed to highlight source reduction opportunities; and (6) promotes source reduction for nonhazardous wastes. Directs the Administrator to make matching grants to States for programs to promote source reduction by businesses. Sets forth criteria to be evaluated in the awarding of such grants. Limits the percentage of funds for such programs that may be Federal funds to 75 percent in FY 1990 and 1991, 62.5 percent in FY 1992 and 1993, and 50 percent in FY 1994. Requires the Administrator to establish a Source Reduction Clearinghouse to compile a computer data base which contains information on management, technical, and operational approaches to source reduction. Directs the Administrator to make such information available to the public. Directs owners or operators of facilities required to file annual toxic chemical release forms under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) to include with each such filing a toxic chemical source reduction and pollution control report. Sets forth items to be included in such reports, including: (1) the quantity of each chemical entering any waste stream prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal during the reporting year, and the two years thereafter, and the percentage change from the previous year; (2) the source reduction practices used with respect to such chemicals; (3) a ratio of production in the reporting year to production in the previous year; (4) the total volume of each such chemical that was recycled, treated, or disposed during the reporting year; and (5) the amount of any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants released which resulted from remedial action and not from current production processes. Directs the Administrator to collect certain waste stream information from a sample of facilities drawn from classifications producing the highest volume of toxic chemicals entering the waste stream. Makes provisions of SARA applicable to the reporting requirements of this Act. Directs the Administrator to make data collected under this Act publicly available in the same manner as data collected under SARA. Establishes the National Pollution Prevention Award. Directs the President or the Administrator to make the award to companies or organizations which have benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through reduction in the generation of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, or nonhazardous solid waste. Authorizes organizations which receive such award and agree to help other American organizations improve source reduction to publicize such award. Makes such organizations ineligible to receive another award in the same category for a period of five years. Authorizes the Administrator to establish categories to make such awards and sets forth application and qualification criteria. Authorizes the Administrator to seek and accept gifts from private and public sources to carry out such program. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by September 30, 1991, and biennially thereafter on actions and results of the source reduction strategy. Authorizes and allocates appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Marine Research Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Marine Research Act of 1989 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the establishment of regional marine research programs (Programs) to coordinate, plan, and support research, monitoring, and assessment activities concerned with the environmental quality of marine and coastal waters. Authorizes the Governors of a majority of States in a marine research region to develop and submit for approval to the Regional Marine Research Oversight Board (Board) a combined, interstate proposal for a Program which identifies the research organizations which will participate in the Program and the goals of such Program. Requires proposals for a Program to be developed by a Regional Marine Research Organizing Committee consisting of the Director of the Sea Grant Program in each State in the region. Identifies the marine research regions as the Gulf of Maine region, Greater New York Bight region, Mid-Atlantic region, South Atlantic Bight region, Tropical region, Gulf of Mexico region, California region, North Pacific region, Gulf of Alaska, Bering and Arctic Seas region, and Insular Pacific region. Requires each Program to develop and submit for the Board's approval a three-year marine research and assessment plan which: (1) identifies research needs and priorities in the region over the next ten years, with emphasis on the upcoming three-to-five year period; (2) lists and describes research and assessment projects in the region which are expected to receive public or private funding; (3) describes the research and assessment projects to be given priority for funding under this Act; (4) reviews and discusses the coordination of projects addressing issues common to neighboring regions; and (5) lists the equipment and supplies used commonly for research projects in the region. Requires that the plan be updated and resubmitted to the Board at least once every three years. Authorizes each Program which has an approved research plan to submit an application to the Board for annual administrative, research, and equipment grants. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires each Program to support baseline monitoring of fundamental marine environmental conditions and prepare periodic assessments of marine environmental quality and resources in their region. Requires that such assessments be made available to the public as well as to local, State, and Federal agencies, the Board, and State Governors. Authorizes the establishment of the Regional Marine Research Oversight Board at the Federal level to manage and coordinate the efforts of the Programs and report periodically to the Congress on the activities and findings of such Programs. Authorizes and allocates appropriations.

A bill to establish the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Establishes the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund (Fund) in the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer monthly into such Fund any unobligated balance of the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund in excess of $195,000,000. Authorizes the appropriation of additional sums to the Fund. Makes amounts in such Fund available, as provided in appropriation Acts, for implementing the Marine Research Act of 1988, but not amounts in excess of $33,000,000 for any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress each year on the condition and operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on the expected condition and operations of the Fund during the next five fiscal years.

Marine Research Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Marine Research Act of 1989 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to support and implement regional marine research programs to plan, coordinate, and support research, monitoring, and assessment activities concerned with the quality of the marine environment. Directs the Regional Marine Research Oversight Board (Board) to consider proposals for such programs if the chief executive officers of a majority of States in a marine research region submit a proposal identifying the research organizations which will participate in the program and the goals of such program. Requires proposals for such programs to be developed by a Regional Marine Research Organizing Committee consisting of the Director of the Sea Grant Program in each State in the region. Identifies the marine research regions as the Gulf of Maine, Greater New York Bight, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Tropical, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California Bight, North Pacific, Gulf of Alaska and Arctic Seas, Insular Pacific, and Great Lakes Regions. Requires each program to develop and submit to the Board a three-year marine research and assessment plan which: (1) identifies research needs and priorities in the region over the next ten years; (2) inventories all projects regarding the marine environment expected to be conducted in the region; (3) describes each project expected to be assisted by grants made available under this Act; (4) reviews and discusses coordination of research and assessment projects which address issues common to neighboring regions; and (5) lists the equipment and supplies commonly used for projects in the region. Authorizes the Board to make annual administrative, research, and equipment grants to programs which submit applications for such grants. Limits and establishes preferences for such grants. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires each program to support baseline monitoring of fundamental marine environmental conditions and submit periodic reports on the status of marine environmental quality and resources in the region to the Board. Requires such reports to be made available to the public, State chief executive officers, and local, State, and Federal agencies. Establishes a Regional Marine Research Oversight Board at the Federal level to manage and coordinate the efforts of the programs and report periodically to the Congress on the activities and findings of such programs. Establishes the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund. Authorizes and allocates appropriations from the Fund to carry out this Act. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to make moneys from the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund available for transfer to the Regional Marine Research Trust Fund.

Waste Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Waste Reduction Act - Makes it the national policy to reduce or prevent pollution at its source whenever feasible. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an office within the EPA which will be independent of the EPA's single-medium program offices and have the authority to review and advise such offices on their activities to promote a multi-media approach to source reduction. Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a strategy to promote source reduction. Identifies several review, coordination, outreach, and organizational actions that the Administrator must take as part of such strategy. Requires the Administrator to: (1) make matching grants to States for programs promoting the use of source reduction techniques by businesses; and (2) establish a Source Reduction Clearinghouse to compile information generated by States receiving grants on management, technical, and operational approaches to source reduction. Requires that such information be made available to the public. Requires filings of annual toxic chemical release forms required under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include toxic chemical source reduction and recycling reports for toxic chemicals which are the subject of such filings. Includes in such reports information, on a facility-by-facility basis, as to: (1) the amounts and disposition of each toxic chemical; (2) the source reduction practices used with respect to such chemicals; (3) measurements of changes from past to anticipated levels of chemical reduction and recycling; and (4) the techniques used to identify source reduction opportunities. Makes such information available to the public. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment and biennially thereafter on the results of actions taken to implement source reduction strategies. Authorizes appropriations.

Degradable Plastics Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Degradable Plastics Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue rules, within two years of this Act's enactment, requiring that plastic articles which are produced, distributed, or sold in the United States be made of naturally degradable material which will begin reduction to environmentally benign subunits within a specified period of time after being discarded that is not to exceed 180 days and complete such reduction within a specified period of time that is not to exceed two years. Provides that this Act does not preclude States or localities from adopting more stringent rules. Imposes civil and criminal penalties against persons who violate such rules. Requires producers of plastic articles to make records regarding the development and production of such articles available to the Administrator for inspection and copying. Makes the rules issued pursuant to this Act inapplicable to any plastic article produced before the end of the five-year period beginning after the issuance of such rules.

To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that it is the national policy that: (1) a research and demonstration effort should be made to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; and (2) the program to prevent the discharge of oil into navigable waters should consider a requirement to use synthetic liners for secondary means of containment around and under certain oil storage tanks located near navigable waters, to prevent leaching of oil spills through the ground, and to aid in leak detection.

Hawaiian Islands Protection and Pollution Response Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989

Hawaiian Islands Protection and Pollution Response Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to transmit to the Congress: (1) the provisions of international conventions and U.S. laws and regulations which reduce the risk of a vessel collision or incident resulting in environmental damage in the Hawaiian Islands; (2) the provisions of the National Contingency Plan for removal of oil and hazardous substances prepared under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which enable the Secretary to respond to an oil pollution incident affecting the Hawaiian Islands; (3) a list of pollution exercises that have been, and are scheduled to be, conducted in the Hawaiian Islands under such Plan; and (4) a review of all Federal, State, and local studies conducted on the hazards of shipping operations and the environmental risks such operations pose to the Hawaiian Islands based on the status and recommendations of such studies. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress on the Secretary's capability and authority to assess damage to natural resources in the Hawaiian Islands.

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Account Authorization

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Account Authorization - Requires authorization by law before amounts are appropriated for the use of the Coast Guard for compliance with environmental laws and regulations at Coast Guard facilities. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program of environmental compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities. Applies provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act to contractors entering into response action contracts under these provisions. Requires the Coast Guard to indemnify the contractors to the extent that adequate insurance is not generally available at a fair price.

To roll back the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989

Precludes the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from becoming effective until the Administrator issues a detailed environmental impact statement and revises the Plan to resolve any problems identified in such statement. Requires the Administrator to issue a detailed environmental impact statement regarding proposed changes to air routes at or below an altitude of 19,000 feet. Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review and publish in the Federal Register how commercial air routes proposed by the FAA Administrator comply with certain noise control criteria. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the FAA Administrator from designating a commercial air route unless it has been approved by the EPA Administrator. Prohibits the FAA Administrator from excluding air commerce operations from certain environmental requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 on the basis of altitude. Requires the FAA Administrator to report to the Congress the results of a commercial aircraft noise level study.

Tongass Timber Management Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989

Tongass Timber Management Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to amend United States Forest Service long-term timber contracts in Alaska to: (1) ensure that management practices in the Tongass National Forest comply with Federal environmental and forest laws; (2) promote fair competition within the timber industry in southeast Alaska; (3) provide for a fair financial return to the United States; (4) prevent excessive harvesting of timber; (5) enhance the protection of fish and wildlife resources and habitats in such Forest; and (6) provide that operating periods are integrated with planning periods under the revised Tongass Land Management Plan. Requires the Secretary to assess the extent to which the planning and management of such Forest has differed from the planning and management of other national forests. Repeals a provision authorizing an annual appropriation for the maintenance of the timber supply from such Forest. Repeals a provision in order to require the Secretary of Agriculture to identify lands unsuitable for timber production in the development of land management plans for the Tongass National Forest timber utilization program. Requires that the Secretary's annual report on the adequacy of the timber supply in southeastern Alaska be submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture in addition to other specified committees. Requires that the Secretary's two-year report to the Congress on the status of such Forest include the impact of timber management on the subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats in that Forest. Requires that the study of Tongass National Forest timber supply and demand be conducted in cooperation and consultation with the Southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry in addition to other specified organizations and the southeast Alaska timber industry.

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989

Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program of environmental compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities, including identification, investigation, and cleanup of contamination, correction of other environmental damage, and demolition and removal of unsafe buildings and structures. Directs the Secretary to take action with respect to sites formerly, as well as sites currently, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, subject to exception, to pay fees and charges imposed by State authorities for permit services for the disposal of hazardous substances to the same extent that nongovernmental entities are required to pay. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with any Federal, State, or local government agency for services regarding off-site contamination. Makes the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) relating to response action contractors apply to contractors who carry out response actions under these provisions. Establishes in the Coast Guard the Coast Guard Environmental Compliance Account, to consist of: (1) all sums appropriated to carry out the Secretary's environmental compliance under these or any other provisions of law; and (2) amounts recovered under specified provisions of CERCLA. Requires an annual report to the Congress describing the progress made in implementing this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1989 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of vessels illegally dumping wastes into ocean waters.

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISES, IN PARTICULAR OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES, IN THE COMMUNITY

European Union · European Commission · 7 March 1989

Chlorofluorocarbons and Halon Reduction Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989

Chlorofluorocarbons and Halon Reduction Act of 1989 - Declares that the objective of this Act is to provide a smooth transition away from the use of ozone-depleting chemicals in order to protect the earth's ozone layer and limit global warming. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to: (1) impose ozone-protection charges on producers and importers of specified ozone-depleting chemicals; and (2) add to the list of such chemicals those known or anticipated to contribute to ozone depletion and whose production or importation should be limited to protect public health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to assure that no charge is imposed on chemicals that are used and entirely consumed in the production of other chemicals. Sets forth production charge procedures and assessment periods for specified ozone-depleting chemicals. Permits modification of such procedures as specified. Establishes the Ozone Layer and Climate Protection Trust Fund. Provides that all charge moneys received by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be deposited in such Fund. Makes specified percentages of Fund moneys available to support research related to substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals by chemical producers and alternative products that are produced without such chemicals. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the operation of the Fund. Sets forth investment duties of the Secretary with regard to the Fund. Directs the Administrator to establish an advisory committee in connection with the research to be conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and carry out a grant program for such research. Authorizes appropriations from the Fund for the research grant program.

Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989

Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a priority list of manufactured substances known or reasonably anticipated to cause atmospheric modification, including stratospheric ozone depletion, and to assign an ozone depletion potential to each substance. Requires the Administrator to list simultaneously and update annually other manufactured substances meeting the same criteria, assigning ozone depletion potentials for each. Includes specified chlorofluorocarbons on each list. Requires producers of substances on either list to report initially and annually to the Administrator on such production until it ceases. Limits production of substances on the priority list to 1986 levels effective July 1, 1989. Requires further scheduled reductions by July 1, 1992, and July 1, 1995. Prohibits the production, effective July 1, 1997, of any quantity of a listed substance unless the Administrator authorizes limited production of such substance for medical purposes. Authorizes the President to issue orders regarding the use of halon-1211, halon-1301, and halon-2402 if the use of such substances is necessary to protect national security interests. Exempts such orders from the requirements of this Act. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations regarding: (1) the use, recapture, recycling, and safe disposal of substances covered by this Act; and (2) the use of any manufactured substance that may exacerbate the problem of human induced global climate change. Prohibits, after 1992, the knowing use, release, or disposal of any substance covered by this Act (with specified exceptions) in a fashion which permits such substance to enter the environment. Exempts from such prohibition releases associated with: (1) the approved use of medical devices and diagnostic products for medical purposes; (2) good-faith attempts to recapture and recycle or safely dispose of such substances; and (3) the servicing or repair of equipment which contains such substances but does not include an aperture which allows the recapture of such substances, if, during the first servicing or repair after the effective date of this Act, an aperture or other such feature is installed. Prohibits, effective July 1, 1997, the introduction into interstate commerce or use of a priority listed substance except for medical purposes and, for a period not to exceed ten years after such date, to maintain and service household appliances. Prohibits the production, effective July 1, 1989, of substances covered by this Act in quantities sufficient for the ozone depletion potential to exceed the level of depletion for any such substance for 1986. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing production limitations for such substances that yield not less than a 95 percent reduction in total ozone depletion in 1997. Provides that if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations, it shall be unlawful, effective July 1, 1997, to produce such substances in quantities yielding an ozone depletion potential greater than five percent of the 1986 level of depletion for any such substance. Prohibits imports of such substances or products manufactured using such substances, unless the exporting nation has an equivalent or more stringent production reduction program. Requires the Administrator to certify national programs, such certification to be reviewed annually. Equates imports with production when determining a manufacturer's required reductions. Requires containers of listed substances to carry labeling stating the contents and potential damaging effects. Authorizes the Administrator to assess civil penalties or seek injunctive relief for violations and to revoke any permit for continued noncompliance. Establishes criminal penalties for knowing violations. Sets forth procedures for review of regulations promulgated under this Act.

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989

National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act - States that the conservation of biological diversity is a national priority. Requires Federal actions to be consistent with such goal. Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that environmental impact statements on proposed Federal actions include any impacts on biological diversity. Requires Federal agencies to conduct annual reviews of their programs for consistency with the conservation of biological diversity pursuant to this Act and to report the results of such reviews to the President, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Congress. Sets forth requirements for programs found to be inconsistent with this Act. Directs the President's Council on Environmental Quality to: (1) establish guidelines for consideration of biological diversity in the preparation of environmental impact statements; and (2) identify those biotic communities, species, and populations that appear to be in decline, in imminent danger of loss of viability, or otherwise of special concern. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review and comment on the adequacy of each environmental impact statement prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in assessing biological diversity impacts. Establishes a National Center for Biological Diversity and Conservation Research (Center) responsible for: (1) coordinating the collection of data pertaining to the national biota and supplementing and disseminating such information; (2) arranging and conducting surveys and supplementary research of the national biota; and (3) enhancing the application of biological data to the conservation of biological diversity. Establishes an Interagency Working Committee on Biological Diversity responsible for preparing a coordinated Federal strategy (Strategy) for conservation of biological diversity. Dissolves the Committee two years after this Act's enactment. Sets forth the required contents of such strategy and reporting requirements. Authorizes each agency represented on the Interagency Committee to provide grants to public agencies, private individuals, and organizations for projects to maintain or restore biological diversity. Requires that such grants be matched on at least an equal basis by the grantee, except when the grantee is a State or where the grant is provided for research. Directs each agency represented on the Interagency Committee to: (1) give high priority to research and personnel training directed towards implementation of the Strategy; and (2) assess the adequacy of its environmental research and training programs. Establishes, on a permanent basis, a National Scientific Advisory Committee on Biological Diversity which shall: (1) oversee the implementation of the Strategy; (2) advise the Interagency Committee and Federal agencies in the preparation and implementation of the Strategy; (3) assist in the coordination of interaction between Interagency Committee agencies and the Center; (4) assist in the evaluation of the impacts of proposed Federal activities on biological diversity; (5) assist in the review of Federal programs for consistency with the conservation of biological diversity and the adequacy of such programs in environmental research and training; and (6) serve as a general reference and advisory resource for the Nation in matters relating to conservation of biological diversity. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the Center and the grant program for FY 1990 through 1992.

Emergency Educational Facilities Repair and Renovation for Jobs Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989

Emergency Educational Facilities Repair and Renovation for Jobs Act - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Educational Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995 to the Department of Education to provide funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) to employ unemployed individuals in maintenance, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of public school facilities. Requires States desiring to receive a fund allocation to submit a statement of assurances to the Secretary of Education concerning further allocations to LEAs and compliance with fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Directs the Secretary to allocate such funds among the States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) unemployed residents; (2) unemployed residents of areas of substantial unemployment; (3) an excessive percentage of unemployed residents; and (4) low-income children. Requires that at least 70 percent of the funds made available to any LEA under this title be used for salaries and wages and associated benefits for individuals employed directly or indirectly by the LEA in facilities repair, renovation, or reconstruction programs. Requires that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds under this title be used for projects and activities for which on-site labor can begin within 90 days of receipt. Requires that such funds be used in accordance with State and local procedures for: (1) conforming to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and various government environmental protection or health and safety requirements; (2) public school facilities repair, renovation, and reconstruction; (3) conversion of presently unused structures into adult training centers; (4) energy efficiency remodeling or renovation; and (5) asbestos detection, removal, or containment in facilities used by students. Authorizes the Secretary, on request, to issue rulings to any SEAs or LEAs on the proper construction and application of this title. Title II: Reconstruction at Postsecondary Institutions and Renovation of Academic Facilities - Directs the Secretary to carry out programs of financial assistance to institutions of higher education and to higher education building agencies for the reconstruction or renovation of academic facilities and libraries if the primary purpose of such assistance is to enable such institutions to: (1) economize on the use of energy resources; (2) conform their academic facilities and libraries to the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and various government environmental protection or health and safety requirements; (3) reconstruct and renovate research facilities; and (4) detect, remove, or contain asbestos hazards in facilities used by students. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995 to the Department of Education to provide funds to States to employ unemployed individuals in maintenance, repair, renovation, and reconstruction of academic facilities at institutions of higher education. Sets forth fund allocation and fund use provisions similar to those for title I of this Act. Title III: Public Library Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995 to the Department of Education to provide funds for the repair, renovation, remodeling, and alteration of facilities for public libraries. Directs the Secretary to allot each State the minimum allotment specified under certain provisions of the Library Services and Construction Act. Provides for allocation of the remainder of such funds among the States on a basis similar to those for allocation under titles I and II of this Act. Sets forth provisions for use of funds which are similar to those under titles I and II of this Act. Directs State library administrative agencies, to the maximum extent feasible, to consider relative unemployment in each county in determining projects to be funded. Directs the Secretary to administer this title under existing regulations for title II (Public Library Construction) of the Library Services and Construction Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions and other general requirements. Prohibits the employment, in a subsidized wage position under this Act, of individuals who have voluntarily terminated without good cause, within the preceding six months, full-time employment at or exceeding the Federal minimum wage. Requires that individuals in employment subsidized under this Act be paid at either the highest of the Federal minimum wage, the applicable State or local minimum wage, or the prevailing wage for employment in similar occupations by the same employer. Sets forth standards relating to conditions of employment and training, health and safety standards, workers' compensation benefits, and job benefits and working conditions. Prohibits use of funds under this Act for contributions to retirement systems or plans on behalf of any participant. Prohibits displacement of any currently employed worker by participants in programs funded under this Act. Prohibits such programs from impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements. Requires the written concurrence of the labor organization and the employer concerned before any such program which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement may be undertaken. Prohibits program participants from being employed or job openings from being filled when: (1) any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job; or (2) the employer has terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise reduced its work force with the intention of filling the vacancy by hiring a participant whose wages are subsidized under this Act. Prohibits creation of jobs in a promotional line that will infringe in any way on the promotional opportunities of currently employed individuals. Requires recipients of funds under this Act to provide the Secretary with assurances that none will be used to assist, promote, or deter union organizing. Applies the wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in works assisted under this Act.

To add Casco Bay, Maine to the list of estuaries that receive priority consideration under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to the inclusion of Casco Bay, Maine, in the National Estuary Program.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change a State's priority list of wastewater construction projects if the Administrator determines that Federal funds for such projects have not been equitably distributed within such State.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to modify a State's priority list of projects (publicly owned treatment works) funded under such Act if the Administrator determines such funds have not been distributed equitably over a period of ten years.

To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to pay the costs of constructing the uncompleted portion of the Saw Mill relief sewer.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to pay for the construction of a portion of the Saw Mill Run relief sewer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Limits the amount of funds which may be used and takes such funds out of Pennsylvania's allotment under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

To require that $25 million of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance be spent only for environmental cleanup and restoration of the former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989

Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for FY 1990 for environmental cleanup and restoration of the former Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland.

To express the sense of the Congress that spending priorities in the Budget of the United States Government should be changed to reflect the principles upon which the United States was founded.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the spending priorities in the Federal budget should be changed to decrease allocations for military programs and increase those for environmental and human services programs; and (2) the President should incorporate these changes in the budget submitted to the Congress for FY 1990.

To authorize appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality for fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993; to ensure consideration of the impact of major Federal actions on the global environment, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989

Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to: (1) include extraterritorial actions within the category of Federal actions which affect the quality of the human environment and require the submission of environmental impact statements; and (2) modify provisions regarding the content of such statements. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on a strategy for achieving certain environmental policy goals under such Act. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to promulgate regulations implementing such Act for all Federal agencies, including independent regulatory commissions. Requires the Council to establish guidelines for Federal agencies to review and report to the Council on a statistically significant random sample of environmental impact statements prepared by such agencies in which measures were specified for the mitigation of the adverse impact on the environment, including fish and wildlife populations and habitat, that was predicted to result from the action. Requires each review to assess the implementation of mitigation measures and the accuracy and effectiveness of projected adverse impacts and their mitigation. Directs the Council to include a summary of the results of such reviews in its annual report to the Congress. Requires the Council, no later than one year after enactment of this Act, to issue regulations to require Federal agencies, in their environmental impact statements, to ensure full consideration of the impacts of their actions on the oceans, atmosphere, and geographic areas outside of U.S. jurisdiction. Amends the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 for the operations of the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality.

Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to identify, protect, and enhance scenic and historic roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) transmit to the Congress a nationwide, long-term plan for promoting, designating, protecting, and enhancing scenic and historic roads, including an analysis of available studies on a national scenic byways program, guidelines for administration of such a program, and forecasts of significant changes in traffic volumes, safety consequences, and environmental and economic impacts; (2) assemble for the Congress available information on economic activity associated with scenic and recreational travel; (3) conduct a study and make recommendations regarding economic impacts of promoting scenic byways as tourist attractions, techniques for incorporating scenic byways into tourism development and marketing programs, and alternative means to inform the public about scenic byways; and (4) conduct case studies of, and report on, States with existing scenic byway programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with the States on studies under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct national and regional conferences to ensure public involvement. Authorizes appropriations.

Federal Facilities Compliance Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence an administrative enforcement action under such Act against any Federal entity or employee responsible for the disposal or management of solid waste.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add Tampa Bay, Florida, to the national estuary program.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to the inclusion of Tampa Bay, Florida, in the National Estuary Program.

Gulf of Mexico Marine and Coastal Resources Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Gulf of Mexico Marine and Coastal Resources Protection Act - Establishes the Gulf of Mexico Marine and Coastal Resources Commission to develop and report to the Congress on an Action Plan to reduce the loss of Louisiana coastal wetlands, returning such lands to a natural and productive state. Requires such Plan to address coastal wetland loss, including the sediment starvation of such wetlands an and analysis of: (1) the need for river water diversion, increased flow, or navigation locks or channels; (2) the feasibility of repairing such lands; and (3) the role of government programs in developing and implementing such Plan. Limits the Federal share of costs to 75 percent except where the Plan benefits a Federal wildlife refuge or lands, in which case the Federal share shall be 100 percent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992.

To authorize the reformulation of the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, to provide for the amendment of water service and repayment contracts.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1989

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create: (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes, and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas) and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir, as full satisfaction of the reimbursable cost associated with irrigation of the Cedar Bluff Unit. Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this Act, that any revenues in excess of operating expenses received from the sale of water from the Cedar Bluff Unit be allocated to pay the United States for the cost of the project. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached.

A bill to provide assistance to small communities with ground water radium contamination.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist local governments in demonstrating mitigation of radium contamination in groundwater where such groundwater is used as a source of public drinking water in small communities and the contamination exceeds the level established under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for such program.

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on May 1, 1989, and ending on May 7, 1989, as "National Drinking Water Week".

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Designates the period commencing on May 1, 1989, as National Drinking Water Week.

A joint resolution to designate April 1989 as "National Recycling Month".

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Designates the month of April 1989 as National Recycling Month.