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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
194 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
90 Dr. Lee asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
64 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
63 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
22 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
18 Mr. Harte asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
13 Mrs. Fennell asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline his proposals to devolve additional functions to local authorities and to transfer functions between local authorities.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
79 Mr. McGahon asked the Minister for the Environment when the review of the national taxi service will be completed, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
12 Mr. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the actions he intends to take to modernise and improve the provision of taxi services.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
11 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Environment when he will be publishing the Special Waste Control Bill which arises from the local authorities waste management proposals which have been lodged in his Department.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
195 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
191 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment whether, in the light of the decision to postpone local elections this year, it is now proposed that corporations, urban councils and town commissions will be retained.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
88 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the composition of the ministerial groups which considered the issue of sub-county local authorities and (2) the date of completion of their report.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
84 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the composition of the ministerial groups which considered the issue of sub-county local authorities and (2) the date of completion of their report.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
81 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment if, in view of the statement by the Taoiseach that it was unlikely that legislation would be published to allow for the implementation of new local government structures this year, any new deadline has been set for the implementation of these structures; whether elections will now be held under the old structures this year for urban district councils and town commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
66 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the composition of the ministerial group which considered the issue of sub-county local authorities and (2) the date of completion of their report.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
52 Mr. O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
49 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the composition of the ministerial group which considered the issue of sub-county local authorities and (2) the date of completion of their report.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
48 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for the Environment when the Bill on the subcounty structure of local government will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
47 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Environment whether he is prepared to use the polling day of 18 June 1992 which will be used for the Maastricht Referendum, as an opportunity to renew the democratic mandate of those urban authorities which did not have a vote last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
33 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment if he will confirm that the Government have decided not to hold elections in 1992 for the sub-county structures as proposed in the Local Government Act, 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
30 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
24 Mr. Belton asked the Minister for the Environment if he will clarify whether the Government are still committed to a new tier of local authorities described as district councils; and if so, when it is likely that elections to these councils will be held.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
21 Mr. O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline (1) the composition of the ministerial group which considered the issue of sub-county local authorities and (2) the date of completion of their report.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
19 Dr. G. FitzGerald asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
17 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
10 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment when he proposes to establish the independent advisory committee to review local authority boundaries including the local electoral area boundaries.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
9 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the present plans for major improvements on the Dublin/Belfast Road (N1-M1); the timescale for the completion of these improvements; and if he has any plans to provide a motorway all the way to the Border in this decade.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
8 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if, in view of the fact the under the Presidential Election Act, 1937, election staff working at polling stations different to the one for which they are registered to work were unable to vote at the last presidential election, he will now agree to propose, by way of amendment, provisions in the Electoral Bill, 1992, so that all election staff will be able to cast their vote in any presidential, general, by, local, or European elections or in any referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
7 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the position in relation to the next election to the European Parliament with particular reference to the promised revision of Euro-constituency boundaries and the present ratio of population to seats in each of the four Euro-constituencies; and if he will further outline, (1) the likely timescale for decisions, (2) the legislation which may be required and (3) the final date by which any such legislation will be passed having regard to the need for adequate time to prepare for the elections.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
6 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for the Environment if he has any plans to review or amend any existing planning legislation with a view to preventing unreasonable obstacles being put in the way of efforts to accommodate people with a mental handicap in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
96 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment if Circular MT 900 issued by his Department has been withdrawn.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
83 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the measures taken to ensure that owners of new cars register them promptly, and especially that they are registered in the year of purchase, to ensure that the State is not deprived of revenue to which it is entitled and to ensure that any subsequent purchaser of such cars are not deceived as to its year of manufacture; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 1992
5 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some car owners who purchase new cars in the latter months of the calendar year have been known to defer registration of the car until the start of the year; if he will outline the way in which this practice is permitted; if he considers that it is an abuse; and if he will outline the steps, if any, he proposes to take to bring this to an end.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1992
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from soliciting a bid or proposal for the construction of an incinerator of lethal chemical agents at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, until: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has monitored the incineration of mustard gas on Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean continuously for a period sufficient to evaluate whether the emissions from such incineration meet applicable environmental standards and determines that the Aberdeen emissions meet such standards; and (2) the National Academy of Sciences has issued its report on alternative chemical demilitarization technologies that states that there is no viable alternative to incineration as a technology for disposing of lethal chemical agents. Directs the Secretary to terminate the development of the Aberdeen incinerator if such conditions are not met.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1992
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the placement in mixed municipal solid waste of a battery containing added mercury, silver, lead, nickel, cadmium, or zinc. Requires users to return all batteries subject to such prohibition to the supplier that provided the battery or to a collection facility designated by the battery manufacturer. Requires manufacturers of such batteries to: (1) ensure that a system for the proper collection, transportation, segregation by type, and processing of waste batteries exists for purchasers; and (2) clearly inform each purchaser of the prohibition on disposal of waste batteries and of the availability of such system. Directs manufacturers, to ensure that such a system exists, to identify a collection chain through which batteries should be returned to the manufacturer or to designated collection sites. Requires manufacturers of button cell batteries that are to be sold at retail in interstate commerce to ensure that such batteries are clearly identifiable as to the type of electrode used in such batteries. Prohibits the retail sale or distribution for sale of alkaline manganese batteries containing more than .30 percent of mercury by weight and after January 1, 1994, .025 percent mercury by weight. Bars the sale of batteries containing any added mercury effective January 1, 1996. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt specific types of batteries from such prohibitions if there are no substitutes available. Prohibits, after January 1, 1994: (1) the retail sale or distribution for sale of button cell alkaline manganese batteries that contain more than 25 milligrams of mercury; and (2) the retail sale of button batteries containing added mercury unless they contain fewer than 25 milligrams of mercury. Prohibits the retail sale or distribution for sale in any State of a rechargeable battery consumer product unless: (1) the battery can be easily removed by the consumer or is contained in a battery pack that is separate from the product and can be easily removed; and (2) the product, the battery, and the package are labeled in a manner that is clearly visible, indicate that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly, and are marked with specified recycling symbols. Authorizes exemptions from such prohibition if: (1) the product cannot be reasonably designed to comply with such requirements; (2) the redesign of the product would result in danger to public health or safety; or (3) the battery poses no unreasonable hazard when placed in and processed or disposed of as part of mixed municipal solid waste. Limits exemptions to two-year periods and permits only one renewal. Prohibits the knowing disposal, after July 1, 1993, of any lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, or other rechargeable battery in landfills, incinerators, or municipal solid waste composting facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to suspend such prohibition, as it applies to the operator of a solid waste management facility, upon finding that insufficient markets exist and alternate uses are not available.
France · Senate · 7 May 1992
Aspects économiques des politiques d'environnement.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
St. Croix International Waterway Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to the St. Croix International Waterway Commission to support the activities of, and implement plans and programs developed by, the Commission. Sets forth: (1) the Federal share (50 percent) of any grants awarded under this Act; and (2) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Global Climate Protection Act - Directs the President to promulgate final regulations that will achieve stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions by January 1, 2000. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate and report biennially to the Congress on the progress made pursuant to such regulations. Directs the President to promulgate additional regulations to achieve stabilization if the Administrator finds that the regulations will not achieve stabilization. Permits citizen suits against officers of the United States for failures to perform duties in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from entering into any new short-term, temporary, or long-term contracts or agreements for water supply from the Central Valley Project (CVP), California (a Bureau of Reclamation facility) for any purpose other than fish and wildlife before certain requirements have been met. Provides an exception to such prohibition for long-term contracts for the sale of the CVP water to California water agencies for municipal and industrial purposes. Requires the revenues from such long-term contracts to be covered into the Restoration Fund established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract for the delivery of CVP water for up to 20 years, provided that the Secretary has analyzed such contract's impact pursuant to Federal environmental laws and complied with applicable State environmental laws. Requires the Secretary to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement on CVP water contract renewals. Establishes the terms and conditions for all new and newly renewed or amended CVP water contracts for agricultural, municipal, or industrial purposes. Places restrictions on the transfer of water under contract to users in California. Requires contractors to: (1) meter ground and surface water; (2) ensure that drainage discharges meet all applicable State and Federal water quality standards; and (3) make all CVP water subject to contract available pursuant to a specified system of tiered water pricing. Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish and administer an office on CVP water conservation best management practices that develops criteria for evaluating the adequacy of all water conservation plans developed by CVP contractors; (2) to periodically review and evaluate all existing conservation plans submitted by contractors to determine whether they meet conservation and efficiency criteria; and (3) in developing criteria, to grant substantial deference to the recommendations of the Final Report of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program. Provides that all increased revenues received by the Secretary as a result of increased water prices established under this Act shall be covered to the Restoration Fund (and, to the extent that such funds are actually expended, credited toward the reimbursable fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration costs established under this Act). Authorizes and directs the Secretary to operate CVP so as to: (1) protect, restore, and enhance affected fish, wildlife, and related habitat; and (2) permit the use of CVP water for fish and wildlife purposes. Directs that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of construction, operation, or maintenance of the CVP be concurrent with or prior to such activity and be based on the replacement of ecologically equivalent habitat. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a program to ensure that, by the year 2002, natural production of anadromous fish in Central Valley rivers and streams will be sustained, on a long-term basis, at levels not less than twice the average levels attained during the period of 1981-1990; (2) assign to 1.5 million acre-feet of project yield, upon enactment of this Act, the primary purpose of implementing the fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration purposes and measures authorized by this Act, subject to specified requirements; (3) develop and implement a program to mitigate fully for fishery impacts associated with operations of the Tracy Pumping Plant; (4) develop and implement a program to mitigate fully for fishery impacts resulting from operations of the Contra Costa Canal Pumping Plant No. 1; (5) install and operate a structural temperature control device at Shasta Dam to control water temperatures in the Upper Sacramento River; (6) meet flow standards and objectives and diversion limits set forth in all existing State regulatory and judicial decisions which apply to CVP facilities; (7) investigate the feasibility of using short pulses of increased water flows to increase the survival of migrating juvenile anadromous fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Central Valley rivers and streams; (8) develop and implement a program which, to the extent possible, will eliminate losses of anadromous fish due to flow fluctuations caused by the operation of any CVP storage facility; (9) develop and implement measures to correct fish passage problems for adult and juvenile anadromous fish at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam; (10) rehabilitate and expand the Coleman National Fish Hatchery by implementing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coleman National Fish Hatchery Development Plan, and modify the Keswick Dam Fish Trap to provide for its efficient operation at all project flow release levels; (11) develop and implement a program to restore the natural channel and habitat values of Clear Creek, construct new fish passage facilities at the McCormick-Saeltzer Dam, and provide flows in Clear Creek to provide optimum spawning, incubation, rearing, and outmigration conditions for all races of salmon and steelhead trout; (12) develop and implement a program for restoring and replenishing, as needed, spawning gravel lost due to the construction and operation of CVP dams, bank protection programs, and other actions that have reduced the availability of spawning gravel in the rivers impounded by CVP facilities; (13) develop and implement a program for closure of the Delta Cross Channel and Georgiana Slough during times when significant numbers of striped bass eggs, larvae, and juveniles approach the Sacramento River intake to the Delta Cross Channel or Georgiana Slough; (14) construct a barrier at the head of Old River to be operated on a seasonal basis to increase the survival of young outmigrating salmon that are diverted from the San Joaquin River to CVP and State Water Project pumping plants; (15) deliver firm water supplies of suitable quality, in support of the objective of the Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture, to maintain and improve wetland habitat on units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Central Valley of California, the Gray Lodge, Los Banos, Volta, North Grasslands, and Mendota state wildlife management areas, and the Grasslands Resource Conservation District in the Central Valley; (16) establish a comprehensive assessment program to monitor fish and wildlife resources in the Central Valley and to assess the biological results of actions implemented pursuant to this Act; (17) develop and implement a plan to resolve fishery passage problems at the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District Diversion Dam; (18) assist, if requested by the State of California (the State), in developing and implementing management measures to restore the striped bass fishery of the Bay-Delta estuary; and (19) evaluate and revise, as appropriate, existing operational criteria in order to maintain minimum carryover storage at Sacramento and Trinity River reservoirs sufficient to protect and restore the anadromous fish of the Sacramento and Trinity Rivers. Directs the Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee to investigate and provide recommendations to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) alternative means of improving the reliability and quality of water supplies currently available to privately owned wetlands in the Central Valley and the need, if any, for additional supplies; (2) water supply and delivery requirements necessary to permit full habitat development for water dependent wildlife on 120,000 acres and feasibility means of meeting that water supply requirement; (3) measures to maintain suitable temperatures for anadromous fish survival in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and their tributaries and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by controlling or relocating the discharge of irrigation return flows and sewage effluent, and restoring riparian forests; (4) opportunities for additional hatchery production to mitigate the impacts of water development on Central Valley fisheries where no other feasible means of mitigation is available; (5) measures to eliminate losses of juvenile anadromous fish resulting from unscreened or inadequately screened diversions on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, their tributaries, and in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; (6) measures to eliminate barriers to upstream migration of adult salmonids in the Central Valley; and (7) construction of temperature control structures on Trinity, Lewiston, and Whiskeytown Dams to conserve cold water for fishery protection. Requires the Secretary to: (1) investigate and report to specified congressional committees on all effects of the CVP on anadromous fish populations and the fisheries, communities, tribes, businesses, and other interests and entities that have now or in the past had significant economical, social, or cultural association with those fishery resources; and (2) develop readily usable and broadly available models and supporting data to evaluate the ecologic and hydrologic effects of existing and alternative operations of public and private water facilities and systems in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Trinity river watersheds. Directs the Secretary, commencing in the water year following the year in which this Act is enacted, to: (1) charge full cost for the delivery of CVP water (other than water delivery under a water rights or exchange contract) used in the production of any crop of an agricultural commodity for which an acreage reduction program is in effect, unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the domestic stocks of the program commodity are inadequate to provide for a reserve that can reasonably be expected to meet a shortage caused by foreseeable disruptions in the supply of the commodity, subject to specified requirements; and (2) allocate reductions in contract deliveries of CVP water, when hydrologic or weather conditions are deemed by the Secretary to necessitate such reductions, first to contracting districts or agencies by amounts which equal the amount of CVP water (other than water delivery under a water rights or exchange contract) used in the district or agency in the preceding water year to produce crops of an agricultural commodity for which an acreage reduction program is in effect under the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949. Establishes the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for the receipt of revenues and funds provided by this Act. Provides revenues for the Restoration Fund by directing the Secretary to impose an annual operations and maintenance charge on CVP power and water sales. Specifies that the charge shall be added to the costs of CVP water and power sales in a manner that results in rate increases of equal proportion as measured against total revenues received annually from each sector. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funding to non-Federal entities to implement actions authorized by this Act and for specified purposes. Bars the Secretary from expending any funds on construction of capital facilities for which the State is required to contribute a share of total costs until the State has agreed to meet such cost-sharing requirements. Outlines additional authority granted to the Secretary by this Act with respect to the CVP. Specifies that: (1) this Act does not and shall not be interpreted to authorize construction of water storage facilities; and (2) contract modification required solely to implement the provisions of this Act shall not subject CVP contractors, including exchange and water rights contractors, to the provisions of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase: (1) from willing sellers at fair market value agricultural land and associated water rights and other property interests which receive CVP water under a contract executed with the United States; and (2) agricultural land which, in the Secretary's opinion, would, if permanently retired from irrigation, improve the quality of an irrigation district's agricultural wastewater and assist the district in implementing specified agricultural wastewater management activities, or which are no longer suitable for sustained agricultural production. Establishes: (1) the Central Valley Project Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee (to make recommendations with respect to fish, wildlife, and environmental restoration actions identified in this Act); and (2) the Central Valley Project Transfer Advisory Committee (to report to the Congress and the President on all issues associated with the transfer of CVP facilities and assets to California). Directs the Secretary to investigate and, if feasible, develop and implement a program using dredged material to restore, protect, and expand San Francisco Bay and Delta wetlands. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Defense Economic Adjustment, Conversion, and Reinvestment Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to the head of another Federal agency to carry out this Act. Title I: Assistance for Defense Workers - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to expand the definition of "eligible employee" to include an employee at a substantially and seriously affected business or at a military facility scheduled to be closed, even if the employee has not yet been terminated. Amends the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations for adjustment assistance for defense employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Skills Conversion Program to re-educate, retrain, and reorient scientific and technical personnel who are displaced or threatened with displacement by defense budget reductions to fill positions in industries that can utilize such skills. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce, in making assistance available to communities through the Economic Development Administration, from giving a preference to substantially and seriously affected communities affected as a result of military installation closures over communities affected as a result of the curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment of a defense contract. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such assistance through FY 1993. Title III: Small Business Programs - Amends the Small Business Act to increase the amounts authorized to be made by the Small Business Administration in: (1) deferred participation loans and other financing; and (2) guarantees of debentures for programs related to small business investment companies. Directs Federal agencies required to establish small business innovation research programs to expend at least .65 percent of their extramural budgets in FY 1993 for entering into funding agreements to assist small business concerns adversely affected by reductions in the Federal defense budget. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Committee Programs - Requires the Economic Adjustment Committee to implement programs under which: (1) the Federal Government guarantees loans made to a seriously and substantially affected business that is engaged in the production of military products or the provision of services to the military to assist the business in producing commercially viable products and services through the acquisition or construction of facilities, the purchase or reconfiguration of equipment, or the opening of new markets; (2) the Committee may provide assistance to public and private entities for the construction of physical infrastructure facilities which support the defense conversion purposes of this Act; and (3) the Committee identifies the relevant skills of defense civilian and military employees and military personnel who are displaced by defense budget reductions for purposes of filling positions for the infrastructure program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide for feasibility studies on military installations scheduled to be closed or realigned before December 31, 1997, to examine potential uses for such installations. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Assistance for Exports of United States Products and Services - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to develop a program for providing guarantees and insurance with respect to the export of high technology items to eligible East European countries (as defined by the Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989). Directs the Bank to inform interested U.S. high technology companies, particularly small business concerns, about such program. Amends the International Finance Corporation Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Finance Corporation to vote for and make a specified contribution to an irrevocable trust fund for paying the costs of consultants to facilitate projects designed to raise the standard of living in developing countries by developing capital markets, privatizing public enterprises, and developing private businesses. Reserves 90 percent of fund expenditures for consultants who are U.S. citizens and businesses or joint ventures owned or controlled by such citizens. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to make a similar amendment urging the development of and contribution to trust funds by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to: (1) pay consultants to facilitate Bank projects designed to raise the standard of living in developing countries through the use of state of the art goods and services (with the same reservation of expenditures for U.S. citizens); and (2) promote energy efficiency and environmental objectives. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Federal Facilities Community Oversight for Public Health Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a citizens advisory board for each Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons facility, whose duties shall be to: (1) evaluate DOE performance of environmental restoration, waste management, and health activities at the facility; (2) evaluate the exercise of regulatory authority by certain Federal and State agencies; (3) submit annually to certain Federal and State agencies an independent policy and technical evaluation of significant decisions made by them with respect to environmental restoration, waste management, and health activities at such facilities; (4) forward community views regarding such activities to the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located; and (5) submit an annual status report to the Congress and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located. Establishes the National Citizens' Advisory Board for DOE Nuclear Weapons Facilities to: (1) annually submit to DOE, EPA, and the National Governors' Association national policy and technical recommendations on environmental restoration, waste management, and health activities occurring at those facilities; and (2) submit an annual status report to the Congress. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to perform public health actions in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for each DOE nuclear weapons facility included in certain DOE programmatic environmental impact statements. Permits any person to petition the ATSDR Administrator for public health assessments. Directs the ATSDR Administrator to: (1) establish and maintain an integrated data base (with specified contents) that is specific to DOE nuclear weapons facilities that are the subject of a health assessment under this Act; (2) report annually to the Congress on how the data base will be used to conduct health assessments and protect human health and the environment; and (3) establish and maintain a registry of persons exposed to hazardous substances as a result of a release from a DOE nuclear weapons facility where the inclusion of such persons would be valuable for specific scientific studies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit a priority list to the ATSDR Administrator of hazardous substances most commonly found at DOE nuclear weapons facilities. Directs the ATSDR Administrator to ensure the timely completion of a toxicological profile of such substances. Requires the ATSDR Administrator to submit a comprehensive plan to the Congress for implementing this Act and for ensuring the substantive involvement of affected States, Indian tribes, communities, and the public in the conduct of ATSDR activities. Requires the Secretary of Energy to provide information to the ATSDR Administrator that may be helpful to implement this Act. Requires such Secretary and Administrator to enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Environment and Economic Stability Act of 1992 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require an analysis of the economic costs and benefits of determining that a species is endangered or threatened before including it on either of such lists. States that such analysis shall be separate from any determination of a species' endangered or threatened status. Prohibits the regulatory taking of private property under such Act unless the Attorney General has certified that the issuing agency is in compliance with a specified executive order or a similar procedure regarding such assessments. Transfers authority of the Endangered Species Committee (Committee) to grant Federal agency exemptions to the appropriate Secretaries (Interior, Commerce, or Agriculture). Establishes a right of appeal to the Committee for the denial of an exemption permit. Revises provisions regarding: (1) prohibitions with respect to endangered species; and (2) status determinations, including data collection, peer review, and species estimation. Requires the Secretary to make certain determinations before a subspecies or distinct population segment of a species may be considered endangered or threatened. Transfers authority to develop and implement species recovery plans from the Secretary to the appropriate Secretaries (Interior, Commerce, or Agriculture). Provides for the consideration of alternatives and public participation in the development of such plans. Provides, with regard to experimental populations, for: (1) release in National Park or National Wildlife Refuge lands whenever possible; and (2) efforts to protect public and domestic animal safety and welfare in cases of release outside such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Public Health Pesticides Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the risks and benefits of public health pesticides separate from the risks and benefits of other pesticides. Requires the Administrator, in weighing any regulatory action concerning a public health pesticide, to weigh any risks of the pesticide against the health risks to be controlled by the pesticide. Defines: (1) a "public health pesticide" as a minor use pesticide registered for use and used predominantly in public health programs for vector control or other health protection uses; and (2) "vector" as any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or of producing human discomfort or injury. Exempts from reregistration fees public health pesticides of which more than 50 percent of usage (or at least 50 percent in the case of certain end use products) is devoted to the promotion of public health. Provides for expedited processing and review of pesticide applications that propose the initial or amended registration of an end use pesticide that, if registered as proposed, would be used solely for agricultural minor uses or as a public health pesticide. Provides for review by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of registrations of public health pesticides proposed for cancellation. Directs the Administrator to identify pests of significant public health importance and to implement programs to improve and facilitate the safe use of methods to combat and control such pests. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on the uses of public health pesticides to promote human health protection in the United States.
France · Senate · 6 May 1992
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make it unlawful for owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities in a State from receiving municipal solid waste generated outside the State unless they obtain authorization from the affected local government or meet other conditions under this Act. Requires local governments to notify the State Governor of such authorization. Permits a State Governor to disapprove an authorization if the authorization will result in the disposal of municipal solid waste generated outside of the State in an amount exceeding 30 percent of the total volume of such waste disposed of in the State in the preceding year. Authorizes local governments, in issuing such authorizations, to impose fees and limitations on the amount of waste received for disposal. Terminates an authorization if a facility's operating permit is revoked or suspended or if a permit renewal application is denied. Exempts from this Act's prohibition owners or operators of landfills that: (1) meet certain State and Federal requirements concerning design standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and corrective action; (2) received waste generated outside the State in a manner consistent with a written contract during February 1992; and (3) for each year between 1992 and 1996, did not receive municipal solid waste generated outside the State in an amount exceeding the total amount received in 1991. Exempts owners or operators of incinerators or other waste disposal facilities that meet the contract requirements and amount limitations applicable to landfills, as well as new source performance standards and other requirements of the Clean Air Act. Considers expansions of landfills, incinerators, or waste disposal facilities to be separate facilities requiring authorization. Exempts owners or operators of such facilities from the requirement to obtain additional authorization if: (1) at the time they obtained authorization, they owned or possessed an option to purchase the land on which the expansion is proposed to occur; and (2) the area of expansion was indicated in documents filed with the affected local government before obtaining authorization. Directs State Governors to submit State municipal solid waste management plans to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires such plans to cover a period of at least ten years and to be reviewed by the Governor at least every five years. Makes it unlawful for owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities to receive municipal solid waste generated in another State if the exporting State does not have an approved plan. Permits such owners or operators located in a State without an approved plan to receive municipal solid waste generated outside the State if the exporting State has a plan in effect. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes States to impose fees for the disposal of solid waste generated outside the State if the State uses such amounts to fund solid waste management activities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
Resource Conservation and Recovery Financial Responsibility Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and maintain information relating to, and report annually to the Congress on, compliance with financial responsibility requirements by hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. Prohibits the authorization of State hazardous waste programs unless such programs provide for maintaining such information in a format similar to that used by the Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
DeLauro-Lowey Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Financing Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the State water pollution control revolving fund program through FY 1999. Requires a specified percentage (increasing with each succeeding fiscal year) of such appropriations to be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make capitalization grants for estuary plans to qualified States. Requires States to submit estimates of the need for assistance for implementing and monitoring such plans. Prohibits the submission of such estimates unless the estimates are approved by the appropriate management conference under the National Estuary Program. Makes States that fail to submit approved estimates ineligible for assistance. Directs States to establish separate Estuary Accounts in their water pollution control revolving funds, to be used for implementing approved estuary plans. Permits loans made with amounts in such Accounts to be for terms of up to 40 years or for the useful life of a facility constructed with the loan, whichever is less, if the borrower demonstrates financial hardship. Allows States to use interest earned on amounts in such Accounts to subsidize up to 90 percent of the principal portion of debt service of certain entities that are financially unable to carry out a necessary project for an estuary plan. Establishes a State matching requirement for deposits into Accounts. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for the implementation of estuary conservation and management plans. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the total cost of implementation. Authorizes appropriations. Permits certain grants under the National Estuary Program to be used for interim actions adopted by management conferences to protect the water and sediment quality of estuaries. Extends the authorization of appropriations for management conferences, grants, conservation and management plans, and research under the National Estuary Program through FY 1999. Revises provisions concerning the purposes of management conferences. Directs the Administrator to issue a guidance document that establishes requirements for: (1) management conferences to follow in developing, implementing, and monitoring conservation and management plans; and (2) approving and implementing interim actions to protect water quality of estuaries for which plans are developed. Requires management conferences to be convened for periods of at least five years (currently, up to five years). Permits the extension of a conference for an additional five years if the affected Governors concur in the extension and the extension is necessary to meet requirements. Revises approval and implementation procedures for estuary conservation and management plans and establishes such procedures for interim actions.
France · Senate · 5 May 1992
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1992
Infrastructure Growth and Employment Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary), acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for construction, renovation, repair, or other improvement of local public works projects (including those State and local projects for which Federal funding is authorized under other laws). Sets the Federal share at 80 percent of project cost. Terminates the making of such grants after the earlier of: (1) any three-consecutive-month period during which the national unemployment rate remained below six percent; or (2) September 30, 1993. Allocates funds among the States on the basis of a formula involving relative numbers of unemployed persons, average unemployment rates, and severity of unemployment. Reserves specified portions of such funds for projects of Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages, minimum State allotments, and development and administration of each project. Requires that at least ten percent of total grant funds be set aside and expended only for project grants to local governments with populations under 10,000. Requires that priority and preference be given to: (1) local government projects; (2) local-government-endorsed projects by States and special purpose units; (3) school district projects; (4) projects for industrial research or development parks which allocate space for new businesses; and (5) projects for applied research facilities which develop new products and processes (at higher education institutions). Requires expediting and giving priority to applications from States or local governments with unemployment rates for the past 12 months in excess of the national rates (and, after that, to those with average unemployment rates for that period in excess of six percent). Requires State and local prioritization of projects in their applications. Requires localization of unemployment rate determinations. Requires rules, regulations, and procedures which assure that adequate consideration is given to the relative needs of various sections of the country, based on various factors including amount of unemployment or underemployment in construction and construction-related industries. Prohibits use of funds for acquisition of land or for maintenance costs. Requires applicants to assure that, if funds are available, on-site labor work can begin within 90 days after project approval. Requires: (1) contracting out; (2) competitive bidding; (3) awards to the lowest responsive bid; (4) advertising specifications; (5) environmental law and regulation compliance; and (6) applicability of specified requirements involving Buy American provisions, minority participation, individuals with disabilities, and Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage rates. Authorizes appropriations.