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Question· writtenPQ 324asked

346 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have paid the non-principal private residence charge; the number of persons who have paid for one unit, for two to five units, for six to ten units and for over ten units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45410/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009

346 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons who have paid the non-principal private residence charge; the number of persons who have paid for one unit, for two to five units, for six to ten units and for over ten units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45410/09]

Question· writtenPQ 323asked

345 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount received under the non-principal private residence charge by each local authority; the amount each authority will receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45409/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009

345 Deputy Deirdre Clune asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount received under the non-principal private residence charge by each local authority; the amount each authority will receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45409/09]

Question· writtenPQ 118asked

140 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to previous parliamentary questions regarding the control of unattended petrol dispensing outlets, she will refer to the response given by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 10 November 2009 in which he confirms that her Department has recently developed draft guidelines regarding the control of such outlets; if, in view of this response, she will publish the guidelines to fire officers to clarify the situation for those operators who want to develop their business in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45818/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009

140 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to previous parliamentary questions regarding the control of unattended petrol dispensing outlets, she will refer to the response given by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 10 November 2009 in which he confirms that her Department has recently developed draft guidelines regarding the control of such outlets; if, in view of this response, she will publish the guidelines to fire officers to clarify the situation for those operators who want to develop their business in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45818/09]

Bill· SS. 2848 (111th)referred

Bottled Water Safety and Right to Know Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2009

Bottled Water Safety and Right to Know Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify and establish standards for contaminants in bottled water that are at least as protective as standards established by: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for national primary drinking water; or (2) the World Health Organization, the European Union, or the state of California. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states for the enforcement of standards adopted under this Act. Transfers all functions of the Secretary relating to inspections and enforcement concerning bottled water to the EPA if the Secretary fails to publish the final regulation concerning such standards within two years. Requires the Secretary to: (1) promulgate regulations that require each manufacturer of bottled water to submit reports on its water and display required information on bottle labels; (2) make such reports available to the public; (3) make certain additional information available to the public about the regulation of contaminants in bottled drinking water; (4) publish information regarding violations of bottled water regulations; and (5) establish a grant program to gather information on such violations. Prohibits a manufacturer of bottled water from failing to submit an annual report or to display the required information on bottle labels in accordance with this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4233 (111th)referred

Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2009

Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the purposes of the Act to include providing for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of forest ecosystem components to protect infrastructure in rural communities. Expands federal land areas eligible for hazardous fuel reduction projects. Repeals the total federal land acreage limitation on authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects. Revises requirements regarding the alternative analysis process for authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects in the wildland-urban interface. Bars the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior from being required to study, develop, or describe more than the proposed agency action and a no action alternative in an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for specified proposed authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects.

Bill· HRH.R. 4225 (111th)open

To authorize drought assistance adjustments to provide immediate funding for projects and activities that will help alleviate record unemployment and diminished agricultural production related to the drought in California.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2009

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or appropriation measures through FY2012 for any required non-federal share of the cost of projects that: (1) are funded by the federal government; (2) are located in an area that either has been identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as experiencing severe, extreme, or exceptional drought within the 24 months prior to this Act's enactment or has been designated as a disaster area by California during 2009; (3) will make progress towards providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem, will increase water management flexibility, or will reduce impacts on environmental resources from projects operated by the California State Department of Water Resources, the California State Department of Fish and Game, the Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or other relevant state and federal agencies; (4) show potential to restore agriculture production or agricultural employment for such areas; and (5) have made significant progress in the completion of any necessary environmental or public review. Directs that the use of funds for the nonfederal share of projects as authorized in this Act be considered a drought assistance adjustment. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for calculating such adjustments utilizing existing practices for adjustments in water service and repayment rates.

Bill· HRH.R. 4245 (111th)referred

Comprehensive Water Resource Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2009

Comprehensive Water Resource Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a program to provide design and construction assistance to non-federal interests for water-related environmental infrastructure, resource protection and development, flood damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration projects in Pennsylvania.

Law· HRH.R. 4213 (111th)enacted

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2009

Tax Extenders Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 certain expiring provisions for individual taxpayers, including: (1) the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes; (2) the standard tax deduction for state and local real property taxes; (3) the tax deduction from gross income for qualified tuition and related expenses; and (4) the tax deduction from gross income for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers. Extends through 2010 expiring provisions for business taxpayers, including: (1) the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) tax treatment of certain items affecting U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporation; (3) accelerated depreciation for qualified leasehold, restaurant, and retail property, for motorsports entertainment complexes, and for farming business machinery and equipment; (4) the tax credit for railroad track maintenance expenditures; (5) the enhanced expensing allowance for certain film and television production costs; (6) expensing of environmental remediation costs; (7) the tax credit for mine rescue team training expenses; (8) the taxpayer election to expense advanced mine safety equipment expenditures; (9) the tax credit for differential wages payments to employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services; (10) tax rules relating to regulated investment companies (RICs); and (11) the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. Extends through 2010 expiring provisions relating to charitable organizations and contributions, including: (1) the tax deduction for charitable contributions of capital gain real property by individual taxpayers and certain corporate farmers and ranchers for conservation purposes; (2) the enhanced tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory and book inventories to public schools and for corporate contributions of computer technology and equipment for educational purposes; (3) penalty-free distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes; and (4) special tax rules for payments to controlling exempt organizations, exclusion of gain or loss from unrelated business taxable income from the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites, and basis adjustment to stock of S corporations making charitable contributions. Extends through 2010: (1) the tax credit for employment of members of Indian tribes; (2) accelerated depreciation of property used for business purposes on an Indian reservation; (3) extension of the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities to such activities in Puerto Rico; (4) the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits tax covered (paid over) into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and (5) the tax credit for American Samoa economic development expenditures. Extends through 2010 certain provisions relating to community development and assistance, including: (1) tax incentives in empowerment zones and renewal communities; (2) the new markets tax credit; (3) tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia, the New York Liberty Zone, the Gulf Opportunity Zone, and low-income housing. Extends through 2010 tax-related disaster relief provisions, including: (1) the tax deduction for personal casualty losses attributable to federally-declared disasters; (2) expensing allowance for cleanup and other expenditures in disaster areas; (3) the five-year extended carryover period for net operating losses incurred in a disaster area; (4) waiver of mortgage revenue bond requirements for refinancing residences damaged or destroyed in a disaster area; and (5) expensing and accelerated depreciation of certain disaster assistance property. Extends through 2010 energy conservation and production provisions, including: (1) the tax credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (2) the alternative motor vehicle tax credit for large hybrid vehicles; (3) the alternative fuel excise tax credit for natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas; and (4) tax rules relating to sales required to implement federal and state restructuring policy for qualified electric utilities. Revises and adds reporting and other requirements relating to income from assets held abroad, including by: (1) requiring foreign financial and nonfinancial institutions to withhold 30% of payments made to such institutions by U.S. individuals unless such institutions agree to disclose the identity of such individuals and report on their bank transactions; (2) denying a tax deduction for interest on non-registered bonds issued outside the United States; (3) requiring any individual who holds more than $50,000 in a depository or custodial account maintained by a foreign financial institution to report on such accounts; (4) imposing an enhanced tax penalty for underpayments attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets; (5) extending the limitation period for assessment of underpayments with respect to assets held outside the United States; (6) requiring shareholders of a passive foreign investment company to file informational returns; (7) enhancing tax rules and penalties relating to foreign trusts with U.S. beneficiaries; and (8) requiring withholding of tax on dividend equivalent payments received by foreign individuals. Sets forth tax rules relating to partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services. Increases by an additional 26.5% the required estimated tax payments for certain large corporations in the third quarter of 2014. Requires the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation to submit to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee a report on each tax expenditure extended by this Act.

Report· Ausschussbericht557 d.B.ausschussbericht

Kontrolle illegaler Tiertransporte an den alten Grenzübergängen

Austria · National Council · 3 December 2009

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 862/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Kontrolle illegaler Tiertransporte an den alten Grenzübergängen

Report· Ausschussbericht555 d.B.ausschussbericht

Verbesserungen der EU-Tierschutzstandards im Allgemeinen und Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Tieren beim Transport im Besonderen,

Austria · National Council · 3 December 2009

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 889/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dietmar Keck, Franz Eßl, Bernhard Vock, Mag. Christiane Brunner, Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend der Verbesserungen der EU-Tierschutzstandards im Allgemeinen und Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Tieren beim Transport im Besonderen, den Antrag 148/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Verbesserung der EU-Tierschutzstandards sowie <br><br>den Antrag 472/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Tieren beim Transport

Report· Ausschussbericht524 d.B.ausschussbericht

Energie-Regulierungsbehördengesetz

Austria · National Council · 3 December 2009

Bericht des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft und Industrie über die Regierungsvorlage (474 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Energie-Regulierungsbehördengesetz geändert wird

Report· Ausschussbericht527 d.B.ausschussbericht

Internationales Tropenholz-Übereinkommen von 2006

Austria · National Council · 3 December 2009

Bericht des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft und Industrie über die Regierungsvorlage (402 d.B.): Internationales Tropenholz-Übereinkommen von 2006

Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag899/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag

Ausnahme von historischen Fahrzeugen aus den Bestimmungen gemäß IG-Luft

Austria · National Council · 3 December 2009

Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Norbert Hofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Ausnahme von historischen Fahrzeugen aus den Bestimmungen gemäß IG <i>(Immissionsschutzgesetz)</i> -Luft

Question· writtenPQ 229asked

230 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been penalised under measure 5, option 5A and measure 3 of the REP scheme. [45171/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

230 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been penalised under measure 5, option 5A and measure 3 of the REP scheme. [45171/09]

Question· writtenPQ 214asked

213 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has engaged in correspondence with Dublin City Council regarding the Poolbeg incinerator in the period since the issuing of the commencement notice in respect of the Dublin waste to energy project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

213 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has engaged in correspondence with Dublin City Council regarding the Poolbeg incinerator in the period since the issuing of the commencement notice in respect of the Dublin waste to energy project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/09]

Question· writtenPQ 213asked

212 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received legal advice on the implications of the issuing of the commencement notice in respect of the Dublin waste to energy project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45277/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

212 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received legal advice on the implications of the issuing of the commencement notice in respect of the Dublin waste to energy project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45277/09]

Question· writtenPQ 211asked

214 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the cutting and saving of turf is an agricultural activity which land owners enjoy as a right under the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45279/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

214 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the cutting and saving of turf is an agricultural activity which land owners enjoy as a right under the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45279/09]

Question· writtenPQ 209asked

206 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the relationship between the special protection order process and the strategic infrastructure legislation providing for fast tracking developments in a case (details supplied). [45134/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

206 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the relationship between the special protection order process and the strategic infrastructure legislation providing for fast tracking developments in a case (details supplied). [45134/09]

Question· writtenPQ 207asked

204 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the findings of his consultation on proposed noise regulations held in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45126/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

204 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the findings of his consultation on proposed noise regulations held in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45126/09]

Question· writtenPQ 204asked

201 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it was intended in the architectural heritage protection guidelines for local authorities that a structure must be of regional interest to warrant consideration for entry in the record of protected structures; if local authorities are intended to be discouraged or precluded from considering for entry in the record of protected structures, any structure of local interest or exceptional local interest, but falling short of regional interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

201 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it was intended in the architectural heritage protection guidelines for local authorities that a structure must be of regional interest to warrant consideration for entry in the record of protected structures; if local authorities are intended to be discouraged or precluded from considering for entry in the record of protected structures, any structure of local interest or exceptional local interest, but falling short of regional interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/09]

Question· writtenPQ 203asked

200 Deputy Dinny McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the next review of Dáil constituency boundaries is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

200 Deputy Dinny McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the next review of Dáil constituency boundaries is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/09]

Question· writtenPQ 202asked

199 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the emergency funds to be made available to each local authority to deal with the cost to date in 2009 of flood assistance and emergency works required to prevent further damage from flooding in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45085/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

199 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the emergency funds to be made available to each local authority to deal with the cost to date in 2009 of flood assistance and emergency works required to prevent further damage from flooding in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45085/09]

Question· writtenPQ 200asked

210 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the grouse habitat is virtually destroyed in the natural heritage area (details supplied) due to a wind farm project. [45188/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

210 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the grouse habitat is virtually destroyed in the natural heritage area (details supplied) due to a wind farm project. [45188/09]

Question· writtenPQ 199asked

209 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that a substantial amount of peat has been disturbed during excavation of a co-development (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [45187/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

209 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that a substantial amount of peat has been disturbed during excavation of a co-development (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [45187/09]

Question· writtenPQ 198asked

207 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Corry Mountain Bog natural heritage area, County Leitrim, is a site of considerable conservation significance comprising a relatively intact area of upland blanket bog; and if he proposes to cease all development until a baseline study is put in place by his Department. [45183/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

207 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Corry Mountain Bog natural heritage area, County Leitrim, is a site of considerable conservation significance comprising a relatively intact area of upland blanket bog; and if he proposes to cease all development until a baseline study is put in place by his Department. [45183/09]

Question· writtenPQ 197asked

198 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Owengar habitat is virtually destroyed in the natural heritage area (details supplied), County Leitrim, due to a wind farm project. [45191/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009

198 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Owengar habitat is virtually destroyed in the natural heritage area (details supplied), County Leitrim, due to a wind farm project. [45191/09]

Bill· SS. 2828 (111th)referred

Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2009

Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Program, under which the Director shall: (1) conduct and support multidisciplinary research to improve the understanding of endocrine disruption; and (2) conduct workshops and fora on health effects associated with environmental agents that may affect the endocrine system. Requires the Director to establish an Endocrine Disruption Program Panel, which shall: (1) provide advice to the Director on the conduct and support of research; (2) evaluate existing population-level biomonitoring and biobanking surveillance and research programs and recommend changes needed to develop data on human exposures and effects to support the Program; and (3) develop a list of chemicals of concern for endocrine disruption effects and make findings with respect to such chemicals. Authorizes individuals to petition the Panel to determine whether a chemical should be listed or to revise a finding or determination based on new information. Requires the Director, if the Panel finds that data are sufficient to determine that there is at least a minimal level of concern associated with a chemical's potential to disrupt the human endocrine system, to transmit the finding, including the routes and sources of exposure to the chemical, to each federal agency with authority to regulate the chemical. Requires each federal agency that receives such a transmission: (1) to reply to the Director describing the agency's regulatory authority, past actions in connection with the chemical, and proposed action to protect human health from the potential endocrine disruption effects of exposure to the chemical; and (2) within one year, to report on the actions taken and future actions proposed by the Agency in response to the Panel's finding. Requires the Director to establish a program to support graduate and postdoctoral training in fields related to the prevention of endocrine disruption.

Bill· HRH.R. 4202 (111th)referred

Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2009

Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for green infrastructure. Defines &quot;green infrastructure&quot; as a stormwater management technique that preserves, restores, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology. Establishes the duties of each center, including: (1) researching green infrastructure; (2) developing manuals and setting industry standards on best management practices relating to state, local, and commercial green infrastructure; (3) providing information about its research and manuals to the national electronic clearinghouse center; (4) providing technical assistance and training on green infrastructure; and (5) evaluating regulatory and policy issues about green infrastructure. Requires one of the centers to be designated as the national electronic clearinghouse center, which shall, in addition to its other duties, operate a website and a public database on green infrastructure. Requires the Administrator to make competitive grants to eligible entities that manage stormwater, water resources, or waste water resources to: (1) plan and design and install green infrastructure projects; (2) develop standards and revisions to local zoning, building, or other local codes necessary to accommodate such projects; (3) develop fee structures to provide financial support for green infrastructure; (4) develop training and educational materials about green infrastructure; (5) develop and implement a green infrastructure portfolio standard program; (6) monitor and evaluate the environmental, economic, or social benefits of green infrastructure; and (7) implement a best practices standard for a green infrastructure program. Requires the Administrator to give priority to applications from: (1) a community that has combined storm and sanitary sewers in its collection system or is low-income or disadvantaged; or (2) an eligible entity that will use 10% of the grant for a low-income or disadvantaged community. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish within EPA's Office of Water a green infrastructure program to coordinate and promote the use of green infrastructure and to integrate green infrastructure into the permitting programs; (2) direct each EPA regional office to develop a program to promote and integrate the use of green infrastructure within the region; (3) create a green infrastructure compliance assistance center; and (4) establish measurable goals, to be known as the green infrastructure portfolio standard, to increase the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that uses green infrastructure.

Bill· HRH.R. 4200 (111th)referred

San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2009

San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with Los Angeles County, California, to: (1) prepare a feasibility study for environmental ecosystem restoration, flood control, water quality control, water supply storage, outdoor recreation enhancements, and other aspects of the San Gabriel River Watershed revitalization that is consistent with the goals of the San Gabriel River master plan published by that County; and (2) identify demonstration projects for construction and restoration of the San Gabriel River Watershed. Authorizes the Secretary to construct demonstration projects to provide information to develop the study. Limits to 65% the federal share of the cost of any project under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4190 (111th)referred

Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2009

Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Program, under which the Director shall: (1) conduct and support multidisciplinary research to improve the understanding of endocrine disruption; and (2) conduct workshops and fora on health effects associated with environmental agents that may affect the endocrine system. Requires the Director to establish an Endocrine Disruption Program Panel, which shall: (1) provide advice to the Director on the conduct and support of research; (2) evaluate existing population-level biomonitoring and biobanking surveillance and research programs and recommend changes needed to develop data on human exposures and effects to support the Program; and (3) develop a list of chemicals of concern for endocrine disruption effects and make findings with respect to such chemicals. Authorizes individuals to petition the Panel to determine whether a chemical should be listed or to revise a finding or determination based on new information. Requires the Director, if the Panel finds that data are sufficient to determine that there is at least a minimal level of concern associated with a chemical's potential to disrupt the human endocrine system, to transmit the finding, including the routes and sources of exposure to the chemical, to each federal agency with authority to regulate the chemical. Requires each federal agency that receives such a transmission: (1) to reply to the Director describing the agency's regulatory authority, past actions in connection with the chemical, and proposed action to protect human health from the potential endocrine disruption effects of exposure to the chemical; and (2) within one year, to report on the actions taken and future actions proposed by the Agency in response to the Panel's finding. Requires the Director to establish a program to support graduate and postdoctoral training in fields related to the prevention of endocrine disruption.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage3861/Jschriftliche anfrage

Immissionsschutzgesetz - Luft "Luft-Hunderter"

Austria · National Council · 2 December 2009

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Christoph Hagen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Immissionsschutzgesetz - Luft "Luft-Hunderter" <i>(Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen und Strafgebühren gem.</i> <i>Immissionsschutzgesetz - Luft)</i>

Question· writtenPQ 229asked

253 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department allocated to a fire station (details supplied) in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; if the fire brigade ambulance is to be retained at this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

253 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding his Department allocated to a fire station (details supplied) in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; if the fire brigade ambulance is to be retained at this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/09]

Question· writtenPQ 228asked

252 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for new noise pollution guidelines, particularly house alarms that fail to shut off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44924/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

252 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for new noise pollution guidelines, particularly house alarms that fail to shut off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44924/09]

Question· writtenPQ 227asked

251 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of the subsidy payable towards payments on a home purchase loan or shared ownership for persons on low income; the categories of buyer eligible for this subsidy; and if he plans to increase the income thresholds or the value of subsidy in view of the increased income thresholds for house purchase loans. [44923/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

251 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of the subsidy payable towards payments on a home purchase loan or shared ownership for persons on low income; the categories of buyer eligible for this subsidy; and if he plans to increase the income thresholds or the value of subsidy in view of the increased income thresholds for house purchase loans. [44923/09]

Question· writtenPQ 226asked

250 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to sell a bog to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44763/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

250 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to sell a bog to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44763/09]

Question· writtenPQ 225asked

249 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities complied with the major emergency plan; the emergency plan in respect of each local authority; when each of these plans was last appraised; and the findings in respect of each plan. [44757/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

249 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities complied with the major emergency plan; the emergency plan in respect of each local authority; when each of these plans was last appraised; and the findings in respect of each plan. [44757/09]

Question· writtenPQ 224asked

248 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available for group sewerage and water schemes; his plans to review these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44708/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

248 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants available for group sewerage and water schemes; his plans to review these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44708/09]

Question· writtenPQ 223asked

247 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of affordable housing built on State land since 2006 to date in 2009 and which remain unoccupied; the location of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/09]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009

247 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of affordable housing built on State land since 2006 to date in 2009 and which remain unoccupied; the location of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/09]

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