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374 records in 1990
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Requires the Director of the Geological Survey to conduct a study of the water quality of the Mississippi River. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Antarctic Protection and Conservation Act of 1990 - Makes it unlawful to engage in, finance, or provide assistance to, any Antarctic mineral resource activity. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to promulgate regulations to minimize and prevent any adverse impact by tourist expeditions to the Antarctic by training and establishing qualifications for tour guides and implementing safety standards for vessel and air transportation in such area. Prohibits the financing or conducting of any tourist activity in Antarctica if such regulations are not promulgated. Applies environmental impact assessment requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to Antarctica activities of Federal agencies or entities receiving Federal assistance. Amends the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 to make it unlawful to engage in commercial fishing in Antarctica, except in compliance with a fishery management plan approved under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. Requires the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties to conclude an agreement to: (1) permanently ban Antarctic mineral resource activities; and (2) permanently conserve and protect Antarctica's environment and ecosystems. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Requires the Director of the Geological Survey to conduct a study of the water quality of the Mississippi River. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Environmental Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the number of criminal investigators in the EPA Office of Criminal Investigations in the five fiscal years following the enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to hire 50 civil investigators to assist the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in developing and prosecuting civil and administrative actions. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring the National Enforcement Training Institute to train lawyers, inspectors, investigators, and technical experts in environmental law enforcement. Establishes the Environmental Laws Enforcement Fund to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates April 1990 as National Recycling Month.
Germany · German Bundestag · 7 February 1990
(Bericht gem. Beschluß auf BT-Drsn 11/2184, 11/3299) Stand der Arbeiten zur Umsetzung der 2. INK, Ziele für die 3. INK, Maßnahmen der Bundesländer, Qualitätszustand der Nordsee, Notwendigkeit der Anwendung des Vorsorgeprinzips wegen mangelnder Kausalitätsnachweise
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 1990
Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Marine if he will outline the present position regarding the rescue operation for the crippled bulk carrier, the Tribulus; if the ship is to be allowed enter Irish waters; in view of the forecast of further severe weather and the experience in 1986 with the Kowloon Bridge, the steps which are being taken to ensure that no damage is caused to the coastal or marine environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 1990
3 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach when he proposes to circulate to Dáil Éireann the draft of the Environmental Charter of which he spoke during the visit of the EC Commission for consideration by Members of the Oireachtas prior to its circulation within the Council of Environment Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 - Amends the Clean Water Act to include Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont, in the clean lakes demonstration program. Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a Lake Champlain Program Office. Requires the EPA Administrator, acting through the Office Director, to establish a Federal water pollution prevention, control, and restoration program. Establishes within EPA a Management Conference to: (1) monitor activities related to the management of Lake Champlain; and (2) advise the Director on the implementation of this Act and to carry out other assigned duties. Requires the Management Conference to: (1) make recommendations to any commission related to the Lake; (2) make recommendations to the Administrator and the Director on the need for additional agreements between New York and Vermont; (3) contact the officials conducting studies and programs concerning the Lake; and (4) coordinate such studies and programs. Directs the Management Conference to develop a five-year pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Director, acting through the Management Conference, to establish Lake Champlain public participation and local government education programs and a multi-disciplinary research program. Directs the Management Conference to appoint a Technical Advisory Committee. Authorizes the Administrator, upon the request of the Governors of New York and Vermont, to issue a grant to such States for the implementation of the pollution prevention plan. Sets forth grant limitations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to designate the Lake Champlain Basin as a special project area under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Increases to 15 percent the technical reimbursement from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service to carry out such project. Makes agricultural enterprises operating in the Basin which are sources of nonpoint source pollution eligible to receive technical and financial assistance. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to consult with the Management Conference in carrying out historic preservation and natural landmarks programs in the Basin. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop an integrated geographic information system of the Basin; and (2) convert all recording sites in the Basin to continuous monitoring stations and establish additional stations. Requires the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to implement a salmonid fisheries restoration and development program. Directs the Director of the Service to continue the existing level of hatchery production of salmonid fish to assist New York and Vermont in maintaining salmonid fish culture and healthy salmonid fisheries. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Service, to conduct a wildlife species and habitat assessment survey in the Basin. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Harvest of Peace Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish as a primary foreign and domestic policy objective the achievement of common security by: (1) negotiating agreements with the Soviet Union and urging other nations to reduce military forces and spending with the goal of halving worldwide military spending by the year 2000; (2) reducing military assistance and arms sales to developing nations; (3) encouraging the peaceful settlement of conflicts; (4) providing increased assistance to developing nations to overcome hunger and poverty, reduce debt burdens, promote human rights, ensure sustainable development, and protect the environment; (5) increasing support domestically for programs that address human needs; (6) helping defense industries and their employees convert to productive nondefense work; and (7) reducing the Federal deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates April 1990 as National Recycling Month.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 1990
6 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he has been fully appraised of the damage to tourist resorts and facilities in the south and south-eastern coastal areas caused by the storm of 16 and 17 December 1989; the consultations, if any, he has had in this regard with the Minister for the Marine and the Minister for the Environment; and the measures he intends to take to assist the areas and individuals affected to ensure that their tourist potential for 1990 and subsequent years will not be damaged.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Waste Treatment Construction Grants Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994 for waste treatment construction grants. Sets forth an allotment table for sums authorized for such fiscal years. Applies provisions concerning minimum allotments and additional appropriations to such fiscal years.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 1990
12 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach if he has directed or requested the Minister for the Environment to prepare a draft of an Environmental Charter as indicated by him recently to visiting Europeans in Dublin; if a draft of that Charter has been circulated to the Government for their consideration in their anticipation of its being tabled formally at the Environmental Council of EC Ministers during Ireland's Presidency and its ratification by the Irish Presidency's Council in June 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 1990
11 Mr. Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the way in which he proposes to advance his Green Presidency of the EC Council of Ministers; the initiatives concerning the environment which he proposes to take in the EC; and the legislative measures which the Government will be bringing before Dáil Éireann which will be aimed at improving the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Urges the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to: (1) give increasing attention to the linkage between environment and national security; and (2) focus a significant portion of U.S. foreign assistance on environmental restoration, reforestation, pollution control, improvements in energy efficiency, and rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Research and Education Coordination Act - Title I: Ground Water Policy - Sets forth the groundwater policy of the Department of Agriculture (the Department) with respect to agrichemicals. Establishes the Office of Ground Water Policy Coordination (the Office) in the Department. Establishes an interagency committee on groundwater policy in the Department. Requires the Director of the Office to establish technical advisory committees, as necessary. Requires the Director to formalize the existence of certain technical integration groups. Authorizes the Director to establish interagency technical support committees. Provides for the development and implementation of agricultural groundwater policy within the Department, including an agency-specific groundwater policy statement and implementation plan, a national agricultural groundwater plan, and an annual groundwater activities report. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Coordination with State Programs - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to require the establishment of State groundwater coordination committees (the committees) within the food and agricultural councils. Directs the Secretary to establish, through the Extension Service, a groundwater supply quality coordinator (the coordinator) in each State extension service. Directs each State committee and coordinator to work with Federal, State, and other appropriate entities to: (1) evaluate the State's groundwater plan's adequacy in addressing agricultural sources of nonpoint source pollutants; (2) review the relevance of certain water quality protection projects to groundwater protection programs; (3) assess the identification and mapping of hydrologic units; and (4) assess the adequacy of the State's programs for addressing agricultural sources of groundwater contamination. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Extension and Education - Subtitle A: Pesticide Education - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Pesticide Education Program. Subtitle B: National Nutrient Management Education Program - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Nutrient Management Education Program. Subtitle C: Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service: (1) a National Education Program for the Management of Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers; and (2) a Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizer Advisory Council. Subtitle D: National Water Quality Management Education Programs - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Education Program for the Management of Water Resources which shall include: (1) well water testing; (2) water utilization; and (3) staff training. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Soil Conservation Service - Requires the Soil Conservation Service to protect and improve groundwater quality through specified activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Research of the Department of Agriculture - Directs the Secretary to conduct or assist research on specified topics relating to agriculture and groundwater. Requires each State coordinator to request appropriate representative Federal, State, and university scientists to work with the State committee and coordinator to establish a prioritized agriculture and groundwater research agenda for the State. Provides for coordination of such State agendas in establishing a prioritized research agenda for regional projects. Requires the Director to use regional reports in establishing a national agricultural groundwater plan, developing funding priorities in Department water quality research programs, and requesting certain research proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: National Agricultural and Ground Water Clearinghouse - Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Agricultural Library (the Library) to establish at the Library a repository of reports developed under this Act. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Library and in consultation with the Tennessee Valley Authority, to establish at the Library a data base on State programs and State laws relating to groundwater quality and agriculture. Requires the Director of the Library to collaborate with the Director of the Office, State coordinators, and Federal and State departmental agency administrators to develop a standardized format for the entry and description of State programs, activities, and results. Requires the Director of the Office to report to the Congress on measures necessary to develop a national data base on agricultural practices and groundwater resources, to be located at the Library. Directs the Secretary, after the submission of such report, to initiate the development of such data base. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
National Environmental Strategy Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Environmental Institute Commission to: (1) make recommendations to the President and the Congress for the establishment of a National Environmental Institute, a Bureau of Environmental Information and Statistics, and an organization to examine public environmental policies; and (2) identify areas of research which require long-term efforts to mitigate serious risk to the environment. Requires the Commission to recommend the design of the Institute to accommodate the following functions: (1) developing a National Environmental Research Strategy; (2) evaluating the state of the environment; (3) coordinating Federal, State, and private sector efforts to perform needed research and the performance, or provision of support for, necessary research which has not been performed; and (4) serving as a focus for international solutions to global environmental problems. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Makes it unlawful to ship or transport any solid waste generated in a State into another State for treatment or disposal if such shipment or transportation is in violation of the laws of the recipient State. Authorizes States to enact and enforce laws regulating the treatment and disposition of solid waste, including laws regulating the importation of such wastes into States. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act, including up to ten years' imprisonment for subsequent violations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, by regulation, to require persons transporting or shipping more than 100 pounds of solid waste in interstate commerce to submit annual registration statements. Directs the Administrator, upon request, to make such statements available to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Outer Banks Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any lease, approving any exploration plan, or permitting any drilling for oil or gas on Outer Continental Shelf lands off the shore of North Carolina. Provides that such prohibition shall remain in effect until the later of: (1) October 1, 1991; or (2) 45 days of continuous session of the Congress after submission of a specified certification to the Congress by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to undertake certain studies to obtain information about conditions which may be influenced by leasing and development activities off the shore of North Carolina to enable the Secretary to carry out responsibilities with respect to authorizing such activities. Establishes the Environmental Sciences Review Panel to make recommendations and findings as to the adequacy of such information. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of Environmental Protection Act - Title I: Establishment of Department of Environmental Protection - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of Environmental Protection, an executive department to be administered by a Secretary of Environmental Protection. Establishes within the Department: (1) an Office of International Environmental Affairs; (2) an Office of Enforcement; and (3) a Center for Environmental Statistics (Center). Encourages the Secretary to assist the Secretary of State in negotiating and administering international environmental protection agreements and participating in the work of international environmental protection organizations. Encourages the Secretary to continue the Department's role in conducting international environmental research and providing technical assistance to other nations to improve environmental quality. Requires the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on Environmental Statistics to advise the Center and the Congress on the collection and dissemination of statistical data. Directs the Secretary to maintain a comprehensive guide to the Department's environmental and public health information services. Requires the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on Public Access to provide recommendations on improving public access to departmental information. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the use of computer telecommunications and other means to provide for access to such information; and (2) permit the reduction or waiver of user fees for such access. Title II: Commission on Environmental Administration - Establishes the Commission on Environmental Administration to analyze and make recommendations on specified reorganization and management issues in the Department. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
Germany · German Bundestag · 3 January 1990
Ursachen, Abgrenzung und Dimension des Altlastenproblems, Grundlagen zur Beurteilung der Gefährdungen durch Altablagerungen und Altstandorte, Erfassung und Gefährdungsabschätzung von altlastenverdächtigen Flächen, Altlastensanierung, Kosten und Finanzierung, rechtliche Aspekte der Altlastensanierung, Schlußfolgerungen und Empfehlungen