Environment

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the cleanup of certain contaminated industrial sites.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an environmental remediation credit program that allows businesses a credit for 25 percent of the costs incurred for: (1) environmental remediation with respect to any qualified contaminated site; and (2) an approved environmental remediation plan. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate eligible jurisdictions that may participate in such credit program. Establishes the overall credit limitation and provides for its allocation among eligible cities and States. Allows the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for qualified contaminated site remediation, with limitations.

Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environment, Safety and Health), vice Paul L. Ziemer, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 7 June 1993

National Environmental Trade Development Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

National Environmental Trade Development Act of 1993 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal export promotion programs to ensure implementation of the national strategy to increase environmental exports developed under this Act by the Environmental Trade Promotion Council (the Council). Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to: (1) ensure that Department of Commerce programs and policies implement such strategy; (2) establish an environmental technology export promotion one-stop shop at the Trade Information Center; and (3) ensure that Federal offices, including those of the Foreign Commercial Service, which function as one-stop shops for U.S. exporters, also function as environmental technology export promotion one-stop shops. Directs the President to establish an Environmental Trade Promotion Council to develop a national strategy and implementation plan to increase exports of environmental technology, goods, and services (especially in source reduction and energy efficiency). Prescribes guidelines for the establishment of Regional Environmental Business and Technology Cooperation Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to the Centers. Amends the Peace Corps Act to establish the Senior Environmental Service Corps to provide to requesting countries volunteers skilled in environmental management and technology (especially source reduction and energy efficiency), sustainable development, and coastal zone management. Authorizes the Secretary to establish American Business Centers, including Environmental Business Centers, in countries that offer new market possibilities for the export of U.S. environmental technology, goods, and services (especially in source reduction and energy efficiency). Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to extend until December 31, 1994, the deadline for the State of Pennsylvania to submit certain provisions of a Clean Air Act implementation plan applicable to the Liberty Borough PM-10 Nonattainment Area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

Extends the deadline for implementation plan submissions for particulate matter-10 (PM-10) under the Clean Air Act until December 31, 1994, with respect to the Liberty Borough Nonattainment Area in western Pennsylvania.

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorizations Title II: Personnel Management Improvement Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Service Management Title IV: Engineering and Development Amendments Title V: Educational Research Title VI: Passenger Vessel Safety Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and the average military training student loads. Title II: Personnel Management Improvement - (Sec. 201) Eliminates the ceiling on the number of active duty commissioned officers in the Coast Guard. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard to rank next after area commanders and have the rank of vice admiral. Removes a requirement that the rear admiral serving as Chief of Staff be the senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay. (Sec. 203) Requires that officers serving in the grade of admiral and Rear admiral (including the Commandant, Vice Commandant, and Area Commanders) continue to hold that grade while being processed for physical disability retirement and while awaiting retirement. Replaces, in retirement provisions, references to the Commanders of the Atlantic and Pacific Areas with references to vice admirals. Removes references to the Chief of Staff from provisions relating to continuation on active duty and involuntary retirement of rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half). (Sec. 204) Authorizes the acceptance of voluntary services for the maintenance and improvement of natural and historic resources, or to benefit natural and historic research, on Coast Guard facilities. (Sec. 205) Authorizes convening a retention board concerning Reserve officers who have 18 years or more of service. Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Service Management - (Sec. 301) Repeals provisions of the Act of June 25, 1936, requiring: (1) public notice of North Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel routes, adherence to the routes, and avoidance of fishing and ice regions; and (2) publication in the Federal Register of rules and regulations promulgated under provisions relating to ice and derelicts. (Sec. 302) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit inclusion of amounts previously appropriated from the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund to carry out provisions of Federal law relating to allocations for State recreational boating safety programs, but not distributed, when calculating whether the Boat Safety Account exceeds certain IRC limits. (Sec. 303) Amends Federal law to declare that a seagoing barge is not subject to inspection under specified provisions if the barge is unmanned and does not carry oil in bulk or a reportable or harmful quantity of a hazardous material. Title IV: Engineering and Development Amendments - (Sec. 401) Authorizes: (1) acquisition of real property for use as Coast Guard family housing units and disposal of any such property; and (2) improvement of buildings at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (Sec. 402) Grants the Secretary long-term lease authority for aids-to-navigation sites, vessel traffic service sensor sites, or National Distress System high level antenna sites. Title V: Educational Research - (Sec. 501) Authorizes the Coast Guard to compete for and accept Federal, State, or other educational research grants, provided that no award is accepted for the acquisition or construction of facilities, or for the routine functions of the Academy. Title VI: Passenger Vessel Safety - (Sec. 601) Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993 - Amends Federal shipping law relating to vessels and seamen to: (1) modify the definitions of "passenger," "passenger vessel," "small passenger vessel," "uninspected passenger vessel," "offshore supply vessel," and "sailing school vessel"; and (2) define "passenger for hire," "consideration," and "submersible vessel." (Sec. 611) Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to exempt excursion vessels and oceanographic research vessels from requirements of provisions relating to inspection and regulation of vessels, load lines of vessels, manning of vessels, and merchant seamen protection and relief. (Sec. 612) Directs the Secretary to require additional equipment or establish construction standards or additional operating standards for uninspected passenger vessels.

Lechuguilla Cave Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Lechuguilla Cave Protection Act of 1993 - Withdraws the Lechuguilla Cave Protection Area, New Mexico, from all forms of appropriation or disposal under the public land, mining, and material disposal laws and from operation of mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permitting any new drilling within the Protection Area until the earlier of the effective date of a record of decision regarding the proposal to drill analyzed in the Dark Canyon Environmental Impact Statement or 12 months after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to suspend other activities under mineral or geothermal leases to prevent an adverse impact on significant cave resources of Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Protection Area. Requires the Secretary to seek the agreement of the holder of a mineral or geothermal lease for termination of such lease or for restrictions on activities on covered lands to protect significant cave resources and, if an agreement is not reached, to take appropriate protective steps. Directs the Secretary to take additional steps to protect significant cave resources of Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Protection Area, such as limiting or prohibiting access to or across Federal lands or prohibiting removal of any mineral, geological, or cave resources except for scientific purposes. Requires the Secretary to inform specified congressional committees of the need of additional protection authority.

State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Reauthorization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the term of loans made from State water pollution control revolving funds to up to 30 years or the life of the project, whichever is greater (currently, not to exceed 20 years). Permits the extension of existing loan terms by agreement of the loan parties. Authorizes revolving funds to be used to make grants to municipal and intermunicipal agencies, subject to consideration of specified factors. Revises State allotment provisions, requiring the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an allotment formula that considers: (1) the needs of each State for assistance; (2) the projected percentage increases in residential and commercial sewer and water bills in the State; and (3) the extent to which local economies can contribute financially to water pollution control projects. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the revolving fund program through FY 2000.

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt pesticide rinse water degradation systems from subtitle C permit requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt owners or operators of pesticide rinse water degradation systems from obtaining a permit for the treatment or disposal of pesticide rinse water if the system: (1) uses evaporation and biological degradation to treat or dispose of such water; (2) contains an above-ground tank or double-walled tank that can be inspected for leaks; (3) includes a secondary containment system capable of collecting and containing any leaks from the tank; (4) does not discharge fluid; (5) is protected from rainfall; and (6) when it is dismantled or any matrix or media used in the tank is replaced, if the matrix or media contains any hazardous waste, the matrix or media is treated, stored, or disposed of in accordance with hazardous waste management requirements. Applies this Act to systems in operation as of January 1, 1987.

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government to use recycled paper.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require all Federal agencies to use printing and writing paper containing at least ten percent postconsumer material. Authorizes Federal agencies that are in compliance with such requirement to use any monies received from the sale of materials collected for recycling for activities within their legal authority.

San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Restoration Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Restoration Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Executive Council of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Restoration Program to oversee the implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Requires the Council to establish an Office of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Restoration Program and an Implementation Committee. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to eligible recipients for: (1) projects and studies to help in implementation of the Comprehensive Plan; and (2) the acquisition of remnant habitats, restoration of degraded wetlands and uplands, and the reuse of dredged material. Authorizes appropriations.

6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the steps, if any, which are being taken to ensure that the environment, and the tourist product itself, can sustain the increasing number of visitors to specific areas such as the Aran Islands, Connemara and the Ring of Kerry.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 1993

6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the steps, if any, which are being taken to ensure that the environment, and the tourist product itself, can sustain the increasing number of visitors to specific areas such as the Aran Islands, Connemara and the Ring of Kerry.

Comprehensive Recycling Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993

Comprehensive Recycling Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance and guidance to States on recycling methods and opportunities. Directs States to develop and implement comprehensive multimaterial recycling programs. Requires such programs to be designed to provide at least 20 percent of a State's population with an opportunity to participate in such programs within two years of this Act's enactment. Provides that such programs must be available to an additional 20 percent of a State's population every two years, until the entire population is provided with such opportunity. Requires States to include recycling programs in the solid waste plan required by the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Makes States with approved plans eligible for Federal grants for recycling programs. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator to make grants to States for implementing recycling programs.

Executive Composting Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993

Executive Composting Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Governor of each State should consider: (1) carrying out on-site composting of organic materials generated at their residences and grounds; and (2) distributing the resulting compost to visitors and local residents for use in gardens and for other appropriate purposes.

To extend until December 31, 1994, the date required for the State of Pennsylvania to submit certain provisions of a Clean Air Act implementation plan applicable to the Liberty Borough PM-10 Nonattainment Area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993

Extends the deadline for implementation plan submissions for particulate matter-10 (PM-10) under the Clean Air Act until December 31, 1994, with respect to the Liberty Borough Nonattainment Area in western Pennsylvania.

Local Innovation and Coastal Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993

Local Innovation and Coastal Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants ($500,000 maximum with matching fund requirements) from the Coastal Erosion Control Fund (established by this Act) to States and qualifying communities for an erosion mitigation demonstration program. Gives grant priority to projects that: (1) have multiple location applicability; (2) broaden existing erosion control techniques; or (3) rely on natural designs rather than structural alterations. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Erosion Control Fund. Requires the Director to: (1) assess an annual five-dollar flood insurance premium mitigation surcharge to be paid into such Fund, unless the Fund's balance exceeds $15 million; (2) evaluate and publish a list of the most effective erosion mitigation measures; and (3) provide flood insurance rate incentives for erosion mitigation efforts.

Polluter Pays Clean Water Funding Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds Title II: Excise Taxes on Substances Contributing to Water Pollution, Etc. Polluter Pays Clean Water Funding Act - Title I: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add to the list of projects eligible for State water pollution control revolving fund assistance: (1) watershed planning and management; (2) public water conservation and reuse; and (3) low-income water and sewer assurance programs. Establishes conditions on a State's authority to make grants from such funds. Makes eligible for grant assistance projects: (1) to be carried out in political subdivisions with 5,000 people or fewer or in communities where water and sewer bills exceed a specified percentage of median family income; (2) to control nonpoint source pollution; and (3) to establish a low-income water and sewer assurance program. Revises allotment provisions concerning State revolving funds to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish an allotment formula based on State populations. Directs the Administrator to establish minimum standards for low-income water and sewer assurance programs eligible for assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Excise Taxes on Substances Contributing to Water Pollution, Etc. - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the discharge of any taxable chemical pollutant to water or any publicly owned treatment works. Exempts from such tax discharges of chemical pollutants used exclusively for any residential or farming use or any use by any Federal, State, or local agency. Imposes a tax on any fertilizer, pesticide, or animal feed which is: (1) manufactured or produced in the United States or entered into the United States for consumption use or warehousing; and (2) sold or used by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. Exempts articles which are to be exported or sold for export from such tax. Imposes a tax of 1.95 cents on each thousand gallons of water sold for use or used by the ultimate consumer in a taxable use. Makes persons using the water liable for the tax. Establishes the Clean Water Trust Fund to make expenditures to carry out State water pollution control revolving fund activities.

Many Neighbors, One Earth Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1993

Many Neighbors, One Earth Resolution - Urges the President to develop and implement a coordinated economic and development policy and program of action designed to promote broadbased, sustainable development. Specifies that such policy and program should have as principal objectives: (1) expanding economic opportunities; (2) meeting basic human needs; (3) promoting environmental protection and sustainable use of natural resources; and (4) promoting pluralism, democratic participation, and human rights. Specifies that such policy and program should involve all relevant international activities of the U.S. Government. Urges specific actions that the President should take, including: (1) working with the Congress to enact legislation providing for a post-Cold War foreign assistance program that would have as its primary purpose the promotion of sustainable development; (2) ensuring that development cooperation programs, conform to such objectives in ways that invigorate local community-based development through taking into account relevant local perspectives of its beneficiaries during the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation process for project and program assistance; (3) providing government-to-government assistance only to countries that exhibit a commitment to development that promotes such objectives, with priority to countries with the highest incidence of hunger and poverty; and (4) encouraging and supporting the efforts of countries to reduce their levels of military spending when such spending is disproportionate to security needs and spending on health, education, and environmental protection.

Voluntary Environmental Cleanup Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1993

Voluntary Environmental Cleanup Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to: (1) States that establish voluntary environmental cleanup programs meeting specified requirements; and (2) local governments to conduct site characterizations for affected sites at which voluntary cleanups are being conducted or are proposed under State voluntary cleanup programs. Directs the Administrator to provide loans for the cleanup of affected sites to owners or prospective purchasers of affected sites at which voluntary cleanups are being conducted or are proposed. Sets forth loan application and approval procedures, as well as maximum loan amounts and loan agreement requirements. Grants the United States a lien on contaminated property subject to a loan until the loan agreement has been satisfied. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount of grants or loans that may be used for administrative costs.

Second Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Supplemental Appropriations Title II: Rescissions Title III: General Provisions Second Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 - Title I: Supplemental Appropriations - Makes supplemental appropriations available to: (1) the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency for construction grants; (3) the Farmers Home Administration of the Department of Agriculture; (4) the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice; (5) the Federal Railroad Administration of the Department of Transportation; and (6) the Small Business Administration through a fund transfer. Title II: Rescissions - Rescinds specified appropriations made to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Farmers Home Administration; (2) the Department of Commerce for the Economic Development Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) the Department of Justice for Office of Justice Programs and the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission; (4) the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (5) the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration and departmental management; (6) the Department of Education for certain programs; (7) the Department of Transportation for the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (8) the Department of the Treasury for the U.S. Customs Administration, the Bureau of the Public Debt, and the Internal Revenue Service; (9) the General Services Administration for the Federal Buildings Fund; (10) the Department of Veterans Affairs for departmental administration; (11) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for certain housing programs; (12) the Environmental Protection Agency for the Hazardous Substance Superfund; and (13) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development. Title III: General Provisions - Prohibits appropriations in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Restricts the availability of funds for the Community Investment Program until September 30, 1993. Prohibits the use of any funds to pay for the relocation of the Human Nutrition Information Service.

Biological Survey Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1993

Biological Survey Act of 1993 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to survey the Nation's biological resources.

Schwierigkeiten bei der Umsetzung des § 249h AFG auf Länderebene; Anzahl der in Ostdeutschland beantragten Stellen, insbesondere für die Bereiche Umwelt, Chemie, Soziales und Jugend (G-SIG: 12054735)

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 May 1993

Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue water quality criteria for pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Requires States to adopt consistent water quality standards. Requires the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters, during periods of use by the public, for compliance with standards. Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable materials constitutes a threat to public health and safety. Requires an ongoing study and report to the Congress on developing better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to fulfill requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Polluter Pays Clean Water Funding Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds Title II: Excise Taxes on Substances Contributing to Water Pollution, Etc. Polluter Pays Clean Water Funding Act - Title I: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add to the list of projects eligible for State water pollution control revolving fund assistance: (1) coastal nonpoint pollution control programs; (2) wetlands protection, remediation, and restoration; (3) watershed planning and management; (4) public water conservation and reuse; and (5) low-income water and sewer assurance programs. Establishes conditions on a State's authority to make grants from such funds. Makes eligible for grant assistance projects: (1) to be carried out in political subdivisions with 5,000 people or fewer or in communities where water and sewer bills exceed a specified percent of median family income; (2) for control of nonpoint source pollution; and (3) to establish a low-income water and sewer assurance program. Revises allotment provisions concerning State revolving funds to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish an allotment formula based on State populations. Directs the Administrator to establish minimum standards for low-income water and sewer assurance programs eligible for assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Excise Taxes on Substances Contributing to Water Pollution, Etc. - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the discharge of any taxable chemical pollutant to water or any publicly owned treatment works. Exempts from such tax discharges of chemical pollutants used exclusively for any residential or farming use or any use by any Federal, State, or local agency. Imposes a tax on any fertilizer, pesticide, or animal feed which is: (1) manufactured or produced in the United States or entered into the United States for consumption use or warehousing; and (2) sold or used by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. Exempts articles which are to be exported or sold for export from such tax. Imposes a tax of 1.95 cents on each thousand gallons of water sold for use or used by the ultimate consumer in a taxable use. Makes persons using the water liable for the tax. Establishes the Clean Water Trust Fund to make expenditures to carry out State water pollution control revolving fund activities.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization of Appropriations Title II: Advanced Space Technology Program Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Space Activities Title IV: Aeronautics Research and Technology National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Subtitle A: Authorizations - Places an aggregate limit on FY 1994 authorization of appropriations under this subtitle, except for Space Station Freedom (appropriations authorized through FY 2000). Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) to provide the Congress with a job loss transition plan as it restructures space station management. (Sec. 101 through 105) Authorizes NASA appropriations for: (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control, and data communications; (3) construction of facilities research and program management; and (4) the Inspector General. Subtitle B: Limitations and Special Authority - Sets forth funds uses, limitations, and special authorities, including: (1) expenditure prerequisites with respect to management transfer of the External Tank Program from the Marshall Space Flight Center; (2) authorizations available for disaster relief; and (3) a facility plan and analysis for NASA facilities in Yellow Creek, Mississippi. Title II: Advanced Space Technology Program - Directs the Administrator of NASA to establish an advanced space technology investment program to: (1) advance U.S. industrial competitiveness; (2) encourage industry-led consortia to develop critical technologies; and (3) encourage industrial participation from entities not part of the traditional Federal contracting base. (Sec. 206) Directs the Administrator to coordinate a technology procurement initiative. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Space Activities - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to authorize FY 1994 appropriations to carry out such Act. (Sec. 303) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make space transportation infrastructure matching grants. Authorizes FY 1995 appropriations. (Sec. 304) States that the Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce shall be responsible for the development and coordination of all commercial space policy recommendations and activities, except for functions and activities statutorily authorized to other agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the Office. (Sec. 305) Provides for domestic procurement by NASA. (Sec. 306) Requires independent cost analysis of specified NASA projects. (Sec. 307) Amends the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to require NASA to develop a Global Change Data and Information System to process, archive, and distribute data generated by the Global Change Research Program. (Sec. 308) Directs the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences to develop an access plan for data from classified archives and systems for global change research. (Sec. 309) Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a plan for control of orbital debris. (Sec. 310) Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to state that NASA activities should include support of private sector space technologies development. (Sec. 311 and 312) Directs NASA to study: (1) the differences between U.S. and foreign expendable space launch systems; and (2) the feasibility and potential implementation of a University Innovative Research Program. (Sec. 314) Requires NASA cost-type research and development contracts to incorporate contractor performance provisions. (Sec. 315) Authorizes NASA to accept certain land conveyances from the cities of Cleveland and Brook Park, Ohio, in order to establish a Visitor Center for the Lewis Research Center. (Sec. 316) Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology an expedited technology procurement demonstration program. Obligates specified funds for the program, which shall terminate ten years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator to: (1) provide farmers and other interested parties with agricultural information available through remote sensing; (2) evaluate the need for, and develop a proposal as necessary for, a radar imaging platform that could enhance agricultural resource remote sensing capability; and (3) develop a proposal to inform farmers and other users about remote sensing data. Terminates such provisions five years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 318) Directs NASA to establish new programs or functions in depressed communities. (Sec. 319) Prohibits NASA contracts with a foreign company unless such company's country offers comparable opportunities to U.S. companies, or unless comparable U.S. products or services are not reasonably available. (Sec. 320) Authorizes NASA to purchase helium from private sector sources. (Sec. 321) Requires NASA to comply with specified diversity procurement factors. Title IV: Aeronautics Research and Technology - Requires independent reviews of NASA aeronautics programs of: (1) research and development; and (2) private sector technology transfer. (Sec. 405) Directs the Administrator to study and report on Federal-private cost sharing provisions concerning wind tunnels and? related test facilities. (Sec. 406) Requires NASA and other appropriate Federal agencies to establish a joint aeronautical research and development program. (Sec. 407) Directs the Administrator to conduct an assessment of the hypersonic research plane.

Office of National Environmental Technologies Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

Office of National Environmental Technologies Act - Establishes the Office of National Environmental Technologies within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) coordinate Federal environmental restoration and protection planning; (2) identify areas that need technical solutions to maintain environmental security, are not receiving product-oriented research necessary to meet those needs, and exhibit the greatest promise for the development of solutions; (3) support the development of technology having future application in environmental restoration and protection; (4) coordinate the exchange of technological information relating to environmental restoration and protection between Federal agencies and the private sector; (5) support continuing research and development of advanced technologies; (6) monitor research and development being conducted on advanced technologies by private industry; and (7) promote continuing development of a technological industrial base in the United States. Permits the EPA Administrator to transfer to the domestic private sector technology developed with the support of the Office if the technology may have potential application in private activities relating to environmental restoration and protection. Provides for dissemination of the results of Office research. Directs the Administrator, in determining whether to make an award to a joint venture, to consider whether the joint venture has provided for appropriate participation of U.S. small businesses. Sets forth confidentiality provisions concerning trade secrets and intellectual property. Entitles the United States to a share of licensing fees and royalty payments made to a joint venture in an amount proportionate to the Federal share of costs incurred. Provides for the return of unspent Federal funds to the Office if it appears that the recipient is not making satisfactory progress toward successful completion of the project. Entitles the United States, upon dissolution of a joint venture that receives funding under this Act, to a share of the residual assets proportionate to the Federal share of costs. Establishes the Environmental Advanced Research Projects Revolving Fund to provide financial assistance to entities that serve long-term environmental security needs. Authorizes appropriations.

Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to: (1) wildlife management effects evaluation; (2) fish and wildlife conservation and management projects; (3) sport hunting; (4) foreign laws; and (5) subspecies and population criteria. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified funding augmentation study.

To amend subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish safety zones around Federal prisons in which certain facilities may not be permitted.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the issuance of a permit for the operation of any new off site hazardous waste incinerator or other hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility if: (1) the facility is located within a two-mile radius of the boundary of a Federal prison; and (2) an accident at such a facility could require evacuation of prisoners or nearby residents.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide medium-sized cities two additional years for submitting applications for stormwater permits and to extend the date for issuance of stormwater permits to medium-sized cities correspondingly.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend: (1) to May 17, 1995, the deadline by which permit applications for discharges from municipal storm sewers serving populations of between 100,000 and 250,000 must be filed; and (2) to May 17, 1996, the deadline by which such permits shall be issued or denied by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or a State.

85 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment if it is intended to provide for Seanad representation for Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

85 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment if it is intended to provide for Seanad representation for Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment if he will introduce a constitutional amendment to permit representation of our emigrants in Seanad Éireann.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment if he will introduce a constitutional amendment to permit representation of our emigrants in Seanad Éireann.

82 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

82 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

78 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment if the High Court judgment on clenbuterol use at the end of March 1993, will delay the implementation of other EC Directives, particularly the Directive on the Freedom of Access to environmental information which was due to be ratified over four months ago.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

78 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment if the High Court judgment on clenbuterol use at the end of March 1993, will delay the implementation of other EC Directives, particularly the Directive on the Freedom of Access to environmental information which was due to be ratified over four months ago.

77 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which his Department intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar cultural area.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

77 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which his Department intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar cultural area.

55 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

55 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

51 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment if the Government intends to introduce legislation granting a vote to our emigrants in Dáil elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

51 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment if the Government intends to introduce legislation granting a vote to our emigrants in Dáil elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

42 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

42 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

39 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

39 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

22 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether a national toxic waste incinerator is necessary given that 60 per cent of the feed stock, organo-halogens will be phased out by the year 2000.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

22 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether a national toxic waste incinerator is necessary given that 60 per cent of the feed stock, organo-halogens will be phased out by the year 2000.

14 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment if, in the light of his interview with The Irish Times of 11 May 1993, a specific site has been selected for the proposed toxic waste incinerator; the steps, if any, that are being taken to assess the potential safety risks arising from such an incinerator; if he has any plans to promote the phasing out of processing which results in toxic waste in order to reduce the need for such an incinerator; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

14 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment if, in the light of his interview with The Irish Times of 11 May 1993, a specific site has been selected for the proposed toxic waste incinerator; the steps, if any, that are being taken to assess the potential safety risks arising from such an incinerator; if he has any plans to promote the phasing out of processing which results in toxic waste in order to reduce the need for such an incinerator; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

85 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment if it is intended to provide for Seanad representation for Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

85 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for the Environment if it is intended to provide for Seanad representation for Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment if he will introduce a constitutional amendment to permit representation of our emigrants in Seanad Éireann.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment if he will introduce a constitutional amendment to permit representation of our emigrants in Seanad Éireann.

51 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment if the Government intends to introduce legislation granting a vote to our emigrants in Dáil elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

51 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment if the Government intends to introduce legislation granting a vote to our emigrants in Dáil elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

12 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment if, in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for a Partnership Government 1993-1997, he will give details of the form the proposed examination of voting rights for emigrants will take; if any deadline has been set for the conclusion of this examination; if he intends to publish the discussion paper on this issue which was prepared for the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

12 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment if, in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for a Partnership Government 1993-1997, he will give details of the form the proposed examination of voting rights for emigrants will take; if any deadline has been set for the conclusion of this examination; if he intends to publish the discussion paper on this issue which was prepared for the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

77 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which his Department intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar cultural area.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

77 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which his Department intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar cultural area.

9 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which he intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar area.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

9 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment the way in which he intends to finance the development of the Temple Bar area.

82 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

82 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

55 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

55 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

42 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

42 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

39 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

39 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

13 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 1993

13 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take on the conclusions of the Green 2000 Advisory Group report about the pollution of groundwater supplies, with particular reference to pollution from septic tank systems and landfill sites.