Environment

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

67 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the Government plans to increase the supply of sheltered or supported accommodation for older people. [19661/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

67 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the Government plans to increase the supply of sheltered or supported accommodation for older people. [19661/01]

66 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the reason he has not implemented the recommendations of the commission on the private rented sector; the progress which has been made on the legislation recommended in the commission report; when he intends to establish the private rented tenancies board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

66 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the reason he has not implemented the recommendations of the commission on the private rented sector; the progress which has been made on the legislation recommended in the commission report; when he intends to establish the private rented tenancies board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/01]

65 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his plans to ensure a modern, safe and efficient taxi service. [19660/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

65 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his plans to ensure a modern, safe and efficient taxi service. [19660/01]

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

63 Ms Clune asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will report on the progress made on infrastructural projects in the national development plan under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

63 Ms Clune asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will report on the progress made on infrastructural projects in the national development plan under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/01]

Environment and development: production, marketing and consumption of more ecological products

European Union · European Parliament · 2 July 2001

Human health, environment, sustainable development: chemicals policy

European Union · European Parliament · 2 July 2001

Environment: promotion of NGOs primarily active in the field of environmental protection

European Union · European Parliament · 2 July 2001

Einhaltung von EU-Standards bezüglich Verbraucher-, Tier- und Umweltschutz nach dem Beitritt von Polen, Tschechien und Ungarn (G-SIG: 14043389)

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 June 2001

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association in exchange for such Association: (1) constructing, operating, and maintaining a regional lighthouse visitors center complex on Federal lands at Rathbun Lake; (2) paying all operation and maintenance costs allocated to the water supply storage space; and (3) using any complex revenues in excess of amounts required to operate and maintain or improve the complex to improve the quality of the environment in the Rathbun Lake watershed.

Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 2001 - Requires fossil fuel-fired generating units that commence operation before ten years after this Act's enactment to achieve and maintain a specified combustion heat rate efficiency. Authorizes waivers for units that commence operation more than ten years after enactment. Requires units, not later than ten years after enactment, to operate in compliance with new source review requirements under the Clean Air Act. Establishes specified emission limitations for mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides from units based on the respective efficiency standards. Requires units to obtain permits under such Act that require compliance with such standards and limitations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate: (1) fuel sampling and emission monitoring techniques for use in calculating mercury emission reductions; and (2) regulations concerning disclosure to consumers of unit emissions levels and the transfer of captured or recovered mercury. Qualifies certain solar or geothermal power facilities for the renewable energy tax credit and extends the date by which eligible facilities must have been placed in service. Imposes an excise tax on covered fossil fuel-fired generating units based upon megawatt hour generation to fund the Clean Air Trust Fund established by this Act. Provides for: (1) accelerated depreciation and cost recovery for certain investor-owned units; and (2) annual grants for capital expenditures for new publicly owned units in amounts equal to the depreciation deduction that would be realized by similarly situated investor-owned units. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to crediting permanent reductions in carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions to the utility sector and owners or operators in any climate change implementation program enacted by Congress and passing on accrued value to utility customers. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) fund programs and partnerships to demonstrate the commercial viability and environmental benefits of power generation from biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind technologies and from fuel cells; and (2) establish a program to demonstrate the benefits of power generation from clean coal, advanced gas turbine, and combined heat and power technologies. Provides assistance for coal industry and community transition, carbon sequestration activities, and atmospheric monitoring programs.

Endangered Species Consolidation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Endangered Species Consolidation Act of 2001 - Transfers all functions with respect to anadromous species and catadromous species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 that were vested in the Secretary of Commerce or the National Marine Fisheries Service immediately before the enactment of this Act to the Secretary of the Interior.

To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the real property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

California Water Quality and Reliability Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

California Water Quality and Reliability Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend through FY 2006 the authorization of appropriations for the Bay-Delta Program (a California water resources program). Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Program's governance and administration. Directs the Secretary to carry out a California Water Supply Program, authorizing the Secretary to carry out certain surface water storage feasibility and environmental studies. Amends the Reclamation Waterwater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary to participate or provide assistance for: (1) the Castaic Lake Water Agency Reclaimed Water Project; (2) the Clear Lake Basin Water Reuse Project; (3) certain San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program projects; (4) the Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Project; (5) San Pablo Baylands Water Reuse Projects; (6) certain California Water Recycling Program projects; (7) a Elsinore Valley water recycling project; (8) the Lower Chino Dairy Area Desalination and Reclamation Project; (9) the Orange County-Huntington Beach Desalination Demonstration Project; and (10) the Carlsbad Desalination Demonstration Project. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out certain research concerning water reuse in cooperation with the Water Reuse Foundation; (2) participate in components of the West Basin Comprehensive Desalination Demonstration Program in Los Angeles County and City of Los Angeles Water Recycling Program; and (3) undertake groundwater banking demonstration projects within the Santa Ana River Watershed, California. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a formal environmental restoration program under the Bay-Delta Program, requiring certain performance objectives for fish and wildlife in and around the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers; and (2) manage the timing and quantities of water exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Research and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) perform an assessment that establishes cost and performance goals with respect to technologies that would permit the continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, as chemical feedstocks, and as transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and 2020; (2) biennially transmit to Congress the results of a study to identify technologies capable of achieving specified cost and performance goals; and (3) carry out under specified Federal law a program of research on and development, demonstration, and commercial application of coal-based technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish a clean coal power commercial applications initiative to demonstrate commercial applications of advanced coal-based technologies for new or existing power plants, including coproduction plants. Provides for financial assistance to initiative projects.

Working Lands Stewardship Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Working Lands Stewardship Act of 2001 - Amends specified agricultural Acts to: (1) revise and increase funding for the farmland protection program; (2) provide market development grants and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers who forgo development of certain lands; (3) expand State marketing programs, including set-asides for development of local and regional markets and research; (4) increase funding for farmer-to-consumer marketing assistance; (5) provide for a program to promote the purchase of locally grown produce; (6) increase funding for programs for socially disadvantaged farmers; (7) extend and increase funding for the environmental quality incentives program, including set-asides for livestock, pesticide reduction, and water conservation; (8) provide watershed quality incentive contracts; (9) provide loans for manure reuse activities and facilities; (10) extend and increase funding for the wildlife habitat incentives program, including set-asides for imperiled native species, and acquisition of easements and water rights; (11) extend and increase acreage for the wetlands reserve program; (12) establish a wetlands reserve enhancement program; (13) extend and increase funding for the conservation reserve program, including an acreage set-aside for environmentally-sensitive lands and buffer strips, and enrollment of grasslands and rangelands; (14) authorize incentive payments for private grazing land conservation; (15) establish a grassland reserve program; (16) expand the National Organic Program to include organic farming transition assistance; (17) establish an organic certification reimbursement program; (18) extend and increase funding for the forest stewardship program, including set-asides for new land management practices, and watershed forestry initiative activities; (19) authorize appropriations for urban and community forestry activities; (20) provide funding for specified conservation technical assistance and administration and outreach, including establishment of training centers in specified cities; and (21) establish a demonstration program to promote ecosystem- and watershed-based conservation.

Bioenergy Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Bioenergy Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to conduct environmental research and development, scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology programs, projects, and activities related to bioenergy, including biopower energy systems, biofuels energy systems, and integrated bioenergy research and development (including biofuels). Authorizes appropriations for biopower energy systems, biofuels energy systems, and integrated bioenergy research and development. Mandates specified cost-sharing commitments from non-Federal sources.

Aircraft Noise Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Aircraft Noise Compensation Act - Amends Federal aviation law to require each air carrier providing scheduled air transportation to or from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to contribute funds to non-profit organizations in communities impacted by noise from LAX Airport. Makes eligible for such contributions any non-profit organizations that provide educational services, health care services, environmental services, speech and hearing services, and services to persons with disabilities in communities impacted by noise from LAX Airport.

LAX Noise Community Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

LAX Noise Community Accountability Act - Amends Federal aviation law to require the operator of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to mail each fiscal year a noise mitigation report to each household located in the ten-mile radius of the airport and any additional area covered under any noise compatibility program developed for the airport. Sets forth a civil penalty against the operator of LAX Airport for failure to comply with the requirements of this Act. Makes amounts collected from such penalties available to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for making grants to non-profit organizations to provide educational services, health care services, environmental services, speech and hearing services, and services to persons with disabilities in communities impacted by noise from LAX Airport.

To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association in exchange for such Association: (1) constructing, operating, and maintaining a regional lighthouse visitors center complex on Federal lands at Rathbun Lake; (2) paying all operation and maintenance costs allocated to the water supply storage space; and (3) using any complex revenues in excess of amounts required to operate and maintain or improve the complex to improve the quality of the environment in the Rathbun Lake watershed.

keine Genehmigung von generellen Grenzblockaden im Mühlviertel seit Jahresbeginn

Austria · National Council · 27 June 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend keine Genehmigung von generellen Grenzblockaden im Mühlviertel seit Jahresbeginn

proposition de loi relative au financement des services d'incendie et de secours

France · Senate · 27 June 2001

projet de loi portant réforme de la politique de l'eau

France · Senate · 27 June 2001

A bill to authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to treat the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in the same manner as a State under the Clean Air Act for air program applications that the Tribe submits to the EPA to implement the Intergovernmental Agreement entered into by the Tribe and the State of Colorado providing for the regulation of air quality within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Permits, in the event any person fails to comply with a final civil order of the Tribe or the Southern Ute Indian Tribe/State of Colorado Environmental Commission made pursuant to an air quality program established under such Agreement, the Tribe or the Commission to file a petition for declaratory or injunctive relief or for other orders in aid of enforcement. Provides for judicial review of a final action of the Commission.

Army Corps of Engineers Reform and Community Relations Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Army Corps of Engineers Reform and Community Relations Improvement Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to transmit to Congress: (1) a list of Federal lands that no longer serve a resource project purpose or compelling program or project need; and (2) a plan regarding project cost-sharing at water resource projects that are leased by non-Federal interests. Requires: (1) public hearings before the commencement of any work at a Federal water resource project; and (2) independent review of any projects that have an estimated total cost of more than $25 million, are determined likely to have significant adverse impacts on fish or wildlife, or are controversial. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure the public availability of all information and data related to the analysis of a water resource project by the Army Corps of Engineers (with an exception for trade secrets); and (2) transmit to Congress a list of all water resource projects in the construction backlog, requiring specified information for each project type. Requires: (1) negative benefits (including net adverse impacts to flood control, navigation, recreation, water supply, irrigation, and hydropower) to be included when evaluating a civil works project's national economic development benefits; (2) efficient project management and operation practices; (3) limiting projects only to those that primarily benefit flood damage reduction, navigation, or environmental restoration; and (4) realistic project construction scheduling. Requires the Secretary to revise principles and guidelines relating to regional impacts of port and harbor projects. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to reduce project construction backlogs through certain project deauthorizations.

Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment

European Union · EUR-Lex · 27 June 2001

Novellierung des Wasserrechtsgesetzes

Austria · National Council · 26 June 2001

Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Antrag 389/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Novellierung des Wasserrechtsgesetzes

Zustand der Wasserversorgung bäuerlicher Betriebe in Österreich

Austria · National Council · 26 June 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Zustand der Wasserversorgung bäuerlicher Betriebe in Österreich

Euro-Umstellungsgesetz Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft - EUG-LFUW

Austria · National Council · 26 June 2001

Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über die Regierungsvorlage (592 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Marktordnungsgesetz 1985, das AMA-Gesetz 1992, das Lebensmittelbewirtschaftungsgesetz 1997, das Pflanzenschutzgesetz 1995, das Pflanzgutgesetz 1997, das Pflanzenschutzmittelgesetz 1997, das Rebenverkehrsgesetz 1996, das Futtermittelgesetz 1999, das Düngemittelgesetz 1994, das Saatgutgesetz 1997, das Sortenschutzgesetz, das Forstgesetz 1975, das Forstliche Vermehrungsgutgesetz, das Weingesetz 1999, das Qualitätsklassengesetz, das Wasserrechtsgesetz 1959, das Wasserbautenförderungsgesetz 1985, das Chemikaliengesetz 1996, das Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsgesetz 2000, das Gesetz über ein Verbot des Verbrennens biogener Materialien außerhalb von Anlagen, das Ozongesetz, das Umweltkontrollgesetz, das Umweltinformationsgesetz, das Umweltgutachter- und Standorteverzeichnisgesetz, das Artenhandelsgesetz, das Umweltförderungsgesetz und das Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz geändert werden (Euro-Umstellungsgesetz Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft - EUG-LFUW)

Trade Promotion Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

Trade Promotion Act of 2001 - Sets forth the principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA) negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers, trade in services, agriculture, foreign investment, intellectual property, electronic commerce and information technologies, worker rights, the environment, trade agreement enforcement, dispute settlement, unfair trade practices, improvement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other multilateral trade agreements, transparency, and regulatory competition. Urges the President to ensure that trade agreements complement and reinforce specified other policy goals. Sets forth the authority of the President (generally similar to the authority under (OTCA)) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers. States that a trade agreement may be entered into (before December 31, 2005; or December 31, 2007, if trade negotiating authority is extended by Congress; or December 31, 2009, if a second extension is approved) only if it makes progress in meeting the principal trade negotiating objectives, and the President satisfies certain congressional notification and consultation requirements set forth in this Act. Applies trade agreement approval procedures (fast-track procedures) to bills implementing trade agreements only if they consist of provisions: (1) approving a trade agreement entered into under this Act and the statement of proposed implementing administrative action; (2) necessary to implement such agreement; (3) necessary for compliance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (4) relating to certain points of order in the Senate. Prohibits implementing bills from containing any provision that changes the health, safety, labor, environmental, or essential security laws or standards of the United States. Authorizes both Houses of Congress to adopt, within 60 days of each other, a procedural disapproval resolution denying trade agreement approval procedures to any trade agreement if the President has failed or refused to notify or consult with Congress about it. Exempts from the notice and consultation requirements of this Act any tariff or non-tariff agreement (including the application of trade agreement approval procedures to such agreement) which results from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act: (1) under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding trade in information technology products; (2) pursuant to a Uruguay Round Agreement; (3) with Chile, Singapore, Australia, or New Zealand; or (4) to achieve a free trade area of the Americas.

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for: (1) civil functions relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion; (2) river and harbor, flood control, shore protection; (3) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (4) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; and (5) formerly utilized sites remedial action program. Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for water and related resources; (3) the Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; and (4) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration and its Office of the Inspector General; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (9) naval reactors activities; (10) Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense facilities closure projects; (13) defense environmental management privatization; (14) defense nuclear waste disposal; (15) geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams); and (16) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Places restrictions upon specified fund uses. Makes FY 2002 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of the Inspector General; and (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) perform an assessment that establishes cost and performance goals with respect to technologies that would permit the continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, chemical feedstocks, and transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and 2020; (2) biennially transmit to Congress the results of a study to identify technologies capable of achieving specified cost and performance goals; and (3) implement under specified Federal law a research and development program, including commercial application of coal-based technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish a clean coal power commercial applications initiative that will demonstrate commercial applications of advanced coal-based technologies applicable to new or existing power plants, including coproduction plants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits for: (1) investment in qualifying clean coal technology; (2) production from a qualifying clean coal technology unit; (3) investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology facilities; and (4) production from qualifying advanced clean coal technology. Mandates creation of a Federal risk pool for qualifying advanced clean coal technology. Treats such tax credits as refundable overpayments (excessive credits) with respect to specified organizations and governmental units.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the Federal share of the cost of constructing treatment works in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2001

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make projects for publicly owned treatment works in the District of Columbia eligible for an increased Federal share of construction costs.

Glaubwürdigkeit der österreichischen Anti-Atompolitik

Austria · Federal Council · 22 June 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Stefan Schennach und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Glaubwürdigkeit der österreichischen Anti-Atompolitik vor dem Hintergrund des Verkaufs österreichischer Energieversorgungsunternehmen an ausländische Atomstromkonzerne

Zahl der Fachkräfte mit landwirtschaftlicher Ausbildung innerhalb der unteren und oberen Naturschutzbehörden sowie beim Bundesamt für Naturschutz und beim Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (G-SIG: 14053218)

Germany · German Bundestag · 22 June 2001

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the experience gained in the application of Council Decision 97/872 of 16 December 1997, on the Action Programme Promoting European Non-Governmental Organisations Primarily Active in the Field of Environmental Protection

European Union · European Commission · 22 June 2001

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a Community Action Programme promoting non-governmental organisations primarily active in the field of environmental protection

European Union · European Commission · 22 June 2001

Maßnahmen Umwandlung der NÖ Umweltschutzanstalt in eine Kapitalgesellschaft

Austria · National Council · 21 June 2001

Bericht des Justizausschusses über den Antrag 421/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Mag. Reinhard Firlinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz über Maßnahmen anlässlich der Umwandlung der NÖ Umweltschutzanstalt in eine Kapitalgesellschaft

Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, vice James R. Lyons.

United States · United States Senate · 21 June 2001

Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for projects to alleviate or prevent conditions of excessive unemployment, underemployment, blight, and infrastructure deterioration associated with brownfield sites. Defines a "brownfield site," with exceptions, as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Allows inclusions of sites otherwise excluded from consideration: (1) on a site-by-site basis if financial assistance will protect human health and the environment and promote economic development or facilitate the protection of parks, greenways, or other property used for nonprofit purposes; (2) that were contaminated by a controlled substance; (3) that are certain low-risk petroleum-contaminated sites; or (4) that are mine-scarred land.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to environmental remediation cost expensing to: (1) make such provision permanent; (2) include toxic substances within the definition of "hazardous substance"; (3) include toxic substances or structures containing hazardous or toxic substances within the definition of "qualified contaminated site"; and (4) eliminate a related recapture provision.

Brownfields Economic Development Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Brownfields Economic Development Act of 2001 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to eligible public entities and federally recognized Indian tribes for the redevelopment of brownfield sites, independent of notes or obligations guaranteed for the acquisition of property. Defines a "brownfield site," with exceptions, as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Allows inclusions of sites otherwise excluded from consideration: (1) on a site-by-site basis if financial assistance will protect human health and the environment and promote economic development or facilitate the protection of parks, greenways, or other property used for nonprofit purposes; (2) that were contaminated by a controlled substance; (3) that are certain low-risk petroleum-contaminated sites; or (4) that are mine-scarred land.

To amend the Clean Air Act to permit the exclusive application of California State regulations regarding reformulated gas in certain areas within the State.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Amends the Clean Air Act to allow reformulated gasoline rules of States for which a certain waiver is in effect (permitting them to enforce State motor vehicle emissions standards) to apply in an ozone nonattainment area in lieu of Environmental Protection Agency-promulgated requirements if the State rules will achieve reductions in the aggregate mass of emissions of toxic air pollutants and the aggregate mass of emissions of ozone-forming compounds at least as great as would result from application of the Federal requirements.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to environmental remediation cost expensing to: (1) make such provision permanent; (2) include toxic substances within the definition of "hazardous substance"; (3) include toxic substances or structures containing hazardous or toxic substances within the definition of "qualified contaminated site"; and (4) eliminate a related recapture provision.

Mercury Storage and Safe Disposal Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Mercury Storage and Safe Disposal Act of 2001 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) acquire any store of mercury held by private sector Chlor-alkali plants, other facilities with amounts exceeding 35,000 pounds, and any other sources identified by the Task Force on Safe Mercury Disposal (Task Force) established by this Act; and (2) transfer such stores to the Secretary of Defense for storage, authorized by this Act, until the Administrator certifies to the Secretary that a satisfactory disposal method has been developed. Establishes the Task Force to identify the best methods to prevent release of mercury into the environment, assess such methods and safe disposal technologies, and identify necessary research and development of such technologies. Directs the Administrator to carry out such research and development and provide for disposal of mercury in accordance with a final plan developed by the Task Force.

Biofuels Air Quality Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2001

Biofuels Air Quality Act - Amends Federal highway provisions (with respect to the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to consider the extent to which a proposed project or program reduces sulfur or atmospheric carbon emissions. Allows States receiving minimum apportionments to use funds under the program for renewable fuel projects (specified below). Modifies provisions regarding renewable fuel projects to expand coverage to include: (1) publicly and nonprofit (currently, limited to privately) owned vehicles or vehicle fleets; and (2) costs of renewable fuel, consisting of any fuel produced from grain, oilseeds, or other biomass (including biodiesel), that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to operate motor vehicles, and installation of capital equipment necessary for the conversion of storage and distribution facilities to carry renewable fuels or renewable fuel blends.

Gasoline Access and Stabilization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2001

Gasoline Access and Stabilization Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for reformulated and oxygenated gasoline sold for use in all States that: (1) require such gasoline to comply with a national formula; and (2) prohibit the sale in any State of any such gasoline that does not comply with the formula. Allows reformulated gasoline approved by the Administrator for a State for which a waiver is in effect (allowing application of State emissions control standards) to satisfy this Act's requirements. Allows a State Governor to elect to have an area within the State, or the entire State, treated as a covered area for purposes of reformulated gasoline requirements, without regard to existing opt-in requirements. Prohibits States and localities, after December 31, 2004 (other than the State of California pursuant to a waiver or another State opting-in to California's reformulated gasoline standards pursuant to this Act), from prescribing or enforcing a control of any characteristic of a gasoline or additive that is not identical to EPA regulations. Prohibits, after September 1, 2006, the manufacture or introduction into commerce of motor vehicle diesel fuel that contains a concentration of sulfur exceeding 15 parts per million or fails to meet a cetane minimum index of 40 and a maximum aromatic content of 35 volume percent.

arisierten Liegenschaftsbesitz der Österreichischen Bundesforste

Austria · Federal Council · 19 June 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny, Dr. Vincenz Liechtenstein und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend arisierten Liegenschaftsbesitz der Österreichischen Bundesforste