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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 1996
2 Mr. E. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment the policy implications, if any, for his remit in respect of proposals to dump rendered offal in landfill sites. [9420/96]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 1996
1 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment if he intends to reverse his decision regarding the siting of the Mutton Island sewage treatment plant in County Galway. [9419/96]
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1996
Minor Party Liability Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to except persons from liability under the Act for costs and damages at a facility if: (1) the liability is based solely on arrangement for disposal (or transport for disposal) of hazardous substances or acceptance of such substances for transport to facilities from which there is a release or threatened release; and (2) the material is in an amount not exceeding that specified in this Act or by regulation of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. States exceptions to this limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1996
Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require each community water system, at least annually, to publish in one or more local newspapers and mail to each such customer a report on the level of contaminants in the drinking water (consumer confidence report). Allows a local government to determine not to apply the mailing requirement to a system serving fewer than 3,300 persons if such system: (1) so informs its customers; (2) makes information available upon request to the public regarding water quality; and (3) publishes the public notice as required by this Act. Authorizes a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility to establish alternative requirements with respect to the form and content of the report.
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 May 1996
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion B90/GR, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 1996
8 Miss de Valera asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the consultations, if any, he has had with the Department of the Environment concerning the publication of the review by Irish and international consultants on the experience of the public arts schemes in Ireland including the Department's 1 per cent for art scheme. [9221/96]
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1996
Persian Gulf Syndrome Health Benefits Extension Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to extend priority health care to veterans exposed to a toxic substance or environmental hazard while serving in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf War.
Austria · National Council · 7 May 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Otmar Brix und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend "Sommerbenzin" <i>(zur Reduktion der Ozonvorläufersubstanzen)</i>
Austria · National Council · 7 May 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend internationale Studien des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie <i>(über die Umweltsituation in anderen Ländern und jene</i> <i>Maßnahmen, die andere Länder zur Verbesserung der</i> <i>Umweltsituation ergreifen)</i>
Austria · National Council · 7 May 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Sommerozon
Austria · National Council · 7 May 1996
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Karl Schweitzer und Genossen betreffend Reduzierung von Entsorgungs- und Umweltsanierungskosten
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act - Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) to deem effective as final rules, if they do not become effective by specified dates, certain rules proposed by the Secretary of Transportation regarding operational and structural standards applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls. Adds provisions regarding operational safety of single-hull barges and minimum under-keel clearances of tank vessels without double bottoms for entering or departing port. (Sec. 102) Makes applicable otherwise inapplicable limitations of liability, where the incident was proximately caused by a violation of a Federal safety, construction, or operating regulation, to a responsible party in the case of a vessel that is either: (1) equipped with a double hull as of enactment of this Act; or (2) one that is double-hulled and replacing a single-hulled vessel at least five years prior to the required retirement date. (Sec. 103) Deems effective as a final rule, if it does not become effective by a specified date, a proposed rule on navigation safety equipment for towing vessels. Directs the Secretary to require by rule a fire suppression system or fire suppression equipment aboard such vessels. (Sec. 104) Requires a study with the National Research Council into how the designation of shipping lanes and waters through which tankers transport oil affects the risk of an oil spill. Directs the Army Corps of Engineers to review a report on Rhode Island waterway dredging and report to the Congress on its feasibility. Directs the Secretary to include in oil and hazardous material lighterage regulations requirements of environmental protection that is as substantial as is economically and technologically feasible. Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills - Amends OPA to provide, with respect to oil pollution damages resulting from loss of profits or earning capacity, that: (1) recovery may be partial; and (2) payment of interim, short-term damages representing less than the full amount to which the claimant may be entitled does not preclude recovery of damages not reflected in the paid or settled partial claim. Makes related revisions to procedures for making claims, advertising, and subrogation. (Sec. 202) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to require the President to issue guidance for Area Committees (under the oil and hazardous substance National Response System) for use in advance planning and decision making regarding closing and reopening of fishing grounds. Modifies provisions concerning State and local cooperation and the contents of Area Contingency Plans to include these considerations. (Sec. 203) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to include major oil spills as disasters warranting presidential determinations to provide major disaster assistance. Amends OPA to require subrogation by the United States of the right to seek from the responsible party or the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund moneys paid as major disaster assistance under the Stafford Act to provide short-term financial assistance that mitigates damages to which the recipient would be entitled under such Act. (Sec. 204) Adds to exceptions from appropriation Act limitations amounts made available from the Fund for: (1) conducting (current law refers to "initiation") the assessment of natural resources damages; and (2) development of initial phases of implementation of restoration plans. (Sec. 205) Makes the Fund available for payment of costs to mitigate ecological injury. Amends FWPCA to require Area Contingency Plans to compile lists of expert local scientists to provide information or participate in a scientific support team convened in response to an oil spill. Amends OPA to require the Secretary to establish a process to convene such a team immediately in response to a spill. Requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research to disseminate and compile information on previous spills. Amends FWPCA to require the National Response Unit to maintain and keep in a form readily transmittable to response teams information on the environmental effects of various types of spills and how best to mitigate them. (Sec. 206) Revises FWPCA standards for compliance by owners or operators cooperating in removal actions to allow deviation from the response plan only if this would result in a more expeditious or effective response.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1996
Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to exempt certain Navy owned or operated vessels from such Act's requirements that certain garbage be discharged in special areas at sea. Prescribes special requirements for such vessels for the discharge of non-plastic and non-floating garbage consisting of metal, glass, and a slurry of seawater, paper, cardboard, and food waste at certain distances from the nearest land. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to publish in the Federal Register: (1) a list of such vessels planned to be decommissioned between certain dates; and (2) standards to ensure their compliance with such Act without impairing operational capabilities.
Germany · German Bundestag · 3 May 1996
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 1996
1 Dr. Woods asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the greatest impediment to women achieving their potential in the workplace is the absence of a family-friendly environment in workplaces; and the plans, if any, he has to implement the recommendations of the Employment Equality Agency in its recent report in this regard. [8728/96]
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Minimum Wage Guarantee Title II: Income Equity Title III: Worker Protection in Labor Disputes Title IV: Workforce of the Future Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Streamlining and Consolidation Subtitle C: Market Building Activities Subtitle D: One-Stop Career Centers Title V: Corporate Accountability Title VI: Health Insurance Reform Subtitle A: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability Subtitle B: Application and Enforcement of Standards Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Pensions Title VIII: North American Trade Fairness Act Title IX: Commission on Retirement Income Policy Working Families Economic Security Act of 1996 - Title I: Minimum Wage Guarantee - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $4.70 an hour during FY 1997; and (2) $5.15 an hour during FY 1998. Provides for indexation of the minimum wage in FY 2000, and biennially thereafter, according to a formula based on a portion of an average hourly wage nationwide. Title II: Income Equity - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee). Title III: Worker Protection in Labor Disputes - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to promise, threaten, or take other action to hire a permanent replacement for an employee who: (1) at the beginning of a labor dispute was in a bargaining unit in which a labor organization either was the certified or recognized exclusive representative, or was seeking to be so certified or recognized, on the basis of written authorizations by a majority of unit employees; and (2) in connection with that dispute has engaged in concerted activities for collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection through that labor organization. (Sec. 301) Makes it also an unfair labor practice for an employer to withhold or deny any other employment right or privilege to such an employee who is working for or has unconditionally offered to return to work for the employer, out of preference for any other individual based on that individual's having performed, or indicated a willingness to perform, bargaining unit work for the employer during the dispute. (Sec. 302) Amends the Railway Labor Act to conform it to such NLRA prohibition. (Sec. 303) Amends the NLRA to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. Title IV: Workforce of the Future - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Workforce of the Future Development Act - Consolidates and revises Federal job training programs to create a workforce development system. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Streamlining and Consolidation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) any budget savings realized through elimination or consolidation of programs under this title should be reinvested in the national job training (or workforce development) system; and (2) elimination or merging of programs should be done without reducing the Federal commitment or level of effort to improve education, employment, and earnings of all workers, particularly hard-to-serve individuals. (Sec. 412) Repeals the authority for specified employment training programs under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Federal Transit Act, Displaced Homemaker Self-Sufficiency Assistance Act, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. (Sec. 413) Repeals authority for specified for certain adult job training and employment programs under the JTPA, Wagner-Peyser Act, Trade Act of 1974, Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires any State receiving an implementation grant (to develop an integrated workforce development system) to include the components of these repealed programs and activities in such system, and allows additional programs, under certain conditions. (Sec. 414) Directs the National Workforce Development Board (established under title II) to advise on consolidation of workforce development programs and draft a joint resolution for a streamlined, integrated, federally supported workforce development system. (Sec. 415) Directs the President to establish an expedited process to consider and act on requests by States for waivers of laws and regulations for specified programs. Subtitle C: Market Building Activities - Establishes the National Workforce Development Board (the Board) to prepare annual Nation's Workforce Development Report Cards (National Report Card) assessing the U.S. workforce development system performance and evaluating all workforce development programs that receive Federal funding. Amends the JTPA to repeal the establishment of the National Commission for Employment Policy. (Sec. 423) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to applicant States: (1) to develop strategic plans for development of comprehensive statewide integrated workforce development systems; and (2) if they are leading edge States, to implement them. Requires the Board to determine whether any proposed Federal job training legislation complies with specified requirements of this Act. Makes it out of order for the Senate or House of Representatives to consider any bill or resolution concerning workforce development that would not comply with the national workforce development system, as determined by the Board. (Sec. 424) Establishes a quality assurance system. Directs the Secretaries of Labor, of Education, and of Health and Human Services to jointly develop a quality assurance system, including a placement accountability system for all federally funded workforce development programs, using program performance standards recommended by the Board and adopted by the Congress. (Sec. 431) Requires each State desiring to participate in development of an integrated and accountable workforce development system to establish an advisory State Workforce Development Council (State Council) (or use a similar existing entity that includes representatives of employers and workers). Requires the State Council to: (1) assist the Governor in preparing a biennial State Workforce Development Policy Blueprint and an annual State Workforce Development Report Card, and in certifying each local workforce development board; and (2) develop a quality assurance system. (Sec. 437) Requires States receiving implementation grants to: (1) establish unified service delivery areas (SDAs), according to State Council recommendations, to provide community-wide workforce development assistance in one-stop career centers; (2) design a unified financial and management information system, which all programs in the integrated system shall use; and (3) develop a strategy of specified services to enhance the capacity of institutions, organizations, and staff involved in State and local workforce development activities. (Sec. 441) Requires the local elected officials of each unified SDA to establish a workforce development board (local board) to administer the workforce development assistance provided by all programs in the integrated workforce development system in such area. (Sec. 444) Requires each local board to identify capacity building actions to be taken for its workforce development system with State Council funds. Subtitle D: One-Stop Career Centers - Requires each local board to develop a network of one-stop career centers to provide jobseekers, workers, and businesses universal access to a comprehensive array of quality employment, education, and training services. Title V: Corporate Accountability - Corporate Accountability Act of 1996 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any entity entering into a contract with the Federal Government for goods or services should abide by a specified corporate code of conduct. Prescribes compliance requirements. Title VI: Health Insurance Reform - Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996 - Subtitle A: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability - Prohibits insurers from declining to offer whole group coverage, with guaranteed renewability, to a group purchaser. (Sec. 613) Restricts the circumstances in which a plan may impose a benefit limitation or exclusion because of a preexisting condition. Mandates the crediting of previous qualifying coverage, and special enrollment periods for individuals with certain types of changes in family composition or employment status. (Sec. 620) Prohibits an insurer (for an individual in a period of previous qualifying coverage) from declining to offer coverage or denying enrollment based on health status, medical condition, or similar factors. Mandates coverage renewability for individuals. (Sec. 631) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to modify continuation coverage requirements. (Sec. 641) Requires a State to certify health plan purchasing cooperatives meeting specified requirements. Subtitle B: Application and Enforcement of Standards - Prescribes general requirements for enforcement of standards, mandating Federal enforcement in the event of State failure. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends PHSA to allow a health maintenance organization, at a member's request, to reduce the member's basic health services payment by requiring payment of a deductible, if the member has established a medical savings account. (Sec. 661) Declares that it is the sense: (1) of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee that the establishment of medical savings accounts should be encouraged as part of any health insurance reform legislation passed; and (2) of the Senate that the Congress should take steps to further the purposes of this title. (Sec. 662) Amends ERISA to set forth rules governing litigation involving retiree health benefits. (Sec. 663) Directs the Secretary to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on: (1) mechanisms to ensure the availability of reasonably priced health coverage to employers purchasing group and individuals purchasing non-group coverage; and (2) whether standards limiting premium variation will further the purposes of this Act. (Sec. 664) Expresses the sense of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee that the Senate should take measures necessary to: (1) reform the Medicare program; (2) provide increased choice for seniors; and (3) respond to certain findings of the Public Trustees of Medicare by protecting the short-term solvency and long-term sustainability of the Medicare program. (Sec. 665) Mandates parity of treatment limitations and financial requirements for mental health services. Title VII: Pensions - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the tax on reversion of qualified pension plan assets to employers should not be repealed or modified; and (2) the provisions allowing transfer of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts should not be expanded. Title VIII: North American Trade Fairness Act - North American Trade Fairness Act - Requires assessment of the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), further negotiation of certain NAFTA provisions, and withdrawal from NAFTA unless specified conditions are met and certified to. (Sec. 802) Sets forth conditions for continuing U.S. participation in NAFTA, to be met before the end of 1997. Requires the President to renegotiate the terms of NAFTA to correct trade deficits, currency distortions, and agricultural distortions, and to raise labor, health, and environmental standards, in specified ways. Requires certifications by certain U.S. officials of specified NAFTA-related economic, environmental, and political matters. Sets forth congressional consultation requirements. (Sec. 804) Expresses the sense of the Congress that until the conditions set by this title are met: (1) the President should not engage in negotiations to expand NAFTA to include other countries; and (2) fast-track authority should not be renewed with respect to the approval of any such NAFTA expansion. Title IX: Commission on Retirement Income Policy - Establishes the Commission on Retirement Income Policy to study and report to the President and the Congress on: (1) U.S. trends in retirement savings; (2) existing Federal incentives and programs to encourage and protect them; and (3) new Federal incentives and programs needed for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1996
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to distribute to States at least 85 percent of the funds appropriated to EPA from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund each fiscal year for the reasonable costs under cooperative agreements of: (1) State actions under the EPA program for petroleum release responses; (2) corrective action and compensation programs under State financial responsibility requirements; (3) enforcement of an approved State or local underground storage tank (UST) program or similar provisions; and (4) State and local corrective actions pursuant to regulations regarding corrective action in response to UST releases. Prohibits use of such funds to provide financial assistance to an owner or operator in meeting regulatory requirements for upgrading of existing UST systems. Sets forth requirements for allocation of funds to States. Makes inapplicable to owner or operator recipients of Trust Fund amounts under programs described in (2), above, provisions for recovery of petroleum release corrective or enforcement action costs.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 2 May 1996
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1996
Texas Reclamation Projects Indebtedness Purchase Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to enter into an agreement with either a Texas agency or political subdivision or another purchaser for the purchase of the Canadian River, Palmetto Bend, and Nueces River Bureau of Reclamation projects, under specified terms and conditions, including that the purchase price be equal to the present value of the projects. Provides for certain purchase price discounts. Deems the assumption of Federal nonreimbursable responsibility by the purchaser to be in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, obviating project purchase review.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Construction Authorization Title II: Strategic Planning for Health Care Resources Title III: Other Matters Title I: Construction Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) carry out eight specified ambulatory care addition major medical facility projects; (2) carry out ten specified environmental improvement major medical facility projects; (3) carry out three specified seismic correction major medical facility projects; and (4) enter into six leases for specified medical facilities. (Sec. 103) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1997 for the Construction, Major Projects, account and for the Medical Care account. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the health care needs of veterans in east central Florida. Prohibits the obligation of funds (other than for design work) for the conversion of the former Orlando Naval Training Center Hospital in Orlando, Florida, to a nursing home care unit until 15 days after such report is submitted. Title II: Strategic Planning for Health Care Resources - Replaces an annual reporting requirement regarding operational and construction plans for VA medical facilities with a requirement that the Secretary report annually to the veterans' committees: (1) regarding long-range health planning of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including a five-year strategic plan for the provision of medical care to eligible veterans through coordinated networks of medical facilities; and (2) showing the current VA priorities (listing the top 20) for proposed major medical construction projects. (Sec. 202) Specifies additional information required to be included in a prospectus submitted by the Secretary to the veterans' committees in connection with proposed medical facilities, including data on demographics, projected workload and utilization, operating costs, funding priority, and alternatives to facility construction. (Sec. 203) Revises the definition of "major medical facility project" for purposes of provisions governing medical facility acquisition to mean a project involving a total expenditure of more than $5 million (currently, $3 million). Repeals a provision of the Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 which makes inapplicable to projects for which funds were appropriated prior to the enactment of such Act a prohibition on the appropriation, obligation, or expenditure of funds for any major medical facility project unless funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating funds in excess of $500,000 from the VA's Advance Planning Fund toward design or development of a major medical facility project until the Secretary reports to the veterans' committees. (Sec. 205) Repeals provisions setting forth required clinical services of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Requires the VHA to include the Office of the Under Secretary for Health and necessary professional and auxiliary services. Requires the Under Secretary to ensure that the Office is staffed to provide expertise in the treatment and rehabilitation of disabled veterans and in appropriate clinical care disciplines. Repeals the requirements that: (1) the Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health be a qualified doctor of medicine; (2) such Office include Directors of Nursing Service, Pharmacy Service, Dietetic Service, Podiatric Service, and Optometric Service; and (3) one Assistant Under Secretary for Health be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine and another be a qualified physician trained in geriatrics. Title III: Other Matters - Designates: (1) the VA medical center in Jackson, Mississippi, as the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; (2) the Mountain Home Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and (3) the VA nursing care center at the VA medical center in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, as the H. John Heinz, III Department of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center. (Sec. 304) Restores and extends through December 31, 2000, the Secretary's authority to establish at any VA medical center a nonprofit corporation to provide for conducting approved research.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administrations Title IV: Transfer and Disposal of Reserves Title V: National Security and Environmental Management Programs Subtitle A: Defense Nuclear Programs Agency Subtitle B: Environmental Restoration Activities at Defense Nuclear Facilities Title VI: Disposition of Miscellaneous Particular Programs, Functions, and Agencies of Department Title VII: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions Repeal of the 1993 Gas Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the tax rate on gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, and fuel used in commercial waterway transportation. Department of Energy Abolishment Act - Title I: Abolishment of Department of Energy - Redesignates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (the Agency), headed by an Administrator, to perform the previous functions of the Department of Energy. Provides for the continuation of service of the Secretary of Energy as the interim Administrator. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue in the Energy Programs Resolution Agency any organizational entities that were entities of DOE. Abolishes the Agency three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most efficient way to accomplish the complete abolishment of DOE and the transfer or termination of its functions. Title II: Energy Laboratory Facilities - Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to privatize and reduce energy laboratories and programs. Prescribes procedural guidelines. (Sec. 205) Establishes the Energy Laboratory Facility Closure Account to fund implementation of such guidelines. Title III: Privatization of Federal Power Marketing Administrations - Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell, at the highest possible price, all Federal electric power generation and transmission facilities supervised by, or coordinated with, the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (except the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)). Restricts such sales to domestic entities or U.S. citizens. Requires the Secretary to terminate Federal Power Marketing Administration operations (except those of the BPA) upon completion of the sales. Directs the Secretary to retain a private sector firm through a competitive bidding process to serve as financial advisor with respect to such sales. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purchaser of any such facilities should offer to employ former Federal Power Marketing Administration personnel. Mandates that sale proceeds be deposited into the Treasury. Sets forth a sales completion deadline for each Power Marketing Administration concerned. (Sec. 305) Mandates that the pertinent sales agreements require each purchaser providing electric power to customers within any region to insure that the price of electric power does not increase above the baseline price at a rate greater than ten percent annually. (Sec. 306) Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue to the purchaser of a hydroelectric generation facility a ten-year original license under the Federal Power Act to insure that the project will continue operations under the same conditions as were applicable prior to the sale. Grants FERC Federal Power Act jurisdiction over any such facility sold. (Sec. 307) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1993 to repeal the proscription against the use of appropriated funds for studies regarding a changeover from an "at cost" to a "market rate" or other noncost-based methodology for pricing hydroelectric power. (Sec. 308) Transfers to the Secretary of the Interior all DOE functions affecting the BPA. Instructs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the most cost-effective option of disposing of the BPA. Title IV: Transfer and Disposal of Reserves - Transfers to the Secretary of the Interior all former DOE functions affecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) sell the reserves held at Weeks Island, Louisiana; (2) appoint an advisory board to monitor the sale of such reserves and report to the Congress on whether the United States should maintain or dispose of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) transfer jurisdiction and control over naval petroleum reserves to the Department of the Interior; and (2) sell all Federal right, title, and interest in the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills). (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to the Congress on the most cost-effective options for other Federal interests in naval petroleum reserves. Title V: National Security and Environmental Management Programs - Subtitle A: Defense Nuclear Programs Agency - Establishes the Defense Nuclear Programs Agency (the Agency) in the Department of Defense (DOD), headed by an Under Secretary for Defense Nuclear Programs (the Under Secretary) with primary responsibility for defense nuclear programs. (Sec. 504) Transfers to the Under Secretary all supervisory functions previously performed by: (1) DOE over Sandia, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; (2) Defense Nuclear Agency of DOD relating to nuclear weapons systems; and (3) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer other nuclear weapons-related functions to the Under Secretary. (Sec. 505) Places restrictions upon the transfer of funds by the Agency. Subtitle B: Environmental Restoration Activities at Defense Nuclear Facilities - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the Under Secretary to review ongoing and planned remediation activities consistent with this Act. (Sec. 521) Sets forth guidelines for site-specific risk assessment before the selection of a remedial action at a defense nuclear facility which include an analysis of risk reduction benefits and costs. (Sec. 523) Instructs the Under Secretary to renegotiate the terms of any compliance agreement entered into with the Secretary of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the relevant State in order to have it reflect this Act. Title VI: Disposition of Miscellaneous Particular Programs, Functions, and Agencies of Department - Limits authorizations for enumerated energy research and development programs through FY 2000. (Sec. 601) Directs the Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to identify for the Congress all DOE research and development activities carried out at energy laboratories or institutions of higher education that perform a critical research function important to the long-term economic well-being of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate all DOE clean coal technology research and development activities. Authorizes appropriations for DOE fossil energy and energy conservation research and development activities. Terminates such activities at the end of FY 1998. Transfers from DOE to DOD specified: (1) weapons activities; and (2) materials support and other defense programs. (Sec. 602) Transfers to the Department of the Treasury all functions performed by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Authorizes appropriations for the EIA. Transfers to the Attorney General all functions performed by the Energy Regulatory Administration. Title VII: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to terminate the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and transfer its authority and assets to the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps). Provides that the Corps shall assume all obligations of the Office affecting the Yucca Mountain site, and that Nevada State permits shall be reissued for the Corps. Prescribes procedural guidelines for Corps preparation and implementation of a Yucca Mountain site characterization plan. Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth miscellaneous implementing provisions, conferring upon the Office of Management and Budget the authority to make any determination regarding functions transferred under this Act and incidental transfers.
Austria · National Council · 30 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Hans Schöll und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Vorruhestandsregelungen beim Verbund
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1996
Collbran Project Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Ute Water Conservancy District and the Collbran Conservancy District all U.S. rights and interests in the Collbran Reclamation Project. Provides for: (1) the granting of easements to the Districts in the last quarter of FY 2000 for National Forest System lands and the Southside Canal; (2) payment to the United States by the Districts for the Project; (3) the deposit and authorized uses of such payments; (4) Project operation and use by the Districts for 40 years; (5) a required annual plan from the Districts for such operation; and (6) conveyance subject to specified agreements between the United States and Colorado relating to the construction and operation of recreational facilities at Vega Reservoir. Requires the Project's power component and facilities to be operated in substantial conformity with its past operation. Provides for Project power marketing under existing agreements. Requires the Districts, after the expiration of such agreements, to provide all Project power produced to the Western Area Power Administration at a specified rate. Grants a 40-year license to the Districts for Project operation. Makes the "major Federal action" provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 inapplicable to such conveyance. Terminates certain previous agreements upon such conveyance. Makes the Districts liable for all acts or omissions relating to the operation and use of the Project subsequent to the conveyance.
Austria · National Council · 26 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Ausbau des Kraftwerks Theiß
Austria · National Council · 26 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Theresia Haidlmayr und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Konsumentenschutz in Zusammenhang mit BSE <i>(Boviner Spongiformer Encephalopathie)</i>
Austria · National Council · 25 April 1996
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Reinhard Firlinger und Genossen betreffend Änderung des Fleischuntersuchungsgesetzes 1982
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1996
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to exclude: (1) bacteria from the definition of "fungus"; and (2) liquid chemical sterilant products for use on a critical or semi-critical medical or dental device from the definition of "pesticide." Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) coordinate data requirements, test protocols, timetables, and standards of review and reduce burdens and redundancy caused to the registrant, whenever data in support of a pesticide registration is requested by one or more State or Federal agencies; and (2) develop a process to identify and assist in alleviating future disparities between Federal and State data requirements. Provides, with respect to the labeling of an antimicrobial pesticide product, that: (1) a registrant may modify the labeling to include relevant information on the product's efficacy, composition, or container or other characteristics unrelated to a pesticidal claim or activity; (2) such labeling shall not be false or misleading or in conflict with statements required as a condition of registration and be substantiated upon request; (3) modifications shall be subject to a notification and approval process; and (4) different cautionary statements for use dilutions may be included in the labeling upon approval of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable, to identify and evaluate changes to the process for registration of antimicrobial pesticides that will reduce current time periods for review. Details rulemaking requirements regarding the review of such pesticides. Requires an annual report to the Congress on measures taken to effect such changes. Exempts from applicability of certain FIFRA storage, disposal, transportation, and container requirements household, industrial, or institutional antimicrobial products that are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, unless the Administrator determines that their application is necessary to prevent an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 April 1996
Tschernobyl-Konferenz in Wien, Auswirkungen der Reaktorkatastrophe, Sicherheit deutscher Kernkraftwerke, Verbesserung der Reaktorsicherheit in Osteuropa, Verhandlungen mit der Ukraine betr. Schließung von Tschernobyl, Rolle der Kernenergie in der deutschen Energiepolitik
Austria · National Council · 24 April 1996
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Johannes Zweytick, Anton Leikam, Mag. Karl Schweitzer, Mag. Thomas Barmüller, Andreas Wabl und Genossen betreffend Kernkraftwerke an Österreichs Grenzen
Austria · National Council · 24 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt betreffend Auswirkungen des Großbrandes am Düsseldorfer Flughafen <i>(Diskussion über die Rolle der verwendeten PVC-hältigen</i> <i>Baustoffe und -materialien bei der Ausbreitung des Brandes</i> <i>und die Auswirkungen der beim Brand entstandenen chlorierten</i> <i>Dioxine)</i>
Austria · National Council · 24 April 1996
Bericht des Außenpolitischen Ausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (85 d.B.): Übereinkommen zwischen dem Königreich Belgien, dem Königreich Dänemark, der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Irland, der Italienischen Republik, dem Großherzogtum Luxemburg, dem Königreich der Niederlande, der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft und der Internationalen Atomenergie-Organisation in Ausführung von Artikel III Absätze 1 und 4 des Vertrages über die Nichtverbreitung von Kernwaffen samt Protokoll
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1996
Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. Requires any project receiving such assistance to be publicly owned, operated, and maintained. Requires local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests before the provision of such assistance. Places at 75 percent the Federal share of total project costs. Requires the Secretary to establish at least one project for the receipt of such assistance in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Requires a report on program results. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: NAFTA Renegotiation Act Title II: WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act NAFTA Renegotiation and WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act - Title I: NAFTA Renegotiation Act - Requires the President to renegotiate the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to correct trade deficits and currency distortions. Requires reports to the Congress assessing the impact of NAFTA on U.S. jobs and the environment. Requires the President to consult with the Congress with respect to the renegotiations. Title II: WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act - Establishes the WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission to review: (1) all reports of dispute settlement panels or the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which are adverse to the United States and adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body; and (2) upon request of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), any other report of such bodies adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body. Requires the USTR to undertake negotiations to amend the rules and procedures of the dispute settlement understanding upon enactment of a joint resolution mandating such negotiations. Permits participation in WTO panel proceedings in support of the United States of a private U.S. person with a direct economic interest in the resolution of the matters in dispute.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Heritage Areas Program Title II: Designation of National Heritage Areas Title III: Studies of Potential National Heritage Areas Title IV: Amendments to Existing Heritage Corridors National Heritage Areas Act of 1996 - Title I: National Heritage Areas Program - Prescribes eligibility criteria for designation as a National Heritage Area, including the presence of a cohesive assemblage of natural, historic, cultural, or recreational resources that represent distinctive aspects of American heritage worthy of conservation and that are best managed through public-private partnerships. (Sec. 102) Allows designation only by an Act of the Congress. Conditions such designation on the Secretary of the Interior's approval of an Area feasibility study and compact, signed by the Governor of each State in which the Area is located. (Sec. 103) Establishes within the Department of the Interior a National Heritage Areas Partnership Program to assist the Secretary in: (1) making grants and providing technical assistance to units of government and management entities; (2) evaluating areas nominated for designation; and (3) advising State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities on issues pertaining to the Program. Requires the Secretary to monitor Area eligibility for assistance and ensure compact compliance. Prohibits the Secretary from providing grants to an Area and limits technical assistance after ten years after its designation. Prohibits the Secretary from providing technical assistance or grants to an Area if a heritage plan is not developed and forwarded to the Secretary within the specified time. (Sec. 104) Sets forth provisions regarding Area feasibility studies, compacts, heritage plans, and management entity composition and duties which shall include submitting a heritage plan to the Secretary and to the Governor of each State in which the Area is located. (Sec. 106) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) withdrawal of designated Areas; (2) restrictions on an Area's redesignation; (3) private property protection with respect to such Areas; and (4) imposition of environmental and other specified standards. (Sec. 109) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring any multiple use limitations on Federal lands as a condition for signing a compact, providing a grant, or determining eligibility for assistance under this Act or for the receipt of any form of Federal assistance in connection with National Heritage Area status. (Sec. 112) Authorizes appropriations. Specifies funding limitations. Prohibits such funds from being used to supplement funding or programs at any National Park System unit. (Sec. 113) Prohibits the Secretary from making grants or providing technical assistant under this title after FY 2012. Title II: Designation of National Heritage Areas - Provides for the designation as part of the National Heritage Area Partnership Program of: (1) the Essex, Ohio & Erie Canal, Steel Industry, Tennessee Civil War, and Cache La Poudre National Heritage Areas; (2) the Augusta Canal and South Carolina National Heritage Corridors; and (3) the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. (Specifies conditions for the continued use by Vancouver, Washington, of that portion of National Park Service (NPS) property currently used by that city for the Pearson Airpark runway and taxiway. Prohibits general aviation aircraft from being allowed at the Airpark after April 6, 2022, unless a continuation is expressly authorized by an Act of the Congress enacted.) Title III: Studies of Potential National Heritage Areas - Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating as National Heritage Areas: (1) the Puente-Chino Hills National Heritage Corridor; and (2) Tryon County, in the Mohawk Valley of New York, and the Country of the Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy). Requires that the latter study include a strategy for protection and management of the Oriskany Battlefield National Historic Landmark. Title IV: Amendments to Existing Heritage Corridors - Amends Federal provisions concerning the Blackstone River National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to: (1) modify Corridor boundaries; (2) revise provisions governing tenure on, and extension of, the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission; (3) require revisions of the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan (subject to the Secretary's approval) to address the boundary change made by the National Heritage Area Act of 1995 and to include a natural resource inventory of areas or features that should be protected, restored, managed, or acquired because of their contribution to the understanding of national cultural landscape values; and (4) authorize appropriations and limit Federal funding to 50 percent of the total project costs or assistance. (Sec. 402) Amends the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to require the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Commission to study and report to the Secretary, who shall report to the appropriate congressional committees, on whether the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant and the Calumet-Sag and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canals should be added to the Corridor.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1996
Requires the President, acting through the Attorney General, to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. District Court under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1989 against all persons who are potentially responsible parties with respect to the Stepan Property Superfund Site in Bergen County, New Jersey, to recover all costs of removal or remedial action incurred by the United States and all damages for injury to, or destruction or loss of, natural resources that are recoverable.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 24 April 1996
Austria · National Council · 23 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Marianne Hagenhofer und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt betreffend getrennte Müllsammlung
Austria · National Council · 23 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Aktivitäten des Ministeriums zum Thema "Windenergie"
Austria · National Council · 23 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Einschränkung der Möglichkeit zur Errichtung von Windkraftanlagen durch Richtfunkstrecken
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1996
Modifies certain restrictions on the use of motorboats on, and motorized portages between, specified lakes within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. Permits the operation of motorized vehicles and associated equipment which is necessary to assist in the transport of boats across the portages from Moose Lake Chain (currently, Sucker Lake) to Basswood Lake, from Fall Lake to Basswood Lake, and from Lake Vermilion to Trout Lake. Establishes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Intergovernmental Council to: (1) prepare and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture draft amendments and regularly scheduled revisions to the Wilderness management plan; (2) provide comments on the environmental impact of major Federal actions; and (3) analyze the economic and environmental costs and benefits of implementing sustainable practices for the Wilderness. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary: (1) to receive the Council's draft amendments, recommend revisions, and adopt the revised amendments that are consistent with the public interest and applicable laws; (2) if the Secretary decides not to adopt the Council's revised amendments, to appoint, and revise the management plan based on amendments submitted by, a management plan board; or (3) if the Council declines to submit revised amendments, to make necessary and appropriate amendments and implement the plan. Directs the Secretary to seek the Council's comments when considering major Federal actions that require public involvement and notification under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1996
Voyageurs National Park Intergovernmental Council Act of 1996 - Establishes the Voyageurs National Park Intergovernmental Council which shall: (1) prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Interior comprehensive draft amendments and proposed revisions to the management plan for the Park providing for a broad range of sustainable land and water uses and scenic and recreational activities compatible with governing local, State, and Federal laws and regulations; (2) analyze the economic and environmental costs and benefits of implementing sustainable practices for the Park; and (3) establish an ongoing process of assessing the effect of local, State, and Federal actions, plans, ordinances, regulations, laws, and land use decisions on the long-term sustainability of the economic and environmental values and resources of the region. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to implement amendments to the management plan for the Park, including amendments providing for recreational opportunities involving boats, aircraft, snowmobiles, hiking, and skiing on all major lakes and bays. Directs the Secretary: (1) to receive the Council's draft amendments, recommend revisions, and adopt the revised amendments that are consistent with the public interest and applicable laws; (2) if the Secretary decides not to adopt the Council's revised amendments, to appoint, and revise the management plan based on amendments submitted by, a management plan board; or (3) if the Council declines to submit revised amendments, to make necessary and appropriate amendments and implement the plan.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1996
Deep Water Outfall Treatment Systems Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize an eligible State to initiate, expand, or continue a study of the marine environment of coastal areas to determine the feasibility of constructing a deep water outfall for any publicly owned treatment work (POTW) that uses primary treatments and is not exempt from specified effluent limitations. Provides that such study may recommend one or more technically feasible locations for a deep water outfall that would have beneficial effects on the marine environment. Sets forth provisions regarding applications for: (1) modification of secondary treatment requirements for certain POTWs by the owner in an eligible State at a location recommended in such a study; and (2) initial and final determinations regarding and effective periods of such modifications. Specifies that such requirements shall not apply to the POTW owner or operator in an eligible State that has submitted an application for a modification during the period beginning on the date of submission of the application and ending on the date of a final determination.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1996
Safe Drinking Water Estrogenic Substances Screening Program Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and, under specified conditions, implement a screening program, using appropriate validated test systems, to determine whether certain substances (including all active and inert ingredients used in registered pesticides) may have an effect in humans that is similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring estrogen, or such other endocrine effect as the Administrator may designate. Allows the Administrator to exempt a biologic or other substance if the Administrator determines that the substance does not have any effect in humans similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring estrogen. Requires the Administrator to order a manufacturer of a substance for which such testing is required to conduct such testing and submit results within a certain time period. Provides for suspension of the sale or distribution of the substance if the manufacturer fails to submit required information. Requires the Administrator to: (1) take such action as is necessary to ensure the protection of public health in the case of any substance that is found to have a potential adverse effect on humans; and (2) report findings and recommendations to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1996
Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act - Redesignates the Office of Underground Storage Tanks of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and establishes it as the Office of Storage Tanks (OST), to be headed by a Director. Transfers to OST authorities of other EPA officers under the environmental laws. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Director, to enter Memorandums of Understanding with the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation to clarify the authorities of EPA and the respective Secretaries under: (1) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and worker protection standards provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; and (2) pipeline safety provisions. Requires the Director, by regulation, to restate the laws he or she administers in consolidated form and streamline their application to owners and operators of aboveground and underground storage tanks. Expresses congressional intent that this direction is not intended to modify the laws' requirements. Imposes, as part of such regulations, a requirement that an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank report to the national response center established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act a release of a regulated substance (one regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or petroleum or a petroleum substance) above a specified threshold, including a description of corrective action taken. Allows the EPA Administrator, after release from an aboveground storage tank of a regulated substance posing an imminent threat to human health, public safety, or the environment, to prohibit the use or operation of all or any portion of a storage tank farm within a facility in which the tank is located until the prohibition is no longer necessary or corrective action has been taken. Authorizes the Director to include in the above regulations release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to owners and operators of aboveground petroleum storage tanks. Requires the Director to determine if there are deficiencies in the law applicable to aboveground petroleum storage tanks and examine industry standards addressing the deficiencies, giving substantial weight to these in designing the regulations. Requires the Director, in conjunction with the restatement of laws required by this Act, to provide that the storage capacity of a facility does not include the capacity of underground storage tanks that are: (1) currently subject to EPA regulations concerning technical standards and corrective action requirements; or (2) permanently closed under such regulations. Establishes requirements for reports to the Congress.
Austria · National Council · 19 April 1996
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Atomsperrgesetz 1978 geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 18 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Verbot von PVC
Austria · National Council · 18 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Verbot von PVC
Austria · National Council · 18 April 1996
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt betreffend Verbot von PVC
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1996
Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require each community water system to report at least once annually to its consumers on the level of contaminants in the drinking water purveyed by that system (consumer confidence report). Allows a Governor of a State to exempt community water systems within the State serving fewer than 3,300 persons or other systems if such systems inform customers that they will not be complying with this Act and will make information available upon request to the public regarding their water quality. Authorizes a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility to establish alternative requirements with respect to the form and content of the report.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions IDEA Improvement Act of 1996 - Revises the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and extends its authorization of appropriations through FY 2001. Title I: Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Revises IDEA to allow States to extend use of the developmental delay category of eligibility for children up to age nine. (Sec. 101) Eliminates certain provisions for: (1) acquisition of equipment and construction; (2) employment of individuals with disabilities; and (4) removal of architectural barriers. Revises the program of assistance for education of all children with disabilities. Revises the funding formula for allotments to States. Bases the new formula on a State's: (1) child population; and (2) child poverty. Requires States to use at least 90 percent of their allotments to make subgrants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs). Sets forth requirements for least restrictive environment in placement of students. Requires States to use methods of distributing IDEA funds that ensure compliance with such requirements. Allows a public agency to reduce or deny reimbursement to parents of a child placed in a private school without the public agency's consent or referral if: (1) the parents (with specified exceptions) did not notify the agency of the intended placement, with a written statement of their concerns, at least ten days prior to the child's removal from public school; (2) the parents did not make the child available for an LEA initial assessment and evaluation before the child's removal from public school and enrollment in private school; or (3) it is so ruled at the judge's discretion. Allows an LEA to reduce its level of special education expenditures under specified limited circumstances. Repeals provisions for a comprehensive system of personnel development. Allows commingling of Federal and State special education funds under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to modify certain LEA requirements for ten designated LEAs or groups of LEAs which endeavor to achieve innovative delivery of services. Revises provisions for evaluations, reevaluations, individualized education programs (IEPs), and educational placements. Grants parents a right to refuse an initial evaluation of a referred child's need for special education services. Authorizes the LEA, in such a circumstance, to utilize certain mediation and due process procedures to resolve the dispute. Prohibits construing the parents' consent for a child's evaluation as consent for placement for receipt of special education and related services. Requires, in the cases of children whose behavior impedes their own or others' learning, the IEP Team to consider strategies, including behavioral management plans, to address that behavior. Revises procedural safeguards. Includes the following categories of behavior, at school or a school function, among those for which school personnel may order removal of a child with a disability from the classroom, and placement in an alternative educational setting, for an additional 45 days over the regular ten day limit for such a removal: (1) carrying any weapons (current law only covers firearms); (2) having, using, soliciting sale of, or selling medications or illegal drugs; and (3) committing an assault and battery. Authorizes a hearing officer to order such a change of placement for up to 45 days if there is substantial evidence that maintenance of the current placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the child or to others. Requires an IEP Team to review whether the child's inappropriate action was a manifestation of the disability, including review of the technical soundness of the behavior management plan. Allows change of placement, with the parents' agreement, if the behavior is a result of the disability. Provides for an immediate appeal to the hearing officer if the parents disagree with the determination or the changed educational placement. Allows application to children with disabilities of the same relevant disciplinary procedures applicable to children without disabilities, if the behavior is determined to be not a manifestation of the disability. Allows a due process hearing if the parents disagree with such application of discipline. Requires States and LEAs receiving IDEA assistance to offer parents voluntary mediation procedures for disputes over provision of free appropriate public education to children with disabilities. Prohibits attorneys from attending or otherwise participating in the mediation process, or attorney's fees and related costs from being paid to any individual in connection with such process. Requires all parties in a dispute to disclose, for review, to all other parties evaluations and recommendations intended for use at the hearing. Revises the program for infants and toddlers with disabilities, repealing a requirement that all State policies and assurances pertaining to programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities be filed with every application to the Department of Education. Provides for national activities to improve education of children with disabilities, replacing current provisions for training personnel for the education of individuals with disabilities, and consolidating as discretionary programs certain current programs, authorizing: (1) the Secretary to carry out various national research and improvement activities; (2) States to apply for improvement grants upon certification that a collaborative process with specified types of participants has been used in developing the State improvement plan for special education and early intervention systems; and (3) the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with parent organizations to support parent training and information centers, as well as provide technical assistance for such centers' programs. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for coordination of schoolwide programs with those under IDEA. (Sec. 203) Repeals specified parts of IDEA superseded by this Act.