Environment

A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002

Supports the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month. Commends the 41 States that have implemented routine hearing screenings for every newborn before they leave the hospital. Supports the efforts of speech and hearing professionals in their efforts to improve the speech and hearing development of children. Encourages the U.S. people to have their hearing checked regularly and to avoid environmental noise that can lead to hearing loss.

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2002 - Requires the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management to: (1) provide for public involvement by government officials of local gateway communities (communities adjacent to or near public lands) in the development of land use plans, programs, regulations, and decisions, transportation plans, general management plans, and any other public land plans, decisions, or policies that will have a significant impact; (2) provide such communities with early public notice of such proposed decisions; (3) offer training sessions for officials for understanding and participating in agency planning processes; (4) assign an employee or contractor to work with such a community to develop data and analysis relevant in the preparation of agency plans, decisions, and policies; and (5) assist in conducting a review of plans likely to affect such community. Allows a Federal land manager to enter into a cooperative agreement with gateway communities to provide for coordination between Federal, State, local, and tribal governments in land use inventory, planning, and management activities. Requires the consolidation and coordination of the plans and planning processes of two or more Federal agencies to facilitate an affected gateway community's participation. Provides for Federal land managers to certify gateway communities as cooperating agencies in order to comply with National Environmental Policy Act requirements. Allows such a manager to make grants to enable an eligible gateway community (population under 10,000) to: (1) participate in Federal land planning or management processes; (2) obtain professional land use or transportation planning assistance necessary a result of Federal action; (3) address and resolve public infrastructure impacts that are a likely result of the Federal land management decisions and for which sufficient funds are not otherwise available; and (4) provide information and interpretive services.

Radon im Trinkwasser - Nationale Maßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 29 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Radon im Trinkwasser - Nationale Maßnahmen

School Service Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 2002

School Service Act of 2002 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Community Corps (CC) for school-age youth. Authorizes the Corporation for National and Community Service to make competitive grants, to cover a Federal share of the cost of planning or operating CC programs, to qualified entities, including States, Indian tribes, local educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations acting in partnership with one or more of such entities. Requires CC programs to: (1) engage school-age youth in meaningful service that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; (2) provide substantial structured opportunities for them to reflect on their service activities; and (3) be integrated into and enhance the school's academic curriculum or educational components of an after-school or summer program. Gives priority in awarding grants to qualified entities that: (1) demonstrate they will engage school-age youth in high-quality service programs; and (2) propose to serve jurisdictions with high numbers or percentages of low-income families.

Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Preservation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Preservation Act of 2002 - States that all terms and other provisions in the Donation Agreement between TVX Mineral Hill, Inc., and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, are incorporated in this Act, ratified, and confirmed. Authorizes the Secretary, if certain conditions have been satisfied (including that the company has obtained pollution liability insurance), to accept non-Federal land and associated mineral rights on Federal land located in Gallatin National Forest in the Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain Mining District in Park County, Montana (the donated land). Requires the Secretary to accept and meet the requirements of permits issued to the company that relate to the Mineral Hill Mine. Prohibits subjecting the donated land to location and entry under the mining laws. Allows access to the cemetery located on the donated land for visitation and maintenance. Prohibits any burials at such site after this Act's enactment. Allows the Secretary to convey such site to a local government or cemetery association for perpetual operation and maintenance. Establishes the Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Fund in the Treasury. Transfers to the Fund specified fees and receipts collected from oil, gas, timber, coal, and other natural resources on all Federal land for FY 2003 and 2004 to pay costs of: (1) acquiring the donated land; (2) restoration, maintenance, management, interpretation, or removal of buildings, structures, and other features; (3) response and restoration actions, (4) public education and interpretation; (5) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for interpretive, administrative, environmental response, and environmental restoration activities; and (6) the insurance deductible.

National Cancer Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

National Cancer Act of 2002 - Provides a comprehensive Federal effort relating to treatments for and the prevention of cancer. Amends the Public Health Service Act to fund prevention and treatment programs of the National Cancer Institute, including translational cancer research (research needed to transform scientific discoveries into approaches and products to treat and cure cancer). Addresses issues of cancer care, including: (1) clinical trial participation; (2) workforce needs; (3) Medicare coverage; (4) protocols and guidelines; (5) National Program of Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans; (5) the supply of researchers; (6) environmental risk factors research; and (7) a colorectal cancer screening demonstration program. Requires health insurance plans covered by the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide: (1) coverage for clinical trials; (2) coverage of cancer screening, including tobacco and nutrition counseling and genetic testing; and (3) patient access to benefit information. Addresses issues of managing physicians and quality of care for cancer patients covered by such plans, including designating a lead managing physician. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regulate tobacco products. Sets forth requirements pertaining to: (1) adulteration; (2) misbranding; (3) the submission of health information; (4) annual registration and biennial inspection of processors; (5) biannual reporting of product list changes; (6) good manufacturing practices; (7) product performance standards; (8) information, notification, and other remedies; (9) records and reports; (10) premarket review; (11) judicial review; (12) postmarket surveillance; (13) reduced risk tobacco products; (14) preservation of State and local authority; and (15) equal treatment of retail outlets. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to: (1) revise cigarette labeling, advertising, and marketing requirements; and (2) authorize the Secretary to require disclosure of tar, nicotine, and other smoke constituents on package labels and/or advertisements. Amends the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to revise smokeless tobacco warning label and advertising requirements.

National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2002 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and administer: (1) a national greenhouse gas emissions information system to collect annual lists required to be submitted under this Act of an entity's greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) a national greenhouse gas registry (included in such system) to collect voluntarily reported information on emissions reductions. Specifies factors for adjustment of emissions records by a reporting entity. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Commerce, Agriculture, and Energy to develop greenhouse gas emissions quantification and verification protocols, electronic reporting methods, and accounting and reporting standards. Requires verification of reported emissions information. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual national greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

Nuclear Waste Transportation Protection Amendments Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

Nuclear Waste Transportation Protection Amendments Act of 2002 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy to develop a comprehensive safety program governing the transportation of nuclear waste to a Yucca Mountain repository that includes: driver selection, independent inspections, bad weather protocols, road condition reporting, safe parking areas, advance notice, real time tracking and monitoring, emergency response, medical preparedness, equipment standards, training and exercises, mutual aid agreements, emergency alternative routing, program evaluation, and public information. Prohibits the Secretary from transporting high-level radioactive waste through certain populated communities unless the waste originates in such community. Instructs the Secretary to ensure that the oldest spent nuclear fuel is transported before other spent nuclear fuel. Mandates transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in packages whose design has been certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and tested at full scale to demonstrate compliance with Commission performance standards. Mandates consultation with affected State, local, and tribal governments in the selection of routes for the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Prohibits private sector transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Requires the Secretary to provide advance notification to States, Indian tribes, and local communities through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Sets forth security precautions for all transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.

National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and carry out a pilot program to serve as a national model for the restoration of urban watersheds and community environments. Requires such program to be carried out in the Anacostia River watershed, District of Columbia and Maryland. Authorizes the Administrator to set aside amounts for grants to local community groups and nonprofit organizations to foster community involvement in the decision making process, environmental educational goals, and restoration strategies.

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 25 April 2002. # Peter Hirschfeldt v European Environment Agency (EEA). # Appeal - Officials - Internal competition - Cancellation - Transfer - Promotion - Article 8 of the Staff Regulations. # Case C-184/01 P.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 April 2002

Common Position (EC) No 41/2002 of 25 April 2002 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to adopting a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC

European Union · Council of the European Union · 25 April 2002

Academic Excellence in Environmental Sciences Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002

Academic Excellence in Environmental Sciences Act of 2002 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include programs to encourage academic rigor in scientific education in elementary schools through the environmental sciences, including the use of hands-on recycling, among local innovative education programs which may receive title VI assistance.

Polluter Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002

Polluter Accountability Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase criminal penalties for: (1) negligent and knowing violations of provisions concerning effluent limitations, national performance standards, toxic pollutants and pretreatment effluent standards, recordkeeping and reporting, oil or hazardous substance discharges, aquacultural discharges, sewage sludge, pollutant discharge permits, and dredged or fill material; and (2) negligently or knowingly introducing into a sewer system or publicly owned treatment works a pollutant or hazardous substance known to cause personal injury or property damage or that results in violation by a treatment works of effluent limitations or permit conditions. Amends the Refuse Act of 1899 to increase criminal penalties for violations of provisions concerning deposit of refuse in navigable waters, injury to harbor or river improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters.

Schutz von Tieren zum Zeitpunkt der Schlachtung und Tötung

Austria · National Council · 23 April 2002

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 436/A(E) der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Mindestanforderungen für den Schutz von Tieren zum Zeitpunkt der Schlachtung und Tötung

Maßnahmenpaket Totalreform der Bereiche Konsumentenschutz, Lebensmittelpolitik und Tiergesundheit

Austria · National Council · 23 April 2002

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 376/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmenpaket für eine Totalreform der Bereiche Konsumentenschutz, Lebensmittelpolitik und Tiergesundheit

Fleischuntersuchungsgesetz, Tierseuchengesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 23 April 2002

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1046 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Fleischuntersuchungsgesetz und das Tierseuchengesetz (TSG) geändert werden

Tierkörperverwertungsanstalten

Austria · National Council · 23 April 2002

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1036 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Tierärztegesetz, das ATP-Durchführungsgesetz, das Rindfleisch-Etikettierungsgesetz, das Bundesgesetz über das Verbot des In-Verkehr-Bringens von kosmetischen Mitteln, die im Tierversuch überprüft worden sind, und die Vollzugsanweisung betreffend die Verwertung von Gegenständen animalischer Herkunft in Tierkörperverwertungsanstalten (Tierkörperverwertung) geändert werden

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases, as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military retirement and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) DOD organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) DOD budget and financial matters; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) the conduct of an Arctic and Western Pacific military environmental cooperation program; (8) expansion of a military readiness and range preservation initiative; (9) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (10) agreements with private organizations to address encroachment and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for military construction and military family housing.

A resolution making Minority party appointments for the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Governmental Affairs for the 107th Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

Designates minority membership on the Senate Committees on Environment and Public Works, and on Governmental Affairs.

Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of distribution incentive pay for service in less-than-desirable locations or in difficult-to-fill positions; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military spouse, retirement, and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) general contracting and acquisition procedures and limitations; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) FY 2003 military construction and military family housing, including alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of such housing; (8) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (9) the authority to carry out environmental response projects necessitated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

To extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002

Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 to extend, through FY 2006, the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program which provides for admission into the United States each fiscal year of up to 4,000 young disadvantaged aliens from designated counties in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland suffering from sectarian violence and high unemployment for the purpose of developing job skills and conflict resolution in a diverse and peaceful environment so that they can return to their homes better able to contribute toward economic regeneration and the Irish peace process.

National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002

National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require beverage brand owners (trademark owners, manufacturers, distributors, or importers of beverages sold in containers) to implement effective redemption, transportation, processing, marketing, and reporting systems for the reuse and recycling of their used beverage containers. Prohibits the sale of a beverage in a beverage container unless a clear refund value statement prominently appears on the container. Requires each beverage container agency (the brand owner or an entity acting as its agent) to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a recycling management plan subject to the Administrator's approval and a fee to cover administrative costs. Requires sellers of beverages to collect from each purchaser at the time of sale a deposit no greater than a specified minimum refund value and pay the refund value upon container returns either in cash or in the form of a voucher. Establishes a recovery rate performance standard and penalties for failure to achieve such rate. Requires arbitration to settle disputes between a beverage container agency and a return site. Imposes penalties for violations of this Act.

Tiergesundheitsdienst Österreich

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Tiergesundheitsdienst Österreich

Herstellung von Wettbewerbsgleichheit im Rahmen von Typengenehmigungen nach § 12c WRG

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Herstellung von Wettbewerbsgleichheit im Rahmen von Typengenehmigungen nach § 12c WRG <i>(Wasserrechtsgesetz)</i> durch systematischen Einsatz der EN 12566-3

Tierarzneimittel-Anwendungsverordnung und Resistenzen von Mikroorganismen

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Tierarzneimittel-Anwendungsverordnung und Resistenzen von Mikroorganismen

Verordnung über Verbote und Beschränkungen teilfluorierter und vollfluorierter Kohlenwasserstoffe

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend den Entwurf einer Verordnung über Verbote und Beschränkungen teilfluorierter und vollfluorierter Kohlenwasserstoffe sowie von Schwefelhexafluorid (HFKW-,FKW-SF6-V) im Hinblick auf österreichische Aspekte

Verordnung über Verbote und Beschränkungen teilfluorierter und vollfluorierter Kohlenwasserstoffe

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend den Entwurf einer Verordnung über Verbote und Beschränkungen teilfluorierter und vollfluorierter Kohlenwasserstoffe sowie von Schwefelhexafluorid (HFKW-,FKW-SF6-V) im europäischen Rahmen

die Halonbankverordnung (BGBl II Nr. 77/2000)

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die Halonbankverordnung (BGBl II Nr. 77/2000) <i>(und Einsatz von Halonen beim Bundesheer)</i>

falsche Information durch die Gemeindebehörde und/oder Bergbaubehörde betreffend eine Schotter-Abbaubewilligung

Austria · National Council · 18 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Kurt Gartlehner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend falsche Information durch die Gemeindebehörde und/oder Bergbaubehörde betreffend eine Schotter-Abbaubewilligung

5 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of farmers who have withdrawn from the REP scheme; the numbers currently joined up; his views on this decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/02]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002

5 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of farmers who have withdrawn from the REP scheme; the numbers currently joined up; his views on this decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/02]

Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to commence efforts immediately within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other appropriate multilateral development institutions to modify the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative so that the amount of debt stock reduction approved for a country eligible for debt relief shall be sufficient to reduce, by a specified deadline, the net present value of the outstanding public and publicly guaranteed debt of the country, and the annual payments due, to levels determined according to certain formulae. Prohibits conditioning any such debt cancellation on an agreement by an impoverished country to implement or comply with policies that deepen poverty or degrade the environment. Prescribes other specified conditions and prohibitions with respect to country eligibility. Requires any country otherwise eligible to receive debt cancellation under the modifications to the Initiative made by this Act to agree to: (1) ensure that the financial benefits of debt cancellation are applied to programs to combat HIV/AIDS and poverty; and (2) implement transparent and participatory policymaking and budget procedures, good governance, and effective anticorruption measures. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the options and costs associated with expanding debt relief under the Initiative to poor countries not eligible for inclusion in it.

Airport Streamlining Approval Process Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Airport Streamlining Approval Process Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take action to encourage the construction of airport capacity enhancement projects at congested airports. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a coordinated review process for such projects, which shall provide that all environmental reviews, analyses, opinions, permits, licenses, and approvals that must be issued or made by a Federal agency or airport sponsor for such a project will be conducted concurrently in cooperation with specified Federal and State environmental agencies. Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of an airport sponsor for a congested airport, to approve a restriction on use of a runway to be constructed at the airport to minimize potentially significant adverse noise impacts from the runway, if certain criteria are met. Authorizes the Secretary, in specified circumstances, to allow an airport sponsor carrying out such a project to make payments, out of airport revenues (including local taxes on aviation fuel), for measures to mitigate the environmental impacts of the project, including aircraft noise. Permits the FAA Administrator to accept funds from an airport sponsor to hire additional staff or obtain the services of consultants in order to facilitate the timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with an airport development project. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary approve a project grant application only if the chief executive officer of the State in which the project will be located certifies that there is reasonable assurance that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated in compliance with applicable air and water quality standards. Revises the approval criteria without the requirement of an environmental impact statement for an airport development project that does not involve the location of an airport or runway, or a major runway extension, at an existing airport. Allows such a project without an environmental impact statement if completing the project would allow airport operations involving aircraft complying with the noise standards prescribed for "stage 3" aircraft (currently "stage 2" aircraft).

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 April 2002. # Palin Granit Oy and Vehmassalon kansanterveystyön kuntayhtymän hallitus. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Korkein hallinto-oikeus - Finland. # Harmonisation of laws - Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC - Concept of 'waste - Production residue - Quarry - Storage - Use of waste - No risk to health or the environment - Possibility of recovery of waste. # Case C-9/00.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 April 2002

A resolution designating the week of May 5 through May 11, 2002, as "National Occupational Safety and Health Week".

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002

Designates the week of May 5-11, 2002, as National Occupational Safety and Health Week. Commends safety professionals for their ongoing commitment to protecting people, property, and the environment and encourages all industries, organizations, community leaders, employers, and employees to support educational activities aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of preventing illness, injury, and death in the workplace.

Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002

Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to guarantee small business loans to qualifying farming or ranching concerns in order to implement an Agricultural Innovation Plan. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to assist a qualifying small business farming or ranching concern to develop a Plan which shall seek to increase farm or ranch income and protect environmental quality.

Nationalpark Donauauen

Austria · National Council · 12 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Nationalpark Donauauen

Ammoniakemissionen aus der Tierhaltung

Austria · National Council · 12 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Ammoniakemissionen aus der Tierhaltung und Maßnahmen gegen Versauerung und Eutrophierung

mangelhafte AMA-Rinderdatenbank und illegale Rinderimporte

Austria · National Council · 12 April 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend mangelhafte AMA <i>(Agrarmarkt Austria)</i> -Rinderdatenbank und illegale Rinderimporte

POPS Implementation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002

POPS Implementation Act of 2002 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit (subject to certain exemptions and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention)) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of a POPs chemical substance or mixture. Defines "POPs chemical substance or mixture" as the following: (1) aldrin; (2) chlordane; (3) DDT; (4) dieldrin; (5) endrin; (6) heptachlor; (7) hexachlorobenzene; (8) mirex; (9) PCBs; (10) toxaphene; and (11) any other chemical substance or mixture listed in Annexes A or B to the Convention and with respect to which an amendment adding the substance or mixture to one of the Annexes has entered into force with respect to the United States. Requires a certification statement to accompany each POPs substance or mixture distributed in commerce. Prohibits (subject to certain exemptions and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, or use of certain LRTAP POPs chemical substances or mixtures. Establishes procedures for information collection by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires international cooperative efforts by EPA. Subjects exports of substances or mixtures regulated under this Act to TSCA. Imposes penalties for export and import violations. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a research program in support of the POPs Convention. Requires reports to Congress concerning final exposure and health reassessment of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin and related compounds and describing a strategy to reduce exposure to persistent bioaccumulative toxic substances. Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the regulation of POPs pesticides (the substances listed in the first paragraph, above) and LRTAP POPs pesticides, including through registration and exemptions, controls on imports and exports, international cooperative efforts, certification statements, and notice and recording by the Administrator.

projet de loi relatif aux plans d'exposition au bruit au voisinage des aérodromes

France · Senate · 10 April 2002

GAINS for Women and Girls Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002

Global Action and Investments for New Success for Women and Girls Act of 2002 (or GAINS for Women and Girls Act of 2002) - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to require administration of such law with particular attention to programs, projects, and activities which integrate women into the national economies of developing countries. Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to appoint a head of the Office of Women in Development (WID) at the Deputy Assistant Administrator level or higher. Authorizes the President to establish a coordinating council to promote the advancement of women and girls in all Federal agency policies and programs. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, the USAID Administrator, and the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions with respect to: (1) reducing women's poverty in developing countries; (2) supporting women's businesses through access to resources and financial markets; and (3) improving the terms and conditions of women's work. Women and International Trade Act of 2002 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) establish a Trade, Gender, and Development Policy Advisory Committee to provide policy advice on issues involving trade, gender, and international development; and (2) review (with other specified Federal agency heads) the impacts of trade liberalization on women and their communities. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to: (1) quality education for women and girls in developing countries; and (2) tuberculosis treatment for very poor, at-risk, and affected populations. Directs the USAID Administrator to carry out programs of: (1) child survival and maternal health assistance to individuals in developing countries; (2) gender-sensitive sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV prevention; and (3) topical microbicide development. Requires U.S. international programs to incorporate certain measures with respect to family planning and reproductive health and rights. Urges that funds for programs addressing female genital mutilation be targeted toward certain local nongovernmental organizations. Requires the USAID Administrator and other Federal agency heads to carry out projects to assist: (1) women farmers in accessing global and domestic markets; and (2) governments of developing countries to eliminate de jure discrimination against women. Expresses support for certain international conventions regarding economic, social, and cultural rights of women and girls, children, and migrant workers and their families, as well as civil and political rights. Requires the President to carry out programs in foreign countries to prevent trafficking in women and children. Access for Afghan Women Act of 2002 - Prescribes requirements relating to U.S. activities in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries, especially with respect to women. Urges the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Requires U.S. international programs to incorporate activities and measures to: (1) prevent violence against women and girls; (2) support women's efforts in conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict stability; (3) provide protection and assistance to refugee and internally displaced women; and (4) increase women's leadership and participation in civic life. Supports Senate ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. Authorizes the President to establish a U.S. International Fund for Women's Leadership to award grants to women's organizations in developing countries. Supports establishment of an International Museum of Women. Requires U.S. international environmental programs to take specified measures with respect to women, children, and men in developing countries. Requires the Secretary of State to take into account women's roles in natural resource management as well as the health impacts of environmental toxins on women's health when negotiating international environmental treaties and protocols. Supports Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Directs the Secretary of State to the U.S. representatives to the Global Environment Facility Council and Assembly to urge the Facility to integrate women's special needs into its programming in developing and transitional countries.

SAMMELBERICHT Petitionen Nr. 20, 23, 24, 27 bis 34 Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 18, 19, 21, 22 und 24

Austria · National Council · 3 April 2002

SAMMELBERICHT des Ausschusses für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen über die Petitionen Nr. 20, 23, 24, 27 bis 34 sowie über die Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 18, 19, 21, 22 und 24

projet de loi relatif à la protection de l'environnement en Antarctique

France · Senate · 28 March 2002

Überhandnahme des Mülltransits wegen Ausweitung der Ausnahmen von der Ökopunktepflicht

Austria · National Council · 21 March 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten DDr. Erwin Niederwieser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Überhandnahme des Mülltransits wegen Ausweitung der Ausnahmen von der Ökopunktepflicht

Wasserqualität in Einzelwasserversorgungsanlagen

Austria · National Council · 21 March 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Wasserqualität in Einzelwasserversorgungsanlagen

Wasserqualität in Einzelwasserversorgungsanlagen

Austria · National Council · 21 March 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Wasserqualität in Einzelwasserversorgungsanlagen

Position Österreichs bei den zukünftigen Vertragsstaatenkonferenzen des Internationalen Übereinkommens zur Regelung des Walfanges

Austria · National Council · 21 March 2002

österreichische Klimaschutzoffensive nach der Ratifikation des Kyoto-Protokolls

Austria · National Council · 21 March 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend österreichische Klimaschutzoffensive nach der Ratifikation des Kyoto-Protokolls

Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2002

Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 for the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund. Requires a specified amount to be used for grants or other arrangements to pay for services provided in a neutral manner relating to, and to support the participation of non-Federal entities in, environmental conflict resolution proceedings involving Federal agencies.

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2002

Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to treat the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in the same manner as a State under Clean Air Act administrative provisions for air program applications the Tribe submits to implement and carry out the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Tribe and the State of Colorado in a manner consistent with the Clean Air Act. Makes the program applicable, upon its approval, to all air resources within the exterior boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Provides for compliance enforcement by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe/State of Colorado Environmental Commission and judicial review of the Commission's decisions.