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Bill· HRH.R. 5571 (100th)referred

Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act - Prohibits dumping, discharge, disposal, or transport for such purposes of medical waste into the waters or along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Imposes penalties for violations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations governing the generation, transportation, and storage of medical waste in the Chesapeake Bay States and to review the adequacy of medical waste treatment and disposal methods. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a monitoring and research program under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of medical waste found in and along the Bay. Requires the issuance to all waste generators of guidance on methods to reduce medical waste in the Bay.

Bill· HRH.R. 5562 (100th)referred

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988 - Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to allocate required reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions among powerplants and States. Requires States to set emission limitations for oxides of nitrogen from: (1) electric utility steam generating units using tangential and wall-fired boilers; and (2) other electric utility steam generating units if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that reductions at comparable cost-effectiveness are reasonably feasible. Directs each State which is required to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen pursuant to this Act to submit a revised State implementation plan to the Administrator which establishes enforceable emissions limitations, compliance schedules, conservation measures, and other enforceable measures necessary to achieve such emission reductions. Prohibits a State from allocating an emission reduction to a small utility powerplant whose costs of compliance would significantly exceed the Statewide average for all fossil-fuel fired powerplants and result in significant adverse competitive effects on the small utility. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines, within nine months of this Act's enactment, for the development and implementation of emissions trading programs. Prohibits the Administrator from approving emission trading unless the electric utility: (1) demonstrates that the total aggregate tonnage of emissions reduction will be no less than would be achieved absent such trading; (2) agrees to install and operate continuous emission monitoring for sulfur dioxide; and (3) maintains, and makes available to the public, records of its operations and emissions. Directs the Administrator to impose fees on persons who generate or import electric energy which shall be credited to the Acid Deposition Control Fund out of which payments will be made to electric utilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Makes the portion of costs covered dependent on the control measures employed. Imposes other conditions on such payments to ensure that utilities are rewarded for cost-effective emission control measures. Requires the Administrator to survey the history of reviews and revisions of new source performance standards for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen applicable to electric utility boilers and report to the Congress, within nine months of this Act's enactment, on the results of such survey. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Clean Coal, Acid Deposition and Climate Change Control Technology Installation Program which shall provide grants, from FY 1989 through 1993, to owners or operators of fossil-fuel fired steam generating units for the installation of clean coal technology, conservation measures, or renewable resource technology, or any combination thereof, which has not been adequately demonstrated on a commercial scale and has a reasonable likelihood of achieving more cost-effective continuous emission reductions than measures or technology which has been adequately demonstrated on a commercial scale. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1992. Authorizes the Administrator to issue an extension on emission standards compliance deadlines to owners or operators of fossil-fuel fired steam generating units who made a good faith effort to install and operate the measures or technology for which a grant has been authorized under this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 396 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution concerning the promotion of the environment and human rights in Malaysia.

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Expresses the concern of the congress over the October 1987 arrests of 43 Sarawak tribal people. Encourages the Malaysian Government and the State of Sarawak to: (1) consult with the indigenous groups of the forest of Sarawak who are concerned with the future of the forest; (2) release all those imprisoned for the expression of their views and lift all restrictions on the rights of those detained for their opposition to the environmental and public policies of the Government of Malaysia; and (3) cease attacks on the independence of the Malaysian judiciary. Calls upon the President to: (1) encourage the importation into the United States of only hardwood harvested in a sustainable manner, and urge other countries to adopt similar practices; (2) encourage Malaysia and all countries marketing tropical hardwood to promote sustainable forestry practices; and (3) urge the Malaysian Government and the Government of the State of Sarawak to release those imprisoned for the expression of their views, lift restrictions on the rights of those detained for opposition to governmental public policies, and cease attacks on the Malaysian judiciary. Urges the President to communicate to the International Tropical Timber Organization that the United States: (1) advocates that the interests of indigenous peoples play a key role within the Organization; (2) encourages the Organization to develop environmentally sound policies; and (3) condemns imports of tropical hardwood from logging concession areas where activities cause environmental damage, are not managed for sustained use, or endanger the way of life of the inhabitants of the forest.

Bill· HRH.R. 5556 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to control hazardous air pollutants.

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1988

Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list, within one month of this Act's enactment, of all categories and subcategories of major sources of listed air pollutants and simultaneously designate 50 percent of such the categories for emission regulation. Requires that the remaining major stationary sources which present risks warranting regulation be designated for regulation within five years of this Act's enactment. Permits the Administrator to designate other stationary sources as warranting regulation. Establishes a schedule for the promulgation of emission standards applicable to designated categories or subcategories of pollutant sources. Requires the Administrator, within seven years of promulgating emission standards for a source category, to evaluate public health risks remaining after application of such standards and make such standards more stringent if risks remain significant. Provides for variances from, and extensions of, the implementation of such standards. Prohibits the construction of a new source or modification of an existing source, or emissions from a major source which is subject to emission standards unless such activity is conducted in compliance with a permit issued by the Administrator or an approved State permit program. Requires that such permits be for a fixed term not exceeding ten years. Directs the Administrator to establish and maintain an air toxics clearinghouse, control technology center, and risk information center to assist States in reducing air pollutant emissions. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to a State for the development and implementation of a permit program. Authorizes the President to exempt a source from compliance with emission standards if the means of complying with such standards are unavailable and the source is required for national security purposes.

Bill· SS. 2909 (100th)referred

Novel Organism Release Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1988

Novel Organism Release Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to regulate the release of novel organisms. Defines "novel organism" as any living organism, including nucleic acid, or a plasmid, virus, bacterium, fungus, blue-green algae, or protist or algae, or plant or animal, the genetic material of which has been deliberately manipulated or altered by human intervention through methods including gene amplification, conjugation, transformation, transduction, transposition, cell fusion, or methods of genetic engineering. Requires the publication of an Instruction Manual for Notification of Proposed Releases of Novel Organisms to be made available to biotechnology research organizations and firms. Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances a Division for Biotechnology Assistance. Calls for the establishment of a toll-free telephone information service on laws regulating biotechnology. Establishes categories of releases of novel organisms based upon factors that contribute to risk to health and the environment, requiring notification or a permit. Creates within the National Library of Medicine a Biotechnology Environmental Release Database to coordinate the accumulation of information concerning the interactions and impacts of novel organisms with the environment. Establishes a general framework for the coordination of regulatory efforts of governmental agencies for the release of novel organisms. Requires persons submitting notification of a proposed release of a novel organism to initially contact the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires that an Internal Environmental Biosafety Committee (IEBC) be established whenever the release of a novel organism is proposed, to review the release and recommend tentative categorization. Sets forth other IEBC duties, requires public hearings on the release, and describes authorities to withhold confidential business information regarding the release. Details procedures for petitions for review as to whether information withheld constitutes confidential business information. Makes special provision for information to health professionals, doctors, and nurses. States that research and manufacturing facilities practicing contained use of novel organisms but which demonstrate compliance with EPA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines and compliance with Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research and Containment of Genetically Engineered Organisms shall be exempted from the notification and permit requirements under this Act. Prohibits the release of a novel organism into the environment for any purpose except in compliance with a permit issued under this Act. Describes permit application procedures and informational requirements, including a description of the natural habitat of the organism or its parental strains and information on the relative environmental competitiveness of the microorganism. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Allows the issuance of post de facto permits for releases made in response to emergency situations, such as oil spills, toxic chemical spills, or agricultural or environmental pest infestations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5513 (100th)referred

Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1988

Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from listing or identifying recycled used oil as a hazardous waste under such Act. Directs the Administrator to propose management standards, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, governing the storage, transportation, and processing of recycled used oil.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 389 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop a national policy and enter into international agreements to mitigate global warming from the greenhouse effect.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Congress and the President should implement a national energy and natural resource policy to mitigate global warming caused by the greenhouse effect; and (2) the President should encourage and participate in international agreements to implement international strategies compatible with such policy.

Bill· HRH.R. 5469 (100th)referred

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1988

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1988 - Title I: Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Areas - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate rules, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, for enhanced State monitoring of ozone, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide. Authorizes States to request the Administrator to redesignate a nonattainment area for an air pollutant for which a national ambient air quality standard is applicable as having attained the standard for such pollutant if the area meets such standard, the State implementation plan is revised to provide for the maintenance of such standard, and contingency provisions of such plan assure prompt correction of violations of the standard. Requires the Administrator to promulgate minimum criteria for the consideration of State implementation plan revisions. Revises ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas which are classified as Serious or Severe Areas and are located within Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) to include the entire MSA or CMSA. Authorizes the Administrator to modify nonattainment areas classified as Moderate Class I or Moderate Class II areas to encompass the entire MSA or CMSA if such modification is necessary to attain the air quality standard for ozone or carbon monoxide. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating Primarily to Ozone Air Pollution - Classifies an ozone nonattainment area as a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, Serious Area, or Severe Area depending on the extent to which the area deviates from the ozone air quality standard. Sets forth air quality attainment dates for each classification. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) make no more than two one-year extensions of attainment dates for Moderate Class II or Serious Areas; and (2) reclassify Moderate or Serious Areas as Severe if they cannot meet the ozone standard before December 31, 1997. Sets forth special rules for determining the attainment dates of reclassified areas. Requires each State to submit to the Administrator an emissions inventory of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds from all sources in ozone nonattainment areas. Requires stationary sources within such areas to provide the State with such emissions information. Directs the Administrator to complete development of a Regional Oxidant Model and an urban scale photochemical grid model upon which State plan revisions for ozone nonattainment areas shall be based. Charges major stationary sources with modeling and inventory costs. Requires that State implementation plans for ozone nonattainment areas be revised to contain measures necessary for attaining the ozone standard by the applicable date, including enforceable interim schedules of compliance, contingency provisions to deal with the failure of areas to meet such schedules, and new source review provisions. Sets forth federally prescribed measures for ozone nonattainment areas, including limitations, applicable to all such areas, on increased emissions of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds resulting from the construction or modification of stationary sources. Requires enhanced vehicular inspection and maintenance programs and the application of reasonably available control technology to stationary sources in Moderate Class II, Serious, and Severe ozone nonattainment areas. Requires the use of fill nozzles to recover gasoline vapors escaping when vehicle gas tanks are being filled, increases in the use of vehicles emitting low levels of nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds, and the enhancement of emissions monitoring programs in Serious and Severe Areas. Requires transportation control measures, specified reductions in volatile organic compounds emitted from stationary sources that are not in compliance with emission limitations, and the imposition of civil penalties against the owners or operators of stationary sources that do not attain such reductions in Severe Areas. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Authorizes the imposition of specified sanctions for violations of this subtitle's requirements or provisions of State implementation plans. Directs the Administrator to upgrade the classification of a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, or Serious ozone nonattainment area which fails to attain the air quality standard by the applicable date. Requires States to submit plan revisions for such areas. Imposes restrictions on the construction and modification of stationary sources in Severe Areas which fail to meet such standard by the applicable date. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue and periodically revise control technology guidelines for stationary sources of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds; (2) identify alternative controls for all categories of such stationary sources; and (3) provide States with guidance in evaluating the relative cost-effectiveness of various options for controlling emissions from stationary sources of air pollutants contributing to the nonattainment of ozone or carbon monoxide standards. Directs the Administrator to establish interstate ozone transport regions when there is reason to believe that ozone in one or more States contributes significantly to ozone in another State. Requires the Administrator to create an ozone transport commission for each region to identify the sources of air pollution in the region which should be required to apply reasonably available control technology to reduce ozone pollution elsewhere in the region. Requires the revision of State implementation plans to satisfy commission recommendations which have the Administrator's approval. Authorizes a State to petition the Administrator to require out-of-State sources to install reasonably available control technology upon a finding that such sources contribute to the State's nonattainment of air quality standards. Requires each State in which is located a portion of a multi-State nonattainment area to coordinate the revision and implementation of State implementation plans applicable to the nonattainment area. Allows such a State to escape sanctions upon a showing that it is other States in which such area is located that have violated this subtitle's provisions or caused nonattainment by the applicable date. Subtitle C: Provisions Relating Primarily to Carbon Monoxide Air Pollution - Classifies a carbon monoxide nonattainment area as a Moderate Class I, Moderate Class II, or Severe Area depending on the extent the area deviates from the carbon monoxide air quality standard. Sets forth air quality attainment dates for each classification. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) make no more than one one-year extension of the attainment date for a Moderate Class II Area; and (2) reclassify a Moderate Class II Area as a Severe Area if it cannot meet the carbon monoxide standard before December 31, 1995. Sets forth special rules for determining the attainment dates of reclassified areas. Requires each State in which is located a portion of a multi-State carbon monoxide nonattainment area to coordinate revisions and implementation of State implementation plans applicable to the nonattainment area. Allows such a State to escape sanctions upon a showing that it is other States in which such area is located that have violated this subtitle's provisions or caused nonattainment by the applicable date. Requires that State implementation plans for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas be revised to contain measures necessary for attaining the carbon monoxide standard by the applicable date, including enforceable interim schedules of compliance, a forecast of the vehicle miles to be traveled in the nonattainment area for each year prior to the attainment date, and contingency provisions if the estimate of vehicle miles traveled exceeds the forecast mileage or the area fails to meet the air quality standard by the applicable date. Sets forth federally prescribed measures for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, including vehicular inspection and maintenance programs in Moderate Class II Areas and enhanced vehicular inspection and maintenance programs, increases in the use of vehicles emitting low levels of carbon monoxide or having dual fuel capability, transportation control measures, and enhanced emissions monitoring programs in Severe Areas. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Authorizes the imposition of specified sanctions for violations of this subtitle's requirements or provisions of State implementation plans. Directs the Administrator to upgrade the classification of a Moderate Class I or Moderate Class II carbon monoxide nonattainment area which fails to attain the air quality standard by the applicable date. Requires States to submit plan revisions for such areas. Mandates annual three percent carbon monoxide emissions reductions in Severe Areas which fail to meet such standard by the applicable date. Title II: Provisions Relating to Mobile Sources - Sets standards for emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from passenger cars and light duty trucks manufactured after model year 1992. Requires carbon monoxide emissions testing of passenger cars and light duty trucks manufactured after model year 1992 at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Sets emission standards at such temperature. Adds an idle test to the Federal Test Procedure for emissions from light duty vehicles. Continues the application of model year 1992 standards for emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from passenger cars and light duty trucks through model year 1997 when conducting in-use emissions testing. Directs the Administrator to complete and publish the results of a study by January 1, 1992, regarding the practicality of applying the new standards for nonmethane hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides to vehicles in actual use during their useful life. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate rules, within two years after such study, relating to in-use complance with emission standards. Directs the Administrator to: (1) review, revise, and republish, within 9 months of this Act's enactment, the guidance for State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas; and (2) determine, within two years of this Act's enactment, whether a nationwide program of motor vehicle inspection and maintenance for heavy-duty trucks and buses would be an effective ozone or carbon monoxide control measure. Expands the scope of the prohibition on tampering with vehicle emission control devices or design elements. Authorizes the Administrator to consider information collected under a State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance program in determining the compliance of vehicles in use with emissions standards. Requires the Administrator to establish at least one high altitude testing center to determine the compliance of vehicles with emission standards when in actual use throughout their useful life. Directs the Administrator to promulgate standards for emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds from non-road engines which are significant contributors to ozone or carbon monoxide concentrations in more than one ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment area. Provides for the enforcement of such standards. Requires the Administrator to review and, if necessary, revise aircraft emissions standards. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards requiring the use of hydrocarbon control technology on light duty vehicles if such technology is determined to be feasible and desirable. Provides that, if such standards are not applied to all light duty vehicles, States in which there is an ozone nonattainment area must require the use of a fill nozzle to collect hydrocarbon vapors and prevent spillage. Imposes fees upon vehicle manufacturers for vapor recovery controls. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to reduce evaporative emissions from gasoline by establishing standards for gasoline volatility. Prohibits the sale of leaded gasoline for vehicles on streets or highways after 1990. Permits a two-year extension of such prohibition if such prohibition reduces the availability of leaded gasoline for farm vehicles and alternatives to leaded gasoline for use in farm vehicles are unavailable. Requires the Administrator to promulgate a rule requiring a reduction in the sulfur content of motor vehicle diesel fuel. Directs the Administrator to provide guidance to States in which there are located ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment areas on the use of vehicles having low emissions of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, or carbon monoxide. Requires the Administrater to determine whether and to what extent required increases in the use of low emission vehicles in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas can be extended to fleets of heavy-duty vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards, within two years of this Act's enactment, applicable to on-board natural gas storage cylinders. Requires that, of the vehicles obtained for a Federal Government fleet of passenger cars and light-duty trucks, 30 percent of such vehciles obtained in 1994, 50 percent of such vehicles obtained during 1995 and 1996, and 90 percent of such vehicles obtained thereafter be alternative fuel vehicles. Requires Federal facilities supplying such vehicles with alcohol or natural gas to offer such fuel for sale to the public. Requires that other Federal gasoline powered vehicles which are not dual energy vehicles and are operated in Severe carbon monoxide nonattainment Areas be supplied with fuel that binds oxygenates with gasoline after March 31, 1989. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress by October 1, 1991, on the air pollutant emissions, air quality impact, and human health risks associated with the storage, distribution, and use of significant amounts of alcohols or natural gas as transportation fuels as compared to diesel and gasoline fuels. Authorizes appropriations for such study for FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996 for the extra costs of acquiring low-emission vehicles for Federal fleets. Requires that all buses ordered after 1989 for a Federal bus fleet operating in an ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment area and having a central refueling station available to it be low emittors of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic chemicals, or carbon monoxide. Directs the Administrator to provide States with guidance on the use of transportation control measures. Title III: Other Provisions - Includes movable stationary sources within the term "stationary source" if such source emits pollutants from equipment or processes other than its means of propulsion. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of emissions of volatile organic compounds into the air from various substances, products, or activities to: (1) determine their potential to contribute to ozone levels; and (2) establish criteria for selecting substances, products, and activities to be regulated. Authorizes the Administrator to regulate such substances, products, and activities or issue control technology guidance if such guidance will be substantially as effective as regulations in reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds. Requires specified reductions in emissions of volatile organic compounds from commercial and consumer solvents, architectural coatings, traffic coatings, and aerospace coatings. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines, within one year of this Act's enactment, for the improved enforcement of requirements applicable to the control of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and carbon monoxide. Sets forth air pollution control penalty and and enforcement provisions. Requires the Administrator to: (1) periodically review and, if necessary, revise the methods used to determine the quantity of emissions of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides from pollutant sources; and (2) establish methods to determine the quantity of such emissions from sources for which methods have not yet been established. Directs the Administrator to: (1) conduct a study and report to the Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on whether the methodology used by the EPA for establishing a design value for ozone provides a reasonable indicator of the ozone air quality of ozone nonattainment areas; (2) conduct a study and report to the Congress, within two years of this Act's enactment, on the role of nitrogen oxide emission reductions in reductions of ozone levels at different peak ozone concentrations and volatile organic compound-to-nitrogen oxide ratios; and (3) jointly fund, with the motor vehicle manufacturing industry, research into alternative fuels and new engine designs which are more fuel efficient and less polluting. Requires the Administrator to make information regarding emission control technology available to States and the public through a central database. Authorizes appropriations for the implementation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5466 (100th)referred

A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on the management of infectious medical wastes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1988

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a research program to: (1) assess the sources, amounts, composition, and disposal of infectious medical wastes; (2) determine the hazard to public health of such wastes; (3) compare incineration processes, autoclaving, and other disposal technologies and assess each; and (4) assess the status of U.S. medical waste management practices. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5450 (100th)open

A bill to prohibit the ocean dumping of sewage sludge, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1988

Title I: Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the issuance of permits authorizing ocean dumping of sewage sludge after 1992. Waives the tax imposed on ocean dumping of sewage sludge under title II of this Act for permittees who enter into a compliance agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by January 1, 1989, which phases out and terminates ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993 and sets forth a schedule for the implementation of an alternative sludge disposal system. Requires permittees who are not subject to such waiver to deposit the equivalent of 60 percent of title II taxes into a trust account to be used for the development and implementation of long-term environmentally sound alternatives to ocean disposal of sewage sludge and improvements in sewage sludge pretreatment, treatment, and storage techniques. Establishes a fund, into which 15 percent of title II taxes shall be deposited, for sludge disposal research, reporting, permit, and enforcement activities. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress at six-month intervals on land-based disposal options for sewage sludge and the progress made by permittees toward the cessation of ocean dumping of such sludge. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to hold hearings and issue a report should the Administration find a permittee unable to cease ocean dumping of sewage sludge by 1993. Title II: Tax on Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax against those who dump sewage sludge into the ocean, imposing a stiffer tax upon the approach of 1993 and against those who lack a permit. Allows permittees a tax credit or refund for amounts deposited into the trust account established under title I. Transfers 25 percent of the tax revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Title III: Discharging into Marine Waters - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to set forth provisions identical to those in title I of this Act which shall be applicable to discharges into marine waters that are regulated under such Act. Title IV: Tax on Discharging into Marine Waters - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax against those who discharge sewage sludge and any other material subject to specified Federal Water Pollution Act guidelines into marine waters, imposing a stiffer tax upon the approach of 1993 and against those who lack a permit. Allows permittees a tax credit or refund for amounts deposited into the trust account established under title III. Transfers 25 percent of the tax revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

Bill· SS. 2854 (100th)referred

A bill to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to take certain action to protect the environment; to mitigate water pollution; to reduce solid waste and the cost in connection with the disposal of such waste through recycling; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1988

Prohibits the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of not less than five cents. Requires the retailers and distributors pay the refund on refund containers of brands sold by such retailers or distributors. Prohibits distributors and retailers from selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings. Preempts inconsistent State or local laws. Prohibits State and local governments from imposing any tax on the collection or return of refund values. Imposes penalties of up to $1,000 for violations.

Bill· SS. 2853 (100th)open

Ground Water Safety Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1988

Ground Water Safety Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require a pesticide registrant or reregistrant to submit information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the pesticide's potential for groundwater leaching. (Directs the Administrator, upon such registration, to determine a pesticide's leaching potential.) Requires registrants, in the case of a positive leaching potential, to: (1) develop management practices to minimize such leaching; (2) disseminate such management information to applicators; and (3) conduct groundwater monitoring. Requires a registrant, upon detection of groundwater contamination, to notify EPA, the State, the owner of the property, and any other person(s) relying on the underground source for drinking water or household needs. States that if such contamination reaches or is likely to reach 25 percent of the EPA-established groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall amend the registration to impose further restrictions on the pesticide's use. Authorizes the Administrator to consider the health effects of alternative pesticides in setting such restrictions. States that if contamination reaches 50 percent of the groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall notify and provide relevant information to the affected State(s). Directs the Administrator, if an affected State fails to act, to prohibit the pesticide's use in the vicinity of the underground source of drinking water. Directs the Administrator to: (1) collect and make available to the public information on groundwater pesticide contamination; (2) provide technical assistance to States for groundwater protection programs; (3) conduct research activities to monitor the presence of pesticides in the unsaturated zone; and (4) enter into agreements with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to develop information systems for State and local officials, farmers, and applicators regarding soil, climate, and hydrology at specific pesticide use sites. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Requires States to develop and submit for EPA approval pesticide water pollution prevention programs. Authorizes: (1) the Administrator to provide financial assistance; and (2) FY 1989 through 1993 appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator to issue groundwater residue guidance levels for FIFRA-registered pesticides. Exempts farmers from liability under Federal environmental laws for releases or threatened releases of pesticides into the environment if they: (1) certify that they complied with labeling instructions and applicable law; (2) include in the certification information relating to the use of the pesticide; (3) keep records, for each pesticide application, of information required to be submitted in the certification; and (4) did not act negligently or recklessly. Imposes liability on registrants of the pesticide and of ingredients in the pesticide and on other parties responsible under Federal law when the farmer is exempted from liability. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) require registrants to provide information concerning the safe storage and disposal of excess or spilled pesticides and their ability to carry out recall plans; and (2) impose requirements and procedures on persons who store, transport, or dispose of a cancelled or suspended pesticide or materials used to contain or collect excess or spilled quantities of such pesticide. Deems a suspended or cancelled pesticide to be a hazardous waste unless its owner certifies to the Administrator, within 180 days of such cancellation or suspension, that the pesticide is to be relabeled, reformulated, exported, or otherwise used as a commercial product. Prohibits the storage of cancelled or suspended pesticides for more than three years. Directs the Administrator to recall a suspended or cancelled pesticide when necessary for the protection of health or the environment. Reimburses registrants for a portion of the recall costs borne by such registrants after their submission to the Administrator of a recall plan which sets forth the recall schedule, the extent of such recall, and means to verify its effectiveness. Requires the Administrator to develop: (1) design regulations for pesticide containers that will promote the safe storage and disposal of such pesticides; and (2) regulations for pesticide container residue removal. Directs the Administrator to conduct a pesticide container study and report the results of such study to the Congress within two years of this Act's enactment. Amends the Act's definition of a pesticide. Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prohibit such Act from precluding States or localities from imposing limits on pesticide residues in or on food that are more stringent than Federal limits. Directs the Administrator to submit a report to the Congress by May 1, 1989, summarizing available data on abandoned production and injection wells and the impacts such wells may have on ground water quality.

Law· HRH.R. 5442 (100th)enacted

Asbestos Information Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1988

Asbestos Information Act of 1988 - Requires that those who manufacture or process asbestos or asbestos-containing material report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within 90 days after this Act's enactment, on the years of manufacture, the types or classes of product, and other identifying characteristics reasonably necessary to identify or distinguish such material. Requires the Administrator to publish such information within 180 days after this Act's enactment.

Question· Kleine Anfrage11/3052open

Einhaltung der Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung (G-SIG: 11002871)

Germany · German Bundestag · 3 October 1988

Einhaltung der Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung durch Mitglieder der Bundesregierung und ihrer Sicherheitskräfte, Dienstanweisungen an die Fahrer, Überschreiten der Höchstgeschwindigkeit durch den Bundesarbeitsminister, Umweltverschmutzung durch laufende Motoren des Kanzlerwagens und der Begleitfahrzeuge während eines Essens des Bundeskanzlers auf dem CDU-Parteitag in Wiesbaden

Bill· HRH.R. 5435 (100th)referred

Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988 - Expresses the U.S. policy regarding Federal environmental protection activities administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, including that such activities shall attain the greatest risk reduction possible with the resources available. Requires the Administrator of EPA to act to protect human health and the environment on the basis of careful assessment of risks and evaluation of control options for their management. Requires the development of risk assessment guidelines covering specified elements, including mutagenicity assessment, carcinogenicity assessment, exposure estimates, reproductive risks, and ecological effects. Requires guidelines to include hazard determinations, dose response assessments, exposure assessments, and risk characterizations. Requires a report to the Congress projecting the net risk reduction and costs that would result from control and abatement of environmental hazards in accordance with this Act. Requires inclusion of a list of human and environmental risks with which the EPA is concerned and the potency, exposure, and other information for each risk. Requires recurring reports every four years. Requires an annual report to the Congress projecting the net risk reduction and costs that would result from the implementation of each of the Agency's abatement and control programs. Requires a report on the status of risk assessment within the Federal Government, to include a review of risk assessment activities presently being carried out within Federal agencies with a mandate to protect the public health, specifying under which legislative authority they are and are not being carried out, and the limitations under such authorities which prevent the full utilization of risk assessment. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5434 (100th)referred

Waste Act to Save the Environment

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Waste Act to Save the Environment - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish as an objective of such Act the assurance that solid waste exports are managed in accordance with environmental standards no less strict than Federal standards in this country. Prohibits the export of solid waste except when there is an agreement between the United States and the receiving country which provides for the exchange of information regarding such export and its management, cooperation in the enforcement of the agreement, and biannual review of the agreement's effectiveness. Requires exporters of solid waste to register with and submit specified export and export management information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency who shall annually submit a report to the Congress summarizing such information. Prohibits the export of a solid waste until the Administrator finds that the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such export will be carried out in accordance with environmental standards no less strict than Federal standards in this country. Authorizes the Administrator to impose fees on exporters to defray the costs of administering this Act. Imposes criminal penalties against persons who knowingly violate this Act's requirements.

Bill· HRH.R. 5430 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to establish special fees for the ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, and for other purpose.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit persons from dumping sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean without a permit. Prohibits all such dumping after 1992. Imposes dumping fees which increase with the approach of 1993. Requires that 85 percent of such fees be deposited in a trust account for the development of environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping or improvement in sewage sludge and industrial waste treatment and storage techniques. Pays the remainder of such fees to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for ocean dumping permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities. Conditions receipt of an ocean dumping permit upon the entering into of a compliance or enforcement agreement with the Administrator which includes a plan for the phasing-out and cessation of ocean dumping and the implementation of alternatives to such dumping. Waives dumping fees charged against persons who have entered into a compliance agreement. Imposes civil monetary penalties against persons who dump sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean after 1992. Requires that 90 percent of such penalties be paid into the trust accounts in 1993, with five percent reductions in such allotment for each succeeding year. Pays the remainder to the Administrator for the activities to which dumping fees are devoted. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires that fees and penalties not needed for use by the Administrator for permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities be used for making capitalization grants to New York and New Jersey for the establishment of a revolving fund to assist specified water pollution control efforts under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Administrator to issue orders requiring ocean dumpers to cease such dumping until they enter into a compliance or enforcement agreement and obtain a permit. Authorizes the Administrator to request the Attorney General to commence civil actions against persons who violate such orders or this Act's ocean dumping provisions. Prohibits persons from disposing of sewage sludge at any landfill located on Staten Island, New York. Requires that New York and New Jersey use at least 20 percent of their capitalization grant and contribution associated with such grant within six months of receipt of such grant to assist persons in developing and implementing environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress, within six months of this Act's enactment, on ocean discharge guidelines established pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the President, in submitting his budget for FY 1990, to include a schedule and an estimate of the resources needed for achieving compliance with such guidelines.

Bill· HRH.R. 5421 (100th)referred

Global Environment Research and Policy Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1988

Global Environment Research and Policy Act of 1988 - Title I: National Global Change Research Plan - Directs the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (Council) to develop a National Global Change Research Plan for a ten-year national research program on the processes and factors which contribute to global environmental change, including research on increases of global sea levels. Requires that such Plan allocate research responsibilities among Federal agencies in accordance with existing and appropriate additional agency missions and responsibilities. Requires that such Plan be submitted to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment and revised and resubmitted at least once every three years. Directs the Council to: (1) oversee implementation of the Plan; (2) coordinate global change research and assessment activities among Federal agencies; (3) work with the National Research Council and other groups conducting such activities; (4) promote consistent, efficient, and compatible transfer and use of research data; and (5) cooperate with the Secretary of State in providing U.S. representation at international governmental meetings on global change. Requires each Federal agency to submit a report identifying each element of its proposed global change activities to the President and the Council when it submits its appropriations request to the President. Directs the President to give the Council an opportunity to review and comment on the budget estimate for each agency in the context of the Plan before submitting the annual budget to the Congress, and identify in such budget the portion of each agency's annual budget that is allocated to each element of that agency's global change activities. Sets forth Council reporting requirements. Title II: Council on Global Environmental Policy - Establishes a Council on Global Environmental Policy within the Executive Office of the President to advise the President regarding domestic and international policies, plans, and programs of the Federal Government related to global environmental change. Sets forth reporting requirements, including the requirement that the Council on Global Environmental Policy develop and submit to the Congress and the President, within five years of this Act's enactment, a comprehensive program to abate, mitigate, and adapt to the impacts of global environmental change. Requires that such program be updated periodically to incorporate the results of Plan research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Defines terms.

Bill· HRH.R. 5400 (100th)referred

A bill to regulate the disposal of certain medical equipment and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1988

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a marking and recordkeeping system tracking medical equipment from its manufacture or importation to its disposal. Prohibits the disposal or disinfection of medical equipment waste at a facility which is not licensed. Requires such facilities to post a bond with the Administrator to insure compliance with licensing regulations. Requires handlers of medical equipment to give EPA representatives or representatives of a State having an authorized medical waste program information and access to information concerning such waste. Imposes penalties for violations of medical equipment marking, recordkeeping, and disposal requirements. Prohibits the interpretation of this Act as precluding more stringent State or local medical equipment tracking or disposal requirements. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator through FY 1991 for carrying out this Act's activities. Makes individuals who violate medical equipment tracking or disposal requirements liable for compensable damages caused by the disposal of such equipment. Sets forth defenses to such liability. Limits the time within which such actions may be brought. Reduces amounts payable to a plaintiff by the total of the relief or compensation they have previously received for such damages.

Bill· HRH.R. 5373 (100th)referred

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1988

Indoor Air Quality Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to assure the quality of indoor air, including coordinating and accelerating efforts related to the causes, detection, and correction of contaminated air. Requires such program to include information collection and dissemination, cooperative research, grants, studies, development of techniques, facility construction, and conferences. Requires that research focus on human health effects and the identification of types and levels of contaminants likely to cause harm, including the development of methodology and techniques for detection and control. Authorizes the Administrator to assist technology demonstration activities based on a technology's potential to cost-effectively control sources of contaminants which pose the greatest risk. Limits Federal funding to 75 percent of costs. Directs the Administrator to periodically publish general reports on the findings of such demonstration activities and provide such reports to the Indoor Air Clearinghouse. Requires the Administrator to publish and furnish the Indoor Air Clearinghouse with bulletins assessing technologies and management practices for the control and measurement of indoor air contaminants. Directs the Administrator to: (1) develop protocols for the measurement of radon gas in child care facilities; and (2) disseminate information concerning techniques for measuring and reducing radon levels in child care facilities and characteristics of child care facilities with high radon risks. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide States with devices and the use of EPA laboratories for testing child care facilities for radon; and (2) undertake diagnostic and remedial efforts to reduce radon levels in nonresidential child care facilities. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on the appropriateness, feasibility, and implications of considering human exposure to indoor air pollutants in developing ambient air quality standards and national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct and report to the Congress within two years of this Act's enactment on a national assessment of the seriousness and extent of indoor air contamination in buildings owned by local educational agencies. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by the beginning of FY 1989 on activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Administrator to publish and biennially revise a list of contaminants known to occur in indoor air. Provides for additions to such list upon application of a State Governor. Requires the Administrator to publish advisory materials addressing the human health effects of listed contaminants which describe the properties, effects, risks, and concentrations of such contaminants. Directs the Indoor Air Panel of the EPA Science Advisory Board to assist in the listing and advisories. Requires that such advisories be updated every five years. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish a national indoor air quality response plan describing actions to be taken pursuant to existing statutory authority to reduce listed indoor air contaminants to safe levels. Requires that such plans include the dissemination of information, education programs, and the provision of technical assistance. Requires that the response plan identify the contaminant, the basis for the action, the nature of the response, the responsible Federal authority, the necessary financial resources, and situations where existing statutory authority or technology is inadequate to address contamination problems. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to prepare a response plan to reduce listed indoor air contaminants to safe levels in Federal buildings. Exempts certain Federal buildings for national security, demolition, or special use purposes. Requires response plans to be submitted to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the GSA to reserve 0.5 percent of funds appropriated for the construction of new Federal buildings for the design and construction of air contaminant reduction measures and report upon the completion of each Federal building on the use made of reserved funds. Requires that any new EPA headquarters be designed and operated as a model to demonstrate principles and practices for the protection of indoor air quality. Authorizes grants to States for the development of management strategies and indoor air quality assessment and response programs similar to those of the Federal program. Directs the Administrator to establish an Office of Indoor Air Quality within EPA's Office of Air and Radiation to implement agency responsibilities under this Act. Establishes a Council on Indoor Air Quality to coordinate Federal activities and advise the President. Requires the Council to report to the Congress on a biennial basis. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), within six months of this Act's enactment, to define their respective responsibilities and planned actions to address radon hazards. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on actions taken to implement such MOU within two years of this Act's enactment. Directs the Administrator to establish a national indoor air quality clearinghouse which shall operate a toll-free line on indoor air quality. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to implement a Building Assessment Demonstration Program to support the development of methods for assessing indoor air contamination in non-residential, non-industrial buildings and to provide building owners and occupants with assistance and guidance in reducing indoor air contamination. Authorizes building owners or occupants, or representatives of employees working in a building, to submit building assessment proposals which shall be selected or denied on the basis of specified considerations, including the apparent seriousness and extent of building air contamination. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher learning to establish and operate five regional radon training centers to provide instruction on radon diagnosis and mitigation and disseminate information on radon. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993.

Bill· SS. 2824 (100th)referred

Onondaga Lake Restoration Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1988

Onondaga Lake Restoration Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York. Calls for cataloging, assessing, and coordinating research on the lake and development of a plan with corrective action priorities and pollution control schedules. Requires assessments of projects relating to the levels of dissolved oxygen, the presence of mercury, untreated sewage discharges, and high plankton levels in lake waters. Requires that the plan's implementation be coordinated with the State of New York and other groups. Authorizes grants for research, modeling, and other plan activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1994. Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to assess the cost, feasibility, duration, and effectiveness of strategies regarding the lake's restoration.

Bill· HRH.R. 5324 (100th)referred

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1988

Illegal Dumping Prevention Act of 1988 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of vessels illegally dumping wastes into ocean waters.

Bill· HRH.R. 5311 (100th)referred

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1988

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit any financial connection between the contractor who conducts a school asbestos inspection or assists in preparing a school asbestos management plan and the contractor who carries out such plan. Requires that in monitoring school air for asbestos: (1) transmission electron microscopes having a specified sensitivity limit be used; (2) such monitoring be conducted in the manner most likely to detect asbestos; and (3) no financial connection exist between monitors and contractors implementing asbestos response actions. Requires that the model school asbestos contractor accreditation plan for States, developed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), include a State-approved contractor training course and require that those who have passed the accreditation exam engage in supervised work experience before achieving accreditation. Directs the Administrator and the States to establish procedures for terminating accreditation. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within six months of this Act's enactment on the need for and feasibility of agreements between States to create reciprocity in accreditation between States. Directs the Administrator to: (1) develop and implement a plan for conducting random, on-site school inspections to ensure that asbestos response actions are carried out in a manner that protects human health and the environment; (2) require school asbestos contractors to provide assurances of financial responsibility for all liabilities arising out of their work; and (3) delineate the division of responsibility between the EPA and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for worker safety under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response program. Authorizes school employees who are directed to conduct emergency repairs which may involve asbestos or to conduct operations and maintenance activities to refuse to conduct such activities unless they are provided with proper equipment and training and allowed to follow safe work practices. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within 120 days of this Act's enactment requiring owners of Federal, State, and commercial buildings to conduct asbestos inspections in and, if asbestos is present, develop and implement asbestos management plans for such buildings. Sets deadlines for the implementation and completion of such activities. Imposes civil monetary penalties against building owners who violate such regulations. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within 120 days of this Act's enactment on the feasibility of tracking asbestos-containing material removed from schools to assure that it is transported and disposed of in a manner protective of human health and the environment. Establishes an Asbestos Abatement Scientific Commission which shall assess available asbestos response actions for their effectiveness and appropriateness in protecting human health and the environment. Sets forth reporting requirements.

Bill· SS. 2788 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1988

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, with respect to the standards applicable for cleanup of hazardous waste at steel and aluminum manufacturing facilities, to require that groundwater correction measure standards be met at the facility's property boundary (rather than at the boundary of each individual solid waste management unit). Requires groundwater monitoring at facility boundaries and other locations. Requires the establishment by facility owners or operators of a fund to provide financial owners or operators of a fund to provide financial responsibility for monitoring and corrective measures for 30 years following cessation of operations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5302 (100th)referred

Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1988

Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in the States bordering the Great Lakes. Includes in such program the monitoring of beaches in Great Lake States where there have been reported incidences of medical waste being washed up on shore. Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste. Requires such parties to permit access to, and provide copies of, all records relating to such wastes to any designated representative of the EPA. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to use authority provided in the Solid Waste Disposal Act to immediately address and correct the improper disposal of medical waste.

Bill· SS. 2778 (100th)referred

Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1988

Great Lakes States Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a demonstration program, within nine months of this Act's enactment, to track, by the use of a manifest system, medical waste generated and disposed of in the States bordering the Great Lakes. Includes in such program the monitoring of beaches in Great Lake States where there have been reported incidences of medical waste being washed up on shore. Makes such program applicable to generators of medical waste, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, transport, and disposal of medical waste. Requires such parties to permit access to, and provide copies of, all records relating to such wastes to any designated representative of the EPA. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of program requirements. Provides that this Act does not preclude any State or locality from imposing more stringent requirements for the control or monitoring of medical waste or affect the authorities or requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress, within three years of this Act's enactment, on the progress and success of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to use authority provided in the Solid Waste Disposal Act to immediately address and correct the improper disposal of medical waste.

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