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Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion B90/GR, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · Bundesrat · 1 January 2002
<b>Europäische Impulse:</b> EG-Rechtliche Vorgaben zur abfallrechtlichen Überwachung <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Anpassung von Form und Struktur der abfallrechtlichen Überwachung an die Vorgaben des EG-Rechtes, reibungslose Umsetzung künftiger Änderungen und stärkere Angleichung an andere Mitgliedstaaten, Nutzung moderner Kommunikationstechniken im abfallrechtlichen Nachweisverfahren, Vereinfachungen in Einzelbereichen; Änderung versch. §§ Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz, Gesetz über die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung, Gesetz über Umweltstatistiken sowie Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz, Aufhebung der Abfallwirtschaftskonzept- und -bilanzverordnung sowie der Bestimmungsverordnung überwachungsbedürftige Abfälle zur Verwertung, Änderung weiterer acht Verordnungen. In Teilbereichen wird es zu Kostensenkungen für die öffentlichen Haushalte kommen. Eventuelle geringe Investitionskosten für die Einführung der elektronischen Form verteilen sich auf eine Übergangszeit von vier Jahren und werden durch Nutzungsvorteile mehr als nur ausgeglichen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz/Änderung versch.§§ KrW-/AbfG betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * UVP-Gesetz/Änderung versch. §§ UVPG betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Umweltstatistikgesetz/ Änderung § 4 UStatG betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz/Änderung § 2 ElektroG betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Abfallwirtschaftskonzept- und -bilanzverordnung/Aufhebung der AbfKoBiV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Bestimmungsverordnung überwachungsbedürftige Abfälle zur Verwertung/Aufhebung der BestüVAbfV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Genehmigungsbedürftige Anlage/Änderung Ziffer 8 4. BImSchV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Abfallverzeichnis- Verordnung/Änderung §§ 1 und 3 AVV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Transportgenehmigungsverordnung/Änderung §§ 1 und 12 TgV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Altholzverordnung/Änderung § 6 AltholzV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Gewerbeabfallverordnung/Änderung §§ 3 und 5 GewAbfV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Versatzverordnung/Änderung Anlage 4 VersatzV betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Mülldeponie/Änderung §§ 6, 8, 14, 25 und Anhang 4 Deponieverordnung betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Verwaltungsgerichtsordnung/Änderung § 48 VwGO betr. abfallrechtliche Überwachung * Rechtsangleichung in der EU/Anpassung von Form und Struktur der abfallrechtlichen Überwachung an die Vorgaben des EG-Rechtes * Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik/Nutzung moderner Kommunikationstechniken im abfallrechtlichen Nachweisverfahren
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Naturschutz als gesellschaftliche Aufgabe, internationale Zusammenarbeit, rechtliche Weiterentwicklung, Verbesserung der Datenlage, Forschung, Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt durch Schutzmaßnahmen und durch nachhaltige Nutzung, zukünftige Schwerpunkte der Naturschutzpolitik der Bundesregierung
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Auswirkungen des Straßenverkehrs auf Mensch und Umwelt (Gesundheit und Lebensqualität, Verkehrsopfer, Luftverschmutzung, Lärm, Natur und Landschaft, Klima), Verkehrsentwicklung und Prognosen, Akteure und Rahmenbedingungen der Verkehrspolitik, normative Grundlagen und Ziele, Strategien (technische Maßnahmen an der Quelle, Verlagerung und Vermeidung, Kooperation, Verkehrssicherheit), Maßnahmen in der Verkehrswege- und Raumplanung sowie in der Verkehrslenkung, Korrektur verkehrserzeugender Anreize (u.a. Entfernungspauschale, Wohnungsbau- und Eigenheimförderung)
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Germany · Bundesrat · 1 January 2002
<b>Bezug:</b> Auf der vierten Tagung der Vertragsparteien in Esbjerg (Dänemark) am 22. August 2003 beschlossene Änderung des ASCOBANS-Abkommens <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Ratifikation der am 22. August 2003 in Esbjerg (Dänemark) beschlossenen Änderungen des ASCOBANS-Abkommens: Ausweitung des Abkommengebiets und entsprechende Änderung des Titels in "Abkommen zur Erhaltung der Kleinwale der Nord- und Ostsee, des Nordostatlantiks und der Irischen See", Ergänzung der Inkrafttretungsregelungen. Den öffentlichen Haushalten entstehen keine zusätzlichen Kosten:. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Nordsee/Gesetz zur Änderung des Abkommens vom 31. März 1992 zur Erhaltung der Kleinwale in der Nord- und Ostsee * Ostsee/Gesetz zur Änderung des Abkommens vom 31. März 1992 zur Erhaltung der Kleinwale in der Nord- und Ostsee * Artenschutz/Gesetz zur Änderung des Abkommens vom 31. März 1992 zur Erhaltung der Kleinwale in der Nord- und Ostsee * Nordatlantik/Ausweitung des ASCOBANS-Abkommensgebiets zur Erhaltung der Kleinwale auf den Nordostatlantik und die Irische See
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
Internationale und nationale klimaschutzpolitische Entwicklungen seit 2000, Zwischenbilanz des Nationalen Klimaschutzprogramms von 2000 und weiterer Handlungsbedarf, u. a. Energieeffizienz im Gebäudebereich, erneuerbare Energien, Emissionshandel, Ökosteuer, sektorbezogene Maßnahmen, Aktivitäten der Länder, Kommunen und anderer Akteure (beim Bundesrat als BT-Drs 15/5931 verteilt)
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002
(Bericht gem. Beschluss des Einsetzungsantrages auf Drs 15/2441) Auftrag, Arbeitsweise und Organisationsform des Parlamentarischen Beirats, Tätigkeiten und Vorhaben, Empfehlung zur Fortsetzung der Arbeit in der nächsten Legislaturperiode
Austria · National Council · 21 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Schlachthofkontrolle
Austria · National Council · 21 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend "Natura 2000" <i>(Auflistung jener Gebiete, die unter Naturschutz zu stellen</i> <i>sind)</i>
Austria · Federal Council · 20 December 2001
Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Christoph Hagen, Ilse Giesinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Entschließung des Vorarlberger Landtages zur Bekämpfung von Atomgefahren
Austria · Federal Council · 20 December 2001
Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Christoph Hagen, Ilse Giesinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Entschließung des Vorarlberger Landtages zur Bekämpfung von Atomgefahren
Austria · National Council · 20 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Inseratenschaltung in Printmedien durch das BMLFUW <i>(Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und</i> <i>Wasserwirtschaft)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act of 2001 - 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 their sources; and (2) a national greenhouse gas registry 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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to establish standards for mercury and mercury compound emissions applicable to: (1) electric utility steam generating units; (2) coal- and oil-fired boiler units of a specified capacity; (3) chlor-alkali plants that use the mercury cell production process; and (4) dust from Portland cement plants. Sets forth permit requirements. Requires the Administrator to authorize methods of emissions control. Establishes mercury emission baselines for electric utility and coal- and oil-fired boiler units. Requires the regulations to ensure that recovered mercury is disposed of in a manner that ensures that: (1) mercury hazards are not transferred between environmental media; and (2) there is no release of mercury into the environment. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of long-term disposal research and publicize emission data for each facility. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator to publish a list of mercury-containing items to be separated and removed from the waste streams that feed solid waste facilities. Requires mercury-content labeling by manufacturers. Requires persons that transfer solid waste that may contain a listed mercury-containing item to submit separation and removal plans. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning measurement of mercury emissions from solid waste combustion flue gases. Requires permits for solid waste incineration units to specify inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance certification, and reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to require incineration units that exceed the maximum emission rate to install measures that will result, within three years, in a rate below the specified maximum. Prohibits, three years after this Act's enactment, the sale of mercury-containing products unless the manufacturer has been granted an exemption. Requires reports on reductions of mercury emissions from medical and hazardous waste incinerators, military uses of mercury, the sources and extent of emissions in North America, sedimentation trends in water bodies of concern, and fish consumption advisories. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to report on the progress made in complying with this Act's amendments. Requires a study of mercury stockpiles and retirement. Increases funding for the National Atmospheric Deposition Program Mercury Deposition Network.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Pipeline Infrastructure Protection to Enhance Security and Safety Act - Amends Federal transportation law "one-call notification system" provisions concerning notification to underground facility operators of excavations to: (1) require participation by government operators; and (2) encourage the adoption of the "Common Ground" report. Revises pipeline safety provisions to require the Secretary of Transportation: (1) when assessing the security and safety of pipeline facilities, to assess the vulnerabilities of such facilities to terrorist attacks; (2) when prescribing minimum safety standards for pipeline transportation and for pipeline facilities, to include in such standards a requirement that pipeline facility operators participate in a public safety program; and (3) to establish pipeline public education and safety standards. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to develop and implement a cooperative program of research, development, and demonstration to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities. Requires the establishment of a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to develop a cooperative pipeline facility integrity program. Establishes a pipeline controller certification qualification program. Requires a pipeline facility operator to provide: (1) geospatial data appropriate for use in the National Pipeline Mapping System; (2) identification of the person with primary operational control; (3) develop and implement terrorism security programs; and (4) with a condition deemed potentially unsafe condition to take necessary corrective actions. Authorizes to pipelines: (1) technical assistance; and (2) security recommendations. Requires a coordinated environmental review process for pipeline repair and rehabilitation projects. Permits withholding from the public certain pipeline information that could reveal the systemic vulnerability of a pipeline to attack.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Species Protection and Conservation of the Environment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to States to facilitate local capacity building among individual, local, State, and Federal land and owners of water rights through the development of a State assessment that identifies priorities for restoration, management, or enhancement of native fish or wildlife and their natural habitats and processes through control of harmful nonnative species. Creates the Aldo Leopold Native Heritage Grant Program for the science-based restoration, management, or enhancement of native fish or wildlife or natural habitats, with an emphasis on controlling harmful nonnative species and technical feasibility. Requires such program to include a monitoring plan and partnership with a Federal agency. Directs the Secretary to consider projects which aid species which are or could be listed as endangered and which encourage intergovernmental and private/public cooperation and involvement, with priority to projects which utilize innovative technology. Provides for a higher Federal share of costs for projects with innovative technology. Requires the National Invasive Species Council to develop monitoring requirements to ensure that the long and short-term goals of the project are achieved. Directs the Council to develop and maintain a database on such projects, including their techniques. Requires the Secretary to carry out demonstration projects to promote ecologically based strategies to control harmful nonnative species affecting the National Wildlife Refuge System and adjacent lands and waters, encouraging public/private cooperation and including the use of innovative technology. Authorizes the Secretary to financially assist a rapid response to outbreaks of harmful nonnative species when rapid eradication or control is possible.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
United States Security (USA) Act of 2001 - Sets forth "Buy America" provisions permitting, subject to exception, Federal financial assistance under this Act for a project only if steel and manufactured goods used in the project are of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities for defending against and combating bioterrorism and other public health threats; (2) establish a Scientific Communication Center; and (3) improve security at CDC facilities. Amends the: (1) Atomic Energy Act to provide for sufficient potassium iodide tablet stockpiles; and (2) Public Health Service Act to provide for a contingency bone marrow donor program. Requires national standards for the implementation of quarantines. Authorizes appropriations for sequencing the genomes of biological pathogens. Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to units of local government and emergency response units to plan, train, and equip emergency responders. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide staffing for adequate fire and emergency response. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher learning to enhance security and emergency preparedness. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation to establish programs to: (1) address the lack of security on critical highway infrastructure; (2) improve interagency training for and communication among first responders to a terrorist attack; (3) provide real-time information and guidance for the traveling and non-traveling public; and (4) address the lack of adequate security for locks and dams, the lack of cargo information, and the inability to share information in a timely fashion with agencies such as the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to assess the vulnerability of the 50 busiest U.S. seaports and establish: (1) in the Coast Guard the position of Assistant Commandant for Maritime Security; (2) a sea marshal program; (3) a national port security task force; (4) a maritime security institute; and (5) terrorism response plans for responding to a maritime terrorist attack. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for specified passenger rail and freight rail protection projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation with respect to public transit security, including installation of communications, surveillance, detection systems, and personal protective and detection equipment at public transit facilities. Requires a National Academy of Sciences energy pipeline security study. Authorizes appropriations for upgrading and expanding the current infrastructure of the Aviation Safety Reporting System of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out pilot projects with air carriers for real-time transmission to the FAA of cockpit voice and flight data and cabin video data from aircraft. Establishes a pilot program to deploy commercially available fuel cells at public use airports to ensure a reliable energy supply for new and emerging aviation security technologies, airport control towers, airport terminals, and other airport facilities. Requires the following officials to submit risk management assessment reports to Congress: (1) the Secretary of Energy regarding oil refineries, natural gas, and liquid natural gas storage facilities; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding chemical manufacturing facilities; (3) the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding nuclear facilities; (4) the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the domestic electric power grid; (5) the Secretary of Commerce regarding the Nation's fiber optic infrastructure; and (6) the Administrator of the General Services Administration regarding Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Energy to coordinate development and implementation of an interagency plan to prepare for and defend against terrorist attacks against high-level nuclear waste transportation facilities and infrastructure, interim storage facilities, intermodal transfer facilities, and central repositories. Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate and develop a plan to ensure that Federal, State, and local governments can respond adequately to the consequences of a terrorist attack against the transportation or storage of high-level nuclear waste. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the NRC to: (1) establish a system to ensure that transportation of nuclear materials under its jurisdiction meets certain requirements; and (2) commence a rulemaking to consider changes to the design basis threat for NRC-licensed facilities. Authorizes the President, whenever a state of war or national emergency exists, to: (1) deploy either the Armed Forces or the National Guard to defend NRC-licensed facilities from terrorist attack or threat from any foreign power; and (2) restrict air space in the vicinity of such facilities. Requires each Federal agency to take certain steps to enhance cyber security. Authorizes appropriations for State and local governments to do the same. Requires the Attorney General to update a specified study assessing the vulnerability of Federal facilities. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of Central Intelligence to investigate whether existing computer knowledge assessment technologies meeting specified criteria can be used to detect individuals with terrorist training. Directs the Attorney General to create a pilot program for establishing civilian supplemental incident response teams. Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Postal Service to enhance its ability to detect and neutralize, or otherwise respond to, any dangerous matter entered into the mails without authorization. Directs the United States Customs Service to expedite the development and deployment of pulsed fast neutron analysis technology and authorizes appropriations for the development of scanners capable of sensing biological and chemical contaminants in microscopic airborne quantities. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take specified measures for identifying individuals crossing U.S. Borders; and (2) increase to specified levels the number of U.S. Border Patrol personnel, U.S. marshals, and Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service inspectors at ports of entry by 2003. Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to establish a border health inspectors corps to inspect individuals who may be intending to infect others for infectious disease. Requires the Director of Homeland Security to consider a program to improve aerial reconnaissance activities at U.S. borders, to include the use of unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Directs the President, acting through the Office of Homeland Security, to oversee the appropriate sharing of information among Federal, State, and local agencies involved in intelligence collection and law enforcement. Directs the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to develop within such Office an entity to develop a system-wide information network to integrate existing watch lists of suspected terrorists. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the prompt assignment of specified channels for public safety purposes. Requires the Attorney General to establish regional emerging threat workspaces. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to maintain a secure database on select biological agents that pose a threat to public health by terrorist attack. Directs the President to establish within the Office for Homeland Security a center to develop an interagency clearinghouse for new counterterrorism technologies. States the policy of the United States to work with other nations, especially Russia, to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation of necessary materials and expertise. Authorizes appropriations for cooperative threat reduction programs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop an integrated plan for the use of technology to combat terrorism. Creates within the Executive Office of the President a Director of Homeland Security who shall conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of threat to the United States and develop a five-year homeland security strategy in response.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to convey to the Chaluka Corporation, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act village corporation for the Native Village of Nikolski, Umnak Island, Alaska, the surface estate in: (1) specified Phase I lands in the former Nikolski Radio Relay Site by September 30, 2002; and (2) specified Phase II lands in such site, upon completion of environmental restoration by the Department of the Air Force. Deems any such lands conveyed to be selected under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and requires the Chaluka Corporation to reprioritize its remaining selections under such Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Air Force for the environmental restoration of the contaminated land beneath and adjacent to the power house owned by the Native Village. Requires the Corporation to permit airfield landing and takeoff rights and such rights of entry as are necessary to the Government for site investigation, environmental restoration, and environmental monitoring of the Site. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for the Corporation to: (1) move the graves from the cemetery now located beneath the Nikolski airstrip and land adjacent to it; (2) relocate such graves to a location on Umnak Island acceptable to the Corporation and the Russian Orthodox Church; and (3) restore such airstrip to its original usable condition. Removes such conveyed lands from the National Wildlife Refuge System and provides that they shall not be considered to be part of the Alaska maritime National Wildlife Refuge or subject to any laws pertaining to Refuge lands.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Natural Hazards Research Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Group to be responsible for the development and implementation of a coordinated Federal windstorm and related natural hazards reduction research, development, and technology transfer program (the Windstorm and Related Natural Hazard Impact Reduction Program) based on identified public needs to achieve major measurable reductions in losses within ten years. Requires that such program feature: (1) pertinent basic and applied research that takes into account locality-specific weather, susceptibility to natural hazards, design and construction practices, and performance of the built environment during windstorms and related natural hazards; (2) systematic collection of data for buildings and other structures for use in developing and deploying mitigation measures; (3) an ongoing program of information dissemination on cost-effective and affordable hazard reduction research results and hazard-resistant building construction techniques to industry, State and local governments, and the general public; and (4) improved technology for loss estimation, risk assessment, hazard identification, prediction, warnings, advanced planning, and disaster response. Requires the Interagency Group to develop and submit to Congress a ten-year implementation plan. Requires the Director to prepare, with other program agencies, an annual program budget. Establishes a National Advisory Committee to review progress made under the Program, advise on any improvements, and report to Congress on actions that have been taken to advance the Nation's capability to reduce windstorm and related natural hazard impacts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Amends the Clean Air Act to allow the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve a provision in a State implementation plan controlling or prohibiting the use of a motor vehicle fuel or additive only if such control requires the use of either Federal clean burning gasoline (regarding which the Administrator is directed to establish requirements under this Act, replacing those for fuel currently called "reformulated gasoline") or low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) gasoline (as defined in this Act) for use during the high ozone season. Permits previously approved plan provisions effecting such controls to remain in effect for four years after enactment of this Act only if the State reevaluates the provisions and establishes that their benefits in terms of air quality improvement, consistent supply, production costs, and stable prices exceed the benefits of modifying them to require the use of Federal clean burning fuel or low RVP gasoline. Repeals reformulated gasoline oxygen content requirements. Prohibits, effective January 1, 2006, the introduction into commerce of any fuel containing methyl tertiary butyl ether. Requires that, beginning in 2003, gasoline sold in the United States be comprised of a specified percentage of renewable fuel (ethanol or biomass-derived fuel or other fuel used to reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in gasoline). Provides for adjustment of such percentage in a State and a program of credits for use and exchange by refiners, blenders, and importers. Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the promotion of ethanol as the primary renewable fuel. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of emissions and air quality changes attributable to this Act's amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Lewis and Clark Voyage of Scientific Discovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program at the River Studies Center of the Biological Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey in Columbia, Missouri, to determine and monitor the biological and chemical characteristics of the Missouri River, determine and monitor the relationship of those characteristics with the river's hydrology and geomorphology, and monitor and assess the river's biota and water quality. Requires contracts with Indian tribes whose reservations are located along the Missouri River and have an interest in environmental restoration. Requires establishment of a publicly available database. Makes a specified amount of funds provided under this Act available to monitor and conduct focused investigations of endangered fish, including pallid sturgeon.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the State of California specified land in Yolo and Solano Counties (known as Prospect Island and the Little Holland Tract) as a wildlife area. Conditions the transfer on California: (1) submitting and complying with a management plan that has been developed with the input of an advisory board and that provides that the primary purpose of the wildlife area is flood control; and (2) agreeing not to acquire for the wildlife area any right to water within the Sacramento River Watershed until after it has completed the appropriate environmental documentation and such acquisition is approved by the board of supervisors for each originating source county and destination county. Permits the State Board of Reclamation to increase the flood conveyance capacity of the Yolo Bypass if it determines that such an increase is necessary to protect land, property, or people in the State that are within or outside of the boundaries of the wildlife area. Requires the advisory board to: (1) develop, submit, and provide local oversight of the management plan; and (2) advise California regarding management of the wildlife area.
France · Senate · 19 December 2001
L'apport des nouvelles technologies dans l'enfouissement des lignes électriques à haute et très haute tension
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001
Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to distribute to States at least 80 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to pay the reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements of: (1) certain corrective actions and compensation programs; (2) directly related administrative expenses; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating underground storage tanks (USTs). Allows undistributed funds to be used for enforcing UST regulations. Provides for allocation and distribution of such funds to States. Requires the Administrator or a State with an approved program to require compliance inspections of USTs at least once every two years. Directs the Administrator to publish operator training guidelines and States to develop and implement a training strategy consistent with stated requirements. Authorizes the use of funds made available for the petroleum response program to carry out corrective actions with respect to methyl tertiary butyl ether releases. Authorizes the use of funds for inspections, orders, or enforcement by a State in accordance with State authorities under the petroleum response program acting under an approved prevention and compliance program or similar State requirements or by the Administrator. Sets forth requirements concerning the following: (1) State- or locally-owned USTs; (2) consideration of owner or operator performance in determinations of compliance order issuance or penalty imposition; (3) authority to prohibit deliveries to USTs; (4) record keeping by States and Indian tribes; (5) Federal facilities compliance; and (6) releases from USTs under Indian tribal jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001
Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish programs to improve indoor air quality in schools and in buildings where there are private or public sector employees. Requires EPA to: (1) enter into an agreement with nongovernmental organizations to establish a permanent program to provide information to school administrators on methods of improving indoor air quality; or (2) publish notice of such an existing program or combination of programs. Requires NIOSH to implement a Building Health Assessment Program to provide building assessments, upon request, to employers and employees on measures to reduce significant indoor air health risks. Requires HHS to establish a grant program to assist schools and employers, respectively, to implement such indoor air quality recommendations from EPA and NIOSH.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from tax certain settlement funds established under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001
World Trade Center Worker and Contractor Protection Act - Provides for Federal indemnification and liability protection to contractors or volunteers in connection with their response to the World Trade Center attacks by undertaking rescue and evacuation, recovery of bodies, clean up, environmental remediation, removal and transportation of debris, control of pollutants, securing of public and private property, and protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
European Union · European Commission · 17 December 2001
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Gerhard Reheis, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Umsetzung der einstimmigen Nationalratsentschließung von 1. März 2001 zur Ratifizierung der Protokolle der Alpenkonvention (E 6.1)
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Gerhard Reheis, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Umsetzung der einstimmigen Nationalratsentschließung von 1. März 2001 zur Ratifizierung der Protokolle der Alpenkonvention <i>(E 6.1)</i>
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf, Dipl.-Ing. Maximilian Hofmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend eine Änderung des Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und organisationsgesetzes (ElWOG) zur Unterbindung ungerechtfertigt hoher Zuschläge für Strom aus Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung-Anlagen
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend BSE <i>(Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie)</i> -Untersuchungen in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Position Österreichs bei den zukünftigen Vertragsstaatenkonferenzen des Internationalen Übereinkommens zur Regelung des Walfanges
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend BSE-Vorsorgemaßnahmen
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die Transparenz von Preisen für Erdöl, Mineralölerzeugnisse, Gas, Strom, Arzneimittel sowie der Preisauszeichnungsvorschriften (Preistransparenzgesetz) geändert wird
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001
National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to implement the redesign and reconstruction of Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, in accordance with a specified runway redesign plan, and the development of a south suburban airport in the Chicago metropolitan region, by facilitating approval, funding, construction, and implementation of such plan and suburban airport. Requires all environmental reviews, analyses, and opinions related to issuance of permits, licenses, or approvals relating to such plan or airport to be conducted on an expedited basis. States that approval by the Administrator of an airport layout plan submitted by Chicago that includes the runway redesign plan shall: (1) provide that any runway located more than 2500 feet south of existing runway 9R-27L shall not begin construction before January 2011; and (2) be subject to the condition that noise impact of aircraft operations at O'Hare after the year in which the first new runway is first used will be less than that in 2000. Prohibits the consideration of such a plan unless it includes public roadway access through the western boundary of O'Hare to passenger terminal and parking facilities. Directs the Administrator to give priority consideration to a letter of intent application submitted by the State of Illinois (or a political subdivision thereof) for construction of the suburban airport. Sets forth requirements regarding the construction of the runway redesign plan as a Federal project on or after July 1, 2004. Requires the withholding of all airport grant funds for O'Hare (other than grants involving national security and safety) until January 1, 2026, unless specified conditions with respect to operations at Merrill C. Meigs Field have been met.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2001
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2001
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2001
Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001
Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Wilhelm Weinmeier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Müllimport aus Italien
Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Müllimportgenehmigungen für italienischen Müll aus Neapel
Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001
Dringlicher Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend eine österreichische Initiative für einen Atomausstieg in Europa beim EU-Gipfel in Laeken
Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Sanierung alter Bleiwasserrohre in Wohnhäusern