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| 104-s-2185 | 104 | s | 2185 | Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 - Requires each Federal agency to cooperate with qualified State agencies and local land use jurisdictions (those with growth management and land use programs certified under this Act) to reduce duplication of State and local requirements by National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) environmental assessment procedures. Requires such cooperation to include joint planning processes, environmental research, public hearings, and environmental assessments. Permits use of one document if State or local law imposes requirements that are in addition to, but not in conflict with, the NEPA requirements. Requires a NEPA statement to address, and describe the extent to which the State or local entity will reconcile, any inconsistency of a proposed action with any approved plan or other requirement of the entity. Allows States and local land use jurisdictions, upon certification (and with exceptions), additional time to comply with any new Federal requirement in order to integrate a qualified program's requirements with the Federal requirement. Describes certification procedures (and restrictions) and requires for support of a certification that State or local laws establish a qualified program containing, among other things, mechanisms for: (1) designating areas of critical environmental concern (those in which development may damage important historic, cultural, or aesthetic values or natural systems or processes or result in a threat to human life and safety from natural hazards); (2) addressing compatibility of land uses; and (3) assessing whether development activity impacts would result in environmental or health law violations. Describes methods for establishment of such a program. Requires federally conducted development projects or activities that affect land use or are otherwise regulated under a qualified program to be carried out consistently with the program. Amends Federal law concerning obligation of Federal-aid highway and surface transportation fund… | 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2185 |
| 104-s-2179 | 104 | s | 2179 | Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to state U.S. policy regarding the adequacy of protection of children and other vulnerable subpopulations from exposure to environmental pollutants. Defines "vulnerable subpopulations" to include children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, and other subpopulations identified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as likely to experience elevated health risks from environmental pollutants. Directs the Administrator to: (1) work with each State, including by making grants, to develop a family right-to-know initiative requiring disclosure of the details of application of a pollutant in a public area accessible to children, State reports of such information, and provision of data for a nationwide survey; (2) identify and make publicly available a list of hazardous substances and pesticides commonly used in schools and parks; (3) create a list of substances with high hazard risks; (4) develop and issue an EPA-approved warning sign and label for posting in such areas; and (5) prohibit a school or park from using any pollutant on the high hazard risk list. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services to: (1) coordinate and implement research studies of the physiological and pharmacokinetic differences in the effects and toxicity of pesticides and other pollutants on children and other vulnerable subpopulations; (2) conduct surveys and research to document differences between children and adults with respect to exposure; and (3) report to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to evaluate environmental health risks to children and vulnerable subpopulations in all risk assessments and characterizations, environmental or public health standards, or general regulatory decisions and develop and use a separate assessment with respect to vulnerable subpopulations. Requires a report to the Congress. Requires public ava… | 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2179 |
| 104-s-2157 | 104 | s | 2157 | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit persons from disposing of lead-acid batteries (batteries) in a landfill, by incineration, or in any manner other than by return of spent batteries to one of the following authorized recipients: (1) a retail or wholesale seller of such batteries; (2) a regulated lead smelter; (3) an automotive dismantler or scrap dealer; (4) a collection entity designated to accept such batteries; or (5) a manufacturer of batteries of the same general type. Specifies respective authorized recipients of returns from retailers, wholesalers, dismantlers, collection entities, and manufacturers. Requires retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of batteries (with an exception for a low number of sales) to accept spent batteries of the same general type as those sold in a quantity approximately equal to the number of batteries sold. Requires retailers to post a clearly visible notice informing the public of the legal requirement to recycle batteries. Sets forth labeling requirements, preempting State or local requirements inconsistent with this Act. Permits export of a spent battery for recycling purposes. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act and permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence an action for appropriate relief, including injunctions. | 2025-08-21T20:15:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2157 |
| 104-s-2160 | 104 | s | 2160 | Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance Title II: Environmental Market-Based Strategies Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 - Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance - Allows an owner or operator of a facility that is subject to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to petition the EPA Administrator to modify or waive the rule with respect to the facility and enter into an enforceable compliance agreement establishing an alternative compliance strategy. (Sec. 104) Requires a petitioner to undertake a stakeholder participation process to facilitate participation of, and notice to, the public, including government agencies and officials. (Sec. 105) Set forth criteria for approval of a petition for a proposed alternative compliance strategy, including that the strategy will achieve better overall environmental results than would be achieved under current and reasonably anticipated future regulatory requirements. Requires the Administrator to deny a petition involving more than one pollutant or medium if: (1) at least one stakeholder objects to the strategy; and (2) the Administrator determines that the objection relates to any of the enumerated approval criteria and has a clear and reasonable foundation. (Sec. 106) Requires that priority be given to petitions proposing strategies using pollution prevention approaches and those submitted by persons with strong records of outstanding environmental performance and worker health and safety protection. (Sec. 107) Sets forth petition approval procedures, including those for public notice, preliminary comment, judicial review, and a limitation on the number of petitions considered. (Sec. 113) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to facilitate development, and provide expedited review, of proposals from small business groups. (Sec. 114) Sets forth congressional reporting requirements. (Sec. 116) Requires establishment of an on-line… | 2025-08-21T20:14:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2160 |
| 104-s-2096 | 104 | s | 2096 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 2 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 - Provides that, upon motion of the United States, any person found guilty of a criminal violation of specified Federal environmental laws, or conspiracy to violate such laws, may be ordered to pay the costs incurred by a State, local, or tribal government or an agency thereof for assistance to the Federal Government's investigation and criminal prosecution of the case, with the payments used solely for environmental law enforcement. Sets penalties for individuals and organizations that commit a criminal violation of listed Federal environmental laws which causes "serious bodily injury" to or the death of any other person, including a Federal, State, local, or tribal government employee performing official duties as a result of the violation. Environmental Crimes Training Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish within EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance a State, Local, and Tribal Enforcement Training Program to train State, local, and tribal law enforcement personnel in the investigation of environmental crimes. Sets a five-year statute of limitations (longer in cases of concealment of the offense by an affirmative act) for violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, specified Federal environmental laws. Amends various Federal environmental laws to cover attempts to engage in proscribed conduct. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court to order restitution for listed Federal environmental crimes, including, in the case of an offense resulting in pollution of or damage to the environment, payment for removal and remediation of the pollution or damage and restoration of the environment. Defines "victim" of the offense in such cases to include a community or communities, whether or not the members are individually identified. | 2025-08-21T20:15:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2096 |
| 104-s-2028 | 104 | s | 2028 | Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Brownfield Remediation and Environmental Cleanup Title II: Prospective Purchasers Title III: Fiduciary and Lender Liability Title IV: Innocent Landowners Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1996 - Title I: Brownfield Remediation and Environmental Cleanup - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide grants to local governments to inventory brownfield sites and conduct site characterizations of affected sites at which cleanups are being conducted or are proposed under a State program. Defines an "affected site," with exceptions, as a facility that has or is suspected of having environmental contamination that: (1) could prevent the timely use, development, reuse, or redevelopment of the facility; and (2) is relatively limited in scope or severity and can be comprehensively characterized and readily analyzed. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide grants to State and local governments for capitalization of loan programs for affected site cleanup by either the State or locality or by an owner or prospective purchaser. (Sec. 104) Makes amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund (the Fund) available to carry out the grant programs of this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Fund. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations to EPA to carry out the site characterization and loan capitalization programs. Requires reports to the Congress regarding the programs. (Sec. 107) Imposes funding limitations, including a restriction on use of funds for administrative costs and a prohibition on the use of grants to pay fines or penalties. Title II: Prospective Purchasers - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to absolve from liability for response actions bona fide prospective purchasers to the extent liability at a facility for a release or threat thereof is based solely on ownership or operation of a facility. Give… | 2025-08-21T20:16:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2028 |
| 104-s-2041 | 104 | s | 2041 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 2 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping in Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound of dredged material from any Federal or non-Federal project containing constituents prohibited as other than trace contaminants, subject to exception. Requires any dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound from a Federal project (or pursuant to Federal authorization) by a non-Federal applicant exceeding 25,000 cubic yards to comply with specified criteria. | 2025-08-21T20:16:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2041 |
| 104-s-2009 | 104 | s | 2009 | Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Oil Pollution Act Amendments Title II: Marine Science Enhancement for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Title III: Deepwater Port Modernization Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Oil Pollution Act Amendments - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue not later than September 30, 1996, a final rule under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) regarding operational requirements applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls that the Secretary determines will provide environmental protection as substantial as is economically and technologically feasible. (Sec. 102) Amends OPA to add provisions for rules regarding operational safety of single-hull barges. Requires captains of ports in which tank vessels operate to establish minimum under-keel clearances for entering or departing port. Amends Federal law to allow the Secretary to require the installation, maintenance, and use of a fire suppression system or other equipment on board towing vessels. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) review existing requirements regarding oil lighterage in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, considering economic burdens of regulation and international standards; (2) coordinate with the National Research Council a study into how the designation of shipping lanes and waters through which tankers transport oil affects the risk of an oil spill; and (3) report to the Congress a plan to increase reporting of vessel accidents to appropriate State law enforcement officials. Imposes monetary penalties for failing to report a casualty under a State marine casualty reporting system. (Sec. 105) Amends OPA to exclude from the definition of a vessel owner or operator: (1) persons with security interests in or security titles to vessels; and (2) lessors or charterers unless they have actual possession or control, or participate in the management, of the vessel at the time of oil discharge.… | 2025-08-21T20:16:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/2009 |
| 104-s-1950 | 104 | s | 1950 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-12 | 1996-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue water quality criteria for pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Requires States to adopt consistent water quality standards. Requires the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters during periods of use by the public for compliance with standards. Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable material constitutes a threat to public health and safety. Requires studies and reports to the Congress on developing better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to fulfill requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:17:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1950 |
| 104-s-1935 | 104 | s | 1935 | Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a plan to implement policies, programs, and methods for integrating and making publicly available information regarding the environment and public health policy concerns within EPA's jurisdiction. Requires coordination of these activities with those of other governmental agencies and allows integration and dissemination of publicly available information not collected by EPA. Allows the Administrator to set charges for providing information. Requires policies to include support services to encourage public use of EPA-maintained information. Requires the Administrator to establish an award program to recognize companies for source reduction programs. | 2025-08-21T20:14:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1935 |
| 104-s-1873 | 104 | s | 1873 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-13 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 16 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to require development of curricula, materials, and training programs supported by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Education to be balanced and scientifically sound. Requires that implementation of the Act be through EPA. Eliminates requirements for a Director and a minimum number of staff. Allows activities to be carried out through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts. Reduces the percentage of funds to be obligated for environmental education grants of not more than $5,000. Prohibits use of grants for certain lobbying activities. Eliminates provisions for environmental internships and fellowships. Eliminates environmental education awards provided for under such Act, except the President's Environmental Youth Awards. Revises requirements for membership on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council. Revises requirements for membership on the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education to require that it be open to representatives of any Federal agency actively engaged in environmental education. (Under current law, membership must include specified agency representatives.) Eliminates specific requirements for contents of Advisory Council reports. Changes the name of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to the Foundation for Environmental Education. Increases the size of the Board of the Directors. Replaces the prohibition on transmission of logos or other means of identification on donated educational materials with a provision that allows the Foundation to acknowledge receipt of donations by means of listing of donor names but prohibits such acknowledgment from: (1) appearing in materials presented to students; or (2) identifying a donor by means of a logo or other corporate commercial symbol, slogan, or product. Authorizes appropriations. Revises funding limitations. Limits amounts available for administrative costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1873 |
| 104-s-1742 | 104 | s | 1742 | Minor Party Liability Relief Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-09 | 1996-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Minor Party Liability Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to except persons from liability under the Act for costs and damages at a facility if: (1) the liability is based solely on arrangement for disposal (or transport for disposal) of hazardous substances or acceptance of such substances for transport to facilities from which there is a release or threatened release; and (2) the material is in an amount not exceeding that specified in this Act or by regulation of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. States exceptions to this limitation. | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1742 |
| 104-s-1730 | 104 | s | 1730 | Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-07 | 1996-06-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills Title III: Tailoring of Offshore Facility Financial Responsibility Requirements to Oil Spill Risks Title IV: Miscellaneous Technical Amendments Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act - Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) to deem effective as final rules, if they do not become effective by specified dates, certain rules proposed by the Secretary of Transportation regarding operational and structural standards applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls, except a provision in the proposed structural standard rule which the Secretary may find would be likely to increase the risks of oil pollution. Adds provisions regarding operational safety of single-hull barges and minimum under-keel clearances of tank vessels without double bottoms for entering or departing port and when operating in an inland or coastal waterway. Permits the Secretary to include these provisions in the final structural standards rule. (Sec. 102) Makes applicable otherwise inapplicable limitations of liability, where the incident was proximately caused by a violation of a Federal safety, construction, or operating regulation, to a responsible party in the case of a vessel that is either: (1) equipped with a double hull along the entire length of the vessel, including fuel oil tanks, as of enactment of this Act; or (2) one that is so equipped and replacing a single-hulled vessel at least five years prior to the required retirement date. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to issue and place in effect a final rule on navigation safety equipment for towing vessels by September 30, 1996. Deems effective as a final rule, if one does not become effective by such date, a proposed rule on such equipment. Directs the Secretary to require by rule the following with respect to towing vessels: (1) a fire suppression sys… | 2025-04-07T15:28:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1730 |
| 104-s-1728 | 104 | s | 1728 | A bill to require Navy compliance with shipboard solid waste control requirements. | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-03 | 1996-05-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to exempt certain Navy owned or operated vessels from such Act's requirements that certain garbage be discharged in special areas at sea. Prescribes special requirements for such vessels for the discharge of non-plastic and non-floating garbage consisting of metal, glass, and a slurry of seawater, paper, cardboard, and food waste at certain distances from the nearest land. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to publish in the Federal Register: (1) a list of such vessels planned to be decommissioned between certain dates; and (2) standards to ensure their compliance with such Act without impairing operational capabilities. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1728 |
| 104-s-1660 | 104 | s | 1660 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-29 | 1996-09-19 | Subcommittee on Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-746. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 20 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate: (1) regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water; and (2) voluntary guidelines to prevent such introduction and spread in U.S. waters by ballast water and other vessel operations. Authorizes mandatory regulations if guideline compliance is inadequate. Provides for enforcement through revocation of clearance and civil and criminal penalties. Encourages negotiations with foreign governments to develop and implement an international program for preventing such introduction and spread in North American waters. Mandates studies of Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Honolulu Harbor, Prince William Sound, and other waters. Requires annual grants for six years for aquatic nuisance species prevention and control research in the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Establishes a clearinghouse of national data on ballasting practices and compliance with guidelines under this Act. Mandates a ballast water management program for the Navy's seagoing fleet to limit the risk of invasion by nonindigenous species from ballast water. Requires: (1) a ballast water management program to demonstrate technologies and practices to prevent aquatic nonindigenous species from being introduced into and spread through ballast water in U.S. waters; and (2) that the installation and construction of those technologies and practices be performed in a U.S. shipyard or ship repair facility. Modifies: (1) the composition and research priorities of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force; and (2) zebra mussel demonstration program requirements. Requires the Task Force to encourage (including through financial assistance) the development and use of regional coordination panels and similar entities in regions other than the Great Lakes. Provides for interstate (in addition to existing State) aquatic nuisance species manag… | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1660 |
| 104-s-1645 | 104 | s | 1645 | Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-26 | 1996-09-04 | Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 513. (consideration: CR S9867) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Title II: Conforming Amendments to Other Laws Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 - Amends the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to restate findings and purposes of the Act regarding scientific activities and tourism in Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Treaty. (Sec. 102) Modifies definitions. (Sec. 103) Revises provisions concerning prohibited acts by any person (currently, U.S. citizens) to modify the prohibitions, in accordance with the Protocol, and make unlawful the following activities in or respecting Antarctica: (1) introduction of any prohibited product onto land or ice shelves or into water; (2) disposal of any waste onto ice-free land areas or into fresh water systems or of any prohibited waste; (3) engaging in open burning of waste; (4) transporting passengers by any seagoing vessel not required to comply with the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, except by agreement under which the vessel owner or operator must comply with Annex IV; (5) failure of an organizer or operator to notify members of an expedition of the environmental protection obligations of this Act and means of compliance by participants; (6) damage to historic sites or monuments; (7) refusal of permission to any authorized U.S. officer or employee to board a U.S. vessel, vehicle, or aircraft for purposes of search or inspection in connection with enforcement of this Act and forcible assault of or other interference with an authorized U.S. officer or employee in the conduct of such activities; (8) resisting lawful arrest or detention for a prohibited act; (9) interference with the apprehension, arrest, or detention of another person, knowing that the other person has committed a prohibited act; (10) violation of any regulation, or a term or condition of a permit, issued pursuant to this Act; an… | 2025-08-21T20:15:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1645 |
| 104-s-1601 | 104 | s | 1601 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the deadline for and clarify the contents of the Great Lakes health research report, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-07 | 1996-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 3 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the deadline for the submission by the Great Lakes National Program Office to the Congress of a report assessing the adverse effects of water pollutants in the Great Lakes System on the health of persons in Great Lakes States and the health of fish, shellfish, and wildlife in the Great Lakes System. Requires such report to include documenting exposure pathways, body burdens, and associated human health effects in defined at-risk populations with the Great Lakes basin. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1601 |
| 104-s-1537 | 104 | s | 1537 | Aboveground Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-01-26 | 1996-01-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 4 | Aboveground Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act - Redesignates the Office of Underground Storage Tanks of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and establishes it as the Office of Storage Tanks (OST), to be headed by a Director. Transfers to OST authorities of the following as they relate to regulation of aboveground and underground storage tanks: (1) other EPA officers under the environmental laws; (2) the Secretary of Labor under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and worker protection standards provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; and (3) the Secretary of Transportation under pipeline safety provisions. Transfers appropriations and personnel. Requires the Director, by regulation, to restate the laws he or she administers in consolidated form and streamline their application to owners and operators of aboveground and underground storage tanks. Expresses congressional intent that this direction is not intended to modify the laws' requirements. Imposes, as part of such regulations, a requirement that an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank report to the national response center established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act a release of a regulated substance (one regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or petroleum or a petroleum substance) above a specified threshold, including a description of corrective action taken. Allows the EPA Administrator, after release from an aboveground storage tank of a regulated substance posing an imminent threat to human health, public safety, or the environment, to prohibit the use or operation of all or any portion of a storage tank farm within a facility in which the tank is located until the prohibition is no longer necessary or corrective action has been taken. Authorizes the Director to include in the above regulations release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to owners and operators of abov… | 2025-08-21T20:15:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1537 |
| 104-s-1497 | 104 | s | 1497 | Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-21 | 1995-12-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 15 | Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to exempt from land disposal restrictions (other than requirements pertaining to applicable specific methods of treatment promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under SWDA) solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if such waste: (1) is managed in a treatment system that subsequently discharges to waters of the United States pursuant to a permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), undergoes pretreatment for purposes of compliance with toxic and pretreatment effluent standards of such Act, or is managed under a zero-discharge system that the Administrator determines to be engaging in Clean Water Act-equivalent treatment; (2) no longer exhibits such characteristic prior to land disposal; (3) has met any applicable specific method of treatment promulgated by the Administrator; and (4) would not generate toxic gases, vapors, or fumes due to the presence of cyanide at the point of generation when exposed to pH conditions of a specified range. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study of hazardous waste managed in accordance with this Act to characterize the risks to human health or the environment associated with such management, upon completion of which the Administrator may impose additional requirements or defer management of such risks to other State or Federal programs or authorities. Amends SWDA to exempt from land disposal restrictions solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if the waste no longer exhibits a hazardous characteristic at the point of injection into any Class I deep well regulated under safe drinking water provisions of the Public Health Service Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1497 |
| 104-s-1491 | 104 | s | 1491 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-20 | 1996-07-24 | Committee on Agriculture. Measure incorporated into measure S. 1166 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 45 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to exclude: (1) bacteria from the definition of "fungus"; and (2) liquid chemical sterilant products for use on a critical or semi-critical medical or dental device from the definition of "pesticide." Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) coordinate data requirements, test protocols, timetables, and standards of review and reduce burdens and redundancy caused to the registrant, whenever data in support of a pesticide registration is requested by one or more State or Federal agencies; and (2) develop a process to identify and assist in alleviating future disparities between Federal and State data requirements. Provides, with respect to the labeling of an antimicrobial pesticide product, that: (1) a registrant may modify the labeling to include relevant information on the product's efficacy, composition, or container or other characteristics unrelated to a pesticidal claim or activity; (2) such labeling shall not be false or misleading or in conflict with statements required as a condition of registration and be substantiated upon request; (3) modifications shall be subject to a notification and approval process; and (4) different cautionary statements for use dilutions may be included in the labeling upon approval of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable, to identify and evaluate changes to the process for registration of antimicrobial pesticides that will reduce current time periods for review. Details rulemaking requirements regarding the review of such pesticides. Requires an annual report to the Congress on measures taken to effect such changes. Exempts from applicability of certain FIFRA storage, disposal, transportation, and container requirements household, industrial, or institutional antimicrobial products that are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, unless the Administrat… | 2025-08-21T20:16:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1491 |
| 104-s-1436 | 104 | s | 1436 | Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Private Investment Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-29 | 1995-11-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Private Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include in the regulation of wastewater treatment works (WTWs) under such Act WTWs which are: (1) constructed and owned by a State or municipality; (2) constructed and owned by a State or municipality where ownership has been transferred to a private regulated utility or an entity under contract with the State or municipality to receive municipal wastewater; or (3) owned or operated by a private regulated utility or an entity under contract with the State or municipality to receive municipal wastewater. | 2025-08-21T20:14:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1436 |
| 104-s-1413 | 104 | s | 1413 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-15 | 1995-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from granting a license, license amendment, or permit (license) for an activity that will result directly or indirectly in the withdrawal by a State or political subdivision of water from a lake, reservoir, or similar body of water (lake) that is situated in two States unless the Governor of the State in which more than half of the lake is situated certifies that the withdrawal will not adversely affect the environment in, or the economy of, that State. Makes an exception regarding an application for a license for an activity that will occur or affect waters located within a river basin that is subject to an interstate compact, a decree of the Supreme Court, or an Act of Congress that specifically allocates the rights to use such water. Specifies that this Act shall apply to any application made on or after January 1, 1991, unless the application has been granted and is no longer subject to judicial review. | 2025-08-21T20:15:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1413 |
| 104-s-1390 | 104 | s | 1390 | Local Environmental Improvement Facilitation Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-03 | 1995-12-13 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Local Environmental Improvement Facilitation Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that, in the case of a civil or administrative penalty assessed against an individual, corporation, partnership, or association (private person), the private person may elect to pay: (1) the amount of the penalty to the Treasury for deposit into a special account for payment of public debt obligations; or (2) an amount not to exceed $500,000 of the penalty to carry out a community environmental project in accordance with this Act, with the remainder to be paid into the Treasury's special account. Requires a private person who makes the latter election, after consulting with and obtaining the concurrence of the State and each political subdivision of the State within which the violation occurred, to enter into an agreement to pay the prescribed amount to an appropriate person to carry out one or more environmental projects. Requires a separate agreement to be entered into with respect to each penalty for which an election is made. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) suitable environmental projects; and (2) oversight. | 2025-08-21T20:17:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1390 |
| 104-s-1391 | 104 | s | 1391 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the imposition of any civil or administrative penalty against a unit of local government for a violation of the Act when a compliance plan with respect to the violation is in effect, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-03 | 1995-12-13 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 1 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit any civil or administrative penalty from being imposed against a local government for a violation of a provisions of the Act: (1) if such government has entered into an agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Army, or the State to carry out a compliance plan with respect to a prior violation of the provision; and (2) during the period beginning on the date on which the government and the Administrator, Secretary, or State enter into such agreement and ending on the date on which the government is required to be in compliance under the agreement. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1391 |
| 104-s-1364 | 104 | s | 1364 | Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-26 | 1995-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 12 | Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act) to revise the findings, purposes, and policy of the Act. Declares it to be congressional policy to conserve endangered and threatened species and to equally consider the conservation of listed species, preservation of economic growth, maintenance of a strong tax base, and protection against the diminishment of the use and value of private property. (Sec. 3) Revises definitions under the Act, including the definition of: (1) "critical habitat" to mean the specific areas within the geographic area occupied by an endangered or threatened species, at the time the species is listed, that contain such physical or biological features as are essential to the conservation of the species and the persistence of the species for at least seven human generations (with "human generation" meaning 20 years) and as may require special management considerations or protection; and (2) "endangered species" to mean any species that, if no action were taken under the Act, would be placed on an irreversible course to extinction within two human generations, with exceptions. (Sec. 4) Modifies provisions regarding the determination of an endangered or threatened species to require the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: (1) make such determination on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available after requesting the Endangered Species Commission (established under this Act) to conduct a scientific review; and (2) give priority to species the conservation of which is most likely to reduce the need to list other species dependent on the same habitat, and consideration to species identified as a known source of pharmaceutical or agricultural biochemicals. Requires the Secretary to designate, and make revisions regarding, critical habitat on the basis of the best new scientific data available. Specifies that: (1) the information shall include data documenting the biological vulnerability of, and threats to, the species… | 2025-08-21T20:15:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1364 |
| 104-s-1365 | 104 | s | 1365 | Endangered Species Habitat Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-26 | 1995-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 11 | Endangered Species Habitat Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow landowners of qualified acreage a credit, for agreement to manage such lands for the preservation of endangered species, in an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the applicable acreage rate of the qualified acreage; or (2) $50,000. Provides for recapture of the credit if the taxpayer transfers the qualified acreage without also transferring the obligations for such acreage. Prohibits making a payment to an owner under capital gain and loss provisions if that owner has indicated an intention to claim an income tax credit or deduction for participation. Provides for a deduction for the donation of property as a conservation easement. Provides for the valuation of property which provides for the protection of endangered species. Provides an additional deduction on State and local real property taxes paid or accrued on property subject to an endangered species conservation agreement. Prohibits the deduction in certain cases. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate fully with the appropriate States, tribes, and other non-Federal persons, including consultation with such persons before the acquisition or interest of any land or water for the conservation of endangered and threatened species. Sets forth provisions providing for the Secretary to enter into a cooperative management agreement with non-Federal persons for the management of: (1) endangered and threatened species or group of species; or (2) a candidate species or group of candidate species. Directs that a cooperative management agreement shall remain in effect and not be required to be amended to include subsequent listing of endangered or threatened species not applicable to such agreement. Allows the Secretary to provide a habitat conservation grant to certain non-Federal persons for the purpose of conserving, preserving, or improving the habitat of endangered and threatened species. Allows a grant to be transferred to subsequent property ow… | 2025-08-21T20:16:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1365 |
| 104-s-1352 | 104 | s | 1352 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-20 | 1995-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a specified map of the Coastal Barrier Resources system relating to Fire Island Unit NY-59P as necessary to: (1) move the eastern boundary of the excluded area covering Ocean Beach, Seaview, Ocean Bay Park, and part of Point O'Woods to the western boundary of the Sunken Forest Preserve; and (2) ensure that the depiction of "otherwise protected areas" does not include any area owned by the Point O'Woods Association, a privately held corporation under the laws of the State of New York. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1352 |
| 104-s-1316 | 104 | s | 1316 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-12 | 1996-08-06 | Became Public Law No: 104-182. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 40 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act Title II: Drinking Water Research Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Title IV: Additional Assistance for Water Infrastructure and Watersheds Title V: Clerical Amendments Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) to: (1) define "community water system" as a public water system (system) that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-long residents or that regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents; and (2) revise the definition of "public water system" to mean a system to provide water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, subject to specified requirements. Specifies that a "connection" to a system that delivers water by a constructed conveyance other than a pipe shall not be considered a connection if: (1) the water is used exclusively for purposes other than residential uses; or (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility for systems (primacy State) determines that alternative water to achieve the equivalent level of public health protection provided by the applicable national primary drinking water (NPDW) regulation is provided for residential or similar uses for drinking and cooking, or that the water provided for residential or similar uses for drinking, cooking, and bathing is centrally treated or treated at the point of entry by the provider, a pass-through entity, or the user to achieve the equivalent level of protection provided by the applicable NPDW regulations. Sets forth transition provisions regarding a water supplier that would be a system only as a result of modifications made under this Act. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to undertake a study to: (1) ascertain the numbers and locations of individuals and households relying on irrigation water an… | 2025-04-07T15:30:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1316 |
| 104-s-1285 | 104 | s | 1285 | Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-09-29 | 1996-04-24 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-645. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 11 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Community Participation Title II: State Role Title III: Voluntary Cleanup Title IV: Selection of Remedial Actions Title V: Liability Allocations Title VI: Federal Facilities Title VII: Natural Resource Damages Title VIII: Miscellaneous Title IX: Funding Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 1995 - Title I: Community Participation - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish Community Response Organizations (CROs) to solicit views on issues affecting remedial action plans. Authorizes technical assistance grants to citizen groups of two or more who may be affected by the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant on the State registry or National Priorities List (NPL). Adds provisions designed to improve public participation in the Superfund decisionmaking process and requiring the Administrator to consider community remedial action alternatives in the same manner as alternatives proposed by potentially responsible parties. Title II: State Role - Amends CERCLA to add provisions requiring the Administrator, upon application by a State, to delegate authority to perform functions (including risk analysis, remedy selection, remedial design, remedial operation, allocation of liability, and enforcement) with respect to one or more non-Federal listed facilities in the State. Prescribes application and performance procedures. Provides for the removal of delegated facilities from the NPL and the deposit of recovered costs in the Hazardous Substances Superfund. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to States to carry out delegated functions. Title III: Voluntary Cleanup - Adds new provisions to CERCLA requiring the Administrator to provide technical and other assistance to States to establish and expand qualifying State volun… | 2025-08-21T20:17:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1285 |
| 104-s-1286 | 104 | s | 1286 | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act regarding management of remediation waste, certain recyclable industrial materials, and certain products, co-products, and intermediate products, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-09-29 | 1995-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to define "remediation waste" as: (1) solid and hazardous waste generated by the remediation, removal, containment, or stabilization of solid waste released to the environment or media and debris contaminated as a result of a release (a "remediation activity"); and (2) debris and media generated by such an activity that contain a listed hazardous waste or waste identified as having such characteristics ("identified characteristic wastes"). Excepts from certain hazardous waste disposal requirements media and debris generated by a remediation activity that are identified characteristic wastes or listed wastes or that contain such wastes. Excepts from any permit requirements treatment, storage, or disposal of remediation waste conducted entirely at the facility at which the remediation takes place. Excepts from the hazardous waste management requirements of the Act: (1) any person that manages remediation waste that is identified characteristic waste or listed waste or that contains such waste and that is subject to a Federal or State order, consent agreement, State voluntary cleanup program, or other mechanism considered appropriate by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, unless the requirements are specified in such mechanism; and (2) certain recyclable industrial materials (those that would otherwise be deemed identified characteristic waste or listed waste and that are intended for recycling by use, reuse, or reclamation), related materials, and materials resulting from a manufacturing process that contemplates further processing, with exceptions. Adds requirements for the management of recyclable industrial materials relating to storage, the timetable for recycling, documentation by persons that manage the material, and inspections and enforcement by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations specifying that the point at which a solid waste is determined to be an identified characteristic waste or listed waste shall not be … | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1286 |
| 104-s-1274 | 104 | s | 1274 | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve management of remediation waste, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-09-26 | 1995-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 7 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to define "remediation waste" as a solid waste or any medium generated during implementation of a remedial action plan (RAP) (a document issued, entered into, or approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a program State, as defined in this Act, to ensure that such waste is managed in a manner protective of human health and the environment). Directs a State that has a remediation waste management program authorized under this Act (a "program State") to exercise compliance with respect to a RAP in the program State. Directs the Administrator to exercise such authority with respect to a plan in a nonprogram State. Provides a rule for the management of remediation waste where a RAP provides for management of such waste in a State other than the State in which it is generated. Allows a State with a hazardous waste program authorized under the Act to obtain interim authorization to carry out its remediation waste management program after certifying to the Administrator that the State has the authority to control the management of remediation waste in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment, resources to administer and enforce such authority, and procedures to ensure public notice and opportunity for comment on RAPs submitted to the State. Provides for issuance of final authorization of the State's program by the Administrator not later than 18 months after it submits a certification. Provides a similar, but more extended procedure for remediation waste management programs of States without authorized hazardous waste programs. Provides for issuance by the Administrator of compliance orders for violations of RAP requirements, but requires notice to a State by the Administrator of violations of remedial waste management requirements contained in a RAP before commencing action to enforce compliance. Allows the Administrator to issue an order or commence an enforcement action if after 30 days the State does not take appropr… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1274 |
| 104-s-1152 | 104 | s | 1152 | Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-08-10 | 1995-08-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 2 | Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to: (1) wildlife management effects evaluation; (2) fish and wildlife conservation and management projects; (3) sport hunting; (4) foreign laws and fair notice; and (5) subspecies and population criteria, and discretionary adjudicative procedure and peer review. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified funding augmentation study. | 2025-08-21T20:14:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1152 |
| 104-s-1166 | 104 | s | 1166 | Food Quality Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-08-10 | 1996-07-24 | Committee on Agriculture incorporated provisions of related measures S. 1491 in reported measure. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 34 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Subtitle A: Registration of Pesticides Subtitle B: Minor Use Crop Protection Subtitle C: Conforming Amendments Title II: Data Collection and Improved Procedures to Ensure that Tolerances Safeguard the Health of Infants and Children Title III: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Food Quality Protection Act of 1995 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Subtitle A: Registration of Pesticides - Amends Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) reregistration provisions to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as soon as the Administrator has sufficient information with respect to the dietary risk of a particular active ingredient (but no later the date of a reregistration determination), to: (1) reassess each associated tolerance (or tolerance exemption) issued under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) provisions regarding pesticide residues in raw agricultural commodities; (2) determine whether the tolerance or exemption meets FDCA requirements and whether additional such tolerances or exemptions should be issued; and (3) commence proceedings under both FIFRA and FDCA as are warranted. Establishes a science review board to assist the scientific advisory panel that comments on decisions of the Administrator to cancel a pesticide's registration or change its classification and on regulations issued under FIFRA. Revises the definition of "unreasonable adverse effects on the environment" to include among such effects a human dietary risk from residue that results from use of a pesticide inconsistent with the standard determined by the Administrator to be adequate to protect the public health under FDCA. Subtitle B: Minor Use Crop Protection - Amends FIFRA to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or co… | 2025-08-21T20:15:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1166 |
| 104-s-1089 | 104 | s | 1089 | Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-07-28 | 1995-07-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Lake Champlain Zebra Mussel Control Act of 1995 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force to study whether aquatic nuisance species threaten the ecological characteristics and economic uses of Lake Champlain; (2) require the designated chairpersons to invite representatives of the Lake Champlain Basin Program to participate as ex officio members of the Task Force; and (3) include Lake Champlain among the waters with respect to which the aquatic nuisance species and zebra mussel demonstration programs apply. Requires, within one year: (1) the Task Force to develop and submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating voluntary guidelines for controlling the spread of the zebra mussel through recreational activities, including boating and fishing; and (2) the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines that incorporate the guidelines developed by the Task Force. Revises the Act to provide for the preparation and submission of a comprehensive management plan and a public facility management plan by the Governor of each State (as under current law) or the appropriate official of a watershed organization. Defines "watershed organization" to mean an entity with jurisdiction over the management of a watershed pursuant to applicable Federal and State law. Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to direct the Secretary to designate the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, as a sea grant college under the Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1089 |
| 104-s-1033 | 104 | s | 1033 | Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-07-13 | 1995-07-13 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 0 | Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Defense to jointly: (1) determine which discharges are incidental to the normal operation of an armed forces vessel (vessel) and for which it is reasonable to require the use of a marine pollution control device (device) to mitigate adverse impacts on the marine environment; and (2) promulgate Federal standards of performance for each device. Instructs the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing the design, construction, installation, and use of devices on vessels. Allows the Governor of any State to submit a petition requesting the Secretary or the Administrator to review the established standards if new evidence arises which could reasonably result in a change to a particular determination or standard, accompanied by the scientific and technical information on which the petition is based. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to grant or deny the petition within two years of its receipt. Prohibits States or political subdivisions from regulating the discharge or the design, construction, installation, or use of any device required to control the discharge, but authorizes a State to prohibit one or more discharges into its waters if it determines that its water requires additional environmental protection. Directs the Administrator to prohibit the discharge upon determining that the protection and enhancement of the quality of the specified waters requires the prohibition, adequate facilities are available for the safe and sanitary removal of the discharge, and the prohibition will not have the effect of discriminating against a vessel because it is owned by the Federal Government. Sets forth provisions regarding the applicability of this Act to foreign unflagged vessels. Authorizes the Administrator and the Secretary to: (1) provide resources to determine the nature and environmental ef… | 2025-08-21T20:15:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1033 |
| 104-s-1021 | 104 | s | 1021 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to extend the primary standard attainment date for moderate ozone nonattainment areas, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-07-11 | 1995-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to extend from six years to eight years the primary standard attainment date (a date measured from the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990) for moderate ozone nonattainment areas. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1021 |
| 104-s-934 | 104 | s | 934 | A bill to authorize the establishment of a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-06-16 | 1995-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 2 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Requires such assistance to be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and for development projects affecting the Bay's estuary. Permits assistance for a project only if it is publicly owned and will be publicly operated and maintained. Sets forth requirements for local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests. Sets the Federal share at 75 percent of total project costs. Requires the non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs to equal 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to establish at least one project in each of the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/934 |
| 104-s-936 | 104 | s | 936 | Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-06-16 | 1995-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 3 | Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1995 - Revises provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act regarding the Chesapeake Bay to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Requires the Office to support the Chesapeake Executive Council (signatories of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to protect the Bay) by: (1) implementing activities that support the Program; (2) making available information pertaining to the environmental quality and living resources of the Bay; (3) assisting the signatories in implementing action plans; (4) assisting in the development of strategies to improve Bay water quality and living resources; and (5) implementing outreach programs. Establishes a Chesapeake Bay Federal Agencies Committee to coordinate Federal activities relating to Bay restoration. Directs: (1) the Administrator, at the request of a State affected by the interstate management plan developed pursuant to the Program, to make a grant to implement management mechanisms contained in the plan if the State has approved and committed to implement all or substantially all aspects of the plan; and (2) Federal agencies that own or operate facilities within the Bay watershed to assess the facilities to ensure Program compliance and include a plan or program for addressing such impacts in the report to the President. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a habitat restoration program in the watershed to develop and demonstrate cost-effective techniques for restoring wetlands, forest riparian zones, and other Bay habitats (and authorizes grants to public or private entities to carry out such programs); and (2) develop a basinwide toxics reduction strategy, as well as research and monitoring to improve understanding of intermedia transfers of toxic pollutants and the ultimate fate of the pollutants within the Bay ecosystem (and authorizes financial assistance for specified activities). Directs the Administrator… | 2025-08-21T20:15:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/936 |
| 104-s-937 | 104 | s | 937 | A bill to reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-06-16 | 1995-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 2 | Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act to authorize specified amounts of funds authorized to be appropriated under existing provisions to be appropriated: (1) to operate the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office (CBERO); and (2) for the oyster disease program established under amendments made by this Act. Limits the percentage of funds for the CBERO that may be used for administrative expenses. Mandates a program of investigations regarding diseases of the eastern oyster and oysters in coastal U.S. waters, with emphasis on the Chesapeake Bay. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to operate (as well as establish) the CBERO. Authorizes the CBERO's Director to transfer funds to another Federal agency or provide financial assistance to a State or political subdivision agency for conducting research, assessment, monitoring, data management, or outreach. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/937 |
| 104-s-938 | 104 | s | 938 | Chesapeake Bay Ballast Water Management Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-06-16 | 1995-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 3 | Chesapeake Bay Ballast Water Management Act of 1995 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate voluntary guidelines to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species (ANS) into U.S. waters that result from the release of ballast water (currently, into the Great Lakes through the exchange of ballast water prior to entering those waters). Mandates: (1) periodic revisions to regulations to ensure the prevention of the introduction and spread of ANS into the Hudson River; (2) multilingual education and technical assistance measures to encourage guideline compliance; (3) studies, regarding the Chesapeake Bay and other U.S. waters, on trends in ballast water releases and the attributes and patters of ANS invasions from ballast water releases; and (4) a ballast water management program for the seagoing fleet of the Navy to limit ANS invasion risk. Authorizes appropriations to develop and implement provisions relating to prevention of unintentional introductions of ANS. | 2025-08-21T20:15:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/938 |
| 104-s-894 | 104 | s | 894 | California Ocean Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-06-08 | 1995-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | California Ocean Protection Act of 1995 - Establishes a California Ocean Protection Zone consisting of: (1) waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone that are contiguous to the waters of the territorial sea that are contiguous to the State of California; (2) waters of the territorial sea that are contiguous to the State of California; and (3) the portion of the outer Continental Shelf underlying those waters. Prohibits: (1) the head of a Federal agency from issuing a lease, permit, or license for the exploration for or development or production of oil, gas, or other minerals in or from the Zone; (2) a person from engaging in the exploration for, or development or production of, minerals in or from the Zone after the date of the cancellation, expiration, transfer, relinquishment, or termination of a lease, permit, or license for such activities in effect in June 1995; and (3) an agency head from issuing a lease, permit, or license for ocean incineration or harmful ocean dumping within the Zone or for any onshore facility that facilitates ocean incineration or harmful ocean dumping within the Zone. Declares that this Act is not intended to regulate, restrict, or prohibit commercial or recreational fishing, or other harvesting of ocean life in the zone. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/894 |
| 104-s-870 | 104 | s | 870 | National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-26 | 1995-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 1 | National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, wine coolers, or carbonated soft drinks in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Requires distributors to collect from retailers the refund value for each beverage sold to retailers and retailers to collect from consumers the refund value for each beverage sold to consumers. Requires retailers and distributors to pay the refund on returned containers of brands (in the same kind and size of container) sold. Directs distributors to pay annually to a State unclaimed refund amounts (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in that State). Makes unclaimed refunds available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements identical to those under this Act or that have demonstrated achievement of a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 70 percent. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value of such containers. Provides for the adjustment for inflation of the ten-cent refund amount at ten-year intervals. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/870 |
| 104-s-851 | 104 | s | 851 | Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-25 | 1995-11-01 | Subcommittee on Air, Wetlands, Property, & Nuclear. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 21 | Wetlands Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a procedure whereby a person who holds an ownership interest in property, or who has written authorization from such a person, may request the Secretary of the Army to determine whether the property contains U.S. waters, and if so, whether any portion of the waters is wetland and its classification. Directs the Secretary to establish a program under which persons other than Federal employees may be certified to make such determinations. Prohibits the discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters or the draining, channelization, and excavation of U.S. waters that would significantly degrade any U.S. waters unless such activity is undertaken pursuant to a permit issued by the Secretary. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) extensions; and (2) failure by the Secretary to issue a decision. Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue regulations which shall include standards for the issuance of permits for activities in U.S. waters that are wetland; and (2) consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding whether such an activity would have an unacceptable adverse impact on water quality, municipal water supplies, shellfish beds or fishery areas, or wetland-dependent wildlife. Exempts an activity in U.S. waters from the permit requirement if the activity results from a normal farming, silviculture, aquaculture, or ranching activity, or an upland soil and water conservation practice, or is for the purpose of maintenance, and under other specified circumstances. Specifies that such an activity shall not be prohibited or otherwise subject to the permit requirement regarding an approved State permit program if: (1) information on the effects of the activity is included in an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project; and (2) such EIS has been submitted to the Congress before the activity is carried out in connection with project construction and prior to project authorizatio… | 2025-12-19T17:42:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/851 |
| 104-s-810 | 104 | s | 810 | Coastal Barrier Resources System Fairness Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-16 | 1995-08-10 | Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 1 | Coastal Barrier Resources System Fairness Act of 1995 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to include in provisions establishing the Coastal Barrier Resources System references to map revisions made under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to System maps dated October 24, 1990, and relating to System unit M09 so as to make those maps consistent with System maps dated March 30, 1995. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. | 2025-08-21T20:15:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/810 |
| 104-s-794 | 104 | s | 794 | Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-11 | 1996-07-24 | Committee on Agriculture. Measure incorporated into measure S. 1166 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 56 | Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or commercial agricultural crop or site or for public health protection where: (1) the total U.S. acreage for the crop is fewer than 300,000 acres; or (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support the initial or continuing registration of a pesticide for such use and there are insufficient alternatives available for the use, any one of the alternatives poses greater environmental or health risks, or the pesticide plays or will play a significant part in managing pest resistance or in an integrated pest management program. Extends the period of exclusive data use for data submitted to support original registration applications for pesticides for an additional year for each three minor uses registered after this Act's enactment and before the expiration of the period of exclusive use, up to a total of three additional years for all minor uses registered by the Administrator if the Administrator determines that: (1) there are insufficient alternatives available for the use or any one of the alternatives poses greater environmental or health risks; or (2) the pesticide plays or will play a significant part in managing pest resistance or in an integrated pest management program. Requires the Administrator, upon the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of residue chemistry data required solely to support a minor use subject to specified conditions. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Authorizes the Administrator to modify or revoke such extensions if the use may cause unreasonable adverse environmental effects. Permits the Administrator, in handling the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if the absence of data will not prevent the Administrato… | 2025-08-21T20:14:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/794 |
| 104-s-767 | 104 | s | 767 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to extend the deadline for the imposition of sanctions under section 179 of the Act that relate to a State vehicle inspection and maintenance program, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-09 | 1995-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to extend from 18 to 30 months the deadline for States to correct deficiencies or failures, in the case of requirements relating to State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, with respect to nonattainment areas before sanctions are imposed. Makes this Act effective with respect to findings, disapprovals, or determinations made after 18 months prior to this Act's enactment date. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/767 |
| 104-s-768 | 104 | s | 768 | Endangered Species Act Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-05-09 | 1995-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 12 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Ensuring the Integrity of the Listing and Critical Habitat Designation Processes Title II: Broadening the Recovery Plan to Constitute a Conservation Plan and Making the Conservation Plan Central to the Implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 Title III: Improving the Consultation and Conferencing Processes for Federal Agency Actions Title IV: Ensuring that the Compliance Procedures and Standards for Non-Federal Persons are not More Burdensome than the Procedures and Standards Applicable to Federal Agencies Title V: Providing for Habitat Conservation Incentive Programs Title VI: Other Amendments Making the Endangered Species Act of 1973 More Effective and Less Burdensome Title VII: Authorizing Increased Appropriations Endangered Species Act Reform Act of 1995 - Title I: Ensuring the Integrity of the Listing and Critical Habitat Designation Processes - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of the Interior, upon publication of notice of a proposed rulemaking for an action for the determination of an endangered or threatened species status, to provide notice of the right of any interested person to seek peer review of such action. Provides for review and publication of results after such request. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to determine whether a species is endangered or threatened due to the inadequacy of any existing Federal, State, local governmental, and international regulatory mechanisms. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to: (1) make such determinations based on the best reasonably obtainable scientific information; (2) identify and publish in the Federal Register a description of the extent of the use of scientific information in making the appropriate regulation; (3) provide an opportunity for public review and comment on the scientific information used; and (4) require States to adopt… | 2025-08-21T20:15:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/768 |
| 104-s-721 | 104 | s | 721 | A bill to impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act with respect to marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-04-24 | 1995-04-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 1 | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, during the one-year period beginning on this Act's enactment date, from initiating or continuing in effect an enforcement action against a State (including the withholding of certain grants, the promulgation of a Federal implementation plan, or the imposition of specified sanctions) with respect to areas classified as Marginal or Moderate ozone nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act. | 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/721 |
| 104-s-718 | 104 | s | 718 | Environmental Finance Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-04-07 | 1995-04-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Environmental Finance Act of 1995 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) an Environmental Financial Advisory Board to provide expert advice on issues affecting the costs and financing of environmental activities at the Federal, State, and local levels; and (2) Environmental Finance Centers in institutions of higher education in each of the regions of the EPA. Authorizes the Centers to: (1) provide training of State and local officials; (2) publish materials relating to financing of environmental infrastructure; (3) conduct conferences and advisory panels on specific environmental finance issues; (4) establish information services; (5) generate case studies and reports; (6) develop surveys of financial issues and needs of State and local governments; (7) identify financial programs and alternative financing mechanisms for training purposes; (8) hold public meetings; and (9) collaborate and exchange information. Permits the Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher education to carry out the Center program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/718 |
| 104-s-689 | 104 | s | 689 | Landfill Technological Improvement Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-04-06 | 1995-04-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | Landfill Technological Improvement Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that regulations governing the presence of certain liquids in landfills shall not prohibit usage in hazardous waste landfills of sorbents manufactured from processed organic materials that are not likely to degrade in an anaerobic environment until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency issues final regulations concerning anaerobic landfill conditions and the use of organic sorbents. | 2025-08-21T20:14:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/689 |
| 104-s-679 | 104 | s | 679 | Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-04-05 | 1995-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 15 | Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act - Directs Federal agencies, in issuing or enforcing a regulation, an interpretation, or a guideline relating to a fat, oil, or grease under a Federal law, to: (1) differentiate between and establish separate categories for animal fats, vegetable oils, and other oils, including petroleum oil; and (2) apply different standards to different classes of fat and oil, considering differences in physical, chemical, biological, and other properties and in the effects on human health and the environment. Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to exempt tank vessels carrying animal fat or vegetable oil from liability limits and financial responsibility requirements for tank vessels under such Act. | 2025-08-21T20:14:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/679 |
| 104-s-629 | 104 | s | 629 | A bill to provide that no action be taken under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for a renewal of a permit for grazing on National Forest System lands. | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-27 | 1995-03-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] | WY | R | T000162 | 5 | Provides that neither the preparation of an environmental assessment nor any other action under the National Environmental Policy Act shall be required to be taken in connection with renewals of permits that have expired before, on, or after this Act's enactment for grazing on National Forest System lands for which a land and resource management plan under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 is in effect. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/629 |
| 104-s-619 | 104 | s | 619 | Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-24 | 1996-03-21 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 12 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act Title II: Mercury-Containing Battery Management Act Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide information on the proper handling and disposal of used regulated batteries and rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries. Defines a "regulated battery" as a rechargeable battery that contains a cadmium or lead electrode or contains other electrode chemistries and is the subject of a specified determination by the Administrator. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Prohibits enforcement actions by the Administrator against persons for selling or offering for sale or promotional purposes to the final consumer a battery or product governed by this Act that was purchased ready for final sale and sold or offered for sale or promotional purposes without modification. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements and establishes access authorities for the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act - Prohibits any person from selling for use in the United States a regulated battery or a rechargeable consumer product ready for retail sale and manufactured on or after 12 months after this Act's enactment date unless: (1) the battery is easily removable from the product or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act. Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate requirements for: (1) labeling such batteries and related… | 2025-04-07T15:28:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/619 |
| 104-s-622 | 104 | s | 622 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide that a State containing an ozone nonattainment area that does not significantly contribute to ozone nonattainment in its own area or any other area shall be treated as satisfying certain requirements if the State makes certain submissions, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-24 | 1995-03-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Amends the Clean Air Act to revise provisions relating to rural transport areas. Treats rural or nonrural areas that do not contribute significantly to nonattainment as satisfying requirements for ozone nonattainment areas if the State makes implementation plan submissions required for Marginal nonattainment areas. | 2025-04-07T15:27:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/622 |
| 104-s-607 | 104 | s | 607 | Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-23 | 1995-03-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 35 | Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1995 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to absolve persons (other than owners or operators) who arranged for the recycling of recyclable material from liability for environmental response actions. Excludes from the definition of "recyclable material" any material that contains polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million or any Federal standard promulgated after this Act's enactment. Considers transactions involving scrap paper, plastic, glass, textiles, rubber (other than whole tires), or metal or spent batteries to be arranging for recycling if the person arranging the transaction can demonstrate that: (1) the recyclable material met a commercial specification grade and a market existed for the material; (2) a substantial portion of the material was made available for use as a feedstock for the manufacture of a new saleable product; (3) the material (or product to be made from the material) could have been a replacement for a virgin raw material; (4) in the case of transactions occurring no later than 90 days after this Act's enactment, the person exercised reasonable care to determine that the consuming facility was in compliance with Federal, State, or local environmental laws or regulations; (5) in the case of transactions involving scrap metal that occurred after the effective date of a regulation or standard associated with scrap metal recycling promulgated under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the person was in compliance with such regulation or standard and did not melt the metal prior to the transaction; and (6) in the case of transactions involving batteries, the person did not recover the valuable components of the battery and the person was in compliance with Federal environmental regulations or standards regarding battery recycling. Makes the exemptions from liability under this Act inapplicable if the person: (1) had an objectively reasonable basis to believe at the time of the recycling transac… | 2025-08-21T20:16:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/607 |
| 104-s-589 | 104 | s | 589 | Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-22 | 1995-03-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 4 | Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State Governor, if requested by an affected local government, to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal waste in: (1) any landfill or incinerator subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor or the local government; and (2) landfill cells that do not meet the State's design and location standards and leachate collection and groundwater monitoring requirements for new landfills. Permits such Governors, without the request of such entities, to limit the quantity of out-of-State municipal waste received for disposal, or the disposal of such waste, at landfills covered by exceptions under this Act. Authorizes States to ban imports from large exporting States if the volumes of municipal solid waste exported by such States did not meet reduction targets. Prohibits discrimination against any particular landfill and against shipments of out-of-State waste on the basis of State of origin. Exempts from a Governor's authority to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State waste: (1) landfills that received documented shipments of such waste in 1993 and are in compliance with State laws relating to design and location standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure and corrective action; (2) proposed landfills that, prior to January 1, 1993, received an authorization as part of a host community agreement from the affected local government to receive municipal waste generated out-of-State and a State notice of decision to grant a construction permit; or (3) incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste during 1993 and are in compliance with performance standards under the Clean Air Act and State laws relating to facility design and operations. Authorizes States to deny permits for the construction or operation of a new landfill or incinerator or a major modification of an existing landfill or incinerator if: (1) the State has approved a… | 2025-08-21T20:16:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/589 |
| 104-s-582 | 104 | s | 582 | Voluntary Environmental Audit Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-21 | 1996-05-21 | Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 7 | Voluntary Environmental Audit Protection Act - Provides that an environmental audit report constituting part of an environmental audit shall not be subject to discovery and admitted into evidence in civil or criminal actions or administrative proceedings before a Federal court or agency or under Federal law. Makes such exclusion inapplicable to information: (1) required to be collected or reported to a regulatory agency pursuant to specified Federal environmental laws (covered laws); (2) obtained by observation, sampling, or monitoring by a regulatory agency; or (3) obtained from a source independent of the audit. Makes such exclusion inapplicable if: (1) the owner or operator of the facility that initiated the audit expressly waives the right of the person or government entity that prepared the report to exclude such material from the evidence or proceeding; (2) after an in camera hearing, the appropriate Federal court determines that the environmental audit report provides evidence of noncompliance with a covered environmental law and efforts to achieve compliance were not pursued with diligence; or (3) the person or government entity is asserting the exclusion for a fraudulent purpose. Places the burden of proof regarding the applicability of the exclusion on the person invoking its protection. States that a person or entity that performs an audit may not be required to give testimony in a Federal court or an administrative proceeding of a Federal agency without his or her consent. Sets forth conditions under which disclosures of information relating to a covered Federal law to an appropriate Federal or State agency are considered voluntary. Considers such disclosures involuntary if the person or government entity making the disclosure has committed repeated violations of Federal or State laws relating to environmental quality due to separate events giving rise to the violations during the three-year period prior to disclosure. Presumes disclosures to be voluntary if the person or entity provides informati… | 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/582 |
| 104-s-542 | 104 | s | 542 | A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow States to regulate the disposal of municipal solid waste generated outside of the State, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-13 | 1995-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 0 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States to enact and enforce laws that regulate the treatment, incineration, and disposal of municipal solid waste generated in another State. Prohibits owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities from accepting municipal solid waste generated outside the State unless they have a written authorization from: (1) the affected local government; and (2) any affected local solid waste planning unit. Exempts from such prohibition owners or operators that: (1) otherwise comply with all State laws relating to the treatment, incineration, or disposal of municipal solid waste; and (2) prior to this Act's enactment, accepted municipal solid waste generated outside the State for such purposes. Continues the validity of authorizations to conduct such activities that were issued prior to this Act's enactment. Requires owners or operators who expand landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities to obtain such authorizations prior to accepting waste generated outside the State. Provides for disclosure to interested persons of information regarding the site, environmental controls, required permits, personnel requirements, violations of regulations, and capital and insurance requirements prior to issuance of an authorization by the affected local government and local solid waste planning unit. Requires each State Governor to designate the type of political subdivision that shall serve as the affected local government with respect to authorizing facilities to accept out-of-State municipal solid waste under this Act. | 2025-04-07T15:26:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/542 |
| 104-s-534 | 104 | s | 534 | Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-10 | 1995-05-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interstate Waste Title II: Flow Control Title III: Ground Water Monitoring Title IV: State or Regional Solid Waste Plans Title V: General Provisions Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1995 - Title I: Interstate Waste - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize State Governors, if requested by an affected local government, to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste in landfills or incinerators subject to their jurisdiction. Permits Governors to limit the quantity of out-of-State waste received at landfills and incinerators excepted from such prohibition to an annual amount equal to or greater than the quantity received during 1993. Authorizes States that imported more than 750,000 tons of out-of- State municipal solid waste in 1993 to limit the amount of such waste received for disposal at landfills and incinerators in the importing State as follows: (1) in 1996, 95 percent of the amount exported to the State in 1993; (2) in 1997 through 2002, 95 percent of the amount exported to the State in the previous year; and (3) in 2003 and each succeeding year, 65 percent of the amount exported in 1993. Establishes limitations on waste exports to landfills or incinerators not covered by host community agreements or permits authorizing receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste. Prohibits Governors from exercising authorities under this Act: (1) if such action would result in the violation of a host community agreement or a permit issued from the State to receive out-of-State municipal solid waste; or (2) except as otherwise provided, in a manner that would require landfills or incinerators covered by the exception to reduce the amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste received from any State to an annual quantity less than that received during 1993. Makes the authority to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste inapplicable to landfills and incinerators that: (1) received documented sh… | 2025-12-19T17:38:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/534 |
| 104-s-540 | 104 | s | 540 | Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Reauthorization Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-10 | 1995-03-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 2 | Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Reauthorization Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting through the Great Lakes National Program Office, to conduct at least three demonstration projects involving promising technologies and practices to remedy contaminated sediments at sites in the Great Lakes system. Gives priority for demonstration projects to: (1) the Ashtabula River in Ohio; (2) the Buffalo River in New York; (3) Duluth and Superior Harbor in Minnesota; (4) the Fox River in Wisconsin; (5) the Grand Calumet River in Indiana; and (6) Saginaw Bay in Michigan. Permits the Administrator to conduct additional projects at other sites in the Great Lakes System. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the Administrator to provide technical information and assistance involving the remediation of contaminated sediments upon request. Authorizes appropriations. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Great Lakes water quality program through 2001. | 2025-08-21T20:15:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/540 |
| 104-s-541 | 104 | s | 541 | Great Lakes Federal Effectiveness Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-10 | 1995-03-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 3 | Great Lakes Federal Effectiveness Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace provisions regarding the Great Lakes Research Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with those establishing an interagency Great Lakes Research Council. Directs the Council to: (1) promote the coordination of Federal Great Lakes research activities to avoid duplication and ensure effectiveness in achieving protection of the Great Lakes ecosystem through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; (2) prepare a document that assesses research activities and Federal expertise in such activities needed to fulfill Agreement goals; (3) identify topics for and participate in workshops and conferences on Great Lakes research issues; (4) make recommendations for the uniform collection of data for enhancing research and management protocols relating to the Great Lakes ecosystem; (5) advise in improving the integration of multimedia data concerning the ecosystem and in efforts to establish a multimedia data base for the ecosystem; and (6) ensure that findings and information regarding such research are disseminated in a timely manner. | 2025-08-21T20:15:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/541 |
| 104-s-503 | 104 | s | 503 | Endangered Species Listing Moratorium Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-06 | 1995-03-14 | Subcommittee on Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 3 | Endangered Species Listing Moratorium Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior, during the period beginning on March 7, 1995, and ending on September 7, 1995, from: (1) determining that a species is endangered or threatened; or (2) designating a habitat of a species as a critical habitat. | 2025-08-21T20:16:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/503 |
| 104-s-505 | 104 | s | 505 | Common Sense in Fishing Regulations Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-06 | 1995-03-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 1 | Common Sense in Fishing Regulations Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act, from taking action to prohibit or restrict the manufacturing, processing, distributing, or use of any fishing sinkers or lures containing lead, zinc, or brass. Directs the Administrator, if he or she obtains a substantially greater amount of evidence of risk of injury to health or the environment than that which was adduced in the proceedings described in a proposed rule to limit the manufacture and use of lead sinkers, to report such findings to the Congress, with recommendations for legislative action. | 2025-08-21T20:16:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/505 |
| 104-s-485 | 104 | s | 485 | Municipal Waste Flow Control Transition Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-02 | 1995-03-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 0 | Municipal Waste Flow Control Transition Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States and political subdivisions to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste, and recyclable materials voluntarily relinquished by the owner or generator, generated in their jurisdictions directing such waste and materials to waste management facilities or recyclables facilities if such authority: (1) is exercised pursuant to a law, regulation, or other legally binding provision in effect on May 15, 1994; and (2) has been implemented by designating before such date the particular waste facilities in operation as of such date to which the waste or recyclable materials must be delivered. Limits such authority to categories, volumes, or sources of waste to which flow control authority requiring a movement to a facility was actually applied on May 15, 1994, or to the specific categories for which a State or political subdivision, prior to such date, had committed to the designation of a facility. Authorizes a political subdivision to exercise such authority notwithstanding the requirement that facilities are designated before such date if the subdivision has taken specified actions, prior to such date, to commit to the designation of a facility to be constructed. Permits States or political subdivisions, upon the request of a municipal solid waste generator, to authorize the diversion of waste generated by such generator to a solid waste facility other than the designated facility where such diversion would provide a higher level of health and environmental protection or indemnify or reduce potential liability of the generator under Federal or State law. Considers laws, regulations, or acts of States or political subdivisions that implement flow control authority to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the extent to which the Supreme Court decision in C&A Carbone v. Clarkstown, New York has … | 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/485 |
| 104-s-490 | 104 | s | 490 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exempt agriculture-related facilities from certain permitting requirements, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-03-02 | 1995-03-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 14 | Amends the Clean Air Act to add specified definitions relating to agriculture-related facilities (grain elevators, grain, feed, or rice mills, or grain processing facilities). Defines "potential to emit" as the potential of a facility to emit during a one-year period under maximum realistic operation. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in determining the maximum realistic operation of an agriculture-related facility, to consider: (1) the cyclical or seasonal nature of the facility; and (2) the maximum hours of operation of the facility that actually occurred during any of the preceding five years in the case of a facility in operation on the date of determination. Requires the Administrator to consider the effect of control equipment and techniques in lowering the potential to emit of an agriculture-related facility. Exempts a source from permitting requirements if the source is not a major source and is subject to emissions standards for new stationary sources or requirements for stationary sources of hazardous air pollutants. | 2025-04-07T15:23:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/490 |
| 104-s-477 | 104 | s | 477 | A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the reformulated gasoline requirements under the Clean Air Act in States where bona fide health concerns have been raised until those concerns are appropriately addressed. | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-27 | 1995-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon certification by appropriate State health officials that bona fide health concerns have been raised with respect to the use of reformulated gasoline as required by rules issued by the Administrator under the Clean Air Act, to suspend such rules in the State until the later of: (1) April 1, 1995; or (2) the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator certify that reformulated gasoline used to achieve the objectives of such Act is not causing human health problems. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to: (1) investigate health complaints associated with use of reformulated gasoline; (2) report the results of such investigation to the Congress; and (3) include in such report recommendations for alternative formulations that will meet with requirements of the Clean Air Act without causing the reported health problems. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/477 |
| 104-s-465 | 104 | s | 465 | State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-23 | 1995-02-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 1 | State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator, effective January 1, 1996, from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste for disposal or incineration unless the owner or operator of the landfill or incinerator obtains authorization (as part of a host community agreement) from the affected local government. Requires owners or operators to make specified information regarding the facility available prior to seeking such authorization. Authorizes State Governors, unless inconsistent with a host community agreement or permit authorizing the receipt of out-of-State waste, to limit the quantity of out-of-State waste received at landfills and incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste in 1993 (or were authorized to receive pursuant to an agreement or permit entered into prior to this Act's enactment) to an annual amount equal to the quantity received in 1993. Permits State Governors, unless inconsistent with a host community agreement or permit, to prohibit the disposal of such waste at landfills and incinerators that received such waste in 1993 (or were authorized to pursuant to a prior agreement or permit) if the waste is generated in a State determined to have exported more than the following amounts of waste to landfills or incinerators not covered by host community agreements: (1) 3.5 million tons in 1996; (2) 3 million tons in 1997 and 1998; (3) 2.5 million tons in 1999 and 2000; (4) 1.5 million tons in 2001 and 2002; and (5) 1 million tons in 2003 and thereafter. Establishes limitations on waste exports to landfills or incinerators not covered by host community agreements or permits. Exempts from the prohibition on receipt of out-of-State waste, except as otherwise provided, landfills and incinerators that: (1) received documented shipments of such waste during 1993; or (2) prior to this Act's enactment, entered into host community agreements or received permits authorizing the acceptance of such … | 2025-08-21T20:16:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/465 |
| 104-s-462 | 104 | s | 462 | A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of the reformulated gasoline rules under the Clean Air Act. | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-22 | 1995-02-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 0 | Suspends Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules establishing requirements for the use of reformulated gasoline in specified nonattainment areas until the EPA Administrator: (1) demonstrates that reformulated gasoline manufactured and distributed in accordance with such rules does not cause adverse health effects or revises such rules to eliminate such effects; and (2) reports to the appropriate congressional committees on steps taken under this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/462 |
| 104-s-428 | 104 | s | 428 | Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-16 | 1995-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 17 | Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1995 - Makes technical changes to the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. | 2025-08-21T20:14:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/428 |
| 104-s-455 | 104 | s | 455 | Consultation Clarification Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-16 | 1995-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 1 | Consultation Clarification Act - Provides that whenever the listing of a species as threatened or endangered or procedures or decisions relating to such listing require consultation with the Secretary of the Interior under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a resource management plan, any action consistent with the plan may be undertaken on lands prior to the completion of the consultation if the land management agency responsible for the action determines the action is: (1) not likely to affect the species; (2) not likely to adversely affect the species and the Secretary or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, concurs; or (3) likely to adversely affect the species and the appropriate Secretary issues a biological opinion which finds that the action is not likely to jeopardize the species or result in destruction or adverse modification of its critical habitat or is unlikely to jeopardize such species or result in habitat destruction or modification and the land management agency agrees to a reasonable alternative to such action. (Current law requires Federal agencies to consult with the Secretary to insure that actions are not likely to jeopardize any endangered or threatened species or result in habitat destruction or modification.) | 2025-08-21T20:16:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/455 |
| 104-s-398 | 104 | s | 398 | Flow Control Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-13 | 1995-02-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 5 | Flow Control Act of 1995 - Authorizes a State or qualified political subdivision to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste, incinerator ash, and construction or demolition debris generated within its boundaries if, before May 15, 1994, such entity: (1) adopted a law, regulation, or legally binding provision that contains such authority and directs the waste, ash, or debris to a waste management facility designated before such date or identifies the use of waste management methods; and (2) committed to the designation of a facility for such methods. Authorizes such an entity to exercise such authority for voluntarily relinquished recyclable materials generated within its boundaries. Establishes similar authority for States and subdivisions that meet such requirements after this Act's enactment. Provides that laws, regulations, or legally binding provisions that implement flow control authority shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if: (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Allows such authority with respect to solid waste or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision establishes a program to separate or divert recyclable materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse. Makes such condition inapplicable in certain cases. Establishes additional conditions on the exercise of flow control authority, including requirements that: (1) such authority is necessary to meet current or anticipated waste management needs; (2) revenues derived from the exercise of such authority are devoted primarily to solid waste management services; and (3) States and subdivisions implement a competitive designation process with respect to waste management facilities or facilities for recyclable materials.… | 2025-08-21T20:16:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/398 |
| 104-s-373 | 104 | s | 373 | State Regulation and Management of Solid Waste Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-08 | 1995-02-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Amendments Title II: State Solid Waste Management Plans Title III: Interstate Transport of Waste Title IV: Financial Assistance State Regulation and Management of Solid Waste Act of 1995 - Title I: General Amendments - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise provisions concerning congressional findings and objectives. Title II: State Solid Waste Management Plans - Sets forth as the objective of this title the reduction of solid waste generated and disposed of prior to the year 2015 by requiring States to develop programs which: (1) reduce the generation of solid waste, encourage resource conservation, and meet other specified objectives; and (2) facilitate the recycling of, and the use of valuable resources from, such waste. Requires State waste management plans to: (1) identify the quantities, types, sources, and characteristics of solid wastes that are expected to be generated within, transported to, or managed by, the State during each of the 20 years following 1995; (2) ensure the availability of capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound manner; (3) provide for annual certifications to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to meeting objectives and capacity to manage waste; (4) provide that all solid waste management facilities in the State meet Federal and State laws and allow only registered facilities to manage waste; (5) provide for technical and financial assistance to local communities to meet plan requirements; and (6) specify the conditions under which the State will authorize the acceptance of solid waste from other States. Title III: Interstate Transport of Waste - Authorizes a State with an approved solid waste management plan to prohibit or restrict the importation of solid waste from another State for management purposes (other than transportation). Permits States to levy fees on solid waste. Requires at least 50 percent of such fees to be allocated to the local government managing … | 2025-08-21T20:16:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/373 |
| 104-s-375 | 104 | s | 375 | A bill to impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act with respect to marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas and with respect to enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-08 | 1995-02-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 3 | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, during the two-year period beginning on this Act's enactment date, from taking an enforcement action (including the withholding of certain grants, the promulgation of a Federal implementation plan, or the imposition of specified sanctions) with respect to areas classified as Marginal or Moderate ozone nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act. Prohibits, during such period, specified adverse actions against States by the Administrator or the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration with respect to failures of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in Serious ozone nonattainment areas. | 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/375 |
| 104-s-365 | 104 | s | 365 | Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-07 | 1995-02-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 1 | Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require permits for discharges from publicly owned treatment works to contain terms for biological monitoring or whole effluent toxicity testing and for establishing a process to reduce the cause of such toxicity if the permitting authority determines that such discharges cause, have the potential to cause, or contribute to an in-stream excursion above a narrative or numeric criterion for whole effluent toxicity. Provides that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that it is necessary to include biological monitoring, whole effluent toxicity testing, or assessment methods as a permit condition for publicly owned treatment works, the failure of such tests shall not result in a finding of violation. | 2025-08-21T20:14:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/365 |
| 104-s-352 | 104 | s | 352 | Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-03 | 1995-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit, unless such activity is undertaken pursuant to a permit issued by the Secretary of the Army: (1) the discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters; or (2) the draining, channelization, or excavation of wetlands. (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary, upon receiving permit applications, to: (1) classify as Type A wetlands those that are of critical significance to the long-term conservation of an ecosystem and meet other specified conditions; (2) classify as Type B wetlands those that provide habitat for a significant population of wildlife or provide other significant wetlands functions and values; and (3) classify as Type C wetlands those that serve marginal functions but exist in such abundance that regulation of activities is not necessary to conserve wetlands values and functions, are prior converted cropland, are fastlands, or are lands within areas that do not serve significant wetlands functions and values. Prohibits more than 20 percent of any county, parish, or borough from being classified as Type A wetlands. Permits owners of interests in Type A wetlands to seek compensation for the fair market value of such lands. Provides that title for such lands shall pass to the United States on acceptance of an offer for compensation. Requires the Secretary to deny a permit authorizing activities in Type A wetlands unless: (1) such activities can be undertaken with minimal alteration or disturbance; or (2) the proposed use of the land will result in overall environmental benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a permit for activities in Type B wetlands subject to conditions that ensure that the wetland ecosystem does not suffer loss or degradation. Imposes requirements for mitigation when such activities result in permanent wetland loss or degradation. Directs the Secretary to establish a mitigation banking program in each State to ensure compensation for loss and degradation o… | 2025-08-21T20:14:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/352 |
| 104-s-333 | 104 | s | 333 | Risk Management Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-02 | 1995-05-25 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 116. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 2 | Risk Management Act of 1995 - Declares that this Act applies to all risk assessments prepared by, or on behalf of, an agency in connection with health, safety, and environmental risks. (Sec. 4) Declares that an agency head shall not be required to prepare a risk assessment for: (1) an emergency situation; (2) a rule or agency action that authorizes the introduction into commerce, or recognizes the marketable status of, a product; (3) a health, safety, or environmental inspection or individual facility permitting action; (4) product registrations, re-registrations, tolerance settings, and reviews of premanufacturing notices and existing chemicals under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act; (5) any individual food, drug, or other product label, or any risk communication appearing on any such label; or (6) a screening analysis. (Sec. 6) Requires a Federal agency to prepare a risk assessment under this Act: (1) for each major rule relating to human health, safety, or the environment; (2) for each major risk communication; and (3) before conducting an environmental management activity to eliminate a risk or reduce it to reasonable limits, if the agency head determines that the estimated cost of that activity is more than $25 million. (Sec. 7) Requires agencies to conduct and make publicly available specified risk comparisons, cost-benefit analyses, and effectiveness certifications of major rules and environmental management activities before promulgating a final major rule or conducting such an activity. (Sec. 8) Prescribes principles to be followed by an agency when preparing: (1) risk assessments; (2) major risk communications; (3) regulatory proposals or decisions; and (4) any other public communication concerning the conclusion of a risk assessment. (Sec. 10) Prescribes guidelines under which the President shall promulgate a final rule for the review and revision of previously- prepared agency risk assessments. (Sec. 11) Prescribes guidelines under which a… | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/333 |
| 104-s-344 | 104 | s | 344 | Coastal Barrier Technical Corrections Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-02 | 1995-02-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] | AL | R | S000320 | 1 | Coastal Barrier Technical Corrections Act of 1995 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to declare that areas depicted in maps dealt with by this Act are part of the Coastal Barrier Resources System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to specified maps of the System as necessary to ensure that: (1) those maps are consistent with other maps on file with the Secretary; and (2) the System does not include any area that, before enactment of this Act, was part of unit Q01 of the System. | 2025-08-21T20:16:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/344 |
| 104-s-328 | 104 | s | 328 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for an optional provision for the reduction of work-related vehicle trips and miles travelled in ozone nonattainment areas designated as severe, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-02-01 | 1995-02-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 6 | Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize a State in which all or part of a Severe ozone nonattainment area is located to submit a plan revision requiring employers in such area to implement programs to reduce work-related vehicle trips and miles by employees. (Current law requires such States to submit such revision within two years of the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.) Authorizes such revision to require employers in such areas to increase average passenger occupancy per vehicle in commuting trips between home and workplace during peak travel periods. (Current law requires specified increases in average passenger occupancy.) Authorizes (current law requires) the revision to require employers subject to a vehicle occupancy requirement to submit a compliance plan. | 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/328 |
| 104-s-275 | 104 | s | 275 | A bill to establish a temporary moratorium on the Interagency Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Wetlands Determinations until enactment of a law that is the successor to the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-25 | 1995-01-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1702-1703) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 19 | Establishes a moratorium on the Interagency Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Wetlands Determinations until enactment of a successor law to the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/275 |
| 104-s-248 | 104 | s | 248 | Auto Inspection Reform (AIR) Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-19 | 1995-01-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 7 | Auto Inspection Reform (AIR) Act of 1995 - Provides that States will not be required to implement enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (required for Serious, Severe, and Extreme ozone nonattainment areas) under the Clean Air Act prior to March 1, 1996. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately rescind regulations relating to the operation of such programs on a centralized basis and issue new regulations to allow the operation of such programs on a centralized or decentralized basis at the option of each State. Prohibits, until the Administrator carries out such requirements, the imposition of sanctions for failures by States to implement such programs or specified adverse actions against States by the Administrator or the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Requires the Administrator to: (1) deem that emissions reductions calculated by States for inspection and maintenance under State implementation plans would be achieved as if the planned program had been implemented; or (2) consider the operation of the program on a decentralized basis as equivalent to operation on a centralized basis if the State demonstrates that such equivalency is reasonable. | 2025-08-21T20:15:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/248 |
| 104-s-235 | 104 | s | 235 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Federal government from requiring State plans to mandate trip reduction measures. | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-18 | 1995-01-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that revisions of State implementation plans that provide for transportation control measures for Serious ozone nonattainment areas shall not be required to include trip reduction ordinances. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/235 |
| 104-s-236 | 104 | s | 236 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the mandatory requirement for State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs for ozone nonattainment areas. | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-18 | 1995-01-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize (but not require) States to include provisions for vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in implementation plans for Marginal ozone nonattainment areas. Repeals provisions that require States to submit plan revisions that provide for: (1) vehicle inspection and maintenance programs in Moderate ozone nonattainment areas; and (2) enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs to reduce hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions in Serious ozone nonattainment areas. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/236 |
| 104-s-229 | 104 | s | 229 | A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses in promulgating regulations relating to human health and the environment, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-13 | 1995-01-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in promulgating any proposed or final major regulation relating to human health or the environment, to publish in the Federal Register, along with the regulation, a statement that: (1) describes and quantifies the risks to human health and the environment to be addressed by the regulation; (2) compares such risks to other risks chosen by the Administrator; (3) estimates the costs to the U.S. Government, State and local governments, and the private sector of implementing and complying with the regulation and the benefits of the regulation; and (4) contains a certification that analyses performed are based on the best obtainable scientific information, the regulation is likely to reduce the risks to be addressed, there is no regulatory alternative that would achieve an equivalent reduction in risk in a more cost-effective manner, and the regulation is likely to produce benefits to human health or the environment that will justify the costs of compliance. Defines a "major regulation" as one that may have an effect on the economy of $100 million or more in any one year. Authorizes the Administrator, if a final regulation is substantially similar to the proposed version, to publish a reference to the statement of the proposed regulation in lieu of publishing a new statement for the final regulation. | 2025-04-07T15:23:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/229 |
| 104-s-191 | 104 | s | 191 | Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-11 | 1995-03-07 | Subcommittee on Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 12 | Farm, Ranch, and Homestead Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior, until the Act's reauthorization, from: (1) determining that a species is an endangered or threatened species; or (2) designating a species habitat as a critical habitat. Exempts Federal agencies, until the Act's reauthorization, from complying with specified requirements, including: (1) carrying out programs for the conservation of threatened and endangered species; and (2) insuring that Federal actions are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction of habitat. | 2025-08-21T20:15:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/191 |
| 104-s-196 | 104 | s | 196 | United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-11 | 1995-01-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Act - Establishes in the Treasury the United States-Mexico Border Environmental Protection Fund to be used to investigate and respond to conditions that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines present a substantial threat to the land, air, or water resources of the Border Environment Zone (as defined by the La Paz Agreement between the United States and Mexico). Requires the Secretary of State to transfer a specified amount to the Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to declare an environmental emergency in the Zone if conditions present a substantial threat to the land, air, or water resources in the area. Prohibits such a declaration if the condition is specifically within the sole jurisdiction of the International Boundary and Water Commission. Authorizes the Administrator to establish a system for information sharing and for early warning to the United States, the several States, political subdivisions, and Indian tribes of environmental problems affecting the Zone. Permits the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to enter into agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico for the correction of and response to border sanitation emergencies. Prohibits the expenditure of U.S. funds for emergency investigation or remediation in Mexico without a cost-sharing agreement unless the expenditure would be cost-effective and in the U.S. interest. Establishes the United States International Boundary and Water Commission Fund to carry out international agreements under this Act. Requires the Secretary to transfer a specified amount to the Commission Fund. | 2025-08-21T20:16:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/196 |
| 104-s-123 | 104 | s | 123 | Environmental Risk Evaluation Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-04 | 1995-01-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Environmental Risk Evaluation Act of 1995 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) rank sources of pollution with respect to the relative degree of risk of adverse effects on human health, the environment, and public welfare; (2) evaluate the private and public costs associated with each pollution source and the costs and benefits of complying with regulations designed to protect against risks associated with such pollution; and (3) evaluate the public and private costs and benefits associated with other Federal actions with impacts on human health, the environment, or public welfare. Requires the Administrator to identify opportunities to achieve risk reduction through modifications in environmental regulations and programs and other Federal actions with impacts on health, the environment, or public welfare. Directs the Administrator to: (1) identify the major uncertainties associated with the risks and explain the meaning of the uncertainties in terms of interpreting the ranking and evaluation; and (2) determine the type and nature of research that would likely reduce such uncertainties and the cost of conducting such research. Requires the Administrator to consider and estimate the monetary and other values of the benefits associated with reducing risk to health and the environment. Establishes triennial reporting requirements with respect to rankings and evaluations and requires such reports to evaluate risk management decisions under Federal environmental laws that present inherent and unavoidable choices between competing risks. Provides for review of reports by the Science Advisory Board prior to submission. | 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/123 |
| 104-s-33 | 104 | s | 33 | A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to clarify the financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities. | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-04 | 1995-01-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 2 | Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise general financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities. Requires responsible parties (except as provided in provisions regarding deepwater ports) to maintain financial responsibility as described by this Act with respect to offshore facilities seaward of the U.S. coastline that are used for drilling for, producing, or processing oil or that have the capacity to transport, store, transfer, or handle more than 1,000 barrels of oil at any one time. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to determine the amount of financial responsibility based on an assessment of the facility's risk to meet the amount of liability for oil pollution to which a responsible party could be subjected in a case in which the party would be entitled to limit liability. Requires such amount to range from $35 million to $150 million. Provides that in cases where a person is the responsible party for more than one facility, evidence of responsibility need be established only to meet the maximum liability applicable to the facility having the greatest maximum liability. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/33 |
| 104-s-49 | 104 | s | 49 | Alaska Wetlands Conservation Credit Procedures Act of 1994 | Environmental Protection | 1995-01-04 | 1995-01-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 1 | Alaska Wetlands Conservation Credit Procedures Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that specified guidelines for disposal sites for the discharge of dredged and fill material into navigable waters for States with substantial conserved wetlands areas: (1) shall not include requirements or standards for mitigation to compensate for wetlands loss and adverse impacts to wetlands; (2) may include requirements or standards for minimization of such adverse impacts; and (3) may include standards or requirements for avoidance of impacts only if the discharge permit applicant is not required to establish that upland alternative sites do not exist. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers and at the request of a State with substantial conserved wetlands areas, to issue general permits for such States which contain a regulatory standard for such discharges that is no greater than the standard contained in the guidelines described above. Makes the discharge of dredged or fill material in connection with the following activities exempt from regulation under related provisions governing permits: (1) airport safety in a State with substantial conserved wetlands areas and in any case necessary for public safety; (2) construction and maintenance of log transfer facilities; (3) construction of tailings impoundments utilized for treatment facilities; and (4) construction of ice pads and ice roads and for snow storage and removal purposes. Requires the Secretary to issue individual and general permits pursuant to the standards and requirements of this Act for a State with substantial conserved wetlands areas. Directs the Secretary, for permits issued for economic base lands (specified lands conveyed to or owned by Alaska Native entities or the State of Alaska), to: (1) balance the standards and policies of this Act against U.S. obligations to allow such lands to be used to create and sustain economic activity; (2) give substantial weight to the social and economic… | 2025-08-21T20:16:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/49 |
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