Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
would amend the FWPCA to reauthorize the pilot program for alternative water source projects.
would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include additional ZIP codes with respect to claims relating to Manhattan Project waste.
would direct the Administrator of EPA to revise 40 C.F.R. §61.206 to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum.
would authorize the use of expeditionary solid waste disposal systems by DOD and provide funding for solid waste disposal systems, with an offset.
would authorize the use of expeditionary solid waste disposal systems by DOD and provide funding for solid waste disposal systems, with an offset.
would amend FIFRA to establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides.
would place a moratorium on the issuance and renewal of certain federal authorizations for mountaintop removal coal mining until a health study is conducted.
would transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain federal land in Saratoga Springs, Utah, from the Secretary of the Interior to the U.S. Postal Service for construction of a post office.
would amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to collect a surcharge from international visitors to units of the National Park System.
would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, and amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund.