WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Transboundary pollution

H.R. 6166, The Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6166 would impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste....

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P.L. 110-280, The Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.21

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 802 would amend the Act to Prevent Pollution from ships to implement MARPOL Annex VI....

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H.R. 3365, The FAIR (Foreign Air Impact Regulation) AIR Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3365 would amend the Clean Air Act to delay the effect of reclassifying certain nonattainment areas adjacent to an international border....

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H.R. 518, The International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 518 would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada....

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S. 280, The Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 280 would provide for a program to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, it would support the deployment of new climate change-related technologies, and it would ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances....

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H.R. 387, The Solid Waste Compact Act

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 387 would authorize certain States to prohibit the importation of solid waste from other States....

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H.R. 274, The Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2007

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 274 would impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste....

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H.R. 70, The State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 70 would authorize States to regulate the receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste....

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H.R. 3849, The PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.19

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3849 would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement pesticide-related provisions of three international environmental agreements: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution for POPs (POPs Protocol to LRTAP), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazar...

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H.R. 4591, The Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.09

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4591 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement provisions of three international environmental agreements: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution for POPs (POPs Protocol to LRTAP), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in Internat...

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H.R. 5811, The MARPOL Annex VI Implementation Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5811 would implement the Protocol of 1997 to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL). EPA and the USCG would establish regulations to implement MARPOL Annex VI, which addresses air pollution from ships. The USCG would enforce those regulations.
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H.R. 2491, The International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT

The Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada, which was signed in 1986 and later amended in 1992, governs the trade in hazardous and municipal solid waste between the United States and Canada. Enacting H.R. 2491 would authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to perform certain functions under this agreement to determine whether to allow certain imports of hazardous or municipal solid waste from Canada....

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