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From: sf.moderator@sfsierra.sierraclub.org
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 95 18:44:36
Subject: SC Action Special - Status of Appropriation Riders
ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL RIDERS
IN BUDGET BILLS
(as of Oct. 6, 1995)
EPA Appropriations (H.R. 2099) House Senate Conf.
1. Ban on issuance of tap water X X
standard for arsenic
2. Ban on issuance of tap water X X
standard for radon and other
radionucleides
3. Ban on wetlands protection program X X
4. Prohibition on listing new X X
hazardous waste sites for cleanup
5. Ban on Clean Air Act program X X
promoting better emission
inspection systems for automobiles
6. Ban on Clean Air Act program calling X X
for increased car pooling and use
of mass transit
7. Exemption for Kalamazoo industrial X X
facility from federal water pollution
control requirements
8. Restrictions on regulation of lead X X*
9. Halt to implementation of Clean X X*
Air Act's operating permit program
10. Exemption for oil refineries from X X*
air toxic standards
11. Exemption of oil and gas industry X --
from accident prevention program
12. Ban on expansion of Toxic Release X --
Inventory
13. Ban on issuance of new discharge X --
limitations and water quality standards
* contained in report rather than bill language
14. Ban on implementation of uniform X --
water quality standards for the
Great Lakes
15. Ban on implementation of stormwater X --
controls
16. Ban on implementation of sewage X --
overflow controls
17. Exemption for cement kilns from X --
air toxic standards
18. Repeal of Delaney Clause prohibiting X --
the use of cancer-causing pesticides
in certain foods
19. Audit Shield for Polluters who admit X --
(but not necessarily correct) wrongdoing
20. Ban on issuance of tap water -- X
standard for sulfates
21. Ban on issuance of standards to -- X
protect public from contamination
of groundwater supplies by
crytosporidium and other contaminants
22. Special attention for "industry -- X*
comments" prior to EPA issuance of
final rule limiting air and water
pollution from pulp and paper mills
23. Restriction on EPA issuance of -- X*
standards limiting air pollution
from small gasoline engines which
produce 10% of the air pollution in
America's cities
24. Ban on EPA research regarding the -- X*
health effects of electromagnetic fields
25. Elimination of EPA work on energy -- X*
efficiency and alternative energy
supplies despite the cost savings
generated by such work
Interior Appropriations (H.R. 1977) House Senate Conf.
1. Repeal of mining patent moratorium -- X X
2. Moratorium on listing new endangered X X X
species and designating critical habitat
3. Mojave National Preserve -- transfer X X X
of management from NPS to BLM
4. National Biological Service -- X -- X
transfer to U.S. Geological Survey
5. National Biological Service -- -- X X
prohibition on surveys without
written permission of landowner
6. Tongass National Forest -- increased -- X X
logging
7. Exemption for land management plans X X X
and other federal activities from
Endangered Species Act protections
8. Halt to scientific assessment of X X X
species protection needs in
Columbia River Basin
9. Clearwater National Forest -- -- X X
override of court-ordered management
of forest for multiple use rather
than solely for timber harvest
10. Ban on Dept. of Energy work in X X X
setting appliance efficiency standards
11. Elimination of Urban Park and X X X
Recreation Fund
12. Prohibition on AmeriCorps Volunteers X X X
13. 90-day suspension of grazing -- X X
regulations
14. Ban on implementation of United -- X X
Nations Biodiversity Initiative
Energy & Water Appropriations (H.R. 1905) House Senate Conf.
1. Exemption for Bonneville Power -- X
Administration from environmental
impact and endangered species
protection requirements
2. Termination of San Joaquin River X --
study designed to improve quality
of California drinking water
and rejuvenate commercial and
sportsfishing industries
3. Prohibition on recovering clean X --
up costs from corporations
responsible for contamination of
Kesterson Wildlife refuge
Transportation Appropriations (H.R. 2002) House Senate Conf.
1. Ban on issuance of new fuel X --
efficiency standards
2. Ban on energy efficiency labeling X --
for automobile tires
Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 1976) House Senate Conf.
1. Cap on Conservation Reserve program X X
for wetlands
2. Elimination of salary for head of -- X
U.S. Forest Service
Commerce/Justice/State Approp. (H.R. 2076) House Senate Conf.
1. Termination of environmental X --
enforcement attorneys at Dept.
of Justice
Reconciliation House Senate Conf.
1. Oil development in Arctic National X X
Wildlife Refuge
2. Repeal of mining patent moratorium X X
3. Precious minerals for pennies -- X X
provides for minimal royalty
payments only on profits after
deduction of all expenses and sale
of land for value of surface land only
4. Park closure commission X --
5. Sale of national forest land X --
to ski resorts
6. Elimination of requirement to X --
address environmental impacts
before issuance of grazing permits
(plus repeal of other grazing limitations)
7. Exemption of timber sales in Arizona X --
and New Mexico from endangered
species protections
8. Water subsidies to America's largest -- X
agricultural corporations
9. Cap on Conservation Reserve program -- X
for wetlands
10. Elimination of tax incentives for X --
renewable energy technologies
Budget Rescissions for FY 95
(enacted into law 7/27/95, Pub. Law 104-19) House Senate Conf.
1. Timber "Salvage" -- increased logging X X X
in national forests in violation
of existing environmental protections
2. Ban on using Habitat Conservation Areas X X X
in Alaska's Tongass national forest to
protect species from becoming endangered
3. Sale of timber from Tongass national X X X
forest without updating statutorily
required environmental impact statement
4. Exemption of certain grazing permits from X X X
environmental impact analysis
5. Ban on Clean Air Act program promoting X X X
better emission inspection systems for
automobiles
6. Ban on Clean Air Act program calling for X X X
increased car pooling and use of mass transit
7. Prohibition on listing new hazardous X X X
waste sites for cleanup
8. Ban on government action to protect X X X
endangered Alabama sturgeon
For More Information Contact: Sharon Buccino, Greg Wetstone
202-783-7800
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