Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
California Waiver Deadline, Public Health, Endangered African and Asian Species, Nominations Markup
Business meeting to consider
- S.742, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products,
- S.595, to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency,
- S.1785, to amend the Clean Air Act to establish deadlines by which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a decision on whether to grant certain waivers of preemption under that Act,
- S.775, to establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of the United States,
- H.R.50, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994,
- S.1429, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the provision of technical assistance to small public water systems, H.R.465, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997,
- S.1832, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997,
- S.1498, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, and
- R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, and
- Robert Boldrey, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation
S.1785 requires the EPA to make a decision on the California waiver by September 30. It passed out of committee by a party-line 10-9 vote.