Box 279

Scope and Contents Contains a "Dear Representative" letter from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group of the National Association of PIRGs, urging Congress to strengthen the Clean Water Act by stopping illegal discharges, preventing toxic pollution in wastewater runoff, and to save the remaining wetlands by stopping the draining, dredging, and destruction of existing wetlands. This item as handled by Sheila Canavan, possibly in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the...

Scope and Contents Contains various materials including numerous reports and pamphlets from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on wastewater management, and several drafts in various stages of completion of Synar's statement for a subcommittee hearing on amendments to the Clean Water Act and small community wastewater treatment needs held on February 24, 1993 before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Also contains faxed...

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Contains various materials pertaining to the Clean Water Act working group including handwritten notes, a report on water quality by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and a report from the Association of Metropolitan Sewage Agencies. These materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, primarily in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

Scope and Contents Contains various materials from the National Rural Water Association including correspondence and two reports on joint programs between the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The first report is titled "EPA/NRWA Training and Technical Assistance Program", and the second is titled "EPA/NRWA Ground Water Wellhead Protection Program." The materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, primarily in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment,...

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Contains various materials pertaining to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s issuance of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit through the Clean Water Act and its effect on feed lot operations in Oklahoma. The materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, primarily in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

Scope and Contents Contains various materials pertaining to the enforcement of the Clean Water Act. Includes copies of the Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Amendments Act of 1993 (H.R. 2727), and the Chlorine Zero Discharge Act of 1993 (H.R. 2898) as well as several state-by-state analysis reports on noncompliance. The materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, primarily in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government...

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Contains various materials pertaining to illegal discharge of chemicals and toxins into rivers and other sites by various Pollution Control Industries in Indiana and a lack of sufficient environmental prosecution. Bad Actors possibly refers to the criminal nature of illegal discharges. The materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, primarily in relation to the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.