Box 285

Scope and Contents Contains various materials such as Safe Drinking Water Act issues lists, a bill proposal, a legislation comparison of H.R. 3392, S. 1547, and the EPA's position, various tables and data, and various handwritten notes by Sheila Canavan. Many of Canavan's meeting notes include a list of attendees some attendees lists are annotated with the attendees' affiliations. These materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, however it is unclear in what capacity she was working for Synar's office at the...

Scope and Contents Contains various materials such as press release detailing EPA recommended changes in the Safe Drinking Water Act, a Government Accounting Office report on drinking water, various materials from the Groundwater Protection Council, and draft legislation. These materials were handled by Sheila Canavan, however it is unclear in what capacity she was working for Synar's office at the time, but these materials are in relation to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Safe Drinking Water Act...

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Contains letters, memos, clippings, GAO report, memos, handwritten notes, and other documents pertaining to the Superfund Reform Act (H.R. 3800 and S. 1834). These materials were handled by Sandra Zeune Harris, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

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Contains business cards, handwritten memos, letters, draft letters, and other documents pertaining to Synar's inquiry into Bechtel's administration of Superfund accounts. These materials were handled by Sandra Zeune Harris, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

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Contains memo, clippings, highlighted copies of the Congressional Record of House debate from 1980 over the original Superfund legislation pertaining to the Superfund Reform Act (H.R. 3800 and S. 1834). These materials were handled by Sandra Zeune Harris, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

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Contains EPA report, letters pertaining to hearing questions Doug Lowenstein suggests that Synar ask to determine whether the EPA is exaggerating Superfund numbers. These materials were handled by Sandra Zeune Harris, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

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Contains memos, handwritten notes, clippings, notes, and other documents pertaining to liability issues concerning the Superfund in relation to the Superfund Reform Act. These materials were handled by Sandra Zeune Harris, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Committee on Government Operations.

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Contains materials pertaining to anti-tobacco legislation, including H.R. 2147, the Fairness in Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation Act, which was introduced by Synar. Includes topics such as chemical additives, cigarette sampling, the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment hearing on environmental tobacco smoke, and the Coalition on Smoking OR Health news conference on tobacco regulation.

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By far the largest series in the Synar collection, Legislative contains some 82,809 items that cover a wide range of materials and the congressman's full tenure in office.

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Contains Gallup polling data, letters, fact sheets, and other documents pertaining to an amendment Synar introduced to the Fairness in Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation Act (H.R. 2147).