Superfund Report - 01/15/2007

Mon, 2007-01-15 00:00

BUSH REVIVES CONTROVERSIAL EPA, OMB NOMINEES WITH SENATE SUBMISSION
STATES OFFER MIXED REVIEWS OF DEMOCRATS' PLAN TO END EARMARKS
CRS REPORT REVIVES LINGERING CONCERNS OVER EPA LIBRARY CLOSURE PLAN
EPA ANTICIPATES CRITICISM OVER SCALED-BACK REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE DHS PLAN TO PREEMPT STATE CHEMICAL SECURITY RULES
EPA UNVEILS NEW PLAN TO BOOST ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS IN REGULATIONS
BUSH ADMINISTRATION WEIGHS CREATION OF NATIONAL MERCURY STOCKPILE
SENATORS EYE NANOTECH LIABILITY APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF REGULATION
EPA AFFIRMS DISPUTED RADIATION LIMITS IN PENDING YUCCA MOUNTAIN RULE
ACTIVISTS EYE UTILITY WASTE PROPOSAL AFTER EPA REJECTS FACA REQUEST
APPELLATE RULING BOLSTERS ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN RCRA CITIZEN SUITS
PARTIES FACE TOUGH QUESTIONING IN HIGH COURT WASTE DISPOSAL CASE
EPA EYES 'TRIAD' APPROACH TO CUT COSTS DURING SUPERFUND CLEANUPS
INDUSTRY, MUNICIPALITIES URGE HIGH COURT TO REVIEW POST-AVIALL ISSUE
Correction
FUDS CLEANUP IN FY07 COULD MISS TRADITIONAL FUNDING INCREASE
EPA PROPOSES FIRST CLEANUP PRIVATIZATION ACCORD AT FEDERAL FACILITY
ELECTION RESULTS PUT PENTAGON ON DEFENSIVE ON ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
BOXER SEEKS PERCHLORATE MONITORING, HEALTH LEVEL AS INTERIM MEASURE
KEY HOUSE PANEL CHAIR VOWS TO PRESSURE EPA ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
NEW FRAMEWORK MAY HELP PRIORITIZE EMERGING CONTAMINANT RESEARCH
SCIENCE ADVISERS BACK EPA PLAN THAT MAY WEAKEN RADIATION STANDARDS
DESPITE NAS CRITICISM, FEW EXPECT MAJOR OMB RETREAT FROM RISK GUIDE
STATES, EPA FEAR OMB WASTE RULE CHANGES COULD LIMIT RCRA AUTHORITY
Documents
EPA Releases New Plan To Assess Ecological Benefits
EPA Scales Back List Of Environmental Indicators
High Court Hears Oral Arguments In Waste Disposal Case
DHS Chemical Security Plan May Preempt Strict State Standards
Bush Administration Document Shows Consideration Of National Mercury Stockpile
Congressional Research Service Highlights Concerns With EPA Library Plan
Boxer Introduces Bills On Perchlorate Contamination
EPA Proposes First Cleanup Privatization Accord At NPL Federal Facility
SAB Panel Reviews Proposal To Weaken EPA Approach To Radiation Risk Assessments
NAS Recommends Withdrawal Of OMB Risk Bulletin
EPA Urges Increased Use Of Triad Method For Assessing Waste Sites
Appellate Court Upholds District Court Ruling On RCRA Citizen Suits
Industry, Municipalities, DOJ, Encourage Post-<I>Aviall</I> Review
EPA Waste Chief Rejects Activist Calls For Federal Panel On Coal Waste Rules
EPA Affirms Modeling Used In Draft Yucca Mountain Rule
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