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Waxman Leads House Democratic Effort On Arsenic Right-To-Know

A key House Democratic lawmaker is following up on efforts in the Senate to craft legislation restoring right-to-know provisions in a contentious Clinton-era rule lowering the safe level of arsenic in drinking water, congressional and industry sources say. The arsenic rule was put on hold by the Bush administration pending a nine-month review of the science behind the standard and its associated costs. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), ranking minority member on the Government Reform Committee and a key member on...

Rep. Barton Told To Limit Clean Air Waivers In Energy Bill

House energy and air quality subcommittee chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) likely will limit environmental waivers during the mark-up of his emergency western energy bill (HR 1647), in part because of his committee chairman's desire to avoid the political damage of reopening the Clean Air Act. Barton said May 3 that Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-LA) has promised to block any bill with permanent changes to the Clean Air Act or Endangered Species Act. The statement came as...

Senate Energy Chairman Eyes Quick Passage Of Nuclear Liability Bill

The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is considering quickly advancing stand-alone legislation to renew federal liability coverage for nuclear power plants, which is currently part of a comprehensive energy bill. Quick passage of the bill could help the nuclear power industry to relicense existing plants, as well as in the construction of new nuclear power plants. The expansion of nuclear power generation is being promoted as part of congressional and White House proposals to alleviate the...

Jeb Bush Support For Drilling Ban Challenges White House Energy Strategy

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is endorsing federal legislation banning oil and gas drilling off the shore of Florida. The endorsement may put the governor at odds with his brother, President Bush, whose administration is drafting a national energy strategy that is expected to promote drilling in wilderness and other untouched areas. A staffer for a congressman from Florida who sponsored the bill acknowledges that President Bush may be a major obstacle to the legislation's passage. The governor announced his...

Bush Administration Expected To Clear Clinton Water Filtration Rule

EPA is expected to back the final version of a Clinton proposal to tighten industry's water filtration methods under the Clean Water Act, making the so-called filter backwash rule one of the first Clinton-era proposals to go final under new EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. The move, however, splits what was one rule under the Clinton administration into two separate rules. Previously, the rule was intended to cover surface water treatment and backwashed contaminants from recycled water. Under the Bush...

EPA Drafts Implementation Options For New Enforcement Grants

EPA enforcement officials have floated a discussion paper to regional offices and states outlining the agency's preliminary thoughts on how to implement President Bush's proposal to provide state enforcement programs with $25 million in federal funding, according to a copy of the paper obtained by Inside EPA . The paper outlines options for state eligibility requirements, project selection and funding mechanisms. In the April 30 memo, acting enforcement chief Sylvia Lowrance stresses that the paper is a starting point for...

White House Appears To Reverse Stance On Tax Relief In Energy Strategy

A White House task force responsible for drafting a national energy strategy plans to recommend a limited number of tax incentives for industry, mainly for renewable energy sources, contrary to previous expectations that the strategy would not contain any tax proposals, sources in the Bush administration say. Sources had earlier speculated that the administration opposed any tax incentives in an energy plan because they would complicate efforts for the president's centerpiece tax-cut proposal. But now that congressional debate over the...

Senior GOP Senator Advocates Building Nuclear Power Plants On DOE Sites

Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) is pushing the Bush administration to adopt as part of its upcoming national energy strategy a novel approach for increasing nuclear power generation while avoiding the contentious process of siting new nuclear plants. The senator has suggested locating new nuclear facilities at four Department of Energy nuclear research and testing sites, arguing that the communities surrounding these facilities would be strongly in favor of new plants. In a letter to Vice President Cheney, who heads the...

Bush Nominates Industry Lawyer To Head Environment Council

President Bush this week tapped James Connaughton to head up the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Connaughton currently is an environmental attorney with the law firm Sidley & Austin, and has represented General Electric and ASARCO in their Superfund fights with EPA.

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Letter to Norton

Letter to Whitman

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DOE Panel Seeks Restrictions On Use Of Clean Air Review Rules Richardson Sends Letter To Coal Council

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