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Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines: Role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 28, 2017

For a discussion of waters regulated under the Clean Water Act, see CRS Report R44585, Evolution of the Meaning of “Waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act, by (name redacted) . 11 33 U.S.C … PCNs and their verifications are not required to be published, nor must a public comment opportunity be provided during the review period.

A Defense Budget Primer

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 9, 1998

Proposed missions are close tactical air support, deep strike and interdiction missions, air superiority, fleet air defense, air-to-ground weapons delivery and strike escort. … Veto Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-130) put the burden on Congress to disapprove a presidential veto within a 30-day period.

Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 16, 2007

of 1978); ethanol’s emergence as a gasoline oxygenate; and provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 that favored ethanol blending with gasoline.14 Ethanol production is projected to continue … Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA; P.L. 101-549) The Reformulated Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels programs of the CAAA have provided substantial stimuli to the use of ethanol.99 In addition, the CAAA

Appropriations for FY1999: Interior and Related Agencies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 29, 1998

The MMS extended its comment period on the valuation rule twice in July (7/9 - 7/24 and 7/24 - 7/31) to allow for additional industry and congressional input. … The Administration is requesting no new funding for the Clean Coal Technology Program. However, $14.9 million was allocated for administration of clean coal programs.

“Dirty Bombs”: Technical Background, Attack Prevention and Response, Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 24, 2011

Health-Care Systems Said to Be Unprepared for Nuclear Disaster” Washington Post, March 8, 2011, p. 3. 183 Laws expanding this plan include the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act … When a gamma ray travels through air, it pulls electrons away from atoms, leaving ions.

Animal Agriculture: 2008 Farm Bill Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 9, 2009

The primary regulatory focus for large feedlots is the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.), since contaminants from manure, if not properly managed, also affect both water quality and human health … Operations that emit large quantities of air pollutants may be subject to Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§7401-7671q) regulation.

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 27, 2004

He did so because existing federal authority was limited to two small programs under the Clean Water Act, and to the imminent hazard provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),4 which … CRS-14 IB10114 10-27-04 S. 173 (Boxer) Toxic Clean-up Polluter Pays Renewal Act. Reinstates the Superfund taxes until January 1, 2014.

Emergency Response to Extreme Heat: Federal Financial Assistance and Considerations for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 19, 2024

,” last updated July 6, 2021, https://www.fema.gov/disaster/defense-production- act. 138 See, for example, comments by David Hondula in FEMA, “Extreme Heat,” resilience webinar, July 12, 2023, https:/ … Stafford Act—are changing.

U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 28, 2015

Coast Guard, and state environmental protection agencies; • Clean Air Act—EPA and state environmental protection agencies; • Endangered Species Act—the Department of the Interior’s U.S. … These data include reductions for natural gas extracted during the period and so are net increases.

Energy Efficiency Standards for Appliances: Are They Needed?

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 12, 1983

Faced with these comments, D O E performed a new round of economic and energy a n a l y s i s , making appropriate changes i n basic assumptions. … T h e time period was changed to 1987-2005 from 1982-2005.

Appropriations for FY1999: Interior and Related Agencies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 29, 1998

The MMS extended its comment period on the valuation rule twice in July (7/9 - 7/24 and 7/24 - 7/31) to allow for additional industry and congressional input. … The Administration is requesting no new funding for the Clean Coal Technology Program. However, $14.9 million was allocated for administration of clean coal programs.

F-35 Lightning II: Background and Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 11, 2024

Periodic hardware upgrades help to enable those software improvements. … FY2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act The FY2024 DOD Appropriations Act, incorporated as Division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 118-47 Division A), provides $9.8 billion

Energy Tax Provisions That Expired in 2017 (“Tax Extenders”)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 8, 2018

The credit replaced a previously available clean-fuel-vehicle deduction (IRC Section 179A). … The credit was $1.50 per ton of coal sold during the first four years of the period, and $2.00 per ton for coal sold during the last three years of the period.

Justice Kennedy Retires: Initial Considerations for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report Type LSB · Jun 28, 2018

Carhart, upholding the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. … EPA, holding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

The European Union: Questions and Answers

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 26, 2024

However, new U.S. tax subsidies for clean energy technologies (in P.L. 117-169, commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) have generated tensions with the EU. … -EU trade and economic relations, U.S. tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles and other clean energy subsidies in P.L. 117-169 (commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, or

LNG as a Maritime Fuel: Prospects and Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 5, 2019

signed the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act (P.L. 110-280).9 The act requires that the U.S. … Jones Act Fleet Choosing LNG-Fueled Engines The 1920 Merchant Marine Act (known colloquially as the Jones Act) requires that vessels engaged in U.S. domestic transport be built domestically.25 Many newly

Selected Conservation Proposals for the Next Farm Bill

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 10, 2001

§201(d) allows the annual limit to be exceeded to, prohibits funding to livestock producers who must comply with Clean Water Act permit requirements, and repeals §1240G(c). … The only specified law is the non point water pollution requirements of the Clean Water Act.

"Property Rights" Bills Take a Process Approach: H.R. 992 and H.R. 1534

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 24, 1998

CRS-10 the Clean Air Act, which limits judicial review of nationally applicable regulations under the act to the U.S. … (The district courts have jurisdiction over such claims independent of 29 Clean Air Act § 307(b); 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b).

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 4, 2022

The right-hand column of the table includes additional comments and context for some of the act’s sections. … The Clean Water Act applies to wastewater systems.

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2010

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 12, 2010

the Air Force). … Research program areas for which there were increases for FY2010 include the climate protection program, clean air and air toxics research, global change research, clean water research, and human health