Daily Enviro News

Timber Loftis · 03-11-2003, 02:21 PM

Okay, Ironworkers, bear with me here.

I get these daily briefs from BNA, a legal service. I was thinking that, if folks are interested, I'll post them here every few days. The email I'm cut-pasting has a ton of links. I'm not removing them because it's time consuming. But, it's a pay site and if you try to link to them the full story won't be available. Think of this as the enviro equivalent of the News in Brief section found on the front page of the WSJ.

So, please give a little feedback. If you appreciate this post and would like to see more, let me know. If you find a particular article of interest, PM me and I'll try to let you know more. However, you could just look the stuff up on EPA's website or using a google.com or alltheweb.com search.

The articles range over all issues, form Toyota spending $34 million on clean technology to avoid Clean Air Act liability to EU nations who oppose mandatory environmental insurance to the billions the US will spend in water infrastructure next year.

If I get no feedback, I'll assume it's a waste of my time.

Well, a Cespenar says, "ENJOY!!!!"

DAILY ENVIRONMENT REPORT
Highlights & Table of Contents
March 10, 2003
______________________________

ISSN 1521-9402

TODAY'S PRINT FRIENDLY ISSUE
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/i...E/den30310.pdf
__________

HIGHLIGHTS
__________

SMALL OIL, GAS PRODUCTION SITES GAIN MORE TIME FOR
STORMWATER PERMITS

EPA gives small oil and gas production sites two more
years--until March 10, 2005--to get their stormwater
permits. The rule is being published today, the same day new
stormwater permitting rules take effect for small
construction sites and municipal separate storm sewer
systems. Under those rules, known as Phase II of the
stormwater program, municipal separate storm sewer systems
serving populations of up to 100,000 people and most small
construction sites disturbing one to five acres will have to
have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permit. . . . Page A-14

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d3b5

EPA APPLIES AMENDMENTS TO NEW SOURCE REVIEW TO 11 DELEGATED
STATES

EPA's changes to the clean air enforcement rules for
industrial facilities across the country will apply in
states without their own, approved new source review
programs, under a final rule EPA is publishing today. EPA
published a final rule Dec. 31, 2002, to create exemptions
to the new source review requirements for the installation
of modern pollution control equipment when facilities make
modifications that increase emissions. According to the
agency, it failed to apply the revisions to those states
with new source review programs operated under federal
implementation plans. . . . Page A-1

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d1m9

TOYOTA TO SPEND $34 MILLION TO SETTLE CHARGES UNDER CLEAN
AIR ACT

Toyota Motor Corp. agrees to spend as much as $34 million on
pollution control measures to settle charges that it
violated Clean Air Act rules for more than 2 million
vehicles manufactured between 1996 and 1998. The Justice
Department says the settlement requires the company to
accelerate compliance with new emission controls, pay a
$500,000 civil penalty, and spend an estimated $20 million
on a supplemental environmental project to retrofit up to
3,000 diesel vehicles with pollution control equipment. . .
. Page A-13

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e0b8

CALIFORNIA SHIFTS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE PLAN FROM BATTERIES
TO FUEL CELLS

The California Air Resources Board releases a new round of
proposed changes to its zero-emission vehicle program,
which, if adopted, would eliminate annual sales quotas for
automobile manufacturers willing to sell fuel cell vehicles
over the next five years. The board proposes to allow
manufacturers to comply with the regulation with credits
earned by increasing the number of near-zero-emission
vehicles they put on the roads each year or by agreeing to
make fuel cell vehicles available over the next five years.
Automakers would earn credits for cars introduced in states
that have adopted the California program, currently just
Massachusetts and New York. . . . Page A-1

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u6t5

PENTAGON RENEWS EFFORT TO WIN EXEMPTIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS

Defense officials renew a campaign to win congressional
support for proposals to exempt military training and
weapons testing activities from a number of environmental
laws and regulations. Raymond DuBois, deputy secretary of
defense for installations and environment, tells a Senate
subcommittee that compliance with some environmental laws,
including those covering air and water pollution and
hazardous waste, is compromising U.S. training activities
and the military's ability to fight. . . . Page A-9

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6q4p3

EPA FORMS PANEL TO PROVIDE ADVICE ON PROTECTING ECOLOGICAL
SYSTEMS

EPA's Science Advisory Board is forming a new panel to
provide advice on regulations and policies that protect
ecological systems such as wetlands and forests. In
particular, the agency says it is seeking scientific
guidance on measures "to improve quantification and
characterization of benefits of protecting ecosystems and
restoring life in damaged ecosystems." . . . Page A-2

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c6u8

GAO SUGGESTS FINDING BASELINE OF AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY
AVIATION

A new Government Accounting Office report recommends the
Transportation Department establish a baseline of air
pollutant emissions from aviation-related sources in order
to reduce emissions in areas that are not attaining national
air quality standards. . . . Page A-13

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c7f1

NEW DEPARTMENT EVALUATING VULNERABILITY OF CHEMICAL PLANTS
TO TERRORISM

The Department of Homeland Security's Information Analysis
and Infrastructure Protection directorate is in the early
stages of an assessment of the vulnerability of the nation's
chemical plants to a terrorist attack, according to a
spokesman. It is unclear whether the Department of Justice
will complete a similar vulnerability assessment, which it
was required to conduct under a 1999 law. The Justice
Department's Office of Domestic Preparedness, which had
responsibility for completing that vulnerability assessment,
has been transferred to the Homeland Security Department's
Border and Transportation Security directorate. . . . Page
A-3

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b1n9

SENATORS SUPPORT $5.2 BILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN
FISCAL 2004

Funding for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure
should be increased to at least $5.2 billion in fiscal 2004,
a group of 33 senators tells the Senate Budget Committee.
Specifically, the senators suggest, the clean water state
revolving fund should be at $3.2 billion and the safe
drinking water fund at $2 billion. Those funding levels
would more than double the fiscal 2003 appropriation of $2.2
billion for both revolving funds. . . . Page A-7

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6v1t2

______________

TODAY'S EVENTS
______________

GENERAL POLICY: EPA Administrator Whitman will address the
Congressional City Conference sponsored by the National
League of Cities, 9 a.m., Washington Hilton, 1919
Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

WATER POLLUTION: The mid-year meeting of the Association of
State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators,
9 a.m., Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire
Avenue, N.W.

__________

STATE NEWS
__________

CALIFORNIA: The Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment releases a draft public health goal setting 4
parts per trillion of arsenic as a safe level for drinking
water. . . . Page A-11

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e1y8

CALIFORNIA: The Port of Los Angeles will spend $50 million
to offset the air quality and other environmental effects of
construction of a large new marine terminal. A consent
agreement approved by a state court resolves a legal dispute
between environmental and community groups and port
officials over a new 174-acre container complex being built
for the China Shipping Holding Co. . . . Page A-10

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b3y2

MICHIGAN: The amount of solid waste landfilled in Michigan
declined 4.7 percent in 2002 but the share that came from
outside the state increased, according to the Department of
Environmental Quality. The annual accounting finds 57.5
million cubic yards of waste in fiscal year 2002, down 2.7
million cubic yards from 2001. Out-of-state trash accounts
for 20 percent of the solid waste, most of it coming from
Canada. . . . Page A-10

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c3y0

UTAH: The Legislature votes to eliminate Utah's tax on
radioactive waste and instead to impose a tax on both
radioactive and nonhazardous solid waste facilities. The
measure also creates a new tax for both hazardous and
nonhazardous solid waste facilities. . . . Page A-9

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7f3g6

_________________

TABLE OF CONTENTS
_________________

NEWS

AIR POLLUTION
California's zero-emission vehicle plan shifts from
battery power to fuel cells . . . Page A-1
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u6t5

Emissions baseline needed for aviation to help
nonattainment areas, GAO says . . . Page A-13
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c7f1

EPA amendments to new source review formally applied to
11 delegated states . . . Page A-1
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d1m9

Manufacturer will pay $229,874 penalty, waive emission
credits under settlement . . . Page A-11
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c8g0

Settlement calls for $50 million in projects to mitigate
pollution at Port of Los Angeles . . . Page A-10
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b3y2

Toyota to spend $34 million to settle case involving
violations of Clean Air Act rules . . . Page A-13
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e0b8

BIOTECHNOLOGY
Coalition files notice of intent to sue USDA over field
test permits . . . Page A-3
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b6t8

BUDGET
Water infrastructure funding should be set at $5.2
billion, senators tell budget panel . . . Page A-7
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6v1t2

DRINKING WATER
California releases public health goal for arsenic level
in drinking water . . . Page A-11
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e1y8

ENDANGERED SPECIES
Federal agency designates critical habitat for 83 plants
in Hawaii . . . Page A-12
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6w5k8

ENFORCEMENT
Special Italian unit finds more instances of
environmental crimes than expected . . . Page A-8
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6w3k6

EUROPEAN UNION
Eight nations oppose mandatory insurance in liability
plan . . . Page A-6
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6x4a4

FEDERAL FACILITIES
Pentagon renews effort to win exemptions from
environmental laws . . . Page A-9
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6q4p3

GENERAL POLICY
EPA requests nominations to provide advice on ecological
systems . . . Page A-2
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c6u8

HAZARDOUS WASTE
EPA increases data-collection for possible rule on
bioreactor technology . . . Page A-4
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c2z6

HAZMAT TRANSPORT
Restrictions lead transporters of explosives to
discontinue deliveries . . . Page A-5
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n2f4w1

RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Utah Legislature sends governor bill to tax facilities,
not waste . . . Page A-9
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7f3g6

SECURITY
New department conducting assessment of chemical sites'
vulnerability to terrorism . . . Page A-3
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b1n9

SOLID WASTE
Landfill waste in Michigan decreases, but percentage from
out of state grows . . . Page A-10
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c3y0

TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Reviews of seven chemicals being readied by World Health
Organization . . . Page A-7
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u0n3

WATER POLLUTION
Small oil, gas construction sites get more time to meet
stormwater rules . . . Page A-14
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d3b5

IN BRIEF
BP fined $225,000 for Texas refinery violations . . .
Page A-15
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/A0A6N7E9U5

Water treatment projects started in Sao Paulo . . . Page
A-15
http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/A0A6N7E9U8

Timber Loftis · 03-12-2003, 12:11 PM

Bump.

It appears this notion went over like a lead zeppilin, but I'll bump it just once just in case.

Elif Godson · 03-12-2003, 12:48 PM

Thanks TL, good info, keep it coming. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

realbinky · 03-12-2003, 01:27 PM

Lots to read, but quite interesting. If it isn't as huge amount of work for you, I'd like you to continue.

Ziroc · 03-12-2003, 01:28 PM

If you are going to post updates, please keep them in the same thread.

Thanks!

Timber Loftis · 03-12-2003, 03:10 PM

A. I've been told this type of thing is an overload and isn't conducive to debate. I'll keep posting on it, but if there is a particular topic you see and want to debate, please start a separate thread.

B. In keeping with what Z asks, I will post all updates in this thread - until it gets too long then I'll either delete it or let it fall off and start a new one. (Let me know if there are problems with this approach Z).

Elif Godson · 03-12-2003, 05:06 PM

I would just edit the original with the updates ? guess it depends on the info morphing eh ?

SecretMaster · 03-12-2003, 05:16 PM

Thanx TL. Now I have all the news I need (I'm a big environmentalist)

03-11-2003, 02:21 PM	#1
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Okay, Ironworkers, bear with me here. I get these daily briefs from BNA, a legal service. I was thinking that, if folks are interested, I'll post them here every few days. The email I'm cut-pasting has a ton of links. I'm not removing them because it's time consuming. But, it's a pay site and if you try to link to them the full story won't be available. Think of this as the enviro equivalent of the News in Brief section found on the front page of the WSJ. So, please give a little feedback. If you appreciate this post and would like to see more, let me know. If you find a particular article of interest, PM me and I'll try to let you know more. However, you could just look the stuff up on EPA's website or using a google.com or alltheweb.com search. The articles range over all issues, form Toyota spending $34 million on clean technology to avoid Clean Air Act liability to EU nations who oppose mandatory environmental insurance to the billions the US will spend in water infrastructure next year. If I get no feedback, I'll assume it's a waste of my time. Well, a Cespenar says, "ENJOY!!!!" DAILY ENVIRONMENT REPORT Highlights & Table of Contents March 10, 2003 ______________________________ ISSN 1521-9402 TODAY'S PRINT FRIENDLY ISSUE http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/i...E/den30310.pdf __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ SMALL OIL, GAS PRODUCTION SITES GAIN MORE TIME FOR STORMWATER PERMITS EPA gives small oil and gas production sites two more years--until March 10, 2005--to get their stormwater permits. The rule is being published today, the same day new stormwater permitting rules take effect for small construction sites and municipal separate storm sewer systems. Under those rules, known as Phase II of the stormwater program, municipal separate storm sewer systems serving populations of up to 100,000 people and most small construction sites disturbing one to five acres will have to have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. . . . Page A-14 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d3b5 EPA APPLIES AMENDMENTS TO NEW SOURCE REVIEW TO 11 DELEGATED STATES EPA's changes to the clean air enforcement rules for industrial facilities across the country will apply in states without their own, approved new source review programs, under a final rule EPA is publishing today. EPA published a final rule Dec. 31, 2002, to create exemptions to the new source review requirements for the installation of modern pollution control equipment when facilities make modifications that increase emissions. According to the agency, it failed to apply the revisions to those states with new source review programs operated under federal implementation plans. . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d1m9 TOYOTA TO SPEND $34 MILLION TO SETTLE CHARGES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT Toyota Motor Corp. agrees to spend as much as $34 million on pollution control measures to settle charges that it violated Clean Air Act rules for more than 2 million vehicles manufactured between 1996 and 1998. The Justice Department says the settlement requires the company to accelerate compliance with new emission controls, pay a $500,000 civil penalty, and spend an estimated $20 million on a supplemental environmental project to retrofit up to 3,000 diesel vehicles with pollution control equipment. . . . Page A-13 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e0b8 CALIFORNIA SHIFTS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE PLAN FROM BATTERIES TO FUEL CELLS The California Air Resources Board releases a new round of proposed changes to its zero-emission vehicle program, which, if adopted, would eliminate annual sales quotas for automobile manufacturers willing to sell fuel cell vehicles over the next five years. The board proposes to allow manufacturers to comply with the regulation with credits earned by increasing the number of near-zero-emission vehicles they put on the roads each year or by agreeing to make fuel cell vehicles available over the next five years. Automakers would earn credits for cars introduced in states that have adopted the California program, currently just Massachusetts and New York. . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u6t5 PENTAGON RENEWS EFFORT TO WIN EXEMPTIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS Defense officials renew a campaign to win congressional support for proposals to exempt military training and weapons testing activities from a number of environmental laws and regulations. Raymond DuBois, deputy secretary of defense for installations and environment, tells a Senate subcommittee that compliance with some environmental laws, including those covering air and water pollution and hazardous waste, is compromising U.S. training activities and the military's ability to fight. . . . Page A-9 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6q4p3 EPA FORMS PANEL TO PROVIDE ADVICE ON PROTECTING ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS EPA's Science Advisory Board is forming a new panel to provide advice on regulations and policies that protect ecological systems such as wetlands and forests. In particular, the agency says it is seeking scientific guidance on measures "to improve quantification and characterization of benefits of protecting ecosystems and restoring life in damaged ecosystems." . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c6u8 GAO SUGGESTS FINDING BASELINE OF AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY AVIATION A new Government Accounting Office report recommends the Transportation Department establish a baseline of air pollutant emissions from aviation-related sources in order to reduce emissions in areas that are not attaining national air quality standards. . . . Page A-13 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c7f1 NEW DEPARTMENT EVALUATING VULNERABILITY OF CHEMICAL PLANTS TO TERRORISM The Department of Homeland Security's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection directorate is in the early stages of an assessment of the vulnerability of the nation's chemical plants to a terrorist attack, according to a spokesman. It is unclear whether the Department of Justice will complete a similar vulnerability assessment, which it was required to conduct under a 1999 law. The Justice Department's Office of Domestic Preparedness, which had responsibility for completing that vulnerability assessment, has been transferred to the Homeland Security Department's Border and Transportation Security directorate. . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b1n9 SENATORS SUPPORT $5.2 BILLION FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN FISCAL 2004 Funding for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure should be increased to at least $5.2 billion in fiscal 2004, a group of 33 senators tells the Senate Budget Committee. Specifically, the senators suggest, the clean water state revolving fund should be at $3.2 billion and the safe drinking water fund at $2 billion. Those funding levels would more than double the fiscal 2003 appropriation of $2.2 billion for both revolving funds. . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6v1t2 ______________ TODAY'S EVENTS ______________ GENERAL POLICY: EPA Administrator Whitman will address the Congressional City Conference sponsored by the National League of Cities, 9 a.m., Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. WATER POLLUTION: The mid-year meeting of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, 9 a.m., Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. __________ STATE NEWS __________ CALIFORNIA: The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment releases a draft public health goal setting 4 parts per trillion of arsenic as a safe level for drinking water. . . . Page A-11 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e1y8 CALIFORNIA: The Port of Los Angeles will spend $50 million to offset the air quality and other environmental effects of construction of a large new marine terminal. A consent agreement approved by a state court resolves a legal dispute between environmental and community groups and port officials over a new 174-acre container complex being built for the China Shipping Holding Co. . . . Page A-10 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b3y2 MICHIGAN: The amount of solid waste landfilled in Michigan declined 4.7 percent in 2002 but the share that came from outside the state increased, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. The annual accounting finds 57.5 million cubic yards of waste in fiscal year 2002, down 2.7 million cubic yards from 2001. Out-of-state trash accounts for 20 percent of the solid waste, most of it coming from Canada. . . . Page A-10 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c3y0 UTAH: The Legislature votes to eliminate Utah's tax on radioactive waste and instead to impose a tax on both radioactive and nonhazardous solid waste facilities. The measure also creates a new tax for both hazardous and nonhazardous solid waste facilities. . . . Page A-9 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7f3g6 _________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________ NEWS AIR POLLUTION California's zero-emission vehicle plan shifts from battery power to fuel cells . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u6t5 Emissions baseline needed for aviation to help nonattainment areas, GAO says . . . Page A-13 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c7f1 EPA amendments to new source review formally applied to 11 delegated states . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d1m9 Manufacturer will pay $229,874 penalty, waive emission credits under settlement . . . Page A-11 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c8g0 Settlement calls for $50 million in projects to mitigate pollution at Port of Los Angeles . . . Page A-10 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b3y2 Toyota to spend $34 million to settle case involving violations of Clean Air Act rules . . . Page A-13 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e0b8 BIOTECHNOLOGY Coalition files notice of intent to sue USDA over field test permits . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b6t8 BUDGET Water infrastructure funding should be set at $5.2 billion, senators tell budget panel . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6v1t2 DRINKING WATER California releases public health goal for arsenic level in drinking water . . . Page A-11 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7e1y8 ENDANGERED SPECIES Federal agency designates critical habitat for 83 plants in Hawaii . . . Page A-12 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6w5k8 ENFORCEMENT Special Italian unit finds more instances of environmental crimes than expected . . . Page A-8 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6w3k6 EUROPEAN UNION Eight nations oppose mandatory insurance in liability plan . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6x4a4 FEDERAL FACILITIES Pentagon renews effort to win exemptions from environmental laws . . . Page A-9 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6q4p3 GENERAL POLICY EPA requests nominations to provide advice on ecological systems . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c6u8 HAZARDOUS WASTE EPA increases data-collection for possible rule on bioreactor technology . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c2z6 HAZMAT TRANSPORT Restrictions lead transporters of explosives to discontinue deliveries . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n2f4w1 RADIOACTIVE WASTE Utah Legislature sends governor bill to tax facilities, not waste . . . Page A-9 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7f3g6 SECURITY New department conducting assessment of chemical sites' vulnerability to terrorism . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7b1n9 SOLID WASTE Landfill waste in Michigan decreases, but percentage from out of state grows . . . Page A-10 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7c3y0 TOXIC SUBSTANCES Reviews of seven chemicals being readied by World Health Organization . . . Page A-7 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n6u0n3 WATER POLLUTION Small oil, gas construction sites get more time to meet stormwater rules . . . Page A-14 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/a0a6n7d3b5 IN BRIEF BP fined $225,000 for Texas refinery violations . . . Page A-15 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/A0A6N7E9U5 Water treatment projects started in Sao Paulo . . . Page A-15 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/is/A0A6N7E9U8 __________________

03-12-2003, 12:11 PM	#2
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Bump. It appears this notion went over like a lead zeppilin, but I'll bump it just once just in case. __________________

03-12-2003, 12:48 PM	#3
Elif Godson Dracolich Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Hurricane Valley Age: 51 Posts: 3,089	Thanks TL, good info, keep it coming. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] __________________ Children get Arthritis too! http://awtampa.kintera.org/jaaware

03-12-2003, 01:27 PM	#4
realbinky Elminster Join Date: March 14, 2001 Location: Milford, MA 01757 Age: 52 Posts: 442	Lots to read, but quite interesting. If it isn't as huge amount of work for you, I'd like you to continue. __________________ <br />Move all ZIG for great PROGRESS!<br />Project M.U.L.E.<br />At least my kids think I\'m smart...

03-12-2003, 01:28 PM	#5
Ziroc Ironworks Webmaster *Bow to the Meow* Join Date: January 4, 2001 Location: Lakeland, Florida Age: 51 Posts: 11,720	If you are going to post updates, please keep them in the same thread. Thanks! __________________ Ziroc™ Ironworks Gaming Webmaster www.ironworksgaming.com The Great Escape Studios - 2D/3D Modeling www.tgeweb.com & Ziroc's Facebook Page Visit My Flickr Photo Album

03-12-2003, 03:10 PM	#6
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	A. I've been told this type of thing is an overload and isn't conducive to debate. I'll keep posting on it, but if there is a particular topic you see and want to debate, please start a separate thread. B. In keeping with what Z asks, I will post all updates in this thread - until it gets too long then I'll either delete it or let it fall off and start a new one. (Let me know if there are problems with this approach Z). __________________

03-12-2003, 05:06 PM	#7
Elif Godson Dracolich Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Hurricane Valley Age: 51 Posts: 3,089	I would just edit the original with the updates ? guess it depends on the info morphing eh ? __________________ Children get Arthritis too! http://awtampa.kintera.org/jaaware

03-12-2003, 05:16 PM	#8
SecretMaster Apophis Join Date: October 19, 2001 Location: New York Age: 37 Posts: 4,666	Thanx TL. Now I have all the news I need (I'm a big environmentalist)

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