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PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22BNA+20Highlights+22+20+3Cbhighlig+40bna+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:10 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: May 31 -- BNA, Inc. Daily Environment Report ______________________________ DAILY ENVIRONMENT REPORT Highlights & Table of Contents May 31, 2001 ______________________________ ISSN 1521-9402 Registered Web subscribers can access the full text of these articles by using the URL link supplied. Information about becoming a subscriber or signing up for a FREE Web trial is available at http://web.bna.com or call BNA Customer Relations at 1-800-372-1033, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (ET). __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ EPA ISSUES RULE TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER FROM MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION EPA Administrator Whitman signs a final rule requiring drinking water systems to install controls preventing the backwash of recycled water from filter rinsing. The rule is designed to prevent microbial contamination of drinking water. Issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule will apply to more than 4,600 large and small water systems that serve about 35 million Americans, according to EPA. "Today, I am taking steps to better protect America's drinking water from microbial contaminants, such as Cryptosporidium," Whitman says. . . . Page AA-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h7b6_ BUSH PLEDGES TO UPHOLD MORATORIUM ON OIL DRILLING OFF CALIFORNIA COAST President Bush says he will continue a moratorium on new leases for oil and gas drilling off the California coast. "Mr. Governor, I will honor my commitment to you to uphold the moratorium on new drilling leases off the coast of California," Bush says in Los Angeles. Former President Bush imposed a moratorium on drilling in offshore areas of California in 1990, and President Clinton extended the moratorium until June 2012. . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g3b1_ WHITMAN REVIEWING PROPOSAL TO CUT PAPERWORK BURDEN OF WASTE RULES EPA Administrator Whitman is said to be reviewing a proposed rule to reduce the paperwork burden imposed by hazardous waste regulations. Examples of the changes in the proposal are the reduction of hazardous waste tank inspections and the elimination of certain notices under the Land Disposal Restriction rules. A final rule is not expected until late next year. . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g3f1_ FATHER, SON SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CFC DISTRIBUTION CASE IN FLORIDA A federal judge in West Palm Beach, Fla., sentences to prison a father and son who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges to distribute dichlorodifluoromethane gas (CFC-12) and to evade some $7 million in federal excise tax on the ozone-depleting refrigerant. Aurelio Vigna is sentenced to 24 months in prison and his son, Joseph Vigna, to 18 months in prison. The judge also orders them to pay a combined $750,000 to the IRS and to resolve all civil tax liability. . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1a2n3_ PAINT COMPANIES TO PAY $800,000 FOR CLEANUP OF BALTIMORE SUPERFUND SITE Four paint companies agree in a proposed settlement to pay $800,000 to EPA for the costs of cleaning up a former industrial superfund site in Baltimore. Under the proposed settlement in federal court, Jotun A/S and Jotun Marine Coatings Inc. will pay EPA nearly $200,000, and Ameron International Corp. and the Valspar Corp. will pay a total of $600,000 to reimburse the agency for removal activities performed on the Ainsworth Paint & Chemical Co. superfund site in Baltimore. . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h3z6_ U.S. INDUSTRY DERAILS APPROVAL OF INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL FOR CHEMICAL RISK The International Labor Organization's Working Group on the Harmonization of Chemical Hazard Communication fails to agree on a proposed international sign for identifying chemical hazards after objections are raised by the U.S. air transport industry. The industry objects to the use of the sign to indicate immediate as well as long-term hazards. The harmonized system is meant to improve worker safety standards and consumer protection around the world in the labeling and transport of chemical goods. . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1a0e7_ GAO SEEKS CRITERIA FOR MEASURING SUCCESS OF EFFORTS TO PROTECT WETLANDS Criteria should be established for measuring the ecological success of wetlands mitigation efforts to ensure in-lieu fee arrangements and other means of mitigating wetland losses accomplish their goals, the General Accounting Office says. In-lieu fee mitigation occurs when a permittee pays a fee instead of performing mitigation associated with a project or buying credits from a mitigation bank--parcels of land set aside and restored, usually as high-quality wetlands. "The extent to which the in-lieu-fee option has achieved its purpose of mitigating adverse impacts to wetlands is uncertain," GAO said. . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g0x6_ HOUSE BILL WOULD REQUIRE STUDY ON REDUCING NUMBER OF GASOLINE BLENDS Two Wisconsin congressmen offer legislation (H.R. 2017) to require an EPA study on the feasibility of reducing the number of gasoline blends sold in the Midwest and other parts of the country. The representatives say they want the EPA to determine whether more uniformity among gasoline blends would ease supply problems and bring down prices. . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0y5y6_ NORTH CAROLINA EXPECTED TO FALL SHORT OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION GOAL The amount of solid waste disposed of in North Carolina has dramatically increased over the past 10 years, making the state's waste disposal reduction goals impossible to meet, according to the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The department's latest solid waste management annual report says the amount of solid waste disposed of by North Carolina residents has increased by 45 percent since 1991. . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1d8f6_ ICELAND EXPECTS TO RECEIVE EXEMPTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY An exemption to allow Iceland to build a new industrial facility without violating the Kyoto Protocol's limits on greenhouse gases probably will be approved by the climate change pact's signatories, perhaps as early as July. Iceland's environment minister, Siv Fridleifsdo`ttir, says the exemption would acknowledge that one additional factory in Iceland could lead to a large percentage increase in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions. The clause is scheduled to be discussed at the climate change talks in Bonn in July. . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0u9z1_ ______________ TODAY'S EVENTS ______________ WATER POLLUTION: EPA meeting of technical experts to discuss specific issues associated with development of cooling water intake regulations for existing facilities, 9 a.m., Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jeff Davis Highway, Arlington, Va. __________ PESTICIDES __________ U.S.-CANADA: A science advisory panel is expected to meet in June to review nontarget plant toxicity tests being harmonized under NAFTA by EPA and Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The review by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel is a step toward harmonizing U.S. and Canadian data requirements on the toxicity of pesticides to plants not targeted by the chemicals. An EPA official says the review could assist the two agencies in conducting plant risk assessments and in reducing uncertainty in risk management decisions. Under NAFTA, Canada and the United States agree to develop compatible pesticide review programs to facilitate routine sharing of work. . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h1b9_ REGISTRATION: A recent arbitration decision on how one pesticide maker should compensate another for data generated to support regulatory decisions may lead to the use of a hybrid method of data citation, an attorney involved in the dispute tells BNA. Pesticide makers may try to combine the methods of data citation known as selective citation and cite-all citation, according to the attorney who represented Gharda U.S.A. in the arbitration involving the pesticide chlorpyrifos. . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4f9j1d7_ _________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________ LEADING THE NEWS DRINKING WATER Whitman approves final rule to prevent backwash from filter rinsing . . . Page AA-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h7b6_ ____ NEWS ____ AIR POLLUTION Bill would require EPA study on reducing number of gasoline blends . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0y5y6_ CHEMICAL SAFETY U.S. industry objections derail approval of international symbol for chronic risks . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1a0e7_ CLIMATE CHANGE Iceland to ask climate treaty parties for exemption to emissions limits . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0u9z1_ DRINKING WATER Whitman approves final rule to prevent backwash from filter rinsing . . . Page AA-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h7b6_ ENERGY Bush pledges to uphold moratorium on drilling in California offshore areas . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g3b1_ ENFORCEMENT Father, son draw federal prison terms after conviction in CFC case . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1a2n3_ HAZARDOUS WASTE Whitman reviewing proposed rule to reduce paperwork under 1995 law . . . Page A-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g3f1_ NORTH CAROLINA State expected to fall well short of solid waste reduction goal . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1d8f6_ PESTICIDES Decision could encourage use of combined data citation method . . . Page A-5 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4f9j1d7_ Science panel to review tests on toxicity to nontarget plants . . . Page A-6 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h1b9_ SUPERFUND Four companies to pay EPA for cleanup of Baltimore industrial site . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h3z6_ WETLANDS Ecological success criteria needed to gauge mitigation, GAO says . . . Page A-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1g0x6_ ________ CALENDAR ________ CONGRESS Legislative calendar . . . Page C-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1m1m5_ PRESIDENT President's calendar . . . Page C-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1m1u1_ _________________ REGULATORY AGENDA _________________ COMMENT DEADLINES Due dates for comments on pending rules . . . Page D-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0w5k9_ MAY 31 FEDERAL REGISTER Entries from today's table of contents . . . Page D-1 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1b1h9_ MAY 30 FEDERAL REGISTER Previous day's entries with page citations . . . Page D-2 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g0w5n0_ ______________ TABLE OF CASES ______________ United States v. Ameron International Corp., Jotun A/S, and The Valspar Corp. (D. Md.) . . . Page A-3 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1h3z6_ United States v. Vigna (S.D. Fla.) . . . Page A-4 http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/den.nsf/id/a0a4g1a2n3_ __________ Daily Environment Report (ISSN 1521-9402) Highlights are published daily by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. For account information and changes, contact 1-800-372-1033 (M-F, 8:30 am-7:00 pm ET) To request retransmission or to order a copy of the summarized article, contact 1-800-452-7773 or e-mail bnaplus@bna.com. Copyright © 2001 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20037. Use of this service is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement with BNA. Unauthorized access or distribution is prohibited.
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