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Government Publications-Indexes
- LexisNexis Congressional
Subject and keyword index for Congressional Committee publications including bills, bill status, and Congressional Record.. Also includes full text of laws passed, laws codified in the U.S. Code, and the regulations developed from the laws as published in the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations.
- GPO Access
Covers bills, bill status, laws, Congressional Record and committee publications with less thorough index coverage. Also includes the official version of the U.S. Code, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations.
- Thomas
A third site which tracks bills and bill status with some coverage of congressional committees. No coverage of regulations.
- Code of Federal Regulations
Official version from GPO Access. Search on keywords or browse. Title 40 covers "Protection of Environment." Parts 243-247, for example, cover regulations for collecting, storing, separating and making new products from solid waste materials. CFR volumes also available in hard copy: KF70 .A34 C59 GOVDOC-REF
- Regulations.Gov
Offers database of proposed federal agency regulations and opportunity for submitting comments to issuing agency. Permits search by keyword of all regulations up for public comment or selection by agency.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
A collection of statistics from public and private sources. Updated annually.
- LexisNexis Statistical
Indexes, abstracts, and offers some full text of federal, state, and international statistical publications
- LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
Indexes contents of articles in more than 150 government agency periodicals back to 1988.
Federal Agency Sites
- Council on Environmental Quality
Works with the president in the development of environmental policies, reports annually on the state of the environment, and oversees agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process.
- Environmental Protection Agency
An independent agency which is responsible for developing coordinated and effective government action to safeguard the environment and protect human health.
- Environmental Protection Agency-Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Responsibilities include analysis of technologies and methods for the recovery of useful energy from solid waste and economic impact assessment of resource recovery regulations.
- Reusable News
Newsletter issues from 1994 to date with articles and data on recycling programs. From the EPA's Office of Solid Waste.
- Recycling
EPA's recycling page includes facts, data, publications, and a directory of additional sources for recycling program information.
- Municipal Solid Waste State Data
Offers links to state programs and data.
State and Local Sites
- Newport News Public Works Solid Waste Division
Information about solid waste disposal programs and policies for the city. See section on recycling.
- Code of Virginia
A searchable version of the laws of Virginia arranged by broad topics.
- Virginia Administrative Code
Search or browse the code which arranges regulations into subject groupings. Also provides links to the Virginia Register of Regulations. See Title 9: Environment, then sections on Department of Environmental Quality and Virginia Waste Management Board.
- Virginia Register of Regulations
Covers proposed and final rules developed by Virginia agencies to implement laws passed by the General Assembly.
- Waste Management
Information about legislative, regulatory and program developments related to waste management in Virginia. From the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
- Recycling
Includes Virginia recycling studies and organizations and state recycling rates. From the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
- State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations
Great source for quick links to state codes, statutes, and administrative codes. Posted by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.
- National Recycling Coalition
- A national nonprofit advocacy group which involves itself with all aspects of waste reduction, reuse and recycling in North America.
- State Legal Sources on the Web
Offers state by state web links in easy to use grid pattern for bills, session laws, code of laws and state constitution, new regulations and executive orders, code of regulations, attorney general opinions, state courts, and major state newspapers. From the University of Michigan Documents Center.
- California Department of Conservation. Division of Recycling
An example of a state page on recycling. Includes program activities, laws and regulations, grants, and vendor directories.
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