Quarterly Report to the Technology Assessment Board, July 1 - September 30, 1981 Page: 11
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Request or Reaffirmation:
Hon. John D. Dingell, Chairman, House Committee on Energy and
Commerce
Nonnuclear Industrial Wastes: Classifying for Hazards Management
(Technical Memorandum) (Requester: Same as for full assessment)
Discusses the basic issues surrounding a degree-of-hazard
classification approach; the potential for incorporating a
degree-of-hazard concept through classification in current
regulation; various methods for applying the system; and
questions to be addressed before the decision regarding
incorporating the system at the Federal and State level can be
made.
7. WOOD: THE MATERIAL, THE RESOURCE - Will explore use of wood as a
substitute for nonrenewable materials; assess future demand and
supply of wood; evaluate future production capability; analyze
forest management policies on public lands; assess the national
technology for wood and forestry R&D; and review public policies
and identify policy options affecting forest production and the
use of wood as a material.
Request or Reaffirmation:
Hon. Mark O. Hatfield, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Appropriations, co-signed by
Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies, Senate Committee on
Appropriations.
8. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON COMPETITIVENESS OF THE U.S. ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY - Explores the factors that determine the
competitiveness of the U.S. electronics industry vis-a-vis
Japanese and Western European firms, including among the factors
the effects of Federal policies.
Request or Reaffirmation:
Hon. Bob Packwood, Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
Hon. Henry S. Reuss, Chairman, and Hon. Roger W. Jepsen, Vice
Chairman, Joint Economic Committee
Hon. Sam M. Gibbons, Chairman, and Hon. Guy Vander Jagt, Ranking
Minority Member, Subcommittee on Trade, House Committee on
Ways and Means-11
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