Sept. 7, 11, 13, H.R. 11280 considered and passed House; proceedings vacated and S. 2640; amended, passed in lieu. Oct. 4, Senate agreed to conference report. Oct. 5, 6, House agreed to conference report; receded from amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: Vol. 14, No. 41: Oct. 13, Presidential statement. B. Clean Air Act, Public Law 84-159, 69 Stat. 322, July 14, 1955 (42 USC 7401-7642), as amended by: Public Laws 88-206, 77 Stat. 392, December 17, 1963; 89-272, 79 Stat. 992, October 20, 1965; 89-675, 80 Stat. 954, October 15, 1966; 90-148, 81 Stat. 485, November 21, 1967; 91-137, 83 Stat. 283, December 5, 1969; 91-604, 84 Stat. 1676, December 31, 1970; 92-157, 85 Stat. 431, November 18, 1971; 93-15, 87 Stat. 11, April 9, 1973; 93-319, 88 Stat. 246, June 22, 1974; 95-95, 91 Stat. 685, August 7, 1977; 95-190, 91 Stat. 1393, November 16, 1977; and 95-623, 92 Stat. 3443, November 9, 1978. The following titles, parts, sections, and subsections are omitted: sections 104, 105, 106, 115, 119, 123, 124, 125, and subsections 108(e), 108(f), and 110(c), Title I, Air Pollution Prevention and Control, Part A, Air Quality and Emission Limitations; all sections, Title I, Part B, Ozone Protection; sections 175, 176, 177, and 178, Title I, Part D, Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas; all sections, Title II, Emission Standards for Moving Sources, Part A, Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards, and Part B, Aircraft Emission Standards; sections 316, 324, and 325, Title III, General; and Title IV, Noise Pollution. An Act To provide for air pollution prevention and control activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. (As amended by P.L. 88-206, 77 Stat. 392, December 17, 1963; and P.L. 91-604, 84 Stat. 1676, December 31, 1970) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL Part A-Air Quality and Emission Limitations (As amended by P.L. 95-95, 91 Stat. 685, August 7, 1977) Findings and Purposes Sec. 101. (a) The Congress finds— (1) that the predominant part of the Nation's population is located in its rapidly expanding metropolitan and other urban areas, which generally cross the boundary lines of local jurisdictions and often extend into two or more States; (2) that the growth in the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare, including injury to agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and the deterioration of property, and hazards to air and ground transportation; (3) that the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments; and (4) that Federal financial assistance and leadership is essential for the development of cooperative Federal, State, regional, and local programs to prevent and control air pollution. (b) The purposes of this title are (1) to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population; (2) to initiate and accelerate a national research and development program to achieve the prevention and control of air pollution; (3) to provide technical and financial assistance to State and local governments in connection with the development and execution of their air pollution prevention and control programs; and (4) to encourage and assist the development and operation of regional air pollution control programs. (As amended by P.L. 88-206, 77 Stat. 322, December 17, 1963; P.L. 89-272, 79 Stat. 992, October 20, 1965; P.L. 90-148, 81 Stat. 485, November 21, 1967) Sec. 102. Cooperative Activities and Uniform Laws (a) The Administrator shall encourage cooperative activities by the States and local governments for the prevention and control of air pollution; encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as practicable in the light of varying conditions and needs, uniform State and local laws relating to the prevention and control of air pollution; and encourage the making of agreements and compacts between States for the prevention and control of air pollution. (b) The Administrator shall cooperate with and encourage cooperative activities by all Federal departments and agencies having functions relating to the prevention and control of air pollution, so as to assure the utilization in the Federal air pollution control program of all appropriate and available facilities and resources within the Federal Government. (c) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control of air pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws relating thereto, and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements or compacts. No such agreement or compact shall be binding or obligatory upon any State a party thereto unless and until it has been approved by Congress. It is the intent of Congress that no agreement or compact entered into between States after the date of enactment of the Air Quality Act of 1967, which relates to the control and abatement of air pollution in an air quality control region, shall provide for participation by a State which is not included (in whole or in part) in such air quality control region. (As amended by P.L. 88-206, 77 Stat. 392, December 17, 1963; P.L. 89-272, 79 Stat. 992, October 20, 1965; P.L. 90-148, 81 Stat. 485, November 21, 1967; and P.L. 91-604, 84 Stat. 1676, December 31, 1970) Sec. 103. Research, Investigations, Training, and Other Activities (a) The Administrator shall establish a national research and development program for the prevention and control of air pollution and as part of such program shall (1) conduct, and promote the coordination and acceleration of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of air pollution; (2) encourage, cooperate with, and render technical services and provide financial assistance to air pollution control agencies and other appropriate public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and individuals in the conduct of such activities; (3) conduct investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control agency with a view to recommending a solution of such problem, if he is requested to do so by such agency or if, in his judgment, such problem may affect any community or communities in a State other than that in which the source of the matter causing or contributing to the pollution is located; (4) establish technical advisory committees composed of recognized experts in various aspects of air pollution to assist in the examination and evaluation of research progress and proposals and to avoid duplication of research; and (5) conduct and promote coordination and acceleration of training for individuals relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of air pollution. (b) In carrying out the provisions of the preceding subsection the Administrator is authorized to (1) collect and make available, through publications and other appropriate means, the results of any other information, including appropriate recommendations by him in connection therewith, pertaining to such research and other activities; (2) cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, with air pollution control agencies, with other public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and with any industries involved, in the preparation and conduct of such research and other activities; (3) make grants to air pollution control agencies, to other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and to individuals, for purposes stated in subsection (a)(1) of this section; (4) contract with public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and with individuals, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5); (5) establish and maintain research fellowships, in the Environmental Protection Agency and at public or non-profit private educational institutions or research organizations; (6) collect and disseminate, in cooperation with other Federal departments and agencies, and with other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations having related responsibilities, basic data on chemical, physical, and biological effects of varying air quality and other information pertaining to air pollution and the prevention and control thereof; and (7) develop effective and practical processes, methods, and prototype devices for the prevention or control of air pollution. In carrying out the provisions of subsection (a), the Administrator shall provide training for, and make training grants to, personnel of air pollution control agencies and other persons with suitable qualifications and make grants to such agencies, to other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations for the purposes stated in subsection (a)(5). Reasonable fees may be charged for such training provided to persons other than personnel of air pollution control agencies but such training shall be provided to such personnel of air pollution control agencies without charge. (c) In carrying our the provisions of subsection (a) of this section the Administrator shall conduct research on, and survey the results of other scientific studies on, the harmful effects on the health or welfare of persons by the various known air pollutants. (d) The Administrator is authorized to construct such facilities and staff and equip them as he determines to be necessary to carry out his functions under this Act. (e) If, in the judgment of the Administrator, an air pollution problem of substantial significance may result from discharge or discharges into the atmosphere, he may call a conference concerning this potential air pollution problem to be held in or near one or more of the places where such discharge or discharges are occurring or will occur. All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard at such conference, either orally or in writing, and shall be permitted to appear in person or by representative in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Administrator. If the Administrator finds, on the basis of the evidence presented at such conference, that the discharge or discharges if permitted to take place or continue are likely to cause or contribute to air pollution subject to abatement under section 115, he shall send such findings, together with recommendations concerning the measures which he finds reasonable and suitable to prevent such pollution, to the person or persons whose actions will result in the discharge or discharges involved; to air pollution agencies of the State or States and of the municipality or municipalities where such discharge or discharges will originate; and to the interstate air pollution control agency, if any, in the jurisdictional area of which any such municipality is located. Such findings and recommendations shall be advisory only, but shall be admitted together with the record of the conference, as part of the proceedings under subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 115. (f) (1) In carrying out research pursuant to this Act, the Administrator shall give special emphasis to research on the short- and long-term effects of air pollutants on public health and welfare. In the furtherance of such research, he shall conduct an accelerated research program (A) to improve knowledge of the contribution of air pollutants to the occurrence of adverse effects on health, including, but not limited to, behaviorial, physiological, toxicological, and biochemical effects; and (B) to improve knowledge of the short- and long-term effects of air pollutants on welfare. (2) In carrying out the provisions of this subsection the Administrator may- (B) conduct clinical and laboratory studies on the immunologic, biochemical, physiological, and the toxicological effects including carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects of air pollutants; (C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the facilities of existing Federal scientific laboratories and research centers; and (D) utilize the authority contained in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b); (E) consult with other appropriate Federal agencies to assure that research or studies conducted pursuant to this subsection will be coordinated with research and studies of such other Federal agencies. (3) In entering into contracts under this subsection, the Administrator is authorized to contract for a term not to exceed 10 years in duration. For the purposes of this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000. Such amounts as are appropriated shall remain available until expended and shall be in addition to any other appropriations under this Act. (As amended by P.L. 88-206, 77 Stat. 392, December 17, 1963; P.L. 89-272, 79 Stat. 992, October 20, 1965; P.L. 90-148, 81 Stat. 485, November 21, 1967; P.L. 91-604, 84 Stat. 1676, December 31, 1970; and P.L. 95-95, 91 Stat. 685, August 7, 1977) |