Oversight--Clean Air Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session ... September 23, 1974 |
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Page 56 - Continued research and development management advice should be arranged for from a panel directly responsible to the Administrator and not under National Research Council auspices. An item for early consideration should be a thorough investigation of the National Environmental Research Centers. This could be accomplished through the Agency's Science Advisory Board. If this approach is adopted a special task group of that Board with extensive successful management experience with large scale research...
Page 32 - by 1975 the nation's electric power supply reserves will be critically deficient in seven of the nine electric reliability areas if there is continued insistence on strict adherence to existing air quality standards".
Page 14 - Congress on — (1) available alternatives, including enforcement mechanisms to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare...
Page 61 - ... remove the authority of the Federal Government to promulgate standards more stringent than those necessary to protect health and welfare.102 This proposal reflected the view of other agencies that Federal regulation to prevent nondegradation would represent an unnecessary and unwarranted limitation on the range of choice of state and local governments in economic development and land use matters.
Page 48 - All right, we will do what we can and make it a part of the record. [The information referred to follows...
Page 40 - What is the magnitude of the public health problem likely to follow a growth in emissions...
Page 6 - FY 1989 seriously underestimates the funding necessary to protect public health and welfare from the adverse effects of air pollution.
Page 57 - Manual" which are not a satisfactory base for management and must be abandoned. We recognize that the establishment of a successful research and development organization takes time. We believe, however, that the present system has started in a wrong direction and that a fresh start is needed. The reasons for failure fall into two main categories: 1. The nature of the system itself. a. Planning is separated fron responsibility for execution, leading to severe resentment among performing researchers.
Page 51 - If there is no further business to come before the committee, the committee stands adjourned. [The following statements and letter were received for the record :] STATEMENT or HON.
Page 21 - Forty five percent of all the nonsmoking blood donors tested had COHb saturations of more than 1.5% This indicated that exposure to CO in excess of that permitted by the Air Quality Standards was widespread and occurring regularly. Tobacco smoking was the single most important factor responsible for the highest COHb saturations observed. The other chief factors influencing the COHb saturation were the geographical location of the individual, occupation, and the existing meteorological conditions....