Clean Air Act Oversight (field Hearings): Hearings Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - Air |
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Page 250 - ... 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.
Page 78 - Such criteria shall accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on health and welfare which may be expected from the presence of an air pollution agent, or combination of agents in the ambient air, in varying quantities.
Page 70 - ... a part of an applicable implementation plan approved or promulgated under this section. The exercise of the authority under this subparagraph shall not prevent the Administrator from approving such regulations if they are adopted and submitted by a State as part of an applicable implementation plan.
Page 698 - air pollutant' means an air pollution agent or combination of such agents. "(h) All language referring to effects on welfare includes, but is not limited to, effects on soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to transportation, as well as effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well-being.
Page 630 - Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, are designed to "protect and enhance the nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of the population.
Page 351 - ... which such plan applies, if the emissions from such facility will cause or contribute to concentrations of any pollutant for which a national ambient air quality standard is exceeded in such area, unless, as of the time of application for a permit for such construction...
Page 779 - Act and the Secretary of Transportation shall not approve any projects or award any grants under title 23, United States Code, other than for safety, mass transit, or transportation improvement projects related to air quality improvement or maintenance, in any air quality control region — (1) in which any national primary ambient air quality standard has not been attained.
Page 211 - Congress hereby declares as a national goal the prevention of any future, and the remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory class I Federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.
Page 212 - Visibility protection applies in addition to so-called "integral vistas," defined by EPA as a view perceived from within a mandatory Class I area of a specific landmark or panorama located outside the boundary of the area. The inclusion of a visibility/integral vistas protection program in the PSD/Class I area regulatory program will have tremendous negative impact, especially in areas with extended prevailing visual ranges. The impacted areas around Class I areas will be greatly expanded by the...
Page 132 - ... voluntarily and Intentionally and not because of mistake or accident or other innocent reason...