Implementation of the Clean Air Act--1975: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - Air |
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Page 1029 - 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...
Page 906 - The promulgation of national primary and secondary ambient ah- quality standards shall not be considered in any manner to allow significant deterioration of existing air quality in any portion of any State.
Page 1029 - 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; 804 A-58 (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...
Page 1029 - Clean Air Act (42 USC 1857 et seq.) Includes the Clean Air Act of 1963 — PL 88-206, and amendments made by the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act — PL 89-272 (October 20, 1965), the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1966 — PL 89-675 (October 15, 1966), the Air Quality Act of 1967— PL 90-148 (November 21, 1967), the Clean Air Amendments of 1970...
Page 764 - ... 260 micrograms per cubic meter — maximum 24-hour concentration not to be exceeded more than once per year.
Page 1022 - 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...
Page 1019 - 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 1019 - Any national secondary ambient air quality standard prescribed under subsection (a) shall specify a level of air quality the attainment and maintenance of which in the judgment of the Administrator, based on such criteria, is requisite to protect the public welfare from any known or anticipated adverse effects associated with the presence of such air pollutant in the ambient air.
Page 17 - In areas where current air pollution levels are already equal to or better than the air quality goals, the Secretary shall not approve any implementation plan which does not provide, to the maximum extent practicable, for the continued maintenance of such ambient air quality.
Page 804 - Emissions" prepared for the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, September, 1974, states: "Modifying land use patterns so as to reduce mobile emissions would appear to be a limited or mixed possibility at best. And, as in the case of 'Other Transportation Policies' some land use policies might have surprising or perverse results.