Mobile Source Provisions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress on H.R. 4400 ... H.R. 2130 ... September 21, 22, 23, December 7, 1981, and January 21, 1982 |
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Page 774 - ... acceptance of the haphazard evolution of the techniques of genetic engineering [in the hope that] the issues will resolve themselves." Six years later, in 1978, the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce held hearings on human cloning in response to the publication of David Rorvick's The Cloning of a Man.
Page 266 - 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 370 - ... engine, be a period of use set forth in paragraph (1) unless the Administrator determines that a period of use of greater duration or mileage is appropriate.
Page 1045 - The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr.
Page 354 - Section 307(d) shall apply to any high altitude regulation referred to in paragraph (2) and before promulgating any such regulation, the Administrator shall consider and make a finding with respect to — (A) the economic impact upon consumers, individual high altitude dealers, and...
Page 354 - All light duty vehicles and engines manufactured during or after model year 1984 shall comply with the requirements of section 202 of this Act regardless of the altitude at which they are sold.
Page 354 - ... section 202 of this Act regardless of the altitude at which they are sold. (2) By October 1, 1978, the Administrator shall report to the Congress on the economic impact and technological feasibility of the requirements found in subparagraph ( 1 ) of this subsection. The report is also to evaluate the technological feasibility and the health consequences of separate proportional emission standards for light duty vehicles and engines in high altitude areas that would reflect a comparable percentage...
Page 736 - Such regulations shall contain standards which reflect the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of technology which the Administrator determines will be available for the model year to which such standards apply, giving appropriate consideration to the cost of applying such technology within the period of time available to manufacturers and to noise, energy, and safety factors associated with the application of such technology.
Page 457 - best available control technology" means an emission limitation based on the maximum degree of reduction of each pollutant subject to regulation under this Act emitted from or which results from any major emitting facility, which the permitting authority, on a case-by-case basis, taking into account energy, environmental, and economic impacts and other costs, determines is achievable for such facility...
Page 994 - ... cause or contribute to an unreasonable risk to public health, welfare, or safety in its operation or function.