AIR POLLUTION

[PUBLIC LAW 159-84TH CONGRESS, AS AMENDED 2]

AN ACT To provide research and technical assistance relating to air pollution control.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 42 U.S.C. 1857 sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the dangers to the public health and welfare, injury to agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to air and ground transportation, from air pollution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to preserve and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States and local governments in controlling air pollution, to support and aid technical research to devise and develop methods of abating such pollution, and to provide Federal technical services and financial aid to State and local government air pollution control agencies and other public or private agencies and institutions in the formulation and execution of their air pollution abatement research programs. To this end, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) shall have the authority relating to air pollution control vested in them respectively by this Act.

SEC. 2. (a) The Surgeon General is authorized, after 42 U.S.C. 1857a careful investigation and in cooperation with other Federal agencies, with State and local government air pollution control agencies, with other public and private agencies and institutions, and with the industries involved, to prepare or recommend' research programs for devising and developing methods for eliminating or reducing air pollution. For the purpose of this subsection the Surgeon General is authorized to make joint investigations with any such agencies or institutions.

(b) The Surgeon General may (1) encourage cooperative activities by State and local governments for the prevention and abatement of air pollution; (2) collect and disseminate information relating to air pollution and the prevention and abatement thereof; (3) conduct in the Public Health Service, and support and aid the con

1 Act of July 14, 1955, 69 Stat. 322.

2P.L. 86-365 approved September 22, 1959 and P.L. 87-761, approved October 9, 1962.

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42 U.S.C. 1857b

Motor vehicle exhausts Studies

42 U.S.C. 1857c

42 U.S.C. 1857d

69 Stat. 322; 73 Stat. 646

60 Stat. 809

31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5

duct by State and local government air pollution control agencies, and other public and private agencies and institutions of, technical research to devise and develop methods of preventing and abating air pollution; and (4) make available to State and local government air pollution control agencies, other public and private agencies and institutions, and industries, the results of surveys, studies, investigations, research, and experiments relating to air pollution and the prevention and abatement thereof.

SEC. 3. (a) The Surgeon General may, upon request of any State or local government air pollution control agency, conduct investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific problem of air pollution confronting such State or local government air pollution control agency with a view to recommending a solution of such problem.

(b) In view of the nationwide significance of the problems of air pollution from motor vehicles, the Surgeon General shall conduct studies of the amounts and kinds of substances discharged from the exhausts of motor vehicles and of the effects of the discharge of such substances, including the amounts and kinds of such substances which, from the standpoint of human health, it is safe for motor vehicles to discharge into the atmosphere.

SEC. 4. The Surgeon General shall prepare and publish from time to time reports of such surveys, studies, investigations, research, and experiments made under the authority of this Act as he may consider desirable, together with appropriate recommendations with regard to the control of air pollution.

SEC. 5.3 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for each of the eleven fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 1955, and ending June 30, 1966, not to exceed $5,000,000 to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act, and, in furtherance of the policy declared in the first section of this Act, to (1) make grants-in-aid to State and local government air pollution control agencies, and other public and private agencies and institutions, and to individuals, for surveys and studies and for research, training, and demonstration projects, and (2) enter into contracts with public and private agencies and institutions and individuals for surveys and studies and for research, training, and demonstration projects. Such grants-in-aid and contracts may be made without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes. Sums appropriated for such grants-in-aid and contracts shall remain available until expended, and shall be allotted in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

8 Secs. 3 and 5 amended by P.L. 87-761.

SEC. 6. When used in this Act

(a) The term "State air pollution control agency" 42 U.S.C. 1857e means the State health authority, except that in the case of any State in which there is a single State agency other than the State health authority charged with responsibility for enforcing State laws relating to the abatement of air pollution, it means such other State agency;

(b) The term "local government air pollution control agency" means a city, county, or other focal government health authority, except that in the case of any city, county, or other local government in which there is a single agency other than the health authority charged with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or laws relating to the abatement of air pollution, it means such other agency; and

(c) The term "State" means a State or the District of 42 U.S.C. 1857f Columbia.

SEC. 7. Nothing contained in this Act shall limit the authority of any department or agency of the United States to conduct or make grants-in-aid or contracts for research and experiments relating to air pollution under the authority of any other law.

SEC. 8. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the 42 U.S.C. 1857g Congress that any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any building, installation, or other property shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with the interests of the United States and within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and with any interstate agency or any State or local government air pollution control agency in preventing or controlling the pollution of the air in any area insofar as the discharge of any matter from or by such property may cause or contribute to pollution of the air in such area.*

[PUBLIC LAW 86-493]

AN ACT To authorize and direct the Surgeon General of the 74 Stat. 162 Public Health Service to make a study and report to Congress, from the standpoint of the public health, of the discharge of subtances into the atmosphere from the exhaust of motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Surgeon General") shall conduct a thorough study for the purpose of determining, with respect to the various substances discharged from the exhausts of motor vehicles, the amounts and kinds of such substances which, from the

4 Sec. 8 added by P.L. 86-365.

standpoint of human health, it is safe for motor vehicles to discharge into the atmosphere under the various conditions under which such vehicles may operate.

SEC. 2. As soon as practicable, but not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Surgeon General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted pursuant to the first section of this Act, together with such recommendations, if any, based upon the findings made in such study, as he may deem to be necessary for the protection of the public health.

SEC. 3. As used in this Act the term "motor vehicles" means vehicles propelled by mechanical power and used for transporting passengers or property on a highway. Approved June 8, 1960.