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Page 1077 - States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose...
Page 1512 - The Administrator shall test, or require to be tested in such manner as he deems appropriate, any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine submitted by a manufacturer to determine whether such vehicle or engine conforms with the regulations prescribed under section 202 of this Act. If such vehicle or engine conforms to such regulations, the Administrator shall issue a certificate of conformity upon such terms, and for such period (not in excess of one year) as he may prescribe.
Page 1104 - ... the study and investigation of the National Academy of Sciences conducted pursuant to subsection (c) and other information available to him has not indicated that technology, processes, or other alternatives are available to meet such standards.
Page 1096 - Labor, and his representatives, shall have the same access for this purpose to the books, documents, papers, and records of a manufacturer as the Comptroller General has to those of a recipient of assistance for purposes of section 311. (f) Any inspection of a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle engine for purposes of subsection...
Page 1258 - The regulations under subsection (a) applicable to emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from light-duty vehicles and engines manufactured during model years...
Page 1257 - National Emission Standards Act.' PART A— MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION AND FUEL STANDARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS SEC. 202. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) (1) The Administrator shall by regulation prescribe (and from time to time revise) in accordance with the provisions of this section, standards applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from any class or classes of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in his judgment...
Page 937 - For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act, carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and persons receiving food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in interstate commerce or holding such articles so received, shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing...
Page 1079 - Administrator by subsection (b) of this section. (2) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator by this Act, such amounts as are required shall be available to carry out the study and investigation authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection. (3) In entering into any arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for conducting the study and investigation authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator...
Page 1095 - ... then — (1) he shall establish such methods and procedures by regulation, and "(2) at such time as he determines that inspection facilities or equipment are available for purposes of carrying out testing methods and procedures established under paragraph (1), he shall prescribe...
Page 1111 - Hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) result from incomplete combustion of the fuel-air mixture; oxides of nitrogen (NOX) form in the high-temperature burnt gases as the combustion process proceeds. Indeed, it was due to this fact that when 1968 standards were set for CO and HC in California, the NOX levels in the atmosphere rose because of the adjustments made to reduce only CO and HC. As a result of the Federal Emission Control Program, commencing in 1968, considerable emission control on...