Air Pollution Control and Solid Wastes Recycling: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First and Second Sessions on H.R. 12934, H.R. 14960, H.R. 15137, and H.R. 15192, H.R. 15848, H.R. 15847, and Related Bills, Part 2

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Committee Serial No. 91-49. Considers. H.R. 12934 and three identical bills, to extend the Clean Air Act for three years. H.R. 15848 and 15 identical bills, to extend the Clean Air Act for three years, require Interior Dept to establish national ambient air quality standards, strengthen controls over motor vehicle emissions, and establish standards for dangerous emissions for stationary sources. H.R. 15847 and 13 identical bills, the Wastes Reclamation and Recycling Act of 1970, to extend the Solid Waste Disposal Act for three years and to authorize CEQ to study solid waste reclamation and recycling techniques.

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Page 818 - The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any action of the Secretary shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 648 - Air quality criteria are an expression of the scientific knowledge of the relationship between various concentrations of pollutants in the air and their adverse effects on man and his environment.
Page 563 - Goldwater, LJ and Hoover, AW An International Study of "Normal" Levels of Lead in Blood and Urine, Archives Environmental Health 15 60 (1967).
Page 605 - The 1970's absolutely must be the years when America pays Its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.
Page 818 - Secretary, and to be adduced upon the hearing, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The Secretary may modify his findings as to the facts, or make new findings, by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he shall file such modified or new findings, and his recommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside of his original order, with the return of such additional evidence.
Page 599 - ... 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 757 - US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Survey of Lead in the Atmosphere of Three Urban Communities, publication No.
Page 818 - Any action instituted under this subsection shall survive notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office of Secretary or any vacancy in such office.
Page 869 - States in the appropriate district court to immediately restrain any person causing or contributing to the alleged pollution to stop...
Page 818 - States court of appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, for a judicial review of such order. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary or other officer designated by him for that purpose. The Secretary thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which the Secretary based his order, as provided in section 2112 of title 28 of the United States Code.

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