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(f) Hearings for failure to abate pollution; 



board members; findings and recommen- 

 dations. 



(g) Judicial proceedings to secure abatement 



of pollution. 



(h) Federal court proceedings; evidence; Juris- 

 diction of court. 



(1) Compensation and travel expenses for mem- 

 bers of hearing board. 



(J) F*uml6hlng of data to Administrator by pol- 

 luter; reports; failure to make required 

 report: forfeitures. 



(k) Compliance with any requirement of an ap- 

 plicable Implementation plan or pre- 

 scribed standard. 

 1857d-l. Retention of State authority. 

 1857e. Air Quality Advisory Board; advisory committees. 



(a) Establishment of Board; membership; ap- 



pointment; term. 



(b) Duties of Board. 



(c) Clerical and technical assistance. 



(d) Advisory committees. 



(e) Compensation; travel expenses. 



(f) Consultations by Administrator. 



1857f. Control and abatement of air pollution from Fed- 

 eral facilities; compliance of Federal depart- 

 ments, etc., with Federal, State. Interstate, and 

 local requirements; exemption by President of 

 any emission source from any executive branch 

 department., etc.; report to Congress. 



§ 1857. Congressional findings; purposes of subchapter. 

 (a) The Congress finds — 



( 1 ) that the predominant part of the Nation's 

 population is located in Its rapidly expanding met- 

 ropolitan and other urban areas, which generally 

 cross the boundary lines of local jurisdictions and 

 often extend into two or more States; 



(2) that the growth in the amount and complex- 

 ity 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 pollu- 

 tion at its source is the primary responsibility of 

 States and local governments; and 



(4) that Federal financial assistance and leader- 

 ship is essential for the development of coopera- 

 tive Federal, State, regional, and local programs 

 to prevent and control air pollution. 



. (b) The purposes of this subchapter 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; 



(2) to initiate and accelerate a national research 

 and development program to achieve the preven- 

 tion and control of air pollution; 



(3) to provide technical and financial assistance 

 to State and local governments in connection with 

 the development and execution of their air pol- 

 lution prevention and control programs; and 



(4) to encourage and assist the development and 

 operation of regional air pollution control pro- 

 grams. 



(July 14, 1955. ch. 360, title I, § 101, formerly § 1, as 

 added Dec. 17, 1963. Pub. L. 88-206, 5 1, 77 Stat. 392, 



amended and renumbered Oct. 20, 1965, Pub. L. 89- 

 272, title I, 5 101(2), (3). 79 Stat. 992; Nov. 21, 1967, 

 Pub. L. 90-148, § 2. 81 Stat. 485.) 

 Amendments 



1967 — Subsec. (b) (1) . Pub. L. 90-148 inserted "and en- 

 hance the quality of" following "to protect". 



1965 — Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-272 substituted "this 

 title" for "this Act", which for purposes of codification 

 has been changed to "this subchapter." 



Short TrrLE or 1967 Amendment 

 Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-148 provided: "That this Act 

 [amending this chapter generally) may be cited as the 

 ■Air Quality Act of 1987'." 



Short Title 

 Section 317, formerly section 14, of Act July 14. 1958. 

 as added by section 1 of Pub L. 88-206, renumbered sec- 

 tion 307 by section 101(4) of Pub. L. 89-272, renum- 

 bered section 310 by section 2 of Pub. L. 90-148, and re- 

 numbered section 317 by Pub. L. 91-604, { 12(a), Dec. 31, 

 1970, 84 Stat. 1705. provided that: "TTiat Act |thJB cb^- 

 ter] may be cited as the 'Clean Air Act'." 



Executive Order No. 10779 

 Ex. Ord. No. 10779, Aug. 21, 1958, 23 F.R. 6487, which 

 related to cooperation of Federal agencies with State and 

 local authorities, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11282, 

 May 26, 1966, 31 F.R. 7663 (See Executive Order No. 

 10779 under title IV Executive Orders). 



Prevention, Control, and Abatement at 

 Federal FAcn-rriES 



Ex. Ord. No. 11507, Feb. 4, 1970, 35 F.R. 2573, provides 

 for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollu- 

 tion at federal facilities (See Executive Order No. 11507 

 under title IV Executive Orders). 



National Industrial Pollution Control Council 



For provisions relating to the establishment of the 

 National Industrial Pollution Control Council, see Ex. 

 Ord. No. 11523. Apr. 9, 1970, 35 FR. 5993 (See Executive 

 Order No. 11523 under title IV Executive Orders). 



§ 1857a. Cooperative activities. 



(a) Interstate cooperation; uniform State laws; State 

 compacts. 



The Administrator shall encourage cooperative 

 activities by the States and local governments for 

 the prevention and control of air pollution; encour- 

 age the enactment of improved and, so far as prac- 

 ticable in the light of varying conditions and needs, 

 uniform State and local laws relating to the pre- 

 vention and control of air pollution ; and encourage 

 the making of Eigreements and comp>acts between 

 States for the prevention and control of air pollution. 



(b) Federal cooperation. 



The Administrator shall cooperate with and en- 

 courage cooperative activities by all Federal depart- 

 ments and aigencies having functions relating to the 

 prevention and control of air pollution, so as to 

 assure the utilization in the Federal air pollution 

 control program of all appropriate and available 

 facilities and resources within the Federal Govern- 

 ment. 



(c) Consent of Congress to compacts. 



The consent of the Congress Is hereby given to 

 two or more States to negotiate and enter Into agree- 

 ments of compacts, not in conflict with any law or 

 treaty of the United States, for ( 1 ) cooperative efTort 

 and mutual assistance for the prevention and con- 

 trol of air pollution and the enforcement of their re- 

 spective laws relating thereto, and (2) the estab- 



