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for provisions authorizing the Secretary to make 

 grants, and provisions authorizing grants for programs 

 Implementing national primary and secondary ambient 

 air quality standards, for provisions authorizing grants for 

 programs Implementing air quality standards authorized 

 by this subchapter, and added the provision requiring 

 grants to air pollution control agencies be made to agen- 

 cies having substantial responsibilities for carrying out 

 the applicable Implementation plan with respect to the 

 air quality control region or portion thereof. 



Subsecs. (a)(2). (3). (b), (c). Pub. L. 91-604. 5 15(c) 

 (2) substituted "Administrator" for "Secretary" wherever 

 appearing therein 



Subsec (d) Pub. L. 91-604. § 3(b) (1). added subsec. (d). 



1967 — Subsec. (a) Pub. L. 90-148 designated existing 

 provisions as par. (1), added pars. (2) and (3), and. In 

 p&T (1) as so designated, substituted "regional air quality 

 control program" for "regional air pollution control pro- 

 gram." added planning to the list of authorized activities, 

 and added programs for the Implementation of air quality 

 standards authorized by this chapter to the list of au- 

 thorized programs. 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L 90-148 made minor changes In the 

 order of the provisions. 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-148 reduced the percentage 

 limitation on the portion of the total funds which might 

 be granted for air pollution control programs In any one 

 State from 12'^ per centum to 10 per centum. 



1966 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-675. 5 3(a)(1). struck 

 out provisions limiting the available funds to 20 per 

 centum of the sums appropriated annually for the pur- 

 pose of this subchapter. Inserted provisions allowing 

 grants to air pollution control agencies up to one-half of 

 the cost of maintaining programs for prevention and con- 

 trol of air pollution, and authorized the Secretary to make 

 grants of up to three-fifths of the cost of maintaining 

 regional air pollution control programs. 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-675. 5 3(a)(2). substituted 

 reference to sums available "for the purpose of" subsec- 

 tion (a) of this section lor reference to sums available 

 "under" subsection (a) of this section, permitted grantees 

 to reduce annual expenditures to the extent that non- 

 recurrent costs are Involved for purposes of application of 

 the provision that no agency may receive grants during 

 any fiscal year when Its exjjendltures of non-Pederal funds 

 for air pollution control programs are less than Its expend- 

 itures for such programs during the preceding year, 

 and added provisions Insuring that Federal funds will In 

 no event be used to supplant State or local government 

 funds In maintaining air pollution control programs. 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-675. § 3(b). substituted "total 

 of funds appropriated or allocated for the purposes of 

 subsection (a) of this section shall be granted for air 

 pollution control programs" for "grant funds available 

 under subsection (a) of this section shall be expended" 

 and authorized the Secretary to determine the portion of 

 grrnts to Interstate agencies to be charged against the 

 twelve and one-haif percent limitation of grant funds to 

 any one State. 



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

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

 has been changed to "this subchapter", and "section 

 302(b) (2) and (4)" for "section 9(b) (2) and (4)". 

 which for purposes of codification has been changed to 

 "section 185Th(b) (2) and (4) of this title." 



§ I857C-1. Interstate air quality agencies; program 

 cost limitations. 



For the purpose of developing Implementation 

 plans for any interstate air quality control region 

 designated pursuant to seciton 1857c-2 of this title, 

 the Administrator is authorized to pay, for two years, 

 up to 100 per centum of the air quality planning pro- 

 gram costs of any agency designated by the Gov- 

 ernors of the affected States, which agency shall be 

 capable of recommending to the Governors plans 

 for Implementation of national primary and sec- 

 ondary ambient air quality standards and shall 



include representation from the States and appropri- 

 ate political subdivisions within the air quality con- 

 trol region. After the initial two-year period the 

 Administrator is authorized to make grants to such 

 agency in an amount up to three-fourths of the air 

 quality planning program costs of any agency. 

 I July 14. 1955. ch. 360. title I, § 106. as added Nov. 21. 

 1967. Pub .L. 90-148, § 2, 81 Stat. 490. and amended 

 Dec. 31. 1970. Pub. L. 91-604. § 3(0 . 84 Stat. 1677.) 



Amendments 

 1970 — Pub L. 91-604 struck out lettered designation 

 "(a)", as so redesignated, substituted provisions author- 

 izing Federal grants for the purpose of developing Imple- 

 mentation plans and provisions requiring the designated 

 State agency to be capable of recommending plans for Im- 

 plementation of national prlniary and secondary ambient 

 air quality standards, for provisions authorizing Federal 

 grants for the purpose of expediting the establishment of 

 air quality standards and provisions requiring the desig- 

 nated State agency to be capable of recommending stand- 

 ards of air quality and plans for Implementation thereof, 

 respectively, and struck out subsec (b) which authorized 

 the establishment of air quality planning commissions. 



§ 1857C-2. Air quality contm' regions. 



(a) Responsibility of State for air quality; submission 

 of implementation plan. 



Each State shall have the primary resp>onsiblllty 

 for assuring air quality within the entire geographic 

 area comprising such State by submitting an Im- 

 plemwitation plan for such State which will specify 

 the manner in which national primary and second- 

 ary ambient air quality standards will be achieved 

 and maintained within each air quality control 

 region in such State. 



(b) Designated regions. 



For purposes of developing and carrying out Im- 

 plementation plans under section 1857c-5 of this 

 title— 



<1) an air quality control region designated 

 under this section before December 31. 1970, or a 

 region designated after such date under subsection 

 (O of this section, shall be an air quality control 

 region: and 



(2) the portion of such State which Is not part 

 of any such designated region shall be an air qual- 

 ity control region, but such portion may be sub- 

 divided by the State into two or more air quality 

 control regions with the approval of the Admin- 

 istrator. 



(c) Authority of Administrator to designate regions; 

 notification of Governors of affected States. 



The Administrator shall, within 90 days after 

 December 31, 1970, after consultation with appropri- 

 ate State and local authorities, designate as an air 

 quality control region any interstate area or major 

 intrastate area which he deems necessary or ap- 

 propriate for the attainment and maintenance of 

 ambient air quality standards. The Administrator 

 shall Immediately notify the Governors of the af- 

 fected States of any designation made under this sub- 

 section. (July 14. 1955, ch. 360, title I. § 107. as 

 added Dec. 31, 1970. Pub. L. 91-604. { 4(a). 84 Stat. 

 1678.) 



