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I. THE CLEAN AIR ACT FORBIDS THE AD-
MINISTRATOR FROM APPROVING PLANS
WHICH PERMIT THE SIGNIFICANT DE-
TERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY

A. The Plain Language of the Statute Prohibits
the Significant Deterioration of Air Quality..

B. The Legislative History and, Until Recently,
the Administrative Interpretation of the
Statute are Consistent with Its Plain Lan-
guage

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1. Early History

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2. Legislative History of the Air Quality
Act of 1967

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3. Administrative Interpretation of the Air
Quality Act of 1967.....

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4. Legislative History of the Clean Air Act
of 1970

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C. Petitioner has not Rebutted the Legislative
and Administrative History of the Act.....
1. HEW Guidelines

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D. No Other Sections of the Act Support Peti-
tioner's Contention

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E. Petitioner's Position is Inconsistent with
Every Other Interpretation of the Act

II. PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS DO NOT
SUPPORT ALLOWING THE SIGNIFICANT

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DETERIORATION

OF AIR QUALITY

ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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A. The Policy Issues Cannot Properly be De-
cided by this Court

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B. Public Policy Considerations Support Pro-
hibiting the Significant Deterioration of Air
Quality in Clean Air Areas

1. Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
will Cause Substantial Harm to Health
and Other Important Interests in Clean
Air Areas

2. The Difficulties Suggested by Petitioner
Resulting from Prohibiting Significant
Deterioration of Air Quality Either do
not Exist or can be Overcome

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TABLE OF CITATIONS—Continued

Page

Silver v. New York Stock Exchange, 363 U.S. 341
(1963)

Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
Territory of Hawaii v. Manichi, 198 U.S. 197
(1903)

Thorpe v. Housing Authority, 393 U.S. 268
(1969)

Udall v. Tallman, 380 U.S. 1 (1965)

United States v. American Trucking Ass'n, Inc.,
310 U.S. 534 (1940)

United States v. Borden Co., 308 U.S. 188 (1939)..
United States v. Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, 335 U.S. 105 (1948).

United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
United States v. Guaranty Trust Co., 280 U.S. 478
(1930)

United States v. Katz, 271 U.S. 354 (1926)

United States v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 278 U.S.
269 (1929)

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36, 37

19, 37

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18, 19

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United States v. Public Utilities Commission, 315
U.S. 295 (1953)

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United States v. Republic Steel Corp., 362 U.S. 482
(1970)

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United States v. Temple, 108 U.S. 97 (1881) ...
United States v. Zucca, 351 U.S. 91 (1956)

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42 U.S.C. 1857c-4

68, 69, 95, 107 23, 29, 42, 49, 54, 56, 60, 61, 85, 89

42 U.S.C. 1857c-53, 6, 7, 29, 43, 50, 53, 54, 55, 60, 62, 89

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