Air Pollution Control: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2347 [and Others] May 19 and June 24, 1959U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 88 pages Considers H.R. 2347 and related H.R. 3183, H.R. 3730, H.R. 4466, H.R. 7476, and S. 441, to extend the Federal Air Pollution Control Act to authorize Federal grants for air pollution abatement research programs. |
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Page 84 - Committee is hereby exempted, with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99) , except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Page 83 - Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USO 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 4 - Congress recently recognized the importance and legitimacy of such a purpose, when in 1955 it provided: "[I]n recognition of the dangers to the public health and welfare, injury to agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to air and ground transportation, from air pollution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to preserve and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States and local governments in controlling air pollution...
Page 5 - It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Congress that any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any building, installation, or other property shall, insofar as practicable and consistent with the interests of the United States and within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and with any...
Page 4 - Act; (2) An agency established by two or more States and having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution; (3) A city, county, or other local government health authority, or...
Page 4 - ... the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution, to support and aid technical research relating to the prevention and control of water pollution...
Page 83 - Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, composed of the Administrator or his designee, who shall be Chairman, and nine members appointed by the President, none of whom shall be Federal officers or employees. The appointed members, having due regard for the purposes of this Act, shall be selected from among representatives of various State, interstate, and local governmental agencies, of public or private interests contributing to, affected by, or concerned with...
Page 4 - ... (3) conduct investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control agency with a view to recommending a solution...
Page 4 - Public Health Service, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare...
Page 73 - AN ACT To provide research and technical assistance relating to air pollution control.