the prevention and control of air pollution, such other agency; or (4) An agency of two or more municipalities located in the same State or in different States and having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution. (c) The term "interstate air pollution control agency" means (1) an air pollution control agency established by two or more States, or (2) an air pollution control agency of two or more municipalities located in different States. (d) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. (e) The term "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, and political subdivision of a State. (f) The term "municipality" means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law. (g) All language referring to adverse effects on welfare shall include but not be limited to injury to agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and the deterioration of property, and hazards to transportation. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED SEC. 303. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Act shall not be construed as superseding or limiting the authorities and responsibilities, under any other provision of law, of the Secretary or any other Federal officer, department, or agency. (b) No appropriation shall be authorized or made under section 301, 311, or 314 (c) of the Public Health Service Act for any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, for any purpose for which appropriations may be made under authority of this Act. RECORDS AND AUDIT SEC. 304. (a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. (b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examinations to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the grants received under this Act. SEPARABILITY SEC. 305. If any provision of this Act, or the application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby. APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 306.8 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out title I not to exceed $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and not to exceed $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967. SHORT TITLE SEC. 307. This Act may be cited as the "Clean Air Act." 8 Sec. 306 amended by sec. 101 of P.L. 89-272. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT [PUBLIC LAW 89-272-89TH CONGRESS, S. 306, APPROVED OCTOBER 20, 1965] AN ACT To authorize a research and development program with respect to solid-waste disposal, and for other purposes. 1 TITLE II-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL 1 SHORT TITLE Disposal Act SEC. 201. This title (hereinafter referred to as "this Solid Waste Act") may be cited as the "Solid Waste Disposal Act". FINDINGS AND PURPOSES SEC. 202. (a) The Congress finds (1) that the continuing technological progress and improvement in methods of manufacture, packaging, and marketing of consumer products has resulted in an ever-mounting increase, and in a change in the characteristics, of the mass of material discarded by the purchaser of such products; (2) that the economic and population growth of our Nation, and the improvements in the standard of living enjoyed by our population, have required increased industrial production to meet our needs, and have made necessary the demolition of old buildings, the construction of new buildings, and the provision of highways and other avenues of transportation, which, together with related industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, have resulted in a rising tide of scrap, discarded, and waste materials; (3) that the continuing concentration of our population in expanding metropolitan and other urban areas has presented these communities with serious financial, managament, intergovernmental, and technical problems in the disposal of solid wastes resulting from the industrial, commercial, domestic, and other activities carried on in such areas; (4) that inefficient and improper methods of disposal of solid wastes result in scenic blights, create serious hazards to the public health, including pollu 1 Title I of P.L. 89-272 amended the Clean Air Act. |