STATEMENTS Page A. & C. Auto Wrecking: Telegram dated June 15, 1966. Adlen, Sam, AAdlen Bros. Auto Wrecking, Los Angeles, Calif Blasingame, F. J. L., executive vice president, American Medical Associa- Blue, David S., president, Louisville Scrap Material Co., Inc. 381 -380, 404 351 105 Dorl, Francis J. L., Dorl System of Stone Protection: Letter dated June Cousins, Norman, chairman, Task Force on Air Pollution of the Mayor of New York City and editor, Saturday Review... 402 Douglas, Hon. Paul H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois. Douglas, Philip A., executive secretary, Sport Fishing Institute: Letter 378 Dumas, W. W., president, National Association of Counties. 230 Fuller, Louis J., air pollution control officer, Air Pollution Control District, Gammelgard, P. N., director, Committee for Air and Water Conservation, Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Dean Coston, Deputy Undersecretary, Donald Simpson, Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Philip R. Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs__ Gilbertson, Wesley E., Chief, Office of Solid Waste, Public Health Service, Gunther, John F., executive director, United States Conference of Mayors Hardy, Dr. Harriet, assistant medical director, Occupational Medical Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hibbard, Dr. Walter R., Jr., Director of the Bureau of Mines, U.S. De- Kehoe, Dr. Robert A., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 399 243 344 138 Kelleher, Leo J., national director, Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel, Inc.: 379 Kilmer, Glen, Oregon Wreckers Association: Telegram dated June 15, 381 Mazzocchi, Anthony, director, Citizenship Legislative Department, Oil, 228 153 Michaels, Ralph, president, Association of American Railroad Car Dis- 367 Morris, Raymond E., managing director, National Auto & Truck Wreckers 378 Murphy, Hon. George, a U.S. Senator from the State of California- 371 367 104 Patten, James B., administrative assistant, Office of the Governor, State of 308, 415 Patterson, Dr. Clair C., Ph. D., California Institute of Technology. Piper, Eldon, Montana Dismantlers Association: Letter dated June 16, 381 Radin, Alex, general manager, American Public Power Association. Schwartz, Benjamin, executive consultant, National Federation of Inde- Stebbins, Ernest L., M.D., president, American Public Health Association Stewart, Hon. William H., Surgeon General of the United States; accom- panied by Dr. Richard Prindle, Chief, Division of Public Health Methods, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Educa- tion, and Welfare; and Dr. Edward Blomquist, Assistant Chief, Division Story, William S., executive vice president, Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel _ _ Wormser, Felix E., consultant and former president, Lead Industries Association, Inc., New York, N. Y.. Wright, Frank P., Frank P. Wright & Associates: Letter dated June 17, 353 148, 375 376 ORGANIZATIONS Los Angeles (Calif.) County Board of Supervisors- Association of American Railroad Car Dismantlers_ Frank P. Wright & Associates__ Hugo Neu Corp. of New York City. Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel, Inc.. Lead Industries Association, Inc... Louisville Scrap Material Co., Inc. Montana Dismantlers Association. National Association of Counties. AIR POLLUTION-1966 TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1966 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER POLLUTION The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 4200, Senate Office Building, Senator Edmund S. Muskie (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Muskie, Randolph, Harris, and Boggs. Senator MUSKIE. The committee will be in order. Today we are starting hearings on S. 3112 which amends the Clean Air Act, S. 3400 which relates to the disposition of junked automobiles and the question of atmospheric contamination from lead and other substances. S. 3112 has two principal features: First, it increases the authorization for air pollution activities by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to $46 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and authorizes such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1973. Second, the legislation would permit 50-50 matching grants to State and local air pollution control agencies and three-fifths matching grants to inter-municipal and interstate agencies for maintaining control and abatement programs. These new grants are in addition to the existing two-thirds matching grants to air pollution control agencies and three-fourths matching grants to intermunicipal and interstate agencies for developing, establishing, or improving such programs. The provision for matching grants to maintain air pollution control and abatement programs corrects a hardship which the Clean Air Act, by omitting such grants, unintentionally worked on communities and regions. S. 3400 introduced by our distinguished colleague, Senator Paul Douglas, of Illinois, authorizes funds to carry out a program of disposal of junked motor vehicles. I will not dwell on an explanation of this legislation because I know the subcommittee will receive a more than adequate discussion from Senator Douglas. Also the subcommittee is taking the opportunity during these hearings to explore the question of environmental contamination from lead and other materials. During the 2 days of hearings in this subject, the subcommittee will hear from representatives of the Public Health Service, industries, and the academic community. It is hoped that the information received from these witnesses will indicate whether or not a problem of air pollution exists relative to lead and other materials finding their way into the atmosphere. If the information provided tomorrow and Thursday does in fact show that there is a problem, the committee then hopes to determine the scope of that problem and what methods might be undertaken to assure protection of the public health and safety. Finally, the subcommittee will hear from representatives of the Bureau of Mines and the American Petroleum Institute regarding a recently announced agreement whereby the Bureau will test, for the American Petroleum Institute, various lead-free gasoline mixtures. A press release announcing the arrangement noted that lead is toxic. The toxicity of lead is common knowledge, but the question here must be whether there are sufficient amounts in the air environment to create a hazard to public health, and if so, would the elimination of lead from gasoline provide a means of curtailing the emission of lead into the atmosphere. I am sure these hearings will provide the subcommitee with the information necessary for it to properly consider the legislation pending before us. I will now place copies of S. 3112 and S. 3400 in the record at this point. (The bills referred to follow :) [S. 3112, 89th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act so as to authorize grants to air pollution control agencies for maintenance of air pollution control programs in addition to present authority for grants to develop, establish, or improve such programs; make the use of appropriations under the Act more flexible by consolidating the appropriation authorizations under the Act and deleting the provision limiting the total of grants for support of air pollution control programs to 20 per centum of the total appropriation for any year; extend the duration of the programs authorized by the Act; and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1966". CONSOLIDATION OF APPROPRIATION CEILINGS SEC. 2. (a) Section 306 of the Clean Air Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 306. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, $46,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1973." (b) Section 209 of such Act is hereby repealed. AUTHORIZATION OF MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND REMOVAL OF 20 PER CENTUM CEILING SEC. 3. (a) (1) Subsection (a) of section 104 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857c (a)) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to air pollution control agencies in an amount up to two-thirds of the cost of developing, establishing, or improving, and grants to such agencies up to one-half of the cost of maintaining, programs for the prevention and control of air pollution: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to make grants to intermunicipal or interstate air pollution control agencies (described in section 302(b) (2) and (4)) in an amount up to three-fourths of the cost of developing, establishing, or improving, and up to three-fifths of the cost of maintaining, regional air pollution control programs. As used in this subsection, the term 'regional air pollution control program' means a program for the prevention and control of air pollution in an area that includes the areas of two or more municipalities, whether in the same or different States." (2) Subsection (b) of such section 104 is amended by striking out "under" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "for the purposes of", and by inserting in the third sentence the word "control" after "air pollution". |