May 5, 1975
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CLEAN AIR HEARINGS
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution of the Committee on Public Works has just completed 9 days of hearings on the implementation of the Clean Air Act.
As I said in announcing our first set of hearings, the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution has committed itself to a thorough review of the act's requirements this year. We must also extend the funding authority this year, and consider amendments which have been proposed by the administration and Members of Congress.
In order to judge fairly the merits of pending proposals, we have undertaken to assess the problems and progress which have occurred as a result of the implementation of the Clean Air Act. Hearings have already been held to examine title I issues, including the health basis of the air quality standards, stationary source control options, nondegradation, transportation controls and land use planning, enforcement options and Federal preemption issues.
We have scheduled 5 days of hearings, beginning on May 13, to consider issues related to the control of mobile source pollution. We will continue with the issue-oriented panel format used in the previous hearings, which provided valuable exposition of specific issues with which the Congress must deal. The schedule is as follows:
TITLE II – MOBILE SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL
May 13: Health Effects of Auto Related Pollutants;
May 14: Alternative Engine and Emission Control Systems;
May 15: Compliance with Statutory Auto Emission Standards;
May 20: Alternative Automobile Control Strategies and Timetables;
May 21: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. each morning in room 4200 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, except on May 20 and 21, when they will be held in room 6226 of the Dirksen Building.
All interested parties are encouraged to submit statements for the record which address the above issues. The hearing record will remain open until June 15, 1975.