|
|
|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 7470. Congressional declaration of purpose
The purposes of this part are as follows:
(1) to protect public health and welfare from any actual or
potential adverse effect which in the Administrator's judgment
may reasonably be anticipate )1(! to occur from air pollution or
from exposures to pollutants in other media, which pollutants
originate as emissions to the ambient air) )2(!, notwithstanding
attainment and maintenance of all national ambient air quality
standards;
(2) to preserve, protect, and enhance the air quality in
national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments,
national seashores, and other areas of special national or
regional natural, recreational, scenic, or historic value;
(3) to insure that economic growth will occur in a manner
consistent with the preservation of existing clean air resources;
(4) to assure that emissions from any source in any State will
not interfere with any portion of the applicable implementation
plan to prevent significant deterioration of air quality for any
other State; and
(5) to assure that any decision to permit increased air
pollution in any area to which this section applies is made only
after careful evaluation of all the consequences of such a
decision and after adequate procedural opportunities for informed
public participation in the decisionmaking process.
|
|