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PUBLIC LAW 89-675-OCT. 15, 1966
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Public Law 89-675 October 15, 1966 l^^-3^^^]
Clean Air Act Amendments of
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^^ ACT To amend the Clean Air Act so a s to authorize g r a n t s to air pollution control agencies for maintenance of a i r pollution control programs in addition to present authority for g r a n t s to develop, establish, or improve such program s; 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 g r a n t s 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 ^^'^'^^^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1966". CONSOLIDATION OF APPROPRIATION CEILINGS
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^^^- ^- (^) Section 306 of the Clean Air Act is amended to read
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"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, $66,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $74,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969." ^^^ Section 209 of such Act is hereby repealed.
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42 USC 1857h.
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 in an amount 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 in the next to the last sentence by inserting a comma after the word "funds" and adding "for other than non-recurrent expenditures," and in the same sentence after the word "pollution", the word "control". Such next to the last sentence is further amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: "; and no agency shall receive any grant under this section with respect to the maintenance of a program for the prevention and control of air pollution unless the Secretary is satisfied that such grant will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would in the absence of such grant be made available for the maintenance of such program, and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds". (b) Subsection (c) of such section 104 is amended to read as follows: "(c) Not more than I21/2 per centum of the total of funds appropri-
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