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PUBLIC LAW 91-604-DEC. 31, 1970 EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
"SEC. 112. (a) For purposes of this section— "(1) The term 'hazardous air pollutant' means an air pollutant to which no ambient air quality standard is applicable and which in the judgment of the Administrator ma^ cause, or contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase m serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness. "(2) The term 'new source' means a stationary source the construction or modification of which is commenced after the Administrator proposes regulations under this section establishing an emission standard which will be applicable to such source. "(3) The terms 'stationary source', 'modification', 'owner or operator' and 'existing source' shall have the same meaning as such terms have under section 111(a). " (b)(1)(A) The Administrator shall, within 90 days after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Amendments of 1970, publish (and shall from time to time thereafter revise) a list which includes each hazardous air pollutant for which he intends to establish an emission standard under this section. " (B) Within 180 days after the inclusion of any air pollutant in such list, the Administrator shall publish proposed regulations establishing emission standards for such pollutant together with a notice of a public hearing within thirty days. Not later than 180 days after such publication, the Administrator shall prescribe an emission standard for such pollutant, unless he finds, on the basis of information presented at such hearings, that such pollutant clearly is not a hazardous air pollutant. The Administrator shall establish any such standard at the level which in his judgment provides an ample margin of safety to protect the public health from such hazardous air pollutant. " (C) Any emission standard established pursuant to this section shall become effective upon promulgation. "(2) The Administrator shall, from time to time, issue information on pollution control techniques for air pollutants subject to the provisions of this section. "(c)(1) After the effective date of any emission standard under this section— " (A) no person may construct any new source or modify any existing source which, in the Administrator's judgment, will emit an air pollutant to which such standard applies unless the Administrator finds that such source if properly operated will not cause emissions in violation of such standard, and " (B) no air pollutant to which such standard applies may be emitted from any stationary source in violation of such standard, except that in the case of an existing source— " (i) such standard shall not apply until 90 days after its effective date, and "(ii) the Administrator may grant a waiver permitting such source a period of up to two years after the effective date of a standard to comply with the standard, if he finds that such period is necessary for the installation of controls and that steps will be taken during the period of the waiver to assure that the health of persons will be protected from imminent endangerment. "(2) The President may exempt any stationary source from comj:>liance with paragraph (1) for a period of not more than two years if he finds that the technology to implement such standards is not available and the operation of such source is required for reasons of national security. An exemption under this paragraph may be extended
Definitions.
Ante, p. 16821. L i s t, publication.
Proposed regul a t i o n s; hearing;.
Presidential exemption.
Extension.
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