“The Clean Air Act - What’s Happening?”

Abstract

The Seventh Government Affairs Seminar conducted by the Air Pollution Control Association was held in Washington D.C. on March 21-22, 1979. The APCA Government Affairs Committee of which Samuel Booras is Chairman conducted this meeting. Terrence A. LiPuma was General Chairman of the Seminar Committee. The Steering Committee for the meeting included: William H. Axtman, D. Kent Berry, William C. Chapman, Roy S. Denham, Raymond W. Durante, Richard Grundy, W. G. Hamlin, Gale Hoffnagle, Phil Marinovich, W. B. Marx, William H. Megonnel, Joseph Mullan, Sidney R. Orem, and Roger Strelow. The Chairman of the Facilities Committee was Jerry Pell. The seminar was conducted in four sessions. The first session, entitled “Energy, Economics and the Environment,” was opened by the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Alfred Kahn, Chairman of the President’s Council on Wage and Price Stability. (Dr. Kahn’s remarks were summarized in the May JAPCA.) Richard W. Boubel, President of APCA, served as Moderator for this session. The three panel speakers addressed the solutions to potential conflicts among the nation’s energy, economic and environmental goals. Dave Stockman (R, Mich.), U.S. House of Representatives, was the luncheon speaker for this seminar. He took as his subject the Seminar theme—“The Clean Air Act—What’s Happening?” Helen A. Kahn, Reporter for Automotive News, Washington, D.C, was the Moderator for Session IIA—“Impact of the 1977 Amendments on Mobile Sources.“ The subject was discussed by an EPA official, an industry executive, and a state official. Session IIB, “Impact of the 1977 Amendments on New Sources,” was moderated by John J. O’Connor, Editor in Chief, Power, New York. Revised NSPS for power plants, PSD, and nonattainment/emissions offset provisions were considered by representatives from EPA, a utility, and an environmentalist. Harry H. Hovey, Jr., NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, was the moderator of Session III—“State Implementation Plans.” The progress being made by the states in preparing SIPs which must be approved by June 30, 1979 was discussed. In this report condensed versions of the prepared remarks of the participants are presented. A more extensive summary of the meeting which includes the Moderators’ remarks and the floor discussion is available in the Proceedings of the Seventh APCA Government Affairs Seminar which can be obtained from APCA headquarters.