Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/821

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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-95—AUG. 7, 1977 hour and twenty-four-hour increments, (i) affect the location and size of major emitting facilities, and (ii) whether such effects are in conflict or consonance with other national policies regarding the development of such facilities; "(C) whether the technology is available to control emissions from the major emitting facilities which are subject to regulation under part C, including an analysis of the costs associated with that technology; "(D) whether the exclusion of nonmajor emitting sources from the regulatory framework under this Act will affect the protection of air quality in class I and class II regions designated under this Act; " (E) whether the increments of change of air quality under this Act are appropriate to prevent significant deterioration of air quality in class I and class II regions designated under part C of title I; " (F) whether the choice of predictive air quality models and the assumptions of those models are appropriate to protect air quality in the class I and class II regions designated under part C of title I for the pollutants subject to regulation under part C; and "(G) the effects of such provisions on employment, energy, the economy (including State and local), the relationship of such policy to the protection of the public health and welfare as well as other national priorities such as economic growth and national defense, and its other social and environmental effects. "(c) The Commission shall, as a part of any study conducted under subsection (b)(2) of this section, specifically identify any loss or irretrievable commitment of resources (taking into account feasibility), including mineral, agricultural and water resources, as well as land surface-use resources.

  • '(d) Such Commission shall be composed of eleven members,

including the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Public Works and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (or delegates of such chairmen or member appointed by them from among representatives of such committees) and seven members of the public appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The chairman of the Commission shall be elected from among the members thereof. Not more than one-third of the members of the Commission may have any interest in any business or activity regulated under this Act. "(e) The heads of the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this section, and shall furnish to the Commission such information as the Commission deems necessary to carry out this section. "(f) A report, together with any appropriate recommendations, shall be submitted to the Congress on the results of the investigation and study concerning subsection (a)(3) of this section no later than March 1, 1978, and the results of the investigation and study concerning subsection (b)(2) of this section no later than two years after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. A report, together with any appropriate recommendations, shall be submitted to the Congress on the I'esults of the investigation and study concerning paragraphs (3) and (8) of subsection (a) of this section no later than

91 STAT. 787

Ante, p. 731.

Members, appointment and confirmation.

Chairman.

Executive branch, cooperation.

Report, submittal to Congress.