42 USC 7620 – Standardized air quality modeling
(a) Conferences
Not later than six months after August 7, 1977, and at least every three years thereafter, the Administrator shall conduct a conference on air quality modeling. In conducting such conference, special attention shall be given to appropriate modeling necessary for carrying out part C of subchapter I (relating to prevention of significant deterioration of air quality).
(b) Conferees
Terms Used In 42 USC 7620
- Administrator: means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. See 42 USC 7602
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. See 42 USC 7602
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
The conference conducted under this section shall provide for participation by the National Academy of Sciences, representatives of State and local air pollution control agencies, and appropriate Federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation; 1 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(c) Comments; transcripts
Interested persons shall be permitted to submit written comments and a verbatim transcript of the conference proceedings shall be maintained.
(d) Promulgation and revision of regulations relating to air quality modeling
The comments submitted and the transcript maintained pursuant to subsection (c) shall be included in the docket required to be established for purposes of promulgating or revising any regulation relating to air quality modeling under part C of subchapter I.