National
Senate passes new clean air bill
By H. |ost*l Hebert
Assoc iated Press
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Sendte ovetwhelniinglv <i|>
proved sweeping .111 pollution
controls on .uitoniobiles. facto
ries and power plunts I'uesd.w
otter .1 decade ol struggle mei
whether to strengthen feder.tl
i lean air laws
1’ri‘suient Hush, speaking in
Indianapolis in advam e ot Sen
ate action. ( ailed it a historic
vote" that would after t gener
ations to <.nine as ue work to
build a i leaner, s.tler Ameii
ca
After the vote, presidential
spokesman Marlin I it/water
said. "We re pleased and we ll
work for passage in the
I louse "
Senate approval shifted the
clean air debate to the House
where a similar bill is being
written b\ the Knergy and Horn
merce Committee Kep |ohn
Hingell. I) Mich.. the panel s
r llairtnan, sairl he plans to have
the committee vote bv week's
end and exper ts floor at tion
next month
Ififferent es in the Senate and
House measures wilt then still
have to be worked out
The t lean air lulls before
Congress represent the lust at
tempt to strengthen federal air
pollution laws in !.! veals dr
spite widespread agreement
among environmentalists and
feder.tl regulators that the to o
I lean Ait \i I has la I let I to I if I
t it les ol rl III \ .ill I he law w as
last amended in l‘l '
About 150 million people
breathe dirt\ an in more than
100 cities from I ,ewiston
Maine, to bos Angeles, accord
mg to government figures In
addition, industrial plants ie
lease an estimated ’ billion
pounds of luxe chemir els in
r hiding carcinogens, into the
air eat h year and at id rain pul
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Northeast and mid Atlanta
states
1 hr Srnatr legislation
which would impose sweeping
pollution i ontrols on industrial
plants, aulomolulrs and c.oal
burning rln Irii pi>w rr plants
Is designed to rasr those prill)
Inns
Among its hr v provisions
are
• Tighlei automobile tailpipe
emission i ontrols requiring
new i ars run t leaner and re
dure smog a ausing pollutants
( leaner fuels would be re
quired lor Heels and nutomo
biles toward the end ol the dri
adr 111 the most polluted i itlrs
• A red in turn in sultur dio\
ide emissions Irom eoal burn
ing utility plants In in million
tons a \e.u i orbing arid ram
• Red in lions through the in
st,illation ol the best available
t ontrol technology ol tuxii
chemical releases In industry
mi I ml mi; controls on about
2tHI chrmir als linked to i am rt
nervous disorders and birth dr
let ts
The bill would require stall's
to implement spei du pollution
i ontrol plans to i lean up urban
smog and establish ilK lenient,d
requirements to i ill pollution
In .1 to ) peri enl a veal until
federal an quality standards are
at bunciI
The timetable for ( leaning
the ait of urban smog ranges
Irom live veai s to I S y ears tot
most i d I he nat ion's i it ies Hr
i arise ot the sin erity ot its proh
lern. I .os Angeles is given 20
years
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Various estimates have
placed the total i osl to the
et onolin at more than S i I till
lion a yeai. although induslrv
lobbyist have said the expense
could he lligllel
Senate leaders and the Hush
administr.it ion worked out a
compromise alter three weeks
ol closed dool negotiations in
the hope ol blunting strong re
gional opposition to some parts
of the hill and opposition hum
senators concerned about the
ettei t ol the toughet i ontrols on
various segments ol indiisliv
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