(Air Quality Act)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

AIR AND WATER POLLUTION.

U.S. Congress. Senate, OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 780

AND RELATED MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION

77-515 O

WASHINGTON, D.C.

APRIL 19, MAY 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, AND 10, 1967

PART 3

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1967

BONGRESSIONAL

RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director
BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority)
RICHARD E. GERRISH, Minority Clerk

JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, J. B. HUYETT, JR., M. Barry MEYER, and RICHARD D. Grundy, Professional Staff Members

CONTENTS

(Complete index of witnesses and organizations appears at the end of Part 4)

Dr. William H. Stewart, Surgeon General of the United States, accom-

panied by Dr. John Middleton, Vernon MacKenzie, and S. Smith

Griswold.

WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 2, 1967

Hon. Joseph S. Clark, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Doris W. Dealaman, chosen freeholder, Somerset County, N.J.,

appearing for the National Association of Counties, accompanied by

Mrs. Aliceann Fritschler, director of research; and C. D. Ward,

general counsel...

Jack O'Fallon, director of building inspection for Denver, Colo.; appearing

for the National League of Cities...

WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 3, 1967

Hon. Frank E. Moss, a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah..

Hon. John Dempsey, Governor of Connecticut, testifying for the National

Governors Conference, accompanied by Charles F. Schwan, Jr., director,

Washington office, Council of State Governments; and Charles A. Byrley,

director, National Governors Conference..

Robert A. Low, councilman, Fourth District, Manhattan, New York City.

James Doherty, legislative representative, accompanied by George Taylor,

staff economist, Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO, Washington,

D.C..

Robert A. Djerejian, R.A., AIA, vice chairman, Committee on the Natural

Environment, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Archi-

tects, accompanied by Olindo Grossi, Dean, School of Architecture, direc-

tor of environmental research, Pratt Institute, New York...

WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 4, 1967

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Hon. Bob Eckhardt, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.

Dr. Spencer Smith, secretary of the Citizens Committee on Natural Re-

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Louis S. Clapper, chief of conservation education, National Wildlife Fed-

eration...

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WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 8, 1967

Thomas C. Mann, president, Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.,

accompanied by B. W. Bogan and Dr. Fred W. Bowditch..

Jerome Wilkenfeld, Manufacturing Chemists Association, accompanied by

George T. Scriba, chairman of the legislation subcommittee...

Fred Tucker, manager of pollution control and services, National Steel

Corp., accompanied by K. G. Jackson, corporation counsel

J. O. Julson, Air and Water Resources Committee, American Paper Insti-

tute, accompanied by George Boyd, counsel__

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WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 9, 1967

Hon. Melvin Price, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois.

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Hon. Richard J. Daley, mayor, Chicago, Ill., in behalf of the U.S. Con-

ference of Mayors, accompanied by William J. Stanley and Robert

Walter...

P. N. Gammelgard, vice president, conservation and manufacturing,

American Petroleum Institute, accompanied by Paul Bermingham,

chairman, Committee on Laws and Regulations for Air and Water

Conservation_..

Joseph E. Moody, president of the National Coal Policy Conference-

Steven Dunn, National Coal Association --

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W. A. Boyle, president, United Mine Workers, presented by Edward Carey,

general counsel...

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W. V. Hartman, vice president, Peabody Coal Co.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 10, 1967

G. N. Stone and A. J. Clarke, Central Electricity Generating Board,

London, England..

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John S. Harrison, executive vice president, Aluminum Co. of America,

accompanied by Frank L. Seamans

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Curtis Hutchens, chairman, Dead River Co., representing the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Dr. Loren V. Foreman and

James Watt..

Robert S. Cramer, staff specialist, air and water conservation, Standard

Oil Co. of California, accompanied by Daniel W. Cannon.

J. Allen Overton, Jr., executive vice president, American Mining Congress,

accompanied by Joseph D. Coons, consulting engineer, and Vincent E.

Wessels, vice president research, Ideal Cement Co..

Calvin Lieberman, President, Ace Steel Baling, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, repre-

senting the Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel, Inc..

Blueprint for Cleaner Air-Council of the City of New York..

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British experience with tall stacks for air pollution control on large fossil-

fueled powerplants--

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Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago relating to air pollution

control.

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Chicago's program with the steel industry-

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City of Chicago Air Quality Telemetering System, by Sameul G. Booras..

Community Action Guide for Public Officials: Air Pollution Control....

Current status and future prospects-pulp mill air pollution control.

Current status report-State and local air pollution control programs,

May 1967

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Financial assistance for the construction of air pollution control facilities__

Illinois-Indiana Air Pollution Control Compact...

Interstate air pollution effects network...

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Listing of the 20 areas with the most severe air pollution problems among

the 65 standard metropolitan statistical areas having an industrial

population of 40,000 or more..

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Local laws of the city of New York for the year 1966

Mid-Atlantic States Air Pollution Control Compact...

Ohio-West Virginia Air Pollution Control Compact..

Planning and implementing Chicago's package programs.

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Prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution from Federal Govern-

ment activities: Performance standards and techniques of measurement

Report on Commonwealth Edison Co.'s air pollution control program, to

the city of Chicago's Department of Air Pollution Control..

Ruberoid promises air pollution curb...

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Some Chemical Aspects of Kraft Odor Control, by Irwin B. Douglass-

Special report to Mayor John V. Lindsay..

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Sulfur content of U.S. coals....

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Summary of conference on interstate air pollution in the Shoreham, Vt.-
Ticonderoga, N. Y., area...

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Summary of 1964-65 air quality measurements..

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Union Carbide opens world's largest phenol unit near Bound Brook, N.J..
Utah State Department of Health-Developments in the field of air pollu-
tion subsequent to 1962__.

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STATEMENTS

Andreas, Perry W., president, National Portland Cement Co., White Plains,

N.Y.: Letter dated May 27, 1967..

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Asrael, Stanley J., president, National Federation of Independent Scrap

Yard Dealers, Inc...

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Babson, Frederick A., president, Metropolitan Washington Council of

Governments: Letter dated April 24, 1967_

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Bayh, Hon. Birch E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana.

Bergren, Orville V., Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, Ill

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, American Fed-

eration of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Blasingame, Dr. F. J. L., American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.:

Letter dated May 15, 1967...

Bloomfield, Bernard D., assistant chief, Division of Occupational Health,

Michigan Department of Public Health: Letter dated April 12, 1967...

Boyd, James, president, Copper Range Co., New York, N.Y.

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Boyle, W. A., president, United Mine Workers of America, presented by

Edward Carey, general counsel.

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Burnett, Coy, president, Monolith Portland Cement Co., Los Angeles,

Calif.: Letter dated May 22, 1967.......

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Burt, Robert E., director, Air and Water Resources Department, California

Manufacturers Association..

Clapper, Louis S., chief, conservation education, National Wildlife Federa-

tion

Clark, Hon. Joseph S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania...

Coons, Joseph D., consulting engineer, American Mining Congress

Cramer, Robert S., staff specialist air and water conservation, Standard

Oil Co. of California, representing the National Association of Manu-

facturers, accompanied by Daniel W. Cannon__

Daley, Hon. Richard J., mayor, Chicago, Ill., in behalf of the U.S. Con-

ference of Mayors; accompanied by William J. Stanley, director, Chicago

Department of Air Pollution Control; and Robert Walter, conference

staff..

Dealaman, Mrs. Doris W., chosen freeholder, National Association of

Counties, accompanied by Mrs. Aliceann Fritschler, director of research,

and C. D. Ward, general counsel..

Dempsey, Hon. John, Governor of Connecticut, on behalf of the National

Governors' Conference, accompanied by Charles F. Schwan, Jr., director,

Washington office, Council of State Governments; and Charles A. Byrley,

director, National Governors' Conference...

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Djerejian, Robert A., RA, AIA, vice chairman, Committee on the Natural

Environment, New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects;

accompanied by Olindo Grossi, dean, School of Architecture, director of

environmental research, Pratt Institute, New York...

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