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<br />1'.', . -'In 'North America we have reached a critical stage in the pollution
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<br />We have learned that the emission of carbon dioxidcand particulate
<br />matter from our vast p0l1er Generating capacity --- both j,neluntrial
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<br />air which supports all life on this planet,
<br />"This Congress of the United states. has in recent years addres8~d
<br />"itself to these probl~ns. In 1965 we enacted the Water Quality
<br />Standards Act, followed the next year by the Clean Waters Restoration
<br />Act of 1966. Together, 'these t>m laws re'luired the establishment
<br />of;\'a~e~' Q~~lity Standards o~ all interstate streruns and authorized
<br />a 3.4 billion dollar program of federal grants for se\'lage treatment
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<br />hnd the Subcommittee on Air and .Vlater Pollution is presently
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<br />In 1963, we enacted the Clean Air Act, amending it in 1965
<br />\1i th the ,Solid Waste Disposal Act, and t\'lO years later pa.ssed' the
<br />basic legislation in the field of air pollution, the Air Quality,
<br />Act, of 1967. These measures also we have found to be inadequate
<br />to cope \'lith the rapidly mounting pollution problems of. our highly
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<br />The subco.mm....i. ttee,-has '.,
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