42 U.S.C. § 7430 — Emission factors
submitted 71 years ago by Pub. L. 101-549 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 155 words · no verdicts yet
The EPA must check its methods for estimating certain air pollutants. It must update them at least every 3 years. These methods estimate carbon monoxide, VOC, and nitrogen oxide emissions. The EPA must also create methods where none exist yet. People may propose better techniques, and the EPA can approve them after public comment.
Within 6 months after November 15, 1990, and at least every 3 years after that, the EPA Administrator* must review the methods used to estimate emissions of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and oxides of nitrogen. These methods are called "emission factors." They cover emissions from all kinds of sources, including area sources and mobile sources like cars. If a method needs fixing, the Administrator must revise it.
The Administrator must also establish emission factors for any sources that don't have them yet.
Anyone can propose an improved way to estimate emissions. If the Administrator approves the new technique — which can only happen after the public has a chance to weigh in — the Administrator must authorize people to use it.
Until the Administrator finishes any required revision under this section, nothing in this section affects the validity of the emission factors that existed before November 15, 1990.
Within 6 months after November 15, 1990, and at least every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator* shall review and, if necessary, revise, the methods (“emission factors”) used for purposes of this chapter to estimate the quantity of emissions of carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and oxides of nitrogen from sources of such air pollutants (including area sources and mobile sources). In addition, the Administrator shall establish emission factors for sources for which no such methods have previously been established by the Administrator. The Administrator shall permit any person* to demonstrate improved emissions estimating techniques, and following approval of such techniques, the Administrator shall authorize the use of such techniques. Any such technique may be approved only after appropriate public participation. Until the Administrator has completed the revision required by this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the validity of emission factors established by the Administrator before November 15, 1990.
Source credit: (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 130, as added Pub. L. 101–549, title VIII, § 804, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2689.)
- 1955Enacted · Pub. L. 101-549 · 104 Stat. 2689
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