PCAP - Presidential Climate Action Project

(b) DeclarationThe purposes of this subchapter are—(1) to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation’s air resources so as topromote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of itspopulation;(2) to initiate and accelerate a national research and development programto achieve the prevention and control of air pollution;(3) to provide technical and financial assistance to State and localgovernments in connection with the development and execution of theirair pollution prevention and control programs; and(4) to encourage and assist the development and operation of regional airpollution prevention and control programs.(c) Pollution preventionA primary goal of this chapter is to encourage or otherwise promotereasonable Federal, State, and local governmental actions, consistent withthe provisions of this chapter, for pollution prevention. 321National Energy Policy Act (NEPA), Chapter 55 of Title 42. 322NEPA is the subject matter of Proposal C-4. Part (b) of the congressional declaration, which isalso relevant here, is quoted in full in that proposal.Congressional declaration of purpose: “To declare a national policy which will encourageproductive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts whichwill prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health andwelfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resourcesimportant to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.” 323Policy declaration as to pollution prevention generally. 324“The Congress hereby declares it to be the national policy of the United States that pollutionshould be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible; pollution that cannot beprevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner, whenever feasible; pollutionthat cannot be prevented or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner321 42 U.S.C. § 7401.322 Id. at §§ 4321-4370f.323 Id. at. § 4321(a).324 Id. at. § 13103.CEES 86 | P age