§ 7423. Stack heights

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1977

   Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977

   Pub. L. 95–95 title I § 121 · 91 Stat. 685

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7423

   (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 95–95, title I, § 121, Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 721.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 95–95, title I, § 121, Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 721.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 121. stack heights Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: “Sec. 123. “stack heights (a) The degree of emission limitation required for control 42 USC 7423. of any air pollutant under an applicable implementation plan under this title shall not be affected in any manner by— “(1) so much of the stack height of any source as exceeds good engineering practice (as determined under regulations promulgated by the Administrator), or “(2) any other dispersion technique. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to stack heights in existence before the date of enactment of the Clean Air Amendments of 1970 or dispersion techniques implemented before such date. In 42 USC 7401 note. Ante, p. 711. establishing an emission limitation for coal-fired steam electric generating units which are subject to the provisions of section 118 and which commenced operation before July 1, 1957, the effect of the entire stack height of stacks for which a construction contract was awarded before February 8, 1974, may be taken into account. “(b) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘dispersion technique’ “Dispersion technique.” includes any intermittent or supplemental control of air pollutants varying with atmospheric conditions. “(c) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Regulations. Notice and hearing. Good engineering practice. section, the Administrator, shall after notice and opportunity for public hearing, promulgate regulations to carry out this section. For purposes of this section, good engineering practice means, with respect to stack heights, the height necessary to insure that emissions from the stack do not result in excessive concentrations of any air pollutant in the immediate vicinity of the source as a result of atmospheric downwash, eddies and wakes which may be created by the source itself, nearby structures or nearby terrain obstacles (as determined by the Administrator). For purposes of this section such height shall not exceed two and a half times the height of such source unless the owner or operator of the source demonstrates, after notice and opportunity for public hearing, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that a greater height is necessary as provided under the preceding sentence. In no event may the Administrator prohibit any increase in any stack height or restrict in any manner the stack height of any source.”.

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