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The chairman of the Council serves as the director of the
office, with a deputy director being appointed by the
President with the Senate's approval.
Basically, this office is to assist the federal agencies
and departments in appraising the effectiveness of existing
and proposed facilities, programs, policies, and activities
of the federal government, and to assist the federal depart-
ments and agencies in the development and interrelationship
of environmental quality criteria and standards established
through the federal government.
The Clean Air Acts and Amendments
Air pollution was not discussed in federal legislation
until 1955, and even then only at the level of research and
technical assistance to the states. The major public laws
dealing with air pollution and their most important provi-
sions are listed in Appendix B. The 1963, 1967, and 1970 acts
and amendments are discussed below.
The first vigorous federal attack on air pollution
problems was provided by the Clean Air Act of 1963,10 which
is still the fundamental federal law. This law granted
permanent authority to federal air pollution control activities;
provided for federal grants to state and local air pollution
control agencies to establish and improve their control pro-
grams; provided for federal action to abate interstate air
10Paulson, p. 261.
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Thibodeaux, Mary Shepherd. The state of the art in environmental pollution control and impact analysis, dissertation, May 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332517/m1/28/?rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .