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[CITE: 42USC7417]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 85--AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
 
              Part A--Air Quality and Emission Limitations
 
Sec. 7417. Advisory committees


(a) Establishment; membership

    In order to obtain assistance in the development and implementation 
of the purposes of this chapter including air quality criteria, 
recommended control techniques, standards, research and development, and 
to encourage the continued efforts on the part of industry to improve 
air quality and to develop economically feasible methods for the control 
and abatement of air pollution, the Administrator shall from time to 
time establish advisory committees. Committee members shall include, but 
not be limited to, persons who are knowledgeable concerning air quality 
from the standpoint of health, welfare, economics or technology.

(b) Compensation

    The members of any other advisory committees appointed pursuant to 
this chapter who are not officers or employees of the United States 
while attending conferences or meetings or while otherwise serving at 
the request of the Administrator, shall be entitled to receive 
compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Administrator, but not 
exceeding $100 per diem, including traveltime, and while away from their 
homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 
of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently.

(c) \1\ Consultations by Administrator
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    \1\ See Codification note below.
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    Prior to--
        (1) issuing criteria for an air pollutant under section 
    7408(a)(2) of this title,
        (2) publishing any list under section 7411(b)(1)(A) \2\ or 
    section 7412(b)(1)(A) of this title,
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    \2\ See References in Text note below.
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        (3) publishing any standard under section 7411 or section 7412 
    of this title, or
        (4) publishing any regulation under section 7521(a) of this 
    title,

the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable within the 
time provided, consult with appropriate advisory committees, 
independence experts, and Federal departments and agencies.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, Sec. 117 formerly Sec. 6, as added 
Pub. L. 88-206, Sec. 1, Dec. 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 399; renumbered 
Sec. 106, Pub. L. 89-272, title I, Sec. 101(3), Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 
992; renumbered Sec. 110 and amended Pub. L. 90-148, Sec. 2, Nov. 21, 
1967, 81 Stat. 498; renumbered Sec. 117 and amended Pub. L. 91-604, 
Secs. 4(a), (d), 15(c)(2), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1678, 1689, 1713; 
Pub. L. 95-95, title I, Sec. 115, Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 
95-623, Sec. 13(c), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3458.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7412(b)(1), referred to in subsec. (c)(2), was amended 
generally by Pub. L. 101-549, title III, Sec. 301, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 
Stat. 2531, and, as so amended, no longer contains a subpar. (A).

                          Codification

    Subsec. (c) was originally enacted as subsec. (f) but has been 
redesignated (c) for purposes of codification in view of the failure of 
Pub. L. 95-95 to redesignate subsec. (f) as (c) after repealing former 
subsecs. (a) and (b) and redesignating former subsecs. (d) and (e) as 
(a) and (b).
    Section was formerly classified to section 1857e of this title.


                               Amendments

    1978--Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 95-623 substituted ``7411'' for 
``7411(b)(1)(B)'' and ``7412'' for ``7412(b)(1)(B)''.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-95, Sec. 115(1), (2), redesignated 
subsec. (d) as (a). Former subsec. (a), establishing an Air Quality 
Advisory Board in the Environmental Protection Agency, was struck out.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-95, Sec. 115(1)-(3), redesignated subsec. 
(e) as (b) and substituted ``The members of any other advisory 
committees'' for ``The members of the Board and other advisory 
committees'' and ``conferences or meetings or while otherwise serving'' 
for ``conferences or meetings of the Board or while otherwise serving''. 
Former subsec. (b), setting out the duties of the Air Quality Advisory 
Board, was struck out.
    Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 95-95, Sec. 115(1), (2), struck out 
subsec. (c) which related to clerical and technical assistance for the 
Air Quality Advisory Board, and redesignated subsecs. (d) and (e) as (a) 
and (b), respectively.
    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 15(c)(2), substituted 
``Environmental Protection Agency'' for ``Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare'' and ``Administrator'' for ``Secretary''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 15(c)(2), substituted 
``Administrator'' for ``Secretary'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 15(c)(2), substituted 
``Environmental Protection Agency'' for ``Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare''.
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 15(c)(2), substituted 
``Administrator'' for ``Secretary'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 4(d), added subsec. (f).
    1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-148 substituted provisions 
establishing in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Air 
Quality Advisory Board and providing for the appointment and term of its 
members for provisions directing the Secretary to maintain liaison with 
manufacturers looking toward development of devices and fuels to reduce 
pollutants in automotive exhaust and to appoint a technical committee 
and call it together from time to time to evaluate progress and develop 
and recommend research programs.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-148 substituted provision setting out the 
duties of the Air Quality Advisory Board for provisions requiring the 
Secretary to make semi-annual reports to Congress on measures being 
taken toward the resolution of vehicle exhaust pollution problems.
    Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 90-148 added subsecs. (c) to (e).


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-95 effective Aug. 7, 1977, except as 
otherwise expressly provided, see section 406(d) of Pub. L. 95-95, set 
out as a note under section 7401 of this title.


       Modification or Rescission of Rules, Regulations, Orders, 
Determinations, Contracts, Certifications, Authorizations, Delegations, 
                            and Other Actions

    All rules, regulations, orders, determinations, contracts, 
certifications, authorizations, delegations, or other actions duly 
issued, made, or taken by or pursuant to act July 14, 1955, the Clean 
Air Act, as in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of Pub. 
L. 95-95 [Aug. 7, 1977] to continue in full force and effect until 
modified or rescinded in accordance with act July 14, 1955, as amended 
by Pub. L. 95-95 [this chapter], see section 406(b) of Pub. L. 95-95, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 7401 
of this title.


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 
1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period 
beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a 
committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal 
Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the 
expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee 
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. 
See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
