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[CITE: 42USC7477]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 85--AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
 
     Part C--Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
 
                          subpart i--clean air
 
Sec. 7477. Enforcement

    The Administrator shall, and a State may, take such measures, 
including issuance of an order, or seeking injunctive relief, as 
necessary to prevent the construction or modification of a major 
emitting facility which does not conform to the requirements of this 
part, or which is proposed to be constructed in any area designated 
pursuant to section 7407(d) of this title as attainment or 
unclassifiable and which is not subject to an implementation plan which 
meets the requirements of this part.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, Sec. 167, as added Pub. L. 95-95, 
title I, Sec. 127(a), Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 740; amended Pub. L. 101-
549, title I, Sec. 110(3), title VII, Sec. 708, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 
2470, 2684.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-549, Sec. 708, substituted ``construction or 
modification of a major emitting facility'' for ``construction of a 
major emitting facility''.
    Pub. L. 101-549, Sec. 110(3), substituted ``designated pursuant to 
section 7407(d) as attainment or unclassifiable'' for ``included in the 
list promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1)(D) or (E) of subsection (d) 
of section 7407 of this title''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7413, 7420, 7607 of this 
title.
