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[CITE: 42USC8901]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 97--ACID PRECIPITATION PROGRAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE STUDY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--ACID PRECIPITATION
 
Sec. 8901. Introductory provisions


(a) Congressional statement of findings and purpose

    The Congress finds and declares that acid precipitation resulting 
from other than natural sources--
        (1) could contribute to the increasing pollution of natural and 
    man-made water systems;
        (2) could adversely affect agricultural and forest crops;
        (3) could adversely affect fish and wildlife and natural 
    ecosystems generally;
        (4) could contribute to corrosion of metals, wood, paint, and 
    masonry used in construction and ornamentation of buildings and 
    public monuments;
        (5) could adversely affect public health and welfare; and
        (6) could affect areas distant from sources and thus involve 
    issues of national and international policy.

(b) Congressional declaration of purpose

    The Congress declares that it is the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) to identify the causes and sources of acid precipitation;
        (2) to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic effects 
    of acid precipitation; and
        (3) based on the results of the research program established by 
    this subchapter and to the extent consistent with existing law, to 
    take action to the extent necessary and practicable (A) to limit or 
    eliminate the identified emissions which are sources of acid 
    precipitation, and (B) to remedy or otherwise ameliorate the harmful 
    effects which may result from acid precipitation.

(c) ``Acid precipitation'' defined

    For purposes of this subchapter the term ``acid precipitation'' 
means the wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of acid chemical 
compounds.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title VII, Sec. 702, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 770.)


                               Short Title

    Section 701 of title VII Pub. L. 96-294 provided that: ``This title 
[enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Acid Precipitation Act of 
1980'.''
