A bill to assure that the discharge of chlorinated fluorocarbon compounds into the atmosphere will not impair the stratospheric ozone layer increasing the risk of disease (including skin cancer) and for other purposes.
Ozone Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on the effects on Public health and the environment of the discharge of chlorofluoromethane into the ambient air.
Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to report to the Congress the control and target levels which should be prescribed.
Permits the Administrator to waive the requirements and prohibitions of this Act if he determines that there is no significant risk to the public health.
Permits the Administrator to establish target and control levels. Establishes a target level of 1 percent and a control level of fifty thousand tons per year in the absence of any set by the Administrator.
Requires the Administrator to arrange for the issuance of licenses to regulate chlorofluoromethane.
Prohibits the violation of the terms of any license, the manufacture, importation, the introduction into commerce of chlorofluoromethane, or the unreasonable stockpiling of chlorofluoromethane.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975-1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
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