42 U.S.C. § 7415 : US Code - Section 7415: International air pollution

Search 42 U.S.C. § 7415 : US Code - Section 7415: International air pollution

(a) Endangerment of public health or welfare in foreign countries
from pollution emitted in United States
Whenever the Administrator, upon receipt of reports, surveys or
studies from any duly constituted international agency has reason
to believe that any air pollutant or pollutants emitted in the
United States cause or contribute to air pollution which may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare in a
foreign country or whenever the Secretary of State requests him to
do so with respect to such pollution which the Secretary of State
alleges is of such a nature, the Administrator shall give formal
notification thereof to the Governor of the State in which such
emissions originate.
(b) Prevention or elimination of endangerment
The notice of the Administrator shall be deemed to be a finding
under section 7410(a)(2)(H)(ii) of this title which requires a plan
revision with respect to so much of the applicable implementation
plan as is inadequate to prevent or eliminate the endangerment
referred to in subsection (a) of this section. Any foreign country
so affected by such emission of pollutant or pollutants shall be
invited to appear at any public hearing associated with any
revision of the appropriate portion of the applicable
implementation plan.
(c) Reciprocity
This section shall apply only to a foreign country which the
Administrator determines has given the United States essentially
the same rights with respect to the prevention or control of air
pollution occurring in that country as is given that country by
this section.
(d) Recommendations
Recommendations issued following any abatement conference
conducted prior to August 7, 1977, shall remain in effect with
respect to any pollutant for which no national ambient air quality
standard has been established under section 7409 of this title
unless the Administrator, after consultation with all agencies
which were party to the conference, rescinds any such
recommendation on grounds of obsolescence.