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ihe Honorable Victor V. VvCsey
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Dear 1,r. Veysey: LM090569
On Auguto 2, 1973, you recuestud that w lookC into the
deeopent of a Fcdcral air polluip ram !or te
Los Angeles area o= ¢ rnia; 1tS il.QCnfation on July 25,
1973, which resulted in aministraLive heave for thousands o.
'edorai emloyees: -.d the )rov,.zon o: t-Ce C'lean Air ACt (42
U.S.C. 1357) under walch the pro-ram was developed and impleiented.
You indicated that a .xaw2txier had reported that the iederai , i',es
had headed for beaches and other recreational facilities and tLh.Jur'v
had negated the purpose of the progran, which was to reduce veicle
travel and th.u reduce air pollution.
We made our ani.L l.o tho 7nvironr.enral Protection nuv
(EPA) headquarters in )a.hin',tcn, D.C., and at the EPA reLzio . ice
in San Francisco. ',e :Ic -:viu cc :nizinz E'A o,'.-ic-al.; ai c,-
tacted air pollution cpisude coordinators at th1e los ,n et0s o: tc
of the Internal Revenun Service, Jocial Security Ils-.:ticn. ,
National Labor ,uia..ions 3oaul. .n official o.... Civil
Colmmission gave as in0o:aaion on t e -edecal leave polic',' L
pollution episodes. Ve examined pertinent legislation, reLa ,
records, and files reluzing Lo the developnent atid iuyie1,ciacn oL
the program.
The program consists of various proceoures, establisluci ;)v
Federal agencies in southern Calilornia, lor reducin,; air poi uion
emissions when there is a iikelicood that pollution will racli iuve.s
that present im:niner ana suDuLantLal Lnangerment to the h~ al> of
persons. One of rio procedures was to reduce vehicle traffic by
granting Federal employees admintst fativ leave.
The Regional Administrator of -]'A re-jun IX initiated the
development of the pro-rai iv: :.Jc .os ,ti,, area, aiid '-.e ids
the authority to %',,,LL..el -:o'oa- L ui,. the '0 vnce c '.ce
of the Assistant Arur ....... ana Genora!
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