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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE

                     WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20548

                                 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                 EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. EDT
                                 NOVEMBER 7, 1983

                          STATEMENT  OF
                    J. DEXTER  PEACH, DIRECTOR
     RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE  THE
          SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT  AND INVESTIGATIONS
                             OF THE
             HOUSE COMMITTEE ON  ENERGY AND COMMERCE
                               ON

                  EPA'S PROGRESS  IN REGULATING
                    HAZARDOUS AIR  POLLUTANTS
                                                            122773
Mr. Chairman and members of  the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to be here  today to discuss our recent

reportl on the Environmental  Protection Agency's (EPA's)

procedures and problems in listing and  regulating hazardous air

pollutants under section  112 of the Clean Air Act.

     Concerned about delays  in EPA's process of examining and

regulating hazardous air pollutants,  the Chairman, Subcommittee

on Oversight and Investigations, asked  us to review several

aspects of EPA's hazardous air pollutant program.

     Since passage of the act  in 1970, EPA has identified only

seven substances as hazardous air pollutants  and established

emission standards for four of  them. We  found that various

policy shifts at EPA and uncertainty over  the type and amount of

scientific data needed to support a  regulatory action are major

contributing factors to delays  in identifying and regu ating

hazardous air pollutants.


1Delays in EPA's Regulation of Hazardous Air  Pollutants
(GAO/RCED-83-199,  August  26, 1983)


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