Air Quality
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POSITION IN BRIEF: Support
measures to establish air quality standards that will protect the
public health and welfare, and the development of effective enforcement
and implementation procedures at each level of government to attain
these standards.
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POSITIONS
1. The state agency in California responsible for air pollution control should be strengthened and sufficiently funded to:
a. set air quality standards which may be stricter than national standards;
b. establish and regulate uniform policies and guidelines for administering air pollution control at all jurisdictional levels of government in the state;
c. support lower levels of government in the enforcement of laws and regulations needed to achieve air quality standards;
d. sponsor a program of educating and instructing the public in aspects of air pollution which can be ameliorated by citizens' activities and participation.
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2. The cost of converting industry from polluting to non-polluting
practices should be borne primarily by industry with the help of
such incentives as:
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a. low-interest government loans;
b. government grants for research;
c. favorable depreciation allowance on capital investment in control equipment.
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3. Air pollution control should be administered by air basin.
4. A well developed mass transit system designed to reduce automobile
traffic should be established in all metropolitan areas of the state.
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5. The Highway User's Fund should be used for transportation-related services such as smog control and transit.
Adopted 1971; Updated 1973; Readopted at last convention