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PUBLIC LAW 91-^04-DEC. 31, 1970

(c) Section 104(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act is amended by striking •'and (B) " and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (B) part of the cost of programs to develop low emission alternatives to the present internal combustion engine; (C) the cost to purchase vehicles and vehicle engines, or portions thereof, for research, development, and testing purposes; and (D) ".

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STATE AND REGIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS

SEC. 3. (a) Section 105(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act is amended to read as follows: " G R A N T S FOR SUPPORT o r

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A I R P O L L U T I O N PLANNING AND CONTROL

PROGRAMS

"SEC. 105. (a)(1)(A) The Administrator may make grants to air pollution control agencies in an amount up to two-thirds of the cost of planning, developing, establishing, or improving, and up to onehalf of the cost of maintaining, programs for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards. " (B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the Administrator may make grants to air pollution control agencies within the meaning of paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of section 302(b) in an amount up to 42 USC ISSTH. three-fourths of the cost of planning, developing, establishing, or improving, and up to three-fifths of the cost of maintaining, any program for the prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards in an area that includes two or more municipalities, whether in the same or different States. " (C) With respect to any air quality control region or portion thereof for which there is an applicable implementation plan under section 110, grants under subparagraph (B) may be made only to air pollution control agencies which have substantial responsibilities for carrying out such applicable implementation plan." (b)(1) Section 105 of the Clean Air Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The Administrator, with the concurrence of any recipient of a grant under this section, may reduce the payments to such recipient by the amount of the pay, allowances, traveling expenses, and any other costs in connection with the detail of any officer or employee to the recipient under section 301 of this Act, when such detail is for the "^^ ^^'^ issvg. convenience of, and at the request of, such recipient and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. The amount by which such payments have been reduced shall be available for payment of such costs by the Administrator, but shall, for the purpose of determining the amount of any grant to a recipient under subsection (a) of this section, be deemed to have been paid to such agency." (2) Section 301(b) of the Clean Air Act is amended (A) by striking out "Public Health Service" and inserting in lieu thereof "Environmental Protection Agency" and (B) by striking out the second sentence thereof. (c) Section 106 of the Clean Air Act is amended to read as follows: "^^ ^^^ issrci. " I N T E R S T A T E AIR QUALITY AGENCIES OR COMMISSIONS

"SEC. 106. For the purpose of developing implementation plans for any interstate air quality control region designated pursuant to section 107, the Administrator is authorized to pay, for two years, up to 100 per centum of the air quality planning program costs of any agency

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